Vilas County news. [volume], October 03, 1917, Image 5

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POTATO CO-OPERATION
Potato Show Will
Demonstrate Grower-To-
Consumer Methods of Co- j
operation.
st to show that what i
tild he done, Wisconsin I
• ito growers at their annual
. vention to be held in Madi
' Xov. 19-24 will exhibit and
. ,]]v deliver to dealers or con
fers several carload consign
cuts of sorted and graded po
-Soes, harvested and shipped
Jtr actual field conditions.
i,rowers and dealers in the po
.lto belt of the state are mak
er plans to co-operate in this
venture with the officers of the
Wisconsin Potato Growers
association. To supply a limited
imount of table stock of this
dect kind, residents of Madison
and adjoining territory will in
advance of the convention be
daced in communication with
| jrnmercial growers at leading
potato shipping points.
At these points, growers having
standards varieties of either
‘ table stock or seed potatoes will
unite in tilling a car for the con
. vention distributed to the buy-
I ers -
It is believed that the plan will
show the possibilities of over
| coming the actual difficulties
• which the growers and dealer
. meet from day to day in getting
I the crop harvested and deliver-
F ed. As a war time emergency ob
| iect lesson, this movement of
■ jaded potatoes, variety-pure
I and relatively free from disease
i conditions, from the field to the
| consumer should be valuable.
To supplement the exhibit of
I graded potatoes, a complete line
lof sorting machinery will be
I shown.
\\ ill Move to Appleton.
The J. W. Sharpe family will
I remove the first of next week to
| Appleton. For the past year
. Mr. Sharpe has been managing
■ the T. A. Willey farm, which is
I 8 located on Swamp lake, fourteen
miles southwest of Eagle River.
Has Three Million Contract.
\V 11. Bent of State Line has
iken a logging contract of three
million feet n?ar Iron River,
Michigan, which he will begin
nas soon as winter sets in. His
job is located three miles from
Iron River and the cut will be
■anked a mile from that city.
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% inchester Boy Drowned.
According to a telegram re
vived Thursday last by District
Attorney O'Connor, some eleven
year-old boy was drowned that
lay at Winchester. No further
details have been secured.
A Proclamation.
Acting under the direction of
Food Administrator Herbert
Hoover, I, Magnus Swenson
F” d Administrator for Wis
-1 isin, do set aside Tuesday,
IS. 1917, and all
Tuesdays thereafter during the
• "’■'d of the war as a meatless
I j y I ask that all hotels, res-
I Durants and other eating places
■ *'vv meatless meals upon that
I -y and that this practice be
I dlowed in the homes of all
■ r'fltnotic citizens.
j in order, further, that W iscon
■' ■ may do its share in the con-
H of food I ask that
■ adiusdav, September 19, 1917
L .-'I all Wednesdays thereafter
the period of the war be
THE
State Bank
of Eagle River
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set aside as a wheatless day. I
ask the people of Wisconsin to!
abstain from the use of bread
and pastries made from wheat
upon that day to the end that
the wheat supply of the United
States may be increased for the
time when greater calls will be
made upon it.
CAMP GRANT IMMENSE
Some Interesting Facts and
Figures Concerning Train
ing Camp Where Vilas
County Boys Are Learning
War Game.
Camp Grant is one of the six
teen big cantonments of the gov
ernment, in each of which
35,000 to 45,000 men of the
new National army will be train
ed. It embraces 3,000 acres
alongside of the beautiful Rock
river. One thousand, one hun
dred and forty-three buildings
are now being erected by six
thousand workers.
One hundred and eighty bar
racks will house 36,000 men
(200 men each.)
The hospital unit, accommo
dating 1,000 sick, will comprise
61 buildings and will cost,
exclusive of equipment, more
than half a million dollars. Pro
vision will be made for enlarge
ment of capacity to 1,500 beds.
The National Y. M. C. A. will
erect eight buildings, the audi
torium seating 3,500.
The Red Cross will-occupy
two buildings.
The Knights of Columbus will
also erect a large recreation hall.
Two thousand officers will lo
cate outside the camp.
