Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.


Miss Louise Gearhart, who has beer
confined to her home by illness, is able
to be out again.
MEN WANTED-To peel bark, by the
day or by job. Barker q Stewart Lum
Der Co., Wausau, Wis.
Tomorrow, June 2lst, will be the
longest day of the year, then three
months of hot weather are expected.
WANTED-A girl to do general house
work. Good wages paid to one that is
competent. Apply at the PILOT office
The ladies Of the Universalist society
will serve twenty-five cent supper al
the church parlor Friday evening, June
90.
The Alexander Stewart Lbr. Co. IS
mill is closed down at present and the
water shut off from the pond, to allow
some repairs to be made.
Ladies MIS- + at the club, last evening
was largely ended by the young
folks especially, and the dance hall was
well filled until the closing hour.
Fred Sell, street commissioner, has a
crew of men at work cleaning up the
macadamized streets The new
wheeled scraper is being run over
them.
There was a meeting of the library
board last evening to consider plans
for the building. AS some members
OF the board were absent from the city,
no action was taken.
The city treasurer reports that there
is still outstanding about $1,000 on
OF FOR fal
that this year 10 per cent was not added
to the rentals paid after May Both.
The city's crew of macadamizers are
at present engaged in finishing up the
work on Third Ave. and has also
begun on Sixth street, which will be
macadamized from Forest to Adams.
Sunday was observed as children's
day in the Methodist, Baptist and Uni
versalist churches. These services were
very largely attended and enjoyed.
Appropriate programs were carried out
IN each of the churches.
K c. Schuri, an inspector of rivers
in the employ of the government, was
in the city last week and made tests of
the velocity of tire current in the Wis
cOnsin and Rib rivers st different
points. The average was about six
miles per hour.
The water in the Wisconsin river at
this point has been very high the past
few days and on Sunday reached stage
that portended damage to some of the
mill companies. All of the lower pOr-
ton of the Stewart Lumber CO.. island
was covered and water flowed over the
road crossing from Grand Ave. to the
lower bridge.
At meeting of the board of educa-
ton, held last evening, q. ID. Jones
was reelected president and John
Ringle vice. president 1t was decided
that the third Monday evening of each
month shall be the regular meeting
night. To Will johnson and Clyde
Osen was rendered the work of taking
the school census.
VIM. Gaulke, of the town of Easton,
is serving ten days sentence in the
county Jail. He was tried and convicted
yesterday on an assault and battery
charge before jury in Justice Jones
court. The complaining witness was
Otto Schoepke, whom Gaulke assaulted
while the two were attending a dance
in the above named town on May Goth.
There is a newspaper in Kansas which
has for its motto, 'Lie, steal, drink and
swear" It's editor explains it thus:
when you lie, let it be down to pleas
ant dreams; when you STEAL let it be
away from immoral associates; when
you drink, let it be pure water; when
you swear, let be that you will patron
ize your home paper and pay your sub |
scription promptly"
Among those Who will attend the |
Wisconsin State UniVersaliSt COnven- |
ton which meets, in Lacrosse from the |
Goth to the Goth of June, are as follows: |
Rev. and Mrs. h b. Gibbs, Mesdames
}. w. Bishop, d. T. Jones, w. w.
Kleckner and j. b. Vaughan, and the }
Misses Gertrude COrwith, Wilma Burt, |
Erma Schmidt, Bessie Vaughan, Mar
garet Young, Jessie KOllock, Gertrude
Lee and Mr. Hugh Durkee.
On Wednesday last the plant of the
Merrill Paper Mfg. Co., which has
been in course of construction for a
year past, was started up on a trial run
and everything found to be in fine or
der. The company has three classes of
pOWer-steam electric and water. 1t is
claimed that the dam for the water
power, which is built on Prairie river,
is the highest of any in the state. The
manufacture of paper will commence
July LIST.
The legislature has passed an amend
ment to bill giving school boards in
the state the authority to make their
own selection in the matter of books to
be used in the schools. This, in a
measure, cuts out the graft of the trust
or of independent book companies.
Still the receiving of that 81, 900 from
the book trust for Gov. LaFOllette's
campaign fund will stick to him, no
matter what laws are passed by his
leutenants and supporters.