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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-05-29
twenty-five Years Ago
From The River Falls Journal
June /, 1899

Hail stones So inches in circum-
ference fell during the storm Fri
day evening.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-31
Accurate, Reliable andDependable lnforr
For By the Leading Citizens of Hamil
Members of the Committee Favoring the
SALE OF The ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT!

AS Hamilton stands today, it faces
stone wall. We have no money to
meet the demands of growing in
dustrial community. Our manufac-
turers are growing and more people
are coming to the city every year to
become one of US. New residences
are going up to house these people.
Electric light, gas, and water ex-
tensions must be made if the City is
to progress. The City is taking every
dollar out of it's electric light re-
ceipts that it possibly can take to
pay sinking fund charges in addition
to levying taxes for sinking fund
purposes. There is no money left in
the fund to make extensions and to
properly maintain the electric light
property and the bonds and interest
charges are eating up the plant.
If the Union Gas and Electric Com
pany acquire the property, Hamilton
will be assured of a reliable and de-
pendable supply at all times ample to
meet the demands of today and of the
future.
The Citizens Committee favoring
the sale Of the Electric Light Plant.
Per S. M. GOODMAN, Secretary
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-31

own and operate competing electric
energy service in the city, will bid
not less than S500,000, plus all out
lay since December for improvements,
estimated at 100000 more
Q.-Will this proposed sale cover
all the City's Electric Light Proper
ty?
A-No. 1t is proposed to sell the
Electric Transmission system only.
The City retains its present electric
machinery contained therein, which
are property retained on account of
the waterworks pumping station.
The Citizens Committee favoring
the sale of the Electric Light Plant
have hereunto affixed their signatures
to this QUESTIONABLE, and believe in
their best judgment that the City
should not build new Electric Light
Plant, but that it should sell its
transmission lines at not less than
the present offer, which is considered
fair price, reduce the Indebtedness
of the City, and place the City in a
better financial condition, so that the
City Departments may function prop
erly to protect the life, property and
health of the inhabitants of the City
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-31

paid out of the surplus arising out Of
the operation of the electric light
plant. An additional tax is asked at
this time instead of an increase IN
the electric light rates, but it is only
another way of paying higher rates
for your electric light. The only Diff
ference is that you pay it into the
window at the County Treasurer's
Office twice year instead of month
ly at the City Hall, but it all comes
out of the same pocket.
Q.-Will the Sinking Fund require
ments increase or decrease?
A.-The sinking fund requirements
on bonds outstanding of the electric
light plant at the present time are
reported by the sinking fund trustees
to be as follows.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-31

InlS uoCalS SZ,f5l ,lfo.1o, or an
average of few dollars less than
100000 per year. With the tax re-
ceipts yielding the sum of s462,430,
to be paid until they mature, making
a grand total of 81 ,453 $4,000 which
the city will have to pay in retiring
the present bonded Indebtedness Of
the City Electric Light Plant These
bonds will all be wiped out and this
load will be lifted off Of the City Of
Hamilton if the Electric Light Plant
is sold under the proposed plan of
City Council.
Q.-How does the City propose to
sell its Electric Light Plant?
A.-The City will have to adver-
tise for bids for thirty days and re-
ceive bids for its purchase from any
concern that wants to make an offer.
It has a guarantee before Offering
for sale that the Union Gas and
Electric Company Of Cincinnati, who
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-31
(By Referendum
PetitiOn)

=-f Ordinance No. 2257,.
+ passed on the 18th dayI
Il of June, A. ID. 1924 l
by the City Council of
ri the City of Hamilton.
Butler County. Ohio.
Authorizing the salej
of certain PERSONAL
-. - property and fixturesE
of the Hamilton Munic- +
III ipal Electric Light
EF Plant, on condition that
~ the purchaser continued
furnishing of electric 1
current for the period,E /
=q-E on the conditions andf
1T at the rates therein )
.s|s specified.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
Have Color in Cheeks
. Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

