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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Menasha-The untimely explosion
Of the copper still in which she was
cooking mash for moonshine worked
double havoc for Mrs. Anton Slom-
ski, Menasha The fire in the base
ment burned joists and the floor
above, and police called after the fire
alarm confscated the still, barrel OF
mash and two gallons of whisky. Mrs.
Slomski was arrested.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08
But Fem Are

He-"Would you scream if I kissed
you, little girI?" She-"Little girls
should be seen and not heard Pitt
Bits.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around che Badger State

Oshkosh Bert Cough, Oshkosh, is
probably the first Wisconsin man to
serve Jail sentence for no other
offense than selling pop and soda at
a restaurant not licensed for the sale
OF Misunderstanding drinks He, with
other restaurant men of the city and
all dealers who do not sell near beer,
had been advised by the city officials
that it would not be necessary for him
to have license. The state law was
so construed, when the city ordinance
was drafted. On his plea OF guilty he
was fined $500 and sentenced to 80
days
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Oshkosh--William Bell, 80, was
found dead near the 500 lint tracks
near Fourth Street, Oshkosh, close to
the Fox river. He had been gassed
in the war and evidently died from
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Neenah-Work is to be started at
once on new roundhouse for the 500
line, Neenah. With the completion of
the roundhouse the present 24-stall
house of the company at Menasha will
be dismantled
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

A man doesn't always do his duty
when he does something wants to
do.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Sheboygan-Charles Imig, IL, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Imig, Sheboygan,
may lose an eye as the result of hav-
ing been struck by tinfoil ball, shot
from rubber band in the hands Of
a playmate three feet from him.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Catauba- While hunting near Catau-
ba, Ren Bushman was shot in the side
when his gun accidentally discharged.
To check the flow of blood Bushman
stuffed moss into the wound bound
it with strips torn from his clothing
and then walked more than a mile to
Catauba.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Oconto - The Couillardville school,
west of Oconto, is closed on account
of an epidemic of grip. The graded
school at Mountain is also closed on
account of several cases of scarlet
fever in the district.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Menasha - The embankment sur
rounding the basin in Fox river be-
low the mill of the George A. Whiting
Co., Menasha, is to be reinforced to
protect against the recurrence of the
break which threatened to send a
Hood into lower Fox River valley in
the high water period of several sea-
sons ago. The government has a
large force of men dredging dirt for
hlling. The embankment is to be
widened 10 feet and the government
locks raised 81 inches above their
present level.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Rhinelander-Jame Sucke, Sc, a
former Oneida county lumberman,
died suddenly from heart disease in
Bremmerton, Wash. Sucke formerly
operated a sawmill near Rhinelander
and had followed the lumber industry
in the west since 1907.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Amberg-Al Forney has been con
ceded Marinette county hunting hon.
ors by virtue of killing four bears
while on recent hunting trip near
here. He shot a fullgrown female
bear and q few moments afterward
discovered three half-grown cubs in a
tree which he proceeded to kill. A
year ago he shot large male bear.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on the Lac du
Flambeau reservation and other parts
of upper Wisconsin are gathering the
annual wild rice crop. After storing
enough of the rice for their own use
during the winter, the Indians will
sell the surplus at good price. BY
many people wild rice is considered a
delicacy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Chippewa Falls - Machinery and
equipment of the Chippewa Sugar Re
f1ning Co., Chippewa Falls, is being
made ready for the fall and winter
run, which will consist of the refining
of 10000 to 10000 tons of beets.
Weather conditions have retarded the
beet crop, which is harvested late i'll
the year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

