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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-05-27


lofoe the entrance OF the
states passed as JlnhoJIceo
r.. County as thoy did N me :
y. Great difference Of opin-
,saro naturally would be IN
rr with a mong German
However there was noth-
o.ara then in being pro-''er-
4 Vas not then treason; II
+. on.g Of your ancestry OF the
Fs...yoaa.. Of German propa2ah-
..J money This sentiment
.1 Amos, daily AS prices Tor
and labor followed each other
..corI heights but i was noticeo
,sore WAS q gradual swing IN
ointment toward the Entente.
. NJ. .Eorc was nothing to prevent
KAN r. his popularity could
4tbc strain from chanting the
...o NJ Hate on any corner. lie
oroa disapproye Of the pres
Americans aboard the
AJAX. saving chat they had no
.,o.. IN board ship that was
.,;oo arms and get away with
.I .GII not be any more un-
a..o rban were the senators
" laIod tho Aiming Of Mer-
g..,.Lin. Bin in the Senate.
", n ,nitc Of all this seeming
.,.;oo and dislntercst, Villas Coun-
I'M bccn represented on the
=, ,arn Front AS early as the sum
.rI0I5 In June Of that year
w po.o We'll sailed from Hobok-
~" m..5 he Chicago Hospital Unit
months service on the bat
n. fnc This unit was under the
s...,ioo If the late DR.. j. B. Muir
.", rlo Mercy Hospital III Chi
...o I.anding in Falmouth they
,nra frst ordered to the Darda-
,o.Io. This order was cancelled
u..oc thew could embark. They
aor then ordered to the French
From. All that summer and fall
aov had charge Of a hospital in
aa Zone Of Advance. During the
ba..Ic Of Loos they handled more
ws, .bqn did any English hospital
.m received Honorable Mention
.or their good work This unit
u,c. six months service returned
70 thc United States in December
81. the same year. Miss Well later
.au much service during our per-
II .tI,a ,.,.
A. the spring Of 1917 advanced
,6c general interest in the county
was found 70 be not So much the
WU q, The spring elections. The
Diplomatic breach with Germany
Bag occurred in February still we
were NOT at war but visibIy recov-
aIinu Ga,, tL,4 "t., ,,,.,.,,l 49,,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-05-27
'VILAS COUNTY In THE GREAT WARP

Charles X. Johnston, Commander
Frederic ]. Walsh Post No. ia.
Formerly a member of the 34Oth
Ambulance Co.; attached to the End
Army in France.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
TY GEORGE II. DACY.

~ OLUMBIA ISLAND, gem Of
49, the Potomac, is raising her
shores from the river bottom,
~ a daughter of silt salvage and
Evening star., 1925-09-20
"The Evil Eye"

| IKE all Orientals. the Sudanese
have a great horror of the "evfl
eye" a fixed stare often makes them
uncomfortable, and the gray or blue
eyes of Europeans, with the CLINT of
anger in them. strike fear, if not
terror, into the hearts of most. Neu-
field, an Austrian, who was long held
prisoner by the dervishes of the
Sudan, has told of the powerful eff
feet of this superstition. The event
here referred TO took place soon after
he was captured.
A young dervish conducted him to
spot removed from the other pris-
oners AS they walked along, the
youth said: God Is just; God is
bounteous; please God, tomorrow our
eyes shall be gladdened by seeing
white kaffir yoked with a shayba TO
a black one
This shayba, is a forked limb of
tree. The fork is placed on the neck.
pressing against the larynx, the stem
projecting before the wearer. the right
wrist is then tightly bound TO the
stem with thongs of fresh hide, which
soon dry and bite" the flesh The
ends of the fork are drawn as closely
as possible and fastened with a cross
piece.
1t is a cruel instrument Of torture
for the arm must be kept extended 10
Its utmost: to attempt to relieve the
tension means pressure on the
larynx. If one be yoked to another
man. that man throws pressure on
you and You on him
1rritated beyond endurance by the
youths gibes and jests and hoping
to put an end to everything at once.
Neufeld threw his weight and strength
into one blow. The Austrian was
powerful man and felled the Sudanese
senseless. Taking the natives rifle.
Neufeld strode back to the tent and
entered. His eyes must have been
blazing. He glared from one to the
other, wondering whether TO FIRE the
one shot and then start clubbing"
until he was cut down
Hanna. the best Of the dervishes,
held UP his hand, saying: Wait"
The Austrian hurriedly related what
had occurred and told what he in
tended to do. Hanna then came to
him, saying:
No, no. You are not to be put
In shayba. Our orders are to de
liver you alive and we'll"
Then, turning to the others, he con
tlnued: Hand this man over to me.
L shall deliver him alive and we'll.
Some demur was made, when, low,
ering the rife, Neufeld placed the
butt on the ground, rested his chin
on the muzzle and, addressing him
self to all, said that unless he were
left in Hamza's charge he should
press the trigger. on which his great
toe was then resting
Hama again urged his point and
said: If you do not agree, and
this man does any harm to himself,
declare myself innocent of all blame
and responsibility. I have heard of
him: he will do as he says"
The effect of these words was
magical. Take him away-keep him:
do what you wish TO him. they cried
Never let him come near us again
never, Never let him look upon US
with his eyes,''
Evening star., 1925-09-20
Without Sleep.

