Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-11-05

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, mission on an application for an in
crease from $1.30 10 $3.50 per 1000
feet. The same company has asked
for an increase in the gas rate at Eau
| Claire to 1920 and in Chippewa Falls
! to $2.95. Evidence of valuation engl-
neers for the company was taken by
Commissioner Allen at the hearing in
La Crosse and adjournment was taken
until Dec. 8, when joint hearing will
be held in Madison.
Stanley-Work was begun here this
week on the building which will house
| the Stanley Toy works. The company
is incorporated for $4,000. Most of
the stock has been subscribed by local
buyers The Stanley Industrial De-
velopment company has purchased a
| large block of the stock. Most of the
toys are made from designs by 7, P.
Judd, promoter and president of the
company, who comes from Elgin, Ill.
! The building will be ready for occu-
pancy about the first of the year.
Sparta - Mrs. Howard Teasdale,
| wife of the former state@senator and
| father of many Wisconsin statutes ad-
vancing eugenics and to suppress
vice, is planning to attend the next
Worlds Women's Christian union con-
vention, which will be held in London,
England next April. She was elected
as delegate from Wisconsin at the
recent state w. C. T. U. convention
in Oshkosh. Mrs. Teasdale also is
state musical director of the w. c..
T. U.
Eau Claire-Eau Claire will have a
marked increase in tax rate. Since
Eau Claire adopted the commission
plan in 1910 it has enjoyed a compare
lively low tax rate. The average dur
ing the last nine years has been
around "a mills, but the city council
estimates that this year it will reach
80 mills or more. Increased cost of
labor, increased cost of materials, a
larger school budget and the soldiers
bonus are the main factors.
Madison-A report by the industrial
commission upon the work of the pub
lie employment bureau in Milwaukee
during the year ending June 30, shows
that $685. applications for work were
filed and that there were 1882 calls
for help, "a, 628 references to positions
and 58,878 verified placements. In
September, 1919, registration for help
totaled 1859, calls for men $3.50, mum
Der referred to positions 4,879, and
verified placements 4,439.
Superior That Mayor Baxter has
not the legal power to cut either the
police or fire departments was the as.
sertion made by Attorney w. P. Craw.
ford, representing plaintiffs in man
.damus proceedings instituted by
twelve discharged policemen against
the city. The attorney also accused
the mayor of not having acted in good
faith and that the cut YVES not made
as a measure for economy, but for
personal reasons.
Beloit-The common council ap.
proved the establishment of a munic-
ipal coal yard for sale of fuel to the
people at the lowest possible prices.
Mayor J. A. Janyrin was instructed to
name a committee to devise ways and
means to put the project in oper
alton Suggestions We're also made as
to having a municipal market to cut
down the price of foodstuffs.
-Manitowoc's two public
utility plants-water and electricity
made profit of $71,854.98 during the
fiscal year ending June 80, according
to the report made by the utilities
committee of the city council to the
state commission. The water depart
ment, says the report, Melted $780,
1464O, while the electric light plant
shows a profit of $41,708.58.
Argyle Gertrude Ryan is convinced
that there is no place like her south
ern Wisconsin home. Early in Sep
TENDER she went out to South Dakota
to teach She is back home. The
drinking water she could not stand or
get used to, so she just had to come
back to her old Wisconsin home and
get a good drink once more.
Menasha - With two children dead
here, autopsies were decided upon by
physicians in an endeavor to learn the
nature of suspected poisoning. Cor
don Hildebrand, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs
Fred Hildebrand was tie first victim
Bernice, 6, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leo Kohansl1i, also died.
Amigo = A night school is to be
opened at the high school building on
Nov. 4. Courses will be given in
bookkeeping, shorthand, typewriting,
cooking, sewing, shop mathematics,
machine drawing, cabinet making and