Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-12-24


the state appropriated for that pur-
pose. 1t is simply an emergency fund
to aid those incapacitated from
work pending their receiving federal
aid, which in many cases has been
slow in arriving. Col. Turner has
found that in many cases men are
drawing state aid who are carrying on
their regular vocation. In one city
he found fifty-three men receiving
state aid, the understanding being
that it was bonus. Those who are
not entitled to the emergency aid and
who are now drawing it will be
dropped.
Madison-To fight the cost of liv-
ing and impress the public with the
fact that they are not overpaid, state
house employees are forming an Old
Clothes club, pledging themselves to
buy no new clothes until July l, 1920.
Scores of the 200 employees have
signed Women as we'll as men are
joining. Another proposal is to form
a cooperative buying organization to
obtain supplies for members at whole
sale cost, as is done by the University
Employees Cooperative association.
Sturgeon Bay-A hunter brought to
the court house a carcass of what he
thought was a wolf and applied for
bounty, leaving the carcass in the cor
rider outside After the county clerk
had made out the preliminary details
of the bounty he took look at the
animal His suspicion was aroused
and he called several authorities on
wild animal life, who declared the
pelt was that of a dog. The hunter
got no bounty.
Eau Claire-All English language
weeklies in Eau Claire county have
united under the name of Eau Claire
County Union. This paper includes
The. Augusta Times, The Augusta
Eagle, The Fairchild Observer and
The Fall Creek Journal. The only
other weekly left is The Reform,
language weekly, Eau
Claire. The Eau Claire County Union
will be published at Augusta.
Ashland Caterpillar war tanks
have been placed in the woods in at
least three Ashland county lumber
camps. The Newell Drot Co., the
Roddis Lumber e Veneer Co, and the
Kaiser Lumber Co, are using the cat
erpillars, which are of 95 horsepower
and haul IA sleigh loads of wood. Elk
perience shows that the caterpillars
draw at least two more loads than
steam haulers.
Juneau - The case of the state VS..
Bragg Stoddart ct al, the Waupun
riot case" in which Mr.. Stoddart anG
one other civilian and four former sol
diers are held to answer for rail
ride party in which Gus Bluemke, an
alien 70 years old, was the victim, has
been set over until the February
term. The case was to be tried this
week but there was conflict with
other cases.
Madison - The University of Wis
consin, through it's extension division,
has launched a campaign to reduce
illiteracy in Wisconsin. 1t is estimat-
ed that there are still $1,000 residents
of the Badger state actually unable to
read or write. In addition to this
there are a large number of men and
women classed as near illiterates.
Kenosha - Andrew Cheminski ap-
peared before the industrial commits
sion demanding $1,000 compensation
from the American Brass Co. for loss
of his right eye. He said that he was
injured Sept. Is, 1919, when some acid
splashed in his eye. A workman, try
ing to administer first aid, used gaso-
line as an eye wash, by mistake.
Green Bay-Green Bay has import
ed from foreign countries $86O,S49
worth of miscellaneous merchandise
since Jan. 1, according to reports OF
the traffic commissioner Of the Associ-
alton of Commerce. The imports are
uOuU10 LuOoO VI ioAA' AOeet
from Canada takes an important place
in the list.
Eau Claire - Frederick Moer1, 81,
Tilden. is dead He is a native OF
Berne, Switzerland, and settled In
Chippewa Valley in 1856. He served
during the Civil war in the Eighth
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regiment and spent the last
forty years on one of the finest farms
in Chippewa Valley.
Montello-The residence OF A. Rich
ter here, said to be the most beautiful
home in Marquette county, was burn
ed to the ground following an explo-
sion of a gas tank. The loss is esti-
mated at more than $4,000. Mr.. and.
Mrs. Richter miraculously escaped in.
jury.
Marinette-F the fourth yeai
Marinette will have a community
Christmas tree, the largest to be
ea..,a =, +l,a ,oorfhorn woods M0ndaV