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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
NO MORE COLLECTION FEES
ON TAXES.

Taxpayers will no longer have to
pay collection fees on the amount of
taxes paid in the city, before the first
day of February according to the new
law of 1911, which does away with
the collection fee system in all cities,
towns and villages. After that date
the city treasurer has right to
charge a two per cent. penalty, which
goes into the city treasury.
This is the opinion given by City
Attorney f. E. Bump to City Treas
urer Henry Juers, who asked for
legal advice in regard to the new law
regarding the collection of taxes, on
which he had up till last Thursday
been charging one per cent. collection
fees. Furthermore, all money so far
accepted by the city treasurer must
be refunded to the taxpayers paying
the same, and the council will at its
next meeting have to make an appro-
priation, so as to enable the treasurer
TO make such refund.
The new law does not, however, re-
woke the right to charge penalty
on and after February1st, but explic.
lilly says, that Taxes not paid before
February first shall be subject to q
penalty of two per cent. on the amount
of the tax, which penalty shall be
collected by the town, city or village
treasurer and paid into the treasur!
together with the taxes collected
The new law, which had been over
looked by our city officials at thi
time the tax levy was made il
| December, will cause a shortage il
the city treasury Of about two thous
and dollars. Besides that it will caus
a goodly amount Of extra work fo
the city treasurer, which might hav
been avyided, had the law been looke'
| up in time
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
ANENT THE COLD
WEATHER
Some Observations Made by Our
Brother in Misery at
Marshfield.

| There are enough stories told about
last weeks cold snap to start cold
storage. George Werner, with the
lobe of his right ear inflated from a
frost bite, says that a tea kettle full
| of water boiled on the bottom and
froze ON the top on Friday morning
at his home and that he had to use a
hot water bag to warm up his coffee.
armful of wood swallowed so much
cold air that he spit up an icicle.
But all these stories are but naught
compared to the cold day in the time
of Muenchausen. Maybe you have
heard it but it's worth telling again.
He was great hunter and one cold
night as he was returning home, fol-
lowing mountain trail, he met a
panther face to face. His rifle was
unloaded for the reason that he had
exhausted his supply of bullets. The
panther was lashing its sides with its
tail ready at any moment to make a
supper Of the hunter. Muenchausen
was in sore distress. He bad plenty
of powder but no bullets. AS the two
eyed each other, great drops of sweat
came out on the hunters face and as
they fell at his feet froze in ice balls.
A thought struck him. Hastily put
ting in charge of powder he reached
down and gathered up handful of
the frozen sweat balls filled the rife
to the muzzle. Then he took aim at
the panther's head and fired. The
explosion melted the ice balls but so
intense was the cold they froze again
into a solid mass before reaching the
panther, the ice shaft entering the
animals head above the left eye. The
panther was sorely wounded but would
have recovered and mo doubt killed
Muenchausen but an unseen hand in
tervened. The icicle melted and the
panther died of water on the BRAIN
MarSbfipld Herald
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23

a variation of from seven inches in a
dry season to thirty inches in wet
season. Here is where we must
scientifically conserve the moisture
for future use, an act that can be
accomplished in the semi-arid regions,
for it has been proven by Prof. w. H.
Campbell, and as seeing is believing
l have seen in 1910 good crops grown
with practically no rain. In 1911 flax
on summer titled land, which con.
serves moisture, fifteen bushels per
acre has been harvested, on land or
dinarily worked, from four to nine
bushels have been harvested, which
shows GAS We cultivate So shall ye
reap" The water, is generally hard,
that is it contains lime. You can
find water here, that contains one or
more of the following elements: Lime,
sodium, iron, sulphur, alkali and
magnesium. Therefore you see that
the proper elements for plant life sre
found here in abundance, but they
are not in uniform state. For you
will find one tract of land rich in
one, the next rich in another, and so
on. The spring water as general
rule is fine drinking water. Wells,
after being used for sometime, also
get to be fair. / have been troubled
with my stomach for the past ten
years, and since l came out here,
have been Improving every day, and
so far as medical aid was concerned,
/ have tried it all, from the stomach
pump, TO electricity, including all the
different dopes. If / don't feel good
after heavy meal, just take drihs
of this water, and the proof Of the
pudding is l am getting heavier every
day The atmosphere on the high
elevation is dry and light, which is a
sure cure for catarrh in time and
asthma is almost instantly cured,
for there are two parties here, that
were troubled with asthma, and were
unable to travel any distance, after
being here few days, climbed the
highest buttes. Now then, if we can
learn how to grow the necessary
staples of life, then this will be an
ideal country. But we will learn in
time how to conquer this great desert
We are having good success with
potatoes, for we plant with the potato
in every hill an onion, therefore you
see the onion makes the potatoes eyes
water which irrigates the soil, and
such potatoes, well you will have tc
come and see or you may not believe
From one of Marathon Co. agricult.
ural students, completing the course
in the semi-arid regions IN both theory
and practice.
WALTER Fl. RENHARDT,
Void, Mont.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
CENTRAL THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO

