Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-25


end without some of the veterans ever
realizing that they might have OBJ
tanned money from the state by mere
ly asking for 1t. To date Wisconsin
has paid a soldier bonus to 1888
veterans and new applications con-
tinue to come in daily. Besides this
number there are still five hundred
making use of the state educational
bonus. All state bonuses will cease
July l, 1927, under the present laws.
Marinette-Fifteen boys who were
arrested in Marinette for Halloween
depredations have been busy since
that time, under supervision of a po-
liceman, in repairing fences and repil-
ing wood, in addition to apologizing
to the owners of the property they de-
strOyed. Others, who broke windows
in schOolhouse, had to raise money
to replace the glass and will be obliged
to apologize to the school board at it's
next meeting. This was the punish
ment meted out Lo the boys by Judge
"a ~. LAWS III JuNGli-tt SOuAls
Racine-Police in Racine are try
ing to solve the mystery which sur
rounds the dynamiting of "Happy's"
lunch wagon, Main and High streets,
in which Stanley Happy" Packamore,
p, its proprietor, was killed, and
Ralph Meyer, 20, customer, was in
jured. The blast, which occurred
shortly after midnight, wrecked the
lunch wagon, catapulted residents of
adjoining homes from their beds,
smashed windows in buildings in a
wide area and was heard throughout
the city.
Madison-A concrete highway pro-
gram for Dane county was adopted by
the board of supervisors, Endorsed by
a 4S to 10 vote. Under the plan the
county in the next five years will ex-
pend 81, $50 for one hundred fifty
nine miles of concrete roads. The
board favored issuance OF bonds to
the amount of $2,5OOOOO to be retired
within fifteen years. The balance Of
the money needed for the project will
come from property taxes and from
the state.
Dodgeville-The body of Archibald
Macarthur, 50, eccentric spiritualist
who was reported to be worth between
$4,000 and 100000 at the time of his
death, was exhumed in Dodgeville.
The elimination of the body was the
first move on the part of Luther Nc
Arthur, nephew from California, act
ing for the Macarthur family, in an
attempt to break the will which left
the bulk of the old mans estate to
Florida MAI who had befriended the
elder Macarthur.
Washburn-For the first time In 20
years there will be no Bayfield, county
fair next year unless the public raises
the funds to put on the show. The
county board, which has made annual
fair appropriations, has tired of vot-
ing money to pay a deficit each year
and at the annual meeting 1t voted
levy for last years deficit, but did not
provide funds for the 1926 fair. The
board likewise discontinued the prac-
tice Of voting money for community
fairs which are supposed to be feeders
for the main fair at Iron River.
ManitOwoc-Manitow o b erved
Armistice day and remembered its
fallen heroes by assisting the American
Legion in the dedication of a bronze
tablet placed on the courthouse lawn.
On the tablet, which is set in concrete,
Is this inscription: "In memory of
our fallen comrades in the great war
for God and country" The Rev. NJ. s.
Weber spoke calling on the nation to
dedicate its energies to assuring COM
Ing generations a heritage Of freedom
from war.
Beloit-Tardy book borrowers saved
$50 in delinquent fines during fine
less week." a checkup shows at the
close of a moratorium 5erlod at the
Beloit city library, during which over
due books could be returned without
penalty One borrower saved S35 on
a single volume which had been ac-
cumulatlng fines at the rate of 2 cents
a day since 1920.
Appleton-City officials are up In
arms over the reported plan of the
Outagamle county board to ask the
city IF Appleton to pay about 6 per
cent more Of the county and state
taxes than was paid last year. At the
same time the announcement was
made that taxes of towns and villages
in the county would be decreased
about the same amount.