Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-22

treasury contains barely enough funds
to defray running expenses for three
months. Rhinelander banks have de-
clined to advance any money to the
city and at meeting Of the city coun-
Gil it was voted to delegate Mayor Viii
liam Gilley and City Atty. A. S. For
syth to go to Madison in an effort to
get legislation, which would enable
cities to borrow funds for current ex-
penses.
Madison-Taxes and fees collected
by the state insurance department in
the quarter ending March 81, 1925,
amounted to $1,S79,S6617, w. Stanley
Smith, insurance commissioner, has
announced. This represents the larg-
est aggregate receipts for any year ex-
cept 1924, when the total reached ST.
992749.63. The year 1925 shows net
increase over 1924, Smith stated, the
1924 total having been swelled by $780,
900 collected in back taxes.
OohhOoH -JOllu MulNtl, nISI uldyOI VI
Oshkosh, under the commission form
of government, died at his home in
that city. Death was due to heart
disease, from which Mr.. Mulva had
been suffering for the last six months.
Mr.. Mulva was elected mayor in 1912.
He held the office for six years and did
not run for reelection. He was for
many years prominent il Democratic
circles of Wisconsin.
Madison-The village of Kilbourn,
through N. e. Van Dyke, village at
torney, filed articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state. Kilbourn,
20 miles north of BaraboC, on the Wis
consin river, is in the heart of the
Dells region An unofficial census last
year by local business men estimated
the population at 1,600. KilbOurn
voted to Incorporate at the recent cleo
ton.
Members of the Burling-
ton American Legion have offered their
services as traffic policemen at i'm
portant school crossings during the
noon hour for the remainder of the
school year. The action followed an
accident in which Charles BrentOn, 6,
was run down by a car driven by
high school student.
anesville-Charles l.. Valentine, rs,
postmaster at GAINESVILLE for eight
years under Presidents Roosevelt and
Taft, mayor of the city in 1919 and at
one time or another since his return
wounded from the Civil war, holding
every office in the city and as men,
Der of the Wisconsin assembly, is dead.
Monroe-A. L. Wells, Monroe, secre-
tary-treasurer of the Blumer Products
Co., is the fifth person of that concern
to be placed under bonds charged with
violation of the prohibition law. Mr..
Wells just returned from California
and was served with a warrant that
had been held since March.
Rhinelander-A memorial driveway
in honor of former service men OF
Oneida county will be constructed at
Rhinelander, according to plans of the
w. G. 7. U. The American Legion.
auxiliary and various civic and county
organizations will cooperate in the
movement. Committees have been APP
uoipfnd to l;raot tbo vuOrly
Cuba City-This village is going to
incorporate. The trustees, after order
ing a census of the village, held
meeting and voted to incorporate as
city of the fourth class. There will be
four wardi. A special election has
been called for July Z, for the election
of city officers. The population Is
500.
Fort Atkinson-C Charles Melzner, 70,
a resident of Jefferson county all his
life and one of the oldest Odd Fellows
in Wisconsin, died at his home In
Fort Atkinson. Mr.. Melzner was born
at Golden Lake, Wis. He Joined the
Hahnemann Odd Fellows lodge 81
years ago, being one of its charter
members.
Beaver Dam-Granville Lyon, a
Beaver Dam resident, has started suit
against the city in circuit court for
$4,000 damages, alleging that his prop
erty. has been damaged t. that amount
as a result of the periodical overflow
Of the city water reservoir, a 757foot
tower situated on an adjoining lot.
Oshkosh-Fire, set by a lighting bolt,