The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-29
The little daughter of Mr.. and

The little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Anderson WHO was be-
ing treated at the St. Joseph hos
pital at AshlaA | for spinal menir-
gifts, returned to this city Tuesday
evening much improved in health: T.
Nelson Roberts, representing the
Standard Paper company OF Milwau-
kee. wss q business visitor in the
city last Saturday.
The End Division Of the Wisconsin
Naval Militia located at Washburn
has been diobanded. This organ
ization was fine lnlng for the city
and we are sorry to see the boys
give it up.
If you want to see the rapid
developmea going on in the farm
ing country around Washburn just
take trip out.on any of the roads
leading out of the city. You will
be surprised.
Frank Preston of Minneapolis has
been spending some time here durir g
the past week on land business.
Mr.. Preston says the prospects for
a big land business this season are
very bright. A number of settlers
are building fine residences this
spring on land sold by Mr.. Preston
and these people intend to become
farmers OF this great northland
region.
Buy that house now when proper
tv is cheap. Prices may go up. See
w. A. Robinson for bargains.
The Starr building on west Bay
field street has been sold to Mrs.
Jader and is being torn down. The
lumber will be used in a residence
which Mrs. Jader is building on the
opposite side of the street.
The c. H. Lindgren residence on
the Hillside west of the city was
burned to the ground yesterday
afternoon. Very little of the fur
niture was saved. The house
caught fire while Mrs. Lindgren
was taking nap. The fire caught
around the chimney. +
A large number of new cement
walks will be built In the city this
summer. In many places the fill
has already been made by the city
and the council expects to order the
walks in.
George Dibbell Of this city holds
the record so far this season for big
trout. Mr.. Dibbell caught rain
bow trout in Sioux River that
weighed eight pounds dressed.
Mr.. Dibbell used q bamboo pole and
common line to land the big fellow.
He had to play the fish in the water
for nearly half hour before landing
him.,
The fire department was called
out yesterday afternoon to what
was thought to be fire in the Gail
Anderson residence on west 4th.
The chimney was cracked below the
roof and the wind blowed the smoke
through this crack and filled the
upper part of the house with smoke,
making The occupants believe the
upper part of the house was atire.
DeMars Brothers. who have en-
gagged in the auto livery business in
this city and who expect to open
first class garage after May 10Th,
have a new advertisement in this
issue of The Times. DeMars Bros.
state that they are now prepared to
handle livery business to any point,
Gilman Bryant of Pilsen was
given hearing in Municipal court
in this city Tuesday afternoon on
the charge of threatening to shoot
J. A. 3eyette. Bonds were placed
at $500 and the defendant was I'M
able to furnish them and was COM
mitted to the county jail to await
trial.
A small fire at the coal docks this
morning called out company No. 2
of the fire department. No alarm
was sounded and the blaze was soon
put out.