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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
MRS. KETz DIED SUDDEN CAN FISH JUNE FIRST
Commission Says Pike and
Musky Can be Taken Then
Bass on June 18th.

Some confusion has resulted
from articles published stating that
the season for game fish would OPP
en- earlier than formerly. To satisfy
those making inquiries, the fol
lowing answer was received Mon
day from the Conservation Com
mission in response to a wire sent
from this office. 1t says:
pike and musky fishing June
1st; black bass June 18th. Signed,
Conservation Commission"
This puts to route any state
ment made to the contrary that
the season opened yesterday for
pike and musky. An article ap-
peared in the News last week
stating that the bill for May 18th
open season would be passed, but
from the above telegram that
statement is erroneous.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
LIMIT WORKING TIME
Women Hotel Work Limited
to Ten Hours By Passage
of Killian Bill.

Whether the bill limiting
women working more than ten
hours in any hotel in the state eff
fects the resorts of this lake re-
gion, is not known at the time the
News is published, although a
wire has been sent to the assem-
blyman from this district asking
for information.
The following cleaned from q
Milwaukee paper under date OF
Friday from Madison, gives al
that is known on this hill:
Madison VISA ten year fight
to bring hotels under the provi.
sions of the Wisconsin law limit.
ing the hours of work of women
was ended today with Governor
Blaine's signature to the Killiar
bill establishing 10 hour day anc
So hour week for women hote
work.
Previous legislatures have uni
formly killed similar bills intend
ed to extend the hours of labor
law. 1t was by compromise thai
the senate during the present SEES
sion voted to bring hotels under
the statute.
The original bill, passed by the
assembly, called for nine-houl
working day and a 50-hour weel
for night work by women in no
tells. A senate amendment adopt
ed by a narrow margin, establish
ed ten hour day for day worl
and 55-hour week, with nine
hours of night work and 81
hour week.
In that form the bill became ;
law. The industrial commission
is directed by the new statute t.
enforce it's provisions.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
A Rather Belated Spring.

Not only Wisconsin, but several
other states are still in the cold
hands of the weather man, and
that gives US all some hopes of
breaking even with the early
states on spring planting. Mr..
and Mrs. G. D. Sutton of Mason
City, Illinois, who arrived here last
week state that since the early
eighties they have not witnessed
such a backward spring as this
year. Mr.. Sutton, who is one of
the big seed corn dealers, states
that the trees are not full leaved
in that section at this time, some
thing rather unusual, and that
farmers are all late in planting
this year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
Death Came Last Evening at
Farm Home in the Town
of Washington.

Mrs. Gottfried Ketz, wife of a
prominent town of Washington
farmer who resides in the Mayo
district northeast of Eagle River,
died very sudden last evening.
Death was due to heart trouble.
During the evening a number of
friends and Mr.. and Mrs. Ketz
visited together, there being no in
dication of the deceased lady feel
ing other than in the usual health.
The Ketz family came to the
town of Washington several years
ago settling upon a farm adjoining
that of a brother Herman Ketz.
Their former home was Chicago
At time of going to press no ar
rangements for the funeral has
been made.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
CRUSHED BY TRACTOR
James Bolte Jr. Meets Death
Under Fordson Yesterday
on Colman Farm.

Instant death was meted out to
James Bolte Jr. yesterday after
noon on the Colman farm north
east of Eagle River at Spectacle
lake twenty miles from Eagle
River, when the tractor he was
driving turned over backward and
crushed him.
No eye witness saw the accident.
People working nearby heard the
engine race and then all was still.
A few minutes after man plow-
ing in the same field, saw the
Fordson tractor with it's front
wheels high in the air, and i'm
mediate investigation found the
driver dead under the machine.
Evidence showed that striking a
piece of soft ground with the
front wheels on a slight raise, the
traction wheels had dug them
selves in, causing the front to
rear up and overturned the ma
chine, catching Bolte under the
steering wheel. When the machine
was turned back the lads feet were
in place on the shifting pedals.
James Bolte, twenty years of
age, was a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Bolte, who lived in the
town of Lincoln, northwest of
Eagle River a couple miles. He had
been at work on the Colman farm
for two weeks driving the tractor.
In 1921 he graduated from the
Eagle River high school, and was
lad with the friendship of every
acquaintance. Hard working and
gentlemanly, he had the respect
of everyone
Funeral arrangements have not
been made at this time this morn
ing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16