the Forest house and was greeted by
the genial landlord, G. A. Single, Har-
ris Alban and other old time friends.
He was shown around the city after
Isupper and met many leading citi-
zens. Among those mentioned were
r. E. Parcher, James McCrossen,
mitch Sweeney, Valentine Ringle,
d. L. Plumer, j. G. Clarke, Hugh
McIndoe, R. H. Johnson, C. F. FL
dred. Chas. Hoefinger, H. ]. Lohmar,
and Thos. Scott. He told of the beauty
of our city, of our 5000 school build
ing then in course of construction; of
our printing offices-the Pilot and
Central; of our water power; said our
population was $500. He paid our
city and its people many fine compli-
ments.
In the past week eight children un-
der five years of age, have died at
Marathon, of scarlet fever.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1st, 1874.
Mud on the crossings is nearly knee
deep.
Jones & Snyder have sold out their
drug store to NJ. w. Sweeney and A.
G. Clark
The Wausau Cornet band will give
party at Music hall next Monday.
Chas. Riesenweber is its leader.
Mrs. Bells will furnish supper, which
is guarantee that it will be a good
one
G. f. Dunbar's new jewelry store
has been opened in the Kolter block
and he has fine line of goods. He
is very enterprising and our people
should call and make his acquain-
tance.
P. II. Sperry who lately came here
from Menasha, holds a position in
the jewelry store of G. f. Dunbar.
The following question was asked
through the Central for which S5 was
offered to the person answering it
correctly. 1t was answered by d. L.
Quaw and the "V" was paid to him
by j. A. Cowan, Esq, viz:
Question: "What would have
been the result had the Saracens,
at the battle of Tours in France,
in the year 1872, defeated Charles
Martel?"
Answer by Mr.. Quaw:
1st. The result would have
been that Charles Martel would
have been defeated.
I'd. We, at this time, would be
worshipping Mahometinfull force.
Sd. The whiskey raid in Ohio
would, in that event, would be
an unheard of thing.
Icould name several other re-
suits, but / think this will satisfy
j. A. CoWan, Esq.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
A Hero In A Lighthouse.

For years ]. S. Donahue, So. Haven,
Mich. civil war captain, as light
house keeper, averted awful wrecks,
but queer fact is, he might have
been a wreck, himself, If Electric
Bitters had not prevented. "They
cured me eof kidney trouble and chills, .
he writes, latter had taken other
80 called cures for years, without
benefit and they also improved my
sight Now, at seventy, am feeling
ire" For dyspepsia, indigestion, al
stomach, liver and kidney troubles,
they're without equal. Try them.
Only SOC at w. w. AIbers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
WANTS THE 500 ROAD.
From Prentice to Merrill Thence Il
Wausau and Stevens Point.

