Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-17


Rhinelander votes on Eext Tuesday
upon the adoption of the commission
form of government, with prospects
of success. The New North of that
city is opposed to it.
City Attorney f. j. Smith, of Mer-
rill, who has served in that capacity
for several terms, has announced his
candidacy for mayor of his city on
the non partisan ticket.
The Nichols Hardware company's
store at Rhinelander was destroyed by
fire Thursday morning. The fire de-
partment had fierce fight to keep
the flames from spreading.
The saw mill of Aug. Kleinschmidt
in the town of Scott, Lincoln county,
will begin saving operations about
Feb. 81, the cut to average about
10000 feet of lumber day
VIM. Wekenman, of Ludington,
Mich, who was injured at the Filing
son Lumber Co. IS mill Jan. oath and
brought to st. Mary's hospital at
Rhinelander, died on the It'll inst.
The state railroad commission has
granted a certificate of public conven-
fence and necessity to the Minneapo-
lis, Merrill & Marinette Railway com
pany at Merrill for building line
from Merrill to Athens
The annual meeting of the Fish
and Game Protective association
scheduled for February 18th at Eagle
River, has been adjourned until
Tuesday, March 18th, when all mem
bers are expected to be present.
In late decision Attorney General
Owen has ruled that the casing sur
rounding cheese and the paper wrap
per around butter constitutes closed
receptacle under the law and is to be
stamped with the weight of the
package.
Grand Rapids Elks are busily en-
gagged in making arrangements to
build home of their own and have
already made spledid progress. They
propose TO build $4,000, building,
$4,000 of the twenty thousand al
ready being subscribed.
Muskrats along the river have been
building their houses about foot
and a half higher of late, which, ac-
cording to old trappers indicate that
they anticipate heavy snow fall.
Therefore, prepare for its coming by
locating your mislaid snow shoyels.
The judiciary committee has made
its final report on the shortage of L.
B. Carl at Marshfeld, former Off
cial of that city. 1t is placed ct
81, 1928. Carl will have lis trial at
the next term of the circuit court of
that county.
The city of Amigo, county seat of
Langlade county and one of the live
wire cities of northern Wisconsin,
swung into line with some three hun
dred other progressive cities on Tues
day, when it adopted the commission
form of goyernment.-Fond du Lac
Commonwealth.
Stevens Point is in luck again, hav-
ing secured the woman's dormitory,
overcoming interpretations of Lacrosse
by an unanimous vote of the board,
the building of which it is expected
to cost 100000 The work OF build
ing the new structure does not
begin until a year from now.
The sum of $50, 72O43 was paid by
II L. Klemme of Stratford, the owner
of several cheese factories, to his
milk patrons last year, his factory
at Cleveland receiving 1852 46; at
Rockville, Sl5, sos, and the Stadt,
| SO, 50. Mr.. Klemme has recently
purchased the Fenwood cheese factory.
The A. H. STANCE Lumber CO. of
Merrill is operating several logging
camps within a radius Of twenty
miles of Minocqua and the company
is. cutting every piece of timber that
is merchantable. The most of the
land being cut over by that company
was logged once before, about thirty
five years ago.
Miss Hannah S. Brunstad, who has
charge of the continuation school FOR
girls at Wausau, addressed the Home
Economics club Wednesday afternoon
at the Normal school. Besides the
regular members of the faculty and
wives and a number of the teachers
in the city schools also attended,
Stevens Point Journal.
L. S. Gillett, of Minneapolis, has
recently paid 100000 for 5000 acres
of land in this state at the junction
OF the Mississippi and Chippewa
rivers, directly across from Wabasha,
Mimi The land is to be stocked
with l,0O0he of cattle, to be brought
up from Texas, and is regarded as an
important stock raising adventure.
Louis A. Bauman, formerly an at
torney of Grand Rapids and who was
a frequent visitor in Wausau, died in
Albion, idaho, to which place he had
departed for about six years ago and
where he subsequently, married, and
where he held the position of profess
sor in the state university. He was
an excellent young man and had a
numher of warm friends, who will
regret his untimely demise.
Calvin Parker of the town of Mes:-
nee, in the employ of the Mosinee
Land, Log g. Timber CO. mill, while
unloading logs into the hot pond, met
with very serious accident on Mon
day of last week. He was caught in