Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11

fighters from the high school and vii
lage succeeded in subduing the flames
before much damage was done. The
hall is being used for school purposes
since the destruction of the large brick
school building last March The bust
ness section of the village was de-
stroyed by fire after the high school
was burned and recently the leading
hotel there was burned to the ground.
chosen in preference to spending a
year in Jail by Wilbur Moore, farmer
and nurseryman living two miles
southwest of jefferson, at whose place
the sheriff's force seized more than
200 gallons of cider and wine short
time ago. Moore pleaded guilty to
possession and sale of liquor and was
given six months or $500 fine on each
of the two counts. This is the stiffest
fine ever given first offender in this
county, officials state
Eau Claire-The fate of the Eau
Claire county fair, which has been
held annually at Augusta for many
ty when the county board, in session
at Eau Claire, adopted reolution
! providing for a referendum April z
OF the question of appropriating $14,
900 this year for continuance of the
fair, and appropriating $1,000 annually
thereafter toward it. This resolution
was adopted after the board had ac-
cepted a report of a special committee
named last fall to investigate fair af-
fairs.
Ashland-George Murray and Carl
Malyszeski, each "a, of Washbuln,
miraculOusly escaped death, when
they were blown fifty feet by an ex-
plosion, which entirely demolished No,
3 powder dryer house of the DUPONT
/ Powder company, at Barksdale, near
Ashland Both men suffered severe
burns, but their recovery Is expected.
The cause of the explosion is I'M
known, and the two men injured were
the only ones in the building when
the explosion occurred
MadisOn-Sale of spectacles on the
basis of eye tests made with machines
by anyone not a licensed optOmetrist
is unlawful, Atty. Gen. Herman L..
Ekern has ruled. The opinion written
by j. Z. Messerchmidt, assistant at
torney general, involves eye-testing
machines by which the purchaser Of
the spectacles determines the lenses
which he thinks he needs and then
obtains them from the dealer operat-
ing the machine.
Platteville-An auction sale on the
farm Of Fred Wienbergen, near Platte
vile, was featured by lively bidding
and good prices. HOlstein cows of all
grades sold well, the highest bringing
$40. Horses reached top Of $3.50.
POland-China brood sows brought
$3.50 each. clover hay $13 ton and
1000 bushels of oats sold at &c, the
highest price paid anywhere In Grant
county this winter. The sale aggre-
gated 5000.
Janesville- Charging misrepresenta-
tlon in forty suits brought against 1t
by tobacco growers of Mount Sterling,
Wis, the Hartford Insurance company
has filed answer through it's attorneys.
1t is alleged that applications for hail
Insurance. all signed by one man, were
not mailed to Henry Johnson, Edger-
ton, the company's agent until the
day after a storm that did $4,000
damage to growing TOBACCO.
GAINESVILLE - Fifty-one indictments
naming more than eighty defendants,
were returned by the United States
grand jury meeting In Madison last
week, according to Stanley Ryan, as
sstant United States attorney for the
western Wisconsin district. The feder-
al cases include indictments for VIOLA
ton Of the prohibition, narcotic, postal
and bankruptcy laws.
nesville-COntracts were signed by
the Rock county board for the cree
ton of the women's hospital at the
Rock county asylum, to be completed
by Aug /, at a cost of $5S,726 The
hospital viii be used to house woman
patients of the asylum and relieve
congestion of the institution.
MadSon-Employme in Wisconsin
/ is increasing except IN the seasonal
Industries, the state industrial commits
sion has announced The statement
was based on a study of reports from
more than 900 employers
La Crosse-A jury in circuit court
at La Crosse awarded Mrs. George
1 Cooper. Bangor. damages Of $4,6S7
against O. H Johnson Bangor hotel