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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
May Build Hotel.

"A party OF business men were in
Mlnocqua recently to select a site
on the north end of Minocqua lake
for new $50 room hotel.
1t is the intention of the party
to form a corporation for the cree
ton OF a year round hotel to be
ready by June, 1926. In connection
with the hotel there will be golf
course, club house and cottages
Tor summer occupancy. Every fea-
ture IN connection with the hotel
Will be modern in every way. The
cost OF the enterprise is estimated
at $780, 00.-Minocqua Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
ASK RURAL DELIVERY
Residents South and South
east From Sayner Petition
for Mail Delivery

Bids are now being asked for the
operation of a star route In mail
service to patrons on a line OF
some twenty-three miles which lies
south and southeast of the village
of Sayner. Bids will be received by
A. v. Dewitt, postmaster at Sayne4
up to July 2Sth.
This service asked for, runs south
of the village and then east to the
Big St. German territory and IN
cludes Lost lake and that section
1t is some twenty-three miles IN
length, and the service will be given
patrons from June first to Septem-
Der thirtieth of each year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
MAY PADDOCK HURLEY
Government in August Will
Seek Injunctions at Super
Tor Court.

Trial of cases on the criminal
docket in federal district court at
Superior will begin August II, U.
S. Assistant District Attorney
Stanley M. Ryan announced last
Friday morning, and the term bids
fair to exceed in duration and
number of cases the last, at which
two car loads of prisoners were
sent to the Milwaukee house of
correction.
One of the principal activities of
the government at this term will
be to seek injunctions invoking
the paddock law" on large num-
Der Of places at Hurley and other
points in Northern Wisconsin. In
addition there will be large num-
Der of liquor cases to try as the re-
suit of indictments at a recent ses-
sion of federal grand jury at
Madison.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
Train Missed Truck.

People at the depot Friday morn
ing witnessed a close call between
the truck of Dunphy-Holzman and
the Northern Lakes Special at the
Wall-Railroad streets crossing. 1t
was one of the closest shaves the
driver of the truck will ever want
and possibly will be lesson to the
driver and others that little extra
precaution when crossing rail
road track never fails in producing
favorable results. Some of the by
ISLANDERS who witnessed this near
accident, claim it was inches be-
tween the truck and the train.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
viii Destroy Slot Machines.

District Attorney Radcliffe IS
giving final notice this week that
All slot machines in the county will
pc destroyed unless they are re-
moved before the sheriff and his
deputies call around. Some time
ago a ban was placed upon these
machines in Villas county and their
removal is now demanded by the
district attorney.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22


Then, why pay them good money for some
thing that is of earthly benefit to you or
the community. You do it quite frequently and
possibly you have not looked the matter
squarely in the face
have in mind an instance just last week.
Rushed to capacity we were pushing the force
to do "a dozen things at once and make some
Roadway in order to make sufficient money TO
meet our bills. In came a travelling photo
grapher and requested that we suspend opera
tions long enough for him to take an interior
view of the shop and all it contained. "Will
Just take few minutes said this fellow
When asked if he would pay for the time lost
he emphatically stated NO. and was some
what peeved when the request was denied
And the reason denied it was just this jim
Parfitt is our home photographer and darn
good one none better in this section. He lives
here, owns property pays taxes and ALWAYS
comes across" when contribution is needed
in fact is booster for the community and
spends his money when possible AT HOME
With me, you and the other home business men,
Why then, should patronize some cake" pic
ture guy who pays no license to do business
while Parfitt does) and who gives you damn
little in return for the money you hoist his
way.
Is 1T fair to you, your town or to Parftt?
Just a few weeks ago a fellow struck here
and wanted me to give him price on printing
a single card "directory"-said it would be
placed in EVERY resort in the district Got
good amount of cash from the merchants and
issued them half dozen; maybe only three of
these directories-and few Let me add that
Menefees shop refused to do this work for it
was skin game from start to finish and felt
that it would be taking ready money from our
own business men and giving it to an outsider
who paid no license money neither did he pay
any taxes nor did he leave his money here, as
| do.
The village has law, likewise the state
whereby any person doing business in trans
lent manner must pay tax, and it is mighty
good law, too. While it keeps out transents it
also keeps out county taxpayers who cannot
afford to pay the license fee daily on some com
modify they wish to display and sell in this or
some other village in the county where they
are taxpayers. Wouldn't it be more equitable
to slip the halter for home man once in a
while if outside fellows are allowed to poster
the communities in the state, than to allow the
sharks to get away without having paid any
licenses?
Things like the above will slip through the
hands of the officials and is not done intention
ally; but if the people will bear in mind to ask
these birds" if they have license before
coughing up their money, it will give the offc-
ials an opportunity to save money to the home
fellows and make the outsider pay his share,
which he should.
If the business people in Eagle River will
think twice before doing business with those
pedders, Jim Parftt, myself and others will
appreciate the fact that they are with us in
stranger who is out after the money and rarely
gives any value in return. Just think it over,
you fellows who listen to~peddlers.
D. c. Menefee.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
Two Old Timers.

