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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-26
SCHOOL CONVENTION.

The annual convention of officers of
the school district of the county was
held in the court house Thursday.
1t was the best attended convention
which has been held in the county
since the law was passed providing
for such meetings. A canvas of the
names of those present showed that
there were 3l0.
County Superintendent Wenzel Piv-
ernetZ called the meeting to order at
about IL a. m. and made few open
ing remarks.
He was followed by Miss Rosalia
Bohrer, instructor in the county
training school, who spoke on "What
Parents can do for the Rural Schools. y
She mentioned the hindrance to the
work of teachers resulting from in
termittant attendance of pupils.
1.-THE Relation of Education to the
Development of the State' was the
subject of w. E. Larson, state in
spector of schools. The beginning of
an education, he said, is in the home,
and child, to get the right kind of
an education, should get right start
in home training. He pictured the
Importance of education to the affairs
of the state.
G. A. Crosthwait, principal of the
county agricultural school, spoke on
"Agriculture in the Rural Schools.
The Importance of this study in the
affairs of the boys and girls who live
on farms was demonstrated. AS all OF
the school officers are residents of the
rural districts, this topic was of great
interest to them.
"The Teacher Who Can Teach
was the topic of NJ. H. Jackson, prin.
cipal of the Wood county training
school. In this he spoke of the best
qualities for the success of teacher
in bringing out the talents of pupil
O. K. Wells, principal of the Mara
thon county training school, in his
topic, "School Boards and Theil
Duties" mentioned things which are
very often overlooked by boards which
if carried out, would greatly benefit
school work.
Quite a number of students of the
county training school listened to tht
addresses.
The convention, it is thought, vii
result in much good.
A. L. KreutZer of the training schoO
board addressed the school officers OF
the necessity of having a dormitor,
for the county school. He explained
that the dormitory would be OF greai
benefit to the country pupils as MANI
of them at present find it hard TO Sc
cure meals and lodging at reasonable
rates, whereas If there was such
building country students could have
neat, quiet, comfortable home al
moderate rates. Mr.. KreutZer showed
a set of plans which had been draw
some time ago. These plans call 10
building 4OxS4 feet in size TO cost II
the neighborhood of $4,000.
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A TEST CASE.

A case involving the responsibility
of the state or county for damage
done by deer or other animals pro-
tected by game laws is soon to come
up for decision i'm the court of Hough-
ton county, Michigan.
The crops of David Lancott, q
farmer of that county, was overrun
and destroyed by deer. Under the
game laws, Lancott was prohibited
from protecting his crops by shooting
the deer, and consequently he was
obliged to suffer the loss occasioned
by their depredations. But this con-
dition does not exactly coincide with
his idea of justice, and now he is suing
the county for damages in the amount
of $4,000. The result of the suit will
be awaited with no little interest.
We are told that in some portions
of Marathon county vegetable crops
have been practically ruined the past
summer by deer. Some farmers have
been afraid TO shoot the animals, for
fear of being 'peached" on by neigh
bors, while others of more fearless
character have kept their tables well
supplied with fresh meat.
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sA1uRpAy. January ?. 1869.

A correspondent of the Oshkosh
Times, in the issue of the Pilot of
Jan. I'd, 1869, wrote three column
article concerning WauSau and vicin-
lty and we give his views, boiled
down, viz:
Walkers stage was taken to Wau-
sau; the roads were so bad that it
took four horses to draw six passen-
gers, over stones, frozen ground, down
into deep ruts, pitching first front
and then back, now to one side then
TO the other, with many a narrow es-
cape from an upset, our jolly crowd
laughing at the efforts of each other
TO maintain their seats; we reached
hnowltOn, where dinner was served
at the Knowlton House. Here the
conveyance was changed from a
covered to an open stage. much to our
liking, giving US a chance to see the
country through which we passed
(which was all woods) and last but
not least, a better chance to spring
should the nature of the road demand.
Nothing happened of any consequence
but to overtake man who expected
to beat the stage by walking to Wau-
sau, distance OF forty miles, and he
came within half an hour of being
successful. The sun had disappeared
below the woods some two hours be-
fore we reached the Forest House
where mine host c. A. Single stood
ready to take our baggage.
MARATHON COUNTY-of which Wau-
in the state, having over 5000 square
miles of territory composed of the
following townships and their popu-
lation: Berlin, 1900; Stettin, 1000;
Marathon, 900; Weston, 700; Texas,
400; Maine, 100; Vein, 200; Mosinee,
800; Knowlton, 400 and Jenny, 900, the
last being the largest township in the
county, running to the state line.
The county has valuable deposits of
iron, copper and magnetic ore, and is
completely covered with heavy
growth of timber of all kinds, in
sufficient quantity to last fifty years
and large amount of water to use
in it's manufacture. The lands
throughout are excellent for farming
purposes. The village of Wausau
is situated on the Wisconsin river
near Big Bull Falls, has nearly 1000
Inhabitants. The ground is level
with a good rise from the river.
Clarke's island which is part of the
village, is situated between the slough
and the main river, has a considerable
settlement, blacksmith shop, gun
smith, cabinet and shoemaker's shops,
Touring mill and other shops and
manufactures. The island covers
four acres and is named after j. G.
Hlns sslr rlA lo
The general appearance of the village
stores cannot be excelled and less cry
of dull times than any place | have
visited. Among those doing business
are Kickbusch Bros; who do a busi-
ness over 100000 year; Jacob Paff
over $4,000; j. Kolter, drugs and
restaurant, Edee & McEwen and
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PREACH IN THE WOODS.

