Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
ArouEd the Badger State

Observation-Disclosures to accommo
date ESQ students will be built at the
University of Wisconsin next fall il
| has been announced The buildings
are to be a unit of proposed uni
versity dormitory system, and will cos
100000 The building will be Fl
nanced through sale of bonds Bonds
covering half the value of the dormi
tory will be offered for public sale and
the university will purchase the Other
half Principals and interest will be
paid from student rents.
Madison-All major crops in Wis
consin continue late, due to backward
and unfavorable weather conditions
according to the July 1 agricultural
summary announced by Paul G
Nyhus, state federal cooperative crop
reporting statisician. Corn particular
ly is small and late, the report says
Timothy and mixed hay have greatly
improved during the last month and
alfalfa has made an excellent first
growth, it is said.
Merrill-W. H. AuBuchon, Merrill
caught blackbird on a plug while
fishing for bass at Little lake. AS
the boat from which Mr.. AuBuchon
and companions were fishing neared
an unusually promising spot, Mr.. Au-
Buchon gave cast which landed his
plug in one of the trees where a
blackbird dashed itself against the in
truder several times and became
caught on one of the hooks.
Stanley - The new state graded
school building in the Brownville
school district has been practically
completed and large number of peo-
pie from the district and from Stanley
took part in the dedication ceremonies.
The speakers at the dedication serv-
ices were George S. Dick, state rural
school inspector; County Supt. Anna
Johnson, Ralph Ostrander, J. M. Bolon
and w. H. Bridgman.
Neenah-The sugar beet crop at
Neenah this season is distinctly diff
ferent from that of past seasons, in
one respect. Heretofore farmers who
raised beets have hired Mexican
families to care for the crop, but this
year Austrian families, brought into
the vicinity from other parts of the
country, are doing the work. Thin
ming of the beets, planted some time
ago, is in progress now.
Chippewa Falls-Leona Steinmetz,
IL, was almost instantly killed and her
brother, Albert Steinmetz, %, was
probably fatally injured when their
automobile was struck by 500 line
limited, 10 miles west of Chippewa
Falls. Both were thrown distance
of 40 feet. .Steinmetz, it is said, mis-
took freight train which passed by
few minutes before, for the limited.
Albany-Water in Sugar river has
receded almost to it's former level,
after being so high for five days that
traffic from one side of town to the
other was detoured to Brodhead seven
miles away. Contractor Edwin Kelly,
Sun Prairie, building a new bridge,
has, however, been unable to resume
construction, part of his machinery be-
ing still submerged.
Mellen-Gogebic parish camp on
Lake Gallilee, near Mellen, has opened
for the season. Groups of girls and
boys from Gogebic range cities will
be at the camp all summer. Russell
Henry Auburn, N. Y, will supervise
the boys, and Misses Genevieve Drop
pers and Elizabeth Morey of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin will be in charge
of the girls.
Madison-All enrolment records for
q summer session were broken as
classes for the summer term began at
the University of Wisconsin June 80.
While the total enrolment can only
be estimated now, it is certain that
more than 5000 students are enrolled,
passing last years record mark by
several hundred. The session will last
six weeks.
Oconto = Joseph Bikoski, ST., was
told by Oconto police that he waited
too long to have them find the party
who entered his home on Easter Sun
day and took 1885 in cash. He re-
ported the robbery to local police a
few days ago. When asked why he
did not report the case at the time,
he said he decided to play private
detective.
Chippewa Falls-Suffocatio caused
the death of the 6-months-old baby
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