LII your skiA II yelloW-complexton
pallfd--tOnguc coated-appetite p00r
-yOu have . bad taste fn your mouth
n lazy. nO-g0Dd fceling-yoa shoaia
take Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards' Olive Tablets-a suh.
stitute for ealoMel-were prepared by
DR.. Edwards after II years OF study.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are n
purely vegetable cOmpOund Blixed
with olive oil. You will know them
by their olive color.
To have q clear, pink skin, bright
eyes, no pimples. q feeling OF Nuoy.
ancy like childhood days you must
get at the cause.
DR.. Edwards' olive Tablets act Sn
the liver and bowels like cal0Del-
yet have NO danEer0as after e6ects.
They start the bile and overceua
constipation. Take one or TIVE AlgAt-
" and note the pleasing results. Mill
Nons Of bOxes are sold annually at
l5c and 3Oc.
Evening star., 1924-03-03
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Evening star., 1924-03-03

Manufacturing establishments in
New York city employ more than
100000 men and women.
Evening star., 1924-03-03

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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Newspaper Men ON Outing.

Give a hard boiled newspaper
man an outing and he either muffs
the real outdoor stuff or else goes
the limit-never knows which way
he will land until he finishes his
outing. Generally he is unwise to
the real enjoyments Of next-to-
nature trip where man is either
a ninny or one of herman stuff;
then it is UP to him to obtain a
tutor who will wise him up to the
real benefits one GAN secure in this
country of beautiful landscape,
beautiful women, big fish and big
liars. Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. Ted
Hamilton and Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Leggett of Chicago, who are spend
ing a vacation period at Ole Ris-
mons Lodge over Star Lake way,
came over to the little county seat
of Villas county and visited their
native friends. Ted Hamilton is
connected with the Chicago Even
ing Post and Leggett with the
Chicago Evening Journal. Both
are real outdoor men with the ex-
ception of Leggett who cannot
get it under his bonnet that a
straw hat and boiled shirt are
misnomers in this section during
an outing. Someone has told him
that to be hard-boiled and typ
ical old-timer, he must initiate the
ways of a city man on his first
trip into the wilds, hence the
straw kelly and boiled outfit. But
at that the above foursome makes
for a mighty jolly and bully good
bunch of native scouts.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
KILLED SUNDAY NIGHT
Gretchen Horton of Waters
meet Loses Life in Auto
mobile Accident.

Miss Gretchen Horton of Waters
meet, Mich, was almost instantly
killed when the car in which she
and several other young folks
were riding left the highway,
crashed through a wire fence into
a rough piece of ground, finally
stopping when it hit another fence
several rods from the road. Miss
Horton was thrown from the car,
her head striking a rock, crush
ing her skull, from which she died
very short time after the acct
dent.
Miss Horton with her sister Mar
gerry, Gertrude O'Leary and two
gentlemen friends, had left Wa
tersmeet during Sunday evening
for a pleasure ride. The auto they
intended to take, comprised the
chassis of Ford, with a platform
for body and box for the driv-
er. The trip was made nicely to
Bruce's Crossing, twenty miles
distant, and a start for home fol-
lowed. At one point where a de
cidedly sharp rise occurred in the
road, the car jumped, and this is
said to have caused Miss Horton
to lose her balance. She is said
to have grabbed the driver in or
der to keep from falling off, and
in so doing he lost control of the
car, which left the road and ran
through the fences and field be-
fore hitting an obstruction which
threw most all the occupants out.
Everyone in the accident were
cut and bruised. The body of the
dead girl was taken to the home
in Watersmeet.
Miss Horton was about twenty
years of age and the eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Horton of
Watersmeet. She was very popu-
lar in that village and her death
has been a sad blow to the family
and friends.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09

Villas County in Line for Es-
tablishmenH of Rehabilita-
ton Camp for Soldiers.