New Diggings-The barn, machinery
shed and sheep house on the ]. M.
Thompson farm, two miles west of
New Diggings, We're destroyed by fire,
believed to have been caused by spon-
taneous combustion in wet hay. The
loss was put at $4,000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Ashland-Archie Oulette, As, a la
borer, of Ashland, suffered conclusion
of the brain when he ran into car
driven by Prof. John Kendrigan OF
Northland College, Ashland, riding
down hill and lost control of his bicy-
Gle. He struck the Kendrigan car and
was thrown over the handlebars, land
ing on his head Prof. Kendrigan
stopped his car when he saw Oulette
coming
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Green Bay-Andrew zeutius, 80 year
old civil war veteran and Brown coun-
ty pioneer, died at a hospital in Green
Bay after long illness. Mr.. and
Mrs. Zeutius recently celebrated their
fifty-eighth wedding anniversary, hav.
ing been married on Christmas eve,
1865.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Observation-Disclosures because he
had outlived his friends of other years,
Jacob Scharrer, "a, attempted to cut
his throat at his home in Kenosha
to end his life. He was unsuccessful
and when found bleeding in his yard
was hurried to hospital where ply
sicians say he will probably recover.
He had used a dull butcher knife, this
accounting for his failure to end his
life.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Superior-Lucille, 8, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Grimstad, of Superior,
narrowly escaped death when struck
by an automobile driven by Wallace
Larson and dragged several feet. The
child was playing in the street when
the accident occurred, witnesses
stated.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Eau Claire-Henry Enockson, AZ,
died of apoplexy in Eau Claire. He
had been in the service of the Omaha
railroad since he was IA as call boy,
fireman, engineer and finally engine
house foreman at Altoona. He was
one of five brothers, all in railroad
service. He was a captain in the re-
lief corps sent by the government to
operate the railroads in Russia during
the war.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Fond du Lac - Confused by a
bridge OUT sign on highway SIS, near
kewaskum, Donnell C. Shepard of
Neenah drove into branch of the
Milwaukee river and narrowly escaped
drowning in eight feet of water
Shepard extricated himself from his
car and clambered on the top. His
calls for help were heard by farmers
who rescued him by means of planks.
Stripping off his clothes, Shepard dove
into the stream again and attached
chains to his car so that trucks could
pull it out.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Stoughton-Gus Seamenson, 81, is
in critical condition at a hospital in
Stoughton, as the result of injuries
received in an automobile accident,
the car in which he was riding turn
ing over after striking post on High
way 10, near Stoughton. The machine
was driven by Ole Mortenson, who was
blinded by the lights of another ma
chine. SeamGnson is injured inter-
nally.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Shawano-A SO, 900 volt high tension
line is under construction from Nichols
to Shawano, running through Bonduel,
and will supply current to the entire
territory OF the Badger Utility Co.
The Shawano line will cost $4,000,
and will be completed in October.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are hunting for
burglars who broke into the J. S.
Bruss & Son store in Cedarburg and
stole more than 5000 worth of mer-
chandise in one night. Clothing and
other goods were packed into steam
er trunk by the robbers, who gained
entrance through cellar window. 1t
is believed that the same gang was
responsible for an unsuccessful at
tempt to break into the high school
typewriter room. Chisel marks were
found around the doors.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Sheboygan-Charles Gabert, 35, fell
off the roof of his house in Sheboygan
while Singing it and landed on a
pile of brick 40 feet below. His in.
juries consisted of two minor frac-
lures of the right forearm. He does
not understand how he escaped death.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Greenwoood-Mr Tilsch, "a, be-
came lost in the woods in the town
of Greenwood and was found late at
night by searching party after she
had wandered about for eight hours.
Aside from being exhausted and badly
scratched by underbrush, she was
none the worse for her experience.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

West Notwithstanding to take
cough medicine, Albert Rasmussen,
West Klondike, took a dose of poison
used for cattle. An antidote saved
him.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Green Bay-Brown county farmers
will utilize at least 1850 pounds of
pyrotel, the new land clearing explo-
sive, in their work this fall. Orders
for that amount already have been re.
ceived and placed by County Agent j.
N. Kavanaugh. The shipments will
begin in a week
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Madison Construction work on the
new $1,2OO,0OO Memorial Union build
ing at the University of Wisconsin
probably will begin some this this
winter, according to John Dollard,
secretary of the Memorial union. A
total of S345,O00 has been raised by
subscription for the building Nearly
100000 more has been pledged
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08

