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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
CENTRAL TF1IRTY-FTVE YEARS AGO

were put on strengthening the guard
lock. At 3 a. m. Friday the flood was
on. The fire alarm was sounded and
500 men with teams went to work to
save the guard-lock. The upper
booms gave way and 6O,000,0O0 feet of
logs came crashing down onto the
''jam piers" which withstood the
pressure. Logs piled up 20 feet in the
air. The railroad bridges running to
the mills were washed from their
foundations and their stone piers
washed away.
F. Herchenbach, owner of the grist
mill, was q heavy loser. He had to
move out of his house, north of the
mill, early in the day, and by night
the water was four feet deep on the
floor. The old grist mill was swept
away and it toppled over and col
lapsed like an egg shell. The bridge
leading to the house was swept away.
All property of our mill men was
greatly damaged. Clark, Johnson &
Co., Leahy & Beebe, B. G. Plumer
and j. & A. Stewart & Co. lost heavily.
Over a million feet of logs went
over the falls and as they went crash
ing against the main bridge it was
feared that it would be torn out.
The washout at Young's, on Grand
Ave-, of 1881, was further washed
away and widened and the residence
of P. B. McKellar was undermined
and toppled into the ravine.
The whole part of the city was in
undated. 100000 feet of logs es-
capped from Merrill booms and came to
Wausau.
All streams in the county were
swollen into madly rushing rivers.
Business throughout the county was
suspended on those days. The thous-
ands of people who flocked to the
river in Wausau at the falls presented
spectacle seldom witnessed in life
time. The guard-lock must be rebuilt
In some places the storm, on Thurs
day night, assumed the shape of a
tornado. Houses and barns were
blown down in the town of WauSau.
The track of the storm, commencing
a mile east of Wausau, was one-half a
mile wide and several miles long, and
in it's course all timber was laid fiat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
SCHULTZ TRIO GIVES
EXCELLENT CONCERT

The Concert given by the Schultz
Trio last Thursday night was excel
about 10 years old, showed remarkable
ability with the violin and his sister,
Miss Lenora, age Is, has great skill as
pianist. She is also reader of no
small ability Their father, B. f.
Schultz, is an all around musician and
trained his son and daughter for the
concert. The audience very much en-
joyed the entertainment, and encored
every selection. WalWorth Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
THE NEW GAME LAW.
Unlawful to Kill Does and Fawns In
Wisconsin.

An amendment to the fish and game
laws prohibits the killing of does and
fawns in this state. The new law
goes into effect November IL. The
law also prohibits the shipments of
carcass of a doe or faWn by any rail-
way company, express line or other
common carrier, and prohibits any
person or corporation from having
possession of carcass of any doe or
fawn at any time. A fine of S25 or
$50, or imprisonment not to exceed
three months, is the penalty or the
violation Of this statute.
1t is expected by the state game
warden and his assistants and by
associations interested in the protec-
tion of game in Wisconsin, that the
new law will not only result in better
protection of deer, but will be an alb
solute safeguard to the lives of hunt
ers in the north woods.
Under the new law in shooting a
deer it will be necessary for the
sportsman to see his target and
know what he is shooting at in order
to avoid violation of the statute.
Heretofore the great danger in the
woods has been carelessness of the
inexperienced hunter IN firing at a
moving object in the dense timber or
tangled slashing. Expecting to see
deer driven out by the drivers, and
seeing a movement in the brush, a
shot has been fired at the moving
object, and too late the hunter has
ascertained that he has shot his COM
panion or another hunter. An acci-
dent of this character can not occur
under the new law, if the hunter in
tends to live up to the statute, say
experienced deer hunters. He must
see the antlers on his game before he
fires. 1t is said by game wardens
that fully 65 per cent of the deer
killed in Wisconsin between Novem-
Der 10 and December l last were
! does.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
CITY COUNCIL.