lady visiting the exposition dur
ing the six days. Both took big
and drew the attention of the
thousands passing through the
building.
Big Woods Lodge and The For
est PrimemaL, owned by S. E. Cum
mings on Big St. German lake
and John Vandervort on Lost lake,
represented their hostelries in one
booth.
Isaac Jones & Sons of Pickerel
Lake Lodge on Pickerel lake show
ed in their booth live animals and
HSh-one forty pound muskel-
Iunge, and a buck deer with horns
IN the velvet. Very attractive to
people who admire fish and game.
Olof Valley of Normandy Court
on Big st. German lake showed
Normandy Court in miniature
each building was reproduced on
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
FEDERAL JURY ACQUIT
The Three Villas County Men
Charged With Violation of
MAN Act Acquitted.

In federal court at Marquette,
Michigan on Monday of this week,
the jury returned verdict of not
guilty, acquitting Frank w. Car
ter, county Judge of Villas county;
0. E. Gibson, county agricultural
agent of the county, and Albert
We'll, merchant of Eagle River.
These men had been charged with
violation of the Mann act.
The men were charged with
transporting two young women,
Mrs. Gladys Moses and Mrs. Edith
Kerstens, Clearwater Lake resi-
dents, from Eagle River to an is
land camp on Duck lake, just
across the line in Michigan and a
mile or SO north of State Line.
This camp where it was alleged
the women were taken is now
known as the Garden of Eden
This case was before the federal
court at Marquette for the past
week and a score of witnesses
were taken from this county,
many of them being character wit
nesses. In the trial, evidence was
given of such a savory nature that
it's publication is out of place.
The true nature of the meeting
is not known, even though it is
alleged that when the party" was
first staged, it was for political
purposes, ending up with a ban
quet and cabaret dancing, several
women from Milwaukee, it is said,
having been secured to furnish
amusement during the evening.
Upon the failure of the Milwaukee
dancers to make train connection
these women from Clearwater APP
peared at the Garden of Eden"
camp.
Wine, woman and song, when
mixed together, generally make
for bad combination, and the
notoriety given Eagle River and
Villas county has been made coun-
try wide by daily newspapers, and
the general community therefore
is given all the blame for the
savory party staged in June of
1922.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
Bought Mcleod Property.

The purchase of the R. D. Nc
Leod residence property on River
street was closed this week by C.
M. Wagner, who had that property
on the market for Mr.. Mcleod.
The purchaser, Paul Freitag of
Milwaukee, will start remodeling
both the residence and boat house,
fitting the former into a lunch
and rooming house, the latter in
to rooms. As the property is sit
uated on the banks of Eagle river
just off Railroad street, it will be
easy access to people both from
the streets and from the launch
water way. Docking accommoda-
tions for water craft will be ex-
tended to the edge of the prop
erty. Mr.. and Mrs. Freitag will
arrive to take possession within
the week.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
Goes WAY OVER TOP
North Woods Displays at the
Outdoor Exposition Cleans
Up on Wide Publicity.

From reports given out by re-
.or+ men and others who partlcl-
~ po in and attended the SIX day
s p~ Of the National Travel and
Outdoor Exposition held last week
ot the Coliseum in Chicago, the
North Woods lake region cleaned
bonse with all other states in at
traction to their displays in booths
at the exposition.
BOOTHS from the North Woods
we're in the hands of the follow
ing:
three booths representing the sum
mer and winter attractions of this
lake region. As real kick" there
we're a team of five wild Huskies
in harness and sledge, depicting
winter sports in this section OF
the state; arbutus favors to each
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
Dowden is the Owner.

A misplacing of names last
week made the owner of Medicine
Lake Lodge the one who sold,
therefore a correction is made. j.
E. Dowden was the one who pur-
chased the interests of H. l: Drol-
linger in the old Brentwood resort,
now called Medicine Lake Lodge.
The resort is located on the Three
Lakes chain near that village on
Medicine lake.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
ON TUESDAY EVENING
C-S Club Members Ask Men
and Women of County to
Meet With Them.

