Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-05-07
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State

Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State
Dodgeville-The Iowa County Con
servauon club received $4,000 brook
and German brown trout from the
state hatcheries at Bayfield, recently.
The club equipped two private ponds
last year, one on the Charles Pingilly
and the other on the William Simpson
farms. Many of the tiny trout are
placed in these ponds and fed until
they have attained greater size. They
are then scooped out and carried to
various streams in this vicinity. The
club expects to plant more than 100,-
600 trout this spring.
Bayfield-The Diamond Well Drilling
Co. of Washburn is sinking an arte-
sian well at the plant of the Bayfield,
Light, Power and Water Co. The
hope is to obtain supply of well
water for the daily needs of the resi-
dents of Bayfield,. The we'll drilling
company agreed to obtain more than
a sufficient amount of water flow to
supply the city's daily needs. The city
will pay the well drilling company
$4,000 for the well, which is to be COM
pleted in six weeks.
Portage-Two girl tramps, who re-
fused to give any other names than
Jane and Mary, and who said they are
IS years old, were arrested by Sheriff
Nehls as they alighted from freight
train at the Milwaukee road yards in
Portage. One of the girls said her
home was at Waupun. They declared
they had been "hoboing" for six
months, ard that this was the first
time they had been arrested. They
were dressed as men.
Merrill-Mr and Crs. Carl Neuman,
town of Pine River, Lincoln coun-
ty, while blasting stumps looked into
one stump to see why the charge of
dynamite didn't explode. 1t did, and
the explosion sent gravel into their
faces with much force, causing severe
injury to their eyes. Attending ply
sicians declared they did not believe
the couple would lose their eyesight.
Neuman is also suffering a shattered
knee as the result of the explosion.
Manitowoc-Severely injured when
run down by a street car in Chicago,
Ray E. Myers, until recently a resi-
dent of Manitowoc is not expected to
recover. Myers, who is 81, suffered
q broken neck and lost an arm when
he fell underneath a freight car three
years ago. For several months he
was confined to hospitals and has
worn neck cast since the accident.
Iron River-While Mrs. Emil Hend-
rickson, Hughes, of near Iron River.
was walking through her pasture she
came upon skeleton. She notified
Mike Morris, town chairman. Upon
examination, it was found to be bones
OF a man. Part of coat, a bottle
and snuff box were found. The theory
was advanced that the bones were
those of some early lumberman.
Antigo-Miss Blanche Wolpert. Anti
COS declamatory star, won her third
victory at Shawano when five judges
voted her unanimous decision in the
sub-district declamatory contest. Her
selection was Mon Pierre. Six girls.
representing five high schools, were in
the contest, the other schools being
sShawano, Wittenberg Marion and Sew
mour.
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Appleton - Three-year-old Robert
Heibel choked to death at Appleton
when piece of sausage became
lodged in his throat while eating
breakfast. The boys father, Lloyd
Heibel, tried to dislodge the particle
and called physician but the child
was dead before he arrived. The
boys mother was in church at the
time.
Birchwood-Capt. w w. Wismer
conservation warden, Brentwood, has
announced that the conservation COM
mission will investigate all forest fires
during the season of 1924 where the
fires get beyond control and in the
event of damages the commission will
prosecute the guilty persons.
Lake Geneva-Miss Hazel Webster,
16, sophomore in the Lake Geneva
high school, was. severely injured and
two others escaped with lesser in
Juries when an automobile in which
they were riding was struck by
freight train on the Milwaukee road
at Springfield.
Manitowoc-Sixty years of married
life We're observed recently by Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Stadler at their home
In the town of KoSsuth in the presence
of their three daughters, one son and
other relatives. Mr.. Stadler is Sc and
his wife 70.