The chamber of commerce of Merrill
is making strenuous efforts to have
the 500 road built TO its city. There
is a move to have the various cities
though which the road is contem-
plated to run, enter in cne grand
effort. The route suggested is from
Prentice to Merrill, thence to Wausau,
MoSinee and Stevens Point. This
road would be invaluable to the
valley and nothing should be left un-
done TO secure il.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
BATTLE ISLAND WATER
POWER.
Likely to be Developed in Short Time

/
and quite as often written about, that
the water power of the Wisconsin
river about mile and half below
Knowlton, known as the Battle Is
land water power, was to be improved
and that some manufacturing instl
tuition was to utilize the power devel
oped. The latest report in regard tc
this is taken from the January mum
ber of the Electrical World, and is as
fellows:
''After hearing and an extended
investigation, the Battle Island com
pany has been authorized by the com.
mission to issue 100000 par value OF
stock for the purpose of acquiring a
dam site and $500 acres of howage
land on the Wisconsin river. near
Knowlton, in Marathon county, Wis.
A portion of the funds to be derived
from the sale is to be used in defray-
| ing organization and engineering eX-
penses. The company proposes to
erect a hydro-electric plant and to
develop a minimum of 2,300 electrical
horse power. The transmission line
is to extend 72 miles to the city OF
Neenah, and it is intended to supply
the cities of Oshkosh, Fond du Lac
and Neenah."
To the foregoing the Stevens Point
Daily Journal has the following to
say:
"Allusion to the prospective pur-
chase of the water power at Battle
Island was made in the Journal sew
eral months ago. Att that time we
were told by a gentleman who claimed
to know, that H. f. Whitcomb, for
mer president of the Wisconsin Cen
tral, was back of the proposed pur-
chase This information came to US
in a roundabout way from "Tom"
Gill, former attorney for the Cen
trail system.
The Electrical World, in the above
extract, states that the power will
ultimately be used for the transmits
sion of electrical power at Neenah
and Oshkosh. Our information,
however, was to the effect that it was
the purpose of Mr.. Whitcomb and his
associates to build an electrical rail-
road from Neenah, paralleling the
500 line to this city, and from here
up the river, the power to operate the
system to be generated at Battle Is
land
The dam, it is said, if the property
is improved, Will be built about three
quarters of mile south of Battle Is
land and about quarter of mile
north of the Portage county line. 1t
is estimated that more than 2,300
horse power can be developed there.
An electric road running east from
this city through the rich towns of
Stockton and Amherst and Waupaca
and the villages between here and
Neenah would, it is believed, be more
valuable to the city than the line that
it is proposed to build from Portage,
by way of Friendship, to Stevens
Point. 1t is among the possibilities,
however, that we may eventually get
both lines"
Whether this new project will ever
be certainty remains TO be seen. 1t
certainly sounds reasonable, and, if
accomplished, would be good thing
for the Point city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
COMMISSION PLAN.

A petition has been circulated at
Merrill asking Mayor Eisen to call a
special election within thirty days for
the purpose of voting upon the ques-
tion of adopting the commission plan
of government. The petition was
signed by neafy 600 names. The
Herald Of that city says that this
certainly shows that the people oi
Merrill are alive TO the fact that
some betterment must be made In
the municipal affairs of that city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
Frightful Polar Winds

blow with terrific force at the far
north and play havoc witch the skin,
causing red, rough or sore chapped
hands and lips, that need Bucklen's
Arnica Salve to heal them. 1t makes
the skin soft and smooth. Unrivaled
for cold-sores, also burns, boils, sores,
ulcers, cuts, bruises and piles. Only
25 cents at w. w. Albers.'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
SHERIFF HAD MANY PRIS-
ONERS IN 1911.

According to the annual board re-
port, for prisoners which Sheriff
Frank O'Connor presented to the
county board at its last session, there
were 27S prisoners confined in the
county Jail during 1911 for total
period of 2,O26 days. The reasons for
which they were sent there were var
ious, and following is a list of the
committed offenses with the number
of prisoners to each charge:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23

From the above it will be seen that
the offense of being drunk and dis
orderly was the one most often COM
mitted, with vagrancy the next num-
erous one. In all there were thirty
one different offenses against city
ordinances or state laws.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Carl A. Gritzmacher desires to an
nounce that-he is prepared to do cab
met work, furniture repairing of all
kinds, etc, in conjunction with his
general carpentering work. Address
5l9 Stark street. Wausau, Wis. dl2-tt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
500 Per Plate

was paid at a banquet to Henry Clay,
costly for those with stomach trouble
or indigestion. Today people every
where use DR.. Kings New Life Pills
for these troubles as we'll as liver,
kidney and bowel disorders. EASY,
safe, sure. Only > cents at w. ".
Albers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, :

LUCAS COUNTY, 90
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm of f. J. Cheney & Co.. doing
business in the City of Toledo. County and
State aforesaid, and that said firm viii pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day Of December A. d. 1886
A. W. GLEASON
(SEAL.) NOTARY PUBLIC
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucuouS sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials
free. +. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23

Constipation is the cause of many
ailments and disorders that make life
miserable. Take Ch2mberlain'S Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets, keep your
bowels regular and you will avoid
these diseases. For sale By ali dealers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
WAUSAU MARKET.