Members Of the CzS Club are
notifer of a get-together meeting
which will be held at the court
house May 22nd. This is a county
meeting Of all members and their
friends and full attendance is
desired.
Bills are now being distributed.
Program commences at 1920 a. m,
of the 22nd A prominent speaker
will lecture on raising and mar
keting chickens. Men as we'll as
women are asked to attend and
hear H. M. Lackie speak on this
subject.
In the afternoon meeting, com.
mencing at 100, Mrs. Nellie Ked.
zie Jones from the home econom-
les department, will lecture or
What other country women are
doing" She is an elegant speaker
and her talk will be of much in.
terest to Villas county club mem
bers.
Lunch will be served at the ex
hibit building on the fair grounds
Coffee and lunch free.
Villas Co1o+1, No1,,e GO M n x1ooY,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
Notice to Draw Jurors.

Notice is hereby given that the
Jury Commissioners for Villas
county, namely, w. H. Adams
Peter Sandbeck and Fred Meloy
will meet at the court house in
Eagle River on Wednesday, May
23rd. at 10 o'clock a. M, for the
purpose of drawing thirty-six per.
sons to serve as Petit Jurors al
the regular term of circuit court
for said county, commencing on
the End Monday in June, being
the 18th day of said month.
Hunter Case, Clerk
By Fern Scott, Deputy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
NORTH WOODS LIFE
MAKES BADGER GIRL
OUTDOOR CHAMPION

Chicago -- Miss Gladys
Jones, Eagle River, Wis,
thursday was awarded first
honors in competition of all
around outdoor girls at the
National Outdoor Life Expos
luon. She, IN the judgement
OF the judges, can outrun
and outHsh any of her rivals.
Incidentally, Miss Jones
loves the northern Wisconsin
country and declared she
would not give up her life
'here for a mansion in Chi
cago.
Miss Jones has shot many
deer and has caught some
oig muskies and participant
eo IN seining a 4O-pound
a. which she brought to
the exposition.
I think l like to hunt bet
yer than to fish," she said
" we i've out in the woods and
we deer and horses can fire.
q a'lg be seen running to-
S SeIner. It is not a trick to
oas +" deer and not far from
my home the woods are thick
with W., them. would not give
up that life in the wiIds for
~ u mansion in Chicago" Mil
"aukee journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
Baseball Meeting.

Fans and players. are requested
to attend a meeting tomorrow
evening for the purpose of organ
izing a ball team for the season.
Deakon, Post and Blake of Rhine
lander will be at this meeting and
possibly will join our team.
Everybody interested come to
this meeting, which will possibly
be held in Legion club rooms.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
NINE HOMERS FOR ICY"
Williams of Three Lakes Has
National Record for Home
Runs So Far.


own 'back-door'' neighbors, has
cleaned up both Babe Ruth and
other home-run hitters in the big
league so far this season and has
all the wise dope artists guessing
as to his outcome before the base
ball season ends. ICY" is from
Three Lakes, where he owns a
mighty good farm, and besides be-
ing connected vitality with the in
terests of this section is one big
warm-hearted fellow in this Sec
ton.
The following clippings from
different sport writer's show what
publicity the big fellow is getting,
and that it pleases all of US is
not to be doubted for a second,
as ''Cy' iss mighty popular fell
low in the Big Woods section:
will Wisconsin claim the cham
pion home run driver this year?
If it does his name will be Fred
(Cy) Williams, big Cy of the Phil
adelphia Nationals. Nine circuit
smashes is his record up to date
He made one again on Wednesday
against the st. Louis Cardinals.
Few baseball fans ever discuss
Williams name. Many around
here, perhaps, are not aware of
the fact that he is resident of
Three Lakes, Wis, where he owns
a large farm. He is not new
star, either. Records show that
he has been in the big wigwam
long enough to warrant his de-
mands for an honorable release
and thus afford him an opportun-
ity to play wherever he desires.
Gosh, where would the Phillies
be without Big Cy? 1t has been
Williams consistent hitting in
past years that has kept the
Quakers from dropping complete
ly out of the bottom. He makes
erorrs, surely, but they are mis-
cues of effort and over-eagerness.
''The Philadelphia club acquired
Williams from the Cubs for Dode
Paskert, now Of Columbus, in
1912. He hasn't changed scenery
or baseball toggery since"
Fred (Cy) Williams, lanky out
fielder of the Phillies, can lay
claim to the distinction of being
the most managed" ball player
in the major leagues. Cy is a
quiet player, who needs little man
aging, but he has had plenty and
he probably knows more different
systems of play than any other
major Lacquer. In a few weeks
| Cy will be starting his twelfth
season in the National league and
he will start it by greeting his
twelfth manager.
Frank Chance got Cy from No
ire Dame for the Cubs in 1912 and
Johnny Evers was his boss in 1918.
In 1914 Hank O'Day managed the
Cubs and Williams. In 1915 Roger
Bresnaham was Cy's teacher and
director Then came Joe Tinker
in 1916 and Fred Mitchell in 1917.
After working for six managers
In as many seasons at Chicago,
Williams figured in his only trade
being sent to the PhillieS Pat
Moran was Cy's boss in 1918 and
in the following years he took or
ders from Jack Coombs and then
from Cactus Cravath. In 1920 Graz
vath gave the orders and in 1921
Bill Donovan started, only to give
to Irving Wilhelm. 1t was Wilhelm
through 1922 and now comes Flet-
cher. Williams has yet to start
two successive seasons for the
same manager.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16

