USA > Wisconsin > Langlade County > History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. government survey to present time, with biographical sketches > Part 15
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67
JOSEPH HELL-Son of Jos. Hell, Antigo, Wis., was born August 10, 1892. He served as a Private in the Veterinary Corps, Hospital No. 9. He left the U. S. June 31, 1918. He died at Base Hospital No. 101, in France, March 19, 1918. His body was return- ed to Antigo for burial.
79
HISTORY OF LANGLADE COUNTY.
FRED M. ST. CLAIR-Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. St. Clair, Lily, Wis., was born November 25, 1891. He enlisted June 2, 1918, serving as a Private in the 86th Division, 234th Infantry, Co. H. He died of pneu- monia at Bordeaux, France, October 15, 1919. His body was returned to Lily, Wis.
PETER POLAR-Son of Mrs. Pat. Monray, Post Lake, Wis. He enlisted in the 46th Co., Machine Gun Bat., Camp Hancock, Georgia. He died in France. Private Polar left the U. S. in September, 1918.
JOHN FRANK WENZ-Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Wenz, Watersmeet, Michigan, was born De- cember 15, 1899. He died September 21, 1918, at the Great Lakes Naval Station. He was a 2nd Class Sea- man, U. S. N. R. F.
EMIL GLEICH-Son of John Gleich, Deerbrook, Wis. Died in France while in the U. S. service. His body was returned to Neva, Wis., for burial.
JOHN J. SCHWARTZ-Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Schwartz, Antigo, Wis., was born April 28, 1890. He enlisted June 15, 1918, serving as a Private in Battery E, 139th Field Artillery, 38th Division. He died Octo- ber 17, 1918, while crossing the Atlantic Ocean on the U. S. S. Cedric and was buried in Everton Cemetery, England, November 4, 1918, with full military honors. Private Schwartz left the U. S. October 5, 1918.
DANIEL J. PLZAK-Seaman, 2nd Class, U. S. Navy, U. S. S. Montona, was born May 20, 1896. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Plzak, Deerbrook, Wis. He entered the service May 11, 1917, and made 17 trips to France. He was accidently killed on boat when near- ing France on the 17th trip. His body was returned to Antigo, Wis., for burial, 1920.
GLENN DeBROUX-Son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael DeBroux, Phlox, Wis., was born February 6, 1895. He enlisted as a Private in Co. G., 343rd U. S. Infantry. He left the U. S. September 8, 1918. He died Oct. 2, 1918 at Bordeaux, France.
FRED INGALLS-Private Co. F., 344th Infantry, 89th Division, enlisted July 22, 1918. He was born September 10, 1895, the son of Frank Ingalls, Elm- hurst, Wis. He was reported missing in action after taking part in the St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest combats.
THOMAS INGALLS-Another son of Frank In- galls, Elmhurst, Wis., was born June 15, 1894. He enlisted July 22, 1918. He was in the same unit as his brother, Fred, Co. F., 344th Infantry, 89th Di- vision. He participated in the St. Mihiel and Ar- gonne Forest battles. He was killed while fighting in the Argonne Forest, November 2, 1918.
HONOR ROLL WORLD WAR VETERANS, LANGLADE COUNTY.1
George Ackerman, Paul F. Adamski, William W. Adget, Raymond J. Adget, Ernest Adraktas, Anton H. Ahler, Fred W. Albright, Joseph Alft, Harry L. Aller- ton, Arthur E. Altmann, Noble L. Anderson, Wm. Le Roy Andrews, Stanley Anthony, Ed. Antoniewicz, Al-
bert B. Arnold, Chester A. Arrowwood, Frank Bahr, Jos. Bahr, Jr., Ralston Fitch Baker, Silas L. Baird, Thomas Ballard, John Baraniak, Edward D. Bardwell, George J. Basl, Oscar Bauknecht, Lewis Bauman, Georg A. Bates, William Baxter, Edward L. Beckman, Arnold F. Beirsdorf, C. S. Beard, Otto Behm, William Behm, Howard F. Beldin, Frank Belott, Edwin Louis Bemis, Erwin Bentley, Julius Bergman, Otto F. Berner, Ralph H. Berner, Williard J. Bernier, Edward I. Ber- nier, Bernard A. Biersdorf, James Blaha, Edward Bla- ha, Andrew Blaha, Edward Blahnik, Jos. Blahnik, John C. Blahnik, E. L. Blodgett, Edward Blodgett, Warren Blodgett, Arthur A. Bloedorn, Ed. Boerner, Edwin
PRIVATE EDWARD BOERNER Langlade County soldier killed in the World War, whose remains were buried in the Arlington National Ceme- tery, with high military honors. Private Boerner was one of two Wisconsin heroes thus honored.
