Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-11-19

Chippewa Falls-By holding his foot
against his overturned automobile,
George Kimball, a farmer living near
Cornell, prevented his car from sweep
ing both itself and him into 80 feet of
W ter at a bridge at La Wissota.
Kimball was thrown out of the car
when wheel hit stone in the road,
causing the automobile to plunge
through the bridge rail. The car fell
two feet to the bank and then was
stopped from sliding into the lake
when Kimball thrust his foot in the
car to protect himself and check the
fall .Cf the machine. He held the au-
tomobile in this manner until help
came to relieve him.
Park Falls-The new municipal
wells in Park Falls, recently COM
pleted, were accepted by the city coun-
Gil following a 24-hour test. The test
produced 5000 gallons, $4,000 gal
Ions more than was required by the
contract. The pump was then speeded
900 gallons day and the wells con-
tinued to give an undiminished sup
ply. The council will seek bids on the
building of pipe line from the wells
to the city and for the erection of a
standpipe.
Fond du Lac-The will of DR.. Rob
ert Seney Ingraham, former supertn-
tendent of the Fond du Lac district
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
who died Oct. % at Green Lake, Wis.,,
disposing of an estate estimated at
$1,345,000, has been filed at Green
Lake county for probate proceedings.
The bulk of the estate is left to DR..
Ingraham's widow. A brother, George,
New York city, and a sister, Frances,
Green Lake, receive $4,000 each.
Sturgeon Bay-George Aplswede,
sc, former town chairman of Brussels,
was fatally injured when he was
knocked down by an automobile
driven by Carl Reynolds, of Sturgeon
Bay. Aplswede died an hour later in
hospital. The accident occurred on
state trunk highway II, three miles
north of Sturgeon Bay, where Apis
wede, who was employed by the coun-
ty, was operating a road grader.
De Pere-Frank Job, As, and his
wife, 40, were killed when their auto
was struck by a Wisconsin Public
Service Co. East De Pere-Green Bay
interurban car. The accident oc-
Cured at a crossing in the outskirts
of De Pere. The conductor says Job
apparently saw the street car but sud-
denly shot in front of it while the
whistle was being blown. Job was a
bricklayer.
Waukesha-Fred Holt, son of Ed
ward Holt, coal dealer at Mukwana-
go, was shot through the foot by a
burglar at the Rintleman tire shop in
Mukwanago. According to Waukesha
officials, Holt who had driven his car
to the shop to get air for the tires,
peered through one of the windows
when he was attracted by a noise.
The burglar escaped.
Green Bay-John Peters, a pioneer
in the pure bred cattle movement in
Brown county, died at his home in the
town of Rockland. Death was due to
complication of ailments. Mr..
A
Mr.. Peters began the foundation of
i herd of Holstein sows which he de-
veloped into one of the largest in this
section of the state.
Green Bay-Burglars entered the
White store at Green Bay through
rear window, stealing overcoats and
suits valued at $4,000. About 80 ov-
ercoats and 140 suits were taken. The
burglars carefully selected only the
high priced stock, leaving the cheaper
garments strewn about the place. No
other department of the big store was
disturbed.
Observation-Disclosures who entered
the home Of Henry Onerholtzer, con-
servation warden at Eagle River, OBJ
tanned more than $1,000. Most Of the
money had been received from the
sale of nonresident fishing licenses.
1t was concealed in a desk A num-
Der of checks were not disturbed. No
one was at home at the time.
Lancaster-Several cases of infan-
tile paralysis have been called to the
attention of physicians connected with
the state board of health. Strict quar-
antine has been imposed in the cases
so far reported. The last case was
found at the Schloesser farm, four
miles north of Lancaster, where a
little girl is in quarantine