Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-09

Attend the Wausau Business college,
Wausau, Wis a6-tf
DR.. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be al The
Bells House, Wednesday, Feb 10th
Friends of Clyde L. Warren are circu-
lating nomination papers throughout
the county for his candidacy for the
Office of county judge, in opposition TO
Henry Miller
Do you want shingles? If you do
call and look over our large assort-
ment and get prices before purchasing
esewhe e.
If. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
John Hinrichs, of the town of Ham
burg has disposed of his property in
that town and will move TO the city. Mr.
Hinrichs and family were residents of
Wausau at the tine the former was
treasurer of the county from 1902 to
1904.
The Mosinee Times, with its last issue,
started on its second year under the
present management. The paper haS
greatly improved under the direction of
its present editor, b. f. Walters and it
should have the support OF everyone in
the village.
Wenzel Pievernitz will be candidate
at the spring election for superintend-
ent of schools against the present in
cumbent, VIM j Farrell His friends
are circulating nomination papers
throughout the county. Mr.. Pievernitz
is at present principal of the Mosinee
high school.
w. G. Collins, former resident of
Tomahawk, and at one time manager
of G. M & ST. p Ry., it is said, will be-
come the manager of the Wis. Central
Ry. system. Mr. Collins is we'll known
to Wausau people and right here is
chance for Wausau to put in her claims
for a place on the main line of that
road.
Nearly 100 car loads of logs arrive
in Wausau daily at present over the st.
Paul road. Most of these come off the
Gleason branch. Part of the logs go to
the Brooks Il Ross Lumber company,
Schofield. The balance belong to Wau.
sau concerns. The Brooks & Ross
Lumber company is getting fair grade
OF white and Norway pine, that is, it is
fair considering Tie timber supply 10
this state.
A meeting of the Marathon County
Medical society was held Friday even
ing. Papers on subjects pertaining to
the profession were read and discussed.
Besides the local physicians there were
the following from out of the city in at
tendance: Drs. A. F. Harter, Marathon
City; H. s. Wahl, Stratford; H A. We'd
der, Edgar; V. A. Mason, Marshtield
r. Jones, Nation, L. Rothman, Wit
tenberg The invitation OF Dr. Harter
to hold the next meeting IN Marathon
City was accepted.
There are an unusually large number
of that class of humanity known in
police parlance as "bums" visiting this
city at present. This is evidenced by
the fact that during the month of Janu
airy according to the report of the chief
OF police, out of II persons housed in
the city hall So were tramps or free
dodgers. People living in the vicinity Of
the railroad yards have been bothered
all winter with men begging meals. A
few are worthy of a meal, but the
majority are American tourists" who
shun work.
Emil +. and Robt. g, Hanke of the
the town of Berlin, have erected a
factory in Little Chicago for the manu-
facture of cheese boxes. They expect
to begin operations as soon as the
machinery is installed, which will be
about March /. The factory will en-
ploy six men and will consume a con-
siderable quantity of elm and Eastwood (;
the latter wood is used in making the
tops and bottoms of the boxes. There
are a considerable number of cheese
factories IN that section of the county
and the product of this factory will be
sold direct to the consumers.
The c. & N. w. Rv. Co has intro.
duced labor saving device IN the way
of a hand car operated by gasolene
engine. The car is being placed on all
branches of the Northwestern system.
The cars travel as far in three-quarters
of an hour as two men can pump a
hand car in two hours. The new car
not only saves Gime, but it saves wear
and tear on the crews employed. 1t
will be great saver in time as large
portion of section crews time is spent
in pumping hand car. Where three
crews are now employed one can be
laid off with the introduction of these
cars.
Chas B. Mayer has been in the shoe
business since he was twelve years old /;
has been in the shoe business for him
self, nearly, if not quite. quarter of a
century. He knows the business from
A to z. His store is the largest exclus.
i've retail shoe house in the northwest.
The semi-annual clearance sale which
he arranges every year is always a
drawing, successful, money saving
event for his hundreds of patrons, and
it is because they know it that each
twice year sale is better than the one
preceding it. Wednesday, Thursday,