Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-16
A SILVER ANNIVERSARY
Continued from page u

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kins, of Rusk County and Northern
Wisconsin, also his efforts TOWARD
developing habits of sobriety ane
thrift in his employees and acquaint
ances.
/ The host, being given an opportunity
for rebuttal, feelingly responded to the
encomiums accorded him. Freely &C.
knoWledging the justice of the tributes
paid the mother, the children and the
domestic felicity of the family, he in
sisted that the praise for business sue
cess was overdrawn, that great part
of the credit should be given to his
associates in management and to the
faithful employees of the firm.
After these exercises the younger
guests, together with the older ones in
whose memories fingered fond recollec-
tons of youthful days, repaired to the
M. w. A. hall, where the music of the
Ideal Orchestra melted the light-footed,
also some of the "has beens'', to the
terpsichorean art An interesting
feature of this part of the program
was the presentation in native costume
of number of artistic Norwegian
dances.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellingson were the
recipients of large and costly array
of silverware.
More than $50 guests were present.
Among those from out of town were:
E. Ladu, Mosinee, first filler and mill
right; Ole Paulson, Dorchester, early
employee and foreman, now lumber
man at Dorchester; E. K. Evenson and
wife of Stetsonville, merchant; DR..
Abbot and wife of Chippewa Falls;
Edward Brecke and wife of Stetson-
vile, lumberman; Mr.. and Mrs. Ham
mer of the Red Birch Lumber Co. !,
Catawba; Sam Ellingson of Scandina-
via, brother of c. K; Mrs. Caroline
Hanson of Wausau.
Mr.. Ellingson came to America from
Norway with his parents when a lad of
about Is, the parents settling on farm
in Waupaca county. A few years later
he set out for himself, finding employ
ment in the lumber camps, in log driv-
ing and in saw mills in the vicinity of
Wausau His faithful industry, intelli-
gence and reliability rapidly won him
the esteem of his employers, as ev-
idenced by the fact that he remained in
the employ of one firm, of which R. E.
Parcher, of Wausaw, was the head, for
more than ten years, leaving only be-
cause the firm had completed it's lum-
Der operations.
Having saved up some money, he
yielded to the advice of Mr.. Parcher
and other friends, and went into bust
ness for himself, together with his
brother, Anton. They purchased an
old saw mill at Stetsonville, Taylor
county, the former owners of which
had failed. This was in the nineties,
when the lumber business was at a
very low ebb, and seemed a presump-
tuous undertaking for man with little
capital While short on money, how
ever, Mr. Ellingson was long on
credit His proved integrity led Mr..
Parcher to encourage him to persist in
the face of adverse conditions, and to
back that encouragement with ample
capital
With the return of the lumber bust
ness to normal conditions, prosperity
came to the firm. The debts were
paid off, another mill was built at Dor
chester, and later the mill and timber
at Hawkins were purchased. The firm
was now we'll established, able to stand
on it's own feet. It's steady growth and
conservative methods put its credit in
the highest rank.
At the time the firm came to Haw-
kins, eight years ago, there was moth
ing to the town but an old mill and a
bunch of shanties; no roads, streets
not even cleared The Ellingson firm
not only made improvements them
selves, but encouraged improvement
by others, encouraged their men to
build homes, assisted them in doing so.
Largely as result of the work of Mr..
Ellingson and his firm, Hawkins is to-
day one of the neatest as we'll as one
of the most thriving and busiest vii
lagos in the state, with many miles of
frst-class road piercing the country in
all directions, and the vicinity rapidly
filling up with settlers.
| The lumber business in this vicinity
being now, so to speak, on the home
stretch, Mr.. Ellingson is devoting a
large share of his efforts toward devel-
oping the farming resources of the sec
ton, has been instrumental in bringing
in many settlers, and has fixed his am
bition on developing Hawkins into the
rich farming center it is by nature
fitted for.
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