An adjourned meeting of the city
council was held on Tuesday evening
Tho first order of business was the
taking ND of the proposition of the
Marathon Shoe company to increase
its facilities for manufacture and
Iqrger employment of labor, by the
erection of plant of sufficient capac-
ity therefor. The council by a vote
If thirteen TO three willingly agreed
to assist the Shoe company wi h the
sum of $500 per year for three years,
nr3yiding that the shoe company
erect modern building of sufficient
cauacity for the employment of $50
neonje and have at the time of either
nj said payments not less than so
neoule employed in the manufacture
of this product, which was adopted.
Al The same time and as a part of
tle resolution it was authorized that
an annual expenditure of $4,000 in
2ny one year, for the purpose of in
creasing the business prosperity of
the city. be submitted to vote Of
the people Of the city at the next en-
suing election.
An ordinance drafted by the legal
department of the Northwestern
Railroad company, TO prohibi tres
p2ssing on railroad bridges of that
company in the city, being unlawful
for any person or persons, save rail-
road employees acting in the discharge
of their duties, the fine to be $500
nor more than 800, for each and
every ofense. Referred to the COM
mittee on Judiciary.
A resolution relating to firemen and
policemen was adopted as follows:
RESOLVED, That the chief of the |
fire department shall cause a drill to !
be had of the members of the depart /!
ment at least once week TO create |
greater efficiency in the conduct and !
use of ire fighting apparatus, such |
drill TO include ladder practice, the |
laying of hose and physical training. |
Tie resolution also provides that all !,
hremen and policemen shall be in
structed in tile use of the pulmotor
owned by the city Also that it shall |
be the duty of every policeman of the /
city TO become capable of operating
such pulmOtOr, and the chief of police .
shall arrange practice drills for the
purpose aforesaid. Failure to comply /
with this resolution will be cOnSid-
cred cause for suspension.
While in the employ of the city, on
Lemke street, April %, of this year,
George Kainz alleges that he had his
left hand injured and has since been
unable to do any work. He therefore
asks the city to compensate him until
he is able to return to work. Re-
ferred to the committee on claims.
The petition of the MOhr Lumber
company to lay 81 foot track on GER
tain streets in the vicinity of that
company's saw mill for the purpose of
hauling lumber from its mill to their
yards was granted.
Paul Jedamus was elected city cleo
trician as successor to Paul Reiche,
resigned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
BIDS FOR SEWER.

Notice is hereby given that bids
will be received at the office of the
city clerk, city of Wausau, until 300
O'Clock p. M, September 4, 1915, for
the construction of y inch sewer on
Young street, east of Prospect Ave,
to Genrich street, approximately
$50 feet, according to the plans and
specifications therefor drawn by the
city engineer and on file in his office.
Bids for the construction of said
sewer shall be sealed and addressed to
the Board of Public Works and must
be accompanied by bank check of
five per cent of the amount of said
bid. payable to the treasurer Of the
city of Wausau. Said bid shall also
include the price for the construction
of the necessary catch basins and
man-holes.
Dated August 20, 1915.
By the Board of Public Works.
JOHN RINGLE.
III. E. MAKQUARDT.
B. G. GowEN.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
OCTOBER 4. 1881.

J. A. Farnham has been visiting in
Milwaukee for the past few days.
L. W. Thayer took the Lake Shore
train for st. Louis and points east, to
be absent few weeks.
Dell McCrossen and Will Collins at
tended the memorial services at Chi
cago and report it an occasion long to
be remembered.
Sam. S. Miller and family of White
hall, Wis, are visiting with the fam
lily of Chas. V. Bardeen.
N. T. Kelly has sold his fine brick
block, corner of Third and Washing
ton streets, to r. & A. Mcdonald for
So, 500.
Alex. Stewart and wife, who have
been absent from home during the
past two weeks, returned last night
from quite an extended trip and in
buoyant spirits over the slight loss in
Cured to their interests during the
recent flood.
Judge Park adjourned court at Mer-
rill on Friday and came to this place
by team the following day, hoping to
get home, but all trains being sus-
pended on the Valley road, he was
obliged to anchor right here.
Owen. Lloyd, the murderer of his
mistress, Jessie Adams, at Merrill,
was tried for murder, at the Lincoln
county term, found guilty of murder
in the first degree and sentenced to
state prison for life.
At the State Fair held in Fond du
Lac, there was an exhibit of grain
raised in Marathon county made by
j. M. Smith, and we are pleased to
note that the sample of winter wheat
displayed by him was awarded the
first premium.
The highest water ever known on
the Wisconsin river, which was gene
raj from it's source to the Mississippi,
was on Sept. 29 and 30, 1881. 1t had
rained all during the month, which
kept the river to very high stage.
Three and half inches fell the first
day of the flood. This was a general
rain, being about the same all along
the river. The river that evening
reached very high stage and men
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
RAILROAD COMMISSION HANDS
DOWN DECISION.

