The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-11
WALSE1H IS DEAD
IN A .MADH0USE
SUPERIOR LOSES ONE OF IT'S
EARLY BOOMERS.
When His Mind Went to Ruin He Con-
ceived the Plan Of Selling All of Su-
perior to President Roosevelt Let
ting In on the Deal Only the Men
Who Had Been True Blue to the City.
Special to The Journel.

Superior Wis, July 11-News has just been
received here of the death in the insane asylum
at Chippewa Falls of Henry 0. Walseth. for two
years city treasurer Of Superior. Thus passes
one Of the prominent figures Of the early boom
days of the head of the lakes. He was in the
real estate business in the days when the
Chicago over night, and when they put side
walks and street into the country pastures
where even today there is hardly house to be
found.
to 20, and recently he tried to sell almost the
entire city of Superior to President Roosevelt.
He planned big real estate coup and pro-
posed to let In only real estate men who hau
stuck by the town. as he put 1t. and had worked
for the best interests Of the city thruout their
stay here. lie was very serious on the PROPOSE
tion and tried for some time to make real estate
| men believe that his scheme was plausible
one and that the president would pick up the
property at the head Of the lakes as a great
| Investment while he and others in the deal
would roll In wealth. t.. ...-
| Soon after he was sent to the state asylum
at MENDOZA. He was soon pronounced incurable
| and was then sent to the county asylum at
| Chippewa Falls where he. remained until his
daoth. He had a brother in Ishpeming, Mich:
Walseth was counted wealthy man in the
boom days Of the city. ...u-. 3. y.
,.. H, A. johnson on the Board.
as a member of the Wisconsin grain and ware
house commission to succeed the late Home1
| Andrarv chairman of the commission, was re
| caived today Johnson of the earl!
movers fl the Wisconsin inspection fight, ant
the opposition to the new system can get NJ
solace out of his appointment. He has beel
in the grain business here and in North Da
totn for years. and has always been one
the fighters for change. -. ~,
The appointment of Johnson means that IN
. | commission will once more get down to bus'
Moss and try to establish system of W1scon
, | ain inspection Under the decision OF Juag
, sanborn at Madison the Wisconsin law IS II
Ssi,d but Judge Parish and Judge Vinje,. CT!
cni+ court Judges have both held that 1t
valid and the commission will go ahead an
: onerate under the law as we'll as they can wltr
, ont interfering with the decision OF Judge Sal
horn Money has been raised to tight the case
and the appeal to the United states co"'
Of appeals has been perfected.
" NM commission has made no plans, owing
tho fa ct that it did not have a full mempe
r shin hut as the grain-moving season Will SOC
- S'A'p, a. hsnd the members will plan the wo1
for the fall months and another hght
|, looked for. M. hos l.,
II The report of City statistician Roth mas ou
# hoen fled with the city clerk. 1t shows II
/. orowth Of the city, the number of INDUSTRY
y fhet have come in and the number OF perso
II en,nloyed in the various Industries.
). Union Labor Ahead.
, rrr,on labor wins out in the appointment
c.orra F. Penn as superintendent or the sta
freo labor bureau at Madison. Penn IS memD
e ~ +he Stonecutters' union and of the buldl
, trades Council Of the city. j. G. stewart n
hold the position for five years, and there W
IF ne WV Ground for fight upon him. But the uni
l. mon decided they wanted one Of their men
t. ha We the snap, and set out to get lhaorseme.
5 ! for Penn = They secured them anu niluAi' ia
20 20 the appointment. -, Ia %: