Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-15

ne SAFE OF due hlDDOn HOuf eN-
ceeds that of any Other brands at the
stores of Max +, Boehm. il6-tf
Residents who arose early Sunday
morning saw number of crows flying
over the city. Their appearance at
this season is always considered har-
binger of the approach of spring.
The Hirsch a. Schwentkofski saw
mill near Rib hill completed its winters
cut last Friday. About 900, 900 feet of
lumber was manufactured at this mill
during the present saving season.
II. j. Matzki, the brakeman, who
suffered the loss of both legs in rail-
road wreck on the st. Paul road near
Merrill a week ago, was later removed
to the home of his aunt, Mrs. G. W.
Walters, in this city.
In another column of the PILOT can
be found a letter from the Wisconsin
Workshop for the Blind If any of our
readers know of families in which there
are blind children, they will be per-
forming deserving act by cutting the
article out and sending same to such
families.
just at present the Merrill Advocate
is getting lots of free advertising. The
Advocate in January stated that a Ger
tain editor had had second hand sew
ing machine palmed off on MIN by
Montgomery Ward & Co. The Chi
cago department store is now flooding
Wisconsin with circular letter deny
ing thecharge.
Chas + Gill; of this ely, who repre-
sents the Upham a. Agler Lumber Co,
of Chicago, has purchased for his com
pany 1000, 0OC feet of mixed lumber of
the Quaw Lumber Co at Edgar SOC, 900
feet of the same stock of Gardner Bros.
of Flanner, aud 800, 900 feet ofelm and
birch of the heinemann Lumber Co. of
Heinemann.
Saturday forenoon the Pumer mill,
operated by Arnt Arntsen, was closed
down for the balance of the season after
q successful run since early in the
winter. This mill was stocked by the
Wilbur Lumber Co. and besides this
stock quite an amount of custom saw.
ing was done. The total cut for the
season will aggregate approximately
2,000,00 feet.
DR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House. March %.
Henry Iegner, Frank Chesak, Fred
Damon, Geo. Blecha, Chas Kiehl, r. A.
Gulke, Henry Bruss, Gus Engerbrecht
and Paul Degner, all of Athens, have
formed corporation to be known as
the Degner Heading and Steve Co.
capitalized at 10000. They will
operate the stave factory of that village
but will increase the output by putting
on a night crew.
The present winter has been so favor
able TO the operations OF lumbermen IN
this section that many of the smaller
concerns have completed their work
and broke camp. The large dealers,
have plenty of timber to cut from are
still busily engage in banking logs and
expect to still have several weeks haul
ing from this date, unless there comes
and early breakup to destroy their ice
roads.
l.. Z. Spencer. NJ. d., Office in the
Mckinley block, corner Third and
Mcclellan streets.
A two inch water pipe, leading from .
Jefferson street into the store of the
Montgomery Hardware Co, froze up a
week ago aud on Friday was thawed
out by the Wausau Electric Co. The
water had been frozen so solid that the
pipe was bursted, and some time after
il had been thawed out the water
worked its way through the ground to
the surface, and soon the street was
flooded. The valve was later closed
and the broken pipe replaced by new
one.
Friday afternoon crew OF men. re-
stunned work on the new power plant
Of the Wausau Electric Co. lnasmuch
AS about sixty tons Of steel will be put
into the building larger derrick is
needed and one of greater strength -
being erected The old stone pier OF
the Jack Clarke mill VIII be removed
and the contractors are anxious TO start
work on the new dam Every day OF
delay in he construction Of the plant is
a loss to the company, for 1t can sell
any amount Of power after the new
power house is completed