Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-03-16

Dy the commission June o. 1870 at
| 5000 This value, the company also
claims is much less than the present
Value of the petitioners property and
less than it's cost. The increase asked
for is 20 per cent above present rates.
Madison-During 1920 the benefits
to injured workmen in cases settled
under the Wisconsin workmen's com
pensation act totaled S2.540.OS4. OF
this amount s1.97O.513 was paid as in
demnity and S569,571 for medical aid,
not including medical aid in cases in
which the disability was less than
seven days, amounting to about $780,
600. During the year 1926 cases
were settled. The average indemnity
was 1921 and the average medical aid
sS5.
Green Bay-A six weeks diet on
beet pulp has had a wonderful effect
rn fattening the $50 head of cattle
| brought here from the upper peninsula
of Michigan to be gotten in shape for
the market. The experiment is being
watched by stock men from all over
the country. Already the animals
have put on considerable weight on the
diet of the pulp left after the sugar is
extracted from beets.
Merrill-The first county dental dis
pensary in Wisconsin will be estab-
Iished in the schools here. The cOun-
~ has appropriated a small sum for
its maintenance and each dentist in
the county has promised 10 devote one
| days services a month TO il. Ordinary
| dental work will be done without
charge. while requests for expensive
filings and bridge work will be re-
ferred to the profession.
la Cr0sse-With from two To FIVE
candidates running in each OF II
wards, the contest for aldermen at the
April election promise TO be the warm
est in years Only two candidates.
Assemblyman +. II. Fowler and Mayor
a. a. Bentley. are running for mayor
Mrs. Blanche Chamberlin. county SUI
perintendent of schools. whose salary
recently was increased from 81 500 TO
$500, has no opposition.
Green Bay-Fourth degree councils.
Knights of Columbus. in the principal
cities of the Fox river valley are plan
ming TO organize and collect historical
data with view to erecting tablets to
mark certain spots of historical sig
nificance. The cities interested are
! Oshkosh. Neenah. Menasha, Appleton,
naukauna. De Pere. Fond du Lac and
4 Green Bay.
Manitowoc-Elton Gibson. SIS. oldest
BOSNIAN connected with the local
| Office. will soon complete his twenty
eighth year Ia the service and will be
eligible for retirement with pension.
although he does not desire to quit.
! During the more than a quarter of q
century that Mr.. Gibson has delivered
I letters he estimates that he has trav-
eled about $4,000 miles.
MISUNDERSTANDING with the
county agent. farmers in this com
munity have banded together to buy
IS. 900 worth of pure bred young stock
in the spring. Work of'organizing calf
clubs among the boys and girls is pro
crossing rapidly. while several new
breeders associations have been
formed within the last few weeks.
Green Bay-The annual cattle sale
conducted by the Fox River Valley
Guernsey Breeders association is
scheduled for May 4 at Appleton. &C
cording 10 the announcement made by
George Lucia. Brown county member
of the board of directors. II is planned
TO put about so head of pure-bred
Guernseys on the auction block.
La Crosse-The beauty spot" has
been ordered off the rosy cheeks Of
the La Crosse High school girls. The
first edict came from Miss Anna Col
Inns. shorthand teacher. who ordered
FIVE girls to wash of the decoration.
Other high school teachers decided to
take similar action.
Fond du Lac-Under the leadership
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Hobbs. the
Fond du Lac Poultry and Pet Stock
association viii attempt to organize a
number of poultry clubs among farm
ers of this county. The purpose OF the
clubs will be TO assist farmers in get
ting rid Of scrubs and procuring more
pure bred fiocks.
Naturalization Morris. a well
| known guide in Villas county, has
trapped FIVE large timber wolves this
winter. He Is noted as the champion
wolf hunter OF upper Wisconsin