Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-07-04

II son runs. Inc columbus, common
ly known as the whaleback, will be-
gin her excursion trips between Chi
cago and Milwaukee which end on
Labor day. The Carolina, as usual,
for two months, will run between Chi
cago and Mackinac Island and Chi
cago and White Lake. On her trip
north she will stop at Manitowoc, but
returning will not touch this point.
Capt. Charles Moody will be master
of the Columbus and Capt. Mccarthy
will command the Carolina. Both
men are veteran shippers. The boats
have been completely renovated and
reprinted.
Marshfield-The branch agricultural
experiment station at Marshf1eld will
hold the annual farmers summer
meeting on July 25 and 26. Wednes-
Clark and Marathon county day
while Thursday, July 26, will be the
big day for Wood and Taylor county
folks. The arrangements and pro-
gram for this important gathering of
central Wisconsin farmers are being
arranged by F. L. Musbach, in charge
of the branch station, and E. l..
Luther, in charge of summer demon
STATIONS at the Wisconsin College of
Agriculture.
! Manitowoc-While operating an
automatic unloading truck on the site
Of the new Manitowoc high school,
Gustav Schwartz, employed by the
Spindler company, was severely in
jured by being struck with the crank
of the automatic control. His jaw
was broken and half his teeth were
knocked out The crank struck
Schwartz more than once while re-
volving rapidly, the first time an inch
below the temple, and then on the
jaw. He was removed to the hospital
and will be incapacitated for several
weeks, physicians say. He is SIS years
old.
Manitowoc-Fiv hundred dollars
was voted by the Manitowoc city coun-
Gil to aid the local American Legion
post in its Fourth of July celebration,
which, according to the ex-service
men, will be the biggest event of its
kind ever staged at Manitowoc. The
post will spend approximately $4,000,
the council was told. The premier
entertainment of the day will be a
mammoth display Of fireworks at the
county fair grounds in the evening.
AS only a nominal charge is to be
made for admission the post asked
aid Of the city.
Appleton-Farms In the immediate
vicinity of Appleton are Suffering in
tensely from the effects of the burn
ing heat and the Frustrated dry
weather. Growers of strawberries are
despairing Of any mentionable crop.
Even with good rain, a normal crop
is now out of the question, one grow
er remarked. Hay not yet ready to
cut is burning up fast and will not
reach a good height even with gen
erous showers. Grain that is almost
ready to head out is also reported to
be in danger
Kenosha-An unidentified man, ap
parently So, was killed by south
bound train on the North Shore cleo
trio road at Kenosha. The man was
walking along the tracks and showed
no interest in signals sounded by the
motorman Officials said that there
had been determined attempt on the
part of the man to remove from his
clothing any possible marks of identi-
fcation
Fond du Lac-Charles L. Ohm, who
committed suicide in his prison cell
at Waupun recently, where he was
serving a sentence for the murder of
his son-in-law, has left an estate of
100000, according to the administra-
ton petition now in probate court at
Fond du Lac The only heirs to the
estate are a daughter, who is the
widow of the murdered man, and a
son.
n1ddlpOu CdAn polSil fdlA0L llCCn-
tious stories in magazines and against
indecent motion pictures is to be con-
Quoted by a Madison public opinion
committee, according to tentative
plans drafted at a recent meeting.
The committee decided not to take
the position Of reformer, but rather
to educate the public to an apprscia-
ton of better entertainment.
La Crosse-Mrs. Kate Daley, who
was charged with Staying her hus-
band, Jack Daley, former pugilist and
roadhouse proprietor, on April IS, last,
was found guilty of manslaughter by
a jury at La Crosse and was sentenced
to six years in state prison by Judge
James Wickham. The shooting was
said to nave occurred during quar-
rel,