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Hyder weekly herald., 1925-07-08
INDEPENDENCE DAY
 CELEBRATION


 out to witness the fun, Hyder celebrated Independence Day with vim and vivacity from the hour of the big parade un- til the last strains of the Pre- mier orchestra at the dance given by the Pioneers in Pio- neer Hall as a wind-up for the day of festivity.
 The parade, intended for one. of the chief events of theday, was hardly up to expectations, many who might have partici- pated being apparently un- willing to go to the little trouble involved in making it a real success. However, it was a very pleasing parade with six handsomely decorated floats in line behind Marshal of the Day T. w. Mcdonald. First came the big truck of the Bureau of Public Roads nicely draped with bunting and bearing the Flag and the Boy Scouts in their natty uniforms then the handsome float of the M. E. Church, made in the form of a boat and with it's occupants, MT. and Mrs. John Hovland, Miss Marion Hunt, and a group of school children, representing "the Church, the School and the Home" Next came the float of the Moose lodge, loaded with shouting kiddies, from both sides of the boundary line; then the floats of the Hyder Drug Go. and Porter-Idaho Mining Go. The former was a handsome cre- ation in the form of an ever- green draped bower with en- bellishments of bunting and carried Helen and Bobby Lee, dressed as Uncle Sam and an Indian, the ensemble repre- senting Uncle Sam protecting his aboriginal wards. The Porter-Idaho float, was a unique conception. Ore sacks and samples of ore from the famous mine were piled on the prettily draped body of the car, with large basket from which arose the chubby faces of the Lee twins occupying the center. Placards announced that the float represented High Grade" from the Port er-Idaho. The last float was that of the Hyder Machine Shop, prettily decorated but representing nothing in partic- ular. Buddy" Thurman, on horseback, brought up the rear of the procession, which traversed Premier Avenue to First; to International Avenue, thence to Premier Avenue and out to One Mile Bar and back to the ball grounds via Nevada Street. The $25 prize offered for the best decorated float or car was awarded to the Fly der Drug Company, although not until the judges, Messrs. E. R. Stivers, E. w. Hinckley and H. H. Howard, had care fully considered the merits of the various floats from every standpoint. It was reported for a time that the judges were unable to agree and had made the award as a result of toss ing a coin. It appears however, that this was not correct, the
, 1925-08-26
u. S. NAVAL RADIO STA HON
CHRISTIANSTED. ST. CROIX.
18th AUGUST. 1925.
(Courtesy of the Associated Press. }

lOOWI C029 ~ tU6 AoSOCtUG0U IFBSS.)
Philadelphia John l.. Lewis. Presi-
dent OF the United Mine workers will
meet with the Anthracite business mems
committee to discuss means of averting
the threatened strike. Washington adj
vices indicated a strike will be called and
Government will intervene to make it of
short duration.
Forest Hills. New York. Helen Wills
owns the tennis crown for another year
by defeating Kathleen McKene British
contender. three to six, six to zero and
six to two.
New York--Witb pistol in his pocket
and detectives in his auto, Max Phillips
Jones corporation manufacturers Of Van
Housen collars ensured defiance to those
, 1925-08-26
DISTRICT COURT NEWS.

In the case for rape with which Mr..
Morris Z Davis was charged the defend
ant was acquitted by the jury yesterday
when brought for uiaI before the Hon.
Geo W. Williams, Judge of the District
Court. Govt. Attorney J. L. Curry re-
presented the plaintiff and Judge Stake
mann the defendant.
, 1925-08-26
BOXING NEWS

The match ttaged in the theatre last
night was declared a draw by the judges.
The preliminary bouts were interesting
and on the whole a large gathering was
well entertained for two hours.
, 1925-08-26
LOCAL