n an effort to determine the effects
of protracted wakefulness on the
human body. DIR. n. F. Fisher and DR..
Nathaniel Kleitman of the University
of Chicago remained awake continu-
ously for five days and nights, saws
Popular Science Monthly They took
turns at the experiment, one acting as
observer while the other STAYED awake
Two assistants were necessary to keep
the experimenters from falling asleep
during the latter stages of the test.
The first day was, of course, easy"
says DR.. Fisher. ANY one can stay
awake for single night. and most
persons probably have done so.
THE fourth night found me terri
bly, depressed. 1 did not want to work
at ALL All 1 wanted to do was sleep
To make the task of staying awake
little easier for me. my attendants
took me to a cabaret in hope that the
excitement and change of scene might
stir me up. Riding there. constant
prodding by my escorts was required
to keep the motion of our cab from
putting me to sleep.
II was extremely sluggish on the
fifth and last day. 1 had lost all in
terest in everything-eXcept sleep. !
had to force myself to perform even
the slightest movement, and I had to
keep moving all the time or fall asleep
on my feet. The experiment was be-
coming a nightmare.
AT 10 pm. l was permitted to sit
on my bed, unattended, and imme
diately 1 dropped over to the mattress,
sound asleep. So 1 remained. almost
as lifeless as a stone, for 10 hours.
Then l awoke, arose, dressed myself
and went about my work as usual.
was not so active as 1 should have
been, still 1 was able to work and to
accomplish something. Within two
days l was quite normal again, seem
ingly none the worse for my expe-
rience."
Evening star., 1925-09-20
Upper End Of tGe MaN-Made Island.

will shrink and settle about feet,
so that the final elevation of Columbia
Island will be 20 feet above the aver
age low surface of the Potomac.
The trench which was initially ex-
cavated at the upper end Of the island
Is 80 feet wide and feet deep. A
great mass of material for the levee
walls was recovered from this ditch
digging. The 4o-acre strip which is
being removed from Columbia Island
is being cut off in the form of a wedge
about 400 feet across. The shore line
is being altered so that this long and
narrow island will offer minimum
obstruction to the Potomac's channel
flow.
Many years ago, riprap wall of
| rock about one mile fong-it is called a
training dixie wall-was thrown into
place along what is now one of Co
lumbia Islands river fronts. This
rock.ribbed border has held the fine
g>ained silt and sand captive during
! the detailed work of island construc-
ton. Additional riprap barrier is be-
ing built as needed Wherever the sal
vaged soil Is so soft and mucky that
| it lacks stability enough to hold its
place after deposit on the island sur
face, rock retainment is utilized to
remedy such weakness.
Incidental to the preliminary work
done by the Arlington Bridge Commits
| sion, Maj. O'Connor's aides have also
been prospecting the rock strata which
Hnderlie the Potomac, to ascertain
| their utility as permanent anchorage
and support for the huge piers and
| abutments which will carry the load
of the massive bridge. In this ex-
plorative work, ca1yx core boring ma
chimes have been used. These prospect
holes were sunk along the route of the
| Arlington Bridge across the Potomac
in order to determine how far below
| the surface bedrock lay, and what the
quality and texture of this rock are
Two core borings and 1S supplement.
tary probings were made where each
bridge pier will be built. One hundred
additional probings were made on Co
lumbia Island, where potential con-
struction will take place. The results
of this subterraneans research were
/ highly satisfactory. Bedrock. consist
! ing of Potomac gneiss, popularity
called Potomac granite, was found in
abundant veins, IS to 40 feet below
mean low water. This gneiss consti-
tutss sxcallant foundation rock and
Evening star., 1925-09-20
Gas olive Exc AVIATOR B uudtng Levee

