Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-14
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Oregon, the reported to be slS0,O00.
The curfew bell rings at Marshfield
every night at O'Clock and has since
April lst, and the Times of that city
says "the results are already appar-
ent.'
Merrill is planning to further. beau
tify that city. It made gooo COM
mencement few years ago and
now proposes to take up the matter
again.
Today the plumbers of the central
portion of the state met in Merrill in
the afternoon in business and social |
session and in the evening have a
banquet.
The Mosinee Land Log & Timber |
company of Mosinee have closed down
one tour of their mill crew and will |
operate day times only during the
balance of their cut.
Circuit Judge A. II. Reid of this
city was in Merrill Thursday trying a
special case of the February term of
court from Oneida county, the case
covering a school district fight in
Minocqua
A statewide and concerted move in
opposition to prohibition is planned
by the Milwaukee branch of the Ger
man-American Alliance. Party atfiii
ations are to be ignored in their cam
paign against prohibition.
Arthur Zimmerman, Jr., an Amigo
chicken fancier, has received a
diploma from the American Poultry
association for the best Langshsng
cockerel displayed at the Wausau
Poultry show held here January.
Hon. Ralph f. Smith oil Merrill,
at present president of the state
board of control, which has under its
| charge all charitable and penal insti-
| tutions of the state, has received the
appointment to that board for five
years.
While unloading logs from fiat
car in the yards of the Nekoosa- Ed
wards Paper Co. Saturday, Detlotf
Dinter was struck and killed by one
of the logs which became detached
from tie others and rolled to the
ground.
People are coming to Wisconsin for
land on which to locate at rapid
rate. Never was there such de-
mand. All the surrounding states
are supplying their quota and soon
the upper counties will have the APP
pearance of an old settled region.
Whether the proposed organization
of northern Wisconsin counties will
be designated the Northern Wiscon-
sin Development Association, or the
Upper Wisconsin Improvement League
will be discussed and probably decided
at the meeting to be held at Wausau
on May ).
The Knights Templar of Stevens
Point this year held their annual
Easter service at the Congregational
church at Grand Rapids, Sunday,
where they were addressed by Rev.
Lock pastor of said church in the
latter city. The Knights appeared in
full uniform.
Work on the new extension of G.
NJ. & st. 7. railway above Merrill is
progressing rapidly. A night crew
has beed put on with steam shovel,
to do the excayating for the work. 1t
is thought the road bed will be
ready for the laying of the rails at
the date set early in the spring.
People are coming to Wisconsin for
rate. Never was there such demand.
All the surrounding states are supply
ing their quota, and soon the upper
counties will have the appearance of
an old settled region. Already such
is the case in many sections.
The railroads have filed with the
railroad commission of Wisconsin
amendments to their passenger tariffs
TO become effective May l, 1914,
which provides that hereafter they
will apply straight two cent per mile
fare for all distances travel ed. All
short mileage heretofore allowed will
be abolished.
The state highway commission is
sending to township officers a form of
resolution which may be used at the
spring town meeting in voting taxes
for ssate aid road or bridge corstruc-
ton in 1915. There will be 81, 200, 600,
plus % per cent. of the net proceeds
of the automobile tax-about $50, 600
making 81, 250, 900 in ali, available for
state aid in 1915.
Fred Wedge. the Evangelist, who
has been holding gospel meetings in |
Rhinelander for few weeks, closed |
his meetings there and departed for |
other fields for the redemption of |
more souls. Mr. Wedge did much |
good work while in Rhinelander and |
shook up the people there in general |
and set many TO thinking of their |
past and the future that may be in
store for them.
Forty or more Methodist ministers |
are to meet in Amigo April - and a.
The sessions are in the nature Of re-
treat for the clergyman at which they |
will obtain inspiration from che an
other and discuss mutual problems |
Why can't the Shawano county print
ers have as much sense as these min
listers -Birnamwood News Because
they are not built like the Marathon
county printers. See.