Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-01-15
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Madison-The state budget. of ex-
penses for the coming biennium as it
will be presented to the legislature
includes requests exceeding $20,000,000
for the first year and over $21 100000
for the second year. The estimated
income of the state for the first year
is but SO 100000 and for the second
year $20,000,000. The budget includes
running expenses, improvements and
maintenance of every state institution.
Boards, commissions and state de-
partments are grouped together in one
expense account. Charitable and
penal institutions come under another
heading Educational activities are
separated from normal school and
university expense accounts.
Grand Rapids - Andrew MARI, IS
years old, who for many years lived
the life of a hermit in shack here,
is dead. MARI, who had mania for
collecting old tin cans and rubbish,
was under suspicion several years ago.
When his shack was searched by the
sheriff for stolen property, 1t was
discovered that he had several thou
sand dollars hidden in grain sacks and
tobacco pouches, and sewed in cloth
ing Many articles for which he could
have no possible use were also I'M
earthed.
La Crosse = Leslie Kruger, Owen,
Clark county, draft evader who fought
d posse at his farm house, when eX-
amined by the local registration
board here to determine if he was a
willful deserter from the army, de-
clared he asked God whether he
should go to war, and the Almighty
appeared in vision and told him net
to- join the army. He insisted that
neither his brothers nor his mother
advised him to evade the draft and
that he made up his mind what to do
after talking with God.
La Crosse - The appeal from the
decision of the railroad commission OF
Wisconsin increasing the gas rate in
La Crosse from $1.10 to $3.50 per l.
900 feet will be heard III the Circuit
court of Dane county on Jan. s. This
is the second appeal taken from a rul-
ing of the railroad commission by the
city of La Crosse. In the first case,
Judge Stevens at Madison sent an
electric schedule back to the railroad
commission for the taking of addi-
tional evidence.
Madison-The 1919 Wisconsin Iegis-
lature, converting for it's reconstruc-
ton session on Jan. 8, will face vol
ume of proposed legislation that
threatens to smash all records. The
session will continue well into the
July and possibly into August, accord
ing to those in close touch with the
situation. Many chapters will be add
ed to Wisconsin history before the
two houses adjourn.
Beloit Romone Balderones, 81
years old, was shot twice in the arm
and groin by a man alleged to be Ma
critic Coviterous. Balderone's condi
ton is serious. Both men are MeXi-
can laborers. 1t is said that Covlieros
laid in wait for his victim at the
boarding shack where they both lived
The man who did the shooting es
capped.
Maiden Rock-Pierce county has be-
gun writing its war history. Prof. w
b. Davidson, River Falls Normal
school, heads the committee. Othe'
members are II. B. Austerud, county
superintendent, and Prof. l.. w. Full
ton, Ellsworth; Charles Lowater,
Spring Valley; Beverly White, Maid
en- Rock; Robert Moser, Elmwood, and
Miss Lovita Moser, River Falls.
Berlin-A national organization of
men who participated in the world
war, the Liberty War Veterans of the
World, 1914-1919, has been organized
here by George w. Morton, Civil
war veteran. Each division, local,
state. and national. will be called a
trench. Army officers or enlisted men,
discharged, are eligible.
La Crosse - Louis Katchel of La
Crosse, listed as missing in action by
the war department, was alive and
well two weeks after the war ended.
Said to have disappeared on Oct. 8,
Katchel wrote his mother on Nov. %,
telling of the end the war and the
beginning of the march into Germany.
Madison - Dane county beekeepers
organized with these officers: Presi-
dent. l.. w. Parman, Madison; vice
n,oS;dant Otto Kert BLACK Earth.