Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-06-17

the Woodmen feared smallpox and no.
cause they felt that Milwaukee hotels
had not given them the cooperation
they need.
Fond du Lac-One of the largest
gas distribution projects in 'le Unitee
States is being planned by the Wis.
consin Power and Light Co., and will
provide Fond du Lac with one of the
largest gas plants in the country. Gas
mains will be laid extending from
Fond du Lac to Beaver Dam, Waupun,
Berlin, Rosendale, Markesan, Eldora-
do, Green Lake, Princeton and inter-
mediate points. The Ripon gas plant
| controlled by the company, has been
declared inadequate by the state rail-
road commissio- and the company
was ordered to axe action to remedy
conditions.
Prohibition agents have
clamped a paddock on the door of the
Andrew Fischer Beverage company
| brewery at OcOnOmOwOc after pouring
| $50 barrels of 4 per cent beer into
sewer. The beer, at retail bootleg
prices, would have been worth $51 900,
| it is said 1t was the twelfth Wis
| cOnsin brewery to be closed since the
beginning Of prohibition. Fifty state
brewerieS are left in operation under
| federal permit to make near beer.
| Eagle River-Owing to lack of win
| ter SHOWS and spring rains the stage
of water in the lakes and streams Of
upper Wis nsin is the lowest in many
years. Water in the Eagle chain Of q
! lakes is so low that in most of the
thorOughfares power boats Of any
material draft cannot operate with
safety. Sportsmen claim that this con-
dition has improved the fishing
Prairie du Chien-More than 1000
persons attended a mass meeting in the
Prairie du Chen city park, where
residents from 40 towns gathered to
hear boosters for an intersl ate bridge
across the Mississippi river for the
three cities of Marquette and McGreg-
or, Iowa, and Prairie du Chen.
La Crosse-The bureau of fisheries
of the United States department Of
commerce as accepted the new gov
eminent fish hatchery at Riverside
park, La Crosse. The only govern
ment aquarium maintained outside
the city of Washington, D. G., will be
located in this building.
Rhinelander - Albert We'll, Eagle
River meat dealer, is in a hospital
suffering from serious knife wound.
! While lie was cutting meat the knife
slipped md penetrated his abdomen.
| Physicians say he will recover
Superior-Harry Rogers, 60, prom
inent Superior lumberman nnd one OF
the most widely known citizens OF
northern Wisconsin, is dead as the re-
suit of skull fracture suffered in a
fall.
Phillips-The building and plant Of
the Phillips Times, weekly newspa-
per published by George K. Sackett
has been destroyed by fire resulting
from defective wiring.
Milwaukee-Every school in Wiscon-
sin has been invited to send its tennis
players to the Badger state closed
tournament at the Town club, Milwau-
kee, June 26 to July 8.
Manitowoc Congressman Floriah
Lampert has appointed Paul V. Ober-
land of Manitowoc to the United States
military academy at West Point.
Elkhart Lake-Adam Streiber, 80,
last Civil war veteran in the town Oh
Rhine, Sheboygan county, is dead.
Beloit-Dr James A. Bradley, den
fist in Beloit for forty years, is dead
at the age of 70.
Observation-Disclosures will not take
part in the observance of Defense day
on July 4, Gov. Blaine has announced
The governor stated that "there have
been no events, actual or probable
that justify any other course than that
taken by the state last year. and thaC
the adjutant general will advise the
war department accordingly.
Medford-In Taylor county circuit
court 81 foreign born residents were
recently admitted to citizenship, "a
pers were refused six applicants.