Wisconsin Rapids-Emil Peltier, 81,
paper mill worker, died in hospital
in Wisconsin Rapids, where he was
taken after he fell three feet from a
box while working at the Consolidated
Power and Paper Co. Peltier struck
his head on the concrete floor in the
mill and fractured his skull.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-29
DRUG STORES
ALL ENJOYING
GOOD SEASON

That the drug stores i'll particular
are feeling the effect of business
revival is evident from the following
testimonials to ever increasing bus
mess particultrly in the last few
months:
w. j. Clements of the Clements
Drug Store: "There seems every
reason to be optimistic over business
conditions in FL Centre and in the
valley. Business shows decided in
crease over that of last year and
activity seems to be increasing i'll
every line of business. More people
are coming to the valley all the
tins and this fall there seems to
be an unusual lot of newcomers.
Business will undoubtedly show
great increases from now on during
the winter season.
Elmo Loynd, of the Loynd Drug
Company: ''Trade has increased
constantly since. the beginning of
the year. A year ago people were
very careful in selecting their pur-
the price of everything before buy
ing. Now they buy first and ask
How much?' afterward. l think
Ell Centre and the valley are show
ing every sign of increasing pros
perity.''
v. R. Francis of the Francis Drug
Stcre: "The outlook for this year
is very fine. Business in Ell Centre
is much better now than it has been
in the past three years.
Robert Burns of the Valley Drug
Store: 81 believe there will be much
better business during this fall and
winter season than has been found
in the valley for some time. Our
extra heavy orders of stocks are Il
good indication of our belief i'll inn
proved conditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-29

Mereed county cabbage growers
have just planted 100000 plants of
Early Flat Dutch.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-29
CAZENAVE SAYS
WE ARE BETTER
FIXED THAN EAST

A. V. Cazenave, manager OF the
:. c. Penney store here, is one OF
the local merchants who reports, III
glowing terms. conditions here as
!" splendid.' Mr.. Cazenave knows
whereof he speaks by reason of the
fact that he has just returned from
an extensive trip to eastern cities
| and declares that we are III fal
better shape, financially, than any
other part of the country.
"Every month dumng this yeal
shows a decided gain in our bnsi-
ness with of course, the exception
of the summer months in the val
lew declares Mr.. Cazcnave. " Ac-
cording to Babson s chart which was
recently published, Imperial Valley
is one of the very few places IN
the United States noted as having
business conditions, In
facts things even look better IN
Southern California than they GO
in the northern part of the state.
F'Two weeks ago | returned from
Il business trip in the east. The
situation here is by far better than
part Of the country that | visited.
There is every reason to believe the
valley will prosper this winter.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-29
THE CAMPAIGN
DAY BY DAY

The major candidates still center
ed their attention in the east today
with John w. Davis and Senator
Ia Toilette, both speaking i'll New
York state as part of tlrcir final
campaign drive.
President Coolidge continued
quietly at work in Washington. He
had breakfast with 40 members of
the advertising mems Republican
association.
Davis addressed three nj meetings. in
Manhattan last night, telling a
negro colony i'll Eariem that politi-
cal equality of the negro race in
the United States depends largely on
3. their taking Independent political
! action.
Gold and oil, as eXemphfied by
J. p. Morgan and the Standard Oh
Company, rule not only the Unite
States but the World, Ia Follett
said in his Brooklyn speech. - Et
rope bows to American gold, - the
! Independent candidate said. "Oul
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-29
TEXAS CONVICTS ARE GIVEN CHANCE
ON new HONOR FARM. NO BOLTS. BARS
TO RESTRAIN THEM, 2ND FARM SOON

