Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-17
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS


Sheboygan-A new special whole
wheat flour mill is being erected by
the Konrad Schreier Co., brewers,
Sheboygan, and is expected to be COM
pleted by Dec. 1. Special machinery
is being manufactured. 1t is esti-
mated that so men will be employed.
Former employees, engaged before the
passage Of the prohibition amend
ment made it necessary to cut down
operations will be given preference
Chemists have been experimenting for
Is months on the new whole wheat
product, and they believe they have
developed something entirely new in
the flour industry.
APPROXIMATIONS of incorporation
for the Appleton Game company,
which will manufacture amusement
devices, have been filed and a plant
is to be erected. The capitalization
is $4,000. The firm has taken over
the manufacture and sale of amuse-
ment devices invented by H, L. Post
of Appleton. w. d. Schlafter is presi-
dent, Seymour Gmeiner is vice presi-
dent, Frank E. Wright secretary and
Charles G. Nelson general manager.
Tomah-William Freeman, farmer
living near West Beaver Creek, is
thinking seriously of Harvesting light
ming bolts to do his spring blowing
During a severe electrical storm re-
cently,,a bolt of lightning struck a
pine tree, stripped it bare of needles
and then took the ground The bolt
travelled along the ground, throwing
dirt in every direction. A furrow
about two feet deep was plowed for a
considerable distance.
Menasha-Clarence Schubert, 81,
son of Mrs. Mathilda Schubert, Me-
nasha, had his right arm ripped open
when his arm struck a circular saw
at which he was working at the plant
of the Menasha Wood Split Pulley Co.
1t may not be necessary to amputate
the arm, according to physicians.
Schubert is a junior at the University
of Wisconsin and was working at the
Menasha plant during the summer va
cation.
Menasha-Motorcycl Officer Joe
Martel is in a Neenah hospital with
his right ankle fractured in two places
after having crashed into an automo-
bile driven by Mrs. Frank Kutcher
while chasing a speeding autoist on
concrete pavement in the outskirts of
Menasha. Martell was unable to stop
when Mrs. Kutcher turned directly in
front of him. The motorcycle was
wrecked.
Oconto-Norman McCurdie, a sophie
more at Ripon college, was seriously
injured when a car driven by Theo-
dore Zerice skidded into a ditch just
west of Oconto and turned over pin
ming the occupants underneath. Nc
Curdie had numerous cuts and bruises
and a large scalp wound while Ken
meth Carlson had a deep cash in his
abdomen.
Sheboygan-The body of a man on
whose clothing was printed a name,
o. Albrecht, was found floating il the
Sheboygan river, Sheboygan. He was
dressed in working clothes, but wore
house slippers. He had no valuables
on his clothing, and this fact makes
the authorities believe he may have
been robbed and then thrown into the
river.
Rhinelander-Se Serious injuries were
received by Ella Hunter, 8 year old
daughter of a settler near Birch lake,
when she fell into an abandoned we'll
on her fathers farm. The well was
filled with rubbish within about nine
feet of the top The child was in the
well four hours before being found.
Shawano-Grieving over the death
of her Is year old daughter which
occurred month ago, caused Mrs.
Frank Runge of the town of Underhill,
Shawano county, to be committed to
an asylum. The girls death was due
to blood poisoning which developed
from the bite of mosquito.
Appleton-A $1,0O0,000, pavement
project covering construction through
a period of five years has been adopt
ed by the Appleton city council. Five
miles of the proposed 90 miles will be
constructed in 1925 at a possible cost
of $250000. Appleton has done no
paving since 1919.
Hudson-William c. Bradley, 66, a
lecturer and organizer of the first
farmers institute in the state, at Hud-
son in December, 1881, is dead. He
built the first silo in st. Croix county
and was noted Jersey cattle breeder.
He was a member of the assembly in
1915.