Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-05-26
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| Amigo people have begun much
needed Improvements on their fair
grounds.
The Elks of Grand Rapids intend
to erect $4,000 building this year.
The building is to be finished in
stucco and will be 43x104 feet in size
Some cities in the state have passed
an ordinance prohibiting the serving
of free lunches in the saloons, which
it would seem is rather rough on the
lunch tiends.
The strawberry crop in central and
northern Wisconsin promises to be a
| big and luscious one this season, and
no false bottom boxes of the fruit
will be on the market either.
The Imperial band of Merrill has
been engaged to play at the Elks'
coming convention in this city by the
Racine ElKs' marching club, Sc in
/ number, in addition to its local band.
| A severe wind, rain and hail storm
swept over Stevens Point Wednesday
afternoon. Little damage, however,
was done there. West and southwest
of the city considerable damage was
had, the wind wrecking buildings
and damaging other property.
A number of farmers in the south
ern part of the state have organized a
Road Drag Club" The object of
which is to drag roads in their yicin-
ity. Why not the people at Roths-
child organize similar club and i'm
prove the main travelled road there 2
About $50 bankers of Milwaukee
will be entertained at Rhinelander
during the week of June 18th. They
are to make an inspection trip in a
special train through northern Wis
consin and the citizens of Rhineland-
er plan to give them a royal enter
tainment.
Grand Rapids is sprinkling its
streets with new oil sprinkler. The
oil is sprinkled from the rear end of
the wagon similar to the way water
sprinkler works, except that the oil is
forced out by air pressure, which
causes it to spray instead of running
in solid stream.
d. G. Dewey Of Amigo and r. G
Scoyern of Chicago are developing GAO
acres of land, mile south of White
Lake, for potato and stock farm
1t is their intention to clear about so
acres year until the whole area is
developed. Twenty acres of potatoes
will be put in this year.
| Wisconsin's grand library and the
home of the State Historical society
and of the University library is com,
plete, with the new northwest wing
The total number of bound volumes
in the entire library now exceeds
100000. The Pilot is represented for
many years among that immense
aggregation.
| Il
Deischsel, of Wausau, one of his
young Guernsey calves to head his
Guernsey herd near Wausau. Mr.
Plowman is feeling happy over the
fact that the new champion dairy
COW of the world, May Relma, is
closely related to several of his ami
mails. Wittenberg Enterprise
Towle & Van Doren of Birnamwooc!
have recently purchased $40 acres OF
land in the town of Plover, one of the
largest tracts purchased in that viciny
ity for some time. This with $50
acres formerly purchased by them
makes total of 1900 acres The OBJ.
ject of the purchase is to secure pill,
ing timber that is on them, after
which the lands are to be sold TO
actual settlers.
News was received in Merrill tho
forepart of last week, conveying the
sad information of the drowning III
the Mississippi river at Minneapolis;
on the 18th inst, of five persons, by
the capsizing of launch. The VIC
tins are the two children of John C.
Buckholz, son-in-law of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theo. Weber and Mrs. Otto
Justman and her two children. The
persons drowned were former residents
of Merrill and were known in WausaU.