Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-06

load of butter, cheese or cream, said
Mr. Wade, sis worth more to the rail-
road than a whole trainload of pulp
wood or logs"
Madison Trading stamps" issued
by stores to give rebate on goods,
must be redeemed in cash, and not in
trade and must be redeemed when
twenty-five cents worth are presented,
Deputy Attorney General W. R. Cur
keet has advised in an opinion to Dis
trict Attorney George T. Merrill, Ash
! land A trading-stamp sent by Merrill
to the attorney general for an opinion
was declared in violation of the state
trading-stamp law on two counts, be-
cause it was urged that the holder Of
| the stamps redeem them in trade, and
because the stamp-book declared that
they would be redeemed only when
stamps with a redemption value OF
$1.00 were presented.
Monroe-Henry M. ABBY, f1eldman
for the Monroe Cow Testing associa-
ton, has accepted the position of fore
man of the Armour condensory at
Stoughton. The association has sus-
pended test work for the summer and
with additions of new herds will re.
sumo work in the autumn. The fiscal
years report shows 677 cows under
test, 346 COWS going the entire year.
Sold for slaughter, AS; sold for dairy
purpose, 40; purchased during year, Z.
Heifers on test less than full year,
III; pure bred sires, 100 per cent; no
dairy substitutes. Number of milking
machines used, s. Barns and yards
lighted by electricity, IL; water in
barns, II.
| Chetek-Lars Hong, an old settler
of the town of Dover, near Chetek,
was found dead in the woods about
mile from his home. Mr.. Houg's wife
died a year ago. He was last seen
alive by one of his neighbors a few
DAYS before as he started to walk to
/ Chetek, few miles distant. On the
day Mr.. Hong was found he was want
ed as pallbearer at a neighbours fu-
neral, and when he was found missing
/ from his home a search was started.
Heart disease is given as the cause
of his death.
Fond du Lac-Arrested on a charge
of having burglarized several stores
by means of duplicate keys which they
stole from coal yard office, three
small Fond du Lac boys, two of them
! II years old and the other IA years
old, are held for arraignment in juve-
nile court Two bicycle tires, two air
guns, pistols, knives, watches, and
many other miscellaneous articles
stolen over period of several months
were recovered after the arrests.
Conrath-An after-thought saved the
life of Ross Phillips, farmer living
near Conrath Phillips was cleaning
up rubbish littering his farm after
long winter. He ran across an old
gunny sack. He looked at it, picked
it up, and was about to toss it into
a bonfire. Curiosity prompted him to
examine it's contents. The sack con-
tanned four sticks of dynamite loaded
with cap and fuse.
Eau Cliare-"I am feeling fine"
laughingly replied Mrs Nancy Ketch-
UNI OBrien, universally known as
Aunt Nancy" to questions as to her
health from scores Of visitors who
swarmed to her home at Osseo, near
Eau Claire, on her one hundred fourth
birthday.
Oshkosh-Walter Denning, Oshkosh,
who recently assumed his new duties
AS a county officer, was painfully but
not seriously injured when his ma
chine collided with an automobile
which turned suddenly across his
path.
Green Representative from
all the labor councils in Green Bay
met and issued pledge blanks for the
raising of funds for the new labor
temple to be built there. While no
definite sum has been set, the amount
most frequently mentioned is 100000
i Merrill-At a meeting in Merrill Of
the directors of the Lincoln County
Agricultural society, A. P. Schewe was
elected president, Frank A. Kudick,
vice-president, DIR. L. ]. O'Reilley, sec
Rotary, and John Petzka, treasurer.
Fond du Lac-A half hour after his
dismissal from circuit court jury serv-
ice at Fond du Lac, John R. Rohlfs, Sc,
a farmer, was found dead at the wheel
of his automobile from stroke of
apoplexy, in Eden.
Monroe Jacob c. .Blumer, chief of
the Monroe fire department. was elect