Boettcher, Charles Bohlman, Harry Bohse, Harold T. Boll, Elmer R. Boll, Richard A. Boll, Charles H. Bon- nell, William Bonnell, Daniel Borneman, John Borow- cyzk, David J. Borth, Geo. G. Bowen, Leo M. Bowens, Benjamin Bradley, Arthur W. Brandner, Orlin G. Brandow, Herman K. Brandt, George P. Bremer, Charles Bremer, Clarence Bretl, Alfred J. Briggs, Arthur Brittenham, Robert S. Brown, William Henry Brown, P. J. Brown, George Erwin Brown, Edgar Brown, George Brunette, Willard R. Brush, Lann Bry- ant, Vernon Buck, John L. Budzenski, George E. Buer- ger, John F. Burkhart, Gilbert W. Burnet, George C. Calkins, Anton Carlson, Edward Calkins, Ray L. Carpenter, Fred Kolerus, Archie B. Carpenter, Curtis Carpenter, Harley M. Cary, Howard Case, Claire E. Censky, George W. Censky, Chester Censky, Jos. F. Chadek, Frank Cherek, Emil E. Cherf, Leo. F. Ches- lak, Oscar Christenson, Lawrence Christenson, Ralph L. Clark, Benjamine Clark, Benjamin H. Clark, Em- met V. Cleary, Raymond Walter Cleary, Raymond Clegg, Harold E. Clough, Henry Cornelius, John Cor-
1. This list is incomplete. Both U. S. Senators R. M. La Follete and 1. L. Lenroot, as well as Adjutant General Orlando Holway, de- clare that due to failure of Congress to appropriate money to give the War Department an opportunity to complete this data for each state, it has been neglected.
80
HISTORY OF LANGLADE COUNTY.
nelius, Jr., Neil Crowe, George Crowe, George F. Crummey, Wallace Curran, John Julius Danberg, Wal- ter P. Dallman, Arthur C. Dallman, Fred Dallman, Daniel A. Dallman, Lyle A. Dalton, Frank Peter Damos, Elmer Davenport, Paul H. Dawley, Ernest Dawley, Arthur M. Day, Leo T. Day, Glenn De Broux, Wilbert J. De Broux, Lewis J. De Broux, Ralph Dem- low, Ray C. Dempsey, John Demske, Bruno Demske, Leo Des Jarlais, Alvin Devore, Robert C. Dewey, Harold J. Dewey, Ed W. Dexter, Bery Y. Diercks, Noe Everett Dillman, Hermis F. Dionne, Albert Dobbs, Alexander H. Dobbs, Harold Donohue, Arthur L. Doolittle, Andrew Drabek, William J. Drake, Bur- ton A. Drake, Harry Dresser, Roy E. Drew, John A. Driscoll, Vincent Drzewiecki, Carl O. Duchac, Frank Duchac, Joseph V. Duchac, Arleigh L. Dudley, Arthur F. Duernberger, Floyd T. Duncan, Frank J. Dvorak, Irving James Eckles, Wellington Edee, George C. Edee, Edward E. Edick, William Jackson Edick, Hirman G. Edwards, Henry W. Edwards, Charles Elam, John Engels, Leo Ensle, Louis O. Evenson, George Falkenhagen, Walter Falkenhagen, James Far- rand, Charles F. Feil, Joseph B. Feil, Lester F. Feller, Claude Fenton, Frank D. Fierst, Paul P. Figel, Anton Figel, Chester Filyes, Stanley S. Filyes, Ernest Fin- ger, Ira D. Finley, Frank C. Fischer, D. D. Fish, Glenn H. Fish, Lloyd Fitzgerald, Joseph Fleischman, George Fleischman, Frank Fleischman, Richard Fleischman, Evert Fouch, Edward W. Franzke, Joseph R. Frederick, Vernon H. Freiburger, Edward Friebel, Charles Frimark, Floyd Frink, C. O. Fuller, Edward F. Fultz, Charles G. Furlott, Clarence F. Fuszard, -Galarowicz, Brascue Gallion, Claude Gallion, Peter Galupski, James E. Garvey, Charles Gerhke, Guy Gerhke, Ralph M. Getchell, Frank J. Guertz. James