Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-01

suit filed in federal district court by
the Central Trust company of Chicago.
Three ships of the line, the oil burner
h. G. Crosby, the Thomas Davidson,
and the Georgia, were seized and
sealed by United States marshals in
accordance with the terms of the mari
time lien.
Green Bay-With the breakup of
winter, logging operations in the north
woods have virtually ceased Green
Bay lumbermen declare. Nearly all
trains arriving in Green Bay from the
woods" country are loaded with lum-
berjacks returning to the cities seeking
outdoor work for the summer Al
though snow was not as heavy as in
former years, the season was a most
profitable one for lumbermen, it was
said
Rhinelander-One million trout
eggs have just been Matched at the
Hayward fish hatchery under the
supervision of Fred Hewitt of Minoc-
qua, one of the best known fish ex-
perts in the northwest The hatch was
100 per cent and the most successful
in Mr.. Hewitt's many years of expert
ence. Ten thousand of the fry will
be reserved until they attain a length
of three to four inches.
Prairie du Chien-Three bandits en-
tered the offices of the Prairie du
Chen Wooden mills and while one APP
piled for job the others looted the
safe. They were captured by Peter
Laroque of the sheriff'S force within
an hour after the burglary on lonely
road two miles north Of the city.
Waupun-A kindergarten band, all
the members of which are 4 to years
old, will be one of the features of the
Waupun high schools annual vaude-
Vile show. Twenty-Five young artists
will make music with drums, bells,
bird whistles, triangles, castanets, sand
scrapers, tambourines, XylOphone and
sticks.
Racine-Seeking TO prevent the col
lection of $125,000 in normal income
taxes and soldiers bonus and educa-
tional surtaxes for 1918 and 1919 as
levied by the state tax commission,
Fl. NJ. Wallis, former president of the
J. l. Case Plow Co, filed action In
circuit court to restrain the city of
Racine from attempting to collect the
amount or declaring them delinquent.
Tomahawk- AT a meeting of the
Tomahawk Izaak Walton chapter
members went on record against clos
ing the deer season in counties sur
rounding Lincoln county and leaving
this county open, but favored a closed
season throughout the state for at
least two years. A resolution was
passed against the movement to raise
nonresident fishing license fees to So.
SUPERINTENDENT G, Sharpe, so,
pioneer hotel and resort operator at
Elkhart lake, died of a heart stroke
He was one of the organizers and first
president Of the village of Elkhart
Lake, member of the assembly from
1888 to 1887 and Il jury commissioner
OF Sheboygan county for 20 years.
MadisOn-By ruling given at Madi-
son by Judge f. Ray Stevens, a man
doing business in a cO-partnership Is
entitled to offset his income against
the tax of the co-partnership. The
decision was made in the suit Of
commission merchant
against the city of Milwaukee.
Sparta-Supt Nicholas Gunderson
of the Sparta schools has been elect
ed president Of the SchOolmaster's
club of western Wisconsin The club
is composed of instructors of the La
Crosse Normal school and superinten-
dents and principals of about 40 high
schools in western Wisconsin.
Observation-Disclosures with the
chlorine gas treatment to discover its
value as a remedy for influenza are be-
ing conducted at the Rock county poor
farm by Supt. Archie Cullen and DR.
Thomas Snodgrass. There has been q
severe epidemic of the disease at the
farm and 200 patients were treated.
Juneau-One compartment of the
county Jail ut Juneau has been set
aside as a stOreroom for slot machines
the harvest Of recent raids in gener
al cleanup of Dodge county. Gambling
devices thus far seized number nearly
so, and more are expected.
Rhinelander-An automobile driver