Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-10

Completed anu uenXereQ TO the United
States by the Henry Burger Shipbuild- !
ing Co., Manitowoc The craft left for
Sault Ste. Marie, where they will be
stationed temporarily. During trial
runs off the local harbor. it is reported
that the boats exceed % miles an
hour. The chasers are SO feet long
and are equipped with 150-horsepower
engines. Each boat is manned by a |
crew of three. One boat remains to
be completed and two were delivered
earlier in the month.
Chippewa Falls - With her hair
bobbed in the latest style, Willetta
higgins, who claims that through
treatments given her by Miss Lillian
Miller, Chippewa Falls, a Christian
Science practitioner, she regained her
sight and hearing after having gained
nationwide fame by her ability to
smell colors and to read newspaper
headlines by the sense of touch, has
entered high school in Chippewa Falls.
She was enrolled as a junior, having
completed two years of the high
school course at the state school for
the blind, GAINESVILLE.
Superior - Making a flying leap
from his motorcycle to the running
board of a fleeing car, William Lund,
Superior traffic officer, finally brought
to halt the automobile driven by
John Nelson, So, after a mile chase
through heavy traffic. Nelson failed
to halt at the officers command, and
even a punctured tire, caused by a
shot from Lund's gun, had no effect.
Nelson was booked at police head
quarters on a charge of driving while
intoxicated and resisting arrest
Wausau-Oscar Hafeman, 81, farm
er of the town of Hewitt, was drowned
in the Dells of the Eau Claire river
He slipped and fell from ledge into
whirlpool and the body was dashed
against rocks, stunning him and he
was unable to help himself Many
people were at the place, which is a
county park, but were unable to give
aid. The body was so tightly wedged
among the rocks that it took the eff
forts Of several men to recover it
with the aid of ropes.
Madison-A 80 per cent increase in
the production of tame hay in Wis
in &c ocfI n fIn
United States department of agricul-
ture The estimate places the Wis
consin production at 5,512.000 tons,
compared with 4,230,00 tons last year.
The acreage is the same for both
years, 3,l87,000 acres. The large crop
this year is due largely, it is stated,
to the wet season.
MISUNDERSTANDING new system
of free camping for tourists has
proved success, according to Matt
Lampert, secretary of the state land
commission. This season is the first
the plan has been in effect and thou
sands of tourists have taken advan-
tage of it. Approximately 275,0O0
acres of state lands in the lake regions
have been available under the new
arrangement.
Beloit-To keep unbroken a record
of voting for So years, Simon Smith,
81, dean of the Rock county board,
though i'll in hospital in Beloit, cast
a proxy vote affidavit in the recent
primaries. He voted the first time in
Illinois in 1864 and has missed no
election since, save that of 1866, when
he had not established a residence
qualification after removing to Wis
consin.
Madison-More than 1000 pounds of
white lead, valued at $3.50, was stolen
from the Mautz Paint and Glass Co.,
Madison. About $27O in cash was
taken from a wallet in the home of
E. D. Jones the same night. A filling
station on the West side was entered
and $500 taken from a safe. Police
have made no arrests.
tage-Edward Fink, 81 years old,
who cast his first vote for Abraham
Lincoln, dropped dead at the home of
his daughter in Portage. Death was
ascribed to heart disease. Fred E.
Fink, proprietor of the Convent
Garden hotel, Chicago, and Henry
Fink of Minneapolis are sons Of the
deceased.
Eagle River-Tobias Johnson, an
old resident of Eagle River and at
one time a jeweler in Eagle River,
died after an extended illness. He
was born in Norway in 1916 and came
to Wisconsin when a youth, residing
many years in NeillsviIle. He is sur
vived by his wife, four daughters and
two sons.