Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-02-20

Stevens Point-Althougn potatoes
are not at a satisfactory price, the
value of the potato crop is high, TAX.
ing the figures on production for 1928.
just issued by the Wisconsin Crop
and livestock Reporter, and comput-
ing the value at the present market
priests to so cents bushel. The
crop, in the four counties of which
Stevens Point is the center-Portage.
Marathon, Waupaca and Waushara-
is $2,500,000. The Portage county crop
alone is worth 100000. Its acreage
in 1928 was 22,543.
Marinette-Leo Terlep, farmer near
Miles, sees in the fact that his net
income from his cleared acreage this
year is twice that of last a definite
assurance that prices of agricultural
products are returning to normal.
Books kept by Mr.. Terlep show that
his income from 40-acre farm with
25 acres under cultivation was $420
in 1921, $500 in 1922 and $3.50 in 1923.
Corn, oats, rye, potatoes and dairy
products yielded a snug margin of
profit in 1928
Tomato. G.. Barry, Tomah, while
driving in closed car near Sparta,
with the temperature about below
zero, happened to address a remark
to his companion, glanced at her ard
saw that she was unconscious. AL
though there was no odor of gas, he
opened the doors of the car and put
on all speed for the city. Both re-
ceived treatment for carbon monoxide
poisoning. The car was found to have
a disconnected exhaust pipe.
Couderay- Sixteen sleighloads of
logs were brought into Couderay by
one Steam caterpillar log hauler for
the Bekkedal Lumber Co. This is the
largest load ever hauled in this city
by one tractor. The logs scaled about
$4,000 feet The steam log haulers
travel at the rate of six miles an hour
and do the work of 100 horses. The
wide sleighs travel in ice rutted roads
and the hauler on the frozen ground
between the ruts.
Tomahawk- The Wisconsin Valley
Electric Co. has announced that cen
struction work will begin this spring
on the new high tension line between
Alexander dam, just north of Merrill
and the city of Tomahawk The cost
will be $4,000, and another large sum
will be spent in erecting and equip
ping three substations at the Toma-
hawk city plant, at Jersey City, and
at the plant of the Tomahawk Kraft
Paper Co.
Observation-Disclosures fire loss in
1928 was the largest in 20 years,
amounting to $4,000. On that amount,
$4,000 was confined to one fire, that
of the Henry Esch Sons Co. The re-
naming $4,000 represented losses in
all other fires during the year. One
hundred and forty-one calls were an
swered by the department in 1858.
These are the figures contained in the
annual report of Chief j. H. -Kratz
Sheboygan-Peter Kirst OF Sheboy-
gan has a peculiar distinction. 1t is
claimed that he is the oldest living
charter member of any organization
in Wisconsin. Mr.. Kirst is 81 years
esd and when he was 81 he and a
number of other German singing en-
thusiasts of the then village of She
5oygan organized the Concordia Sing
ing society. All of the others have
long since passed away.
Barron-Each person in Barron
uses an average of more than sew
enty-seven gallons of water daily, &C
cording to the report of o. J. Muegge,
assistant state sanitary engineer. The
examination made on Dec 5, 1923,
showed that the water is pure The
average consumption is 123,290 gal
Ions a day, or seventy-seven gallons
to each person.
Juneau-Low water in Rock river
and an extremely cold winter has
worked combination that has been
disastrous to fish, according to pre-
dictions being made by members Of
the Izaak Walton club Ice harvested
measures 20 to "a inches in thickness
and in some places on Hustisford
point it is said there is nothing bat
mud bottom
La Crosse Erection of a beautiful
f1reproof memorial band shell in Riv-
erside park, dedicated to the soldiers,
sailors and marines of the three wars,
is planned as a result of a joint con-
ference of representatives of civic,
military and governmental bodies in
La Crosse. The structure will cost