] can, I shall make this honor farm
the approach to PARDON
"Mother" King then received
her gift.
81 cannot use it, she told the
honor men, "to sign paroles and
pardons, but / will use it to write q
letter to the mother of every boy in
camp who has one living"
The governor grinned delightedly
when an old negro prisoner sang
song of his own invention to the
strumming of his guitar. 1t impair
ted the fact that he had been in
prison since 1893, and went on:
"Ef All had you, gov nah, lax
you got me,
"Ah'd wake up in de mawnin ,
and set you freel "
Another Farm, Soon
"Pardon him, governor, shout
ed the visitors. But the old man,
with other negroes who sang and
danced for the celebration, was tax
.en back under guard TO another
prison camp.
They departed happily, though,
for Neff has promised them camp
of their own, just like this one, be-
fore he leaves office next Janu-
ary.
They haven't had time to take
down the grating off the barracks
windows. But the honor prisoners
grin and say, "We left it there to
keep the burglars out.
So far the experiment has been a
success, Work has been done faster
and more thoroughly than ever be-
fore, according to Captain Shannon,
superintendent, w. c. McCleary and
j. r. Joyner, overseers.
The men have the satisfaction OF
knowing that if "Ma" Ferguson is
elected governor the honor camp
will stay.
And perhaps a few pardons will
come from "Ma' to the men here.
Who knows?
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-29
LOCAL STORE IS
PREPARING FOR
ACTIVE WINTER

w. j. Reid, manager of the four
hardware stores in Imperial Valley
of the Edgar Brothers Company, has
made the following comment on
conditions of business in the val
ley:
1--WE feel very optimistic with re-
gard to business aspects for the fall
of 1924 and spring of 1925, and
have backed our optimism by in
creasing our several stocks of mer-
chandise throughout the valley to
take care of the demand of our
trade, which we feel assured will be
greater than it has been for the
past three years.
"Traveling statesmen who cover
the state in their travels, tell us
they are impressed with the evident
signs of prosperity shown in our
territory, comparatively greater than
in any other part of the state
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-29

/ has been necessary TO increase olir
staff, as well as our stock, and TO
establish new branch libraries where
ever it was possible 10 do so.,-
The county library gives free
service TO ali residctns of the coun-
ty regardless of what part ~ the
county they may be in.
''We~ are growing daily aud if
we continue to expand in the next
few years as we have in the East
few we can be justly proud of our
progress.
Many KcW Volumes
"In the past year we have added
6,107 volumes TO our collection
making total Of 55,813 volumes
in the library. From circulation
of 80, No in 1928 we went TO Gs,
951 in 1924, showing an increase of
1888 in one year. Our borrowers
totaled S,062 in 1928 as against g.,
0C7 in 1924, showing an increase
here of nearly thousand. The
fiscal year runs from the end Of
each June to the first of July Of
the succeeding year.
"We had 5,l04 special requests
fro mthe patrons in 1924, whereas
the year before they numbered 2,576
giving a decided increase Of 1928.
These figures probably show more
than anything else that the valley
is growing and with this growth is
Gf ho al ~
people who are interested in books
and study and the advancement of
the very best in life.
"The county library is source
of supply through its various
branches for the different study
clubs and organizations, besides
the work with the county schools,
and in the past year this work has
increased at least 80 per cent over
the preceding one.
"We realize that this past devel-
opment is only a small part of
what we will be able to accomplish
in the future. With our new iaci-
lities, and with the substantial
growthA in population, as well as
the growing prosperity of the farm
ers and the places of business, we
will be able to expand our services
and offer 20 the people Il bigger
and better service than we have
been able to in the. past.
ESinco we have been able to
grow in spite of the so-caled hard
times and difficulties we expect to
have tremendous increase. this
year with everything indicating
that this is going to be one Of the
finest years in the history of the
WILEY -
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-29
TRAVELS 10000
MILES, SEES NO
SPOT LIKE HOME
Fawcett Says Opportuni-
ties Here Best in the
Valley
By WILL S. FAWCETT,
Imperial Valley Rancher