Two sites in the Northern Wis
consin lake region probably will be
to the executive
committee of the Wisconsin De-
partment, American Legion, for
establishment of rehabilitation
camp, Elmer S. Hall, state conser-
walton commissioner, announced on
his return from an inspection trip
with Legion committee last
week. The camp will be a center
where veterans of the World war
can go and recuperate their health
or spend their vacation. 1t will be
managed by the state department
free of charge or at little cost to
the veterans who go to it.
The committee which made the
inspections were composed of the
following: LeBarron Harper, Su-
peior; John B. Diener, Green Bay;
Harry S. Ruth, Ashland and James
F. Burns, Milwaukee.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Attending Convention.

Victor F. Pettric, secretary of
the Wisconsin State Motorists As
ISOLATION, who with several men
have been in the North Woods in
the organization of the North
Woods Motor Club, left Wednes-
day of last week for Detroit to at
tend the annual convention of the
National Association to be held
July 7th and Sth. Mr.. Pettric will
return here and continue his work
of organizing the North Woods
Motor Club, expecting to start in
on July 10th.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
HE RESCUED TWO GIRLS
But Lost His Own Life in the
Attempt at Flambeaul Last
Saturday.

Corbin A. Durham, 81 years old,
head Of the drapery firm bearing
his name, at 68 East South Water
street Chicago, was drowned at
3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at his
fishing camp on North Twin lake,
in the Flambeau reservation, near
Flambeau.
He died saving two girls guests
who had arrived with him and
Mrs. Durham but an hour. before
from Chicago. The girls had gone
swimming, and Mr.. Durham was
to follow them into the water.
Unused to the chilly lake waters,
the girls were seized with cramps
before Mr.. Durham had changed
from his travelling suit. He dived
in, saved their lives, but when he
was taken from the water by Ben
Dormeyer of Minocqua, who was
visiting the camp, Mr.. Durham
himself was dead.
Mrs. Durham left Minocqua last
night with her husbands body for
Chicago
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Death of Grandmother.

Word was received in Eagle
River yesterday of the death of
Mrs. Webster, grandmother to H.
w. Morris of this village. Her
kosh homefihc ?afnoKni
death occurred Monday at her Osh-
kosh home, where Mr.. Morris has
been for a week at the bedside.
Mrs. Webster is well known here
having spent many summers at
Shing Guak En- Dot, the resort
owned by Mr.. Morris on Catfish
lake and which is now privately
owned by H. N. Tyson. Mrs. Web
ster was very brilliant woman
and had reached an advanced age
at her death.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Two Paid Their Fines.

Bert Hodges of Winchester, who
at the last term of circuit court
paid a heavy fine for violation of
the dry law, was again in court
this week and with a bond of a
thousand dollars he will appear at
the coming term of court to an
swer to a like charge placed
against him. Earl F. Trutt and
Roy Lichtman, from the Winches-
ter district, were up before Judge
Higgins and later taken before the
county Judge where they pleaded
guilty to violation of the dry act,
and each paid a fine of $3.50 to-
gether with costs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Visiting Old Home.

Oscar Gunderson and son Robert
arrived in Eagle River yesterday
from Madison ON tour of the
upper portion of the state in be-
half of the state immigration de-
partment of which Mr.. Gunderson
is a member. Gunderson was the
first county agent Villas county
had, and resigned from here three
years ago. His statement yester-
day that he hardly knew his old
home in Villas county on account
of the rapid growth is we'll taken
and certainly backs up what this
newspaper has been preaching for
many years that there is no more
progressive section than this por-
ton of the lake region and Villas
county is coming into her own
very rapidly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Nobody Injured.

A Nash Six containing five pas
sengers overturned at the junction
of Highway 26 and County High
way "P" last Friday wrecking the
car. None of the occupants were
injured but the top, left wheel and
running board and tenders of the
car were smashed. The accident
was due to the driver attempting
to make the sharp turn at too
high a rate of speed. The car left
the road and landed bottom up in
the brush to the north of the
highway.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Removing Telephone Poles.

