The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1910-07-14
v. {. COOPER
IN BIG DEAL
FORMER RESIDENT OF MERRI-
TACK IN MONTANA BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY.
WELL KNOWN AS LUMBERMAN
An Account OF the Transaction as
PubIished.in Western
Paper.

The DAILY IrIDnne or UTeaG ais
Mont, brings us bit of news that will
be read with interest by Baraboo and
Merrimack people, where Mr.. Cooper
is we'll known. He is a brother oi
Postmaster Cooper Of the village. We
take extracts from the article as fol-
lows:
The Tod block, on the corner of Cen
trail avenue andSecond street, thisclty
was sold yesterday to the
Cooper.Hughes Investment COM
pany, a separate corpora
ton from the Cooper-Hughes
Land & Lumber company, of Milwau-
kee, Wis, the consideration being in
the neighborhood of $15O,O0O. The
fve-story building, the largest office
structure in the city, will he complete
ly remodelled by the new owners, an
electric elevator installed and other
Improvements made throughout. The
ground floor will be used for banking
purposes by the Western Bank &
Trust company, which will be formed
by western and eastern capitalists, in
Guiding a number of Great Falls men,
and it is expected that everything will
be in readiness for the opening of the
new financial institution by October l.
The new bank will have capital of
$3.50, 900, and will own the Tod build
ing. The purpose of the Cooper Hughes
Investment company is to take title
to the building until the complete or
ganization of the Western Bank x
Trust company. ~--------"-- .---------'rs-
The building consists of five stories
and basement and contains so office
rooms, in addition to the banking
rooms and stores on the first floor. All
of these will be placed in the best
possible condition as soon as possible.
The Western Bank and Trust COM
pany will occupy large portion of the
first floor.
The zeal is one of the largest that
has taken place in the business dis
trict of the city for years past, and was
brought about in quiet manner by
Attorneys Stanton Il McDonough.
Possession will be given to the new
owners Immediately, and it is the de-
sire to have all of the Improvements
completed by September /, while the
new bank will be ready for business
not later than October l.
w. Z. Cooper OF the Cooper-Hughes
Investment Company, is resident OF
Milwaukee, where he is heavily inter
ested in a number of corporations. A
short time ago he ana his business
associates disposed of the Cooper
Hug hes ranch, better known as the
J. b. Long Box Elder property, con-
Sisting of 10000 acres, to Dennis Boyle
of Saltwater, Mimi, and NJ. J. Kane
of st. Paul, the consideration being
$300,000. Since that time Mr.. Cooper
and L. J. Hughes of the Cooper-Hughes
land 4 Lumber company, have invest
ed heavily in Cascade county farm
lands until at present they own
several thousand acres. He is also
president of the Merriam Cattle COM
pany, of Great Falls, corporation
formed by him in company with t. j.
Hughes of Waukesha, Wis, Attorney
J. M. McDonough of Great Falls and
A. j. Mcdonald of Belt, which recent
ly purchased the ranch and cattle OF
Sack Bros, for 100000, besides owning
large holdings in Great Falls realty.
At the time that the J. B. Long
Box Elder ranch was sold, Mr.. Cooper
stated that it was his intention to re-
invest all of the money received fol
the property in Montana lands and
other enterprises, none of it being
taken out of the state. He is firm
believer in the future of Great Falls
and will in all probability bring his
family here within a short time fol
the purpose of taking up their resi-
dence in Great Falls permanently.