The U. S. S. "Grebe" arrived here at
noon yesterday from St. Thomas with
the following passengers:-Commander
c. S. Baker, Lieut.. Comdr. H. L. Kelley,
Lieut.. R. w. Hughes. Master RICHARD
Hughes, Mrs. James Nolan, Master No
Ian, Miss P. Durloo, Miss B. Durloo,
Mrs. Amo. Hughes, Lionel Canton,
Maria Joseph, Mr.. Mes. Willie A. Young
and Robert L. Smith.
The s. s. "Guiana' from New York
via St. Thomas is due at Frederiksted
at 9 O'Clock this morning, having 400
packages for this island.
This boat is not expected to have any
mail as she sailed some hours ahead Of
the SIS Hayti with which was received
New York letter mail to 10 a. M. August
18th.
1t is advised that all mail for Saint
Thomas in the post office when the u. S..
S. Grebe sails today, will be forwarded
by her.
, 1925-08-26

iGGli.CEE 1E@GA III LSlE- LC4NAlING AS&ItAF
and the operators wera III. cstad a few
days ago charged with q plot to trap
Philips il violating the Mann Act. Phil,
ips says Du ulIa1s want t. run bis bust
ness.
LondCa.- Britain and France are lar
from agreement on how much France
should pay annually ia settlement Of
Britain's debt after first converse be
tween N CaiHauix and Winston Church
i'll. deadlock sill persisted. Situation
shows Churchill sum demanded by he
British public. his opinion is too great
San Frarc.sco.- Two IF he Naval sta
planes which are 10 attempt the flight
from here to Mozuiuiu r4xt Friday have
arrived but the third plan. "as delayed
al San Pedro due to oil leak. ii is expect
ed later.
New York.-A.ajor League Baseball
was almost ready To concede to the claims
Of a new championship contender with
but six more weeks % play. PITTSBURGH
now ba. . .eac q, five Iu}. qa0,o over
the Giants as Z u>ult OF taking tblee out
Of four games in he recent series.
Paris skidCirg auto crashed into a
car occupied by Mr ard Mrs. Cecil
Barnes, Arthur AIDES al d Mrs. Clay
JuGSon all Of CfjIaAo, Ms. Barnes ana
Aides were sent to he American hospital
aufeIirE p3irtui GUS and fractures, The
others lsces d urscratched
Dayton, O"io. -feo NiGno'' Dayton
, 1925-08-26
American IeaCue:

Cleveland 5. New York /. Detroit IS,
Washington 4. Chicago 3. Philadelphia l.
St. Louis A. Boston 0.
National League:
Pittsburgh 8, New York 2. Brooklyn
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18
New Bridge on Deerskin.

Work has begun this week on the
new cement bridge over the Deer
skin that is to replace the old
wooden arrangement at the head
of the Deerskin fowage. The new
bridge will be placed to the east of
the old one. Strengthening the
road. The work is to be done by
Mike Lynch, bridge contractor. 1t
is not thought the work can be
completed this winter, as cold
weather will hinder the pouring of
the cement, but it will be COM
pleted in the spring as soon as pos
sible. The old bridge, which is in
poor and dangerous condition, will
be repaired and used until that
time.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

lures and stunts will be used every
where.
The fight against tuberculosis is a
winning one, but for so many cen
turtles this disease was thought to be
one that could neither be prevented
nor cured that 1t will take a long time
to bring it entirely under control.
When the organized campaign against
tuberculosis was begun in 1908, the
death rate In Wisconsin was 1898 per
100000 population. The rate for 1924
was 64.2 per 100000, a drop of ALB
per cent. But there is still much to
be done. There are still too many
needless tragedies caused by this pre-
ventable and durable disease. In the
free chest clinic files of the Wisconsin
Anh-Tuberculosis Association may be
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

Mart Hirzel, we'll known Eagle
River real estate dealer and in
surance agent, came to Eagle River
in 1885. There was no store build
ing in town except one in tent
down by the river where the water
works now stands" he tells. The
bridge across the river was a pom
toon affair of logs and RATS fas-
tened to the shore by chains. All
logging was carried on by OK
teams. Where the town now stands
and stretching north to Watersmeet
were stands of the most beautiful
white pine imaginable. 1t ran a
million feet to forty. There were
no streets in town, only tote roads
winding around the stumps."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

round the records of these tragedies
stories of children orphaned by tuber.
culosis; of parents who have lost little
ones OF whole families wiped out. The
nght against tuberculosis must go on,
The Christmas seal sale is the one
appeal made for funds during the
entire year and upon it's success de-
ponds the program for the ensuing
year. The work of the Association
Is educational and it's purpose is to
night tuberculosis by teaching people
how to prevent it. Through namnblets
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