The following are the current retail
prices of the, various articles of pro-
duce as reported for the PILOT on
Jan. %, 1912:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
MarathonCounty
Bank
-
WAuS AU WIS.
Capital Stock, SIS, 900
Sgrpies, S55, 900

Organized nnder the General Banking Law
the sSate VI Wisconsin.
WIN receive deposits. discount notes, bug
and sell drafts. make objections. and do all
other business connected with general bank
ing.
Interest paid on time deposits
Drafts sold on all points In the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23

ALEX STEWART. Pres. T. C. ZIsMERMAs.
G. w. HAEGkR. Vice-Pres. Cashier
Directors-Alex Stewart. W. Alexander. c
W Harger. E. c. Zimmerman. w. B. Scholel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
HENRY B. HUNTINGTON
LAW AND REAL ESTATE
Scott ST.. Opp. Court House. Wausau, Wis.
Over 5000 Acres

Fine Farming Hardwood Marathon lincoln
and Taylor Counties, Wis.
Fine Residence Property Business Property Building Lots
and Acre Property for sale in the city.
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23
Travellers GlidG,
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.

Par.0i car on train leaving at 1905 a. m.
Train leaving at ll:l5 D. M. has sleeper for
Milwaukee and Chicago. Train leaving at
200 a. m has sleeper and reclining chair car
for st. Paul and Minneapolis Tickets sold
and baggage checked to all important points
in the United States. Canada and Mexico.
ID. MCNAUGHTON. Agent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-23

G. NJ ST. PAUL RAILWAY.
For Chicago, Milwaukee and west
daily. 7:5O D. m.
For Chicago, Milwaukee and west
daily EXCEPT Sunday .............. 1872 a. m.
For the north. Sundays only ........ l2:45 .. m.
For,Tomahawk daily except Sundays 80 y. Ia
For TomahaWk daily, except sun
day 6:42 a. m.
Close connections are made with l0:40 a. m.
train for all points in Southern Wisconsin and
Northern Illinois.
Tickets on sale and baggage checked to des-
tination. II. 3 LUTZ, Agent.
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Putnam patriot., 1912-01-05
Quickgand.

Qufcksand differs from beach and other sand in that the individual grains have become worn by water or wind until the normal facets and angles have been abraded and each grain has become more or less spher- ical. The coefficient of friction is thus reduced to the minimum and the bed does not pack when dry and when wet behaves like a Nbid. The depth O. qulcksand is conditioned by the depth ,f the hardpan or other compact ma terial upon which the sand rests. 1" building operations on the lower end of Manhattan island quicksanls art encountered more tban 100 feet in depth. Near Pueblo, Colo. Tn 1875, train was drawn by a derailed loee motive into a qriclisand and was swal 10 wed up beyond discovery, a..houGia probed for to a depth of fifty feet In certain y-aller literal quieksands. bodies whit Il have been engulfed ,,1, in time brought to the surface at the edge of the shiyering sands. This is due to the structure of tbe containing bowl If rock which permits a sluggish eirculatory movement of the plastic ass.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-05
 He'd Erouoh Of Law.

A gentleman who k now general su- perintendent of q railroad began life by trying to practice law in Missouri village One of his first cases was be fore his father, who was justice of the peace. After a stormy wrangle be tween the young attorney and hls ad versary the old gentleman decided th case against his sons client. The young man gave vent to some expressions oi indignation. gathered up his books and red to leave the room. His father
 ashed his ocs on to his forehead 91d began mildly 10 lecture him, say ing,
 "Yorrg ran. dn you expect to make your living laae Ing law 2"
 Tfe seo. ho tad by this tiee reach cd Ihe ta1 1ted back as he re tive9 fHaa her
 ''Not tez1-e sU ! q blamed fool court ns this
 He taast aed the law and enease1 in nfefadluE with sTe2t sug ess.-- Green Bog
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-05
EmhrYonie Onss.

