Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-05-24
BADGER STATE
| HAPPENINGS

Madison-If an autoist can continue
lodging the cops until June l he can
buy license plates at a 25 per cent
discount. The law provides that after
that date the lesser fee be charged
with further provisions that a license
purchased after Sept. 1 is sold for so
per cent of the original charge Thou
sands Of automobiles are still on the
Wisconsin highways with no license
plates as a result of the delay in fill
ing requests for plates.
Rhinelander-A number of costly
summer homes viii be built on the
shores of Flambeau lake, on the Lac
dc Flambeau reservation this year.
Most of them will be erected by veal
thy Milwaukee and Chicago residents
who purchased frontage there last
year 1t is predicted that Lac du
FIambeau will develop into one of the
largest summer resort districts in the
northern part of the state.
Madison-Final assessments on rail-
roads and telephone companies an
nounced by the state tax commission
show a decided increase in assess
ment and taxation. Valuation of rail-
roads has increased by $S,945,000 over
last year The rail assessment this
year is 1851, no, 600. The railroads in
the state last year paid $7,335,525.93
In taxes while for this year they are
assessed for $7.47189411.
Portage-Three autos laden with
gypsies invaded Portage last week,
but when they reached the downtown
district they were assembled by
Undersheriff E. L. Alderman and load
ed back into their cars and sent on
their way before they could ply their
fortune telling craft. Towns west of
Portage report losses in recent gypsy
inyasions, and farmers along the route
also report some thefts.
Three dams to raise the
level of lakes and streams in Mari
nette county for fish propagation will
be built by the conservation club and
Izaak Walton league The dams will
be built at the outlets to the Goodman
and Miscauno ponds and next year
additional dams will be built in lakes
and streams throughout northern Mar
inette county.
Janesville-Six hundred forty thou
sand pike fry were planted in Rock
county streams last week by the
GAINESVILLE Izaak Walton league chap
ter A, r. Hoard, editor of Hoard's
Dairyman, and J. z. Schreiner, Fort
Atkinson, planted $4,000 in lake Kosh-
konong, in addition to those planted
by the GAINESVILLE chapter.
Voegeli brothers, Month
cello, are the proud owners of Mabel
Weiss, the new worlds champion 2
year-old Brown Swiss. Her record of
sos days is 1894 pounds Of milk con
t&ining 1927 pounds of butterfat.
The record was formerly held by Col
lege Bragu.a II. owned by Michigan
Agricultural college.
Madison - Banking Commissioner
Dwight Parker has announced that
ne had taken charge OF the Peoples
bank of Clear Lake, Wis Frozen as
sets, depleted cash reserve and i'm
paired capital were given as reasons
for the closure The bank was CAPT
talized at $4,000 and had deposits
of s16S,009.
Madison-Thomas Powers, As years
old. of La Crosse, a patient at the
Mendoza hospital for insane. was
drowned in Lake Mendoza, Madison.
Powers was walking along the lake
shore, according to officials, and
waded into the water and lay down.
Before help could be summoned he
was dead,
Prairie du Children playing by
the roadside near the Springfield hill,
eight miles east of Prairie du Sac
found a bundle in a culvert which
proved to be deeds. bank certificates.
stocks and valuable reco is taken
from the Congor-Schoepoerster Co 8
store which was burglarizr Dec "a
Baraboo-A difficult task was ac-
co~plished in the moving of ? plea
sure boat owned by Mrs. Al Ringing,
Of BaraboO. from Crystal Lake, Ill,
to Mirror Lake, Sank county, a dis
tarce Of 100 miles. The boat is forty
feet long and weighs FIVE tons II
was loaded on a truck and trailer.
Monroe-August Milbrandt, 90, If
Monroe. was fatally injured when his
left foot was ground of beneath a
Af{Iyraukaa road freight train He