Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-09-05

A proposed new medical lars. SeaIS'
teaching hospital. nurses homo a..
dition to the dental buildin, ~ -'U au-
announced. A new law hniId;. 0eeh
a science and administrator h,,9, "uu
are under construction. IT,
gymnasium and tho denta, lew ne"
were completed last year.
Lancaster ]. Alt owro,
L 20 neiu u Jers9 y COWS, held the
~ 49, 80, - uis4 %" ana high herd in
association for JULY. Grav ca
Oe'I Wv naS d record Of COB pounds
" outer iat IN seven months and %
days and for July her record stoo5
1888 opunds of milk. Sc no, oo,,t a.
butter fat and 74.6 pounds of ~.
fat. 'N''0E
FdrA Falls-Mlss Helen Thomson
mas Undertaken to write history If
Park Falls. The work will no di,,;set
into two epochs, the first dealino ,,ft,,
the history prior to the opening ~ ~
t"enueth century and the second with
events since that date. 1t is less than
oo years since the sound of the first
settler ak was heard in the forests
where Park Falls now stands
Birchwood-Spooner's new creor,.
cry at Brentwood, which started ono,
atoms month ago, is making evcan.
tlonal progress, av eraging eight hun.
dred pounds of butter a day Tbo
creamery mas one hundred and
seventy patrons and five cream haul.
ers have been engaged. The bntter
which is not sold locally is shipped
to the Chicago market.
MadiSon-A bantam hen at Henry
Villas zoo, Madison, has Matched a
brood of quail. The little birds are
doing nicely" acc prding to DR.. C. G.
Dwight, benefactor of the zoo. DR..
Dwight obtained eight quail eggs and
placed them under the hen. The brood
is perfect, he states, not one being
killed, though when Matched they were
no larger than a thimble.
Madison-A court action attacking
validity of the law enacted by the
1923 legislature to give the tax COM
mission authority to make an added
assessment against income tax payers
failing to report their total income,
is looked for shortly by the commits
sion. This was the most important
measure affecting income taxation en-
acted by the last session.
MadiSon-In compliance with law
passed by the 1923 legislature no
buildings can be constructed in Wis
consin over a height of 100 feet except
in Milwaukee where the height may bs
125 feet, even if plans were under way
and construction started before the
law went into effect. This is the rul-
ing made by Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral R. M. Rieser!
Friendship-Alfalfa has solved the
question of making light sandy soil
pay dividends to the farmer owning.
it, in Adams county. Farmers Of the
county who once questioned the ad"
visibility of sowing this legume on
sandy lands now find that it is the
only hay crop that will not wither
and die.
Monroe-A threshing machine that
has been in use i43 years is now at
work in field near Monroe. 1t Is
now run by a tractor instead of the
five teams formerly necessary. The
machine requires cutting Of the bands
and is hand fed. Threshing was done
at IL cents buS shell in the old days,
but now cents a bushel is charged.
Necedah-James Turnpack, IL, or
Strongs Prairie, Adams county, was
killed by charge of shot from his
shotgun. He and his brother had been
shooting crows. 1t is believed the
youth must have been dragging the
gun along by the barrel with the DutI
of the gun on the ground, when the
accident occurred.
Sturgeon Bay = The Dehydrating
Products Co., Sturgeon Bays newest
industry, will erect a modern tWo-
story plant. The plant is now occupy
ing leased quarters. Work has start
ed on the dehydrating of a part OF
Door county's large apple crop, WhIch
is now being picked.
Tomah-Jacob Vandervort was III"
stantly killed when a bus he was driv-
ing was struck by Milwaukee road
passenger train No. Is at crossing
near Tomah. There were no passen-
gers in the bus. Parts of the machins
were strewn along the tracks for
quarter of mile.