They had been at school together. They had fought both shoulder to shoulder and face to face. Now. after the passing of years, they met again
 Flows the world treated your ask. ed the long. thin one.
 Like lord" said the short, fat one. Got my own business. wife and three youngsters. two thousand year And how are your
 How" replied the thin man. "Oh. anyhow"
 Dear me. Sorry to hear it Let me think You went on the stage. didn't youf"
 "Yes. But I had to give 1t up"
 Why was that?" asked the city man.
 "oh, I thought it best" said the oth. CT "I had n few hints that l wasn't quite suited to the profession"
 "Oh. seet' nodded his friend know ingly. The little birds told you, eh ?'' "Well. nut exactly" answered the ex- actor. with n painful smile. But they would have been birds If they had been allowed 10 hatch. h."-1.ondon An. swers,
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-05
I'm R.tnrt Gknlaf.

A southern woman who is now past her prime. but whose ready wit still makes her welcome guest wherever she goes, tells the following story about an encounter with what she terms a northern iceberg" Ste was at Il musI-al entertainment at a prt- vate house in New York. and at the end of song which had been delight fully rendered she turBed with an ex. clamation of pleasure to a lady who sat near and whom she knew by sight, but had never met. The wom- an addressed looked at her in surprise for moment and then asked coldly. Have the pleasure of knowing you?'
 "No." was the answer. but l felt at liberty to speak to you on account O. your being under such very great ob ligations to me.
 "WiIl you have the goodness 10 eN plain what you meanT' said the New York woman haughtily.
 ''Merely that l refused your hus band twenty five years ago. replieG the little sontheruer as she mo ed away to seek n more congenial atmos phere.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-05
OLD AND NEW WORLD
 BniEFS FOR TIE BUSY

Burglars who cracked the safe m the New Wilmington, Pa. postofies made eff with S1, 900 in booty in team stolen from a livery stable
 Joseph Huyc, a steeple jack, fell from the tower of St. Ignatius church at Kingston, Pa, and received injuries which resulted in his death.
 As a precaution against typhoid the officers and the enlisted men of ths seventy-hrst Infantry. N c. \. ', will be inoculated with special serum by the hospital corps.
 The Salvation Army will be exclud- ed from Russia hereafter
 The Spanish in Morocco killed four hundred Riffians; the negotiations with France dragged.
 Russia decided to take control Of Northern Persia, set up her own courts there and severely punish the people 'in view of acts of foolhardly aggression"
 The French army captain Lux who was serving a sentence of six years in the Glatz fortress for alleged spying escaped from his custodians Cavalry. infantry and artillery men are scodr- ing the country for him.
 Barrett Lewis of Waverly, N. Y, r years old, fatally shot his sweetheart and then killed himself
 Fighting around Hankow was re- sumed in ignorance of the fact that the armistice had been extended.
 Dr. Sun Yat Sen was installed as provisional president of the republic of China at Ranking.
 It was announced that s14.500,00o was spent in this country in 1911 in fighting tuberculosis.
 President Taft cabled a message of congratulation to the ruler of Siam, who was born on the first of January
 Taft's arbitration treaties were praised in the British Ambassadors significant speech at the French Presidents reception.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-05
4 Dot on It's Record.

rho evu of aGulterauoa has it's hu- morous ph1sca one of which is hrangl out h Science and the Grim inal. book by ' Ainsworth Mitch ell, the heal af he inspection bureau aC S,o,iauf Nardr
 An emaeut Ensiish counsel was -ress Saralnie~ A.r. S emens. the elec- trleal exree5. iH a ezse ia which there WIS a ote ahoat the working of soHe c.r r a aut
 "I lilaE. -e,eeas. t'lat you have aad long eza riaote with eieetric- j5y
 ~Tht ts ss
 "WeI HaV. waat eoa e teA me whether in the ouese or an yoar eN, nor3eaee ya2 have ever known electric ity to l,e aduleratedT
 "la only one instance"
 .Wlen was that." eagerly asked counsel
 Tn the phraSe# 'greased lightning, " the expert replied demurely,