P. Gillis, John D. Gillis, Joseph E. Gillis, Emil Gleich, Paul J. Glugla, Frank J. Glugla, Leo J. Glugla, Harvey E. Goebel, Winfred Goeman, Roy Goodwill, Charles T. Gorham, Marton Gossen, Fred W. C. Grabowsky, Walter Grabowsky, Joseph J. Grall, Dan Grant, Elmer Graves, Neal Gray, Orville C. Green, Harry Roy Green, Erving C. Green, Harry Greenberg, William Grigson, William F. Grimm, Frank Grossman, Leo F. Guenthner, Melvin E. Gurnee, George W. Hafemeis- ter, Erwin Haferbecker, Andrew M. Halminak, Brad- ley Hall, Wensel F. Hallada, Richard J. Hansen, Wil- liam Harbeck, Henry C. Harp, Guy Hartman, Daniel D. Hayes, Thomas Hayes, Lewis Tillman Hayner, Dan Healy, Roy F. Hecker, Elmer Hecker, Roy B. Heckert, Joseph L. Helmbrecht, Joseph Hell, Leo. J. Heller, Charles Anton Herold, Francis A. Hersant, Joseph J. Hersant, Clarence F. Heyse, John F. Hewitt, Ira R. Hicks, Frederick C. Higgins, Arthur A. Hoff- man, Carl Hoffman, Floyd Hoffman, James A. Hoff- man, Frank Hoffman, Bernard R. Hogan, Herman F. Hohensee, Albert Hohensee, Gustave Hohensee, Ar- thur R. Hoke, Anna B. Honzik, Fayette M. Hopkins, Arnold Hoppe, Gust Hoppe, William Hoppe, Clar- ence Horn, William Hoppe, Charles W. Hotchkiss, William Howard, Floyd Huggins, William Robert Hughes, Richard A. Hugunin, James B. Hunter, By-
ron Hunter, Earl W. Huntoon, Myron E. Hurlbut, Fran- cis X. Hurley, Lawrence Huybers, Hubert William Huybers, Edwin S. Iceberg, Thomas Ingalls, Fred In- galls, Edward Ingalls, Porter Ingram, Charles O. Irish, Oscar L. Isberg, Russel Jacobs, Edmund Jagla, Claude James, Reuel R. Jamieson, Guy E. Janes, Harry F. Jewell, M. F. Jewell, George A. Jicha, James B. Jilek, Alois Jirovec, Palmer Johnson, Roy Johnson, Dewey Johnson, Roy O. Joles, Howard M. Jones, Julius Leo Jordan, Thomas Louis Jordan, John A. Jordan, Steve S. Jordan, Frederick B. Joyce, Edward P. Joyce, Henry J. Juetten, Lawrence Juetten, John P. Juetten, Joseph L. Kakes, Richard R. Kaplanek, Joseph Kaplanek, Leo Karniewski, Elmer John Kaufman, Frank R. Kaven, William M. Keelan, Bernard J. Keelan, Frank H. Keen, Louis F. Keen, Harry J. Kelly, John D. Kelly, Otto Kelnhofer, Horace B. Kellogg, Thomas B. Kellogg, Eugene Ogden Kiefer, Sidney Kindle, William Kirker, William A. Kitt, Harry Klaves, Fred Klechwitz, An- drew Kielhofer, Charles E. Klever, D. E. Klever, Al- vin C. Klever, Elmer Kloida, Karl E. Kluge, Frank J. Kneiszel, Russell Stanley Knight, Ernest L. Knoke, William Morgan Knott, Leonard Koch, Wiley Koel- zer, R. P. Koenig, Aurel Koepenick, William H. Kohl, Michael Kohler, George Kolerus, Edward H. Koles, Walter Kozarek, George A. Kotchi, Frank J. Koutnik, Raymond J. Krall, Harry Krall, Harold C. Krall, Emil T. Krall, Allen J. Kramer, John J. Kramer, Rudolph L. Kramer, Charles J. Kramer, Robert Krueger, Rhine- hart Krueger, Frank W. Kubiacyzk, Ralph Kuhl, Her- man Kunza, Emil Kupper, Ray M. La Belle, Vernon La Belle, Walter H. Lange, Raymond C. Lang, Ernest J. Lang, Ephraim Langlois, John L. Laughlin, Harvey Lawrence, Joseph Leidheisl, John Leidheisl, Charles L. Leidheisl, Joseph Leindecker, James W. Leindeck- er, Robert W. Leslie, Cyril D. Leslie, Roy