Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-01-14

Superior Mayor F "A. Baxter was
subjected to a gruelling cross exami-
nation when he appeared on the stand
to support his charges against Chief
of Police Vincent McKinnon. The
mayor is trying to have McKinnon re-
moved from Office. The mayor refused
to answer a question of McKinnon's
attorneys, asking if a representative
of a brewing concern had contributed
more than 81 900 to his campaign fund.
He also refused to answer when
asked if gamblers had contributed to
his fund and the contributions not in
Guided in his sworn statement of cam
paign expenditures.
stevens Point-The leap-year offer
OF Count Clerk Algie Bourn holds
good aga;1 in 1920 and here's an OPP
portunity for prospective Wisconsin
brides, no matter from what county.
The only requisite is you must step
lively and get here first. Algie Bourn,
who is president of the Wisconsin
County Clerks association, will fur
nish free a marriage Alicense to the
first leap year bride who applies for
license. Circuit Judge B. B. Park will
perform the ceremony free of charge.
Stevens Point-The Rosholt Electric
Co., Rosholt, Portage county, has been
authorized by the railroad commission
to increase its minimum charge from
81 to $3.50 and to increase its metered
rate from 10 to 1919 cents per kilo-
watt hour. The company claimed that
low water conditions compelled it to
use steam for generating current and
the increased cost of coal made pres
ent rates inadequate. The increase
granted in the metered rate is one-half
of what was asked for.
Madison-Wireless messages are to
be received in Madison every night,
according to a dispatch received here
by L. B. ,Rowley, one of the city's
wireless enthusiasts. The Great Lakes
wireless station will begin sending out
what is called broadcast amateur
The messages will begin to arrive
about 1880 and include a weather re-
port, short dispatches and some navy
Codes
Madison-The new alumni directory
sity of Wisconsin is being pushed rap
idly and will probably be issued soon.
To prepare the list of names has been
slow, careful task, for in many cases
it was difficult to trace alumni. The
directory will contain the names of
some $4,000 alumni, dating from the
first graduating class in 1854 through
the class of 1919.
Green Bay-Charles Finey Dutton,
"a years old, one time resident of Mil
waukee, and closely identified with in
dustrial development of northern Wis
consin, died in a hospital here. Mr..
Dutton lived in Milwaukee thirty years
ago, when he was general manager of
the Milwaukee and Northern railroad,
now a part of the Milwaukee system.
He later lived at Wausaukee, Mari
nette county, where he had extensive
land interests.
Merrill-Merrill has been the butt of
jokes on account of the street car sys-
tenn having been sold for dollar. The
laugh is on the other fellow now, for
the street cars are still running and
will continue to run, as the franchise
does not expire. This fact has been
recognized and submitted by the at
torney for the street railway company.
Merrill-Many buildings will be built
here in the spring. The Presbyterians
plan erection of a new edifice. Trus-
tees of ST. Stephens church, recently
burned, will build new and more
costly building. A junior high school
costing $4,000, and new Second
ward school at $4,000 will also be
erected.
Green Bay-Anouncement was made
of the purchase by the Catholic Wom-'
ems club of large residence, known
as the College inn, from the Cady
Land company for $4,000. The club
will reconstruct the building for club
house purposes and establish a day
nursery in it's welfare work.
Beloit-With both feet so badly
frozen that amputation may be neces.
sary, Harry Adams is the first Beloit
victim of the cold wave. Adams is in
a hospital following exposure suffered
when his automobile stalled near Har-
lem station.
Appleton Directors of the Wiscon-
sin Association of Real Estate brok-
ers discussed plans for the annual con-