Joe Deckert and Ed. Mechler, two
former Eagle River residents and
business men dating back some
twenty years ago arrived here this
morning for a weeks visit. Both
are now located at Marshfeld
where they have been since leaving
Eagle River.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
SLOT MACHINE OWNERS.

Several weeks ago the sheriff of
Villas county notified slot machine
owners to remove their machines
from the county, but they have not
done so. Now, unless this is done
at once, machines will be destroyed.
Jonas Radcliffe,
22-1t District Attorney.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
Spending Vacation Here.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Wendl, who
last year conducted resort on Lac
Vieux Desert lake north of Phelps,
arrived in that section last week,
coming from a trip through north
ern Minnesota. They are spending
some time in this section before
returning to Chicago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
Fractured His Ribs.

Being squeezed between fence
post by Ford car, H. V. Larson of
Buckatoban is suffering from sew
eral fractured ribs. He and DR..
Grinde were in the village Thurs
day last.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
Congregational Church.

Morning worship at II O clock.
Sunday school at 9:45. Tourist
friends most cordially welcomed.
Good music, a spirit Of reverence,
a Christian message in the Ian
guage and thought-forms of today.
Rev. Lewis H. Skidmore, Pastor.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
Is in Hospital.

MRS, Victor Ericsson of Phelps is
IN the Rhinelander hospital where
she has just gone through a very
serious operation. Reports yester-
uay say that she is doing nicely.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
They Don't Pay Your Tanes-

Did you ever know of any peddIer
paying taxes in your community, or
helping further anything for the COM
munitie's advancement!
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22
NOTICE

Light and power will be
discontinued from IL p. m. to
6 a. m. until further notice.
This is made necessary on &C
count of low water.
Eagle River Light and Water
Commission.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-22

Villas County News $500 a year.
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20
Climate of Alaska Less
Severe Than Supposed

1t is a surprise to many people,
says the weather bureau of the
United States department of agri-
culture, to learn that tropical day.
time temperatures are recorded in
Alaska every summer, and that
there are parts of the territory,
notably in the Aleutian Islands and
along the southern coast, where
zero readings have never been OBJ
served.
While the climate of Alaska pre-
sents great contrasts and in some
sections is quite rigorous at times,
it is healthful and invigorating. The
economic development that has al
ready taken place in the territory
has been achieved largely through
the aid of climate conditions, rath-
er than in spite of them. For ex-
ample, the overland transportation
of supplies, machinery, etc., for
mining and other development
work, would be impossible in a
climate with winter temperatures
above freezing, without the build
ing Of expensive roads and bridges.
Modern tractors now draw great
loads across frozen streams, bogs,
and tundra to remote districts, with
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20

but little previous preparation of
roads and trails. The excessive
precipitation of southeastern Alas
ka has forested the development of
the vast mineral and timber re-
sources of that district by making
available an abundance of cheap
hydro-electric power. Even the
great fur-seal industry of the Prib-
ilOf Islands is largely dependent
for its success on the excessive
amount of cloudy and fOggy wealth
er that prevails there during the
seal-taking season, since the seals
can not be driven to slaughter dur
ing sunshiny weather without over
heating them and lowering the
quality of their fur.
! AS an Illustration of the posi-
bilities of agriculture in some of
the interior valleys, it may be said
that in the Fairbanks district
where spring wheat, oats, potatoes
and other vegetables, and small
! fruits are successfully grown, there
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20
STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN

VHERE has been much discus
Il sion in recent years of how to
eliminate fatalities and accidents
at railroad grade crossings. The
popular cry has been to build over
head or underground approaches.
1t has been estimated that the cost
of such a procedure would almost
equal the value of the railroads.
To Offset the carelessness of the
public. the American Steam and
Electric railways have done much
educational work to show the dang
er of crossing railroad tracks with
out stopping to investigate. Fig
ures show that there were 73S fat
alities from June 1 to October /,
1924. and that this was 131 less
than during the corresponding
period in 1928.
Crossing accidents can be practi-
cally eliminated if people can be
awakened to the fact that it is their
own lives which are endangered by
their own carelessness at grade
crossings.
A bill recently introduced in the
legislature makes it necessary for
the motorist to stop before crossing
a railroad at grade.
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20
FEBRUARY HEROES

