Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-07-04
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

Important News of the Badger State |
Ill Arranged in Condensed Form
Iron River-The Iron River Water
Light and Telephone company has
fled its petition with the Wisconsin
Railroad commission for permit to re
construct and raise it's dam across
Iron river and hearing on the petition
will be held on July II. The dam
which this one is to replace was
washed out the early part of last De
cember when the company dam at
Mud lake, west of Iron River, gave
way under an extra strain, taking
with it the road and approaches to the
dam which had been constructed
Jointly by the power company and
Bayfield, county. 1t was expected that
arrangements would be made between
the company and the county to re
construct this part of the state trunk
highway over the dam as before, but
other plans have been made and the
road will be built just north of the
former route
! Watertown--A carload of high-class
Holstein heifers has been bought at
Watertown by Edward Mueller of La
| Crosse, Kan, through Frank Darcy,
secretary OF the WATERFOWL Holstein
association. They will be shipped to
Rush county, Kansas, where they will
be distributed among farmers by lot
terry. More than 5000 pedigreed Hol.
stems have been shipped from Water
town SO far this year as foundation
stock for dairy farms. The city of
Mexico has been the largest pur-
chaser, Kansas next, Missouri third.
! Adjoining states have also been lib
eral purchasers. The dairy business
in Dodge and Jefferson counties has
increased SO per cent since the war.
Superior-The salt water steamship
Agga, from Bergen, Norway, is due for
a long wait at Superior. Far from
his home port, the ship master, an
| independent Viking, sailed into port
! on Lake Superior his first venture
on the great unsalted seas. The YES
| sci grounded on sand bar in the
! bay and for four hours the master
| waited for flood tide to free his ship.
| When told there was no tide the skip
! per said he would stay on the bar
until there was one. He refused the
aid Of tugs.
Monroe-Plans for the revival of
| Cheese day, that unique Green county
| celebration we'll known before the
war, are being actively pushed at
Monroe now and financial drive is
meeting with enthusiastic response.
Oct. 2 has been selected as the date
and 5000 buttons to advertise the at
traction will be placed on sale in
few days. A parade, free milk and
cheese and an exhibition of quality
cattle will be among the days fea-
lures.
Stevens Point-When an automobile
in which he was riding tipped over on
highway 10 north of Stevens Point,
Alex Shuda 33, of the town of Hull,
was crushed so that he died at the
hospital shortly after Ben Jerzak,
driver of the car, escaped with slight
injuries. The accident occurred at
turn In the road and was caused, &C,
cording to Jerzak, by the lights on
his car going out. Shuda is survived
by his wife and seven children rang.
ing in age from to 10.
Fond du Lac-Tied to a telephone
post by his safety belt, Lyle Evans,
rs years old, of Neillsville, sustained
compound fracture of his left side
and severe sprain to his right leg
when the pole broke. Evans fell from
a height of twenty-five feet or more
Because of the safety belt, he was
unable to throw himself away from
the pole as it fell.
Green Bay. B. Call, 81, general
freight and passenger agent of the
Green Bay and Western railroad, died
at his home at Green Bay after
short illness. Mr.. Call entered the
employ of the Green Bay and West
ern as a clerk in 1884 and for the
last 90 years had served in the ca
pacity of general freight and pas
senger agent.
E9ssst
announcement was
made at Manitowoc by Manitowoc
and Milwaukee hotel interests of
plans for a 100000 hotel to sbe
erectedS in that city soon. The deal
is understood to have as its hackers
the Schroeder Hotel company of Mil
waukee. This company owns several
hotels in the state.
Rhinelander-Mr. and Mrs. e. Nc