J. Leutsker, Hugh L. Lewis, Sumner C. Leykom, Eric M. Linden, Roy D. Lindsay, Francis S. Lingle, Henry T. Lins- dau, Erwin Loche, William Dell Lord, Leonard Lyon, Frank T. Lynde, Jack Lytton, Arthur Mader, Clar- ence A. Mader, Irwin P. Maloney, Gordon C. Maloney, John B. Maltby, Amos Maltby, James Maly, Everette Maney, Roscoe Manning, Frank R. Manthey, Albert S. Marciniak, Jr., Joseph W. Maresch, Paul J. Marmes, Peter Marmes, George E. Martin, Richard H. Mar- tiny, Robert E. Mattmiller, Louis J. Maybee, Bert Mayerl, Neil McArthur, Charles W. McArthur, George A. McArthur, Vivian Harold McCandless, Terrence A. McCann, Caleb R. McDonald, Charles R. McFar- lane, John N. McKenna, Harry T. Mckinney, A. R. McMaster, William E. McNamara, Merton J. Mc- Namara, William McNutt, Charles X. McNutt, Donald A. McPhail, Archie L. McPhail, T. H. Meinert, Wil- liam H. Melchert, Carl J. Memminger, Edwin Menting, William J. Menting, Roy F. Messinger, Thomas Me- taxas, Pete Michaels, Ray Mikkelson, Paul V. Millard, O. A. Miller, Bernard E. Miller, Perie J. Miller, Hiram J. Miner, William J. Mitchell, Theodore Monnot, Reu- ben Monroe, Carl Monroe, Frank William Montabon, John P. Morgan, W. L. Morris, John F. Morrissey, Gerald D. Morrissey, Clarence C. Morse, Douglas
81
HISTORY OF LANGLADE COUNTY.
Morson, Theron D. Morson, Terrill Fredrick Morson, Fred Moss, Kenyon Moyer, James Mucha, Anson Mueller, George W. Mulhern, Frank Muraski, John Muraski, Walter Muraski, Edwin R. F. Murphy, Har- old R. Murphy, M. J. Murphy, Oscar D. Murphy, George C. Naumann, Roy E. Nelson, Hugh B. Nelson, Shirley Nelson, John Netzelman, William Netzelman, Harry Newberry, William Nightingale, Arthur Nonne- macher, Elways Nonnomacher, Charles A. Norem, Harold E. Norem, Mathew E. Norem, Godfrey Nor- man, Frank Novak, Alvin E. Novak, W. H. New, Clar- ence Nowotny, Ervin N. Nowotny, Thomas F. O'Brien, Guy F. O'Brien, Frank P. O'Conner, Harold Olk, Ar- thur Oliver Omholt, Rudolph A. Opichka, Frank C. Opichka, Francis Othrow, Frank Pacer, Anton Pacer, Fred L. Packard, Dewey J. Packard, Walter O. Pack- ard, Harry Page, William E. Page, John Pagel, Wil- liam A. Pagel, Edwin E. Palmer, Dudley Palmer, Noel Lester Parkhill, Walter Parson, John Patnode, Gus- tave E. Patzer, Ray F. Pavlichek, Albert F. Pawlak, Arthur Pennings, Henry J. Pennings, Albert Pennings, Joseph Pennings, John Pennings, Luther Pennington, Clarence Perrott, Mathew Person, Frank B. Pesl, Frank Peterlick, W. J. Peters, Leo Peters, Roy C. Peters, Arthur G. Peters, Edward Peters, Eric Peter- son, Joseph Peterson, Paul Peterson, John Petrowski, Alex Petrowski, Paul F. Petters, Albert Petzoldt, Ar- chie M. Piper, James Plotz, Daniel J. Plzak, Peter Polar, Ralph H. Polar, Fred Poss, Rusk P. Potter, Frank Pozak, Anton Prasalowicz, Leon Preston, Ches- ter C. Preston, Clarence Price, Charles W. Price, Richard Priem, W. J. Prosser, Charles B. Prosser, James I. Prosser, Marvin Prosser, V. J. Quigley, James Ralph, Walter Ralph, Will M. Rath, George P. Rath, Joseph Rath, John H. Rath, Thomas E. Rath, Adrian Reynolds, Henry T. Raymark, John Raymark, William M. Raymark, John