Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-12
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.


the past week looking after his ex-
tensive real estate holdings in the
Dancy Drainage Dist, he having re-
Gently added another section to his
holdings. Mr.. Stoltz has for some
years represented the Bradley Ham
monds of Peoria, Ill.,, extensive hold
ings which were some ten thousand
acres in the Buena Vista Drainage
Dist, and has sold and settled nearly
the above entire tract to we'll to do prac
tical Illinois marsh land farmers, and
are reaping big results. The Bradley
heretofore mentioned is the party
who built and whose estate now
maintains the Bradley Polytechnic
Institute at Peoria, Ill. Mr.. Stoltz
understands handling and cultiyating
drained lands from A to z and will
no doubt meet with as good success in
the Dancy Drainage Dist, as any of
the other districts in which he has
operated.
| G. G. Knoller transacted business at
Stevens Point last Wednesday.
Several Thousand bushels of potatoes
have been shipped from Dancy so far
this season, and many thousand more
are still being held by the farmers
throughout this locality. The prices
have ranged around COO for some time
which is an excellent return for the
farmers labor on this crop. Just now
owing to the soft weather and the
car situation loosening up some, the
market is off,
The scarcity of cars earlier in the
season was serious draw back to
shippers at many stations, and their
customers were obliged to haul their
stock to other points where it could
be cared for.
Real estate is picking up all through
this locality and very high prices are
being derived for sale. A farm of
800 acres near Junction City sold a
few days ago to Illinois parties for
stock farm for $23, 400 or $65 per acre.
Mrs. E. e. Topham was a Stevens
Point shopper the past week.
John, the little yr. old son of
10. Wager who had his eye badly in
jured short time ago by being hit
with a chip, is getting along nicely,
and DR.. Butler of Mosinee, who is
taking care of the little fellow has
hopes that the eye may yet be saved.
Miss Evelyn L. Knoller has been
spending few days visiting her
brother George, who is attending
Marquette university in Milwaukee
and will attend Grand Opera before
returning.
Several young men, Polish residents
from Chicago, are visitingat the home
of L. Malkoski near this village.
John Berndt, who has been i'll with
typhoid fever at Wausau, is reported
to be getting along nicely, which
news Johns many friends here will
be glad to hear.
1t is reported that Alec Iverson,
who owned farm not far from Dancy,
has traded same for land in Dakota.
Mr.. Iyerson expects to go West soon
to look over his newly acquired pos
| sessions.
Carl Larson of Rugby, N. D., was
visiting in this locality recently.
| Carl is quite an extensive western
farmer, but this year he happened to
be in the dry belt and his grain crop
was failure, but the fall rains gave
him an excellent crop of potatoes, and
with the good price they commanded,
he came out all right, which goes to
show that diversified farming pays
the best in the long run.
Many from this locality attended
the corn show at Mosinee the past
week and report a most interesting
and instructive meeting, largely at
tended, with many excellent varieties
Of farm produce on exhibition.
EDGAR
to Athens Friday to game of basket
ball there with the Athens boys. A
fast game was played all throughout.
The score was Is TO II in favor of the
Edgar team.
The dance given by the Appleton
orchestra, Friday evening in the NJ.
w a. hall was well attended. The |
usic furnished was good.
The Ladies Aid of the st. Pauls |
Lutheran church met with Mrs. L.
Petri Thursday.
Chas. Koch of Green Lake, was Wis |
iting with his mother in the town of |
Frankfort for a couple of weeks. |
Last Friday evening while at Mr.
Peter Christ Johnson's place he acct |
dentally fell down the cellar and by /
falling he cut deep cash in his head
and also bursted a blood vessel, re-
naming unconscious until Saturday
morning about 5 O'Clock, when he
passed away Mrs. Koch arrived at
Edgar Saturday afternoon, accOmpan-
led by her brother, not knowing of
the death Of her husband. This will
be sad visit for all.
The Athens basket ball team viii
play in Edgar Friday evening with
the Edgar team in the NJ. w. A. hall.
Everybody should turn out and see
the game.
Miss ]. Pohl was Wausau visitor
last Tuesday.