Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-09-24
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NEWS OF THE f:
BADGER STATE

renee, Milton, Northland and Ripon
Colleges. have organized the Wiscon-
sin Colleges. Associated and are today
engaged in a statewide educational
campaign to acquaint the people of the
state with the functions, problems and
needs of the voluntarily maintained
college. The educational work will be
followed by a statewide financial cam
paign October 24-31 when $5,000,000
will be raised and distributed among
the eight institutions on a basis of
student attendance to be used by them
in meeting their respective, immedi-
ate and pressing needs.
Washburn-Under a decision of the
Wisconsin railroad commission, the
Bell Telephone Co. is permitted to
purchase the Bayfield, County Tele-
phone Co., the Ashland Home Tele-
phone Co. and the North Wisconsin
Toll Line Co., operating between this
city and Ashland and adjacent local
territory. For 16 years these indie
pendent companies have been operat-
ing in this territory, in opposition to
the Bell, but with the recent pur-
chase it leaves the Bell people in eX
elusive control of the telephone bust
ness in north Wisconsin. A rate in
crease also was granted.
Kenosha-Joe Remokus, 8 year old
boy, hoped to his home here on his
one remaining foot and showed his
mother how a switch engine had cut
his left foot while he was playing on
the railroad tracks. The foot was
completely severed Grom the leg but
the trainmen knew nothing of the &C
cident until the police, called by the
child's mother, started to investigate.
The boy was taken to st. GATHERINGS
hospital, where it was found neces-
sary to amputate his leg higher up, in
order to save his life.
Kenosha - The Edward Balm farm,
$40 acres, was bought by stock COM
pany headed by Joel Jacobson, Mrs.
Tillie Jacobson, Peter R. Schmitt and
Capt Edward Dayton. The price is
said to be 100000, and the initial
payment was 100000. The land is to
be plated and improved as a suburb
TO Kenosha, whose development has
been seriously held back because of
scarcity of houses and home sites.
This suburb will be south of Kenosha.
Sheboygan-Sheb County Hol-
stein cattle captured one grand cham
pionship and three blue ribbons at the
State Fair The assembled herd of
thirty Holsteins from this county gave
a good account of themselves. One of
the most coveted prizes of the whole
fair was awarded to Pinchurst Farms
Company when it's splendid COW, Susie
Daw 3rd won the grand championship
honOrs.
Kenosha-Announce was made
by the Kenosha branch of the Carm-
elite Sisters that they were erecting a
1886. 900 home for the aged to be To-
Gated on an eight-acre tract of the or
der three miles south of Kenosha. The
establishment with chapter and a
home for the sisters will provide a
home for thirty aged men.
Neenah-Fffty thousand white bass
minows were removed from local wa
tiers by the State Fish Commission and
shipped to other Badger lakes accord
ing to information furnished by the
local Fish and Game Protective Asso-
citation. There w&s much opposition
expressed here to the work of the
commission.
Stevens Point-It is costing more
than twice as much to educate the
boys and girls in the vocational school
as in the public schools of the city.
Seventy-six cents per day per pupil or
S144.40 per year on a basis of 100
school days is the cost at the voca-
tional school.
Wausau - An application has been
made for a charter for a new state
bank to be organized in this city. The
capital stock will be $4,000. Appli-
cants are John L. Sell, Carl Lott, F.
E. Bump Ray Chellis and Oscar Wenn-
berg. All the stock has been sub
scFibed for.
Madison-A National guard recruit
ing staff has been appointed by Adjt
Gen. Orlando Holway as follows:
Coils. P. C. Westfahl, Milwaukee; w
NJ Lee, Oconto; John Turner, Maus-
ton; R. B. Mccoy, Sparta. They will
take charge of recruiting the guard in
Wisconsin.
La Crosse-Three weeks on the
way. carload of government food
finally reached La Crosse and is be
ing sold by grocers and butchers at
prices agreed upon by a committee
appointed by Mayor Bentley, The
prices cover the cost of handling the