All telephone poles from Wall
street will be removed as fast as
cable for the new route can be
secured. This week one block on
Wall street between Railroad and
Main have seen the removal of
the telephone poles and it certain
ly has improved the situation in
the business district. Manager
Radcliffe is placing his system un-
derground wherever practical, CIV
ing much improvement in service
to his customers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Camp in Operatinn.

lgh &. Baker and w. E. San
"0' members of the firm who
'onductlng Camp Mish-i-ke, a
9'Fy boys camp on the Turtle
'sS near Winchester, were bust
visitors in Eagle River yester-
\ The camp is now in active
/, ~''Ion and has a good attend
n u boys from the. east who
q spend the coming eight weeks
ue big Woods of Northern
II ~Oqsln' This is the second
~ O' the camp and it is located
h. naFrlS lake just out of Win
~ sF, Through the efforts of
h p Mlshlke, a postoffice has
/, p sS'aohshed on the main high
d Short distance from Camp
Wisconsin" was ''ii
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
lar LAKE DROWNING
rill Girl Lost Life While
Bathing at White Birch
Resort Thursday.

While visiting at the home of
sister at White Birch resort
Nuskellunge lake five miles
invest Of Star Lake last Thurs
, Miss Irene M. Henry of Mer-
lost her life while in bathing.
npS superinduced by the cold
.erS Of that lake caused her
.th while in the water. The body
recovered very soon after she
\ but resuscitation failed. The
N was shipped to the Merrill
Pc where burial took place on
@jay
lSs Henry was visiting with
sister Mrs. Edw. Mykleby at
lte Birch resort with a few
'aaS' She was a graduate of
Merrill high school in 1922,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
lay P. Henry.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUERS
Why 1t is Winning Over for Better Sportsmanship

The Izaak Walton League of America is a National
dedicated to the restoration of sports aed and astream
in the United States and Canada restoration
far be of the outdoor ancestors
sonal gain aggrandzement it, has it po
htcal religious interests.
1t is undoubtedly the comprehensive conserva-
ton undertaken in America Though less
than two years old has local chapters from one end of
the country to the other and has awakened thousands
and thousands of prncped sportsmen outdoor
to the realization of the pers that threatening
precious woods and streams and wild life.
The movement represents patriotic and unselfish
endeavor to for children their great American
outdoor heritage that they have the priceless
cries of days wndswep clear and cleaning
ers and nights in fragrant healing forests they
gain the health happiness only the outdoors
give them.
The last written words of a great American sports
Meantime if you really wish to a little shoot
ing and fishing for yourself and boys and do
what you put million members Izaak
Walton League
when this thing is true you will have your
fight You then will see, safe forever great part of the
wonderful ouof-doors country that ever was put
down any part Of the earth's surface.
Il should like to live to that day but shall
That IS of consequence. Others willyou and your
Join the Izaak Walton League-get everybody else
to do SO. Do thinking and then act
Emerson Hough
The Villas County Chapter of the Izaak Walton
League has been organized Are you going to join?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
pOWNEDlIN THE RIVER
avaukee Youth Lost Life
When Canoe Capsizeds in
Stream Above Town.

c,rop Milwaukee young men,
around twenty years, while
I,oonp in the Eagle river a mile
re the village yesterday after
m capsized the canoe when the
IN seat broke, and one of the
~ Ray Gullickson, aged Il,
his life while swimming
,rq The other two held to the
.nrnrned craft and padded
bore,
Raw Gullickson, Harvey Larson
\ Tom Hanley, three Milwaukee
Il, had drove up to Eagle River
anIay afternoon and had gone
III camp above the Eagle River
mier Co.'S mill on the bank of
I. river Just at the outskirts of
lm Yesterday they secured a
noe and it was while they were
'rng themselves pad dim g
|aInd that the accident happen
GulIicksen was handling the
IN paddle and while making a
rie the seat broke, capsizing
.n Hanley and Larson caught
N Of the canoe while Gullickson
ted for shore a short distance
.r telling them to bring in the
.e The two with the canoe
he padding ashore saw Gull
hon when he was about forty
\ from land. Paying no atten-
to him they finally got the
.turned craft ashore and start
b hunt Gullickson, whom they
.nosed had either gone up on
bank to rest or else to the
short distance down stream.
4arch revealed that he was IN
Their place, and failing to find
evidence of his landing, gave
alarm. After a two hours
.rch his body was discovered by
.hur Roderick and Howard Olm-
b. who had dived where last
h. lying face down in about ten
Y Of water and within forty
II of shore. Attempts to bring
h back to life were of no avail.
/ body was shipped to his home
Milwaukee, 341-23rd ave., the
\ companions accompanying it.
dickson had recently finished
Fool and had taken up pattern
.Ang,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
MOVED INTO WISCONSIN
Northwestern Depot at State
Line is Being Moved Back
to Old Stand.