physicians have conducted more than
Lou clinics in about 300 Wisconsin
communities and have made nearly
oo'OOO examinations OF those exam
med more than 9,4OO have been classi-
ned as tuberculous and in about 60
per cent Of this number the disease
was found to be active.
The battle against tuberculosis is
everyone's job. The tuberculosis
germ is no respecter of person. It
strikes wherever it can find fertile
soil-in bodies that are undernour-
ished, that have not been supplied
with proper food sufficient rest, and
plenty of fresh air. Teaching people
know how to keep their bodies fit is
one OF the main functions of the Wis
consin Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18
18th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SEAL.
SALE OPENS ON THANKSGIVING

TLINGING to the four corners of
the state its challenge to con-
tinue battle against the great
white plague, the Wisconsin Anti
tuberculosis Association is making it's
final preparations for the 18th annual
sale of penny Christmas seals which
opens on Thanksgiving day and con-
tinues till Christmas.
Through the already heavily laden
mails are being rushed 33 million CAV
little penny stickers, emblems of the
fight against tuberculosis, which are
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

= Frank Hall, of the Hall Lumber
Co., was only a boy when his par
ents moved to Eagle River in 1887.
He was waterboy in the yard of the
Gerry Lumber Co. when Judge Hig-
gins was foreman. He says: Eagle
River was a clean lumber town.
Lots of fights, but they were clean
ones; no knives or guns allowed
Being the headwaters of the Wis
consin, Eagle River was the head
quarters of the lumberjack. AS
high as three thousand assembled
here after the spring drives. There
was no room for them in town. As
a general rule the man who could
drink the most slept on the pool
table-an honor place. The rest
snored on the floor. Every night
when the drives were over, the
floors were crowded with sleeping
men For years every saloon ran
day and night with never key
turned in the doors. Those were
the days when the pine ran three
or four logs at the most to the
thousand; nowadays it takes thirty
or forty. Life in Eagle River in
those days was for the lumberjack
one continuous good time. You had
to be real man to survive, espec-
tally as most of the supplies had to
be strenuously poled upstream
from Wausau. The early history
of this region would make an in
teresting book"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

James Morgan came here in 1890.
When | came here 35 years ago
the spring drive was just at it's
height. The streets were damned
everywhere with lumberjacks just
out of the woods. The board side
walks were all torn up by their
hobnails. In the building where
our store is now located there was
a saloon and | remember seeing
men six deep lined up at the bar
and those in back showing hands
full of greenbacks over the heads
of those in front for drinks. On the
other side of the store the drunks
were laid out in rows. Among
those laid out were some who were
only taking; they were busy going
through the pockets of the bona
fide dead ones. A undertake.
stake of $3.50 to 5000, piled up dur
ing long winter of hard work and
all manner of privations, usually
lasted him about day and2a night
after he came to town. These fell
lows were as a rule goodhearted
despite their wildness and tough
ness, and when man had lost his
all during a drunk, someone was
always ready to stake him TO pair
of river boots so he could go river
driving and gather together another
stake usually to be spent like the
previous ones. At one time there
were twenty-seven saloons In this
town, and during one Fourth of
July there were no less than seven
teen street fights in which the
blood flowed freely. The lumber
jacks were scrappy fellows and
hard fighters; but their fighting
was nearly always fair. They stood
UP like men and just punched away
like grim Death, and when fel-
low was down there was no kicking
or foul play. A great crowd nat
urally gathered to witness these
and never interfered as long as all
was fair play but to the contrary
encouraged the battlers and sought
to egg them on. If there was any
unfairness, however, it was as much
as the offenders life was worth"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

and magazines devoted to
public health, through lee
lures, movies, slides and ex-
hibits, and through it's trav-
cling free chest clinic the
Association reaches hun
dreds of thousands of peo-
pie with it's message of
health. Since the free chest
clinic work was begun in
1919, the Association'S clinio
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