Reader, George Reader, Merritt Reader, John E. Reeves, Walter Earl Reeves, Morris E. Reif, Wallies E. Remington, Willis V. Remington, Edward Remington, Roy Remington, Hiram W. Ren- fro, Wensel Rettinger, Roy H. Rezek, Anton O. Rez- nichek, Amos Rice, William I. Rice, William Rief, Royal Riek, A. J. Robinson, Leonard Rolo, Abner J. Rolo, Arthur J. Romeis, Elmer Romeis, Monroe M. Ross, Peter Rouman, Walter S. Rowlinson, Robert Rusch, Patrick A. Ryan, Francis Ryan, Francis A. Rynders, Alvin A. Sage, J. F. Sajtar, Harold J. Sar- gent, Lawrence Sargent, J. J. Sazama, Frank G. Schleinz, N. D. Schleis, Frank Schleis, George W. Schmitz, Frank Schoblasky, W. J. Schoenfeldt, Peter
Schramke, Lewis Schraml, Floyd E. Schroeder, Tony Schuh, Earl E. Schultz, Arthur Schuman, Frank A. Schumitsch, Edward J. Schumitsch, Robert Schuster, John R. Schuttee, J. M. Schutts, John J. Schwartz, Frank Schwartz, George Schwentner, J. W. Seis, Er- vin Seipba, L. J. Seiler, Harry Mills, Michael E. Sen- senbrenner, John Servi, Wenzel J. Servi, Mike Servi, John Shadick, Harley W. Shafer, Earl Shanks, Edgar Shanks, Archie Shannon, Vernon Shannon, J. J. Shim- eck, Edward Shipek, George Siebert, Walter Siebert, Frank Simmon, Michael Simon, John Skarlupka, Alex Skibba, Frank Skibba, Adolph Skibba, R. A. Skid- more, Mike Skore, Albert Smith, Samuel Smith, John Soman, Harley A. Space, Reese Sparks, John Spearo, George Spencer, Harvey G. Spencer, John F. Spencer, R. W. Spotzel, Alex Spychalla, Leo Spychalla, Robert L. Stanley, Floyd Stark, Fred M. St. Clair, Edward F. Steber, James L. Steele, Lyman A. Steffen, George Steger, William Steinfest, Robert Stanley, Orson Stone, B. Strasser, Frank Strauss, George Strobel, Jr., Adam Strobel, Herman Strube, E. G. Struck, Felix Suick, Paul Swanson, Chester Sweeny, Earl L. Tay- lor, Harold Tenant, John C. Tenant, Walter Ludwig Teske, Rudolph M. Teske, Leo Theisen, Ray Thomp- son, Ora N. Tidd, Leland A. Tollefson, Fred Tomany, R. G. Tourtillotte, Frank Tousch, Adam Trieglaff, James M. Tucher, Grant J. Turney, Jr., Bert M. Tur- ney, Hiram Turney, A. J. Urban, Henry F. Vanderhei, Joseph M. Van Dyke, John Verhaagh, Frank Ver- haagh, Henry L. Verhasselt, Herman Verhasselt, Charles Veselak, Alfred Vogel, John Volkman, Ray- mond Wagner, George C. Wahleitner, Carl L Walk, W. R. Walker, Arthur R. Wall, John I. Wall, Bert M. E. Walters, F. J. Walters, John C. Wanninger, How- ard V. Warren, Arthur A. Weber, Elmer Weedman, George Wellner, Frank Weir, Charles T. Weix, Walter A. Weix, Alfred John Weix, E. Welch, John Frank Wenz, William H. Wessa, Donald White, I. A. White, Kurt Weigert, Samuel J. Wierschke, Benson L. Wig- derson, A. J. Wildman, Maitland Williams, Warren Williams, Andrew Williamson, Edward G. Winter, F. D. Winter, Emil Wojan, Frank Wojtasiak, Joseph Wojtasiak, Henry A. Wolhaupt, John J. Wright, Joseph Wurzer, Adolph Wurzer, Julius Wurzer, Rudolph Yon- kee, William N. Yentz, Ervin H. Yentz, J. H. Yentz, Ralph Yentz, Thomas Youngbauer, Anton Zelazoski, George A. Zehner, Charles E. Zehner, Albert J. Zig- linski, Joseph Zima, Jr., Harry Zuehlke, Harry Zwicky, Ira Zwicky.
