Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-12-05

Madison More than s3,5000oo will
be paid into state and municipal
treasures in Wisconsin in taxes by
public utility companies, according to
figures of the Wisconsin tax commits
sion. This total, the commission says,
does not include federal or state in
come taxes. In the absence of def
mite figures on tax rating, due to var
led methods of application, it is esti-
mated the increase in the tax over
last year will run well over Is per
cent. E. J. Brabant, statistician of
the commission, says the final tax for
street railroads will be $2,171, 140, as
compared with $1,949,91O for 1922.
Superior-G Gust Fried, so, county
road patrolman of Scion Springs,
father of eight children, is in SUI
perior hospital believed dying as the
result of being dragged for a half
mile under road grader on State
Highway II. Frieds clothing was
torn from his body and half of his
face is in shreds as a result of be-
ing jerked beneath the grader when
he attempted to stop the team of
horses from running away.
Brodhead-The town of Brodhead
has distinction other than being the
largest shipping point of foreign type
Rhnncn in 1nJ.iO ! hnio hot 81
having the champion cheese graders
in America Mr. G. Schneiberger, en-
ployed in that capacity with the Jacob
Marty Co., estimates that he has
graded no less than 100000 pounds
of Swiss cheese the past year. The
Swiss cheese run in weight from SO
to 225 pounds each.
Lancaster-Dr. A. H. Stoll, native
of Lancaster, now connected with
hospital at Bookings, S. D., has be-
come famous in plastic surgery. He
operated three times on a girl of 5
years, born without hands. Instead,
two Jumps of tangled flesh and alb
normal thumbs held the place of
hands. The little girl now has four
fingers on each hand, a perfectly good
thumb, and normal finger nails.
Portgae-Columbia county board
has voted $4,000 for completion. of
state trunk line No. 20, between Port
age, Kilbourn and the Wisconsin
Dells. The sum will be spent this
winter and next summer on improv-
ing this road which is to become the
main traffic way from Milwaukee,
Madison to the Dells. The City of
Portage appropriated $500 toward
the project.
notwithstanding to an an
nouncement just made by the asses
sor of incomes to the Barron county
board, the assessed valuation of the
property in Barron county has been
placed at 3,442, 706. The true valu-
alton of the property has been placed
at $56,284,749. Farm property repre-
sents large percentage of the total
valuation.
Appleton-The $5,000,0O0 endow-
ment fund to be obtained within five
years by the seven colleges of the
Wisconsin Colleges association-Law-
renee, Ripon, Beloit. Carroll, Mar
quette, Campion and Northland-will
be raised within the time allotted,
according to announcement of DR..
Samuel Plantz of Lawrence College.
La Crosse-Louis Schroeder, en-
ploye of the government in river i'm
provement work, La Crosse, was
probably fatally injured when run
over by a street car. The motorman
testified that, Schroeder stumbled and
fell directly in front of the car and
that he stopped within five feet.
Schroeder has a fractured skull.
Appleton-William Merkle of Mil
waukee poured a quantity of alcohol
into the radiator Of his automobile
at a garage in Appleton and then
pushed lighted match into the radi-
atOr opening to see II 1t was 1ull.
Now Merkel is nursing face that
is a mass of burns, with eyebrows
and part of his hair gone.
Madison-Out-of-sta visitors to
Wisconsin spent about $100,000,000 in
the state, according to an estimate
made by the state highway commits
sion. This includes those who came
to the state by rail as well as auto
mobile. Tourists coming to the state
by automobile are estimated to have
spent $88,60O,000.
Stanley-F'rank Wrzosek shot off
the second toe on his right foot while
hunting deer north of Mitterhofer