Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

Ask your merchants for Cow ticket.
FoR SALE-A model F. Buick tour
ing car. Apply to
2w JOHN FEHL & Sons.
After an unsuccessful business of
one month, E. Fl. Nye has closed up
the Majestic theatre and silently
stole away" He and his wife haze
gone back to Minneapolis.
On account of complaint from prop
erty owners on Grand Ave, the street
car company has changed its large
conduit wire from that thoroughfare
20 the river bank. The owners claimed
that the electric current IVES .njuring
their shade trees.
j. A. Jones and Royal Jones went
to Rural, Wis, on Saturday TO attend
the funeral OF tneir sister. Mrs. Helen
j. Ashmun. Henry McCrossea also
attended, he being a nephew of de
ceased. Mrs. Ashum was a sister of
Mrs. James McCrossen, formerly OF
this city, now of Pasadena, California.
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Preliminary valuations made by the
tax commission upon street railways
in the state show that the Wausau
Street Railroad Co.'s property is
valued at 1926, 000 The local COM
pany ranks fourteenth in valuation
among twenty-four companies doing
| business in the state. The total yalu-
| tion of all roads is over $37, 100000.
1t is now -four weeks since the trout
season opened and yet few fish have
! been caught, owing to cold weather,
| swollen creeks and absence of warm
rains. 1t is true some fishermen have
related stories of big catches, but
they have not furnished the proof, at
least this office has seen nore OF the
proof 1t is said that only fOols and
children tell the TRUTH which is proof
that the fisherman is no fool.
The Wisconsin Valley Improvement
Company with headquarters at Wau-
sau, has a crew of men doing work on
| northern Wisconsin waterways, where
by it is expected to open up nayiga-
| ton for the driving of logs and pass
ing of boats between Three Lakes and
| Eagle River. This work when COM
| pleted makes one of the largest in
land waterways in this part of the
country. e. A. Forbes of this city is
experimenting the job hinelander
New North.
! The annual meeting of the Wiscon-
| sin Valley Improvement company
was held in Wausau last Tuesday
| afternoon and the following officers
were reelected: President, Geo. A..
Whiting, Menasha; vice-president,
Walter Alexander; secretary and
treasurer, g. d. Jones. All the old
| directors were reelected with the
| exception of Thos. Nash of Nekoosa
| and r. B. Tweedy of Tomahawk l.
Witter of Grand Rapids, succeeds the
| former and A. M. Pride of Tomahawk,
replaces the latter.
E. G. Atkins, who has resided in
| this city since this point was made
division, headquarters of the st. Paul
| Ry., and who has been acting as
| trainmaster for this division, has
been transferred to the Southern
Minnesota division, with headquar-
| tiers in La Crosse The transfer went
| into effect last Saturday, and Mr.
| La Crosse. He has been succeeded
here by H. HI. ODER, formerly depot
agent of the company iii Minocqua.
| Mr.. Ober will at once take up his
residence in Wausau.
| A conference was held in this city
last week Between representative of
the r. Connor Lumber Co. and the
assessor and supervisors of the town
of Bergen. They discussed the assess
ment of the company's property in
the town of Bergen, which has been
in dispute for some time. A few
months ago Judge Reid ordered that
/ 2 re-assessment be made of the town.
| AT the conference mentioned the
/ Common Co. agreed TO pay sixty per
cent of the taxes assessed against it
i'm 1907 and seventy per cent of the
taxes of 1908. The towns representa-
tives agreed to this. Accordingly
there will be no re-asseSsment made
| of the town.
Miss +. III. Thomas, state secretary
! of the social democratic party, will
| deliver an address in Elks' hall to-
morrow night. Her topic will be
"When Win the Revolution Come
Miss Thomas has acted as secretary of
the national campaign committee Of
her party; she has travelled extensive
| ly in Europe, is we'll posted and is
said to be a very pleasing speaker
She is devoting all of her time 20
| socialism, without one cent of remun-,
| Grafton. She is one of the mary
| speakers who will appear here in the
| next three years. Since last fall four
socialist speakers have appeared here.
1t is the intention of the party to
| carry on an active campaign in this
state up to the next presidential cleo