Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-09-19
JOHN F. DEITZ
CASE SETTLED
Through a Third Party. Oeitz Gels
$4,000 for Permitting Logs
to Pass Over Dam

to Pass Over Dam
A special to the Minneapolis Jour
nal from Rice Lake. dated today
says:
The details OF the settlement which
John f. Dietz of Cameron dam fame,
effected with the logging company,
have just been made public. The set
tlenrpnt was perfected in this city
through the efforts OF Mr.. Deitz'
brother and ". L.. Moses of Chippewa
Falls.
1t seems that the Chippewa Log
and Boom company, owner OF the
logs that have been held up for over
two years, firing of the trouble it
has had with Deitz, gave up the case,
until Mr.. Moses, a logging cOntrac-
tor went to the scene and offered to
drive the logs down the Thoruapple,
and deliver them at the cOmpany's
mill at Chippewa Falls for $780, 900.
The company accepted his offer very
quickly and Moses then. opened ne
gOtiatiOus with DeitZ with the result
that the latter agreed to permit the
slCicing of the logs through Cameron
dam for $4,000. Moses accepted and
is now arranging to drive the logs
through this famous dam.
Probably everyone in northern Wis
COnsin is now cOnversant with the
merits of the controversy between
John F. Deitz and the Chippewa Log
ging and Boom Co., on account OF
the wide publication given the sensa-
tiOnal maneuvers of t h lumber
barOns in their efforts to Oust Deitz
from the land which he knew he had
right to hold. Perhaps Deitz has
violated the letter of the law, in some
OF the many instances In which the
company has sought to trap Lin,
bnt never the spirit Of the law. Many
n weaker man has been bluffed into
giving up what rightfnlly belonged
10 him aud to his family, and the
fact that DeitZ has had the nerve to
stand up for his rights, against ii
powerful corporation an d even
against the officers of the law, some
times, has given him the Tie among
he people as the Here stf Cameron
DAM rh ther tIlnn that OF an out
LAW" as the lumber barons .ln,l their
paid enissaries have sought To brand
him.
f. W Hill of this city, in company
with \. T.. ROesr, editor OF he Oscr-
ola Sun, recently made visit to he
DeitZ home, an account OF which was
published in the I.adysmith papers,
as we'll as several daily papers. In
acknoN Iedgmpnt for this fiirndly vis-
it. Mr. Deitz last week wrote Mr.
Hill the following letter:
Winter, Wis, Aug %. 1907.
f W. Hill,
Lady smith, Wis.
Kind Friend:-pIease accept tie
sincere gratitude OF myself IL n d
family for VOurfair and impartial re-
port of existing conditions as note |
hy YOU and published i'll the Journal
OF your city.
had the pleasure yesterday OF
meeting four gentlemen from Lady
smith. They came within ~ miles
of our place in an auto and walked
in the rest of the way. We finished
having some time ago. have about
~ tons which think will winter our
- head of stock. Father went back
10 Rice Lake the 18th inst; he walked
out to Winter. Hope you and | will
Ire able to do as we'll at the age of 81.
There has been ten different men here
since you and MIR. Roese was here.
We are all we'll and there. is no indi-
cation of any of us having nervous
prOstra tiOn over the report that the
Canadian soldiers are coming. That
absurd slur on the efficiency of Ameri-
can soldiers shows what some peO-
pie are capable of and what their
think tank is lined with-rot.
With kindest regards of myself and
family, l am, Yours faithfully,
JOHN +. DEITZ.
BY the courtesy of the Oscela Sun,
the News Budget this week presents
it's readers with recent picture Oi
the Deitz family, the Deitz home and,
on the second page, map showing
in detail the location of the disputed
dam and it's surroundings.
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