The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-08-15
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

q. l.. Wiley transacted business
in the Garland City Monday.
Mrs. Chris Peterson aud Mrs.
Thomas Nevra visited at Ashland
Monday.
The Nemic and Thomas Adams
are unloading coal at the North
ives tern Fuel docks.
Mrs. May Mccullough and Miss
Harriet Porter of Chicago, are
visiting at the home of their sister
Mrs. G. w. Layton.
The Tuxbury loaded lumber at
the Commercial dock during the
week. The lumber was shipped
here from Hayward.
Miss Mary Schafhauser is here
from Superior where she has been
attending business college, She is
visiting at the Mortensen home.
T. H. Robinson will leave for
Wausau Sunday night where he will
go as a delegate to the state conven-
tion of the Knights OF Pythias.
Oden Nelson, son Of Charles Mel
son of the Norman house, had the
misfortune to have his leg broken
while at work at the Eastern Dyna-
mite plant last week.
LOST-Between Washburn and
Ashland on the road, a dark grey
overcoat with gloves IN the pocket.
Finder will please leave at George
Posey's store and receive reward.
Mr.. Stevens, father of E. c.
Stevens. and George Bean left
Tuesday for Butternut where they
will spend some four weeks cruisil z
N that vicinity. From there they
will make a trip down into Sawyer
county.
Under the new law recently enact
ed by the Legislature it will, be me-
ceSsary for town authorities and
city officers to report ali fires where
the loss is over $25 to the State Fire
Marshall, and thorough investiga-
ton is also to be made as TO the
cause of the fire.
Miss Lola Gardner aud Mr.. Allen
Buttertield were married at noon to-
day at. the home of the brides par
pnts at Engoe; Rev. Richard Pen
giIly officiating. The young couple
left on the $50 train on the Omaha
for Minneapolis where they will
make their home for time.
The marriage of Miss Josephine
Desick to Mr.. Felix Gasski took
place at the Catholic Church Mon
lay morning, Rev, Father Dunstan
officiating. A reception aud supper
was given at the home of the bride.
Monday evening. A large number
of relatives and friends were pre-
sent.
E. j. Born, for years one of the
best known and most prominent bu.
siness men of Ashland died at his re-
sidence shortly before noon Monday.
Death has been expected some time.
He was stricken with paralysis last
October. Again in February he
was stricken. this time fatally, and
had been gradually failing since.
Cement walks are now going down
along Bayfield, street at rapid pace
and it will only be couple of weeks
before they are completed. Street
Commissioner Mike Larson now has
a crew of men tearing up the walk
of the east side of 1st avenue east
and soon as the filing has been done
by the city the contractors will
start laying new walks. It is a
move in the right direction and one
which should be followed by all pro-
perty owners. Let the good work
go on.
Chairman Bergman of the FL
nance Committee of the county
board has just purchased ten of the
"Battleax" bonds from the state.
In other words be has taken up this.
number OF old bonds, and has come a
step nearer to freeing the county
from this burden of debt. These
bonds are all due and payable in
1915, out it's hoped by using the
sinking fund each year that all or
nearly all will be paid before the