Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-12-17

| resolution asking the fuel admlnlStra-
ton to give them a 15-hour week,
which will permit morning and eve
ming services on the Sabbath. The
| preachers pointed out that moving
picture theaters were allowed to open
Sunday nights and insisted that they
have a similar right.
Stevens Point--Stevens Points tax
rate for 1919 will be 81 per cent, the
| same as last year, despite a great IN
crease in assessed valuation. The
| common council adopted without
| change the finance committees esti-
mate of the amount necessary to be
raised and placed in the various funds
| for the coming year. The total amoGnt
to be raised, as provided by the coun-
| cils action, is 1929. 9S3.23, setting a
new high figure for Stevens Point.
White Hall - Mrs. Adam Ogdzsk1,
wife of the organist of the Pollsh
| church at independence, Trempealeau
| county, testified that she had been
| forcibly elected from the church by
orders of the JE1est, the Rev. A. w.
| Cara She claim she was in the hos
pital for many weeks, as result.
| Mrs. Ogdzs5i asks damages of $780,
| 600, and her husband wants a similar
amount.
La Crosse -Training he received IN
| France saved Lieut.. Paul Abrahamson
of Huston Mimi, from missing an I'M
portant business enga cement in La
| Crosse. When he found train had
been taken off the Milwaukee road, as
q result of shortage of fuel, he start
cd out on foot and arrived IN La
Crosse. % miles, at noon. His ap-
pointment was for p. m.
Fort Atkinson - Mrs. Elizabeth
Bragg Hoard, widow of former gov
error w. D. Hoard, died at her home
here following a long Illness. The
death of her husband year ago did
lnucII toward Fastening her end.
Mrs. Hoard was a native of Vermont,
and came to- Wisconsin seventy three
years ago, when six years OF age
Three sons survive
Green Bay-Funeral services were
held at Oconto for Mrs. Edward SEQ
field, wife of former Gov. ScofieId,
who died in hospital here following
a short illness. Mrs. Scof1eld was 81
years old and had lived in Oconto
since 1858, with the exception OF four
wears spent as mistress OF the state
mansion while Mr. Scofield was gov
ernor.
Merrill - Benevolent, civic and re-
Hgious organizations petitioned the
city council to install public health
nurse, stating that the work OF the
county nurse, Miss Theda G. Mead,
shows the benefits derived from such
an official 1t is, proposed that the
city hire nurse TO put her full time
and attention to Merrill only.
Stevens Point = The Malette Saus-
age Co. is the name of a new Stevens
Point concern which will manufacture
sausage. Members of the firm are A
G. Malette, Grand Rapids, and Robert
e. Kostka, Stevens Point. A local
business block has been leased and
active operations will begin about
Jan. 1.
Madison-Dr Edward Asahel Birge,
for fifty years member of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin faculty, was
elected permanent president of the in
stitution to succeed the late DR.. Van
Hise. DR.. Birge has been acting head
of the University since DR.. Van Hise's
death.
Madison - The Wisconsin Game
Protective association opened its an
mail convention with discussions of
conservation of game and legislation
to safeguard hunting and fishing.
President A. T. Rasmussen, La Crosse,
gave the welcoming address.
Wausau-Charles F. Hughes, whose
body was found along the tracks OF
tbe Northwestern by section hands
and was reported to have been killed
by a train, died of appoplexy, accord
ing to Coroner William G. Meilahn.
Medford- james McNeight. town OF
Brighton. had a peculiar accident
which resulted in the racture OF ms
left leg. He had gone to help his son
at the latters place, to saw logs for
stove wood with a woodsaw rig run
bv a gasoline engine. AS his son was
cranking the engine Mr.. McNeight
was standing a few feet from the head
of the cylinder when terrific explo-
sion took place and blew the whole
cylinder from its base, striking him
Just below the knee with sucn -crce
that both bones of his left leg were
/ broken.