Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-30

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to the University Of Wisconsin college
Of agriculture special horse pulling
dynamometer they pulled 5000 pounds
for PIN feet. The old state record
was 2,725 pounds The world record
is 3,425 pounds, made by a team owned
by the Blue Line Transfer Co. of Des
Moines.
Madison-Pollce Chief Franklin
Trostle, Of Madison, has announced
intentions Of forming Boy Scout traffic
squads, members of which will be
vested with police powers, to guard
street intersections near schoOlhouses
before opening and after dismissal of
school each day The police chief and
Scout officials plan to drill the boys
IL the direction of traffic in classes
which will start shortly.
food from rivers and lakes of the state
for commercial purposes is a violation
OF game statute of 1923, Atty. Gen.
Herman l.. Ekern has informed Con-
gresham Florian Lampert, Oshkosh,
In answer to a query from Mr.. Lam
pert on the subject. Sportsmen Of the
Fox river valley have protested to
Congressman Lampert the practice of
taking wild game food out of Wiscon-
sin lakes and selling it.
Plymouth-The 1926 state conven-
ton Of the Fraternal Order Of Eagles
will be held in Plymouth, June 10
to IS, it was decided at meeting of
state officers of the order with local
Association of Commerce members.
plymouth was picked as the next con-
vention city by delegates to the Marsh
field convention this year, but the ac-
ton had 10 be ratified and the dates
set by the state officers.
Observation-Disclosures in the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin will be greater this
semester than last year, preliminary
registration figures indicate. The
registration had reached more than
5000 when classes opened, and late
enrollments are expected to bring the
final total above the SLAP students Of
last year
Green Bay-Une Of the largest bust
ness deals closed in Green Bay in sew
eral years was recorded when the
Northern Cold Storage Co. of that city
was sold to the Midwest Cold Stor-
age Co., a newly organized corporation
composed Of Green Bay business and
professional men. The purchase price
is said to have been 100000
De Pere-Fire which started In the
paint shop of the Hudson Manufactur-
Ing Co, Of De Pere. caused damage
estimated at $4,000 The loss is
covered by insurance The plant, in
which barn equipment and farm nipple
ments are manufactured, will be idle
for an indefinite period and ga men
will be thrown out Of employment as a
result Of the blaze.
M a 1.-THE injunction which
since Aug. Is has restrained Madison
law enforcement officials from confis-
eating slot machines in Dane county,
has been vacated by order Of Judge
A 6 Hoppmann in circuit court.
Chief Of Police Trostle and Sheriff
Joseph Daggett have ordered all ma
chimes found In use to be confscated.
Richland Center-The Sixth Wiscon-
sin battery renewed friendships of
civil war days in it's forty-ninth an
nual reunion at Lone Rock. Five sur
vivors of the company attended. Ten
old soldiers Of Richland and Sank
countless not members Of the Sixth
battery, also were present
Athens-A large dairy barn on the
farm of c. b. Lehman, near Athens.
was destroyed by fire which was start
ed from sparks while a threshing crew
was employed In the barn. Consider
able hay, grain and farm machinery
were destroyed, together with the
threshing outfit The loss is placed
at about $4,000.
Madison-Complete organization Of
the several fire districts in the forest
areas Of Wisconsin will be undertaken
during the week beginning Oct. 5. &C.
eording TO letter sent to Elmer s
Hall, conservation commissioner by
Gov. Blaine.
Madison-The Rev. Norman B. Hen
derson, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Madison, has offered his
resignation, effective Oct l. His sue
eessor has not been named
Eau Claire-Following a recent
breakdown due to her age, Mrs. Mary
McMahon, 1O4, died at her home In
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