Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-05-21
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around fhe Badger State

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Watertown-Auto thefts and steal
ing of auto parts has become so fire.
quent in Watertown that it is believed
car owners are victims of an organ
lied band of thieves. So far all at
tempts of the police to run down clews
to the thefts have been fruitless.
One insurance agency has been called
upon within the last few weeks to
make good on Is thefts from car own
ers. Accessories seem to be the prin.
cipal things taken and Police Chief
Pieritz believes this is because they
are so easily sold and so hard to
trace.
South Wayne-An almost perfect
map of Wisconsin on a sloping field of
Pat Dunn's farm near South Wayne
is attracting the attention of residents
and travellers. The body of the map
is grass, outlined by plowed strip
that Mr.. Dunn has made in preparation
for planting corn. The map covers
half an acre and will remain visible
on the sloping hillside the entire sea
son, it is believed The design was
not created Intentionally and was only
discovered by K. c. Hurlbut, Monroe.
as he gazed at the field while calling
on Mr.. Dunn.
Jefferson-Twins is twins, and JEFF
ferson has 'em. Burlington recently
laid claim to having the largest num-
Der of twins per square inch of any
city in the state, with Is twins in a
population of 1926. But Burlington is
going to have to make special arrange
ments with the stork to import a lot
from somewhere else before it can
touch the Jefferson record, which has
20 pair among a population of 2,572.
Until some city in the state can better
that and "show the goods" Jefferson is
going to be Twin City, Wisconsin"
Mayville-Several hundred pounds
of dynamite touched of at the bed of
the Rock river near Mayville, dis
lodged the body of Mrs. Herbert Bon
mack, 38, Theresa housewife and
missing since May IL. Several hun
dred Dodge county citizens, headed by
Sheriff Ben Lang and George Hart
man, district attorney, searched al
most forty-eight hours before blood
hounds, which had been called in to
aid the searchers, led them to the
banks of the Rock river and stopped.
Kenosha-Henry Ford is negotiating
for a tract of dock property in Keno
bling plant Upon reliable authority,
it is said that the plant which the
Detroit manufacturer plans to build
will give employment to between 1000
and 5000 men and have capacity of
approximately 400 cars week. The
three factors which have interested
the Ford Co. in Kenosha property are
said to be water and rail transporta-
ton facilities and Chicago zone freight
rates.
Prairie du Chien-Burglars for the
second time within year tried to
blow open the safe in the Ballantine
and Frederick garage in Prairie du
Chen. A heavy charge of nitroglycer-
inc blew the door partly off but the
ed 0I4 -
booty for fear of discovery They had
battered the locks off three doors be-
fore being able to reach the office
from the rear. Bloodhounds were put
on the trail of the thieves who stole
tools from a blacksmith shop.
Madison - Improvements in high.
ways in state parks to cost approx.
mately $4,000 have been approved by
the state highway commission I'm
provements costing $4,000 will be
made at the Door County park, $4,000
at the Interstate park and $1,000 at
the Devils Lake park. The commits
sion also set hearings on proposed
changes in the Lake Waterloo
highway and the Merrimac ferry, in
volving Columbia and Sank counties
Kenosha-The feud in the Italian
quarter of Kenosha has broken out
again. A half dozen shots were fired
at Sam Cavelli, Kenosha, when he
stepped into the street from his store.
Cavelli fell fiat on the sidewalk and
the shooting stopped. No shot hit
him. He told police that as he stepped
out of the store a man whom he Gid
not know slapped him in the face and
ran. A moment later the firing be
gan and he dropped to the ground.
Racine-Dr. c. P. Shoop, 70, died at
Hollywood, Calf, May 10, according
to word received in Racine DR.