The petition which was filed with
the railroad commission of Wiscon-
sin by ]. W. Foster of Glandon, Wis
consin, against the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul Railway company,
was given hearing at Glandon on
September %, 1914. The petitioner
was represented by NJ. W. Sweet and
ii. H. Ober appeared for the rail-
road company.
The petition set forth the made
quate service of the Gleason branch
of said railroad company, that the
same was irregular and undependa-
BILE, that the surrounding country
had developed to such an extent that
it warranted an establishment of a
regular passenger and freight service
on said line. The railroad company
answered, stating that portion of
the railroad referred to was and is
in fact nothing but logging road,
used almost wholly for that purpose,
that the small amount of freight and
some passenger traffic incident to the
logging industry had been accommo-
dated.
The evidence showed that in addi-
tion TO the logging train a mixed
train has been operated from Merrill
to Gleason, daily except Sundays, for
about eight years, making regular
stop at least five points between Otis
and Gleason. Freight had been car
ried in Car load lots and also in less
then Car load lots and delivered at
points along said line.
The railroad company questioned
the jurisdiction of the commission
over the line in question on the ground
that it was leased logging road,
and that no regular passenger or
freight service had ever been estab-
lished on said line.
Section 1872 of the Statutes pro-
vided that "the term railroad as used
herein shall mean and embrace all cor
porations that now, or may here
after, own, operate manage or control
any railroad or part of railroad as q
common carrier in this state"
(c) of the same section pro-
vided that Sections 1871 to 1797-3S,
inclusive, shall not apply to logging
or other private railroads not doing
business as common carriers" Section
1913 provides that "eVery railroad
is hereby required to furnish reason
ably adequate service" 4 Also Sec
tion 1912 provides for action by the
upon complaint of any
person that any service rendered by
railroad is inadequate.
The crucial question was whether
the branch line in question was oper-
ating as a common carrier. If such
has been the case it is the duty of
the railroad company to render
adequate service thereon and holding
themselves out as such the commits
sion has jurisdiction in such cases to
require adequate service.
1t was Obvious from the testimony
that the traffic on said line was too
slight to warrant more than mini
mum of regular service at the present
time.
The commission, on August II,
1915, ordered that the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul Railway company
operate regular train for the trans
portation of freight and passengers
from Gleason to Klinke, and return
on each of two days every week, and
that it publish the approximate
schedule for the information of the
public.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
NORTHERN WISCONSIN.

Wisconsin's dairy products now
bring over one hundred million dol
lars a year; more than all the gold
mined in the United States and Alas
ka combined. We produce half of all
the cheese made in the United States.
For several years Wisconsin has been
running neck and neck with the great
state. of New York in the number of
milch cows, but last year, according
to government records, Wisconsin
added $4,000 milch cows to its total,
while New York remained stationary,
SO that with 1,55O,0O0 milch cows
within it's borders, Wisconsin now far
surpasses New York or any other
state and there is room for q million
more on the vacant grass lands of
northern Wisconsin.
Bearing on the reason for Wiscon-
SINS great gain in the dairy industry,
the Wisconsin Advancement aSSocia-
tion learns that there have been
added nearly thirty new creameries
in the state. The aggregate output
of the three largest ones will approx
innate 81, ,0O0,0 600 this year.
The farmers of Wisconsin will be
affected by the war as little as those
of any portion of the United States.
There will be demand for butter
and cheese and beef and bacon-war
or no war. 1t is different in other
portions of the country. People will
have TO cut out grape fruit and
oranges. The fruits of the distant
west will not be in demand as in the
past. The Florida growers of the
fringe diet will find that the demand
is reduced as the hours of workmen
are leSsened. Again the Wisconsin
farmer is at the front in good fortune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
GOLF AT PLUM LAKE
Ahnuai contest For the Presidents
Cup Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday.

