Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-02-04

the summer, according 10 present
plans. A joint committee, made up of
representatives. of Dodge, Fond du Lac
and Washington counties, which have
voted to unite in erecting a sana-
forum, has been authorized by the
boards of the three counties, to act in
in the selection of a site. Wisconsin's
first tri-county sanatorium, erected by
Ashland, Iron and Bayfield, counties, is
now completed and plans are being
made for its formal opening and dedi-
cation, which will take place in Febru-
airy. Campaigns for tri-county sana-
toria are now being carried on by sew
eral other groups of counties in the
state.
Madison-To do the maintenance
work alone, and without reference to
road construction, 1000 men will be
required to patrol the highways in
Wisconsin during 1920. OF this num-
Der 900 are needed for the state trunk
system and 700 for the county or sec
ondary trunk system. For the main
tenance of the 1850 miles OF state
trunk and county trunk system high
ways in Wisconsin there will be eX-
pended during 1920, $3,550,000. This
has nothing to do about highway con-
struction for which there will be ex-
pended in the state this year Gnclud-
ing federal and state expenditure
about SIT 100000.
Monroe Instead of bringing the
cheesemakers to the dairy school, the
university is to take the dairy school
right into the Swiss cheese district.
A one-week dairy school will be held
here Feb. 8 to 13 under the auspices
of the college of agriculture and the
Southwestern Cheese Makers associa-
ton. The course will be given to help
improve the quality of Wisconsin
Swiss cheese, says j. l.. Sammls OF
the dairy school. 1t will be practical
course held right in the heart OF the
best Swiss cheese district of America.
Fort Atkinson-The Fort Atkinson
Cow Testing association finished the
old year with 100 honor cows to its
credit. Honors for the high COW go to
William A. Stark From 1862 pounds
of milk from a 7-year-old Guernsey
COW, 846 pounds of butter fat were
obtained H. j. Yandry won first place
for his high grade Holstein herd for
three consecutive months. w. F. Trie-
~ n oil G.
onds, also with Holstein cattle.
Manitowoc - Manitowoc will con-
tinue its federal employment bureau
and will find a new home for the office
which is compelled to move because
of the enlarging of the National bank.
The office has been kept going by city
finances ever since federal and state
aid were withdrawn but it was found
TO be of so much assistance to both
the employers and the workmen that
it was decided to continue the office.
La Crosse-Amateur wireless opera
tors in La Crosse, of whom there are
a great number, were ordered to dis
continue operations at night because
of the effect the work has upon the
lights attached to low voltage systems.
Every dot and dash of the code can
be read in the blinking lights, accord
ing to Manager C. B. Yonts, who said
that refusal to quit will mean discon-
tinuance of electric lighting service.
Madison-Of the 1000 in the uni,
versity, but 418 are enrolled in teach.
ers' courses preparing themselves to
satisfy the enormous demand in the
state for trained pedagogues. OF this
number 1874 are seniors. There are
but 81 sophomores in the school of
education and 70 freshmen. 1t is be-
lieved that the inadequacy of salaries
has led to falling off in the popu-
larity of the course.
Oshkosh-Pneumoni following the
flu, was fatal to Henry w. Meyer, cleo.
trical contractor, who, it was believed,
contracted the disease on business
trip to Chicago, and to Miss Ethel Mel
son, who had only been employed four
days in Mr. Meyers Office, as stenog
rapher when she became Ill with the
disease and died.
Observation-Disclosures the direction of
the public health department of the
Red Cross, home nursing course will
be begun here soon. The movement
was instituted because of the fact that
the influenza epidemic last winter
brought out the fact that the city was
extremely short on nurses.
Unconstitutional dealers in farm
machinery report that they are having
great difficulty in getting enough sleds
to supply the demands of the farmers;
and that the demands for all kind OF