The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-09-11
The Edward Hines Lumber Co

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property to the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, just as they
agreed to do. There was considers
BILE delay in securing the deeds, ow-
| ing to details that had to be carried
out in reference to securing them.
The Hines people give the property
where the City Dock is located, be-
sides a strip thirty feet wide and
about five blocks in length along the
proposed track of the N. P. Com
pany. There are also some other
small pieces in the city which they
have donated. The donations Of the
Edward Hines people amount to a
| good many thousands of dollars.
Mr.. c. F. Wehe, secretary of the
Company. came here from Chicago
| Thursday, and turned the deeds over
to Attorney A. W. Mcleod, who has
had charge Of the work of securing
the right of way from the different
people owning lands that are wanted
by the new railroad enterprise.
! The Wisconsin Telephone Company
are busy putting in the new fire
alarm system, and will have it in
Operation by the fifteenth Of the
month. The boxes which will be
placed about town have arrived, but
may be exchanged for those of diff
ferent kind. There will be twenty
six boxes, and three whistles. There
will be three divisions OF the town
for the different whistles. Each will
blow when there is an alarm for their
different locality. The whistles have
been tested some during the week,
and they work very good, and make
a tremendous noise. The only diff
Guilty and fault that there is with the
system seems to be in the arrange
ment of the alarms. How much
more satisfactory it would be if the
number of the box was given, instead
of taking in a whole third of the town.
If this was done an alarm of fire
would be accompanied by an almost
exact location of the place of the fire.
This is the way the system works in
the cities, and iG should be done here
with the present system.
Now comes the fight for county
offices. So far as the direct partici-
patton of the people in the caucuses
is concerned they will have nothing
more to command their attention un-
til they cast their votes for their pre-
ference for the candidates for county
offices. The candidates for sheriff
threaten to monoplize the field the
same this year as in years past, and
there are four candidates in Wash
burn for the nomination. They are
Ole Johnson, Jared Welton, G. B.
Simpson and w. III. Smith. All are
well know me1, and will doubtless
have many followers under their re-
spective banners. A. FL. Wilkinson
still remains the only candidate in
the field for the position of county
treasurer. John Froseth and Nels
| M. Oscar are the respective candi-
dates for the position of county clerk,
while for register of deeds there are
George A. Calder, Ell. p. Axelberg
and George A. White. F. A. Bell
has no opposition so far for the
position of clerk of the court, and
Miss Smith also has clear field for
the position of superintendent of
schools, while there is no opposition
to District Attorney A. w. Mcleod.
The sheriffship candidates appear to
have made very few, if any combin-
ations, and their preferences and
deals, if they have any, have as yet,
not appeared on the surface.
There are all sorts of rumors in
off cial circles to the effect that
trouble is in the ar over tax matters,
and that large amount of litigation
is in prospect. Ever since the re-
duction by the Board of Review of
the Hines taxes there has been con-
siderable dissatisfaction, and it is
known that a movement has been on
! foot to have the work of the Board
| of Review set aside. Now there is
talk that the Hines people will pro-
ceed to have the $4,000 voted in aid
Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
converted into the treasury, and that
| all sorts Of actions against officials