The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-06-16

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an operation, the result of an injury
received some time ago while work
ing for the Wisconsin Telephone
| Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. [. Latimer were
here from Mellen the latter part Of
last week for day or two. Mr..
Latimer says his company will build
eight miles of logging road this
summer. for the purpose of handling
their business.
DR.. Fl. G. Mertens is now nicely
located in his new office, and com
menced attending professional calls
the first OF the week. The Doctor
has been out of practice for the past
few weeks as a result of his sickness,
but has recovered,
The Board of School Commission
ers met Monday evening, and hired
number of teachers for. the ensu-
ing year of school work. Superb
tendent Oscar is securing one of the
strongest stats that have ever been
placed in the grades and liz the high
school of the city.
G. A. Herring now has his rev
place of business on the corner of
Bayfield, street and Washington
avenue fitted up and stocked III nice
shape, and has a full line of tobac-
cos. cigars, confectioneries, soft
drinks, ETC., on hand. The place is
quite model one in many respects.
The entertainment given at the
Opera House Tuesday evening, by
pnpis of the high school, was decide
ly successful and pleasing affair.
Miss >Zellhofer, who had charge OF
the drills, is entitled to much credit
for the success of the entertainment.
She left for her home at Palmyra,
Wisconsin, yesterday.
Reverend Bordahl, pastor of the
Norwegian Lutheran church, left
Monday for Albert Lea, Minnesota
to attend the conference of his
church. He will be there about a
week, and will then 60 to Mortified
Minnesota, where summer school
of ministers is in progress. The
Reverend gentleman expects to Ue
home in about two weeks.
Thomas Buntin, one of the en-
ployes of the Hines Lumber Com
pany, has quit work in the com
pany's camp, and will go to Michi-
gan with his family for short visit.
After that he will go to Arkansas
where he will have a position with
the Bigelow people, who were for
merly here.
Washburn turned out fifty people
for the special excursion given by
the Omaha to the Twin Cities Sat-
urday. A special train was run,
taking fifty from Bayfield, and
Washburn. and a great many from
Ashland and points down the line.
By the time Spooner was reached
fully two thousand people were en-
listed on the trip. and it took two
train loads of jolly excursionists
down the line. Most of the party
returned Monday evening.
Mayor Ell. B. Shue. 0. H. Omand-
sen, James A. Pugh and other bust
ness men have formed corporal ton.
and will open the bank of Haywa ard
at Hayward about the first of July.
The Sawyer county bank has for
many years done practically all of
the business of Sawyer county, and
the new institution will endeavor to
divide the business. The Sawyer
county bank is owned by the Wever-
hauser and Hines interests.
A number of the garden farmers
are devoting themselves to raising
crops of potatoes this season, and
here and there about town some
energetic potato raisings' are in
evidence. Evidently some Of these
"agriculturists" are figuring that
they will not be held up for the Irish
'patties" at ST and up wards a
bushel the coming winter. And
then too, there is another result Of
all this inasmuch as there is being
given another actual demonstrat ion
of what can be accomplished on the
soil of this great county and city
District Attorney A. W. Mcleod