82
HISTORY OF LANGLADE COUNTY.
CHAPTER XVI. Temperance, Prohibition
F. A. Deleglise, Radical Prohibitionist-Dry Regime of 1878-1885-The Fight of 1886-"The Blind Pig"-Good Templars Organize-Anti-Saloon League In Langlade County-County Prohibi- tionists in 1885-B. F. Dorr and Congressman W. T. Price-W. C. T. U .- Antigo Prohibition Club-The Prohibition County Ticket in 1884-Order of Camels-Moonshine Era Since Vol- stead Act-Breweries-Pioneer Rallies-The Law and Order Plea.
Hon. Francis A. Deleglise, radical Prohibitionist, inaugurated the first Prohibition movement in Lang- lade County. Mr. Deleglise was determined that not a drop of liquor should be sold in the village of An- tigo. With this view in mind the first officers were chosen at the first election. The issue was not "repeal the 18th Amendment" or "liberalize the Volstead Act," but was whether the town board should grant retail liquor licenses or not. Antigo, as a village, was offi- cially as dry as the great Sahara. Not until after in- corporation as a city in 1885 was the first sale of liquor made under a municipal license.
While Antigo was legally dry it was many times actually wet during the prohibition regime of 1878 to 1885. A blind pig operated on the west bank of the Spring Brook in a log cabin. Another way to de-
BLIND PIG SALOON IN ANTIGO Which operated on the banks of Springbrook in 1883.
feat the purpose of local prohibition was explained by James Smolk: "We had a tent where great ex- citement prevailed. Announcement was made that a bear would climb a pole and then dance inside the tent. A small fee was charged. Those who were ad- mitted received a nip o' rye that took away th' glooms." J. C. Lewis tells how the purpose and in- tent of the prohibition law was defeated when a man hid his "likker" in the hollow of an old stump near the M. L. S. & W. depot. Any person desiring a drink would place a dime in a cup in the stump, dip in a pail for a glass of spirits and "go about your business." The proprietor was where he could witness his busi- ness from a distance. Thus the law was unjustly vio- lated then as it is today.
Retail liquor licenses were granted in the city until
1886. In the spring election, April 6, 1886, the voters declared for "No license." The anti-liquor forces fought valiantly and honestly and won.
The opposition to the temperance folks worked earnestly and fairly and did not give up until the vote was counted. M. M. Ross was chosen Mayor. In the county election of 1886 the Prohibitionists put up a complete ticket. Not a man was elected. The Re- publicans charged the Prohibitionists with splitting their normal vote.
While Antigo was dry in 1886 Casino clubs flour- ished. Members in good standing were allowed beer and whisky, by applying at club headquarters. Whisky could also be secured from druggists. This privilege was abused then as it is today.
Antigo citizens voted overwhelmingly for license in 1887. From then until the enactment of the Vol- stead Act the city granted license. The question was frequently voted on since 1887, but each time went down to defeat. Many old saloon keepers went out of business when the Volstead Act was passed. The annual municipal license for operating near beer par- lors in Antigo is $100.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Society was organized in Antigo in 1883. It became a force in the little community. Years later Friendship Union, W. C. T. U., was reorganized. It is still intact.
The Anti-Saloon League, active temperance organ- ization, still fights on. It opposes attempts to liber- alize the Volstead Act. The League was a force in Antigo before Prohibition became law. Its chief pur- pose was to secure restrictive temperance legislation.
F. C. Fuller was the leader of the Langlade County prohibitionists in 1885 . The party opposed granting license and sought to defeat anti-prohibitionist can- didates. They had a complete ticket in the county field.
Antigo Lodge No. 11, Good Templars, did much in pioneer days to create favorable public sentiment for prohibition. D. S. Olmsted, F. C. Fuller, Gus Lind, and A. B. Hanks were its leaders.
November 13, 1883, Rev. Father Cleary, noted Pro- hibition speaker, addressed a large crowd at the coun- ty court house. Father Cleary then organized a branch of the Catholic Total Abstinence Society of America.
