Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-08-29

American Appraisal Co. of Milwaukee
to make an original cost appraisal of
the plant of the Washburn Water
Works, the cost for the service not
to exceed $500. The Wisconsin rail
way rate commission also has under
negotiation an appraisal of the plant
but has, given notice that it will be
some time before the appraisal can
be made.
Clintonville-A M. Cronce, proprie-
tor of Glover Leaf Lake dance hall
and soft drink emporium at Clinton
vile, was recently arrested on counts
pointing a gun at an officer of the
law, having moonshine in his posses
sion and also resisting an officer. He
was recently found guilty of the first
charge and fined $50 and costs
amounting to $3.50. On the two other
counts he was bound over for trial at
the next term of circuit court.
Platteville-Three carloads of fine
grade Guernsey cows were shipped
from Platteville over the Northwest
ern railway, consigned to various
points in the state of Maryland. The
cattle were all tuberculin tested, and
were shipped in special stock cars.
The consignment was made up of
sixty fine dairy COWS with association
records to their credit Another car
load of Guernseys was shipped from
this section to Hastings, Neb.
Superior-M More than 1000 persons
will be attracted at Superior, Sept. Is
and 16 when Knights of Pythias of
northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Michigan assemble in that city to be
initiated into the Dramatic Order,
knights of Khorassan. A special
band from the Ell Wakodis temple at
Milwaukee is expected with delega-
ton on special train from Milawu-
kee. A delegation from Eau Claire
will conduct the initiation ceremonies.
Fond du Lac-Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Freeman and daughter, Florence, of
Waupun, were seriously injured when
a wheel on their automobile broke and
the car tipped over in the ditch. Mrs.
Freeman sustained several broken
ribs while Freeman had one ear so
badly torn that twenty-one stitches
were required to close the wound
The daughter, year and half old,
sustained broken arm.
Brantwood--John Westergreen died
in a Finish bathhouse on his farm
while taking a bath near Brentwood
A Finnish bathhouse is a wooden
building with stone floor. Prepare
tory to taking a bath, fire is built
on the stones till they are well heated,
then the fire is raked out and cold
water thrown on them, causing d
heavy steam. The occupants sit on
perches built around the inside.
Neenah-Henry Bramer, 81, a farm
er near Neenah, was instantly killed
and a companion, John Halleck, was
seriously injured when the auto he
was driving was struck by North
Western freight train at Larsen, eight
miles from Neenah. Bramer was I'M
married. Halleck was seriously cut
about the face and suffered probable
internal injuries.
Beloit-Daniel G. Kinrade, native
of the Isle of Man, died at Beloit after
working 81 years for the P. B. Yates
Machine Co. He moved to Berlin,
Wis, in 1856 and started working for
the Berlin Machine Co. in 1869 When
that plant moved to Beloit, he came
with it and worked until the time of
his death. The plant changed it's
name during the war.
Racine-Racine bread prices will
remain fixed at 10 and IA, cents per
pound and half loaves, it was an
nounced by G. L. Sorenson, vice-presi-
dent of the Wisconsin Master Bakers
association. Mr.. Sorenson intimated
that the high cost of flour, lard and
sugar are largely to blame for bread
prices.
Couderay--The big Bekkedal Lum-
Der Co. sawmill at Couderay was near
ly wrecked when box holding the
main drive-shaft under the building
gave way, tearing loose other boxes
and concrete stands, breaking all the
pulleys on the shaft and twisted the
4inch steel shaft like wire 1t will
take a month to repair the damage.
Madison-The number Of visitors
registering at the state capitol indi-
cate that this seasons record will
head the list. During the past week
1,155 persons registered, and it is esti-
mated that at least half that number
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