Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-06
LATE NEWS CONDENSED
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.


The Rice Lake Lumber company
is building a logging road from the
Omaha line to Blaisdell lake which
will be about nine miles in length.
The Grand Rapids Street Railway
company expects to complete its en-
tire line, including bridges and cur
vert. to tie village of NekoOsa by
Nov l.
William Collins of Stevens Point
has rented a part of the basement
OF the old Central hotel property at
Grand Rapids In which he VIII manu-
fac ure soft drinks.
A new paper machine is to be add
ed to the Kimberly mill at Kaukauna
by the Kimberly-Clark company =.
will be 1852 inches wide and will make
book paper Tie o'her two machines
are 1870 and 140 inches, respectively.
The New Oeljs Lumber company
Of Eau Claire is building eight miles
Of a logging road out Of Kennedy
with two branch lines. It now has
an engine there and is shipping seven
cars of logs a day to the mill.
The merging Of Neenah and Me-
nasha into one municipality is a pro
position outlined at meeting Of a
large number Of business men, paper
manufacturers and others. major.
ity Of those present were heartily in
favor of the plan Each city has
population of about 5000
Lawrence and Benjamin Gotfredson
Of Green Bay, will, on Jan. !, with
draw from the hardware business and
the interests Of Gotfredson Bros, com
pauy will be taken over by present
employees. This move is made so hat
Messrs Gotfredson may give their en-
tire attention g. the growing auto
mobile business
The Prairie du Chen Egg Case
Manufacturing company has replaced
the main structure Of their min when
was destroyed by fire last spring ana
will begin operating veneering ma
cGines IT, balance Of the min apd
warehouse No will be completed
during the winter and some Of the
machinery viii be built here.
The Automatic Cradle company has
commenced the erection Of a new
addition to its plant at Stevens Point.
The new addition. which measures
3GX56 feet and three stories In height,
Will double the floor space OF the
plant. L wa be used for the manu-
facture Of The Mtlking machine. in
vented by Dr. d S Rice
Tie Kaiser Lumber compan, will
finish its cut near Baraboo lake this
winter and will next spring build
south from Winter to the Thornap-
pie river where 1t has several years
cutting. The firm also has an engine
and is now loading eight cars day
for its mill Il has about 1900 CORDS
Of acmlock bark to ship that was
peeled this summec
The second carload of new machin,
cry which is 10 ms used IN the equip
ment of the Onward Manufacturing
coapany's glass factory las. arrived
at Menasha The local company is
IN receipt OF single order from
Minneapolis for 1000 sets Of The fur
niture sliding shoe which arc to na
used In equippiag q new hotel in thar
city.
The strike at the Tiebrich -Fox-Hn.
ker Shoe company at Racine was set,
tied and the 100 employees have re.
sumed work The settlement was
brought abou mainly through The Ell
forts of Mayor 4 } Horlick and the
national officers Of the union. The
employees are 20 get practically what
they demanded an increase of wages
IN some instances and better shop
conditions
According 10 the county CLERK re.
port over halt ambition dollars worth
OF butter and cheese was made In
Shawano county during The past
year There are seven craamertes
which made $l06 @23.36 worth OF but.
ter Tie hIy.two cheese factories
made 2.429T2l pounds of cheese
which sold for $2t3,04292 The farm.
ers made 2G77S2 pounds of butter
which sold for S52772. making a TO.
al Of $Gt75992S during the wear.
iumheriacks wIl receive better
wages in the woods this winter than
last according @ John Fonutmne of
the Fountaine Lumber company of
Appleton aud move logging win be
done than Tor several years. Ne
are now establishing our camps IN
tie western nart of Taylor county
said Mr. Fouutaiue I'VE are now
offering from $26 to $35 per month
and for while last winter We could
ge' all the men we could use for
from Sl5 to $25.
BADGER BRIEFS.
Charles Muck a btakpIVar.. an III.