Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-03-17


tags have been issued by the state
year 10 trappers in northern counties
that have open season on beavers dur
ing February and March Petitions
are now being received by the COM
mission urging a closed season for
year or SO on the little fur bearing
animals whose skins now bring from
$50 TO $40 each Trapping on the
scale OF this year and last will wipe
out the beavers, the petitioners say.
Madison-Bonus checks to WiscOn
sin soldier boys are signed at the rate
of $500 an hour by a new process
which has been installed at the office
Of the state treasurer. The new ma
chine is called the signograph and
signs five checks at a time. The per-
son signing the check writes his own
name, and by the same movement op
crates a piece of apparatus which
makes five identical signatures.
Amigo The popular impression
that Havana is flooded with Ameri-
cans in quest of thirst quenchers is
very misleading, says DR.. f. V. Wat
son, who, with his family, just returned
from a sojourn in the south, which in
Guided a trip to Cuba. Aside from the
opening of a couple new American
bars there during the last few months,
the amount Of drinking done there is
not abnormal.
Madison-The official history of the
Thjrty-second division was sent to the
state printer by the state history COM
mission The official history Of the
Thirty second division was written by
Gen Hahn 1t has, however, been
edited by a staff of the Wisconsin His
tory commission so as to make it more
readable. The books will be illus
trated byla number of pictures.
Madison-Out near Mineral Point
folks will have TO pay just twice as
much as they formerly did for tele-
phone service, but no particular COM
plant has been heard, for the rate as
advanced will be only 81 month. The
railroad commission issued the author
ization for increased revenue to the
Western Crawford County Farmers
Mutual Telephone Co.
Darlington-O p Olson, Fayette, is
a collector of Indian relics. He pre-
scented the Lafayette County Historical
society with a splendid collection of
copper spears, stone pipes, arrow
heads and other things peculiar to In
dian folks. Now he makes another
present of the same kind, adding to
the already well-filled library.
La Crosse - Another excursion
steamer will be added to the fleet
operated on the upper Mississippi this
year by the Streckfus Steamboat line.
The new steamer will be named the
Capitol, and it will be the longest,
widest and swiftest stern wheel boat
en- the river, with five decks and
capacity Of $500 passengers.
Rhinelander-Jam Babe, who was
refused citizenship papers here in Cir
cult court, was found in a room of a
local hotel with his throat cut. He
was respondent because not given
citizenship, which was temporarily re-
fused because he was not sufficiently
familiar with the United States gov
eminent.
Madison-C. S. Meek, San Antonio
Tex, was named superintendent of
schools in Madison at a salary of
$500. He will succeed R. B. Dudgeon,
who has held the post for Twenty-Five
years. Mr.. Dudgeon will be offered
the position of business manager of
the school system at a salary of
$4,000.
Lancaster. Settler, retired min
lister, living with his wife at the home
Of Elder L. p. Kline, committed sui
eide by hanging himself on a scaf1old
he had prepared in barn. Stettler
went to the barn and climbed to the
hay loft where he secured the trip
rope of the hayfork.
Racjne-John Harry and Mrs Anna
Markoff, who, the police claim, admits
that she has a husband living in Mil
waukee, we're arrested here on a
~+o+''torv charge, The couple came to
Racine from Hancock, Mich, on JAN
s, where they had lived for four
I.OIL1s.
Wausau-John w Foster, deputy
conservation warden, is dead of abs
cess of the brain following influenza
Mr. Foster held the Office of deputy
conservation warden for sixteen years
and was recognized as one of the most
efficient wardens in the service
Sheboygan-Onlya half mile of con
crete roadway will be constructed in
this county during the coming season
on account OF high prices of labor and