Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-10

in Devils Lake state park is falling.
The natural formation of rocks which
has been a source of interest to Wis
itors for years may be thing OF the
past in few years if those rumors
are true Rocks which have aided in
the formation of the doorway, which
is about 80 feet high and 10 feet wide,
are said to have become loose and
fallen down the side of the blum.
]. T. Thieman, proprietor of the Kirk
land resort on the east side OF the
lake, climbed up to see if the doorway
is still intact and found it much the
same as it has always been.
Port Washington-Er Erwin Reuter-, 10,
was seriously injured near Port Wash
ington, ahen accidentally shot by a
gun in the hands of companion
while the two were out hunting rab-
bits Elmer II. Haney was holding
the shotgun when it accidentally dis
charged, the shot lodging in Reuters
groin. The youth was taken to hos
pitSl in Milwaukee, where an opera
tion was Immediately performed Reu-
ter's home is in Port Washington.
Sparta = Albert Beltz, Shamrock,
Wis, walked into the office of the
Standard Oil filling station, Sparta,
and after he had walked out $21.49
was found to have disappeared from
the cash drawer. At the police sta
ton exactly that sum was found tight
clutched in Beltz' hand. When
brought before Justice G. T. Lamson,
Beltz claimed he found the money on
the office floor. He was charged with
petty larceny.
Monroe-Their ire aroused by prev
alent talk of $4,000 mile concrete
highways in Green county, local high
way officials prepared detailed table,
which was distributed to each of the
81 county board members before their
adjournment, showing that 1872 miles
of concrete laid in the county since
the voting of the 100000 bond issue
in 1919 has cost taxpayers total OF
S181 ,85390 or $37, 404.63 a mile.
La Crosse Ground has been broken
at the north end of Riverside park,
La Crosse, for the construction of a
government fish hatchery and the only
aquarium maintained by the govern
ment outside of the city of Washing
ton Tn tbic oo,1o ,.i,1y,o will no ovhih-
tied all varieties of river, lake and
brook fish. The hatchery will cost
$35,000 Contract for the building was
let to a La Crosse contractor.
Baraboo-W. E. Bartholomew Of
Lodi estimates that during his 30
years of service as a railway postal
clerk he has travelled about 100000
miles, eaten at least 5000 lunch coun-
ter doughnuts and half acre of pies
He has just been retired from the serv-
ice with a letter of praise for his
work from Postmaster General New.
He has been in two wrecks during his
service but was never injured.
Baraboo-Thonlas Barrow, Fairfield,
shot large gray wolf when the ami
NAL attacked his flock of turkeys in
a rye field near Baraboo. Barrow re
ceived his certificate from the county
clerk which is good for $50 bounty
from the state. Paul Steve, town of
Baraboo, obtained a certificate of
bounty on the pelt of red fox. The
man shot the animal on his farm near
Baraboo Thanksgiving day.
Mellen-Should a deal now pending
materialize, Mellen will witness next
spring one Of the largest colonization
movements in the history of northern
Wisconsin. A Chicago land company,
working in conjunction with the i'm
migration department of the 500 line,
proposes to place several hundred
Swiss families on a tract of 10000
acres of cut-over land in the vicinity
Misunderstanding the year 1,459
acres of certified seed potatoes were
grown in. Oneida county. Three hun
dred carloads of this stock will be
shipped to growers in all parts of the
United States. About 100000 bushels
of certified seed potatoes have been
shipped from Oneida county since
growing of this stock was started at
Rhinelander eight years ago.
Antigo-WorImen opening up new
gravel pit on highway No. 81 near the
east branch of the Eau Claire river,
Amigo, uncovered a skeleton. The
bones were in an advanced stage of
disintegration and there was nothing
near the skeleton to indicate its iden-
tity. The skeleton is believed to be
that Of an Indian or an early day
woodsman or trapper.
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