Arlington Memorial Bridge arose. En-
gineering science solved the riddle by
devising a system of amputation;; in
which Columbia Island was selected
as the victim. BY carving 40 acres
from the man-made islands dimen-
sions and by properly adjusting it's
contour the District engineers found
that they could compensate for the
obstruction to current flow and chan
mel blockade engendered by the .gi-
gantic bridge piers. That is why,
nowadays, If you glide by gasoline
power or paddle your own canoe in
the vicinity of Analostan or Columbia
Island, you will come upon scenes
Of reclamation which make you think
you are visiting the Florida ocea n
front, where million. dollar enterprises
in rescuing new islands from the sea
floor are common. --rf
Cutting down at one place and
building up at another-that Is the
island sculpturing campaign which
occupies the attention of pipeline
dredges, eXcavatorS and clamshell
dredges just opposite notable Airing
ton Farm, now proving grounds for
Uncle Sans Department Of Agricul.
ture and formerly part of the his
toric Custis estate. A. total of $780,
600 cubic yards Of river bottom will
be dredged from the Potomac and de-
posted on Columbia Island. The is
land shaping project will cost 1856, ,000
and will not be completed until about
March, 1927. Maj. James A. O'Con.
nor Of the United States Engineers
Office is carrying on this work for
Col. c. o. Sheriff.. who is chairman
of the Arlington Memorial Bridge
project The active operations are
under the direction of E. A. Schmitt
Mai. O'Connor's assistant, while f. j
Merrick, jr., acting with Mr.. Schm1tt
has charge of the operations afeld-
or. better, ahoat.
When tho island amputation began
Columbia Island covered 172 acres
A part Of the island will be separated
from the main body and left to grow
potentially in the same way that Co
lumbia Island has been developed
Forty acres will be sliced off the con
figuration Of Columbia Island and
used In increasing its elevation.
When fipally completed, the revamp
ed body of land, which will be one
of the terminals of the Arlington
Bridse plan, will cover 1e1 acres. vii
be shrouded with trees and ornamen
tails, as is the Potomac Park Speed
Evening star., 1925-09-20

will provide suitable base for the
Arlington Bridge piers and abutments
and accessory construction.
A RLINGTON Memorial Bridge it.
: self will be 2,13s feet in length,
with the central spans 1s4 feet apart
and the end spans 166 feet long. The
bridge will be built as low as is con.
sistent with safe engineering practice
so that the vista of the Lincoln Me-
mortal. Washington Monument and
the Government building, from Co.
lumbia Island will not be obscured or
obstructed. This magnificent bridge
will link together the Lincoln Me
mortal and Arlington by a matchless
boulevard. There will be two other
single-arch bridges which will connect
Columbia Island with the Virginia
shore. One of these will constitute the
passageway for Lee Highway travel
as it speeds to view the multitudinous
marvels of Americas Capital.
The eXpanse of water which will lie
between Columbia Island and the Vir-
ginia shore has been christened
Boundary Channel by. the District en-
gineer's office. This name has been
approved and ratified by the National
Geographic Board, Washington or
SdnILatlOn winch passes on the off1Clal
names and titles which will be placed
on all maps and charts. Boundary
Channel will be the boating and canoe
ing center of the Columbia Island
neighborhood. Many landing places
will be provided on the pleasure
island. Boundary Channel at present
is 100 feet wide and from to 6
feet deep. 1t will be one waterway in
the Washington neighborhood which
will be safe for canoeing, as the
jeopardy Of deep water will not en-
danger those who enjoy the sport.
Very few Washingtonian have prob
ably ever visited Analostan Island,
which covers 80 acres and raises it's
peak point to an elevation 80 feet
| above the Potomac's shimmering sur
face. This rhomboidal body of land
is the sister island to Columbia and
separated from 1t by water channel
100 feet wide. Analostan Island is
owned by gas company. Some time
ago. attempt was made to build two
enormous gas tanks, with combined
capacity of 20,090,000 cubic feet, on
Analostan Island Such construction
would have marred the beauty of Ar
unxton Bridge and Columbia Island.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
Waterproof Clubs.
NEW process for treating WOO,

