Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-10
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
KNowLToN.

circus.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Guenther were
Wausau visitors Friday.
Fred Levenhagen came down from
Wausau Saturday to spend day with
his son, Allie and wife.
Miss Bertha JAM is a guest of Mosi-
nee friends this week.
George Hoffman is treating his res
idence to new coat of paint, which
win greatly improve the appearance
of his home.
Fred Sturm, Jr., transacted business
in Wausau, Monday.
Miss Margretta Harshaw of Buffalo.
n. Y, is spending week here with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Breitenstein
spent Sunday with Wausau friends
Mrs. A. Malatte and daughter of
Ployer, are the guests of relatives
here this week.
Miss Alma Huebner came down
from Wausau, Sunday, to spend day
with her father, f. A. Huebner.
Doctor Daniels of Mosinee, made
professional call here Saturday.
ATHENS ITEMS.
Misses Agnes Jones and Caroline
Degner are attending teachers insti-
tute at Wausau.
Many Athens boys have gone west
to work in the harvest fields.
Mrs. ]. N. Miller of st. Paul, is Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. JOS.
CheSak.
Dr. Beck left last Wednesday for
Winneconne. He has sold his prac-
tice there and may locate in western
Minnesota.
Mrs. Healy of Superior, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. w. J. Denney. !
Miss Helen Becker returned to her
home at Wausau, Monday, after
two weeks visit with friends here.
The Edgar ball players were defeat
ed on their home grounds by the
Athens white sox. Score, to 5, in
an eleven inning game
DANCY.
Owing to the tame hay crop being
light this year throughout this local
ity, the wild hay is in much demand.
Several Knowlton parties are now
busily engaged making hay on the
marsh near this place.
Miss Give Wells of Wausau, is
spending few days in Dancy, guest
of Miss Gladys Altenburg.
Miss Ella Marched visited over Sun
day with Junction City friends.
Mrs. Henry Morrell of Rhinelander
is spending few days visiting rela-
tives in this village.
Eugene Helm and Harvey Wheaton
| of Stevens Point, camped a couple of
days recently on the Wisconsin river
near Dancy.
| Several of our young people enjoyed
| Sunday at the White House landing
on the Wisconsin river.
Quite number from here attended
Gollmar Bros. circus at Stevens Point
and Wausau recently.
| The raspberry and BURBERRY crops
were very good in this locality this
year. Several loads of berry pickers
passed through this place each day. q
One hundred and twenty acres Of
farm land in the town of Eau Eieine,
| Portage county, near the town of Mil
ladore, sold few days age for sl2, 900,
or 800 per acre. Land values all
| through this locality has greatly in
creased within the past five years, and
| with the advent of bridges across
the rivers, roads opening up, ETC.,
further increases will be noticeable
A few days ago special town meet
ing was held in this town to raise the
| necessary funds for the construction
of the three new iron bridges to be
built across the Little Eau Pleine
| river, and which was recently acted
upon, and there was but one dissent
| ing vote. The writer is of the opin-
ion that had this question come up
two years ago the result would have
! been just the reverse, but conditions
have changed, and the people must
wake up TO the fact that the only
way any good can be gotten out OF a
country, the same as an industry, is
by developing it.
The excayating is completed and
rock hauled for the basement of the
| new school house.
III. G. Flieth and DIR. HI. Rosen-
berry of Wausau, c. E. Guenther of
Knowlton, with G. 6. Knoller, went
out on the Dancy drainage district
few days to where the big dredge boat
is working on the main ditch and ex-
pressed themselves as very much
pleased with the work, and the results
being accomplished. The trip was
made in Mr.. Flieth's touring car.
Lawrence Breitenstein, one of
Knowlton's prominent citizens, tran
sacted business in Dancy Saturday.
Mr.. Breitenstein is just recovering
from very severe attack of lagrippe
Miss Evelyn L. Knoller visited a
couple of days in Stevens Point re-
Gently, a guest of Miss Hattie Helm.
Miss Helm is one of the faculty of the
Hinshaw Conservatory of Music, Chi
cage, being instructor on piano and
violin.
EDGAR.
Mrs A w pnchnar and cEsildran