The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-30
THINGS
SEEN and HEARD

Whewl But won't there be a
scramble to keep out OF the meshes
of the drag net. It has been stated
during the past week that there is
likelihood of a number OF actions be
ing started against former alder
men, members of the school board
and other city officers to compel the
return to the city treasury of the
money collected by them for goods
sold to or work done for the city
during the terms of their offices. In
some cases it will amount to but
dollar or two but in other instances
it will run up into hundreds of
dollars, 1t is said that the cases
will cover period of the past six
years. My, but won't the city
treasury be rich if all of this money
is to be returned--why the city
will be able to go unto cash basis.
Our informant says that these
cases are to be started because of
like case which is now pending in
circuit conrt, but whether there is
anything to the talk is more than
we have been able to learn.
In little city the size OF Wash
burn where business men as a rule
have been the Office holders-not
from choice but because they have
been public spirited enough to take
the responsibilities of running the
city government, it sometimes be-
comes necessary for the city to buy
goods of it's officers. And this has
been just the case in Washburn.
The city has, in most cases, gotten
a square deal-but the law says
that an Office holder must not sell
goods to the city or do work for the
city and If the cases are started,
this is the point upon which they
will have to be based.
But there is little need of anyone
getting unduly alarmed for unless
we do not guess correctly, what we
have heard is simply talk.
Well with deer season but a few
weeks away there is great danger OF
a listener getting his arm talked off
by would-be hunters who have begun
spinning their yarns about what
they used to do in the woods when
deer were as thick as hair on q dogs
back and what they will do during
the present season if they have a
ghost CT show. The barber shops
are the ideal places for hunters to
spin their yarns and some of the
proprietors of barber shops are
thinking of having signs printed
reading mo hunting allowed here"
in the hope of putting stop to the
annual slaughter of deer in talk
for the slaughter always far exceeds
the number actually killed.
Most any day now, If you happen
to see bunch of men gathered to-
gether, you can be- sure that some
one OF the party has deer down
and is demonstrating to the crowd
how he performed the operation in
dressing the animal-in talk-that
is all.
Over at Iron River, Mich. the
people are all worked tup because of
a communication which was pub
lished in the Iron River Reporter,
the paper published by Pat o 'Brien,
stating That one OF the pretty school
'marms' had kissed one of the young
men of her school. The name of the
girl was withheld but everyone
seemed to be able to guess who it
was and this is what started the
trouble. Other things were then
dragged in and finally resolutions
were adopted by the school board
severely criticizing the editor of the
paper for publishing the article. An
attempt is being made to make the
editor the "goat" in the Who'll.
trouble but you can depend on Pat
O'Brien, with his Irish blood, Il
hold bis own in the articles that ar,