Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-09-10

the state bank section of the Ameri-
can Bankers association and thus in
touch with $4,000 state banks in the
nation. During the war he was an ac-
tive participant in the Y. M. c. A.,
Liberty loan, War Savings stamp and
war work fund drives.
Monroe-Monroe was the host for
100 dairymen and farmers from Fort
Scott and Bourbon county, Kans, who
arrived on a special train to inspect
the Green county dairy and cheese
industries. The tourists placed orders
for thirteen carloads of dairy cattle
to be sent to southeastern Kansas. A
dinner and dance at the Borden con-
densery and a tour in motor cars about
the county where the sunf1ower boost
ers visited diaries, stock farms and
cheese factories were on the program
of entertainment.
Fairchild-A chain of canning facto-
ries is planned around Fairchild, with
plants to be built at once here and at
Osseo by the Wisconsin Canned Food
Co., Fairchild, a 100000 concern,
The incorporators include w. F.
ever that was very JF goSoac ca@se.SSa 5klns'
The ball game in the afternoon wa
a close one but not overly excitinhr
A fine dance in the evening ended tt
days performance and everyone wa
satisfied with the future outlook &,
Villas county and a real fair. ID
DR.. II. M. Weed was called to Bon
fas, Michigan last Saturday evening"
Mrs. CONAN of that village was very
Isick ,..-~. 1T
of the nurse. The club will pay her
salary until Jan, 1 and the city will
pay it after that.
Rhinelander - According to statis-
tics from the county agricultural
agents office there are about 5000
dairy cows in Oneida county, an in
crease of about 25 per cent for the
last ten years. There are two cream
and cheese factory although the local
creamery receives milk and cream
from over the entire northern part Of
the state.
Ashland Resumption of ore traffic,
which was completely closed in the
ports of Duluth Superior, Two Har-
bors, Ashland, Marquette, and Escana-
ba, has been followed by rush of ore
boats. The shopmen's and coal dock
workers strikes added to the tense
ness of the situation The strike
lasted about twenty-five days.
Wausau = Eighty business men of
Wausau have donated sufficient
amounts of money to assist in the
opening of a highway south of Rio
mountain between Mosinee and Wau-
sau and also to assist in gravellng a
street in this city in order that an ex-
pertinent in crawling may be given
a thorough test.
Ladysmith- is being extracted
from cones of coniferous trees in this
country to be shipped for replanting
devastated areas of northern France
Bows and girls are collecting cones,
which bring as high as So bushel
Tamarack cones bring the highest
price and are desired in the largest
quantities.
Antigo-The Rev. C. Neumann, who
accepted call to the pulpit of Peace
Lutheran congregation here, arrived
from Athens, where he served as pas
tor for five years, He succeeds the
Rev. A. Grimm, who retlres to devote
his attention to his publishing bust
ness.
Antigo-After being out nearly five
hours jury returned verdict OF
s625 compensatory damages for Mar
tina Suick against Abe Krom. The
charge was using defamatory Ian
gnage. The plaintiff asked $4,000.
Glenwood City ALI arrangements
are completed for the tenth annual
GIenwood intercounty fair, st. Crolx
and Dunn counties, which will be held
here on Sept. 10, II and II. Increased
nremiums will be given this year.
Rbinelander = The Central Labor
union plans a modern two-story labor
temple of brick, one of the most up
to-date labor temples in the state.
Madison - The Wisconsin railroad
commission has ordered an increase
IN rates for the municipality owned
water. light and heat utilities of Hart
ford. Gross earnings for the last year
fell short of meeting the operating ex-
penses by more than $4,000.
La Crosse-Rather than to go back
<o school Maurice Morkved, aged 10,