Ten thousand horses and mules
will be part of the equipment.
The parade ground will be
1,000 feet wide and one mile
long.
The rifle range will contain
500 acres.
Here is what it takes to build
this immense cantonment:
Forty million feet of lumber.
One hundred and fifty acres of
felt roofing.
One hundred and seventy car
loads of plumbing.
Fiftv miles of water and sew
er pipe.
Sixteen miles of permanent
macadam and gravel roads
Two hundred and fifty miles of
electric light wire.
The heating plants will cost
over a million dollars.
A 300,000 gallon cement res
ervoir. .
A 250,000 gallon water
A large ice-making and cold
storage plant. 11 . j. nnn
Twelve artesian wells, 4,uuv
gallons per minute.
About 1,101,200 IMs.ol flour
-no 000 lbs. of sugar, 151,000
lbs. of bacon, 15 000 cans beef.
78 00U lbs. of beans, 3b,000
cans of salmon will be required
each month to feed the 36,000
troops.
The monthly payroll wd be
about a million and a hall dol
lars.
THE VILAS COUNTY NEWS, EAGLE RIVER, WIS.
The Wrong Kind of Keys
PARTIAL LIST OF MEN
Selected for Military Service
Certified From the District
Board Back to Local Board
As Being Ready for Call.
Eric E. Johnson Conover
Chas. H. Lockerman. . .Manitowish
Warren Bigford Eagle River
Elmer Livernashßoulder Jet.
Karol Lubczak Winchester
Jonas Szimith “
Morton Cook Eagle River
Morton Pemberton. .. .Winchester
Olaf Thompson Winegar
Christian WirthEagle River
Alfred Johnson . ..<. . Boulder Jet.
.
Making Another Route
Not satisfied with the location
of the Big Fish Route, the people
of Tigerton are making effort to
get Clintonville, Marion, Witten
burg and Mattoon interested in
marking out a separate route
north from Clintonville. The
plan is a good one, for there
can not be too many well-mark
ed trails. —Shawano Journal.
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Wallack Growing Own Dinner.
W. R. Wallack left for Chicago
Monday after a visit at his home
north of the village. His re
turn engagement has already
been booked for Thanksgiving
day, when he will enjoy roast
pig for dinner, it now being in
the growing at the Wallack
home in Vilas county.
Potato Market.
The local potato market is as
follows, up to today noon:
Triumphs $1.25
Eating stock 65-68 c
Red Cross Notes.
The Work Room Committee is very
thankful to the public for the help
they have given, but they are still
anxious for more knitters. I his work
should be in France before the snow
flies. A large percentage of our quota
is still to be made Come and help a
bit. It takes but a short time to
make a pair of wristlets. Many socks
are still to be made. The sweaters
are easy work, too.
The first shipment of knitted arti
cles will be made Thursday, Oct. 11.
Hurrv your piece along so as to have
it in the first consignment. The goods
will be packed Wednesday afternoon,
so ail pieces must be in by noon of
Wednesday, Oct. 10th. About one
tifth of our quota will be finished.
The women who have charge of the
work room are giving their time
afternoons. Please do not ask them
to wait on you mornings or evenings.
They must be given some time to do
their own work at he me. , ***
Attend Eastern Star Meeting.
Mmes.-Finn Lawler and W. C.
Arnold are at Milwaukee attend
ing a meeting of the state order
of Eastern Star lodges. They
entrained at Rhinelander, hay
in" been accompanied by their
husbands to that city Monday
evening.
Bullet Lodged in Leg.
El win Braman, in the employ
of Geo. J. St. Clair at Black Oak
lake resort, was taken to Rhine
lander last Friday, going from
there to a Minneapolis hospital.
Thursday evening Braman was
handling a .22 calibre revolver.
In some manner it was discharg
ed the bullet imbedding itself : n
his left leg above the knee.
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CHURCH NOTES
LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Sunday school at 9:30 a m.
German service at 10:30 a.m.
Congregational meeting imme
diately after the services.
English sermon at 7:30 p.m.
Star Lake News.