After this week the Northwest
ern depot at State Line, Michigan
will have been moved south ninety
feet into Wisconsin where it for
merly set, and with the moving
away goes the name of State Line
for good. The station will now be
known as Land O Lakes, Wiscon-
sin" This will abate much con-
fusion to the travelling public and
to the residents as we'll, owing to
the postoffice now being changed
to Land O Lakes instead of State
Line.
The changes that have been
made in the name of the village
and postoffice up on the Wiscon-
sin7Michigan border line have been
many and varied. Years ago when
the mill town of Donaldson was
in full swing, the postoffice was
located one mile west of the C. &
N. w. station of State Line, Wis
consin, and was named Donaldson.
Later on the mill burned and the
town of Donaldson was abandoned
and the postoffice moved to the
railroad station. About this time
the railroad company decided to
move the depot across the line
into Michigan on account of
freight rates and labor conditions.
Then the station was called State
Line, Michigan, and the postoffice
State Line, Wisconsin, was created
shortly after.
Then the real trouble begun,
If you wanted to write letter it
had to be addressed State Line,
Wisconsin" If you bought rail
road ticket or shipped freight or
express, it must of necessity be
State Line, Michigan" The re-
suits were anything but pleasing,
but just as the situation was be-
coming normal and everybody
knew which was what after years
of trouble, a petition was sent in
to Washington to have the name
again changed.
This was in December of 1922,
and this spring the name of Land
O Lakes, Wisconsin" was given
the postoffice. Still you had State
Line, Michigan" to contend with
for your express, freight and
tickets. Last week the North
western sent a crew of men to
State Line and have removed the
depot from it's Michigan berth
back into Wisconsin and renamed
the station Land O. Lakes"
1t is now hoped that the name
Land O. Lakes, Wisconsin" will
not be changed either at the sta
ton or postoffice for some years
to come for it has been bad mix
UP to everybody. Should confus-
ion result between the postoffice
and station on the border line and
the Land O Lakes Association"
or Land O. Lakes Bulletin" then
possibly the whole thing will have
to be discarded and another result
ant confusion follow. We hope
not.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Reappointed Chairman.

The organization meeting of the
county board held last week Tues
day reelected Frank A. Hall chair
man of the board, and w. L. Convey
of Phelps, vice chairman. Hall
was made purchasing agent. Out
side of the committees being APP
pointed and auditing of bills, there
were no other business transacted.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Following Schedule of Games.

The Eagle River ball team has
scheduled the following games ON
dates given below:
July 10 Ironwood at Eagle Riv-
er.
July 20 Montreal at Eagle Riv-
er.
July 27-Eagle River at Camp
Winnepe.
August 10-Camp Winnepe at
Eagle River.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
~, ''d'e Line Team Beaten.

~ ! game Sunday between the
A. D'ie team and Eagle River
,3,g3 local grounds proved a
n u Tor Eagle River. The
,,r SHOWS the whole story, 22-1
.si %o' OF o., Eagle River. Sunday
u l., Will show a bully good
~ y, Ironwood and Eagle
, o vi our grounds. Ought to
l sb oOVu game for both teams
OaE matched.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Visited Relatives Here.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Frank enter
tanned the following over the
Fourth in the village: Mr.. and
Mrs. Lowell Sowles of st. Louis,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Pfeiffer and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fisher of
Oconto. Some of the visitors were
relatives to Mrs. Frank. They left
for their homes Sunday.