the F feo o. oGne-eighth of an inch to
gues too i. Mrs. Valley entertained
de VI, Ebert of Tomahawk lake, a
actyi,i.. TO summer and winter
girls Iis' oeS he having a camp for
Showed ana /: boys on Tomahawk lake.
vantage. p'00ucts to good adj
dog n aS Colman and a real Husky
S2ovds vi sure put it over the
his told Sl tn their team of dogs.
WIZ OF one instance wherein
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
North Woods 'Huskies'
Stage Scrap on State st.


The crowds at State and
Madison SITS, yesterday were
treated to a north woods dog
FIGHT when five wild sled
dogs, being transported to
the Coliseum in a truck, be-
Gan an argument among
themselves. They were finally
separated. The dogs led by
Ginger, the famous team
leader who won the Hudson
Bay derby in 1920, were TAX
en- to the National Travel
and Outdoor Life Exposition
at the Coliseum where the
Resort Owners Association
of Northern Wisconsin had
them in their booths depict
ing winter activities in the
lake region. - Taken from
last Tuesdays edition of Chi
cago Rec0rd-Herald.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16
Three Lakes Prom.

A number cars from Eagle
River attended the junior prom of
the Three Lakes High school class,
given in Woodman hall in that
village last evening.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16

the dogs just about completely dis
organized the exposition. The
open space in the Coliseum was
very small, and when the dog man
hitched two of the dogs to his
sledge for trial run around the
interior of the building, the dogs
succeeded in wrecking a couple of
booths before they could be stop
ped by the driver. Roller skates
had been attached to the sledge
runners to allow free play on the
floor, and that is what gave the
team a chance to run away.
Jonas Radcliffe, who owns a lodge
on Fishtrap lake near Boulder
Junction, and c. E. Hazen of Long
Lake Lodge at Phelps, assisted
one day by Amos Radcliffe, had
charge of the Resort Owners AS
sociation booths. They returned
the first of this week and are very
enthusiastic over the showing
which the lake region made at
this exposition.
The lake region won other nat
ional honors besides the booth
showings of its attractions. The
contest for queen of national out
door sports was between Miss
Gladys Jones of Pickerel Lake
Lodge and Miss Vera Crozier OF
Starved Rock, Ill. Miss Jones cas-
lily won first honors and was pro-
claimed queen of outdoor sports
for 1923. Miss Jones lives twelve
miles north west of Eagle River
land is typical North Woods girl
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16

Some 100000, all obtained from
gate receipts, has been devoted to
the building of the University of
Wisconsin football stadium dur
ing the past five years.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16

Miss Gladys Jones Qet of Eagle River, champion Out
Girl of Wisconsin, with Miss Vera Crozier ght of
Starved Rock ILL., second Both girls competed for the honors
being queen the National Travel and Outdoor Life Ex
position held Coliseum, Chicago all last week. Miss
with her and brothers operate Pckere Lake
Lodge twelve miles northwest of Eagle River and true
type womanhood who loves Nature all her
wdness depicted this lake region. Pckere Lake
Coliseum together with several other
this The exposition of outdoor sports
the largest held Chicago starting Monday of last week
and ending Saturday night.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-16

