Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-04-21

claim sets forth that damage was due
TO the blocking OF Sherman creek. a
public sewer maintained by the city.
Filing OF the claim means thatNhe city
will probably have suit In court. sim
liar TO pending case.
Madison-Reports from the war de-
partment show that Wisconsin leads
the country in the number OF federally
recognized National guard units, Is
infantry and two cavalry having been
recruited in the state. New York is
secopd with IL infantry units while
Porto Rico comes third with four.
Ohio has three while Il states have
az least one organization recognized
by the federal government.
Superior for an increase
in salary for all county officials. be-
ginning with the next term of Office.
and a blanket raise OF 10 per cent for
all employees OF the county. are inclu6-
ed in resolutions adopted unanimously
by the Douglas county board. County
officers are given a raise of $500 to
$500 a year with the exception or the
county judge who was raised from
$4,000 TO $4,000 year.
stevens Point Twenty-six NAM
moth locomotives of the Mikado type.
FIVE new switch engines and 800 new
ore cars will be put in use on the
northern and other divisions of the
500 line. Supt. C. f. Urbans. this city.
announced. All the locomotives will
be for freight service and several will
be used on the Gogebic iron range in
hauling ore to the docks on the Great
Lakes.
Green Bay-with the installation of
a new modern paper machine the
Northern Paper Mills of this city be-
comes one of the largest manufacture
ers Of tissues in the country. The
new machine increases the output of
The mills by so per cent making the
total output so tons daily. The COM
pany does a yearly business of s2.50O.-
OOO
Madison Salary increases amount
ing TO S66.O25 have been granted 10
the teachers Of Madison's public
schools by the board of education
after being approved by the city coun-
Gil. The average raise is "a per cent.
This. with the increase of last year.
makes a total increase for local edu-
Gators of IS per cent i'm two years.
Appleton - Shawano High school
won tho dehatin~ championship OF Wis
consin BY defeating Sparta High school
in the anal debate of the Wisconsin
Interscholastic Debating league. Vic
tory was awarded Shawano on points.
The winning school had IT'S name in
scrihed on the championship cup.
which il will retain for one year
Cedarburg Chief OF Police Beck.
man issued warning that no more
poker playing or Gran shooting will be
tolerated. lie says that these games
were being carried on here 10 the ex-
tent that some BOYS became so en-
crossed that they failed TO come home
for breakfast. and that * going TOO
far for this village.
MarshfieId 49, Glen v. Kraus pur-
chased The Marshfield Times from
leo and Michael T. Berg. and has
chsnged the name to The Wisconsin
Hub Efforts backed by business men
three ENGLISH language weekly papers
here. with a view to establishing
daily paper. failed.
Kenosha-Because he could not find
2 house in Kcnosha in which to move.
a man who has just come TO the CITY
pitched q tent and Is living in IL de
spite the chilly weather lie obtained
permission from county officials 70
erect the tent on the site for the new
county building.
Manitowoc- Socialists elected FIVE
out OF the seven aldermen and the
new city council will stand seven TO
seven when It is organized. Seven
Nonpartisan and seven Socialists. The
three commissioners endorsed BY the
Voters Iea@ue We're elected 20 the
school board.
Superior-A citv isolation hospital
n cost about $4,000 will be built bv
tho CITY on a new sol Of pIans which
take the place " pl"ns which would
have cost the city 100000. The citv
commission rejected the first Dlans ON
the grounds that the city could not az
ford TO spend that amount OF money.
Janesville-Initial shipment of six
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