Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-12-03

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Maiden Rock - When the little
daughter of Herman Lower, near here,
failed to reach home from school at
dark, % neighbors turned out to
search She was found with head
down in hole where she had fallen
when she slipped over an embank-
ment She could not extricate herself
or make an cutlery on account of the
position into which she had fallen.
She was badly bruised and numb from
the cold, but will recover.
Watertown - The salary of the
Dodge county judge was increased
$500 year. The county clerk also
was raised 800 a year, the treasurer
500 and the clerk of courts 5000 a
year. A deputy clerk is to be hired.
Theodore Klink was reelected high
way commissioner, Nicholas Klink,
Dodge county poor farm superintend-
ent, E. Pfaff, purchasing agent, and
County Agent Brown retained for an
other year.
Madison-The Oscar Mayer Packing
Co. opened for business here. In adj
dition to adding an important COM
mercial enterprise to the city, one
that will employ some 200 worlhmen,
the opening is especially important in
that it supplies large local market
for farmers of Dane and adjoining
counties. The call has gone out for
hogs, cattle and sheep, and the COM
pany is receiving shipments.
Black River Falls-The old Beaver
brewery has been purchased by the
Wisconsin Canned Food Co., Fairchild,
and is being remodeled and will be
used for a canning factory for peas
and for manufacturing of jams and
jellies, ice cream and soda fountain
supplies. During the summer months
the company will employ about $50
people and about rs people will be en-
ployed the year round.
Beloit-Buck Wilson, Beloit negro,
who murdered Mrs. Inez HobsOn, a
companion on an automobile trip to
Rockford last June, was sentenced to
life Imprisonment in the Illinois
state penitentiary at Joliet by Judge
R. K. Welsh in Rockford. The pris-
oner stood unmoved and silent as his
sentence was passed, and made no
statement. He had pleaded guilty.
Madison = George H. Landgraf, for
eighteen years city superintendent OF
schools at Marinette, has been ap-
pointed as field agent under the voca-
tional board and the state board of
education to aid in the administration
of the soldiers educational law. He
will assume his new duties on Jan. /.
The salary of the position is $4,000 an
nually.
Grand Rapids-After three cam
paigns to establish a county nurse in
Wood county, the county board for the
third time turned down the PROPOSE
ton, 10 to Fl. The efforts to locate a
nurse here were made by the FEEDER
ated Women's clubs of this city, who
brought to the board speakers to eX-
plain the benefits Of the Office.
Menasha - Several passengers mi
raculously escaped injury when the
combined freight and passenger train
running on the 500 line between the
Twin Cities and ManitOwOc went into
the ditch at Lark Park, 2 miles west
of Waverly Beach near here. The
rails were torn up for distance OF
several hundred feet.
Ashland twenty-five hundred Ii
censes had been issued in this county
when the deer season opened 1t is
estimated that a large percentage OF
this number went into the woods, and
in addition many outsiders from tie
central and southern part of the state.
Deer carcasses have begun coming
into Ashland.
Kenosha-A practical joke came to
a tragic end here, when William b.
Burns, negro, aged 35 years, died as
result of injuries received when fel-
low workman tried to waken the negro
from sleep by lighting paper beneath
his feet. The other man, Steve Fow-
daski, has twice tried to commit sui
eide.
La Crosse - Socialist party leaders
comment favorably on speeches of
James Thompson, candidate for U. >.
senator two years ago against |. l..
Lenroot, and believed to be tenta-
tive candidate for the same or another
Office in the future. He was put up
for senator by the La Toilette Republl-
cans