Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-12-26
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS


employment Of county agents optional
with counties, the number of agents
! employed in the state has dropped by
only one as result of the meetings
of the county boards recently. Polk
and Crawford counties have decided to
| quit employing agricultural agents but
| Trempealeau county decided to hire a
county agent to help its farmers. A
| total of thirty counties voted on the
| subject whether or not they want
county agents. There are total OF
| forty-nine counties who continue to
have county agents.
Birchwood-Due chiefly to the long
dry, hot weather during the growing
season, Washburn county's cucumber
crop this year was about so per cent
normal Although quantity was reduc-
| ed this year, the cucumber crop was
of excellent quality. The total num-
Der of cucumbers received at various
pickle stations in Washburn county
was approximately $4,000 bushels. OF
this number, Spooner received 5,219
bushels, Sarona 2,279 bushels, Spring
brook 2,216 bushels, Minong 2,142
bushels, and Trego 1894 bushels.
Hayward William Mccain of Hay
ward, murderer of Frank Allen, a
| farmer of near Lexington, who escap-
| ed from the Sawyer county jail, Thurs
| day, December 10, was captured at the
home of his son near Couderay, Sat
urday, December Is. where it is be-
lieved by officers he had gone to Sc
cure arms and ammunition. During
his two days freedom he had walked
| 35 miles from Hayward, sleeping out
of doors in freezing weather and living
on the meager rations he had saved
| from his Jail meals.
| Madison-With the coming of colder
weather A. E. Frederick, state humane
officer, has presented to Gov. Blaine
for his approval and commission, the
names of seven additional county
humane agents residing in northern
I counties of the state. The names of
| the new appointees are: A. N. Kicker
son, Hayward; Gustave E. Bliese.
Phillips; E. F. Bosworth, Merrill;
Frank Times, Durand; Clement G.
Kelnhofer, Medford; George Morgan,
Elroy, and H. J. Clemens, Amery.
Platteville-Virgil Piddington, Paris
township, Grant county farmer, exhibit
ted an ear of corn carrying 1908 per-
fectly formed kernels and asking a
match for the prize ear. Richard Bar
ron, Smelter township, Grant county,
promptly delivered an ear carrying l.
$50 perfectly formed kernels. The
| first exhibit is of the Iowa Gold Mine
variety. Barrons ear of corn is Wis
consin No. IL. Once more Wisconsin
takes the blue ribbon.
Tomah-Monroe county has been
one of the 68 in Wisconsin to use the
cheap land-clearing explosive, sodatol,
offered as salvaged war material.
County Agent A. L. Liddle believes
farmers of the county have saved
$4,000 on $1,000 pounds. The powder
may be kept over winter without los
ing strength but must be kept dry.
Its usefulness is fully as great as low
ca price.
Barron-What threatened to be q
double drowning was averted by the
presence of mind of 12-year-old Dus-
chen Monchilovach, when he rescued
two companions from Grenquist lake,
near Cumberland, Wis. Carl Baer
broke through the ice, as did Henry
Weaver, who went to his rescue.
Young Monchilovach crawled to the
edge of the broken ice and, with the |
aid of a stick, rescued both of the
boys
Neenah-The interrupted romance
Of August Reddin, jr., and Sadie Red |
din, both of Neenah, will be resumed
shortly when, for the second time, the
couple marry. Divorced about a year
ago. they have again applied to Win
nebago county clerk for license to wed. |
Reddin rewooed and rewon his former |
wife, and they will embark soon on
their second endeavor to find happy
| fever after"
Birchwood-John, the young son of
Anthony Scharenbrock, Rusk county
resident, will pass the remainder of !
his life minus his left hand as re-
suit of playing with a dynamite cap.
Tap exploded in the lads hand. He
was Immediately removed to a hos
pital.