Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-07-13
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.


building code, according 10 a warning
by the industrial commission. Plans
and specifications for every new or
remodeled building TO house more
than two automobiles must be submit
ted TO the industrial commission at
Madison except in cities having Lcir
own building inspectors. Additions TO
old frame garages must be separated
from them by standard fire walls.
Going to college by mali has be
come so popular in Wisconsin that the
University of Wisconsin, with 20116
correspondence students, has taken
the lead among universities in the
United States in correspondence
courses, according TO a survey. This
survey shows that the enrolment in
correspondence courses at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin exceeded the COM
bined enrolment of II other large uni
versities.
The forty or more summer hotels
and resorts in and about Sturgeon
Bay, and that dot the Door county
peninsula shore line. are rapidly fill
ing with tourists. Indications point to
an exceptionally busy season, with
many reservations made. Hundreds
of motorists and tourists are arriving
daily for stays varying from a few
days to a couple of moTd MS. They
hail from every state with the greater
portion coming from the middle west.
Mrs. L. Mattson, Amery. representa-
tive of the state division Of markets.
is arranging with Barron county
creamery officials for the organization
Of a cooperative shipment of butter
between creameries in Barron county.
The plan is to have a number of
creameries ship butter at the same
time and from the same place. In this
way a saving in freight rates would be
made and the cost of handling viii be
lessened.
The exhibit of cheese at the Wis
consin state fair this year will break
all records if the plans of ]. l..
Sammis OF the Wisconsin dairy school
and member of the state fair dairy
advisory committee are carried thru.
Visitors at the fair will feast on
cheese sandwiches made from the
finest cheese ever made in Wis
consin,' declared Mr.. Sammis. Every
eheesemaker in the state is being
asked 10 donate n box of cheese for
this purpose. All cheese exhibits
must reach the fair grounds by Aug.
%.
The 1921 Blue Book win be ready
for distribution about Aug. 1, accord
ing to David Atwood OF the state
printing board at Madison. The new
state book will have upwards of SIX
hundred pages devoted TO election re-
turns, brief history of the state, res
ume OF state departments and state
activities and other statistics. The
book will be full of illustrations. II
Is planned to print about forty-two
thousand copies, or more than hve
thousand over the number in the last
clifton.
Spread of noxious weeds is alarming
the department Of agriculture, accord
ing To an announcement which reiter-
ates that the state will suffer a large
reduction in crops unless immediate
steps are taken to remedy the situa-
lion. A statement of the department
explains the state law again. telling
that active enforcement of the weed
statute is in the hands of town officers
and weed commissioners in townships,
The town chairman. village president
OF city mayor, is required by law TO
appoint commissioners and TO report
on weed conditions TO the department.
Emulating New Zealand's example.
Wisconsin is developing infant vel
fare measures with which il is hoped
to bring about a distinct reduction IN
the baby death rate, according to the
state hoard of health. New Zealand
has the lowest infant death rate OF
any country in the world. Some of the
welfare means used in New Zealand
are now being developed in Wiscon-
sin, such as the practice OF pub
lie health nurses, the more careful su-
pervision of homes in which children
are boarded out. a system OF child
health centers. and the prospective
travelling health center. recently au-
thori7ed by the legislature.
-Four thousand five hundred piekers
will be required to harvest Door coun-
tvs cherry crop. Special trains and
boats are now arriving carrying ca
pacity loads OF boys. girls and women.
who will harvest the crop. OF the T.
500 pickers, 5000 are brought to Stur-
geon Bay from outside points. recruit
ted from all parts Of the state, near
by points in northern Michigan and
some from Chicago. The largest Y.
NJ. C. A. camp ever held will be seen
there this year with 1900 boys regis
tered. For the first time the Y. w. C..