The annual match play for the
PRESIDENTS cup on the golf links at
Plum lake, took place the past week
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
The weather was all that could he
asked for by the most ardent lovers
OF the game. This cup was won last
year by G. B. Bird of Wausau. This
year Mr.. Bird could not be present
business having called him away from
MS summer home on Plum lake.
There were, however, a number of
Wausau golf players present who par-
Ilclpated in the games, viz: A. A.
Babcock, H. E. Smith and A. p.
Woodson, who were guests at the
hreutzer cottage L. A. Pradt and DR..
Ladwig also came up, and when enter
Ing The KreutZer boat house in motor
driven boat, the wind being high and
a passing launch further disturbing
Ihe waters, Mr.. Pradt's hand was
caught between an oar lock and the
door OF the boat house and badly in
Jured and he returned to Wausau, ac-
companied by Dr. Ladwig. This had
somewhat of depressing effect upon
the Wausau players. The golf
grounds were in excellent condition
and are the equal of any in northern
Wisconsin.
ELIMINATION GAMES.
The elimination games resulted as
follows:
f. j. Miller, 10, defeated Louis N.
James, scratch, l up, 10 holes.
Fred S. James, 8, defeated R. E.
James, 2, 1 up, 9 holes.
II. Faurot, 7, defeated M. P. McCul-
Tough, 4, up.
DIR. Goodspeed, IT, defeated Herbert
Warner, II, up.
Arthur Spearman, 9, defeated David
Fielding, IL, 2 up and l to play.
E. M. Ridenaur, 6, defeated r. w.
WilmOt, s, l up.
F. Fl. Spearman, Jr., 3, defeated A.
T. WoodSon, 5, 2 up.
w. p. James, 8, defeated A. A. Bah
cock, 5, l up.
Willis Wilmot, 6, defeated H. E.
Smith, 5, 3 up.
j. Bassett, II, won from f. A.
Welsh, 2, by default.
SECOND ROUND.
James defeated Miller by a net
score of Al, and as this was the high
est net score, Mr.. James was awarded
the consolation prize and dropped
from the contest.
DR.. Goodspeed defeated Faurot,
up, 10. Net score 36.
A. d. Spearman defeated Ridenaur,
3 up. Net score 38.
Bassett defeated Wilmot, up.
Net score 80.
F. H. Spearman defeated W. P.
James.
SEMI-FINALS.
DIR. Goodspeed defeated A. D. Spear
man, z up.
F. H. Spearman, Jr., defeated Bas-
sett, l up.
FINALS.
The final was a nine-hole contest
played Wednesday afternoon, f. H.
Spearman, Jr., winning from DR..
Goodspeed. The Presidents cup
was awarded Mr.. Spearman and in
the absence of G. B. Bird, its former
possessor, it was presented to the
winner by A. L. Kreutzer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
POSTED PERSONS LIABLE.

A new law has recently gone into
effect. The old law formerly forbade
persons TO enter a saloon, but made
the saloonkeeper liable; the new law
protects him and is as follows:
"Any posted person, minor or other,
to whom the sale of liquor is forbid
den by law, who shall enter any sa-
loon, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction shall
be punished by fine of not less than
$40. nor more than $50, or by impris-
onment from ten to sixty days"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
THE WISCONSIN STATE FAIR.

The 1915 Fair has now been fully
planned and promises to be the best
ever.
Following are some of the features
of this Fair: War Spectacle by Patter-
son Aviators; Match race between
Frank Bogash Jr., 1854, Flower
Direct, 2:OOa; Brayden Direct, 2:0l3;
eighteen other free special attrac-
tions: Greatest Show of Live Stock,
Farm Crops, Automobiles, Farm
Machinery, and other lines, ever pre-
sented at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
WISCONSIN'S LIBERAL PRO-
DUCTION.

That Wisconsin is an ample pro.
wider is shown by the following, based
on annual production recorded in fed
eral reports, taking the usual number
of persons, five, as constituting the
average family. A generous measure
of cereals also might be included, but
is omitted for no data are more avail
able to show the proportion fed to
live stock:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
MOVE RIGHT OUT TO THE JU-
DITH BASIN, MONTANA.

