The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-07-30
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS

CoiuptuN HAS puituhetu my aSiSs VI
land adjacent to Its terminals here
and will begin at once the construc-
tion of storage yards with capacity
for 5000 cars The old roundhousc
will be torn down and replaced with
modern structure. and this city VIII
be made the great central division
point on the system for both freight
and passenger service. The new ar
rangement on the Chicago division
viii bring to this city 250 skilled EN-.
ployes The new system Will be eff
tective by October | The city has
vacated three principal streets,
Chippewa Falls--peter Gilbertson.
aged nifty, was injured by an ex-
plusion in the stone quarry of the
Chippewa Falls Construction com
Eany at Coltax While preparing the
blast he had three quarts of powder
in a tin can standing on a rock beside
him. The powder became igni,ed by
the fierce heat OF the sun. Gilhcrtsou
was blown ten feet though he weighs
275 pounds, His face and arms We're
burned, and fellow workmen rushed
TO him and tore of his clothes lie
was taken TO hospital here and
his condition Is prccariOus. Gilbert
son has blasted in Quarrics for thirty
years and this was his first mishap.
His home is at FrontenaC MINI.
Okauchcc Maintenance OF the level
Of Lake Okauchce and other i'm.
provements have been launched by
the Okauchee Lake Improvement asso-
citation of this place The aim IL to
make 1t still more popular as sum.
mer resort for the people Of Milwau.
kee and other cities The level of the
lake GaS definitely settled by the as
sociation In 1909. 1t Is also planned
To place buoys in dangerous places, 10
provide lights at night, to improve
the roads. obtain proper adjustment
of taxes, secure police protection, and
10 provide regulation of launches.
Meetings will be held each Sunday
morning.
Eau Claire. Tribe No ! of the
Bulawayo Indians, "A recently formed
organization composed almost en-
has erected n handsome and very at
tractivc log cabin on the Eau Claire
river near the mouth of Seven Mile
creek The log cabin has been built
from white pine logs and will be used
during the summer as an outers' re-
sort by the members Of the tribe
Recently guest from Wabasha
MINI, who was shown the cabin. was
so impressed with 1t that he donated
an appropriate picture of an Indian
chief which is to be hung on one
of tie walls
Manitowoc ManitowOc's first
white slavery case was brought
before the court when Ida Ray,
charged with being "A procuress, and
Henry ToRgo her son. were arraigned.
Toggc pleaded guilty and was fined
800 and costs The woman pleaded
not guilty and will fight the case, She
wac held on bond Of $500 for ap-
pearancc William Pail, also implI-
Gated in the case, pleaded not guilt
and is IN Jail In default Of furnishing
a bond of $500 Tho complaint results
from the recent arrest Of "A young girl
Of fourteen years, who iB said to have
implicated the trio In n confession to
the police
Racine The long standing iron
molders strike showed signs OF
ending when forty strikers resumed
work at the American Seating com
pany's plant. Three months ago 400
mclders went out in six different fac
tories They demanded nine hours
work day and the bosses wanted ten
hours Since that time non-union
molders have been doing most Of the
work
Sheboygan 49, Miss Rosa Kopp.
aged twenty years, living three
miles southwest Of silver Creek, con-
mittcd suicide by taking paris green.
she wrote on a slip Of paper before
she died 1T is nobody's fault but my
sickness" She was the only daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs Frank Kopp and Is
survived by a brother
Grand Rapids ~ Reinald Timm.
r. f. b carrier No. T. from
the Grand Rapids postohce, who has
route twenty-five miles long, has
been making an experimental trial the
last month Of the delivery Of his mall
with the use Of a motorcycle. After
months trial he feels we'll satisfied
with the experiment
sheboygan.-si hundred dollars
worth Of county orders Will be
destroyed by the county clerk next fall
unless their owners call for them soon.
Three large books Of unpaid orders
are IN the office Of County Clerk
Meyers Tho orders are destroyed
after being kept three years.
Belolt. - Beloit assessors return
valuation Of s9.20G539. an in
crease Of 1865, ,O97 over lass year The
assessment vas made on basis of
so per cent Of fair valuation.
Fond da Lac The gcw Methodist
Episcopal church IN South Byron, Of
Which Rev G Mccain Is pastor,
vtll be dedicated