Villas County News $500
The Washington times., 1923-05-19

owners and merchants in the whole
countryside took up the idea from
which has resulted negotiations for
the greatest outdoor fight in more
than two years.
Mrs. Benson enlisted the aid of
Great Falls business man in her
project and the two were desig-
mated by the American Legion to
start plans for securing the bout for
Shelby.
Three months later Mrs. Benson
is said to have been the victim OF
an unrequited love affair and she
killed herself by taking poison in a
Great Falls hotel.
Alice Benson probably never saw
a boxing contest, but she knew the
value of publicity, and even as
early as February she had ordered
huge stock of goods for her
Shelby store in anticipation of the
hordes of fight fans to whom she
expected to sell souvenirs here.
Mayor James Johnson, of Shelby,
declared that he would tell the
world that Mrs. Benson was the
first to mention the possibilities of
the bout, as he revealed for the
first time Mrs. Benson's dream"
hat will come true on July next.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
OPTIMISM SEEN
IN BUILDING
STATUS
u. r. Daniel Says Business, as
Whole, Seems Likely to Ride
On on Even Keel.

Building conditions in the United
States are progressing in such a
manner as to give ample ground
for optimism, according to H. r.
Daniel, assistant to the president
of s. w. Straus & Co., who was in
Washington Thursday for confer.
ence with Secretary Hoover.
Mr.. Daniel spent some time with
the Secretary, discussing national
building conditions. With regard
to the situation in the building in
dustry, he said:
A national survey just COM
pleted by S. w. Straus & Co.,
: shows a rapid gain in construc-
ton work in all parts of the
country as compared with any
previous year.
Peak Passed in March.
In April this year there was
o gain of Sc per cent in building
permits issued as compared with
the same period last year. There
was loss. however. of 16 per
cent in April as compared with
March, indicating that the peak
Of activities has been passed and
that the industry is tending to
adopt q more conservative tone.
This tendency is looked upon
with favor by substantial build
ing interests as it will have the
effect OF keeping costs more
nearly stabilized.
The recent action by Secretary
Hoover in recommending the
temporary curtailment of the
Government building program
was, in my opinion, a logically
sound step. This example has been
followed by municipalities and
The Washington times., 1923-05-19

private interests with the result
that the possibility of over-ex-
pansion is being averted and the
industry as a whole is being
stabilized.
Big Reserve Piling Up.
In New York the recently
formed Committee of Fifteen,
representative of all interests in
the building industry, as well
as the American Construction
Council, are working along sue.
cessful lines to prevent any un-
wholesome conditions that might
result from too rapid activities.
AS a result of the temporary
postponement of Federal, munich
pal and certain private building
operations, the industry is ac-
cumulating tremendous reserve
which will act as a safeguard
against possible periods Of de-
preston. For these reasons 1
am firmly of the belief that the
nation has ahead Of it a long era
of vigorous and healthy building
operations which will tend to
keep prices on an even keel, fur
nish a maximum of employment
throughout the industry and act
as a tonic to the entire business
organization pr the country.
Not Enough Homes Yet.
The housing shortage is still
acute. Rents have risen steadily
in many cities and notwithstand-
ing the fact that the country's
building operations last year
were considerably in excess Of
four billion dollars and that
nearly one and one-half billion
dollars in new permits were is
sued in the first quarter this year
the demand for buildings of var.
ious types Is sArong all over the
country.
Taking all of these facts into
consideration, believe there is
ample cause for an optimistic at
titude.
During the day Mr.. Daniel
called at the White House and
was received for a brief inter.
view with President Harding.
He also held a conference with
Elliott H. Goodwin, resident vice
president of the Chamber of Com
merce OF the United States. on the
national building situation.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
HER FIGHT IDEA
| REAL|zED,,SHE
ENDSL|FE
Montana Woman Conceived
Plan of Booming Town
With Ring Contest.
BY International News Service.

SHELBY, Mont, May IA
woman first conceived the idea of
a heavyweight championship prize
fight between Jack Dempsey and
Tommy Gibbons as a promotion
scheme" for Shelby-"the fastest
growing town in the world"-and
while her dream was realized in the
final signing of articles in Chicago