Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-04-11


circumstantial and scientific to high
degree, deliberated 10 hours and 80
minutes and decided Magnuson Is the
man who mailed the internal ma
chine which tore off James Chapman's
hand and killed his wife at Christmas
time last year. With merciless at
tention to details, Theodore w. Bra
zeau, special prosecutor, built up the
states case against Magnuson for two
weeks. He called expert after expert
to testify, and as each offered his
testimony concerning handwriting.
metals and wood in the bomb and in
Magnuson's shed, and explosives, a
net of circumstantial evidence was
drawn tighter and tighter about the
defendant who a jury has decided re-
sorted to inhuman and fiendish means
to wreak vengeance on fellow man
for fancied wrongs.
rchwood-Although there is no
regular land clearing program in force
in Washburn county this year, it is
expected that farmers and settlers
will clear up as much land as in
any past year under the association
plan of land clearing. Farmers have
decided to make another concerted
move to rid the county of the detri-
mental pine stump. Through the eff
forts of Rupert H. Rasmussen, coun-
ty agricultural representative of
Washburn county, farmers and set
tiers of this county have been allow
ed two carloads of picric acid to con-
tinue the work of land clearing. The
first carload of explosives has already
been received in the county and the
second carload will reach Washburn
county within several weeks.
Watertown-The remainder of the
concrete construction on highway 10
between WATERFOWL and Hubbleton
toward Madison will be laid this year,
entirely at the expense of the state
and without cost to Jefferson county.
This is the information received by
Owain T. Hughes, Watertown, chair
man of the county road and bridge
committee of the board of supervisors.
A. r. Hirst, engineer of the Wiscon-
sin highway commission, writes that
this stretch of concrete will be laid
early in the year. This will join Main
street with the Dodge county concrete
road
Ladysmith-Hiram Hebard, a., be
lieved to have been the oldest person
in Rusk county, died at the home of
his son, Edgar, in Sheldon. He moved
with his parents to Wisconsin in 1912,
where he lived continuously 80 years.
He is survived by five sons, two
daughters, 25 grandchildren, 80 great
grandchildren, and nine great-great-
grandchildren.
Racine-The Union Grove Enter
prise, which has been printed at I'm
ion Grove for the past forty-five years,
ceased publication with the last issue
of Thursday, March 20. j. c. Colby,
the publisher, has been appointed to
succeed Fred Kemper as postmaster
at Union Grove, beginning in April
He gives this as his reason for CIV
ing up the publication of his news
paper.
Cameron-Potato growers from all
tuber raising regions of Wisconsin
meeting at Cameron took steps to
form the Wisconsin Potato Growers
association, the first of five such CO.
operative associations to be formed
and later co-ordinated under direct
ing body. Other states which are ex-
pected to form state associations, op-
Grating under central association,
are Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota and Michigan.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of an increase
in the price of potatoes over that of
last autumn, potato companies in
Washburn county are again buying
tubers. Farmers appear to be more
willing to dispose of their potato crops
now rather than risking the chance
of failing to secure a market Many
carloads of potatoes are still believed
to be in the growers hands.
Stevens Point-Mrs Gertrude Dzi.
kowski, living near Amherst, suffered
serious injuries to her hand when the
stove in her home blew up after she
had thrown a dynamite cap into it
| along with refuse she had swept up.
She noticed the missile, but believed
it to be an empty cartridge.
Ladysznith-All employees of the
Fountain Campbell Lumber company
of Ladysmith have been given a raise
of from to Is per cent in wages.
The increase was unsolicited. The
minimum wage now paid is So per
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