TWO national heroes came to this
Il earth in February. A very good
month for America.
George Washington seems a shad-
owy figure to young folks now
But his romantic story goes be-
yond the thrills of fiction. His
military skill would have made him
a famous general in any age.
Greater still was his unconquer-
able courage. If it had not been
for that resolute spirit, we might
still be serving the English king.
Who knows?
When ordinary human nature
sank into despair, George Washing
ton began to get into full action.
When they told him a thing could
not be done, he began to get
thoroughly interested. We can't
rise to that level. But if we would
follow our best leaders as Wash
ington's men followed him across
frozen Valley Forge, We would get
somewhere in this country.
Abraham Lincoln could direct
the fighting armies with the relent-
lessness of any warrior. But when
the fighting was over, the beaten
man was his brother, to be well
coined back to his old place in the
family circle. If his big heart could
have guided this country through
the tragic reconstruction days, the
bitter taint Of that time could never
have soured the relations between
North and South.
Lincoln was a plain man. To
him the shows and tinsel of the
world, its glories and composites,
were but dust and ashes. If his
warm sympathy were leading US
now, the deep chasm between rich
and poor would be obliterated. Men
would be ashamed, in the reveal
ing sunlight of that great soul, to
strive for selfishly used wealth or
to shirk honest toll.
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20
THE GENTLEMAN FROM PIMA

A MONG the new men in the Ari
IA zona state senate is T. w. Don
nelly of Tucson, one Of the three
railroad brotherhood men in the
upper house. He is member Of
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men and has been on the staff OF
grand lodge officers since 1916. HI
joined the brotherhood % years
ago.
DonnelIy was born on a farm
near Kolbourn, Wisconsin, in 1874
and he attended the public schools
at that place. He later attended
st. Francis seminary in Milwaukee
and completed a term of four years
there. Hence, his education is
above the average.
He began 1.-The battle of life" in
trade, entering the produce busi-
ness at Traverse City, Michigan.
He remained in this line of bust
ness for seven years, then became
a brakeman on the Pere Marquette
railroad. He was transferred to
Benton Harbor, and, after a service
of three years, he was made a con-
ductor. He remained there in such
capacity until 1916, when he went
to Amarillo, Texas. In 1917 he
went to Tucson, his present home,
and at present he is a conductor for
the Southern Pacific company.
Senator Donnelly has been very
active as a citizen of the Old Pueb-
10. He owns real estate there, and
is keenly interested in the welfare
of his city. He was one of the
organizers of the Union Bank and
Trust company Tucson. The sena-
tor is one of the leading members
in the Tucson lodges OF Elks,
Knights of Pythias and Moose. He
is firm friend of the University
of Arizona, and is confident it some
day will become one Of the leading
educational institutions in the west.
His daughter, a prominent Y. w.
c. A. worker, was graduated there
with a bachelor of science degree.
Although serving his first term
in the legislature, Senator Donnel-
ly has won the respect and con-
fidence of the other members, and
he is regarded as an able, sincere
and diligent legislator. He is
chairman of the committee on CAPT
tai and labor, and on public health,
and is a member of other important
committees He attends the COM
mittee meetings and has keen in
terest in all matters brought up for
consideration. He has a personal
ity that wins friends and holds
hem.-Prescott Courier.
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20
COMMUNITY INTEREST

EIGURE as you will, you can't
IL get away from the idea of COM
munity interest We who consti-
tute the local community are in
tensely dependent on one another.
When we buy our merchandise
from out-of-town concerns, we take
that much business away from
local business firms. If enough
business is withdrawn from them
they'll eventually have to quit
Then Winslow would shrivel up
Clerks and laborers and trades
men would have to move away
That would directly affect the val
ue of our homes and property. Then
who would pay the taxes that sup
port our public institutions, build
and maintain our streets and roads
and pay the interest on public in
debtedness already incurred? Our
interest, the safety of our prop
erty investments demand that we
trade at home and support our To-
cal business men.
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20
RAILWAY HEADS
SAW MENACE In
"LONG DISTANCE

1t seems amusing to this day
and generation, but in the early
days of long distance telephone,
when the more extended use of
the telephone between the larger
cities was beginning-in the late
nineties = fears were expressed
that it would seriously affect pas
senger traffic on the railroads and
that some trains might even have
to be discontinued, their business
being practically ruined by the
telephone.
Indeed, there was serious dis
cussion as late as September 1898
of eliminating one of the new 25-
hour limited trains between New
York and Chicago, which had been
placed in service for the accommo-
dation of brokers and business men
of Chicago and the northwest.
By means of the limited" he could
get to New York and transact his
business when a little time meant
thousands of dollars.
The patronage of people whose
time was less valuable was not
expected to contribute much to the
incomes of these trains. The in
PRODUCTION of long distance tele-
phone was, therefore, considered
real menace to the railroads.
At first, people were slow in TAX
ing advantage of it's benefits.
Slowly but surely, however, they
began to appreciate it's possibili-
ties as the business man found
that for few dollars he could, by
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20

telephone, transact business with
in a short time which previously
had required a three-day trip.
However, the railroad traffic did
not suffer. It is simply the old,
old story of how almost every new
invention, instead of injuring an
allied business, actually tends to
increase it. In 1898, unjustiied
fears were expressed that long
distance telephone would injure
the railroads. Today, practically
every railroad man will admit that
the telephone has served to in
crease rather than to diminish
traffic on the railroads.
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20
LOYALTY TO THE JOB

