Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-07-30
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Waukesha - Through the efforts of
| Kline & McAdam, real estate brokers,
| w. S. Arnold, government organizer
and appraiser, has completed the or
| ganiZation of a local branch of the
| Federal Farm Loan Bank of st. Paul,
| MINI. The local branch will be known
as the Waukesha County Farm Loan
| Association and will be differed by
the following well known men: Presi-
| dent, Paul Gerritt of Waukesha; vice
president, Howard T. Green of Gene
Kline of Waukesha.
Madison - That Lieut.. Gov. E. f..
Dithmar, Baraboo, is planning to be-
! come a candidate for governor on the
| Republican ticket became known when
it was annoKnced that petition was
| being circulated, among senators ask
| ing Mr.. Dithmar to be a candidate.
| Just how many names had been af-
| fixed could not be learned. 1t was
| stated that Senator J. Henry Bennett,
Viroqua; Senator w. T. Olson and
several other senators have signed the
call.
Tomah - The treasury department
at Washington notified Postmaster
Marcus Syverson that bids on the
proposed new Tomah post office were
above the appropriation allowed for
that purpose. This was expected in
view of the increased cost of labor and
materials and it is now presumed &C
ton thereon will await a larger ap-
preparation. which Congressman Esch
will try to put through.
Oshkosh - Since July 1, when the
war time prohibition went into effect
there has been but one occupant of
the city Jail over night. He was a
volunteer lodger, a man who lives in
Oshkosh and who offered to pay for
his lodgings and breakfast. Neither
has there been an arrest in Oshkosh
for drunkenness since July 1.
Rhinelander = Attempting to start
from the race track at the fair grounds
of this city, a big Curtis aeroplane,
owned by the Green Bay Aero club
and piloted by w. G. Moorse, crushed
into a fence and was put out of COM
mission. Neither the pilot nor Mech
anician Ray Cox, who accompanied
him, were injured.
Sheboygan = William Gabsch de-
clared that while cleaning stones from
his land near st. Wendell Wis, he
found a layer of copper imbedded in
an unusually heavy stone. He plans
careful analysis of his soil, to ascer-
tain whether or not there is a stratum
of copper ore in his property.
Manitowoc = The active campaign
for the reorganized Chamber Of Com
merce has closed and the new body
will start with charter membership
OF 280. A membership fee of $25 was
asked and the new association will
start with working capital of more
than $4,000.
Madison-One of the only two WON
en- instructors in the agricultural
school of-the American Army Univer-
sity of Beaune, France, was Miss Eliz
abeth Baker OF Oc0nomowoc, who
graduated from the University of Wis
consin College Of Agriculture in 1915.
Manitowoc = This city is to order
three carloads of canned goods from
the governments surplus stock at Chi
cago and city agent is at Chicago to
do the buying. If the public here sup
ports the move three more carloads
will be obtained, if possible.
Madison = There are now 125 gold
stars on the honor roll OF 4,796 stu
dents and alumni of the University OF
Wisconsin who were in service during
the war. The gold stars honor 124
men and one woman who died in uni
form.
Madison - Plans for improvements
and changes in buildings at the uni
versity of Wisconsin estimated to cost
S19O,9O850 have been approved by the
state board of education, and the uni
versity regents directed to receive
bids
Peshtigo = The bell of ST. Mary's
church, broken at the time the armis-
| tice was signed, has been repaired.
The sexton rang the bell so hard that
crack similar to that in the famous
Liberty Bell made it useless.
Manitowoc - Special agents of the
| Chicago & Northwestern have uncov-
cred a series of wholesale thefts from
| the warehouse of the railway at Two
| Rivers and thus far four have been