The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-15
sAUk COUNTY IRON MINES
Town of La Rue to Be Plated Near Scene
Of Operations.

Of Operations.
BARABOO, WIS.-Since the discovery
Of iron in Sank county. the public Is be-
coming more and more interested in the
developments. It has been demonstrated,
after an outlay Of over $4,000 that there
Is an iron range three miles south Of
North Freedom. The persons interested
in the mining properties, realizing the
necessity of a town near the mines. have
recently purchased 120 acres of land and
are plating it for a SITE The new town
will be La Rue, named in honor of Will
liam G. La Rue, who has done more to-
wards developing tho mines than any
other person. The land is held in the
name of the Sank County Land and Min.
ing company, composed of William G. La
Rue, B. C. Deane, Herman Grotophorst,
R. B. Whitesides and Il. W.. Robinson.
Lots will be placed upon the market in q
few days. :.
The shaft of the Illinois Iron Mining
company is 800 feet deep and the drift
about $50 feet. The cross-cut is in sew
! enty-f1ve feet of solid ore, and the limit Of
the iron vein has not been reached. Sew
eral railroads have taken preliminary
steps towards building to the mires.. There
is every prospect that the new town will
in few years be the banner town Of
Sank county. 800.
legal fight. John P. Lewis vas elected
| superintendent Of schools, and Earl STAFF
| ford sheriff on the democratic ticket by
| 11S plurality last fall, and now their re-
publican opponents have decided to bring
| a. contest on the ground that they were
| nominated at a mass convention instead
of by delegates chosen at caucuses. Both
are republicans who bolted their conven-
| lions and accepted democratic nomina-
tions.
GALEsvILLE, WIs.-The report of the
| ato,~x ~ fb1
shows that the factory manufactured last
year $4,000 pounds Of butter. The sum
paid for cream was $4,000. This is a
farmers creamery and one Of the largest
in the state.-The annual celebration Of
the anniversary Of the birth of Robert
Burns will be held on the 2sd, the 25th
falling upon Sunday. The program will in
clude a big bonspiel to be followed by the
festival proper in the opera-house in the
evening.
BLACK RIVER FALLS, VISA farm
ers' institute opened at Taylor this morn
ing for a two-days session under the
direction of F. H. Scribner, assisted by
Edward Nordman and Mrs. AIDA F.
HOWE. Mrs. HOWE manages one of the
best stock and dairy farms in the state,
and will speak on 1.-THE Calf Home
Making" DAIRY Products" and ''The
Hen The next institute will be held
LA CROSSE, WlS.-The directors Of the
La Crosse County Fair association met
yesterday and decided to hlod the next
fir about two weeks earlier than last
year. The following officers were elected:
T President, William Smith OF Bangor; Sec
n rotary, H. J. Phillips Of West Salem;
= treasurer, W. j. Dawson Of Campbell.
MILWAUKEE, WIs.-The Wisconsin
National Guard officers began their annual
convention in Milwaukee yesterday after
noon. Addresses will be made by Captain
E. c. Barnes, assistant surgeon, Second
infantry, Wisconsin national guard, and
Major George c. Lambert, formerly adju-
tant general Of Minnesota.
EAU CLAIRE, WlS.-Barney McDon-
aid Of Titusville, Pa, railroad man, went
I into saloon here last night and said he
5 was going to die. He fell unconscious
and is in q precarious condition.