Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-10
News Notes of Wisconsin.

WautOnla. county bank
ers have organized the Waushara
County Development association. Rep
resentatives of the banks at Hancock,
Plainfield, Wild Rose, Wautoma and
Neshkoro are members. Those pres
ent at the formation of the association
were o. A. Crowell, Almond; G. A.
Sargent, J. A. Blair, Plainfield; G. A.
Walker, Allen Gibbs, Hancock; j. V.
Berens, 7. H. Patterson, F. NJ Clark,
Wild Rose; H. A. Miller, Neshkoro; r.
H. Hackett, Oshkosh; George p.
Walker, l.. H. Larsen, E. F. Kileen,
Clyde Diggles, c. T. Taylor, Guy Mum
brue, Charles Adhesion, John Eagan,
Wautoma; r. c. Stuart Ripon; j. A.
Spaulding, Marshfield, M. MCPHERSON,
Milwaukee, and H. j. Maxwell, Prince
ton. Officers were elected as follows:
President, Mr.. Sargent; vice president,
Mr.. Larsen, and secretary and treas
urer, Mr.. Gibbs. The next session will
be held at Wild Rose.
Kenosha.-The county board unani-
Eously voted to demand the repeal OF
the Estate aid for highways" law on
the ground that the operation of the
law had not been satisfactory in this
county. The board asks that copies of
it's resolution be sent to all counties
i'll the state and that the other coun-
ties be asked to join in statewide
movement to secure the repeal of the
act. II is declared that the law had
promoted extravaganza. An effort
was made to abandon state aid in Ke-
nosha county but it failed by two
votes.
GAINESVILLE. Albert Lawson, presi-
dent of the GAINESVILLE Wholesale Gro
Gerry company, who died last week,
leaves an estate estimated at nearly
100000, divided among his widow
and two daughters, Mrs. Walter B.
Atwood and Miss Lawson, and a few
minor requests to relatives and
friends.
Beloit.-Mrs. John R. Booth and
Mrs. J. M. Smiley, sisters, were made
widows within the last week. Mr..
Booth died a few days ago and Mr..
Smiley's death occurred one day later.
The men were old residents and promi-
nent citizens of this community.
Portage--Daniel, 16-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Behn, who was
alone in the home six miles east of
here, was found bound and gagged by
two unknown men who entered the
house After binding the boy the
strangers ransacked the house. They-
were frightened away by a passing
team. The boy lay bound and gagged
for three hours. His parents, rcturn-
ing from Portage, found him.
Waukesha.-The Mukwonago Ad-
vancement association has appointed
a committee to cooperate with COM
mittees from cities along the proposed
500 railway cutoff from Grand Rapids
to Mukwonago for the purpose Of Gre
ating sentiment favoring the building
of the new line Both Grand Rapids
and Beaver Dam have been forming
delegations from towns along the pro-
posed cutoff route to lay their views
before the 500 directors.
Stevens Point-At the annual meet
ing of the Portage County Rural Car
riers' association the following officers
were elected: President, George e.
Vaughn, Stevens Point; vice president,
Frank E. Shelton, Almond; treasurer.
Theodore Kubisiak, Amherst Junction.
Stevens Point.-The Vetter Manu-
featuring company has purchased
500 acres of timber land and 40
acre mill site in Marathon county and
will erect a sawmill and wiz cut freHI
10000 to $4,000 feet Of timber day
next winter.
Viroqua.- Solfest Bringe, aged AZ,
dropped dead when his wife was pro-
nounced insane The widow recovered
almost as suddenly as she was
stricken.
Weyauwega. Evanswood cheese
factory has been sold to John Bach
man, who intends to take possession
next month.
La Crosse-Over 100 threshers of
western Wisconsin are in attendance
at the annual convention Of the
Thrashermen's Brotherhood of Wis
i,o,asin which is being held here. Tie
principal topic Of discussion was the
cetterment of country roads and
bridges as a means of facilitating long
moves of machines.
EShawano.-The new officials of the
Shawano County Agricultural society
have set Sept. p 70 % as the dates
fol. the 1914 county fair. 1t was also
decided to do only newspaper adver-
Using, eliminating the banners and
hillhnards