Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-02-13


500 men. In addition. the company |
has four jobbing camps with 100 men.
The company plans TO cut 35,000,000 |
feet of timber. OF this amount $780, |
600 feet has been disposed of to the !
Ford Motor company and other inter
ests. The company's woods equipment !
comprises seventy teams, three loco
motives and three ten ton tractors.
Superior of John Niska
to rob a cash register at the Young
China cafe at Superior, was foiled by
Miss Edith West, waitress. Niska
opened the cash register when there
was no one in the front part of the
cafe. Miss West was in the kitchen
and saw the man as he scraped Ut
S65 from the register. Niska sped out
of the door with the girl at his heels.
Two policemen nabbed Niska, who is
in Jail awaiting trial.
Rhinelander-D. O. Stevens, 81, who
operated one of the first sawmills in
Rhinelander and who was for many
years a leading lumberman of north
ern Wisconsin, died suddenly in St
! Maries, Idaho, where he had resided
| Is years He was the father of Will
| lard T. Stevens of Rhinelander, for
mer state senator. He once served as
assemblyman from that district.
! Neenah-As a safety measure, the
| hoard has o6OntP6
a resolution urging all persons travel
ing on county highways at night to
equip their vehicles with adequate
lights. A number of accidents were
caused last summer by unlighted We
| hicles. Pedestrians are warned to
carry lanterns or some adequate form
of illumination.
La Crosse-With newly purchased
dredge the city of La Crosse will start
work as soon as the ice goes out OF
the river on the dredging OF two new
bathing beaches, one adjoining the
new tourist camp in Pettibone park
and the other on the north side, and
the dredging of a motor boat harbor
back of Isle La Plume.
Couderay-The new school building
at Winter, one of the finest in north
ern Wisconsin an0 built at a cost OF
$4,000, is overcrowded and children
have been refused admittance who
were not residents of the town. A
large number of families settled in
that section during the last year.
Peshtigo-Bobby Thompson, little
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Thompson,
Peshtigo, was seriously burned when
his clothes caught fire from a cellu
loid comb he held over the flame of
an oil stove. Mrs. Thompson put out
the flames when she seized rug and
wrapped it about the child.
Couderay-About 125,000,000 feet OF
logs will be cut in the southern part
Of Sawyer county this season. This
will be twice the cut ever made since
the hardwood logging started 20 years
ago. Shipments now are 100 car loads
> every "a hours and they will continue
until late in the summer.
Tomahawk-The Tomahawk Kraft
Paper Co.'s new mill will begin opera
+ lions Lay /. Buildings are now I'M
der roof and machines are being in
stalled. The mill will begin with d
daily capacity of 40 tons of paper
and an annual consumption Of 25,00C
: cords of pulpwood.
ukwonago-Through the gener
:, osity of Milwaukee citizens the Cir
Scouts of that city have purchased
> ninety-eight acres of land on the nortf
: shore of Booth lake, few miles south
: of Mukwonago, to be used as a perma
:. nent camp for outings of the Cir
:. Scout organization.
kilbourn-Robert Galitz, 9, son o
Arthur Galitz, was probably fatally in
jured at Kilbourn while coasting. Th'
. a street intersection He suffered
= skull fracture and other serious in
- juries.
Oconto-Mrs. William Sliger, So,
= former resident of Oconto, died at
= Green Bay hospital without being ip
e formed of the death of her HUSBAND
q who fell dead of heart disease Will
p on his way to see her.
Norwallz-The report of the MOI
= walk Creamery company for 1872
:, shows total butter sales of $4,000
= Cream, amounting to 2,437 421 pounds
was received at their station, the aver
- age price paid being 81 cents.
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