Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-01-09

sturgeon Bay--Five tbo,,.~>
els OF potatoes will be noa" bus
quota for the relief or ~, Io' Cont,
German children. This p SnS staring
ton has been suggested Nv rll "a deas
tive committee, headod Tie e1en
James G. Martin. A county " y, aage
ganlzation has been formed wide o.
parts OF Door county will Do ~ :, and az
lor this cause. Each township 'Ist !, 's'
county is expected to give s5n !. n tie
OF potatoes and raise $1OO IN NV o OaSaes
Oconto-Emil Tetzlaff, rosidi.
Glllett, narrowly escabed dooa lear
team of horses he was driri Tl'a
came frightened on hearing ',us o
whistle near Fitzgerald Crosse uaA
bolted directly in the bath of y aug
CINE. Both horses were Instant 1L' y, 20
ed, the wagon demolished and ny. AAS
thrown to the ground. He was wax vs'''S
sclous When picked up and taken II a.
local hospital where it was found ~
he had several ribs fractured D4 '4S'
Racine-Eugene Miller, 1O.ye., !,
boy living on farm north Of d..
will go through life minus the sjgb,
his left eye as the result Of an .oS
dent with which he recently mot u,~
several of his friends from tbo o,~
Eugene was starting an air rifle tars..
practice behind his house, when ~
of the boys accidentally sent IN
from his gun into Eugene's left ora
An eye specialist said the optic vOrlS
have to be removed.
Monroe-Fear that children On tho,,
way to rural schools may be endangar
ed by timber wolves was expressed .,
Monroe by Melvin Bowman Adams
township farmer, who brought to he
office of County Clerk Maize Y Row
en- the carcass Of a thirty-three porDa
wolf that he shot after following II,
tracks four miles. The wolf appeare3
to be well fed and measured ahr
three inches from tail tip to tin Of
nose.
Stevens Point-A buck fawn weigh.
ing sixty pounds lost its life near
Stevens Point when it became en-.
tangled in one of the devices Of cigHt
cation. The fawn swan across the
pond of the Big Plover river at Jordan
six miles northeast OF the city, ran
across highway &C and into barbei
wire fence which broke its neck
Frank Hornberg, conservation warden,
sold the venison to the highest bidder.
Madison-Dr. Arthur " De Neveu
Wyocena, has been appointed deputy
state health officer for the northern
district to succeed DR.. Louis Dorpat,
resigned. DR.. De Neveu assumed hisI
work on Jan. /, with headquarters att
Rhinelander. DR.. Dorpat, who has
been in the state servie as deputy
since 1916, has accepted an offer to-
become health officer Of IronwoOd
Mich.
Marinette-The estate Of the late
Joseph A. J. Lauerman, Marinetle,
who died a year ago, was appraised
by Elmer Grimmer, Leo ]. Evans and
J. M. Andrew, and the value fixed at
$15,760 real estate and $519,773,O2 per
sonal property, or a total for the estate
of $535,533.02. The federal inheft
lance tax was fixed at $14,52959, AID
the state tax at $19.277.36.
Marinette-TIelen Brett, 7-yeaT-olc
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis BretI
Menominee, was seriously SCaIdec
while endeavoring to assist her mother
in removing a pan Of hot water iron
the oven. The water spilled and Tai
down the child's body Both legs iron
the knees down were horribly OuInVu
Hopes are entertained for her recO'
cry.
Shawano-Hi Colwell, a vetera
trapper of Shawano county, VINO It
Gently observed his eighty-fourth blrIl
day, has the distinction of having tral
ped as many muskrats this fall as an
of the younger men engaged IN I'll
business. He is as rugged as hoS
men Of SO, gets about the WOODS VIII
ease and is an expert marksman'
Darlington-The Lafayette coun'
beard voted $164,774 for road lmpIo'.
ment within the county for 1874 IN
is an increase of $56,598 over l9z
The board also voted herd OF hls
grade Holsteins for the county po'
farm, but retrenched In other uiie
lions so it could appropriate m0i
money for good roads.
Stevens Point-While riding III
automobile between Stevens PolhI al
Beyent, Marathon county, Emil D@i