Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-11

slble service to grain shippers through
out the northwest at the lowest prices
commensurate with that service. The
new Wisconsin fee of IS cents for in
spection and protein test of grain COM
bined is half the new Minnesota fee
for the same service.
Green Lake-The will of Victor r.
Lawson, late proprietor of The Chi
cagO Daily News and owner Of large
estate in Green Lake county was filed
for probate in the Green Lake county
court at Green Lake by attorneys for
the Illinois Merchants Loan and Trust
Co, executor of the estate. Wisconsin
real estate approximately S1,5O0,O00,
and personal property in the state val
ued at $4,000 will be disposed of
under the will.
Madison-State funds increased
slightly more than $4,000 during Octo-
Der, Solomon Levitan. state treasurer,
reported, The balance in the treasury
on Nov. / was $15,S5S,36S, compared
with $15,7S6,63G on oct. l. Receipts
during the month were $4,0SS,2 S7, and
disbursements $4O1G,554. OF the Nov.
l balance, $125G0,5S4 was in the gem
eral fund.- compared with $l2,305,7O2
on oct. 1.
Manitowoc-Triplets, two girls and
a boy were born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Mas, town of Maple Grove,
Manitowoc county They make the
fourth child born at the Mas home
In less than a year On last Nov. II
Mrs Mas gave birth to her first child
The girls weighed four and one-half
and four and three-fourths pounds and
the boy, six.
Sparta - Frank Beardsley, found
guilty by a jury in circuit court at
Sparta of setting fire to a building
owned by him, to defraud an insur-
ance company, was sentenced by Judge
r. S. Cowie to three to five years in
the state prison. Beardsley took out
$1,000 insurance on a building valued
by witnesses I'm the trial at 5000 to
$500. The insurance company paid
him $1,11S.
Observation-Disclosures on Wisconsin
highways this year had taken death
toll of I'D persons up to Oct. 1, J. T.
Douaghey, state highway engineer, re
ported In July, there were 274 acct
dents, with "a fatalities, and in Au-
gust, 277 accidents with 10 fatalities.
The records have not been completed
for September.
Merrill-A gasoline lantern i'm the
barn at the julius WolIer home near
Merrill exploded, causing the destruc-
tiun of two barns. the 15-rOOm dwell
ing, most of the farm machinery, 40
tons of hay and ZOO bushels of grain
Cattle, horses and furniture were re-
moved from the buildings
Evansville-A party of six hunters
of Evansville killed three wolves,
wounded another and their dogs bat
tied fifth which finally escaped at a
point 10 miles east of this city near
the Rock river. This section has been
the rendezvous for wolves for a num-
Der of years and several have been
killed there during the last few days.
Portage-Tony Buehler, Is, son Of
John Buehler Of Portage. was killed
almost instantly when he was acct
Gentally shot by his friend, Robert
Pfeil, ir., -, The tragedy occurred
as the boys were returning home from
rabbit hunt, on which they started
after school
Sheboygan--Alvin Il. Weber. con-
victed of embezzling funds from James
Failey, while he was secretary of the
Sheboygan Mortgage and Security Co.
was sentenced to one to 10 years in
the state penitentiary by Judge
Michael Kirwan at Sheboygan.
Hurley-For the first time in his
tory, six saloons at Hurley were pad
locked by a deputy United States
marshal following the order issued by
federal court on Sept. "a last. For
year the establishments must remain
closed.
la Crosse-The Merl-Zimmerman
general store and ]. H. Zimmerman j
hardware store at Ontario were de-
stroyed by fire which started it is be-
lieved. from a defective chimney. The
loss is $4,000.