Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-12
LAsoR AND INDUSTRY.

The Gutsch Brewing company of
Sheboygan with Earl Stevens i'll
charge, is opening.
The Eau Claire Young Mems
Christian association is planning the
erection of 100000 building for the
association.
Mic Mosuch of Two Rivers is
about to begin manufacturing ferti.-
izer from fish offal. Hundreds of tons
of fish can be secured here annually.
Major Bunday has completed ne
gotiations for the. purchase of nearly
a thousand acres of land ON Sand Is
land one Of the Apostles group.
which he will devote to fruit
growing.
A suit for $4,000 damages has been
brought by the widow of Napoleon
Henry Herman of Wausau against
the loss of her husbands life in ali
accident at Ashland on October 21.
1909, while in the cpmpany's employ
as engineer.
The Fl. w. Wright Lumber com
pany at Merrill has disposed of its
electric light customers and large
amount of wires and poles to the Mer-
rill Railway and Lighting company,
which will take possession in about
four Or five weeks.
A franchise for an interurban rail-
road on Madison streets will be re-
quested of the common council at
Madison at it's meeting May Is, by
the Chicago and Wisconsin Valley
railway company, according to ]. e.
Jones, one of the promoters.
Assistant United States Engineer
l.. NJ. Mann has sent out notice to
the water power users advising them
that they may avail themselves of the
full flow of water for the time being.
Fhis applies to the paper mill owners
of the Fox river below Menasha.
The Vesper Clevis and Malleab.e
Iron company at Vesper, Wis, has
completed its plant and will com,
mence operations soon. A new so
room brick veneered hotel is also
nearly completed. The Vesper Wood
Manufacturing company also set its
wheels In notion
Maliow & Kaddatz have been
awarded the. contract for new con-
crete dry kiln for the Waterfowl
Table Slide company at WATERFOWL.
1t will be one of the most substan-
tial buildings of the. kind in this
section. The contract calls for its
completion within one month.
The Sprague Lumber company
mill at Washburn has started up for
the season, new Corliss engine was
put in and number of repairs have
been made. The plant will have a
busy season and will run night and
day in a short time The capacity OF
the mill has been increased since last
year.
There is scarcity of clam shells
in the vicinity of La Crosse. The
fancy price Of $23 is being paid ton
for the shells now, this being the top
price of the year. The river cannot
be depended upon to rise during
June or July and therefore the bump
er crop of bivalves, which it was ex-
pected would be caught this summer.
is growing smaller and the prospects
are for dull season.
Safe health officer, DR.. r. w.
Shumway, is expected to visit Calu-
met early in May with a governments
al ieprosy expert for the purpose or
looking into an alleged case of lepros,
1t is said that there are several cases
of leprosy in the northern peninsula.
DR.. Shumway will also consider the
proposition that a place for caring
for these cases be provided BY the
state.
A modern cheese factory has been
completed in Jordan Green by the
Skinner Cheese company. The build
ing is 26xS0 with 10-foot cellar walls
and S-foot frame on top 1t has a cal
or wood furnace and is. one OF the
finest and most up-to-date factories
in southern Wisconsin. There are six
farmers in the company and the fac
tory will have the milk of nearly 200
cows for the summer. Swiss cheese
will be made.