Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-22

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action toward having a chlorine plant
installed in Sheboygan by a report OF
/ the local health officer showing nine
cases of typhoid fever existed here in
/ May. The city was first ordered by
the state board to install the plant on
March Is. II is not in place at this
+ time. The city has advised the state
department that failure TO put the
plant in place has been due TO the de-
lay of the manufacturers.
Appleton - Building contractors OF
\ the Fox river valley, who inaugurated
the open shop following the refusal OF
union carpenters to accept wage cut
of 10 cents an hour on May l, have
turned down a request signed by the
mayors and presidents Of commercial
! organizations in all the cities Of the
valley TO hold a conference with car
penters. The request stated that
building has been held up and that
much suffering because of the house
shortage has resulted from the strike.
Union carpenters expressed willing
ness to participate in the conference.
Madison-The horse business is by
no means dead. figures compiled by
/ the state department of agriculture
show. Most OF the 1,6SS owners OF
stations who took out a license in 1920
have renewed their license for 1921.
''The time will soon be here when a
horse will be worth more money than
at present" c. p. Norgord, commits
sioner of agriculture, declared. "A
/ shortage of good draft horses is be-
coming more noticeable every day"
Birchwood-Despite the fact that a
heavy tractor he was using TO pillow
with fell over and pinned him be-
meath, George Todd ST.. will recover
from the accident Mr.. Todd was
blowing on his farm near Shell Lake,
when the machine tipped over and
pinned him beneath the pillow and the
tractor. To extricate himself, a team
of horses was used TO pull the tractor
/ several feet.
Sheboygan-The city of Sheboygan
is experiencing a big saving by doing
| it's own paving work. Bids received
/ for paving more than nile OF streets
are reasonably close TO the price at
which the city can do this work with
its own equipment and il is believed
/ by the city commissioners, that the
plan of doing its work is having
tendency to bring road building costs
J closer to normal.
ManitOwOc-Thisc city will not estab-
fish a daylight saving plan, the alder
men by a vote OF TO 4 having de-
feated the measure. Petitions were
presented to the council containing
1886 signatures of citizens favoring
the daylight plan and 1917 names of
those opposed TO IT, Socialists in the
council were active in defeating the
resolution, maintaining that the big
interests" were behind il.
Birchwood-N NJ. Rockman. Barron,
has announced that he will give nine
prizes ranging from $50 to $3.50 for
the best essays written from the book
The Life of Andrew Carnegie"
Those eligible are members Of the
graduating classes Of the Barron cOun-
ty high schools of 1921.
| Sheboygan-The cost of building
construction here during the month Of
May totaled S62, 1852. according TO the
monthly report of Building Inspector
I Albert Mack of this city The report
showed an increase Of SS.7S4 over that
OF the same month in 1920.
ManitOwoc-Manitow high school
will have the services of an athletic
instructor when the school reopras
next fall. The schools here have a
world OF good athletic material but il
has never been properly developed.
/ Racine-The purchase of home in
Racine's best residence district by an
undertaking company has resulted in
an ordinance being offered in the COM
mon council creating a residence sec
] ton and prohibiting undertaking par
Tors and morgues in the district.
Rochester-The Rev. L. p. Holmes.
"A, died at his home az Rochester
The Rev. Mr.. Holmes was one of the
best known Episcopal ministers in the
state. having served the Elkhorn. Bur
lington and Sussex churches as rector.
For the last five years he has lived in
Rochester.
Green Bay-The first bird home in
the Green Bay Pigeon clubs 20O-mile
fight from Dekalb. H.. averaged 40
miles an hour. According to local
homing pigeon fanciers. this Is re
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