T OYALTY is the obligation to
~ give the best that is in us.
When we are loyal to our business
connections we must be true to
every principle for which it stands,
with a fidelity which nothing can
swerve or defect, and our loyalty
must flow out to every individual
who has a part in its activities as
well as to all who may be influenc-
ed.
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20

under the effect of prolonged day
light vegetation makes rapit
growth. In the Tanana and Uppe,
Yukon valleys temperatures in ex.
cess of 80 degrees F. are occasion,
ally recorded.
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20

of only 10S days a year with
freezing temperatures, and at Sitka
only 106, as against 1S6 days at
Bismark and 109 at Chicago. The
summer temperatures of the inter
ior are delightfully."- pleasant, and
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20

has been only one serious crop
failure in the 19 years since farm
ing was begun in that district. At
Juneau, with January mean of
II degrees F. and a July mean of
81 degrees F. there is an average
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20
Secondhand Goods of All
Kinds
BOUGHT AND SOLD
318 East Second Street
Phone 81.
M. BERKOVITZ & co.
Cough hRemedyMo
Gave Us Still Best
Pine Tar and Honey Beat
All Modern Drugs

In thousands of families it has
been the custom for many years to
keep pine tar and honey always on
hand for coughs, chest colds, bron-
chitis, spasmodic Group, and throat
irritations. Our mothers knew that
it was good, that it often broke up
the worst cough in "a hours, and
that it could be given to- young and
old alike, as it contains no mar
cotics or harmful drugs.
And now we are told that in spite
of modern medical discoveries there
is still no better or quicker cough
remedy. Doctors say the pine tar
quickly 1oosens and removes the
ph1egm and congestion that cause the
coughing, also healing, soreness.
while the honey not, only gives a
pleasant taste, but helps soothe irri-
tation.
The original compound, made up
lions of people, was DR.. Bells Pine
Tar Honey. This is scientifically
composed of just the right propor-
tions of pine tar, honey and other
Quick-acting, healing ingredients
which the best doctors have found
to aid in quick relief. If you want
the original and the best, be sure
you get DR.. Bells Pine-Tar Honey
and no other. Only soc. at any
good druggists.
"a PR: I;sE , EsE Ellis Adz;s
- FOR COUGHS
Evening star., 1925-11-12
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

ly wrong in his self-dia gnosis. for he
concludes with this observations:
Most students when in good health
pay little attention to their health
Under the present system of college
athletics they take their exercise bv
proxy, for few can make the teams.
and unless they can make the team
the physical directors have little use
for them"
jazz athletics is much too prevalent
in college. 1t is bad enough to per
NIT high school children to Jazz the
physical training, as they generally
do, with foot ball and all that rah-rah n
stuff, and the professional coach
evil Physical education is still just a
farce IN most public high schools any
way. But in the colleges, at least in
the better colleges, they have been
seriously striving to give a smatter-
ing of physical education to all stu.
dents i'll recent years, but the taint OF
professionalism in college sport and
the natural tendency toward eff
faminancy and mollycoddlism among
| college sports are pretty serious OBJ
Stacles in the way of such education.
. What this badly educated young
college graduate says of exercise bv
proxy might be applied to the gen.
eral public today, in relation TO popu.
lar sport. There's an alarming pan
demic of spectatoritis. as Health Com
missioner BundenSen of Chicago has
aptly described it.
The college man or woman who
cuts, ducks, lodges or evades physi
cal training makes very foolish mis-
take, indeed
Evening star., 1925-11-12
PETER RABBIT DARTED AWAY
RIGHT UNDER THE VERY
NOSE OF THE DOG.

was allowed there. Nevertheless, the
little people there had to be always on
the watch. You see, sometimes hunt
erS, knowing that Farmer Brown and
Farmer Browns Boy were not at
home, would hunt there in spite of
those signs.
But at night Peter felt quite safe
from the hunters with terrible guns,
then he could go where he plea sed
with no need of watching out for any
one excepting Reddy Fox and Old Man
Coyote and Hooty the Owl and Yowler
the Bob Cat. He was so used to watch.
ing out for these that they really
didn't worry him at all. 1t is n part of
the daily lives of many little people
to be continually watching out for
four-footed and feathered enemies. So
Peter didn't worry about them.
One night he had just reached the
edge of the Green Forest when>he saw
strange lights moving across the
Green Meadows toward the Green For
est and he heard the voices of men.
This is. queer" thought Peter. What
can those ,two-legged creatures be do