Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-04-28

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bill would authorize and direct the
prohibition enforcement officers In the
treasury department TO permit bona
fide owners OF liquors now held IN
bonded warehouses to withdraw such
LIQUORS under affidavit that 1t is for
their own use.
ShebOygan-E. A. Sonncmann, Tor
forty-six years a prominent fisherman
O. Lake Michigan and president OF the
r. a. Sonnemann Fishing Co, has sold
his business and will retire. He is
veteran sailor Of the lakes and widely
known in marine circles. The com
pany will continue under the same
name. with Capt. Ed. La Fond, Fred
Schraut and John and David Ernisse
as owners. The sale included the tug
Fearless.
Ashland High wages and increased
cost Of almost everything, has wiped
out the daily ferry service between
Ashland and Washburn, which has
been in continuous service during the
navigation season for more than thirty
years. 70 will also probably cut out
the vessel runs between Ashland AMI
Bayfield, and the Apostle islands,
which heretofore has not skipped a
season since the eighties.
Fond du Lac-Made in Fond du Lac
typcwritCrs will feature in the intro
duction Of the phonetic script among
the Chinese. The new script has
thirty-ninc characters. a local type
writer company is completing an mi
tial shipment of twenty-five ma chimes
that will be equipped with these
phonetic characters. The new script
is arranged TO read from the top of
The page down.
Eau Claire Mrs. John Spaeth. so
years old is being treated by Chippewa
Falls hospital for burns received in a
gasoline explosion while alone on her
farm near Glenwood City, Wis. Her
son had left some gasoline in a pail
in the house. The mother. installing
il for water. poured il into reservoir
Of kitchen range where Il exploded
setting IRE 10 her clothing.
Madison Lee G.. Lcgler of Davis.
III. formerly proprietor OF the Hyl9nd
stock farm al Monroe. Wis. was fined
$3.50 by Judge 4. l. Sanborn in Unit
ed States District court here. when he
81 he
mails TO defraud. He advertised
pedigreed Holstcin calves for sale, but
was unable TO furnish pedigrees. was
the charge
Madison The complete official
count shows that the amendment TO
the state constitution permitting a
raise in the salary of the members of
the legislature lost by 1865 votes.
Seventeen counties favored the
change. usually by small majorities.
Milwaukee being the only county to
approve the raise by large figure
1894.
Chippewa Falls-Annette Pellitier.
searching a desk in the Pellitier and
Paqucttes grocery. where she was a
bOokkeeper. pulled out a loaded re-
yolyer which accidentally discharged.
The bullet missed Mrs. Fred Chayer.
a customer by foot and broke the
jaw of Margaret Murphy. % years old
Ashland-The threatened strike OF
students OF the Ashland High school.
caused by the school board voting not
TO retain Principal Earl Giesey. las
been avcrted by the school boards re-
opening the case. a thousand stu
dents paraded the streets carrying Mr.
Giesey on their shoulders.
acknowledgements in the new
Oneida National bank on the opening
day OF that institution amounted TO
s15S,O00. Oneida county now has FIVE
banks, three in Rhinelander. one in
Three Lakes and one in Mlnocqua. A
sixth bank is soon to be established
in Woodruff
Maiden Rock-Nathaniel Warren, a
veteran OF the Civil war and a resi-
dent here Tor so years. died after
long illness. Mr.. Warren was buried
with military honors extended by the
William +. Gcer post. American legion.
The old g. \. r. flag was draped over
the colin
BirchwoOd-Thc Lake Region Honey
Co, an Eau Claire. Wis. company in
corporated for $4,000. has arranged
with land holders in all directions
from Brentwood 10 operate large bee
settlements. The company has dis
covered that this section is a splendid
bee raising locality and will conduct
large honey business in this vicinity.