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

the purchase of more than 1900 acres
of lake shore land in that city sever
al months ago by a large Chicago
syndicate, according to the statement
made in Chicago. The tract is now
being plated as a second Lake For
est" with high residential restrictions
on the lots.
De Pere-The Blake road, leading
of the richest farming districts of
Brown county, now has a sixteen foot
concrete roadbed for distance of ten
and a half miles. At one point on
the road, about four miles from De
Pere, automobilists can start from the
than two miles. The view from the
ledge is one of the most beautiful in
the state.
observation-disclosures Phillips, a
farmer living about four miles north
of the village of Herbster, in the town
of Glover, lost two valuable horses,
which were killed by careless hunt
ers during the deer hunting season.
The horses were shot during the night
while hunters were engaged in illegal
hunting, one of the animals being
shot through the head and the other
through the neck. Both horses were
pets.
Birchwood-One of the largest tim
Der deals negotiated in northern Wis
consin in the last several years was
that of the sale of the Starck Lumber
company's interests to the Wachsmuth
Lumber company of Brentwood. The
Wachsmuth Lumber company will use
the timber purchased to supply its
Bayfield, mill. Two hundred men are
employed by the company to get out
an immense supply of timber.
Green Bay-More than $50 in silver,
with paper money bringing the total
to $113, thirteen fountain pens, $4,000
in German marks and half dozen
keys to railway station parcel lockers
sortment of property found on Fred
Burns, alias Taylor, taken into GUS
tody by the sheriff's office at Green
Bay, after attempting to shoot up
a roadhouse at Preble, Wis.
Madison " The Smith family is
ahead of the equally well known John
son family in the race for first honors
in the University of Wisconsin stu
dent directory. There are seventy-six
Smiths, while the Johnsons are TWEEN
ty behind. Up to two years ago, the
Johnsons held the lead Other lead
ers are: Nelson's, %; Hansons, 81;
Schmidts, 20; Olsons, 10; Taylors, II;
Browns, 16.
Potosi-John Palmer, fruit grow
er of Potosi, harvested 5000 bushels
of apples from his farm this year.
Potosi, the Rhineland of Wisconsin,
was at one time famous for it's vine
yards. Since prohibition was enacted
the vineyards have been replaced by
fruit trees and experts declare
peaches and pears can be raised in
that section of Grant county success
fully.
Superior-The first fox bounty ever
paid in Douglas county was granted
Carl Fosberg who presented pelt
to w. ]. Leader, county clerk, last
11o4
to July, 1923, it had been optional
with the counties whether they would
pay fox bounties. At that time the
state bounty went into effect.
Beloit-Mrs Frank Hicks, AZ, Be
lott, met instant death at Rockton,
four miles south of Beloit, when a
northbound Milwaukee passenger train
struck the automobile in which she
and her husband were riding. The
womans head was severed from her
body. Hicks escaped with minor in
juries.
Madison-Three groups of plants
are now grown in the pharmaceutical
garden of the University of Wiscon-
sin, and during the last several years
more than IT'S species of plants have
been propagated, according to Prof.
w. o. Richtmann, of the pharmaceu-
teal experiment station.
Bloomington - Other communities
have their traffic problems, and
Bloomington as well. Charles Hale
was injured when he was knocked
down by horse at crossing in
Bloomington He is near sighted and
deaf and did not see the animal APP
preaching.
Ashland-The steamer L. G. Hanna
closed the ore season at Ashland, as
far as the Northwestern road is con-