Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-10-18

MON competition. The cattle have
taken sweepstakes at the Green coun'
~ fair. Monroe; the Dane county falr'
+ Madison: the Wisconsin State FAR
/ Milwaukee. and the fairs at Fond du
Lac. Chippewa Falls and la Crosse.
! De Pere-Frank Charles, De Pere
and Albert Phillips. Of Sturgeon Bay
were drowned while duck hunting Ia
/ a leakv skiff in Green bay. The men
started out while brisk wind chopped
the bay. Whitecaps spilled into the
boat which is said to have been leak
ing badly: A hunter, passing them
and noting their predicament, return
ed FIVE minutes later and found the
boat overturned.
NIadison-Clark county is the first
beneficiary in Wisconsin under the
/ Sheppard- Towner law which is 0asisn-
ed TO reduce the mortality ana pre-
ventable illness of mothers and in
farts. That county by voluntary ac-
ton Of welfare bodies has established
a maternity and infant health center
at Colby. the first in the state. and
received its first cases Sept. %.
Colbv-Wnliam Goelitz. 81. of Col
BY. was instantly killed at Owen BY
falling under a tractor. The accident
happened at a plowiag match in which
a half dozen tractors participated al
the Clark county insane asylum farm.
Mr.. Goelitz attempted TO adjust car
buretor while the tractor was running
His clothing caught in the gears and
he was thrown under the wheels
which passed over his body, killing
him instantly.
Nadison-Estimated expenditures Of
nine Wisconsin normal schools for the
coming biennium are between $1,000
600 and 100000 according TO con
illusions reached by the state board Of
normal regents. Madison. in its bud
get TO be presented to the next iesis-
lature. Normal school expenditures
for the last two years amounted 10
S3.112.161.
Superior-J. W. Conner. Superior. a
member of the Wisconsin Grain and
Warehouse commission. was awarded
cents damages from Carl Martell
farmer in the town of Highland. Doug
las county. Connor claimed Martell
detained three of his pigs which had
wandered into Martelrs corn field.
PhfIlips-A party of Phillips hunt
ers. while in the vicinity of the for
mer ranch Of the Milwaukee Sheep
and Wool Co. ran across a trio Of
large black bears. Edward Harschultz
succeeded in landing one Of them.
which weighed over one hundred and
eighty pounds.
Sturgeon Bay-Game Warden Jeske.
who had been out in the country near
Sturgeon Bay. ran into a pack of
dozen wolves crossing the road and
almost ran over number Of them.
He was joined by a number of hunt
ers from the city who gave chase,
killing one and injuring several others.
Superior-A notice prohibiting all
Superior patrolmen and officers from
smoking cigarettes was placed on the
bulletin board by Police Chief A. F.
buchanan. The notice is the result
of the poor showing the policemen
during recent revolver target practice.
Beloit-Heart failure caused the
death Of Frank Stevens. pioneer BelOii
business and cIubman. shortly after ne
had. ENGAGED in a friendly argument
concerning the Giants-Yanks series
He had been in business in BelOit for
thirtv-two years. and was a keen fan
Birchwood-Of the thirty-six Gift
zens drawn on the Jury from Wash.
burn county this fall. fourteen are
women. Two Of the women jurors
~eside in brentwood and the remain
der reside in different parts OF Wash
burn county.
DarabOo-Mrs. a. F. Hawley. IS, whr
was the first white child born in Mad
'son. died at Delton. near Baraboo,
following a stroke of paralysis.
Nadison-Inheritance taxes tOtalins
1861 900 for the past three months
were paid into the state treasury BY
Milwaukee county. Henry Johnson
state treasurer. has announced The
estate Of Ferdinand Schlessinger paid
S295 900 Of this amount.
AntigO-Sentembe shipments OF DO
tatoes from Amigo were the heaviest