The first members were: Hon F. A. Deleglise, Mike Hafner, John McGahn, John Hafner, Joseph, John, and Mike Kennedy and Marvin Maloney.
€
83
HISTORY OF LANGLADE COUNTY.
B. F. Dorr was probably a more ardent Prohibition- ist than Hon. F. A. Deleglise. He energetically es- poused the cause of temperance at all times, contri- buting many articles to the press. Responding to a letter from B. F. Dorr, Congressman W. T. Price of Black River Falls said: "The whole fight, Mr. Dorr, is an uphill one. We shall never succeed in destroy- ing the traffic, but we can, and ought to lessen its baneful influence." Almost a half century has pass- ed since then and National Prohibition has become the law of the land.
On April 2, 1888, a Prohibition Club was organiz- ed in Antigo. W. R. Brown, state organizer, presided at the first meeting, which initiated 42 members. Of- ficers were: President, R. C. Dresser; Vice President, W. D. Badger; Secretary, Julia Bliss; Treasurer, E. P. Bridgeman.
TEMPERANCE TICKET OF 1884.
During the Blaine-Cleveland presidential campaign of 1884 Langlade County temperance leaders put the following ticket in the field: Treasurer, B. F. Dorr; Sheriff, John Goodwin; District Attorney, J. H. Tre- ver; County Supt. of Schools, L. K. Strong; County Clerk, George Clithero; Register of Deeds, M. M. Ross; Clerk of Court, F. C. Fuller; Surveyor, G. W. Bliss; Coroner, John F. Saxe. The ticket was some- times referred to as the "Third Party" ticket. J. H. Trever and M. M. Ross, successful nominees, were the only two on the ticket elected.
The Langlade County Prohibitionists have always been active at the polls, ever striving to elect men, who were proven leaders and supporters of the tem- prance movement.
THE ORDER OF CAMELS.
In 1920 the Grand Caravan, Order of Camels, an anti-Prohibition order, sent A. R. Diegle, Grand Sec- retary, of Milwaukee, to Antigo. He installed tem- porary officers of the Antigo Order of Camels. The first and only meeting was held in Skibba Hall.
THE MOONSHINE ERA.
Much was said before Prohibition relative to the evil environment of a saloon. All of that doubled cannot lessen the pernicious damage that the illicit traffic in moonshine, "sour mash," has accomplished. This home-made product has ruined many men, caus- ed the death of many and has made law breakers out of those who manufacture it. It has brought disgrace and sadness into many a good home.
December 24, 1921, three federal Prohibition offi- cers with Deputy Sheriff Harry Morse, went to Elton where Julius and Joseph Wurzer were alleged to have operated a moonshine still. The officers surprised the Wurzer brothers and Luther Pennington in a shack. In the commotion Julius Wurzer was killed. The of- ficers were held on a charge of manslaughter. The
case attracted national attention. It is now in the hands of the U. S. Eastern District Federal Court.
RESPECT THE LAW.
The many temperance organizations mentioned in this chapter have had their influence in not only turn- ing men from the whisky glass, but they have also created a public sentiment in favor of civic virtue, cleanliness and sobriety in living-all of which the saloon did not aid. The temperance cause grew as it was based upon a noble purpose. The traffic that brought distress and degradation to thousands of peo- ple has been legally banished.
In this age we need organizations that will uphold law as it exists-men and women with red-blooded Americanism-those who are ready to stand by and defend a law and condemn the citizen who does not. Dissatisfaction with a law can be settled by the elec- torate through the ballot box, not through disrespect and defiance.
PIONEER TEMPERANCE RALLIES.
March 22, 1883, Theo. D. Kanouse, Appleton, Wis., spoke at the court house. No license advocates held a jubilee.
November 13, 1883, Rev. Fr. Cleary, noted Catho- lic Abstinence Leader, spoke at court house.
October 15, 1882, Hon. H. H. Woodmance, Prohi- bition candidate for Congress, spoke at court house.
October 27, 1890, Hon. B. E. Van Keuren of Osh- kosh, Prohibition candidate for Attorney General, spoke in Antigo.
The last speech given by a Prohibition leader be- fore the 18th amendment was made by John Strange of Neenah, ex-Lieut. governor. He spoke in the An- tigo Opera House before a fair sized crowd.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.