Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-12-02

state, according to reports received in
Madison. Tie county boards, at their
annual meetings, voted to put the sys-
TEN in effect. The old age pension
system was described by the sponsors
as offering aid "for deserving persons
20 years old or over" The allowance
is limited to 81 a day, and will be
granted "only after satisfactory proof
of need" by the county judges. No
additional cost Of administration is in
volved. One-third of the cost is borne
by the state and the balance by the
local community, not the county.
Superior-Stamps and cash esti-
mated at $4,000 was the loot of a
robber band which compelled the SUI
perintendent of mails to open the post
office safe at Superior after Turing him
to the building b. q telephone message
in which he was told that his imnledi-
ate presence was necessary. Under
threats of death, the postal official
was forced to open the safe and later
was locked in a room. The rObber
band, whose number was not deter
mined, then calmly rified the safe and
escaped with it's contents.
Oconto-A livestock dealer cannot
legally collect for tubercular cattle
sold by him, it was decided in circuit
court at Oconto in the case of Louis
Dapin VS.. Gustav Schoss of Gillett
Last December Schoss bought a COW
from Dapin for $50 and made SIS
down payment. Two weeks later he
discovered the cow was afflicted with
tuberculosis and returned the animal
to the Dapin barn. Afterwards state
officials killed the COW. Dapin de-
manded in his suit the remainder of
the purchase price, the jury deciding
against him.
KenOsha = Urging reapportionment
Of inheritance taxes so that counties
and local units would receive a larg-
er share than under the present law,
the Kenosha county board passed a
resolution, asking a law which would
give 90 per cent of the Inheritance
tax revenue to the state, % per cent
to he county, and % per cent to the
local unit In which the dead owner
of the estate had been a resident. The
present law gives the state 921a per
cent and the remaining 71a per cent
goes to the home county of the de.
ceased
Kenosha-A delicate operation re-
moved from the left eye of Jack Fry
of Kenosha piece of steel shaving
a quarter Of an inch long which had
lain in the back of his eyeball since
August The man had been complain
ing of failing sight and an X-ray re-
vealed the steel shaving, which prob
ably had entered his eye while he was
at work in local factory. The mans
sight viii be restored to normal
through the operation.
Prairie du Chien-One of the most
valuable shipments ever made from a
farm in southwestern Wisconsin con-
by Garvey Bros. of Lynxville, for $685.
600. The foxes were sold at $500 to
$1,000 a pair, average about $1,000.
The buyers will use the foxes as
foundation stock either on fox ranches
already in operation or farms to be
started
Marinette-A dope fend is suspected
of having entered the garage of>Dr.
Phillip DesBois, Marinette, stealing
the doctors hypodermic syringe and
his supply of morphine, both of which
were in the medicine case in the au-
tomobile. This is the third theft of
this kind in Marinette, other doctors
reporting the loss of hypodermicS and
morphine.
Ladysmith-The first degree In the
Knights of Columbus order was con-
ferred on twenty candidates at Lady,
smith by the Eau Claire degree team.
Ladysmith council and Goldsmith
council, X. of c., of Chippewa Falls.
will put on a joint initiation at Chip
pewa Falls Dec 6, when the second
and third degrees of the order will be
conferred on sixty-fve candidates.
Observation-Disclosures new Ma
sonic hall, which has been under con-
struction during the last several
months. is now completed and is being
occupied by the order The lodge
found it necessary to erect new hall
after the fire of May, 1924, which de-
stroyed the Masonic hall along with
number of other buildings.
Eau Claire-W. A. Toole, jr, Bara-
boo, was reelected president and j. f.
Leverich, Sparta, vice president of the
Wisconsin Horticultural society, at It's
tifty-seventh annual convention at Eau
Claire.