Henceforth a large number of
Lawrence college students will spend
their summers as ''lumberjack sky
pilots in the mining and numbering
regions of the northern part of this
state and vicinity.
Harry Milford, the original 'slum-
berjack sky pilot" has just delivered
a lecture at the college, detailing his
experiences. During the past sum
mer two Lawrence students walked
over 400 miles preaching every night
At some places not over loo miles
from the third largest city in Wiscon-
sin, they found children of IA who
had never heard prayer AT least
three students of Lawrence have al
ready agreed 10 go out into the camps
next summer Mr. Milford is now on
his was east 10 raise $50, 600 for an
annex TO the mission at Superior.
This Is non-denominational A lam
tern slide lecture series is in con-
temptation
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-26
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

The village of Schofield and the st.
Paul railway company have got into
Squabble over a fence. The COM
pany recently built fence along a
certain portion of its right-of-way
which shut off teams from crossing
the track. A street known as Eau
Claire street runs to the track and
ends there but the people have been in
the habit of crossing the track just
the same. The fence closed up the
end of this street. The village mar
shal, III. La Porte, was directed to
tear down the fence and did SO. He
was also directed to tear it down as
often as the railroad company re-
erected it. The company has threat
ened to have the marshal arrested to
answer to a charge of maliciously de-
though, that the matter will be set
tied out of court.
Chas. w. Schlatter, known as
Schlatter the Divine Healer, was
found dead in room in a hotel in
Hastings, Neb., few days ago.
Schlatter visited Wausau three or
1 four years ago, and held few meet
| ings in Druids' hall, which were not
much of a success either in point of
attendance or as a financial benefit to
himself. He was about as uncouth a
looking man as ever stepped into a
pair of brogans. While here and be-
fore opening his meetings, he visited
this office and asked to have us run
an advertising notice. He did not
offer to pay for it, but asked us to
run it "for Christ's sake" We in
| formed him that this was not free
lunch paper published in the interest
Of fakes of his kind. Judging from
the smell he left in our office, he
never could be accused of taking a
bath. We had to burn sulphur to
fumigate the Office after his departure.
Schlatter during his career, was sew
eral times arrested at the instance of
state medical boards and heavily fined.
He always paid his fines in crisp new
bills.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-26

The quarterly meeting of the Wis
conSin Millers' association was held in
this city Thursday. The headquar-
ters of the visiting members was at
the Bells House. The Wausau club
had previously offered the local millers
the use of the club house as place
of meeting for the association and the
offer was accepted. The afternoon
business session was accordingly held
there. During the forenoon the Wis
itors made an inspection of the local
-four mills and their products. They
were greatly interested in the cereal
mill of the III. E. McEachron Co.
HI. HI. Pagel of Stevens Point, Chas.
Dodge of Wausau and E. j. Loch-
mann of Neenah were appointed a
committee for special business. A
number of things of interest to the
milling business were discussed.
Following the afternoon business
session the local millers entertained
their visitors at a supper served in
Bells House. Then the party went
ing was spent in roller skating.
Before leaving the city the associa-
tion extended vote of thanks to the
| lOCdl t1illCiS lOl OllC way DilC ldUbCI lldQ
entertained their brethren. The mil
lers, some of whom visited Wausau
for the first time, were very much
pleased with the success of the con-
yention, the beauty of our city and
the hospitality of our people. They
were much impressed with the park,
and it was practically agreed that the
midsummer meeting shall be held
here, to continue two days, one day
to be devoted wholly to pleasure.
The local millers intended to give
their visitors an automobile ride about
the city, but the disagreeable weather
prevented this.
HI. II. Pagel of Stevens Point, Ed.
Rossier of Ployer aud j. p. Horton of
Grand Rapids, all former residents of
Wausau, were in attendance.
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LIVED HERE SO YEARS.

