Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS

Wausau-Anton Bret of Stratford
a.. was accidentally shot through the
heart and instantly killed at that
place. The deceased had gone to the
Motor Inn to secure a pistol from
William Spindler, with which to kill
some hogs. He was given an auto
matte pistol, but it contained two
He asked Mr. Spindler to remove
them and he attempted the task. One
was removed safely, but the second
was discharged, the ball passing
through Briefs heart.
Chippewa Falls-The big sugar beet
factory of the Chippewa Sugar Re-
fning Co. at Chippewa Falls, will be-
gin operations this year on or about
Oct. Is and will run three months.
This will be the longest run in the
history of the plant. Three hundred
people will be employed, working on
two shifts of IL hours each. The
acreage this season was $500 acres
and this is expected to produce about
700 carloads. The output at the pres
ent prices is expected to bring $780,,
900.
Sheboygan-L. G. Bartlett, go, She
boygan's Oldest Civil war veteran and
the oldest man to complete the march
at the G. A! r. encampment in Mil
waukee, died Sept. % at Sheboygan.
He was born in Jefferson county, New
York, 1888, and came to Sheboygan
county in 1856. He enlisted in the
Fourth Wisconsin infantry and served
five years. He was a pioneer drug
gist justice of the peace at Cascade,
40 years, and for several years was
county superintendent of schools.
Prairie du Chien-Glenn Leach, SUI
perintendent of the bureau of fish
cries, Washington, district supervisor
H. L. Garfield of st. Louis and G. F.
Cutler, superintendent of the Missis-
sippi valley fish rescue, have made
arrangements to build retaining sta
ton and fish hatchery at 5ynxville,
A deep we'll at Lynxville, recently
completed, flows $50 gallons a inmate
eight feet from the ground level.
Blue Mounds-C. E. Rich and COM
pany, of Lancaster, highway contrac-
tors, were the lowest bidders for a
relocation east of Blue Mounds, the
e., To no hn.
ing considered at $1,000. The road
way skirts a high bluff and crosses
the Northwestern road tracks over
an "I'' viaduct A double turn under
the railway tracks will be eliminated
and the grade will be greatly reduced.
Eau Claire-The John Harrington
family of the town OF Seymour near
Eau Claire, are among the heirs to
the $250,000 estate left by the late
Mrs. James K. Morris, wealthy
widow who lived in southern Wis
consin. Each member of the family
is left bequest of $4,000 and $4,000
In jewelry is divided among them.
Rice Lake-While assisting in fill
ing silos on the Henry Borgan farm
near Dallas, Mueller Hegtvedt caught
his foot in the knives on the blower,
and but for the quick action of High
way Commissioner Ike Baland, his
whole leg would have been drawn
into the blades by force of the sue
ton. He lost part of his foot.
Eau Claire-George Carlson, Chetek
farmer boy, lost his right foot in at
tempting to catch ride on passing
freight His foot slipped from the
steel ladder on one side of box car
and was crushed between the track
and a wheel of the car. The accident
occurred when the boy left his work
in a field to catch the train
Eau Claire-A sub-station, costing
approximately $1,000,00O, will be built
at the south end Of the great Wissota
dam on the Chippewa river north of
Eau Claire by the Northern States
Power Co., which took over the Wis
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Light anu ROVER
Co.. according to announcement made
by company officials
Neenah-A score of police officers,
men, boys and dogs chased a bob
tailed monkey through Neenah's "gold
coast" residence district and into
Riverside park, but the animal eluded
capture and is still keeping the SPUR
rels in the high tree tops company.
Where the monkey came from is a