Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-18

ShawanO in continuous operation for
many years.
Fond du Lac-Gambling equipment,
including a roulette wheel and chips
valued at more than $3.50, a poker
table and five-gallon tank of alleged
moOnshine which had been built into
the wall above doorway, were seized
by Sheriff A. A. Briggs and deputies
who raided the soft drink parlOr Of
+. j. Holbert, North Fond du Lac
Merrlll-At joint meeting of the
Lincoln County Rod and Gun club and
the Merrill chapter of the Izaak Wal
ton league, the two organizations were
merged. Funds of the gun club were
turned over to the Walton league with
the proviso that they must be spent
for the purposes for which they were
raised
La CrOSSe-A suspicion that George
Putnam, Sparta man, killed by train
at La Crosse, on the night of Feb. s.
was murdered, prompted ali lnvestiga-
ton which resulted in exhuming the
body in Sparta cemetery. No
wounds or fractures were found on
the skull and the La Crosse county
authorities closed the investigation.
ManitOwOc-Cheaper gas rates will
be asked by ManitOwOc of the WiscOn-
sin Fuel and Light Co. as soon as that
company extends it's lines to Two
Rivers, it having recently been granted
a franchise in that city The city coun-
Gil has noted that the companys offer
to Two Rivers specifies lower rates
than prevail in Manitowoc.
Chippewa FallS-John w. Thomas,
70, former state senator and prOmi-
nent in Republican circles throughout
the state, died at Chippewa Falls. He
was a Civil war veteran, and had held
various state offices. Mr.. Thomas was
elected assemblyman for Chippewa
county and served for four succeeding
terms
ManitOwoc = Four persons were
severely burned in an explosion at the
gas plant of the Wisconsin Fuel and
Light Co, ManitowOc. The explosion,
the cause of which had not been deter
mined, wrecked part of the plant and
started a fire in which the east end of
the building was destroyed.
Sparta-Machinery for the factory
of the Sparta Pea Canning Co., re-
Gently constructed in Sparta, is being
installed. Although the raising of peas
never has been a big industry in Mon
roe county, company officials report
that about 500 acres will be planted
this spring.
Rhnelander-Judge A. II. Reid Of
the Oneida county Circuit court trans
ferred to Price county Circuit court the
case of Clark G. Kinney, former Three
Lakes bank president charged with
drainage district. The case will be
tried in Philips the latter part of April.
Milwauk ee-Mrs. Alma Seeley, Mil
waukee, mother of three children. was
sentenced to serve thirty days in the
Milwaukee house of correction and
fined $500 and costs on a second of
Tense charge of violating the liquor
laws. The county will take care Of
the children.
Monroe Federal dry agents of Mil
waukee raided the BloOmer Brewing
company, Monroe, and seized several
automobile loads of alleged real beer.
The drivers of the trucks were held
for hearing before United States com
missioners at Madison.
La CrOsse-The Rev. Robert B. Con-
don, pastor of ST. Mary's Catholic
church, La Crosse, was seriously in
iured when run down by an automo-
bile. He is at a hospital with frac-
tured arm and severe decorations ABOUT
the head and face.
Fond du -Thirty-eight head Of
high grade Guernsey cattle, two large
barns, a large quantity of grain and
feed and much machinery were de
stroyed when fire, starting from a de
fective electric wire, did more than
$4,000 damage at the farm of John
Reilly, Fond du Lac county cattle
breeder.
Jefferson - Twenty-four miles Of
trunk line permanent roads and Is
miles of county trunk lines are on the
1925 road program of Jefferson county