Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-26

grafton and Development association
held recently in Milwaukee, q. ID. Jones
of this city, was elected one of the
directors for term of three years. The
articles of Incorporation were amended
to include in the purposes of the organ
ization the fostering and enlargement
of the commercial, industrial and agri-
cultural resources Of the state, and the
establishment of closer relations be-
tween the different business interests.
The idea is to take into the organization
as members all the different business
organizations and clubs in tie state
The saloon of Chas Blake, in the
quiet village of Mosinee, was broken
into on Friday night a week ago and
about $500 in money and checks stolen.
The proprietor, his bar tender and
Dave Sullivan were in the saloon up to
the time of closing at midnight, and
when they left, saw that the place was
locked. Next morning window was
found open and the contents of the
cash register gone. A few mornings
later, we learn, Mr.. Blake found the
checks near his home, where they had
been returned by the thief. One check
was for $500 payable to his wife and the
others were mostly ones that had been
cashed for laborers employed in build
ing the Holway Land Co.'S road to
| Bevent.
The wagon road which has been in
course of construction between Mosinee
and Bevent for several weeks, has been
completed and is open to traffic. 1t
was built by the Holway Land Co.
which has purchased all or nearly all
of the Jos. Dessert Lumber Co.'s hold
ings in that section. The road will be
of inestimable value to the people of
both towns 1t will give the Pike
Lakers another and shorter outlet for
their potatoes, which they formerly
hauled to Stevens Point or Hatley 1t
will also benefit the people of Mosinee,
who will be given more trade in the
future. The merchants of the latter
town will get larger sale for their
wares and in time the road will be
studded with farm houses and settle
ments.
1t is quite likely that Sunday news
papers which give to their patrons
colOred sheet of abominable and
nonsensical pictures, alleged to be
fnnny, will be limited in number in the
future and may wholly disappear
Rates of 1c for two ounces are now
charged by the government for carry
ing such stuff, instead of the newspaper
rates of 1c per pound. The Sunday
supplements please children of un
trained minds and certain class of
adults, whom Bill Nye would style
''damphools, but to the man of horse
sense the day marking the death knell
of Mother Katzenjammer, Foxy Grand
Pa, The Heavenly Twins and other
pictures of the class published by the
Hearst syndicate will be as welcome
as the birds in May.
Again Northern Wisconsin has car
ried off the plum at the state fair in the
matter of agricultural display For
number of years back northern counties
have scored the highest number of
points at the fair and in this respect
Marathon has done her share, having
been four times winner. This year we
made no exhibit. The winning of first
prize by northern counties, we believe,
had done much in advertising the fertil-
ity of the soil of this section and has in
duced many farmers from other sections
to come here and settle. We believe it
has materially helped Marathon. This
year our neighbor on the south, Wood
county, scored the highest number of
points, 1896, while Taylor county,
which borders us on the north and west,
was a close second with 1925 points.
Eleven counties made exhibits, seven
of them being south of the line which
divides Northern and Southern Wis
cOnsin.