Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-08-06

THE Villas COUNTY NEW
| New Richmond-E N. Levings has
been a rural carrier attached to the
local post office for sixteen years, and
he is driving one of the horses that he
began using when he took up his Gu-
ties IN Uncle Sans postal service.
This horse, a Montana broncho of no
noteworthy breeding as horses go,
has. during those sixteen years, trav-
eled and carried the mail on rural
route No. 5, total of 100000 miles, a
distance equal to about four times the
earth's circumference. Mr.. Leving's
mileage amounts to $4,000.
| Oshkosh = An Oshkosh man, Com
mander Earl P. Finney, of the u S. S.
! Cheyenne, is a member of the Ameri-
can navy forces having part in the
Mexican difficulties. 1t was a launch
from his ship which was attacked a
few miles from Tampico recently.
Commander Finney has been in the
| United States navy for eighteen years,
since he was graduated from Annapo-
| lis. He is the son of Mrs. e. E. Fin
ney, Oshkosh.
| Janesville-A three story brick bank
building will be erected here this fall
to be used by a new banking house
organized by Merton G. Fish, White
water banker, as president. There
are at present four banks in the city.
The building will be constructed so as
to allow for the addition of nino or
ten more stories in the future as oc-
caSion warrants.
! Appleton-A contract for construc-
ton of 100000 dashboards for Ford
automobiles has been awarded the
Appleton Wood Products company by
| the Ford Motor company, of Detroit
Mich. The contract provides that not
less than 1000 dashboards are to be
manufactured daily. Much new ma
chinery will be installed to fulfill the
contract
Stevens Point-John R. Mcdonald
pioneer resident of this city, died at
his home here. He compiled the first
set of abstract books in Portage coun-
ay and served term as county treas
urer. Mr.. Mcdonald was one of the
city's first business men, coming here
more than forty years ago. He was re-
tired for the last five years.
Fond du Lac = ''There is no place
like Wisconsin" says Mrs. L. L. Van
derVort who returned from France
where she spent year in service.
She enlisted in 1917, and, after train
ing in America, left for France a year
later, where she was chief nurse OF
three base hospitals, Mars-sur-Allier,
La Baule, and Vannes.
Janesville-The strike of a score Of
plumbers here has received the official
sanction of the National Association
of Plumbers and Steamftters. En-
ployers claimed no strike eXisted-that
plumbers had just quit-because they
signed an agreement at rs cents an
hour until 1920. They demand STU
cents an hour.
Plainfield-The citizens of Junction
City saw a most remarkable sight,
man driving a hearse and unloading
several pigs for market. 1t seems the
undertaken at Junction City raises
pigs for market and rather than have
some farmer deliver them in wagon
he used his hearse.
GAINESVILLE Ninety per cent of bust
ness and professional men here favor
the return of the railroads to private
ownership with proper government
a referendum of members of the
Chamber of Commerce. The vote was
266 to 10.
Rhinelander-Two of the biggest
land deals of the month were made
when the 100 acre farm of Walter Ker-
Der was sold to T. l.. King of Iowa,
anu Ill0 HUI dClG IL act "
Jay Miller was purchased by Miller &
Stouhl of Milwaukee.
Observation-Disclosures moved the safe
of downtown butcher shop into the
ice box, where they blew it open AS
they were escaping with 1,400 in loot
they shot and killed Patrolman Finley
Beaton. The robbers escaped in an
automobile.
Rhinelander-Accord to Chief of
Police Straub there has not been a
single person confined in the city
Jail during July. Prior to that time
there was an average of eight to ten
persons inhabiting the lookup every
day.