Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-07-25

i Appleton-The seven collegss -.
prising the membership of tbe W.
cons1n Colleges association will sro
cessfully carry out their plans for H.
raising of 100000 fund within tho
five year period in which the mornr
was to have been obtained. aecordIss
to announcement of DR.. Samuel p,ont
president OF Lawrence college. This
campaign to obtain for the seven coI,
leges interested, Beloit, Carroll rsw
renee, Ripon, Marquette UNIVERSITY,
Camplon and Northland, began in No.
yember Of 1919, but proved at frs+
disappointment in that only a Htta
less than $1,000,000 was pledged os
the $5,O00.O00 needed in the drive.
Mad1son-lncome tax returns baoI,
to Jan. l, 1915, were opened to the tay
commission by Gov. Blaine's signature
to the Barker bill. AS a result of tbis
new law, corporations and individnals
face further investigation by auditors
operating under an increased ammo.
prlation allowed by the legislature
BY extending back eight wears the
period over which the tax commission
may search for unpaid income taxes
the legislature was Of the belief tbot
a large amount of revenue would be
| realized
mountaineering for the first time
In years the thrill of driving a race.
horse around the rack, proved too
much excitement for F. w. Smith. 60
Kenosha, veteran horseman. He fell
dead, stricken with apoplexy. altar
driving Capt K, raoehorse, around
the training track at Hammer brothers
farm near Kenosha. In years gone bv
he was known as a skillful driver and
had guided many a horse to victory in
the old Wisconsin racing circuit.
Madison-Gov. Blaine has signed
the finance committee bill appropriat
ing 100000 to the tax commission for
the next biennium to be used in paying
special examiners to check up and
verify income tax returns. In urging
passage of the bill the commission SET
| forth that many times the cost of this
work would be paid into the state
| treasury in delinquent taxes as a re.
suit of the work of the examiners.
| Madison-The bumper Wisconsin DO.
tato crop of 1922 brought a reaction
that resulted in II per cent cut in
the acreage of the 1923 crop, the state
crop service has announced. A series
of improbable potato years caused
| the reduced planting, the lowest since
1908, according to Paul Nyhus, crop
| reporter. The estimated acreage of
the crop is 272,000, compared to $685.
600 acres last year.
Marshfield-Dist. Atty Geo. w. Lip
pert of Marathon county has brought
charges of manslaughter against Wal.
ter Rhyner Of Marshfield who drove
car which overturned near that city,
July 2, resulting in the death CT Earl
J. Mahoney. The coroner declared he
believed the accident was due to
speeding.
Stevens Point-A new bed of valua.
BILE marble has been discovered in
Portage county. T. Pionkowsh and
w. Burant have located deposits in a
lake adjacent to their farms in the
far northwest corner of the town of
New Hope.
Stevens Point-Despite the modern
days of motoring, horse stealing is
not thing of the past, if charges
preferred against John Konopack,
Stevens Point, are proved This young
man was arrested on a charge Of
stealing horse valued at $3.50.
Frank Webster, II, was
arrested on the charge Of stealing
merchandise from a box car on the
500 line between Stevens Point and
Junction City. This makes the third
boy recently arrested on this charge.
Madison-Stephen A. Baas recently
celebrated his eighteenth anniversary
as an employee of the state Of Wiscon-
sin. For seven years he was guard
in the capitol. Since that time he has
operated an elevator in the state
house.
| La Crosse-Desponden over being
deserted by her husband and left with
small crippled child, Mrs. Martin
Elliott committed suicide at her home
in La Crosse by hanging herself with
a pnnnoy ruipo