Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-12-31

| Trempealeau - Thirty-five thou
sand pounds of buffalo, carp and other
rough fish were shipped from here to
| New York, where they will be put
upon the market. The fish were
shipped alive, in tank cars. In New
York they are put in cans and labeled
prime Columbia River Salmon"
They help to cut the high cost of liv-
| ing, being a great deal cheaper than
other river food.
Sheboygan - Capt. Ernst Gonzen-
! bach, Pine Lodge, is in receipt Of a
letter from Senior Gen. Don Noises
| Olivia, chief OF staff of the army of
Ecuador, South America, who inquiries
| regarding the prices of Sheboygan
| Holstein cattle. Mr. Olivia has a large
ranch on which he has 1000 cows
which give only as much milk as 40
good Holsteins.
| Superior John Gulland has come
| to the conclusion that it does not pay
| to kill cockroaches with gasoline in
| the night time. While applying the in
| flammable liquid to cracks in the floor
of the pantry Of his home to kill the
| bugs he tried to see what the results
of his effe9 5 were with the aid of a
| lighted IS1tch, causing an explosion.
| App4eton = Outagamie county de-
fe&4 ed a good roads bond issue at the
special election by a majority of 65P
votes. The county districts returned
favorable majority of SO, but the city
Of Appleton was against the measure
by over 700. High taxes prevailing at
| the present time are blamed for the
defeat.
Watertown-John Habhegger, pres
| fdent of the Merchants National bank
| and president Of the John Habhegger
Cold Storage company, is dead here,
| aged rs yes rs. He was a veteran of
G. A. R. post many years, also prom
inent democrat and business man.
Racine = Alonzo Brunnell, former
Soldier, fell to death at the plant Of the
J. I. Case Plow works. While carting
casting from one department to anoth-
er, he was walking along a crane,
missed his step and fell 80 feet thru
manhole, striking on his head. He
came here Dec. 5 from Ashland.
Manitowoc = Yielding to demands
which the public has made for nearly
two years, during which time four
lives have been lost, the city council
authorized the placing of guard chains
al Eighth and Tenth streets bridges
and employing extra men to take
charge of the chains.
Manitowoc - The new $4,000 fog
and light station is completed and IN
operation The fog whistle which IS
operated bX. compressed air has
sound radHzs of thirty miles, while
the harbor pier light, made of 10000
lenses, is visible for twenty miles IN
clear weather.
Marinette - Paul f. Neverman, su
perintendent of schools at Monroe
Wis, has been elected superintendent
of the Marinette public schools, to
succeed George H. Landgraf, who goes
to the state board of education MI
Neverman will begin his duties on San
1, 1920.
Madison-The 1920 Wisconsin wool
crop will be sold on the cooperative
quality basis as is done in Iowa ac-
cording to L. G. Foster, OF the DIVISION
of marketing. It is claimed that WOOL
growers of Iowa saved thousands o.
dollars by that method of sale.
La Crosse = Earl Brinker, North
Bend farmer, failed to get deer on
his annual hunting trip in the north
woods. but he brought back an eagle
which measured seven feet from tip to
tip.
La Crosse Walter ,Turnbull, 9
farmer living 20 miles north of here,
lost ten head of cattle when he turned
them into a field in which there was
smut His loss is $1,000.
Wausau-Hot lunches are being
served at the Wausau High school al
cost to the students The service Is
under the direction of the domestic
science class.
Stevens Point - Grade school teach
ers Of Stevens Point were granted $40
to SIS per month at the December
meeting OF the board of education
The teachers names were placed on
the pay roll of the board for eleven
months instead OF nine and one-half,
thereby giving them one and one-na1
months additional pay. A CONDITION
ruled by the board that the checks
shall be payable at the end of each
calendar month makes it necessary
for the teachers to wait until after the