A NEW process for treating wooden
golf clubs makes them water.
proof and extremely hard. says Popu
lar Science Monthly. Heads of sea
soned persimmon wood are subjected
to a vacuum that extracts every par
wood, which then is impregnated with
the newly discovered chemical. The
club heads then are dried and hard
ened.
Clubs treated in this manner are
said to have greater driving power
than other wooden clubs and not to
shrink or expand with varying atmos
pheric conditions. Inserted face plates
are not required. since the chemically
treated wood is itself harder than fiber
bone or ivory.
Evening star., 1925-09-20

indorsed by Uncle Sam and his Off
cial representatives. This Fine Arts
Commission surveys and studies,
schemes and plans for the future up
building of our Capital City. 1t
champions uniformity of design and
the proper blends of Identification.
1t links together the form and shape
and architecture of one new building
or memorial with all those that have
been raised before, so that the final
picture is product of artistry and
uniformity. free from all blotches or
! unseemly foreign ma terials.
The navigable channel of the Poto-
mac River now runs along the Dis
trict shore, this 24-foot waterway be-
ing sufficient to serve the needs of all
the shipping which still docks in
Georgetown as one of it's commercial
terminals. The revamping of Column
bia Island and the building of the
Arlington Bridge are necessitating a
change in the course of the channel
thereabout. Navigation in the future
will follow a route closer to the middle
of the river. The navigable passage
way under the Arlington Bridge will
be about midway along its length.
The ownership of Columbia Island
/ is vested by law in the District of Co.
lumbia. More than a century ago,
during the era when Maryland and
Virginia were exerting every effort
to develop a water route which would
facilitate commerce between the At
lantic seaboard and the Ohio Valley
country. Virginia ceded to Maryland
property rights to the Potomac River
as far as the Old Dominion shore line.
Subsequently, when the District of
Columbia came into being and the
10.nile-square block was carved from
the Maryland and Virginia maps, the
| rights to the Potomac River which
had belonged to Maryland over that
part of the river included within the
| newly created District passed to the
| District of Columbia Hence, today,
| the District owns all that part of the
Potomac which washes her shore line
on the one side and extends over to
| the northern boundary Of Virginia on
| the other. Marshes, swamps and
! islands. formed by river wash and
! sediment accumulation within that
area are the property of the District
| by riparian rights.
| For about II years previous to the
] inauguration of the Arlington Bridge
plan, Columbia Island has been In
Evening star., 1925-09-20
Amputa0n to Chance Form of Columbia Island in Potion

Legal restraint was exercised The
gas tanks were rot built. Prospects
are that the District, in the logical
course OF events, will gain possession
of Analostan Island by Government
purchase. In the years to come, this
isle of virgin beauty will doubtless be
added to Washington's chain of public
parks. With Columbia Island, 1t will
form twin pair of water-bound play
grounds unexcelled in the civilized
world.
Even after the completion of Colur1-
bia Island, the work of removing the
accumulations OF silt and sand from
the Potomac must continue. This
means that, as long as the historic
river continues to flow. debris will
have to be removed from its channel
as regularly as our seasonal calendar
The little island, which will be cut
from Columbia Island and left like an
abandoned child, may in the future be
the scene of another chapter of sal
wage operations. For the Potomac, con-
spring with Jupiter Pluvius, will con-
tinue its robbing of Peter TO pay Paul.
In this instance, Peter is the Virginia
and Maryland river hills and shore
line, while Paul is the District of
Columbia, our national seat of Gov
ernment.
Evening star., 1925-09-20

way, and will be accessible to pedes-
trians and motor traffic by chain of
boulevards and footpaths. The Lee
highway will cross on a single-Span
bridge from the Virginia shore to CO.
lumbia Island, and there will link into
the Arlington Bridge. A beautiful
polygonal temple will be built at the
northern end Of the Lee highway on
Columbia Island. Two marble col
| umns, each 1876 feet high, symbolizing
North and South, will be erected at
the intersection of Arlington Bridge
, and Columbia Island.
At present a Pinch hydraulic
dredge. and a clamshell dredse are
working Is hours out of every "a In
two shifts. Within a month an IS
| inch dredge will join the campaign
! forces. This latter apparatus Is now
busy on the Potomac near Alexandria.
The work at Columbia Island is be-
| ing carried on both night and day.
1t is indeed a remarkable sight to
| visit the scene by starlight, when
/ artificial illumination is necessary.
| Mighty mechanic shovels gouge into
| the island area and tear loose heavy
! loads of earth which are deposited
as levee walls. The hydraulic dredge
then pumps the river bottom into
the spoil behind these walls.
| Gradually the island raises its nose
higher and higher above the mean
low-water line. When finished and
turned over to Col. Sherrill's office for
planting and Identification Columbia
| Island will be a water-bordered
plateau whose tableland will be exact
ly 20 feet above the mean lowwater
line. after shrinkage and settlement
| have occurred.
A sea wall feet high, similar to
that which surrounds the Potomac
Park Speedway, will be built along
|, 1000 feet Of Columbia Islands river
face to begin with. A stone founda.
ton 1000 feet long is also part of the
original construction program. In the
course of time the sea wall will be
| extended entirely around the island.
! Columbia Island, when completed, will
| be one and one-half miles in cir
cumference.
| THE Fine Arts Commissions body
of consulting experts, carefully
considered and criticized the plans for
Columbia Island and the. Arlington
Memorial Bridge before these con
structfonal' programs were officially
Evening star., 1925-09-20

