Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-16

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has decided that 43 years of continu-
GUS service is enough for any one in
dividual to chase blazes. AS a result,
he has handed in his resignation as
member of the De Pere fire depart
ment. During the last IL years he
has served as assistant chief Crabb
went into service when the De Pere
company was organized in 1881.
Wausau-A. r. Thiede, county SUI
perintendent of schools, says that at
least two new schools will be built this
summer in Marathon county One
will replace an old structure in the
town of Holton. The other will be a
new $1,000 school IN District No. 8 Of
the same town. Mr.. Thiede hopes to
see action taken soon looking to the
consolidation of the districts in the
town of Wausau.
Stevens Point A $4,000 bond
issue, a part of Stevens Points share
of $4,000 for the construction of a
bridge over the Wisconsin river, will
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special election in June The bridge
will cost $4,000, and the state will
proceed with the project as soon as
the city is ready to do so.
Appleton-Frank Seifert, IA, Dale
Wis, a retired farmer, was instantly
killed when he was struck by an inter
urban car The old man attempted tt
cross the track ahead of the car, which
was slowing up to stop. He was about
to return to his home at Dale after
visit with his son. AIR. Siefert had
lived at Dale for 81 years.
Fond du Lac-Miss Gladys Kruger
was voted the prettiest girl at the
Fond du Lac High school this year,
in a student referendum. She re-
ceived 204 votes, easily winning over
her nearest competitor Gordon Der
Der was voted the most representa-
tive boy, and Miss Jessie Peeke the
most representative girl.
Green Bay-William Schuyler, IS,
Civil war veteran, died at his home on
the Oneida reservation, after a brief
illness. Schuyler, who was a full
bIooded Oneida Indian, was a member
of the Thirty-second Wisconsin infan-
try and was one Of the $50 Oneidas
who joined the army from this state
for Civil war service.
Oconto = Several deer, evidently
driven from their haunts on the north
shore of the bay, have been seen in
Little River, just north of Oconto
Wolves have been reported quite nu-
merous and hunting parties may be
organized, not only for the sport, but
for the liberal state and county bounty
attached to the same.
Chippewa Falls Several volunteer
firemen were overcome by smoke and
had to be carried from the Peoples
State bank of Colfax when that in
stitution caught fire from defective
wiring in the basement Although gas
masks were used by number of fire.
men, they were unable to withstand
the heavy smoke.
Green Bay-Mrs. Mary Van Rossum,
died at Ashwaubenon on her sixty
third birthday in the same room in
which she had been born. She has
resided on the homestead of her par
ents since her marriage, and is well
known, as the Cormiers were some
of the first white people to settle in
this section.
F1orence-Mrs. John Letzner, Brule,
Wis, is the owner of Barred Ply
mouth Rock hen that lays eggs of
enormous size. Mrs. Letzner placed
six of the eggs in Florence on ex-
hibition. Each weighed one-half
pound, was three inches long and six
and one-half inches in circumference.
Dodgeville-The Lutheran hospital,
| operated in Dodgeville for several
years, has outgrown it's present quar-
ters and at a meeting held recently it
was decided to obtain a site and build
a structure in keeping with the de-
mands made on it in this locality.
The new hospital will cost $65,000.
Merrill-Ice, thick and solid on the
Prairie and Wisconsin rivers, Merrill,
but robins galore and even snipes,
hawks and seagulls are the heralds Of
spring Fields are still under heavy
cover of snow and there is no prospect
of early spring blowing.
Madison-Three pennies were re-
moved from the throat of Johanna
Crowley, 3-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Crowley, Madison,
| at the Dwight and Davis clinic.