Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-15

he was blowing with a tractor, wan
dered into the path of the machine
and lay down in the grass to play.
The supposition is that the child fell
asleep and did not see the approach
ing tractor which ran over it's right
leg, fracturing it in two places. Only
the soft condition of the ground pre-
vented more serious injury.
Manitowoc -Reflling the gasoline
tank of his tractor while the engine
was running resulted in Steven Saw
age, rs, being seriously burned. Saw
age, who owns a farm between Cato
and Grimms, was operating the silo
filler with the tractor and started to
fill the fuel tank when burning gaso-
line enveloped him. There was no
explosion. A doctor was summoned
and later Savage was removed to the
hospital. The injuries are confined to
his legs, arms and shoulders.
Viroqua-The farmers creamery at
Viroqua is out for another record.
On Aug. 10, it passed the million
pound mark in the manufacture of
butter for 1924. Last year the million
mark was not reached until Sept II.
At the close of August, the creamery
was more than 100000 pounds of but
ter ahead of last year If the pace is
maintained, the total for the year will
easily pass the million and a half
mark.
Mondovi-As Guy Humphrey was
driving from Durand to Mondovi, his
home, at night, man stepped out into
the road and called to him to stop.
Mr.. Humphrey stepped on the gas
and swerved. When he tipped, the
car pinned the would-be holdup man
to the ground. He was rescued by
three men who came from the road
side and righted the car. The holdup
uperior-Charles H. Baynor, So,
Mckinley, Mimi, was instantly killed
when he fell beneath the wheels of
500 line switch train at Superior.
Baynor was seen by trainmen ap-
preaching the crossing on foot, just
before the locomotive passed After
the engine had gone some distance be-
yond the crossing and returned, the
mangled body of Baynor was revealed
on the tracks by the headlight.
Kenosha-An old time dragon head
flintlock gun was brought up on the
clam drag by George B. Dowell, Will
mot, while he was dragging the Fox
river recently. The gun is believed
to have once been the property of an
early trader. 1t bears the date 1893
1t is thought possible that it was lost
from a canoe many years ago and has
lain in the bottom of the river perhaps
for a century.
Spring Valley-A North Western
passenger train was damaged when a
Ford car ran into it at a crossing in
Spring Valley The Ford is as good
as ever. Bonnie Swenson, a high
school boy, said he stopped his plebian
vehicle a safe distance from the
tracks but that some way things got
mixed and the Ford crashed into the
train, tearing off the steps to one of
the coaches.
rchwood-Heavy rains for several
days have caused farmers in the
neighborhood of Brentwood great de
lay in harvesting their potato crops.
The crop has not commenced to move
to market. A poor growing season
has also delayed the crop and as a
result farmers are becoming alarmed
over the unfavorable weather.
Sturgeon Bay-It is expected that
within two weeks the entire apple
crop of Door county will be harvested
About AZ carloads of apples have been
shipped to outside points since Sept
s. The principal branN marketed so
far is the Wealthy. Duchess apples
have also been shipped. The McIn-
tosh are now being picked.
Reedsburg- 5-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cleon Fleming, Able
man, Wis, was severely burned when
she set fire to her clothing while play
ing with matches. Her screams at
tracted the attention of her mother
who rushed to her aid. Mrs. Fleming
was also quite badly burned while
removing the child's garments.
Bayfield, Since the closing of the
sawmill of the Wachsmuth Lumber Co.,
Bayfield,, crew has been tearing up
the logging railroad of the company
which extends into the woods. The
rails, with some other equipment, have
been purchased for Cubans and
already 200 tons of the equipment has
been shipped to Cuba.