George T. Moore, of st. Louis,
says that the average city dweller
would gain from 25 to 35 pounds a
year if the body retained all the
SCOT and dust breathed in. How
much does Mr.. Moore figure that
the average man loses by inhaling
the clean, rare air of Northern
Wisconsin's open places?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

to be sold In nearly every
community in Wisconsin.
More than 400 community
managers and 1000 rural
and state graded schools
are organized for this big
educational a id financial
drive. Thousands Of post
ers urging support of the
campaign have been sent
out, and movies, slides, lee
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

Philadelphia is the birthplace of
the movies" for in 1870 at the
academy of music there Henry
Heyl threw on the screen a series
of moving pictures Of a waltzing
couple.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

couple houses. O'Connor, father to
George E., had a set of camps
where Thrun has his oil tanks now
He was logging in back of Pride's
blacksmith shop"
Rod Mcleod also arrived in town
in the eighties, and recalling those
rather hectic days says: They used
to call me one of the men who dug
the river. 1t cost enough to lay
out some Of the streets in Eagle
River as it does to pave the same
streets today. / remember when
they cleaned up Main Street. They
hauled the stumps over on one side
of the street and counted them and
then the next day they hauled
them back again"
Mike Morrison, a resident for
thirty-five years says, I'm those
days there was just room in town
for the saloons. Every second door
was one and sometimes they were
even closer together Plenty of
gambling houses, too. It was a
real live lumberjack town with all
the trimmings"
Z Pat Walsh, the veteran janitor at
the Courthouse, came to Eagle
River as a young man some thirty
five years ago and remembers that
"the town was mostly stumps, with
few houses scattered around In
small clearings. The year | came to
town there was some kind OF
trouble in the woods. The logging
was tied up, and all the lumber
jacks were in town long before
they should be. They were not in
very gracious mood. 1t was al
most impossible to get through the
crowds that paraded the sidewalks
and streets during those days
Things happened every minute that
nowadays a man could be deporteC
for. Every saloon had its gambling
room where professional gamblers
held forth all day and all night
The lumberjack was their meat anc
they cleaned him thoroughly II
short order"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

James Lawler arrived in Eagle
River sometime in 1884 or IS. In
recalling what the town looked like
in those days he remembers that,
IF you take six or seven hundred
stark raving mad lumberjacks, get
them all we'll lit up and turn them
loose, you have a picture OF Eagle
River when the spring drive used
to come down. When | struck town
l didn't stay very long-not that l
was run out or anything like that,
but | was always on the move at
that time. There was nothing much
here except a few camps and a
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

James White, arriving in Eagle
River in the late eighties, found a
town of but four or five houses but
the woods scattered with camps
full of lumbermen. I'm those days
it took good man to be lumber
jack and be a good one. On the
drives in the spring, grudges that
had been nursed all winter were
settled in the old fashioned way;
the best man winning. 1t made no
difference whether you came out on
top or took beating, if you put
up a game fight you were a man
and all right. The woods had no
use for a coward Hard livers and
hard drinkers, the old time lumber
Jack is a pretty scarce article now.
| remember one night one of the
bovs found a horse wandering
around the streets; it was driven
into a saloon, a mock court assem-
bled. the horse fined and when the
owner arrived for his property he
had to pay the fine before he could
claim his animal. The fine was
drinks for the house.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

