Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-07-30
Phelps News.

Mrs. j. A. remington, Mary rem
nington and Joe Pennington of
Watersmeet, and Mrs w Dougherty
and BAIL Dougherty of Bonifas, Mich,
and relatives of the Penningtons
from Indiana, spent Thursday at the
home of the Weeds.
Julian ,Eltinge. the great woman
impersonator, was very much appre-
ciated at the Happy Hour Theater
Saturday evening. Fatty Arbuckle
drew his usual number of laughs in
his comedy hit, ''The Country Hero. f"
This week the great actress Ann
Pennington will be shown in the play
entitled, 1.-The Antics of Ann and
there will also be another Sonnet
comedy, Are Mattresses SafeP''
Another base ball benefit dance was
staged Friday evening but it did not
prove to be much of benefit to the
B B. club financially at least, as
there were not over half dozen
couple present. Those who were
there, however, had a good time as
the evening was cool and the music
good.
| l.. G. Weed made a trip to Berg
land Tuesday on business, returning
Thursday.
Church services were not held last
Sunday evening at the Congregational
Church but will be again this coming
Sunday.
The Land Dept. of the H. P b. Co.,
had their big week this past week.
More inquiries were received than
during any other week that they have
been open 1t seems as if a big part
of young America would like to get
located on farm before fall. Quite
number OF buyers from various
parts of the country have also been
here. Mr.. Engei of Milwaukee has
bought location on Anvil lake aud
expects to start building Immediately
"a temporary place at first and
| later on nice summer home.
A discussion by DR.. H. M. Weed
was held at the town hall Wednesday
evening on the League of Nations. A
committee was appointed to draw up
resolutions to send to our Congress
man to vote against the L. of N. as it
now stands or any other foreign
alliance.
These days are the days that ali
Villas county boosters should have
friends up to visit them from other
states and other parts of the state.
| The weather is ideal and, oh. those
crops Have you been out to see
themp If you haven't it will pay you
to just drive out thru the country.
Quite few of the Villas county farm
ers are out after that guaranteed
$2 26 per bushel on the wheat crop
for there are some fine fields of both
spring and fall wheat thru the county.
There will be considerable threshing
here this fall.
A couple carloads of Phelps people
went to Watersmeet Sunday to take
in the ball game between Watersmeet
and Alpha. The game was good one
thru several innings, ending to in
favor of Watersmeet. The Alpha
boys wouldn't give in to the umpire's
decision in the 18th inning and walked
off the field. No trouble however.
This coming Sunday Watersmeet
plays Eagle River and intends to get
Eagles scalp to hang to their belt
Walter Evenson, the brother Of
Mrs. Hugh Hess, who but recently
returned from overseas service, is now
clerking in the H. P. b. Co. store.
Miss Amanda Stork and Miss Eva
Buttrock of Wausau, have been spend
ind their vacation at Phelps at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Chellis.
The Sun and Flowers.
I'm flowers of the common nastur-
fium the low sun of the early morning
leyeloped yellow coloring matter, the