Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-09-25
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DIR. D. SAUERHERING

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our city, having conducted very sue
cessful practice here since 1884 He
has held the office OF Coroner before
and attended TO the duties of the same to
the satisfaction of everybody. The Dr.
was born in Mayville, Dodge county,
on the lst day of May, 1861. After
securing his education he studied med
icine, and after practicing for while
with his father he came to Wausan.
His practice has extended all over the
county and he is very well known to
everybody. DIR. Sauerhering will be
our next Coroner.
WILLIAM GOWAN,
the gentleman whom the democrats
have nominated as their candidate for
County Surveyor, is Wausau boy, born
and bred. His whole life has been
spent here, some forty-seven years and
he has been surveyor ever since he
stopped going TO school, about twenty
five years. He is man that attends
strictly to business and is considered
as competent and capable surveyor
and practical woodsman as there is in
| Northern Wisconsin. He is chock full
of hard days work and his aim is al
ways to finish his work up accurately
and in a manner that will give salts
faction to all concerned Mr. Gowan
has filled the office of Deputy County
Surveyor for many years and he is now
deputy under the present County Sur
veyor. So he will be well prepared to
attend to the duties of the office when
installed in that position. To the voter
we will say, you will not regret casting
| your vote for Mr.. Gowan.
WILLIAM GEHRKE,
who was placed in nomination for
| County Clerk, is one of the best known
and most popular men of the county.
He las been in the office almost con-
stantly since 1890. On that year he
was first elected, and served until 1894
when he was defeated in an election by
| Gus. Braeger, nevertheless he was SO
well qualified for the position that he
was made deputy County Clerk MIR.
| Braeger only lived II few months after
qualifying and Mr. Gehrke was elected
| by the County Board to succeed him.
Mr.. Gehrke has, by his courteous and
genial ways, and ability To conduct the
affairs of the Office IN IA manner to please
all, endeared himself to the public
and has been reelected by a large ma
jority each succeeding election, and it
| is conceded that his election is certain
| next November. Mr. Gehrke was born
in Germany in 1864 and came to Mara
thon county in 1872; was educated in
our common schools and for several
years followed the vocation of teacher.
He was first elected from the town of
Maine, but since has had to make
Wausau his home.
JOHN f. LAMONT.
For six years, John +. Lamont has
held the position of Superintendent of
Schools of Marathon county, and he
has worked up reputation which
places him in the lead of all superin-
tendents of Wisconsin. 1t was Mr..
Lamont who first suggested having a
County Training School for Teachers,
and it is through his efforts that we had
established in our county the first
county training school for teachers, in
this country. This solves !, great ques-
ton and the county training school is
bound to become great institution in
the educational work of the United
States. Our county is to be congratu-
lated on having such I'm able man as
Mr.. Lamont TO conduct the important
office of superintendent. He is a well
balanced man and is ever working for
/ the interest of all, and he has built up
| system of education in our county that
cannot be eXcelled. Mr. Lamont is
only thirty three years of age, and has
resided in Marathon county for twenty
five years He was graduated from the
Wisconsin University in 1885, He was
elected from the village of Colby and
has resided in Wausau ever since, but
claims his home at Colby and always
votes there. Mr.. Lamont has filled the
office of clerk of his town, and also rep
resented it OF the county board. 1t
would he a calamity to our educational
institutions not to reelect Mr.. Lamont
superintendent Well informed men
in the politics of our county, say that
Mr.. Lamont will receive an overwheln-
ing majority over any one whom the
opposition may nominate.
JOHN MILLER,
the nominee for the Assembly, Second
District, is an old citizen of Wausau
and well and favorably known to every
body. For over thirty years he has
been one of the leading contractors and
builders in Wausau, and has erected
such buildings as the court house, new
high school building, new county Jail,
Marathon County Bank, in fact about
all of the school buildings were put up
by him. MIR. Miller is one of our best
h1tW "a stht HIS cCitCu SCtCIdl
terms on our city council and county
board That he will carry the district
by an overwhelming majority is fore
gone conclusion.
Mr., Miller was born in HeSSe-Dalm-
stadt, Germany, March 81, lS4l. He
lived in Germany until 1868, and re-
ceived a splendid education in the old
country. He served in the Prussian-
Austrian war, after which he came 20
America, stopping short time in New
York and then coming to Wausau in
1865, where he has resided ever size.
The PII0F must retraet the good
words ii had a few weeks ago for the
presidents Chinese policy, as an
|nounced, with an evident feeling of
relief, by the administration papers.
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