Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-07-25
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

Monroe-A force Of 80 attendants
carrying their own mess equipment,
sleeping quarters, veterinarian, and
radio outfit will accompany an exhibit
of 13 carloads of quality livestock to
be shown by Rock county breeders at
the Green county fair at Monroe the
week of Aug. IA. Eight cars of Hol-
stems, Brown Swiss, Jersey, Short
horns, Guernseys and beef breeds,
| three cars of hogs and two of sheep
are included The exhibits, intended
to rival those of the home county. are
| sponsored by the farm bureau and
will be taken to other county fairs
and the state fair. The exhibits at
Monroe will be housed in the new $685.
/ 900 sales pavilions and stock barns
just completed.
Madison-Official announcement Of
the sale Of the Wisconsin, Minnesota
Light and Power Co for consolidation
with the Northern States Power Co.
was announced by the state railroad
commission at Madison. The prop
erty valuation is over $20,000,000. The
commission received q telegram from
Chicago, announcing the purchase of
| the properties which operate in 70
cities and towns in western Wisconsin
and eastern Minnesota The sale is
the largest to be consummated in the
public utility field of Wisconsin and
involves properties in Eau Claire,
Chippewa Falls, Menomonee and La
Crosse, Wis, and Red Wing, MINI.
Fennimore - The Fennimore city
council adopted an ordinance making
it imperative hereafter for all milk
dealers selling in the city to have a
license. With the application for the
license must be filed certificate
from a duly authorized veterinarian
appointed by the board of health. In
spectors will have the right to enter
barns, buildings and wagons and ex-
anime all containers to see if the place
is in sanitary condition. The in
spection must show all dairy cows
from whom milk is sold to be free
from tuberculosis and other commun-
icable diseases.
Madison-Owners of small Wiscon-
sin homesteads will have their tax
burden lightened by about $40 next
year as result Of the Johnson law,
enacted by the legislature, exempting
from taxation buildings and improve
ments on homesteads to the value of
$780, This statement is made by John
Harrington, member of the state tax
commission, who has prepared table
tending to show that the effect of the
law will be to lift the tax burden
from small homestead owners and
place it on larger homes. The law
will effect a sliding scale of benefits.
Madison-An open season on musk
rats will be in effect again this year,
after season of state wide protection,
the conservation commission an
nounces with the publication of new
game laws enacted by the 1923 legis-
lature. The season runs from Oct 25
to Feb. %. The legislature made few
changes Of vital Importance affecting
Wisconsin's game laws, according to
R. S. Scheibel, secretary of the com
mission. In all thirty new laws
touching upon game protection and
regulations were enacted, with the
majority relating to commercial fish.
ing.
Boscobel-Out of one hundred forty
six COW testing associations in the
state making report for June the Bos-
cobel -Fennimore tester, Ben Rehrauer,
reports a registered Holstein making
the highest production of butter fat
The COW, Moochy Anna, is owned by
Lou Doeringsfeld & Son, member of
the circuit. Her record for June is
1888 pounds of milk and 1884 pounds
butter fat, the highest record for any
association in the state.
Delavan-Carl Fritz, 80, a farmer
near Delavan, is dead and Adolph Eek
man, farmer living a quarter of
mile south of Darien, is being held at
the Walworth county Jail at Elkhorn
on murder charge following a shot
gun quarrel at the Eckman farm.
Fritz was shot down by Eckman, &C
cording to Eckman's admission, when
the victim tried to force entrance to
Eckman's home
Superior-Mrs. George T. Sweetnam,
SO, resident of Superior for the last
% years, died at her home in that city
following a lingering illness. Mrs.
Sweetnam was widely known, having
taken an active part in women's club
work in the state I'm tn tho tiroo oP ba,.