The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-02-24

Nelson ROBERTS, the genial paper
salesman of the Standard Paper Go.
Of Milwaukee,, transacted business
in-the city the first Of the week.
A purity was given in honor OF
Miss Lawson at the Walker High
school. A very pleasant evening y as
>p.nt. Miss Lawson expects to
e I'VE soon for a trip through Europe,
The members of the Knights Of
Pythians Lodge enjoyed a smoker
ard lunch at their lodge hall last
evening.
Almost the entire crew of the
dynamite plant were laid off Tues
day owing to the freezing up of the
acid line.
Andrew Arntson and family have
moved to Bessemer, Mich, where
Andrew is now employed. The
furniture was shipped the latter
pat of last week.
A JEANETTE McKensev Hill Cook
book given away free. Ask the
Washburn Coop. Grocery store.
Herman Stockstad was here from
Twelfth, Mimi. for a few days ducing
tue past week visiting with old
friends and looking after matters of
business.
A. W. Mcleod was at Milwaukee
during the latter part OF last week
arranging for the funeral of G. W.
Layton which vas held Suuday.
Work on the new post Office build
ing is progressing nicely and the
place is beginning to take on a bet
ter appearance. The floors have
been removed and new stills have
been put under the building. The
inside stairway will be taken out so
that the ~postoffice department will
be 23x4O inside. New fixtures of the
very latest make have been ordered
and will be installed. The Office will
be moved about the first of April.
Flaurian Gierczyk had his back
Injured while at work at the dyna-
mite plant last week and vas con-
fined to his home for a number of
days.
M. Maher and family were called
to Ashland last Sunday afternoon
owing to the death of Mr.. Makers
sister-in law. The deceased ia the
mother of Dan Maher of Ashland and
Mrs. Barney Hughes of OrvisDurg,
Miss. The remains were taken to
Michigan for burial,
.Lost:-At the Penny Social ten
Silver Spoons. Finder Please Re-
turn to this Office.
W. H. Webb, OF Superior Presi-
dent of the New York and Superior
L. yestment Company transacted
business in the city Monday. Mr..
Webb is largely interested in Bay
field County lands.
Town Clerk, Edward F, Daniels
of Iron River was in the city Mon
day.
A superstitious subscriber, who
found a spider in his paper, wants to
know if it is considered a bad omen
Nothing of the kind, The spider
was just looking over the columns
of the paper to see what merchants
were not advertising so that it could
spin it's web across the store door
without being disturbed.
Money to Loan on Farm Land.
Lowest rates and Long time, Cal
or write Love-Land Company. Wash
burn. or Minneapolis, Mimi.
A Jannette McKinsey Hill Cook
book given away free. Ask the
Washburn Coop. Grocery store.
Suppose every bu mess in town
took as much interest in the uphold
ing of the town and forwOrding all
public enterprises as the newpa per
man. He works for railroads, manu-
factories schools and churches, COCO
| streets and roads, urges, pleads.
scolds and badgers and cavorts
around generally. Imagine his feel
ings, when some lame, stringhalted
kind OF a fellow reproaches him be-
cause he don't boom things enough,
II the town does boom and the price
| of real estate does advance and the
owners grow rich from the result o.
his labor, he makes nothing by it
He is like the poor boy at the circus
he can stand and look at the pictures
without the necessary quarter tt
gain admission.
Money does not make the man-but
things are apt to be more comfort
able when a man makes money.
HOLLisTER'S
Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets
Hnsv Medicine foP Quev ponnIe.