You won't make a mistake. You
will like the climate, scenery and big
crops. Come to our Office for low rail-
road rates, maps and full facts. VIM.
II. Brown Company, 3 N. La Sale
st., Chicago, Ill.,, or E. P. Brown,
District Manager, Wausau, Wis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
AMOUNT PER FAMILY.

Our 32O flour and grist mills pro-
duce a total averaging barrels of
wheat flour for each family, exclusive
of rye -four, barley meal, buckwheat
-four and corn meal.
1t is evident, of course, that much
of the wheat manufactured into flour
is from other states, but a large
quantity, (3i million bUshelS, is Wis
consin grown, and should occasion re-
quire Badger farmers could contrib
ute the balance without difficulty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
FOR SALE.

The residence property of the F. w.
Kickbusch estate, at 2l6 Grand Ave,
fronting 120 feet on Grand avenue,
and running west 80 feet. For
further particulars enquire Of c. II.
Wegner, $40 Main street. i6-tf
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21

and gastronomically, would be made
quate. The grand ball which follow
ed was perhaps the most pleasant af-
fair of the kind that has occurred here
this season. The music provided was
the Quigley orchestra, consisting Of
Messrs. Quigley, Hopkins and Dur
bin, and the music was perfection it.
self. The merry dancers tangoed till
the break O. day. The woman's club
are to be congratulated upon the sue
cess of the various affairs they man.
age, and their name in connection
with social event is synonymous
with success and pleasant time. The
Woman's club are now arranging for
a grand masquerade ball at Burling-
ton on the 18th of February. More
particulars will be given next week.
H. T. Hogy has leased the block he
owns near the drug store to j. M.
April for barber shop. The build
ing will be completely remodelled and
an addition built on, basement put
under the entire building, a large els
tern and cess pool and furnace in
stalled The rooms in addition will be
used for bath rooms. A new plate
glass front will be put in and with the
coming of electric lights, Burlington
will have an up-to- date barber shop
that will be credit to any city. The
building is to be ready and fully
equipped for business by April LIST.
Chas. Scribner of Tasker moved a
small dwelling into town from North
Prairie one day last week. The build
ing is owned by c. A. Bugge & Co.,
and comes from one of their farms.
A lot was purchased from Mr.. Chris
Tiller and the building placed thereon,
where it will be remodelled and put in
first class shape for rental to small
family.
What Burlington needs now is side
walks. Now that electric lights are
practically assured let US turn our at
tention to a matter that is of such
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-01-21
CHIEF DEMONSTRATION FOR
STONE-ORDEAN co.

Theo. Free, chief demonstration for
the Stone-O rdean-We Co., arrived
from Duluth this afternoon and will be
here all next week, in charge of the
company's booth at the Mid-winter
fair. The famous canned goods, con-
sisting of Hiawatha, Nokomis, Wam-
pun and Blue Bird brands, and En-
press coffee will be served from the
booth during the week. This feature
of the fair is certain to prove very
popular. Mr.. Free will be assisted by
the local manager for the Stone-Or-
dean Wells Co., Ira D. Wight. .
The one-Ordean-Wel both will
be unusually attractive with it's origi-
nal decorations, roses, etc.
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Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock at the
home of the groom's brother, Halvor
l.. Halvorson, in the presence of a few
of the closest friends and the rela-
tives. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. P. w. Erickson. The couple
were attended by Miss Judith Bar
rows and Ole c. Halvorson, the lat
ter brother of the groom.
The couple left for Minneapolis,
Moline, ILL.,, and on their return will
visit at Mr.. Halvorson's old home at
Henning, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Halvorson are among
Minot's very best young people. The
bride is former Grand Forks girl,
her mother still residing there, but
for some time she has made her home
in this city.
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CAN FIND NO DEMOCRAT
TO REPLACE REPUBLICAN
POSTMA STER WHO RESIGNS.

Mandan, N. D., Jan. 2O.-"Tell Mr..
Wilson to come and get his postoffice.
l don't want it and can't find demo-
crat to take it," Such was the way
Postmistress Clark of the rural post
office at Janesburg, Morton county,
wrote to the postoffice department.
She has been supplied with notices:
"Wanted, democrat to apply for this
postoffice," and they were hung in the
store according to directions. Mrs.
Clark asserts that there is not DEM
ocrat within the radius of twenty
miles.