creasing annually in size and height
as a result of its spoil basin use.
Hundreds of loads of rock have been
freighted down the Potomac from the
upper quarries and deposited along its
borders as barriers to hold the ooZy
mud raised from the river bottom and
pumped into this deposit. The power
full centrifugal pumps used on the
District dredges will force streams Of
silt and sediment from Davy Jones
Potomac locker through portable
pipelines, $500 to 5000 feet In
length, for ultimate deposit. The ca
pacity of the dredge is measured by
the depth and character of the sedi-
ment and the distance which 1t has
to be pumped. Suffice to say, In this
regard, that the District dredges along
the Potomac have been worked to the
maximum limit commensurate with
efficient accomplishments ever since
their first days labor.
X
TO begin with, a trench was dug
along the line of Columbia Is
lands new face. The material ex-
cavated from this trench is heaped to
a height of IA feet in levee formation
along the island shore line. This levee
is DClnS CdTTIcQ DIS d ClrCuH1leT c1lidi
ring around the entire island. The
power excavator and derrick boats are
being used in this work, and in places
where the mechanical fingers cannot
be employed, the work is performed
by hand. The small dredge boat fol-
lows in the wake Of the levee con-
struction and is used to pump mud
and sand behind the earthen retain
ing wall in order to reinforce and
strengthen it. The larger 18-inch hy-
draulic dredge boat completes the
work and fills the spoil basin to the
desired elevation.
The first lift" of the fill is being
raised to a height of IL feet. When
this task is completed. additional lev
ees will be raised along the shore
side In a second tier to an elevation
of 10 feet. Then the two dredge boats
will follow in order and transfer mil
lions OF cubic yards of river bottom
to shore and distribute the. material
uniformly over the island area. The
process will be continued until the
second-story island raises its surface
to an average distance of 22 feet above
mean low water. Then the reclama,
ton Job will be finished. The MI
Evening star., 1925-09-20

THE perplexing problem Of how to
fortify the City Of Washington
against future floods without detract'
ing from the original scheme Of the
The Washington times., 1925-05-21
OHORT STUFF "a
= FOR ROOTERD

George SisIer was stopped BY
Harris and Groves after hitting
safely IN thirty-four consecutive
games and the AtheItics added to
the general tragedy BY beating the
Browns, 8 to s. Williams homer
with the bases filled in the sixth
staked the Browns to the lead but
Davis acouldn,t hold Il.
Base hits rang or the ramparts
ike the chattering of castanets as
the Pirates, getting twenty-five hits
beat the Dodgers In e walk, IL to -
Kramer pitched commercially.
Frank MerriweII turned pea green
with envy as the Indians, entering
the ninth five runs to the bad,
rallied around PennOck and HOyt
and slugged their way 70 q 10 to >
decision over the poor old Yankees.
The Reds suddenly snapped out
Of it with 8 nine run rally n the
sixt and beat the Braves, Is to s.
Burrus had q perfect day with
four singles and a homer.
Pitchers were absolutely philan-
thrOpic as the White Sox won q
go as you please from the Red
Sox, 10 to Z. twenty passes being
issued, of which Mack Obligingly
furnished six in two innings.
The Washington times., 1925-05-21
FOREMAN HURT
P0STP0|IES
CONTEST
Waterman and Bass VIII
MingIe il Substitute Head-
liner at Barracks

Because Of an injury TO Al Fore.
mans hand, he has been forced IN
postpone his scheduled meeting az
the Washington Barracks next
Monday with Bobby Garcia, II was
announced today by frankie Mann.
matchmaker. Instead Of the
Garcia-F Foreman scrap, Mann Will
present Jimmy Waterman and Nick
Bass IN the feature bout Of show
to be put on at the barracks
either Monday or Wednesday,
Mann matched Foreman and
Garcia at the request Of the fans
themselves, who were offered q
choice between this bout and the
Waterman Bass attraction, which
promises to be b socktng affair
from the first bell on TO sudden
end.