Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-09-08

crops on the farm of Elmer G. Keitel,
near Baraboo, is rattlesnakes. In adj
dition to an extensive dairy business
Keitel raises the rattlers for parks
and museums. He usually has from
so to 100 in dens and cages about the
farm Recently he supplied Milwau.
kee museum with 20 OF his pets"
Frogs, sparrows and mice are the ra.
tons for the reptiles. Most of the
snakes have been caught in the sur.
rounding neighborhood which abounds
with them.
Iron While returning from
a trip to Pike lake near Iron River a
few days ago, Ed Fox ran down a.
wolf with his car, killing the animal.
Just after dark the wolf stepped out
into the road ahead of the car At
tracted by the lights, it made no at
tempt to get out of the way and Mr..
Fox stepped on the gas and drove
over the animal. The pelt was taken
to the county seat at Washburn,
where Mr.. Fox collected the bounty.
Marinette-An explosion in the of.
fee Of Or. c. o. Filllnger, at Mari.
nette caused defamation that was
heard for blocks, blew sout the front
windows, hurled articles about the
rooms and ripped boards off the doc
tors workbench, but left the three
persons in the room unframed The
gas meter had failed to work, and In
searching for the cause the workman
called from the gas plant had lighted
match
La Crosse-In six months there
will only be 50 women in La Crosse,
a city of $4,000, with long hair, bar
bers estimate. At the present rate at
which the long tresses are being sac
rihced to the shears they say that this
is a very conservative estimate. One
barber says that in the last month ne
has cut enough hair TO make Ave mat
tresses and an over-stuffed davenport,
Both young and old are succumbing
to the charm of short locks.
Superior-The eight mile sand
wagon trail which has spoiled state
highway No, 35 to a considerable ex-
tent in Burnett county is under i'm.
proyement and will be completed this
fall The state highway when the
eight mile stretch is completed will
offer a beautiful scenic short cut from
the Twin ports to the Twin cities,
cutting off thirty miles from the old
Minnesota route.
Cedarburg- Picking and cleaning
chicken in five seconds, Ernest G.
Hansen. Fort Atkinson. lowered his
own record as the worlds champion
chicken plucker by two-hfths of a
second IN an exhibition at the Ozau.
kee county fair at Cedarburg recent
Iy. The previous record was made IN
an exhibition at the Bull day on the
John NJ. Kelley farm at Baraboo
Aug. il.
Appleton - Appleton citizens are
making a determined effort to secure
the re-direction of state highway ia,
which now runs from Menasha 10
Chiffon, from the Sherwood intersec.
ton to the city Two routes are sug-
gested, one to make The turn at Lake
Park. and a second to turn at Finne-
CAMS Corners, a mile south of the city,
by way of the Lake road
superior-W. r. Gossett was sen
fenced TO serve Ave months in the
Milwaukee house of correction by
Judge C. 2. Luse in federal district
court at Superior. Judge Luse de-
clared that II Gossett ever appeared
in that court again he would receive
a sentence which would keep him be
hind the bars so long the prisoner
would forget the meaning Of drugs"
Baraboo ~ The Devi-Bara resort
midway between Baraboo and Devils
lake. was robbed of S25 in cash by a
thief who carried away a cash register
worth $500 and smashed it beyond re-
pair in extracting the money. The
thief as a precaution against pursuit
debated the auto tires of L. II. Hill.
proprietor Of the resort
Tomahawll-Th barn on the Nc
Whitney farm, near Tomahawk, was
destroyed by nre together with the
seasons crop Of hay and oats.
Baraboo Mrs. Al Ringing. Para
Doe, widow Of the circus king, has
sold the Morris hotel properties at
Mirror lake. near Baraboo. to John J.
DaeIer. Chicago. The hotel. one Of the
huest summer hotel properties in WIS
constr. Is located near the nells Of
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