Talking about prosperity, think
I am Justified in saying that from
the standpoint of a farmer there
is no brighter spot in the United
States today than the Imperial Val
lev. Since last May | have travel
led over 10000 miles in this country
and during all of those journeys l
did not see a single place that look
ed as good as the Imperial Vol
ley from a producing standpoint:
Just last week | made personal
inspection of some agricultural
land valued at $1,000 per acre and
| was convinced that it would not
produce as much as the same amount
of land here.
For many of the products grown
here we get the cream OF the mar'
ket. We produce the earliest as
paragus, tomatoes, watermelons, can
laloupes, grapes, and grapefruit
grown in the United States, and dur
ing the winter months, when much
of the country is frozen up, we
produce the best lettuce grown any
place in the world.
Early markets generally mean
the highest price during the year
for any given commodity, and high
est prices equal PROSPERITY.
Wonderful Opportunities
Add to the above all the other
activities in the line of farming
and stock raising in the Imperial
Valley and you must admit that
here are opportunities not found
in any other section of the country,
and prosperity is awaiting us just
around the corner. In fact, pres
perity is already here for any one
who will give ranch the proper
attention and care.
am of the opinion, however,
that prosperity very seldom visits
the farmer who spends most of his
time on the street corners of some
neighboring town kicking about hard
times and everything in general;
and such farmers are generally
doomed to disappointment wherever
they may be.
Prosperity for the farmers means
: prosperity for the cities, because in
| an agricultural community like the
Imperial Valley, cities are builled
on the successful activities of .he
farmers. Personally, ] do not see
anything ahead of us but prosp9ri-
| ty.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-29
BY BURTON DAVIS
NEA Service Writer

PAT NEFF HONOR FARM,
SUGAR ISLAND. Texas, Oct 20
They're on their honor now.
The guards and hounds are gone.
The bars are down. The doors stand
open all the time.
One hundred and fifty convicts,
here on Texas first honor farm,
are on their own today.
And knowing what the old prison
hell was like, they are willingly
working blisters on their hands to
keep from going back.
Texas, in the past, has borne the
'unsavory reputation of having one
of the most brutal penal systems in
the country.
Beating of "refractory" pris-
oners was permitted by the prison
board.
Discharged convicts accuse the
guards of "pickling" leather straps
IN oil, then rubbing them in sharp
sand, before using them on the pris-
oners bare backs.
Men have sneaked out bloody un-
dergarments and filed affidavits to
support these charges
Echoes of these charges have
come from a dozen prison camps
scattered over east and southeast
Texas. The prison board always
has denied them.
Unlocks Barred Door
But now there are fewer "refrac-
tory prisoners. Every man is try
ing to get berth ON the honor
farm.
1t was dramatic sight the morn
ing Governor Pat Neff unlocked the
barred door of the barracks here
and threw away the key, as the
crowd assembled on the banks of
the Brazos River clapped and hur-
rahed.
AS each man filed out into the
sunlight, the governor shook hands
with him and spoke q word of en-
couragement.
Mrs. J. f. King of San Antonio,
chairman of the prison advisory
board, to whom the new plan is
largely due, stood by the governor.
Then the eight prison guards
mounted and armed, booted and
spurred, and perhaps a bit contemp-
tuous of this new idea, rode up.
Came then the blood -curdling bay
of the bloodhounds, and the pack in
leash tugged up.
The executive turned to the
guards:
"Men,' he told them, "you arr
no longer needed here
And they reared their horse
about, as though rehearsed, an
spurred off up the road, while thei
dogs turned their noses toward III
other less fortunate prison camp!
The governor was. given gol
fountain pen. SO was "Mother
King. The men had bought then
with their few horded coins.
Governor Speaks
Robert Miller, an overseas vete
ran nearing the end of a six-year
sentence, made the presentation.
"We hope you will wear out this
pen signing pardons for the con-
victs of Texas" he said.
lNeff has been known as the anti
pardon governor. His predecessor
had leaned so far the other way
as to be criticized for freeing too
many men. 1t is not his custom to
make promises or predictions.
But he assured the men that, eff