Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-07-02

Appleton An additional $1,00e tor
the $4,000 available for the homecom~
ing demonstration for Outagamie-
county soldiers and sailors July 1 has.
been provided by the city council.
The demonstration will be the most
/ elaborate ever attempted here. Street
decorations will cost $4,000 and fire
works $1,000. A war camp is TO be
established on Lawrence college
campus and huts will be erected by
the Y. M. C. A, Knights of Columbus,
Salvation Army and Jewish Welfare
| board
| Stevens Point-Maj George d.
Whiteside, Plover, former assembly
man, has been awarded the medal OF
honor by the French government, for
distinguished service in hospital work
in France. He is still on active duty liz
France. After twenty months in
France as an ambulance driver for the
French government. Charles Nc
Creey has returned decorated with the
French croix de guerre. He is one of
three brothers who were in the world
war.
! Notwithstanding to Postmaster
Gustave Keller, who attended the an
nual convention of the Wisconsin
Postmasters association in Milwaukee,
the amount of thrift and war savings:
stamps cashed in Wisconsin up to-
June 1 was only 16 per cent OF the
amount sold and the amount cashed
in Outagamie county was only 61a per
cent of the sales The maturity value
of the stamps sold in Outagamie coun-
| ty during the year 1913 was $774,550.
Observation-Disclosures of farmers
to experiment with fax raising is re-
sponsible for abandonment of the plan
to establish a fax ginning factory in
Appleton. DR.. j. B. Grove, Chicago in
ventor of a fax gin, who was endeaV-
oring to promote the factory, has gone
to Oregon, where he has been prom
Used support. He offered to erect a.
factory, financed by local people, if
farmers would agree to raise 1000
acres Of f1axseed each year.
Kenosha - Kenosha teachers have
announced that they are about to form
a chapter of the proposed Wisconsin,
state teachers organization which will
be part of the American Federation
of Labor. After long fight for high
er wages, the teachers managed to get
a raise from the school board and now
the educators consider organizing that
the next time an emergency presents
itself they will be able to cope with
the board.
Ashland-The Ashland Home Tele--
phone Co. property was sold at shers
ifs sale to O. G. Roehling, Chicago, as
follows: Ashland plant, $4,000; Mel
len exchange, $500; toll line be-
tween Ashland and Mellen, $3.50. The
sale did not include the switchboard
and other equipment of the Home Tell
ephone Co. in Ashland, as they are
held by chattel mortgage for 1886.
Shawano- It is estimated that 49,
900 people attended the Shawanos
county honor day for the soldiers and
sailors of the county held in Shawano-
About 400 were in the parade, with
four bands. Over 5000 were fed at
the barbecue given in the afternoons
at the high school grounds. Three
dances were held at night. It was the
biggest day in the history of Shawano-
Superior-Due to increased cost OF
conducting mission work, the Luther
an Brethren church convention decided
against adding to the number of mis-
sionaries in the field next year. Con-
struction of one or two buildings at
the church's Bible school in Grand q
Forks, N. D., was authorized and it
was decided to start fund for the
needy within the denomination.
Waupun - Waupun public schools
made an enyiable record in sale Of
Thrift and War Savings stamps, and
may hold the record for the state.
Supt. L. F. Smith of the public schools
said $7,210.S5 has been reached at the
end of the school year. That sum rep
resents nearly SO per pupil from kin
dergarten through high school.
Appleton-Grocerys stores of the Fox
river valley will close each Wednes-
day afternoon during the summer
months, it was decided at meeting Of
the Fox River Valley Grocers' associ-
alton. Merchants in other lines will
he roovac+od IN toko cinniIar action
The closing rule becomes effective