Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-06-10

exhumed and burned the corpse OF
q friend in a summer cottage at Lake
Nebagamon in 1920, clipping with Doro-
thv TO California and permitting his
wife in Eau Claire to collect part of
his insurance, have attained the CLOAK
of legal responsibility for thelr ro-
nance. the goal they set out for. Ihey
were married in Oshkosh. by the ReV.
NJ n. Clifford, following the issuance
of a special dispensation by Judge A.
D. Richter of the Fond du Lac coun-
tv court Miss Anderson was recently
narolad from the Industrial Home for
Women at Taycheedah by the poaro
of control
JanesvilIe-To stop the Bookkeeping
Of Illinois tax-free gasoline from
South Beloit and at the gateway OF
the concrete road into Wisconsin near
Beloit, Dist. Atty. George Geffs threat
ems to post deputy on the wisconsin
side to collect the tax. warning 10
dealers on the Illinois side TO collect
the fax from Wisconsin motorists was
sent out by Mr.. Geffs. THE Wlscon-
sin law makes it a misdemeanor Tor
a Wisconsin motorist to wilfully go
across the line, buy tax free gas ana
then come back and use Wisconsin
roads," the district attorney said.
Richland Center-Fire that threat
ened to raze Richland Center lald
waste a block of buildings with a loss
estimated at $150,000 For nearly i've
hours fire crews from neighborlng
towns fought side by side with the
local department but only the fact that
the wind died down saved the city
from annihilaticn. The blackened
debris was all that remained OF what
had been two homes, an implement
shop, a machine shop, cold storage
cheese warehouse, two restaurants,
hotel, second hand store, and the livery
stable where the fire originated.
Delavan-The Woman's club of
Delavan, through it's landmarks COM
mittee, has purchased an Indian mound
marker, which will be erected on the
assembly grounds at Delavan lake, the
former site of a Winnebago Indian viii
lage. Two other markers will be
erected the same day, one by the Ro-
tary club at the Inlet mounds and the
other by the Commonwealth Edison
Co. at Lake Lawn.
Ripon-A war has been started at
Ripon on graveyard thieves" who
have made it a practice to visit ceme-
teries and remove the flowers that had
been placed there. In some cases even
potted plants have been taken, and
other flowers dug up that had been
planted upon the graves. Private
home gardens also have been invaded.
Police are on the lookout for the Gull
prits.
Fond du Lac-The twenty-seventh
district of the International ASSocia-
ton of Lions clubs, at recent meet
ing at Fond du Lac, unanimously elect
ed Robert E. Hine of Milwaukee
governor of the district. La Crosse
was selected for the 1926 convention
city. Sheboygan had the largest repre-
sentatiOn in the parade. Appleton
won the prize for the best appearing
den.
Madison-Bids for the construction
of an addition to BascOm hall at the
University of Wisconsin, authorized by
the 1u25 legislature, will be asked as
soon as specifications by State Engi-
neer Arthur Peabody are completed,
according to Senator John T. Cash
man, regent. The extension contem.
plates an addition to the central pOr-
ton of the rear and an addition to
the south wing.
N1ilwaukee-An excavating group
working under the direction of DR..
). A. Barrett, director Of the Milwau-
kee public museum, unearthed the
skeleton of a mound builder Indian
and large clay pot on the south side
OF Green lake near Utley Both dis
coverieS were in we'll preserved condi-
ton, though buried only Is inches be-
low the surface.
Neenah-The United States Govern.
ment engineering department has been
petftioned by Mayor George e. Sande
OF Neenah to open the gates of the
Fox river dam to relieve the polluted
condition of the river and latle Lake
Butte Des Mortes. The flow in the
river at Neenah has practically been
stopped due to the unreasonable low
stage of water.
1anesVlile-Richard Valentine, rs,
VINO with his brother, A. NJ Valen-