Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-02-20
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State

Hayward-The governments wealth
er observation station, which has been
maintained at the Indian school at
Hayward since 1914, and the one at
Bishop bridge, on the Chippewa river,
have been discontinued and a new
one established at the Northern
States Power Co. dam on the Chippe-
wa river. The one at Bishop bridge
was established some 80 years ago.
The new station is in charge of the
Waterman at the DAM
Madison-The Wisconsin supreme
court, in decision handed down re-
Gently, held that the state railroad
commission is without authority to
assess fees against interstate corpo-
rations for the issuance of bonds. The
decision was made in the case of the
500 line against the commission The
court upheld the validity. of the fed
eral transportation as regarding fees
for such bond issues.
Superior-In search of his 16-year-
old son, Frank, L. G. Martin, Tomah,
has sought the aid of Chief of Police
A. e. Buchanan of Superior The lad,
whom the father believes was lured
away from home by an older boy, was
last seen Feb. Z at Tomah. He is
described as being 5 feet g. inches in
! height, has dark brown hair, blue eyes
and scar on the side of his left eye.
Madison-Validity of the state law
authorizing the highway commission
to compel railroads to pave roads with
in their right-of-ways on state high
ways was upheld by the state supreme
court recently in a decision of the
case of the state against the Milwau-
kee road The court held, however,
that station land does not come within
the provisions of the law.
Hurley-Wi1liam S. Kerby, "a, prom
inent in political and civic affairs of
Iron county, died at the family home
at Hamilton, Wis Mr. Kirby was
president of the school board, asses
sor of the town of Hamilton, trustee
of the Bayfield, sanatorium and secre-
tary of the Hamilton club. He had
been cashier of the Montreal Mining
Co. for the last 20 years.
Superior safe burglars,
Feb. II, hoisted 500-pound steel
strong box through a shattered win
dow of the North Western railway
ticket office and made good a get
away with safe and contents of more
than $3.50 The stealing of the strong
box was similar in detail to the rob-
berry of an oil filling station in Supe-
rior a month ago.
Madison-Jerre Swan, 5-year-old son
| of Henry Swan, Stoughton, was
drowned in the Yahara river at
Stoughton, Feb r. Vernon Bjorn-
thun, 5-year-old son of Chris Bjorn-
thun, is in critical condition from
exposure. The tragedy occurred near
the Ferton street bridge, three blocks
from the First National Bank build
ing in Stoughton.
Madison-State inheritance tax pro-
visions, assessing inhelitances taxes
upon the transfer of nonresident dece-
dents holding stock in foreign corpo-
rations, was held to be unconstitu-
tional and contrary to the Fourteenth
amendment of the federal constitution
in a decision handed down by the
Wisconsin supreme court Feb II.
Prairie du Chien-Frank Dulesh, So,
a farmer near Eastman, Wis, had his
chest crushed, his body and face ter
ribly bruised, and an ear torn off by an
enraged bull in the dooryard of his
home Marks in the snow showed he
had put up battle. A crippled
daughter found his body half an hour
after he, left the house.
Madison-The home of Nils Rein
violinist, was destroyed by fire Feb
IL Mrs. Rein and her two children
escaped scantily clad and were unable
to save anything. Mr.. Rein is on a
concert tour in Minnesota. The home.
two-story frame structure, is on
Monona drive, about two miles south
east of Madison.
Beloit- Injuries suffered when lie
jumped from the second story of q
burning garage at Beloit, Jan. %
proved fatal to Henry Yerke, 81. After
his leap for life he lay in the snow
for some time with a broken hip, un-
able to summon help.