Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-23
BADGER STATE NOTES.

Madison.-The Wisconsin Brewers
association filed a statement in the
! office of the secretary of state declar-
ing that it had spent S1,701.S1 for
! legislative representatives at the re-
cent session of the legislature. The
! Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
| company of Milwaukee said it spent
! S1,162S1 Henry S. Tyrell, repre-
senting that company, spent $1,0O6.-
so. The Plankinton Packing com
pany of Milwaukee spent $197.75.
The National Board of Fire Under
writer's spent $1,363.58, and E. E.
Nash, representing the Chicago and
Northwestern railway company, spent
$59O.7O.
La Crosses. o. Sorenson is in a
hospital suffering from terrible burns
on the face, body and limbs, received
when he swan twenty-five feet
| through film of blazing gasoline be-
| tween his burning boathouse and the
river bank. He was pumping the
bilge Of his new speed boat and had
drawn several gallons of waste oil
and gasoline from the craft, when he
stopped to light a cigar. He tossed
! the burning match in the oil covered
water, and in a second the boathouse
was filed with flames.
Observation-Disclosures is booming"
| on every railway line running into
Superior. Men are being added in
practically every department to care
| for increased freight and passenger
| traffic. All men who have been mem
| bers of regular crews on the Great
Northern have been put to work and
! the road is also sending out many
men for section work. The 500 line
and the Omaha and in lesser degree
the Northern Pacific are also
strengthening their working forces.
Madison.-The state railroad COM
mission is planning to call attention
of chiefs of police, sheriffs. and con-
stables, to the fact that some owners
of sitney buses have not yet complied
with the law requiring them to take
out state licenses. No jitney owners
outside of the cities of Milwaukee,
Racine and Kenosha have yet secur-
ed licenses.
Chippewa FaIIs.-The Fountain
Campbell Lumber company has cid
ed to move it's sawmtll from Donald
and It is believed will locate in Chip
pewa Falls The company has 50,-
100000 feet of timber to be logged
with more in view, and expects to en-
pIey fifty men in it's mill for the next
ten years.
CoIeman.-A serious accident hap
pened here when a horse belonging
to John Erwin of Pound, and driven
by his IS year old daughter, became
ynmanageable and ran away, throw
bag the girl and breaking her leg.
Her 21 year old brother was shot
and killed only short time ago.
Washington.-Th Interstate com
merce commission has ordered
hearing at Green Bay on Oct. IS on
class rates from Michigan and Wis
=. nsin points, also a hearing on lum-
per for the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St Paul railroad station at Oshkosh
for Oct 20.
Grand Rapids-Work was started
on the new $4,000 bridge across the |
Wisconsin river at Nekoosa. The
work is in charge Of the Wausau Iron
works. This is the first bridge built
under the recent amendment to the
bridge law requiring the state, coun-
ty and village each to pay one-third.
GAINESVILLE. - Patrolman Charles
Harmong came near shooting z.
Evenson of Chicago when he found
the Chicago man drilling at the vaults,
Of the First National bank about mid
night. .Evenson was repairing the
time lock.
Shawaro-County Chairman Blum
has. appointed E. NJ Wescott Of this |
city, C. o. Fe1ts Of Tilleda and Oscar |
Olson Of Lessor as members Of the |
county board of education. W. A.
Mclaughlin has been elected assis- /
tant to County superintendent Of |
Schools L. D. Roberts.