Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-08-13

up men that they made no report tc
the police until several minutes after
the robbers had escaped 1t is be-
lieved that they made their escape in
an automobile.
Park Falls - Edward Hines, of the
| Edward Hines Lumber company of
Chicago, has purchased at Eau Claire,
the entire holdings of the Rice Lake
Lumber company, including the mill
property and $4,000 acres of land.
With Arpin land recently bought by
the Hines company, the Rice Lake
mill will have fifteen years cut of hem
lock and hardwood. The deal is con-
sidered one of the largest in the north
in several years.
misunderstanding Of solution Of
the mystery surrounding the finding OF
body on the lake shore just south of
here, when George Kelberger of this
city attempted to link up the disap-
pearance of his son, George Kelber-
ger, Jr., more than four weeks ago.
The coroner probably will order the
body exhumed that this ,clew may be
definitely established or rejected.
La Crosse = The wives of Joseph
Fyett, ST., and Joseph Fyett, Jr, ap-
peared in circuit court at the same
time asking divorces from their re-
spective husbands on the grounds Of
cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs.
Julia Fyett was granted a separation
from the younger Fyett, but the court
was reluctant to grant a divorce to
the latter's father and mother, ad-
journing the case.
Appleton = The George Walters
Brewing Company is manufacturing
2.75 per cent beer and it will be
placed on the market. The company
began the manufacture of near beer
last May, and will continue making
that product. Nearly every saloon in
Appleton is selling 2.75 per cent beer
which is shipped from Milwaukee,
Rice Lake-John Schmitke, former
city salesman for the Standard Oil
company, has purchased the Charles
Sale ice business. He worked for the
Standard Oil company for seventeen
years. Capt. John McCullum, who re-
turned from France with the machine
gun company, will be the local agent
70 tho
Oconto-The largest drainage prof.
ect in the history of Oconto county
was started here, when contractors
began digging the Lena-Stiles drain
age canal, which will be fifteen miles
feet deep, and will be built at an esti-
mated cost of 100000. 1t will reclaim
1000 acres of rich land.
Oshkosh - The recent heavy rain
throughout Winnebago county has
been called "the million dollar rain"
by farmers, as it saved the corn, late
potatoes and truck gardens and will
make fall seeding excellent. The
wheat crop is not as heavy as expect
ed, due to rust, but other grains are
in fine shape.
Appleton - DR.. W. c. McPheeters,
formerly of Wesleyan university, will
head the English department of Law
renee college, succeeding DR.. M l..
Spencer, who resigned to head the
school of journalism in the University
of Washington, Seattle. DR.. Nc
Pheeters was recently discharged from
the army.
New London = The school census
recently completed shows total pop
ulation of school age of 1921. On the
basis of the population of school age
being one-fourth of the total popula-
ton the city of New London now has
over 5000 people and is by Tar the
largest place in the county.
Neenah-Trains almost had to stop
running when the fish began to bite
here. So many people flocked to the
500 line bridge to fish that engineers
had to slow down and even stop to
avoid accidents. Now the railroad
threatens to arrest people trespassing
on their bridges.
Green Bay-State Sanitary Engineer
Tulley of the Wisconsin Board Of
Health, has ordered the Green Bay
Water Company to place fine screen
over each of it's three reservoirs, and
to repair the roof over the reservoirs
at the waterworks to prevent foreign
matter from getting into the water.
Appleton - The Y. NJ. c.. A has
raised it's rent on rooms fifty cents a
week, claiming that other associations
have done the same and that it is only
in keeping with the high cost of living.