The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-02-26


THERE rs ND s. LB ~ Z D ] u
The Hiawatha Stock Company
gave the first Of their shows in.this
city last satur day night. The com
pany has Just been organized ty
manager Will Seeger, OF the ASH
land Opera House, and the initial
performance was given in this city.
The Company is said to be very
good, and with the push that Mr.
Seeger is able to put behind them
should make a success on the road.
Lumber showers are to receive 55
cents an hour for the entire season
Of 1908. a meeting Of tie Long
shoresman Association with The
Lake Carriers Association was held
through delegates at the West Su-
perior hotel il West Superior last
week, and there was a warm dis
cussion over the proposal toincrease.
the scale Of wages from So cents an
hour, but the Longshorssmen
finally won out, and the scale was
adopted.
4 message containing tx
announcement of the death of
Hamilton the youngest child
of Mr., and Mrs. Harry |. Latimer,
at Mellen, was received in the city
Sunday night. The little one had
been sick for several days with
pneumonia, and was thought to be
improving when the news of the
death was received. Mrs. t. G.. Nc
Williams went to Mellen and assist
ed in the preparations for the funer-
al. Mr.. and Mrs. Latimer's large
number of friends here have the
greatest sympathy for them in the
great grief they have justsustained.
The condition of labor in the luln-
Der camps is perhaps the most salts
factory this year of any time in his
tory. There are plenty of men, but
butro particular scarcity. Coed
wages are paid, and there are Jobs
enough to 60 around, so that none
are left out who desire employment.
The following may be said to be an
average of wages paid for different
kinds of work in the camps this
winter. Swampers $50, roadcutters
$50, sawvers $35 to $38, Transfers
$50 to $38, four horse teamsters $40
to $40, landing men $50 to $40,
cooks $50 to $50, cookies $50 to $50,
second cooks s35 to $40, wood butch
ers (handy men) $50 to $50, black
smiths $50 to $50, foremen $75 to
$3.50.
The Red Cliff Lumber Co is ship
ping out its last seasons cat as fast
as c rs can be had. Ia the neighbor-
hood Of 200 carloads remain to be.
sent out before May |. The amount
of lumber 10 be found on the docks
of the severa! lumber companies here
by the assessor on athe first Of May
next, viii be as ininitesmal as the
shade of a shadow, ia nparison
with that Of previous years. This
means a decrease il the total valua
ton Of the town for the purpose of
taxation and q corresponding in
crease in taxes unless the state,
county, school and TOM levies are
reduced. We can look for but little
relief from the state and owing
mainly to cur railroad bonded IN
debtedness -noue from the county
The town levies are now The lightest
they have been in wears, yet the de-
mand for roads and bridges Is la
.creasing at q rapid rate This
leaves the school leYies to be cor
sidered. Can they be reduced with
out IN pairing their efficiency? It Isl
a grave question and oue worthy Of
earnest and unprejudiced thought
Bayfield, Press.
a Washington dispatch says tia
the criticism and opposition to The
proposed improvement Of the Capt
ltol Of the United States represent.
ID the main, the muttorings of dis.
grunted architects who failed to yet
the Job. The plans are fly years
old and the object is to symme II "a
the structure both ia material ard
style with the beautiful marble east
and west wings. This will, without
lqnpStiQn make If the finest hnil1inU