Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-27

probably until next year, according to
information received by Gov Blaine
from Secretary of War Weeks. The
last congress failed to make necessary
appropriations for carrying out pro-
visions OF the trophy distribution act,
and not until the next congress meets
will the department DE able to proceed
with distribution. About 100000
trophies of the war will be distributed
as'ong the states, according to the
number of men from each state that
served in the war.
Beaver Dam-The Phenix Cheese
Co, New York and Chicago, has pur-
chased the old wooden mills property
and taken over the Clover Blossom
creamery, Beaver Dam, and will use
it to produce soft cheese of various
makes and imported cheese Of diff
ferent types Some $4,000 is being
spent repairing the building. The re
tail milk business of the creamery will
be continued, cold storage facilities
will be increased and the manufac-
ture of ice cream is also considered.
Twenty persons will be employed at
first
Green Bay-Fines of 500 each were
imposed upon Edward Murphy, %,
and his brother, Leo, 19, Sampson,
Oconto county, after they had been
found guilty of assault and battery
upon Patrick Fitzgerald, De Pere.
Fitzgerald appeared in court with
bandagc over his left eye which, he
said, he nearly lost as the result Of
being kicked in the face by Leo Muir
ply during quarrel after Edward
Murphy drove his car over the fresh
concrete of the Upper De Pere road.
Misunderstanding a piano from
one of the first farm houses to be
torn away in the tornado which swept
path in Chippewa county, north of
Bloomef, carrying it a half mile into
a patch of timber and then placing it
right side up, was one of the freak
stunts performed by the wind The
piano was slightly damaged On the
same farm heavy wagon was broken
to bits, growing oats were cut close
to the ground as if harvested and the
grain was shaken from the straw.
! Rhinelander-Follo the arrest
in Woodruff of John Lindgren, who
is alleged to have passed counterfeit
money, Officer Joseph Miller dis
| covered an incomplete counterfeiting
outfit in woods on the outskirts Of
| Woodruff. The outfit included ladle,
| quantity OF metal, and spurious
coins. Miller says he has information
! regarding location of the dies used for
making coins A witness is being
held who claims to have seen the
counterfeiters at work.
Janesville-The Rock County Farm
Buraeu took the lead and at the execu-
! tive committee meeting in the court
house voted an appropriation of $500
for Rock county home demonstra-
ton agent. The money will be turned
over to the proper authorities when
for county woman worker. No
strings were attached to the appro-
priation, the bureau voting the money
to encourage rural welfare work
Madison-Constructio work on the
! addition to the main building of the
| Whitewater Normal school is the only
major building project in progress at
normal schools at the present time,
says the quarterly report of the state
engineers department Foundations
are laid already for the Whitewater
building, and contracts for all the
work have been let. The structure
will cost approximately $225,O0O.
Waterford-Mr William Schenken-
berg, SO, wife of the postmaster in
Waterford, committed suicide by
drowning herself in the Fox river.
back of her home. The body was re-
covered. Mrs Schenkenberg is said
to nave been respondent over the
death of her son-in-law, John J. Petit
john, who died a year ago. Her hus-
band and three children survive.
oshkosh-John Bloeshl meat mar
ket proprietor, is at a hospital in
Oshkosh, with a large part Of the
flesh of his left arm cut off. Bloecbl
was butchering a COW at the slaugh-
ter house and had a large knife in his
hand. The COW turned suddenly and
knocked Mr.. Bloechl's arm against the
sharp edge of the knife. Amputatios.
may be necessary.
Oshkosh Oshkosh will have
stop and go" system of automatic
traffic signals. The system used in
Milwaukee and Racine so impressed
city officials who made an inspection
trip that the commission council