Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-14

Wabeno-A plea to Wabeno sports
men to forego the privilege Of the
open partridge season and not shoot
the birds this year has been circulated
by William P. Clawson, forest ranger
Of Laona. Mr.. Clawson points out that
the partridge is nearly extinct in Forest
county due to the unfavorable spring
of 1924, lack of sufficient snow to pro-
tect the birds last winter and espe-
cially to the ravages of forest fires,
which burned thousands of nesting
birds In the 10000 acres in Forest
county swept by flames last spring.
Green Bay-Guardian Angels acad-
envy at Oneida, Barron county, the
only diocesian-owned boarding school
for boys and girls in the middle west,
was dedicated Oct. 2, by The Rev. Paul
P. Rhode, bishop of Green Bay, who
also delivered the address Of the day.
Msgrs. Lochmap, Kaukauna, and Van
Heyster, De Pere, and Abbot B. H.
Pennings of the Norbertine monastery
were chaplains to the bishop. More
than 40 priests also attended the serv
ices.
ManitowOc-Voters of the Fifth
ward in Manitowoc face the possibility
of having to get affidavits in order
to cast ballots at the spring election
as a result of the registration poll list
having been lost during the special
election Sept. 20. The book, with
names Of the voters, was thrown away
with waste paper accumulated during
the day. In order to prevent the
swearing in Of all votes by affidavit
next April the city council may order
a special registration.
Kenosha-Twelve candles beamed
brightly at Kenosha on the birthday
cake of Mrs. Louisa X. Theirs, Wiscon-
sins oldest woman, as she held her
111th birthday anniversary dinner on
Oct 2, at the home of her son, Louis
Theirs. Eleven Of the candles repre-
scented 10 years EACH while the twelfth
stood for the first year on the next de-
cade.
Kenosha-Tony Trevanty, Kenosha,
rum runner, still operator and boot
logger, was fined $1,000 and costs and
given an additional sentence of six
months in Jail by Municipal Judge
John Slater. This is the fifth fine
Trevanty has received from Judge
Slater in the last two years, having
already contributed $1,400 in previous
fines for the same Offenses.
Madison-Appearing before a spe-
cial committee of Wisconsin alumni
in an all-day hearing, faculty mem
bers defended the use by the univer-
sity of funds from incorporated fOun-
dations in furthering scientific re-
search. The board of regents of the
university recently passed a resolu-
ton refusing such gifts In the future.
Waupun-Mrs. Herman Galow of
Waupun will go to Jail for three
months if she interferes with her STEP
daughter, Rose, who has been adopted
by James Mogue Horizon, a justice of
Waupun declared when the mother
was arrested on charges Of i'll treat
ment. She was found guilty and fined
500.
BarrOn-Charged with the embezzle-
ment of $4,000 from former client.
John 1. Dahl, Rice Lake lawyer and
progressive speaker of the assembly
in the 1923 session, is being sought
in the west and in Canada on a war
rant issued in July of this year, it
was announced in Barron by Dist. Atty.
G. e. Soderberg.
Madison = Gov. Blaine has an
nounced the appointment of State
Senator John B. Chase, Oconto, as
district attorney for Oconto county, to
succeed Irwin Breakstone, resigned.
Senator Chase was appointed to fill
the unexpired term or until his sue
cessor Is elected and qualified.
Madison-Earl (Keg) Driver, fam
Gus fullback on the Wisconsin teams
of 1901 and 1902, and varsity scout.
assistant coach and freshman coach at
different times from 1905 to 1923, died
at a hospital in Madison Of heart dis
ease.
Beaver Dam-The safe In the farm
home of Ernest Schneider, near Beaver
Dam. was blown while the members
of the family were attending the
Dodge county fair and $40 in cash
stolen.
Racine-Diamond worth between
1000 and $4,000 were stolen by two