Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-24
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

heboygan-Property owners south
OF the Pennsylvania avenue bridge
over the Sheboygan river have petit
toned the city council of Sheboygan
to dredge the river, stating it has not
been navigable in recent years. They
charge that the factory district along
the river faces a great hazard from
hre because OF the inability of fire
boats to get up that far The city
council, which has leased the property
belonging to the Northern Furniture
Co., for use as a municipal dock the
last year, has voted to buy the site
for $17,500. 1t will continue to be
used for municipal dock purposes.
Watertown-The far-famed Water
town stuffed goose is now being mar
keted in great numbers and some ex-
ira heavy specimens are on display.
Fred Albrecht, town of Milford,
brought in 68 birds recently which
averaged 25 pounds, the largest being
"a 80 FOUNDER. For these birds Mr..
Albercht received a check for $775.
Another farmer brought in 1872 birds,
six of which weighed more than 80
pounds, and the whole lot averaged
"A pounds EACH Upwards of S1,5OO
was paid for this lot
Sheboygan-Dance hall owners and
promoters of dances in Sheboygan
have flooded the city council with pc
titions protesting the action taken
recently bys the county board making
the county dance hall ordinance uni
form for cities and villages, as well
as in the towns. The section the city
promoters oppose is that requiring
payment of Sc for each dance as sal
aries for inspectors and license fee of
$40 year. They already pay S.
year for licenses to operate in the city.
Kenosha-Playing N the street cost
the life here of 3-year-old Adelbert
Markowitz who was run down by an
automobile driven by Carl Miller, of
Kenosha. Miller halted his car and
picked up the injured child carrying
him into the fathers store The lad
died before a physician could reach
him Miller surrendered to officials
and is being held pending an investi-
cation although it appears that he was
not to blame for the accident.
Beloit-Constable Jim Root, South
Beloit, who has a record of many
years standing as the first one to espy
the early robin each spring, unearthed
tn first baby snakes OF spring in Be
lott, Dec. Is. They were so far down
that the South Beloit constable is not
hopeful for an early spring. Root of
fered the whole family to the proposed
GAINESVILLE zoo if they are called for.
Junction City-George VOLTS "Tu-
lip, grade Holstein, was high COW
in November in the Junction City Cow
Testing association. This COW pro
duced 1,068 pounds of milk, testing
4.9 per cent of fat, or 459 pounds of
butterfat Otto Mayors grade Hol-
stems received high herd honors. av-
eraging 652 pounds of milk or 24.6
pounds of butterfat.
Fort INSTRUMENTATION Rose. 81,
died at the Sherman hotel in Fort
Atkinson. Mr.. Rose was one of the
first settlers in this part of Wisconsin
and lived near Fort Atkinson since
1887 when he came from England
with his parents. He was also one
of the oldest members of the Grand
Army of the Republic in Wisconsin.
Tomah-Mrs. Herman Miller was
burned to death at her home in Mel
rose, near Tomah, when her clothes
caught fire after she had poured the
contents of kerosene can over a
stove fire. The can exploded and
Mrs. Miller died 10 minutes later of
severe burns. She thought the fire
in the stove had been extinguished.
Oconto-The Oconto city council
has fixed the tax rate for the coming
year at 43 mills, one mill lower than
last year. The burning of the Holt
Hardwood plant just before assess
ment time and the closing down of
the knitting and wooden mills have
reduced the amount of taxable prop
erty in the city.
Chippewa -Buffaloes are so
plentiful in Chippewa Falls that two
have been slaughtered to save feed.
The herd in Irvine park has increased
to 10 and the park board decided to
have two of the largest bulls killed.
The carcasses were purchased by a
local meat dealer and buffalo steaks
placed on sale.
Oshkosh-A large red fox was cap
tured by Denver Buser, IS, living on
farm near Oshkosh, in fox hunt
held recently without horns, hounds
and horses or formal fox hunting ac-
coutrements. The fox has been
sought for some time, and is blamed
for the murder" of more than Zoe
turkeys.