Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-03-05

mas De0n Ouef6Q more f0nuHeTdlINe
position as director of the Waukesha
Moor baths. DR.. Broche was city
physician for about eleven years,
served as part time health commits
sioner for three years and has been
/ full time commissioner for almost
three years, his present term expiring
May l. The salary is $2,400 year.
/ No action has been taken by the COM
mission council in regard to a success
sor.
Ashland-The will of the late c. F.
Latimer provided that if the estate is
over 100000, per cent of it goes to
the city of Ashland for vocational
training, including manual training
and domestic science The estate is
estimated at $750,000. Mr.. Latimer
made his money in north Wisconsin
pine and was president of the North,
ern National bank He died at his
winter home in Chicago a month ago,
| following influenza.
Madison-That the University of
| Wisconsin is getting to be the insti-
tuition it was before the war is seen
by the number of foreigners now com
| ing. The latest arrivals are from In
dia. They are NJ. Bahadan and B. H.
Koorsheid of Hylerabad, Dekkan.
They will return and do government
agriculture work there after three
years of training. The men left Bonn
bay Dec 10, and landed at San Fran
cisco on Feb. 8.
Oshkosh-One of the largest real
estate deals, developed in Winnebago
county in some time, was recorded by
the register of deeds here when a
$50 acre farm in the town of Winnie
come was transferred to William H.
Lean, of this city, to the Wisconsin
Canning company Of Winneconne vii
lage. The federal stamps attached
showed the consideration was around
$4,000
Stevens Point-Frank Peck has re-
turned to his home here after being
in service in France for fifteen
months. He was in Battery A, Fifty
seventh regiment, and fought against
the Prussian guards in many battles.
His regiment suffered hundreds OF
casualties, but he came through with
out scratch.
Richland Center-The February is
sue of The First National Bank Farm
News, in charge of Rufus R. Runke,
agricultural agent, describes the prog
ress and advancement of the Rich
land County dairy and livestock inter
est, and urges all dairymen to start
with purebred cows. An interesting
article tells how to avoid unclean
milk.
Viroqua-Miss Jane Butt of Viro-
qua, daughter of Col c. M. Butt, has
recently been hostess for the Ameri
can officers club in Paris. Miss Butt
| is a Wisconsin university graduate
and was dean of the normal school at
San Diego, Cal Col. Butt was a for
mer state senator. She is a Red Cross
worker.
La Crosse-A vigorous campaign to
induce the common council to bond
the city for 100000 for erection of
school buildings, to replace unsani-
tary structures was launched at a
mass meeting recently. Election of
aldermen pledged to vote for the bond
issue will be attempted in each ward
in April.
Sheboygan-The employment of 400
expected to prevent a possible non
employment crisis in Sheboygan
county this year, according to an an
nouncement made by County High.
way Commissioner George Ubbelohde.
who attended the Madison road
school.
Stevens Point-Private " Janowski
of this city, who is in service in
France, reached the front lines in time
for just one hours lighting before the
armistiee went into effect on Nov. II.
He fought hand to hand with the Ger
mans for an hour, escaping without
injury.
Appleton-The matter of engaging
a county agricultural agent met with
defeat at the hands of the county
board. The agent was released sew
eral months ago, but an effort had
been made to get the board to take a
different attitude.
Green Bay-A plea for constructive
criticism and spirit of cooperation
with the government was made by
Burton E. Nelson of Racine, district
governor of the International Rotary
clubs, in a joint meeting of the Green
Bay Rotary and Kiwanis clubs.
Menasha-Five hundred and ninety