Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-01-23


| of the state road handbook which the
secretary of state is required to pub.
hsh under the motor vehicle license
act The booklet this year will be
| composed of about thirty pages and
Will contain synopsis of the state
highway regulations, explanation of
highway signs and signals and map Of
Wisconsin with the entire state high.
way system. Under the motor act,
these booklets will be sent to each
person obtaining a set of motor Ii
cense tags. Approximately 100000
tags are expected to be issued this
year and the remainder will be dis.
tributed to tourists ard others.
Madison-More than $2,00O,0OO is
lost annually by Wisconsin farmers
through activities of the pea aphis,
according to G. L. Fluke of the entom-
ology department of the college of ag-
riculture, Madison. At least 80 per
cent of the aphis must be killed before
any noticeable control is effected The
aphis winter on clover and alfalfa in
the form OF eggs, migrating to the pea
fields about blossom time, according
to Prof. Fluke The insect does its
work by sucking the life sap from the
peas, he stated.
Kenosha-A new record in building
was set in Kenosha in 1928, according
to the report of City Building Inspec-
tor j. M. Albers, just filed with the
city manager. 1t declares that permits
were issued for the construction of
property valued at $5,3O1,437, the
LARGEST amount in the history of Keno
sha. The record before was in 1919
when permits were issued for 1925
900 worth of buildings.
Madison-The Wisconsin highway
commission has accepted bids on l.
O25,O00 barrels of Portland cement at
$1.65 net per barrel f. O. b. Buffing-
ton or La Sale, Ill. This price is five
cents a. barrel above that of last year.
Because of the present market condi-
lions and the tremendous program Of
construction, the commission believed
that it was justified in accepting the
advanced figure.
Sheboygan Otto Armbruster of
Sheboygan Falls suffered an unusual
accident while sitting in his home
reading when his artificial eye explod-
ed Optometrists were asked how an
artificial eye, which is composed en-
tirely of glass, could explode, and it
was explained that there is a vacuum
in the middle of most of them, and
that sudden change of temperature
might cause it.
Sturgeon Bay-An early morning
blaze destroyed the home of D. S.
Crandall at Sturgeon Bay and valu-
able personal effects, including the
records of half century of active
newspaper work Mr.. Crandall was
prominent in that section many years
ago and was connected with pioneer
publications in that section. Mr..
Crandall is now 90 years old
Beaver Dam-Building permits is
sued since May 25 call for an expendi-
ture of $343,232. Much of the building
for the year was started before that
date, when the council first made
building permits compulsory, and it is
conservatively estimated that 100000
were spent in new homes, office build
lngs, and repairs of existing buildings
at Beaver Dam.
Racine-The radio, scientists lat |
est word broadcaster, came into it's
own in Racine and Kenosha coun-
ties when more than one hundred
farmers in the Wisconsin sector of
the Chicago milk war front were in
formed by the radio of the settlement
at Chicago between distributors and
producers.
Green Bay-Recent cold spells have
laid cover of ice ten inches thick
over the waters of Green bay, and ice |
men are preparing "to make ice while |
the sun doesn't shine" Reports indi-
cate it will be about two weeks before
the, actual cutting will take place. The !
ice is being scraped of snow in order
to hurry the freezing.
Star Lake-It is reported that a new
summer resort to cost about $35 900 |
will be erected in the Star Lake dis
trict next spring. The resort will con-
sist of main lodge building and !
about dozen cottages. Chicago men
are said to be interested in the
project.
Antigo-A light motor fire truck has |
been bought for the Amigo fire depart
ment and will be put into service the
latter part of January. It's use will
make it unnecessary to send the heavy
fire truck, weighing twice as much, to
chimney fires and other minor blazes. !