Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-05-14

owned by Nathan Dickinson q Son,
| Lake Geneva, has the worlds record.
| She is the youngest of any breed TO
make a record of more than l,O0O
pounds of butter in a year, and IN TACT
the fourth junior two-year-old of the
breed to enter the 1,000-pound list
Figures on this COW, as sent out from
| the advanced registry office at Dela-
van, records made at two years TWEEN
| ty days of age, follow: Butter, days,
| 27.37 pounds; milk, days, 1888
pounds; butter, 80 days, 1863 pounds;
milk, 80 days, 2,229.8 pounds; butter,
365 days, 1,010.68 pounds; milk, 500
days, 21,569.7 pounds.
Sturgeon Bay = Two large steel
boats, each ESQ feet long, AZ feet
across the beam and with hold
depth of 10 feet will be constructed at
| the Universal Shipbuilding yards here.
| The craft will be propelled by semi
Diesel engines and are intended for
ocean service, to be used in the ma.
hogany lumber trade with South Afrl-
ca Three large wooden tugs for the
government are nearing completion at
the yards and will be launched soon.
The tugs, which are $50 feet in length,
are for ocean service, 1t being under.
stood they are to be used in govern
ment service in the Panama canal
zone.
| Oshkosh - That the "reds" would
not find this city to their liking is to
be judged from the position taken by
Mayor A. C. McHenry, head of the
commission form of government here.
| That organized expression of bolsheV-
| ism, l. W. w ism or any other form OF
| laWlessness would be met with all the
force of opposition at his command,
should it seek to develop in Oshkosh,
is the assurance given by Mr.. Nc
| Henry.
Sheboygan - The civics committee
of the Womans club is conducting
| baby clinic in the school houses. The
mothers are responding better than
! last year, when the Better Babies"
campaign was a tremendous success
All the citys physicians have been
called into service and they are Civ
| ing the mothers practical suggestions
on how to care for children. The ply
sicians are being aided by two nurses.
Janesville-DavidF F. Sayre, aged 81,
probably the oldest member of the Psi
Epsilon fraternity in the country, died
at his home in the town of Porter,
near here He was admitted to the
bar at Paterson, N. j., in 1874, coming
to Wisconsin five years lated. He held
many Rock county positions and was
elected representative in the state leg
islature in 1873 He rode on the first
train driven from Detroit to Chicago.
Stevens Point-A patriotic ambition
which Forrest Houlehan of this city
has cherished during nearly two
years of army service has been full
filled in France, in his recent promo
ton from sergeant to the rank of sec
ond lieutenant. Rejected as an off,
Ger candidate at Fort Sheridan, he en-
listed in the national guard as a pri-
vate, and after many months of serv-
ice overseas has won his commission.
GAINESVILLE - Special arrangements
for accommodating discharged soldiers.
going from Camp Grant to their homes
in Wisconsin and Minnesota have
been established by the Y. M. C. A.
A lounging room is provided together
with writing materials. Cots have
been placed in separate room. Dur
ing the last four weeks more than 100
soldiers have spent the night at the
"Y".
Marinette-Lieut. John Culnan, for
mer Marinette newspaper man, who
was awarded the distinguished serv-
ice cross for heroism fighting with the
marines at Chateau Thierry, is on his
way home. While in Germany, Lieut..
Culnan was in charge of a troup call
ed 1.-THE Marine Troubadours" who
gave performances for soldiers, pre-
senting one of his own plays.
Kenosha = Dr. w. E. Nelson, city
| food and dairy inspector, refused to
grant licenses to a proprietor of
butcher shop and milk deal
er, and held up applications of four
teen other dealers of foodstuffs. DR..
Nelson had warned purveyors of food
who were careless in handling prod
ucts, that their licenses would DE re-
jected.
| Green Bay-The Fort Howard Paper
| Co., Green Bays newest paper mill,
| has obtained a river frontage site on
| Fox river near the southern limits of
the city A plant, costing about $780,
| 000 will be built Immediately. The
completed plant will employ about