Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-24

Brentwood civil war in China
has made itself felt in Brentwood and
vicinity, where both white men and
Indians gather ginseng for market It
is said the ginseng market has
slumped greatly since the Chinese
revolution. Many local men gather
this wild plant and after curing it the
plant is shipped to market and then
sent to China, where certain medi-
cines are made from it. In normal
times, high prices are pair for ginseng.
Rice Lake-Barron county shipped
1904 head of Holstein cattle during
the year, June; 926 head of grade
cattle averaged $67.50, 1873 purebred
cows averaged over 500 and 379
heifers S49.46. Nineteen purebred sires
brought $1,000. Other grade cows
sold brought the total to nearly $780,
600 for this breed alone. The stock
went to Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, the
Dakota's and some as far as Mexico.
Lancaster-Andrew Berger, a farm
er driving to Lancaster with an ex-
hibit of poultry for the Grant County
fair, was severely injured when his
car was struck by North Western
passenger train. The car was
wrecked. The crash occurred at a
crossing where several serious acct
dents have taken place and a move
ment is on foot to have the location
of the crossing changed.
Fond du Lac-A small wound in her
foot, caused by stepping on nail a
week ago, resulted in the death of
Mrs. Nettie Hendrickson, 43, of Fond
du Lac, mother of seven children.
Mrs. Hendrickson treated the wound
and thought nothing of it until she
noticed a Tightening of her jaw mus
cles. She was removed to the hos
pital where anti-tetanus serum was adj
minstered without effect.
Lancaster Strawberries, large and
fine of flavor, were sold on the streets
of Lancaster, last week at $3.50 a
crate. The berries, third crop, came
from the farm of John Sawvell, in
Crawford county, and he told his Gus
toners he would have strawberries for
market up to the first of November.
10 iotu I1n 11i1ro
early spring until late autumn.
ncaster-Threshers at the Grant
county asylum got an average of 60
bushels of oats to The acre from 70
acres under cultivation this summer.
John Wisco, six miles west of Platte
vile, raised Ga bushels to the acre on
part of his farm not injured by wind
or rains. Many fields of oats beaten
down by storms were recovered by
patient toll.
Antigo-The Amigo Canning Co.,
which has just finished the largest
pack of green peas in its history, dem
onstrated this season the feasibility of
growing and packing green Refugee
beans. Special machinery, consisting
of cutter, grader, shipper and filler,
was installed More machines will be
put in next season.
Enthusiastically $500 worth of
automobile accessories and other mer-
chandise were taken by burglars who
broke into a garage and electric sup
ply shop at Monico. The robbery is
believed to be the work of the same
gang that has made several similar
hauls in Oneida county within the last
few weeks.
Juneau-George Theisen, Juneau, is
looking for a coin collector since he
read a news dispatch from Grand Ra-
pids, Mich, saying that Peter Brooks
was paid $4,000 for silver dollar of
the date Of 1904. Mr.. Theisen has
one coined in 1901 which has been an
heirloom in his family for three gen
erations.
Madison-The Wiese cigar factory,
Madison, will be closed, it was an
nounced by George Wiese, proprietor.
The factory makes the Bob La Fol
lette and julius Caesar cigars. 1t
will be turned over to an eastern con-
Germ. Labor difficulties are said to
have led Mr.. Wiese to dispose of the
factory.
Iron River-About $4,000 rainbow
trout and 5000 steel heads from the
Salmo hatchery were planted in the
Iron river by Conservation Warden
Max Happle. Authority will be OBJ
tanned from the commission to remove
the pickerel in the Iron river in order
to make the waters more favorable for