Martin Treu died Thursday at the
home of one of his sons in the town
of Stettin, aged Sixty-nine years. He
had been i'll for ten days previous TO
death and his demise is attributed
TO old age. Mr.. TreG came to this
country when nineteen years OF age
and for the past half century had
been resident of the town where he
died. He was one of the oldest con-
tinuous residents of the county and
saw the town of Stettin grow from q
sparsely settled wilderness TO one OF
the best improved farming commun-
ities in Northern Wisconsin.
He is survived by FIVE children,
John, Mrs. Fred MarQuardt. Mrs.
Louis BaItelts, all of the town of
EaSton; Robert of this city, and
Martin Of the town of Stettin.
The funeral was held yesterday af-
ternoon from St. Paul's church, this
city, Rev. E. C. Grauer conducting
the services
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-26
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
PILOT NEARLY FIFTY YEARS AGO

Others. Newspapers. The PILoT,
owned by Valentine Ringle and Gen.
trail, owned by r. Fl. johnson. Fine
court house; large school building,
church societies, Catholic, Lutheran,
German Prot, Episcopal, Methodist
and Presbyterian. Three fine halls,
Forest, Music and Ringle's. Secret
societies, Masons and Good Tsmplars.
Crossing the river we made a visit
to the "Pride of Wausau,n the fair
grounds. Way up the Wisconsin, at
the last settlement of any note is
| found one of the most fiouriShing
agricultural societies in the state.
| The association has forty acres fenced
in. with buildings, pens and a well, a
| fine track, oval in shape; besides it
!. has forty acres more and track of
one mile can be built. Returning, we
pause for a moment on the main
| bridge, taking a look at the boiling,
| seething water, that rushes with fury
beneath our feet, never firing but
| moving swiftly on, tumbling over the
numerous rocks for some distance
until it disappears from view. Look
ing up the river can be seen in the
distance what is called the reserve
reservoir, the capacity of which is
estimated at fifteen million feet.
Here is where the logs are held after
the mill reservoirs are full. The
main dam is just north of the bridge.
The guard lock is just opposite, run
ming from the other side of the is
| land. Further down below are the
Plumer, Clarke and McIndoe mills
and fiune 400 feet long which con-
yeys the water to run the other Plum
er mill. There is large family of
rapids in this vicinity singularly
called Grandfather Bull, Grand
mother Bull, Big Bull, Little Bull,
Bull Jr., Jenny Bull, Bull Sampson,
and Bull Calf, supposed to be the old
est family in the state and of whom
many legends and traditions are afioat
From WauSau we went to Mosinee
! and four miles from that village met
and spent day with our old friend
John Tuttle, who has a crew of twenty
men running Beldsmeier's mill. Mr..
B. is in ST. Louis all the time. We
had an excellent opportunity to see
I logging; saw three foot tree
felled in four minutes. We reached
Stevens Point the next evening; from
there took the stage to Waupaca rid
ing from 6p. m. to a. M; from Wau-
paca the ride to Appleton was made
in Reese's wagon, reaching there in
time to take the train to Oshkosh.
We learn that James O'Connor, re-
siding some few miles north of this
place, accidentally shot himself this
morning.
! Buggies instead of sleighs had to
be used by those who attended the
party at Forest hall on New Years
eve. People farther south think that
we have three or four feet of snow on
the ground all the time this time of
the year.
The dancing party at Forest hall
was a very pleasant one. Messrs.
Rousseau u Poor furnished music. 1t
was a. m. when the party broke up.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-26
INSTALLED STATION HERE
J. H. Spencer OF Dubuque, Who Has
Charge Of the Dubuque River and
Flood Service Of the Weather
Bureau, Spends Several Days
in Wausau

J. HI. Spencer, local forecaster OF
the Dubuque District River and
Flood service of the weather bureau
spent from Friday until Monday even
ing in Wausau for the purpose OF In
stalling river station here. This he
accomplished placing a guage in the
river at the water works station, and
made arrangements to have those In
charge at the water works station
make the daily observations and re-
port the same to headquarters at
Dubuque. Mr.. Spencer also expects
to put in another station at Merrill.
These will prove of great value to the
cities on the Wisconsin and MiSsis-
Sippi rivers, and in time, as stations
are extended up the Wisconsin river
to it's head waters, Wausau will re-
ceiye incalculable benefit therefrom,
At present on the Wisconsin river
there are stations at Prairie du Chen,
Muscota, Portage, Grand Rapids,
Wausau and another one will, per-
haps, be placed at Merrill.
1t takes nearly two days for the
crest of rise in the Wisconsin river
to reach Dubuque; three days, from
Muscota; seven days from Portage;
eleven days from Grand Rapids; about
thirteen days from Wausau and about
fourteen days from Merrill. A station
means river guage, rain guage and
a paid observer who telegraphS Du-
buque station every morning from
which food warnings are issued. By
this district station, millions of dollars
have been saved to the people along
the rivers and vast amount of trOu-
bic, in some instances. 1t will readily
be seen that with tremendous rains
in the northern part of our state, the
result would be large flood in the
Wisconsin river. Every town is kept
constantly informed of the conditions
by the bureau several days in advance
Mr.. Spencer, while here, looked up
the dates of the memorable floods in
the Wisconsin and their causes. One
in June, 1866, raised havoc here, wash
ing out the guard lock and the dam
where the electric light plant stands,
and millions of feet of logs broke loose
and were lost resulting in heavy loss
Damages were reported at that time
all along the river. The water raised
nearly fifty feet above low water mark
at the dells and the bridge, at Kilbourn
which was the first one ever built across
the Wisconsin river, was washed out
The next one was in 1880 which was
very high and did much damage. But
the highest of all was the one which
occurred in Sept, 1881. This caused
great damage all along the river. In
Wausau the rains filled the large lake
or marsh east of the city SO full that
it overfowed and opened up an outlet
to the Wisconsin river; the washout
was nearly quarter of mile long
and effectually drained the marsh so
that by laying sewers and filling in,
the area was reclaimed and is now
covered with homes of our citizens.
All that could be found concerning
these freshets were written down and
will be used for scientific purposes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-26
AUCTION SALE.

