Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-12-16


took $4,000 from counter tills and
vault and escaped, presumably in an
automobile. Three customers, with
A. A. Williams, assistant cashier, and
Miss Lena Snoeyeneos, stenographer,
were in the bank when the bandits
entered. They ordered all to face the
wall and hold up their hands. After
gathering all the currency they could
find, they forced the customers and
bank employees into the vault and
closed the door, escaping with the
money.
Madison-Silos are gradually In
creasing In number on Wisconsin
FARMS Paul o. Nyhus, federal state
agricultural statistician, reports. The
state Is dotted with approximately
10000 of the structures, or an aver
age of fifty-six for every one hundred
farms. The growth In the number Of
silos is shown by the records for re-
cent years. There were 100, 100 in
1928 $4,000 in 1921 and II 800 in 1919.
The exact number reported this year
was 1O7, $50. Last year there were
1O4, 2S5.
Madison-One supreme court justice
and five circuit court judges will be
elected in Wisconsin in April, accord
ing to information compiled at the of
flee of the secretary of state. With
one exception, all of the present
judges will be candidates for their
present places and so far no opposi-
ton has been announced to any of the
four present incumbents. Under the
terms of the constitution all judicial
offices are filled at spring elections.
Election of judges at the time of the
general election is prohibited.
Wisconsin has $14, 29S, 099
in its treasury, approximately $780,
600 less than on last Nov. l and ST.
100000 more than year ago. Figures
were announced by State Treasurer
Solomon Levitan. The treasury bal
ance Nov. 1 was .$15,S5S,36S and Dec.
l, 1924, it was $12,299,667. Receipts
during the last month amounted to
$2,416990, while disbursements were
$3,977 ,259.
Sturgeon Bay-The annual Door
county grain show will be held at
Sturgeon Bay, Dec. IS. E. G. Bailey,
county agent, predicts more entries
than in any previous year. The exhib-
it's will be judged by Prof. Lunz Of
the Wisconsin college of agriculture,
who will also give talk on Weeds,
Source of Loss on the Farm.
Milwaukee - The 1926 Wisconsin
State fair will be held Aug 30 to
Sept. 4, according to announcement at
the closing session of the International
Association of Fairs and EXpositions
in Chicago. The North Wisconsin fair
at Chippewa Falls was set for Sept
10 TO IT,. and the Tri-State fair at
Superior, Sept 6 to 10.
Milton Junction-Enid Rice, 5. was
instantly killed when she was run over
by an oil truck driven by her father,
Roland Rice, of Milton Junction. The
little girl had accompanied her father
on a trip into the country to deliver
gasoline, and fell from the seat when
one of the doors suddenly came open.
The rear wheel passed over her head.
lwaukee-Deaths in automobile
accidents are proceeding at rapid
pace, according to reports TO Coroner
Henry Grundman, total of 12S hav-
ing been killed in Milwaukee county
since Jan. l. In the city of Milwau-
kee. according to the traffic bureau,
% persons have been killed.
Madison-Stat aid for transporta-
ton of rural schol pupils in Wisconsin
last year amounting to $11S,O02 has
Just been apportioned by John Gala
han, superintendent of public instruc-
ton. The state aid is paid direct to
the treasurer of the respective dis
tricts.
MadisOn-C. W. Thomas, Washburn.
holds the records as Wisconsin's cham
pion wolf hunter so far this year Be
sides other animals that he has bagged
this fail he has shot thirteen full
grown wolves on which he has col
lected bounties of $500.
Madison-Prof and Mrs. A. R. Hoh-
the death of their son, Rudolph. by
drowning in the Amazon river in South
America. Young Hohlfeld was wide
ly known athlete at the University of
Wisconsin from which he was gradu-
ated in 1923.