Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-25

and four men told HOY and why I
became a partner" The first account
book used was exhibited and n st.
Louis partner told How the lumber
has been sold" Aleck Moose, the In
dian head man, made a speech and the
pipe of peace was smoked. There
was Indian and white man dancing in
the evening. and the german favors
were pike poles. peevies. cant hooks,
etc, in dainty diminutive.
The recent death of Captain fainter
recalls this big concern. Wilson &
est In the mill in 1876. and Andrew
fainter paid $4,000 for a fourth in.
terest in 1850. Three years later
Henry l.. Stout father OF Senator
Stout came in. In 1854 7. B. Wilson,
son of the original Wilson, was the
first of a line Of relatives and con-
fections to join the business. BY 1882
the capital stock was increased to
1000. 600.
In the early days Prairie du Chen
was the nearest market for supplies
and for sale Of the output. Connection
was by river on a keel boat or by the
indian trail.
The young firm spent all It's surplus
In pine lands. which the partners saw
would become valuable. In 1863 pur-
chase was made of over 10000 acres
of Cater Governor Washburne; and
in 1S19-S0 Cornell university, railroad
companies and others parted with I'VE
100000 acres to the concern. III the
latter purchase had been a solid patch
it would have measured twenty-six
miles on each of four sides. OF late
years the concern has turned its eyes
southwark. In the five years before
the celebration over 100000 acres of
pine lands were bought in Missouri.
Arkansas and Mississippi. 1t has saw
mills at five points. The boasts of
the concern is that its prosperity has
not been confined to the partners. In
its territory are hundreds of employees
who have paid for their homes and
own farms.
Moreover. this concern, unlike many
others, has worked it's timber in Wis
consin where the greater part comes
from and thus kept at home its bene-
fits, one Of which was the payment of
81 100000 taxes to the state in thirty
years.
Lead Industry Revived.
Dodgeville is to be congratulated on
a revival of the lead mining industry.
1t reports that the output is $1,000 a
week, seventy men being employed.
Years ago, when mining was the main
occupation of the citizens, only lead
ore was taken from the ground, and
when the leads turned into blackjack
or dry bone, the old mine was aban-
doned and 2 new field was looked for.
Now the principal mining is done for
blackjack. The old shafts which were
used by the early inhabitants are
cleaned up and work is started where
their labor ended. There are at pres
ent about fifteen mines in active opera
ton within a radius of three miles Of
the court house. At present the aver
age mine is producing about $3.50 a
man per day. The shafts are all the
way from thirty-two to one hundred
feet in depth.
Wealthy Families of Milwaukee
Compiling the number of million
aires is a favorite diversion of writers
for the city papers. Their estimates
are often astray, for while 100000 is
n large fortune, ten times that is an
enormous amount that is glibly pro-
nounced, much more easily that count
ed or possessed.
In a recent magazine article, thirty
millionaires are said to call Milwaukee
home. AS a rule. the name of an
individual or family with a fortune
of that size is almost a household word
by reason of the industry that lies at
the bottom of the fortune. Among
the great brewers of the world the
names of Pabst, Uihlein and Schan-
dein appear. and each of these names
is in the Milwaukee list. Mrs. Louis
Schandein, whose husband was one of
the old brewing firm of Phillip Best,
is mentioned. The linn estate is as
ISOLATED with mailing Mining. lum
boring and street railways have made
some of the fortunes.
The Pfister estate, represented by
Charles Pfister, was started by the
late Guido Pfister, whose tanneries are
known the world over, and which has
been applied to western railroads.
The Plalikinton estate was made in
feeding people with western pork and
in selling 10 the contending armies in
France in the '70s. Others are Il. J.
Petit, whose salt is known all over
the west, The Allis company. whose
machine sl.ops are second TO none / n
the world. Frederick Layton, who
gave the art gallery to the city.
ORLANDO BURNETT.