Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-17

nal of the Wyoming Central Irriga-
ton company. near Riverton. 1t will
be fifty miles long and eight feet
wide irrigating 100000 acres.
Mrs. Peter Truax handed to the
Rev. NJ Benson, pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church of Eau
Claire, a check for $4,000 to aid in
the construction of the proposed new
edifice to be erected in Eau Claire.
The price paid was about $500.
The Kaukauna Land Timber and
Supply company secured 1900 acres
timber land in Forest county, located
in township 81. 1t is estimated that
there is 25,OO0,000 feet of timber and
1000 cords of pulp wood on the
tract.
Bushey Brothers of Appleton, pro,
prietors of a business college at that
place, have completed arrangements
for the establishment of college at
Marshfield. Peter Dual is to erect a
modern building specially designed
for the use of the college. Fred
Bushey will be in active charge.
S. Miller is erecting a produce
warehouse, which will have a capac-
ity of nearly twenty cars OF produce.
1t will be two and one-half stories
high, 80x100 feet. Mr.. Miller will use
the new plant for storing vegetables
and produce of all kinds, which will
be bought in the fall for shipment to
southern markets.
The plant and business of the
Door County Democrat, formerly
owned by the late j. j. Pinney, was
purchased at mortgage sale by H. j.
Sanderson, A. T. Harris, Ed. Houle
and J. E. Harris, all of whom have
been employees of the paper for sew
eral years. They will incorporate and
continue the business as heretofore
The first general meeting of the
delegates of the Farmers warehouse
and exchange will meet at the SUI
perior Commercial clubrooms on
March 10 1t is the intention to form
ulate plan for a farmers exchange
which shall have a warehouse in the
city Besides the warehouse it is
the plan to have a market to sell
farm products direct to the consum-
erS.
Epstein IL Son purchased the ma
chinery of a glove and mitten factory
in Chicago and DIS soon as the outfit
can be installed at Berlin, Wis, and
the supplies be gotten on the ground
this firm will open factory for the
manufacture of machine sewed gOves.
and mittens. If it seems advisable
new department is to be opened.
The cotton mill building, which has
not been running for the last few
years, at Beaver Dam was leased to
the Beaver Shoe company, formed
when the Teeters Shoe company OF
Springfield, o., came to Beaver Dam
and joined hands with business men.
1t will employ about $50 hands and
expects to be in operation as soon
as machinery can be installed.
The Gilmanton, Wis, railroad to
connect with Fountain City, looks
now like an assured fact. Civil Engi-
neer A. E. Rau and assistants, all OF
ST. Paul, after two weeks surveying
along the proposed line up from the
Waumandee valley, declared it FEAST
BILE to cross the bluffs, there being
only per cent grade. A great
deal of surveying was done around
what is known as Krampeter's Gap.
Gilmanton is enjoying a boom. A
new $1,000 school building will be put
up, also a building, 34x24 feet, for
the new bank.
The Gallowy-West company is a
new corporation superseding the
Fond du Lac Cold Storage company
which has, since 1892, maintained
cold storage plant here and w. A.
West & Son, commonly known as the
Fond du Lac creamery. The new
company will operate extensively IN
the manufacture of fancy cheese, the
cold storage business, and kindred
lines. A new addition will be
erected and when in full running or
der the creamery and cheese factory
will employ about fifteen skilled
cheese makers. The new company
will have capital stock of $4,000.