Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-08-20

Beaver Dam-Dodge county is prob
abby the largest cheese manufacturing
county in the United States, according
to a recent report of Dairy and Food
Commissioner G. j. Weigle Wiscon
sin now has $500 cheese factories, l.,
900 creameries and 54 condensories.
Growth of the dairy industry within
the last few years has been phenome-
nal according to a statement made by
Mr.. Weigle. The commissioner has
predicted that within few years Wis.
consin as the leading dairy state OF
the union, will be producing more than
$100,000,000 in dairy products annual
ly.
Janesville-Every member of the
family of Dr. c. B. Clark of GAINESVILLE,
including Mrs. Clark, saw active serv-.
ice in the war. DR.. Clark returned
from France, after having been in the
medical corps service for fifteen
months. His twin sons, Harry and
Charles enlisted when they were 10
years old and went overseas with the
Prairie division. The mother had
charge of hostess house in south
ern cantonement. The return of DR..
Clark marked complete reunion of
the family.
Appleton-Waterpow of the Ocon-
to river is to be developed by the new
ly organized Oconto River Public
Service company, of which F. F.
Becker, Kaukauna; Charles H. Hart
ley, Appleton, and Ralph R. Hartley,
! Oshkosh, are incorporators. The
company contemplates the erection OF
hydraulic power plant on the Oconto
river and construction of electric lines
to several nearby cities and villages.
Madison-The opening of a cooper
alive grocery store is being planned
by the University Employees Associa-
ton, an organization of Stenographers,
clerks, janitors, and other employees OF
| the University of Wisconsin who are
not members of the Institutional staff.
| If the plan is carried out, it will be but
another addition to the cooperative
enterprises carried on by the assocla-
ton for the benefit of its members.
| -Stoughton is to have a
| health clinic as result of recent
community campaign conducted by the
Dane county chapter of the Red Cross
and the University of Wisconsin. The
clinic is to be directed by committee
of representatives of business, educa-
! ton, swomen's organizations, phySl-
clans and other interests Of the city.
The city council has appropriated ST.
! 600 for its establishment.
Racine-A girl baby about 10 weeks
old was found abandoned in an ice
wagon here. The baby was placed IN
| box surrounded by package OF
! cream of wheat, bottle of milk and
box of crackers Attached to the baby's
! clothing was a note which read:
please feed me on cream OF wheat,
milk and crackers The baby, which
| had six toes on each foot was taken
to the Maternity home.
Madison = A larger proportion OF
! men students than usual is seen in the
! present summer session enrolment at
! the University of Wisconsin, largely
| because, it is thought, that many re-
turned soldiers are doing summer
work to catch up in courses interrupt
ed by the war. Of the 1904 students
enrolled, 1856, or more than AZ per
cent, are men, according 20 statistics
just prepared.
| Rhinelander-Gu and Peter Hedeen
| found an old copper spear which had
| stuck in the tire of their automobile
and punctured it on the Eagle river
road. The spear is genuine old In
dian relic, so hard that the finest file
hardly touches it. 1t was evidently
dragged to the surface by road ma
chinery.
Oshkosh--L. P. Whitcomb has been
reelected director of industrial educa-
ton here at a salary of $4,000. The
work of the industrial board of educa-
ton and the board of education proper
| is combined under the one director
Racine-Ewald Rasmussen % years
old. was drowned while in bathing at
Horlick's dam near here. He was try
| ing to swim across the river. Other
bathers attempted to rescue him but
were too late.
Wabeno - The State Bank of Wa
beno will form a consolidation with
the new bank to be organized in this
village. The capital stock of the State
Bank will be increased from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Baraboo = Baraboo is facing an ice
famine. according to the report of the
local ice dealers who say that they
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