Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-08-01

Madison-The number of inmates
in state and county institutions in
creased by four during the last year.
according to census report issued by
the state board Of control County
insane institutions showed the biggest
/ increase with 256 Penal institutions
showed the largest decrease with 100.
State schools reported a decrease of
Ill. The total number of inmates
now housed in all institutions is 49,
043. More than half of this number
are confined to county insane asylums.
OF the total, 8,062 are in county in
situations and 1881 il state institu.
lions.
Rice Lake-The annual picnic of
the Washburn county farmers will be
held at the Wisconsin Experiment sta
ton at Spooner on July 81. One fea-
ture of the picnic will be a demon
stration of yellow, as compared with
white corn for feed by F. 3. Morrison,
assistant director of the station, and
nationally known authority on feeds.
The control of insect pests and plant
diseases will be shown, and methods
of using war salvaged explosives for
clearing land will furnish noise for the
day.
Oconto- County Agent John Shell
don is sending out missionaries to
all the farmers of Oconto county. The
QUESTIONABLE covers data on live
stock, farm conditions and everything
essential to the welfare of the farm
er. When all the answers have been
received they will be set up in tabular
form for future use in advertising the
advantages of Oconto county.
Oshkosh--Avery c. Jones, county SUI
perintendent of schools, has appointed
Miss Elizabeth King of Omro as SUI
pervising teacher for Winnebago
county, Miss King will succeed A.
G. Meeting, who resigned after being
elected county superintendent of
Outasamie county. Miss King was for
ten years supervising teacher in the
Omro high school and later was in
the Marinette county training school
as teacher.
Green Bay-The Rt. Rev. Arch
bishop S. G. Mesmer, of Milwaukee,
was in Green Bay recently investigat-
ing old letters and relics of the city
to obtain information regarding the
life of Father 8. J. Bonduel whose
biography the Archbishop is planning
to write. Father Bonduel served as
missionary among the Indians until
his death in 1861, at the age of 95.
Green Bay-Loss in buildings and
machinery which will reach $4,000,
and loss yet unestimated in the de-
struction of patterns belonging to the
Goen Bay and Western road, was
cas- when a spark from an acety-
lene torch set fire to an overturned
can of la'nt in the Helgerson foundry
at Green Day.
Madison-Four armed bandits held
up Herman Onhaber of Madison on
the highway between Sun Prairie and
Columbus and robbed him of SIS.
Onhaber was trans ,orting a load of
watermelons to Columbus when the
bandits drove up in car and stopped
him.
Merrill-Dorothy and Harold are
continuing to, hold their popularity
among young folks in Merrill. This
year, the same as a year ago, they
out-totaled all other boys and girls in
the city. The school census, just COM
pleted, shows total of seventy-five
Dorothys and seventy-one Harolds.
Neenah-While seated in a swing
on the front porch of her home at
Neenah Mrs. Harry Kampo was struck
by stray bullet, believed to have
been fired from a rifle in the hands
of small boys. The bullet of 20 cali
Der, cut furrow across Mrs. Kampos
right arm.
Madison-That the state treasury is
in sound condition for the coming
year is shown by statement issued
by Solomon Levitan, state treasurer.
The statement shows balance of all
funds July of $15,447,O37, as COM
pared with $14,5S8. $50 July 1, 1922.
Stevens Poht-Dr. L. P. FASTER
nacki, former Stevens Point mayor,
who holds the distinction of being the
youngest man ever elected to that
position in Wisconsin city, was mar
ried to Miss Bessie Quien, of Milwau-
kee.