Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-12-12


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Fire damaged the A. R. Wiens com
pany brush factory at WATERFOWL TO
the extent of $4,000. This is the
second time this company suffered a |
fire loss, the previous one being in
April, 1905. The factory will run as
usual as some stock in another build |
ing was not damaged.
The shipment of pulpwood from |
Green Bay is now practically over
for this season. During the season !
three pulpwood conveyors were in
stalled to load the wood onto cars.
The wood was then shipped to towns
in Wisconsin where boats could not
be reached by water
At La Crosse the police station ac-
comodated sixteen tramps and ten
more were picked up by the police,
this being the largest number the
police have had to deal with at any
one time this fall. Three of the men
were held in suspicion, while the
Others were ordered out OF the city.
Register OF Deeds w. S. Powell OF
Grand Rapids Is In correspondence
with number Of other registers Of
the state, looking to the calling of a
meeting at which state organization
may be perfected. The meeting, ac-
. cording to the indications in this cor
: respondence, will probably be called
, for the holidays.
81 Bulletin No. 16 entitled The Ge-
ology Of North Central Wisconsin" by
: Samuel Weidman, is now ready for
p distribution by the Wisconsin geolog,
! ical and natural history survey The
!. region described is the whole of Mara
thon, Portage, Wood. Clark, Taylor,
= and Lincoln counties, and adjoining
n portions Of Langlade. Price, and Rusk
nj A young man whose name can not
. be learned was almost smothered to
death when fire broke out in the cot.
= tage belonging TO Mrs. Henry Schmitz
n Kaukauna, and the fact that the wind
y blew open the rear door is probably
n all that saved the mans life. The
occupant of the cottage had just
% moved into Kaukauna last week and
n his wife and family had not yet
n. arrived.
,s Mayor Linley's latest order to close
all the saloons In the tenderloin dis
=, trict of Superior Is the most sweeping
. order in the way of reform that has
=, been given the Civic league and the
- State Anti-Saloon league started oper
" ations here about two years ago. 1t
Is strictly enforced and If the inmates
Is do not leave town they will be given
~ chance for a trip to Waupun
y The order goes into effect on Jan. 1
IL next
Capt John Martin, of Marinette
whose tugs, the Evans and williams,
" were seized for claims. says he has a
= good claim. against the United States
government which he will push for
reimbursement for the wreck of the
'' Evans. He says he will present a
Claim against the government for s36,
10 0O0 claiming that he was offered s1s.
" 600 for the tug, and that he Is entitl,
d to as much more for loss OF time for
n the tug and for injury to his business
5 caused by the illegal seizure.
Eau Claire police unearthed the rec
n ords Of gang OF young men who
o have been doing some Jesse James
. stunts. making Their headquarters in
II n cabin. half of which had been dug
r out of the cliff. Boards for building
the cabin had been stolen from a
r. neighboring box factory The yc<ng
. men who held forth in the place
+. pleaded guilty. They are Vincent
a Thomas. Fred Mulligan, William wag.
y ner, Edward krautseider, and Joe
Kenninski. and range in age from
L II to 81 years.
" At Menasha operations win be
l. be resumed in an addition to the
O John Strange paper mill in Osh-
o kosh which has cost more than
$4,000. The capacity of the mill has
!. practically been doubled The addi-
4 ton is of brick. with a cement founda.
O ton and cellar under the entire build,
|. Ing. A new industry has been
q opened, a carding mill. which has been
constructed and VIII be operated by
John Stickler of Houston, Wis, aud
which will employ about 100 hands at
the beginning The new factory will
furnish Wisconsin knitting mills with
carded yarns,
Andrew Carlson, young farmer
Z living in the town of Sigel, about six
a miles west of Grand Rapids, commit.
I ted suicide while he was supposed to
be doing his morning chores. When
4 he did not come in to his breakfast
his wife became alarmed and started
n out to search for her husband, She
, discovered his lifeless body suspended
from a rafter in one OF the sheds. He
. had been married only two months.
!. Was in good financial circumstances.
and man OF excellent habits.
n Meeting company OF hunters on
= the outskirts OF Eau Claire and fearing
$ that they would mistake him for a
= deer wenEel Mikesh ran to Chippewa
: Trails, a distance OF twelve miles, to get