Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-28
BADGER STATE NOTES.


association filed a statement in the
Office of the secretary of state declar-
ing that it had spent $1,7O1.81 for
legislative representatives at the re-
cent session of the legislature. The
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company of Milwaukee said it spent
$1,162.S1. Henry S. Tyrell, repre-
senting that company, spent $1,OO6.-.
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
$590.7O.
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 jitney 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 Falls.-The Fountain
Campbell Lumber company has decid-
ed to move it's sawmill from Donald
and it is believed will locate in Chip
pewa Falls The company has So
100000 feet of timber to be logged
with more in view, and expects to en-
ploy fifty men in it's mill for the next
ten years.
Coleman.-A serious accident hap
pened here when a horse belonging
to John Erwin of Pound, and driven
by his IS year old daughter, became
unmanageable and ran away, throw
ing the girl and breaking her leg.
Her 81 year old brother was shot
and killed only short time ago.
Washington.-The Interstate CON-
merce commission has ordered q
hearing at Green Bay on Oct. IS on
class rates from Michigan and Wis
consin points, also hearing on lum-
Der 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 E
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.
Shawano-County Chairman Blum
has appointed E. NJ. Wescott of this
city. c. o. Felts 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.