Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-11-28
BADGER STATE.
HAPPENINGS

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Richland Center-A carload of
choice Ayrshire and Holstein dairy
cows was shipped from Richland Cen
ter last week consigned to Ben John
son, Guatemala, Central America. Mr..
Johnson year ago bought dairy
COWS in the Richland Center neigh
borhood which pleased his customers
so well he was asked to bring more
Wisconsin COWS into the country. He
bought car of milking shorthorns
from the GAINESVILLE region.
Maplewood-A change is to be made
in state trunk Highway II, which
turns east at Maplewood. The road
proposed will run north of Maple
wood until it intersects with rs. The
new route will not be used until the
road is improved for travel. The new
route will cut off the view of the
beautiful Gordon Grove, east of Maple
wood, the mecca for tourists during
the summer season.
Oconto-Mr. and Mrs. Joseph De
Grave, Lena, had a narrow escape
from drowning when a car, driven by
John T. Kremm blinded by the glare
of the lights of an approaching car,
went over a high embankment near
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Mrs. De Grave was unconscious when
rescued. Mr.. Kremm's back was in
jured.
Plymouth-Herman Brickner may
die as the result of an automobile
accident which occurred on highway
% near Plymouth. His sedan ran off
the road and crashed into a tele-
phone post, breaking the post off and
wrecking the car. Brickner, with a
probable skull fracture, was taken to
the Plymouth hospital
Neenah-Wild geese are on the
wing. Their clarion call is becoming
familiar sound at Neenah as these
shy wanderers of lonely coasts fly
high over the city, southwark. Geese
have seldom been known to alight in
that vicinity so hunters have to be
content with the thrill of observing
them wing past.
Green Bay-Afxar a voluntary clay
Off" of one month, burglars in Green
Bay returned to work there. success
fully robbing two business houses and
attempting to break into a drug store.
The nights work netted them slightly
over 5000, the Arctic Ice Cream Co.
contributing $158 and the Alvey Cloth
ing Store, $50.
Stevens PoiEt-The newspaper and
job printing plant of the Portage
County Press, the Staples & Hintz
meat market and the Jones shoe re-
pair shop at Almond village were de-
stroyed when fire wiped out two frame
buildings in which they were located.
The loss is more than 100000.
Racine William Flynn left Water
ford in December 1889, supposedly to
go to Oshkosh or Rhinelander. None
of his relatives or friends have heard
from him sine. Recently in Racine
county court he was declared legally
dead and his estate of $4,000 was di-
vided between his two cousins.
Portage-The Wisconsin river this
fall is lower than it has been for many
years, due to the extremely dry
weather earlier in the year. The vol
ume of water from the north is far
less than usual an& a fall of more
than a foot is noticeable along the
banks of the stream.
Madison-W. E. Finnegan, deputy
state fire marshal at Green Bay, has
resigned, w. Stanley Smith, state in
surance commissioner has announced
The resignation will take effect on
Dec. 1. He has been connected with
the state fire marshals office for
fourteen years.
New Lisbon-The New Lisbon Fish
and Game club at it's annual meeting
elected the following officers: C. w.
McNown, president; H. F. Beckman,
president; Otto Balgord, treas
urer; o. H. Vaudell, secretary.
Cutler-Nine head of cattle, three
horses, several hogs and large num-
Der of chickens were burned to death
in fire which destroyed the barn On
the farm of Chris Henkle, near Cutler.
Samuel Sigman, Two
Rivers, has been named secretary to
Congressman George Schneider, APP
pleton, and will leave for Washington