There will be an auction sale ON the
Joseph Danek farm in the town of
Harrison, five miles west of Elmhurst
swo miles north one east of Hogarty
ON the old WauSau road, between
Amigo and Wausau, Thursday, No
vember 4th, 1909, 1894 acres will be
sold. whole or in so acre tracts, build
ingS and Improvements and personal
property. Am selling on account OF
my poor health. Now, anybody look
ing for piece of land, here is a
chance. Terms will be given on date
of sale. Time will be given on part.
Come out and buy. Lunch at noon.
JOSEPH DANEk, PRoPRIEToR.
HENRY HERsANT, Auctioneer.
n 9S-Wl
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Frishtful Fate Averted.

II would have been cripple for
life from terrible cut on my knee
CAP" writes Frank Disberry, kelli5er,
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Salve, which soon cured me- In
fallible for wounds, cuts and bruises.
il soon cures Burns, Scalds, Old Sores,
Boils, Skin Eruptions. Worlds best
for Piles. 25c. at w. w. Albets.
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CHANGE IN TINE TABLE
A Few Changes Made in the Running
Of Trsins on the St Paul Line.

The long looked for change in the
time table of the st. Paul Ry Co.
went into effect yesterday. Hereafter
the regular morning passenger will
arrive at 8:20 O'Clock instead of $50 as
heretofore. Evening passenger trains
north and south will meet here at
1850 O'Clock. There is quite change
made in the morning train which has
heretofore departed ut l0:45, this train
now leaves at 1905. See time table
in another column.
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The Red-Rock OF Success.

lies i'm keen, clear brain, backed by
indomitable will and resistleSs energy.
Such power comes from the splendid
health that DR.. Kings New Life Pills
impart. They vitalize every organ
and build up brain and body. j.. A.
Harmon, Lizenmore, w. Va, writes:
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25c. at w. w. Albers.
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BUILD FOR THE FUTURE.


No man ever saw prosperity ahead
of him except through a bank ac-
count. The man who succeeds is the
man who looks ahead and plans for
the future. He realizes that money
is absolutely essential if he intends to
raise in the world. A small sum will
open bank account A bank account
establishes credit. Good credit opens
the way to all things prosperous.
Open an account with the National
German American bank, ana lay the
foundation of a fortune.
WANTED. Barker & Stewart Lum-
Der Co. is now ready to buy hemlock
lath bolts, so inches long. Any one
wishing to sell bolts of this kind can
get full particulars by calling at the
Wausau office, McIndoe island sl4w7
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FIRE INSURANCE.

Kretiow s. Lamont wish 70 an
nounce thl.sS-tt they are prepared TO write
FIRE insurance in approved stock COM
panies at re asonable rates. They also
place plate glass and boiler insurance
and surety bonds First National
bank building. Phone 1888. f20-tf
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Has Safety Deposit Vault.
Boxes for Rent at $2 Per Year.
Savings Department in Connection

ALEX STEWART. Pres. f. c. ZIMMERMAN.
c. W. hARGER, Vice-Pres Cashier.
Directors-Alex Stewart, W. Alexander c.
W. Harss-. E. c. Zimmerman. W. b. Scholaeld-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-26

The C. & n. w. Ry. Co.'S safe in
Rhinelander was blown open few
nights ago and all the money it con-
tanned was taken. Two solicitors
working for d. G. Burdick of Osh-
kosh, formerly of this city, have been
arrested OH suspicion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-26

One of the state banks of Reeds
vile was blown to pieces Thursday
morning and between Sc, 600 and $1,000
stolen. There were four men. The
authorities have no clue to follow.