M. C. Ewing of Wausau arrived at
Deerfoot Lodge on Lake Laura Mon
day after a trip home to attend the
funeral of the late Neal Brown.
Miss Edna Kanitz of Pine River re
turned to her home Monday.
Mrs. Ed. Lefeber of Wauwatosa re
turned to her home Monday after a
vacation spent at Ferncroft Inn.
Mr. and Mrs. Fied Frederickson and
daughter Edith, Misses Anna Bonke,
Elsie Mykleby, Ella Sievert, Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Krakow, Arthur Ellerman
and W. 11. Busse attended the play,
“The Birth of A Nation” at Eagle
River Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Krakow of Col
umbus, arrived Wednesday to visit
their son, A. F. Krakow and wife.
B. F. Wilson and C. S. Gilbert of
Wausau arrived at Deerfoot Lodge
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Krakow, Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Krakow and Mrs. J. O.
Mykleby motored to Boulder Junction
and headquarters camp at Trout Lake
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Morton Cook of Eagle
River are guests of Mr. and Mrs J. B.
Cook.
Miss Ella Sievert returned to her
home at Merrill Friday.
Mrs. James Parker Hall and sons
Parker and Livingston of Chicago re
turned to their home Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Steinbach of
Fort Wayne. Ind., returned to their
home Saturday.
Fred Frederickson and daughter
Edith, and W. H. Busse motored to
Sayner Saturday evening.
John W. Oliver and uncle, Ed. Oli
ver left for Chicago Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Krakow, Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Krakow, Mr. and Mrs. J.
O. Mykleby, Edward, Olga and Elsie
Mykleby motored to Arbor Vitae Sun
day to the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.
J. Mykleby.
Ole Christiansen motored to Black
Rivelj Falls Sunday. Oscar Ziebell ac
companied him as far as Wausau.
Watersmeet News.
Misses Bee and Helen Kelley return
ed home Monday from Chicago.
Mrs. M. Carney of Grimms, Wis., is
visiting relatives at the Hotel Kelley.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Untiet are the
proud parents of a baby girl.
Mrs. R. Hosterman and children
left Thursday for Marshfield where
they will make their future home.
Mrs. C. L. Durkee was an Ashland
visitor Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Gray returned
home Thursday from Iron River.
Mr. and Mrs. George Nugent left
Saturday to visit relatives at Iron
wood.
Mrs. Steve McKennon and daugh
ter of Antigo were over-Sunday visit
ors here.
Victor Vantwoud returned home
from Milwaukee last Wednesday, he
having tried for the marine service.
New Fall Goods
Everything for Winter wear
Blankets* Quilts, etc.
Buxback. Gaps and Clothing
for Buck Hunters
Congoleum Rugs in
new designs
It Pays You to Trade at
THE STORE OF QUALITY
JAS. MORGAN & SONS
OUR AIM: SATISFIED CUSTOMERS
For Your
convenience we are equipped
with a full line of "building
material. If you are debat=
ing on the question of
Building
this season let us quote you
our best prices. We can save
you good money on all
Material
HART HIRZEL
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
EAGLE RIVER = WISCONSIN
SzIV VAR
MILD HAVANA CIGARS
THEODORE BOSACKI
MANUFACTURER
EACLE RIVER, WISCONSIN
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ST J e>T.H.K
Which “Old Faithful”
HEMLOCK BOOK
shall we send YOU?
They are all profitable reading if you intend building ANY
THING from a chicken coop to a dwelling house.
These books will tell you about the “Old Faithful” HEM
LOCK, the economical lumber, and will give you many valu
able building hints, besides. Each one contains a coupon good
for a set of FREE PLANS.
Write ‘*The Hemlock Manufacturers,” Oshkosh, Wis., for the
book you want When it comes, tahe the coupon which you’ 11 find in
the book, to your local lumber dealer and get the plans free with his
compliments and ours.
Wit tproad tho hood nm about “Old Faithful" HEMLOCEbut
aadonotsMit. Got it from your LOCAL LUMBER DEALER.
THE HEMLOCK MANUFACTURERS
W Wioconoin and Nwtham Michigan) Office, at Othkoth. Whcouia