Mickey Hayden, perhaps the most
famous guide and story teller in
the North. woods and the only liv-
ing man who remembers seeing the
Spotted Calf of the Gold-diggers,
says in answer to what the town
looked like thirty years ago: THE
whole town of Eagle River was
filled with crazy people. Why
didn't l leave? The train had gone
and then when | woke up the next
morning l was Just as crazy as the
rest of them. Whiskey? Well, |
guess-People used to tell me
forty years ago that / would surely
kill myself, but | am still going
strong"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18
EAGLE RIVERS PIONEERS
REMINISCENT
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Continued from Page One)
one over by Boulder Junction and
the other up on the Deerskin. Eagle
River in those days was in my esti-
nation one Of the most orderly of
numbering towns. There were
plenty of sprees, as there naturally
would be in a town in the woods in
those days, but compared to Wood
ruff, Minocqua Three Lakes and
Watersmeet it was a model town.
Plenty of fights but there was al
ways someone so much larger than
the quarrelsome person that he
didn't last long" Mr.. O'Connor's
father, owning all the land which
Eagle River now occupies, is the
man who laid out the town.
A. A. Denton was one of the first
Of the old settlers to penetrate the
woods of this section, when the
railroad reached only Monico. His
father was logger and railroad
builder in lower Michigan. Mr.. Den
ton began cruising timber while a
young man. In connection with
this work he first visited this
region, coming up from Marinette
around 1880 and making his camp
a few miles west of here-then a
country of stately timber, un-
touched and as good as untrod by
the white man. Mr.. Denton shortly
afterward went to Honduras in
Central America, at the time of a
great gold rush there, and operated
a crusher in connection with the
gold mines. In 1883 he returned to
this North Country, locating in
Eagle River when there were only
two buildings here and few log
cabins. This was just then begin
ming to become a supply center for
the logging camps that were being
installed hereabouts, the supplies
being brought from Wausau by
boats poled up the river. There
were two of these camps on the
present site of Eagle River. Mr..
Denton built the third building in
town and established the Denton
Hotel. He soon retired from the
hotel business, however, and re-
turned to his old occupation of
timber cruising.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

Miles Colman has been in Eagle
River SO years, arriving here 1889.
He tells: Il opened law office over
Walsh Brothers store, the building
that is now the pool room. / wanted
to insure my law library and ap-
piled for insurance. No company
seemed willing to issue it. At any
time a forest fire might break out
and sweep the town and the risk
was too great for any company to
take off my hand. Finally l secured
insurance to the extent of $1,000 at
10 per cent for one year. / renewed
it the following year at the same
rate. The next year it was a little
cheaper. The town at that time
contained twenty-five saloons and
one church, but no preacher There
was tough bunch here then, and
not enough of the church going
people to support a resident minis
ter. Those were the days of the big
drives of pine down the Wisconsin
River. A hundred million feet of
logs were foated down the river
every spring. AS the timber was
cut off fires swept over all the re-
gion. At one time you could go
nearly the entire distance up the
chain Of lakes without seeing a
single large green tree. Everywhere
there were rampikes but no woods. !"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

]. J. Roderick came to town as a
young man in 1883. He has vivid
memories of the time, when you
could walk across Yellow Birch
Lake on logs, and real logs, not
scrub timber. The sidewalks were
twelve feet wide, made of board
planks. They were not near wide
enough to hold the lumberjack
traffic in the spring, and one had
to walk out in the road in order to
be reasonably safe from the huge
spiked boots. A real lumberjack
bought only a new hat and shave
and then started out. With the
twenty-six or twenty-seven saloons
it took real man to make the
rounds complete. More often tnan
not he faltered before he came to
the twenties."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

Sam Smith who came to Eagle
River in 1889 and purchased the
Denton House remembers when the
principal sights of Eagle River
were saloons and stumps. The
town was the lumberjack centre of
the North and the streets not broad
enough to hold the lumberjack
traffic North of Sucker Lake the
woods were untouched. When you
drove to Watersmeet it was like
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

driving through tunnel it was
that dark. The forests of tall white
pine were everywhere but under
foot, and met in a perfect arch
over the road"
Frank Dildine blew into town
from the Black Hills in South Da
kota in the days when Deadwooc
and Central City were names that
counted largely in the newspapers
He recalls having seen, the mer
from the camps pour into town II
such numbers that the roomine
houses could not accommodate ever
half of them. They slept on the sa
loon floors, in easements and in the
streets. There were twenty-ont
saloons running night and day
with the bartenders working II
shifts. Niger Henry Ashton whC
lis forgotten around here today
was a popular entertainer at the
saloons. One day a gambler whC
went by the name Of Spot drifteC
into Eagle River dressed like {;
lumberjack. A new deck of card.
would last about fifteen minute.
with him; after that he could reaC
the backs as readily as the faces.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

couple houses. O'Connor, father to
George E., had a set of camps
where Thrun has his oil tanks now.
He was logging in back of Pride's
blacksmith shop"