Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-08-22
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

| Madison-Local police authorities
will have to enforce liquor laws at
Wisconsin county fairs this year, Her
man Sachtjen, prohibition commits
sioner, announced. He said his force
| of deputies is too small to police
| dances and fairs. Complaints from all
! parts of the state are reported by
| Commissioner Sachtjen to be flooding
his office. The various county fairs
are all requesting aid of prohibition
deputies to stamp out Bookkeeping,
while local authorities are asking help
| to stop drinking at dances. with our
small force of IL men it is essential
that we devote our time to activity
against the manufacture OF illicit
LIQUOR" Mr.. Sachtjen said.
Madison-An attempted robbery of
q passenger bus, operating between
Madison and Fond du Lac. was frus-
trated six miles north of Sun Prairie
by tourists who happened to pass the
scene at the time. A highwaynan
stopped the bus, apparently to become
a passenger. When once inside, he
ordered all to throw up their hands.
The four passengers and Joseph Gal
| lagher, driver, were saved financial
| loss when an auto carrying tourist
party was seen approaching. The
bandit fed.
Merrill - Israel Putnam, registry
clerk at the Merrill post office, is
doubly related to President Coolidge.
Mr.. Putnam's mother was Miss Martha
Brewer, a sister of Miss Almeda
Broker, mother of John Coolidge, the
presidents father. Thus Mr.. Putnam
is first cousin of the aged father of
the president. Mr.. Putnams mother
died and his father remarked, this
time to the sister, who had become
widow. Through the marriage Israel
Putnam became stepbrother to John
Coolidge, the presidents father.
Platteville-Grant county is de-
veloping into a leading stock raising
center and the question of forage for
its cattle is receiving considerable at
tention. Many of the farmers are now
turning their attention to alfalfa, and
next year there will be increased acre
age of that crop. Grant county is
developingw;a reputation for fat beef
deem Argus cattle. This is said to be
the largest number of herds possessed
by any one Wisconsin county.
Manitowoc The Fred Schuette
home on South Eighth street, Mani
towoc, once show place of the city,
built forty seven years ago, has been
sold Before the once palatial house
was built in 1876, Mr.. Schuette had
| the expansive grounds laid out and
1875 trees planted, and now the house
is almost hidden by the miniature for
est. An inspection of materials used
in the building indicates that present
day lumber and hardware are inferior
to those used half century ago.
Antigo-Work on new dam at
Bruemmerville is nearing completion.
The gorge washed out this spring
when the old gates gave way has been
walled at either side by concrete. The
gates are about eight feet wider than
the old. The mill, the wheels of which
were long turned by the tiny stream,
is still grinding out flour with steam
power.
Elderson-The Elderson Cow Test
ing association was organized by
farmers of Elderson, Wittenberg and
Birnamwood townships. Officers are:
A. ]. McVay, president; William c.
Ploger, vice president; Henry Schwal-
bach, secretary and treasurer; H
Vanderkooy, Alvin Pukall and Gust
! NOrrborn, directors. L. Prochner was
engaged as tester for one year.
Madison-When tractor pulls
trailer both are subject to the truck
license law A tractor that is used
for threshing and silo filling is not
being used for strictly agricultural
purposes and as a result must be Ii
censed. These two opinions were CIV
en- by Deputy Attorney General Robert
Riesser, in answer to queries from
Fred Zimmerman, secretary of state
Ripon-The American Legion auxil-
larry of Ripon is sponsoring tag day
to raise funds for soldiers memorial.
| Nov 10 committees will visit ovarv
home and business house in the city