Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-06-25

l cro sssntz Ths b LES @d Was
most noticeable duIs war when
the demand for fe tufts became
greater than ever befor,3 in history and
nationwide campaign to increase
production was inaugurated. Farmers
everywhere co-operated in the move
ment. To what extent Rock county
farmers participated is evident from
the increase in acreage in the last
eight years.
Madison-With a simple service
that included prayer and a brief
commemoration of his life, former
United States Senator John C. Spoon
er was laid to rest at Forest Hill. The
services were held at the Baptist
church, the Rev. D. D. MacLaurin off,
ciating. The ceremony at the grave
was in charge of the Masons, Senator
Spooner having been member of the
Madison chapter for fifty-two years.
Men representing the nation and the
state gathered at the Baptist church
to pay their final respects. Civil war
veterans, legislators, members OF the
university faculty, justices of the Su
preme court, state officials and many
old neighbors and friends of the fam
lily were present.
Sturgeon Bay-The Y M. C. A. will
conduct it's usual boys summer camp
here this summer for the purpose OF
picking cherries. The camp will be
600 strong. 1t comprises boys be-
tween the ages of IA and 10, haling
from all sections of the state. Theil
main camp will be conducted at the
county fair grounds. Besides the
work of picking cherries, the 'Y" Of
fers program of amusement and rec
reation The boys will earn from
$3.50 to $3.50 per day. Two thousand
outside pickers will be required to as
sist the local people in harvesting the
cherry crop. The season will begin at
about July 10.
Appleton = Mic Simond has COM
menced work on a cheese to weigh
$4,000 pounds, the largest ever under
taken in Wisconsin. 1t will require
sixty factories and seventy-fve max
ers, the hoop will weigh 5000 pounds
and will be seven feet high and ten
and a half feet in diameter. The
cheese is for the national dairy show
to be held in Chicago in October.
Kenosha-C. w. Nash, president of
the Nash Motors Co., emphatically de-
MED statements made by state papers
that he was to be candidate for gov
ernor at the next election. Mr.. Nash
said that politics was the last thing
that he had thought to enter and that
he would not be candidate in 1920
under any circumstances.
Stevens Point-Thomas Pilipp, Car
son, thrown from load of hay, died,
never regaining consciousness. His
skull was fractured, neck broken, right
arm broken, one side of his face and
one side of his body badly bruised.
He formerly conducted grocery stores
in Milwaukee and Chicago, coming to
Portage county to farm.
Watertown-An addition of SIS per
month has been made to the salary OF
every teacher employed in the public
schools of this city. The increase
e.ids $4,000 to the cost of teachers sal
aries for the coming year. The total
number of grade teachers is twenty
three and thirteen instructors are in
the high school.
Marirette-The soldiers and sailors
of Algoma were pleasantly surprised
at banquet given in their honor,
when a purse of $1,000 was presented
by M. W. Perry and P. M. White. With
the gift was note from the two dom
ors. saying that the money could be
used for any purpose that the boys
saw fit.
Merrill-With an inspiring address
by the Rev. w. B. Morris, Oshkosh,
the sixty-fifth annual convention Of
the Central Baptist association was
concluded here Nearly hundred del
egates from different parts of the
state attended the three days ses-
sions.
uperior-Harold Ten Eyck. Balsam
Lake, in circuit court was found
guilty of obtaining 81 by represent
ing himself as a Red Cross agent,
The sentence pronounced by Judge w
R. Foley was 5000 fine or six months
in Jail.
Waupun-W aupun is seeing one of
the greatest house building seasons in
it's history. Not less than twenty
houses are under construction. Con-
tracts for five more were made and
fifty new homes viii be built this year.