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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
MISSIONARY MEETING

The sixth annual meeting of the In
terdenominational Woman's Mission
airy society was held at Cyrus Yawkey
hall last Wednesday afternoon, and
was largely represented by the mis-
sionary societies of this city. The
afternoon was mostly taken up in lis
tening to reports from missionary del
egates on the district, state or nation
al conventions pertaining to mission
airy work. These reports revealed a
great many interesting things to the
local societies, and gives them a great
er incentive for work after going over
and reviewing these meetings. In
listening to the reports given it
seemed to impress all the local mis-
sionary workers that too much cannot
be done in this field.
The deyotionals were lead by Mrs.
D. ]. Williams with a missionary
scripture lesson. She also gave a
brief talk on the mission work and its
aim. Miss Ina Martin gave talk for
the Baptist Missionary society. The
speaker for the Methodist Woman's
Missionary society was Mrs. H. l.
Crawford. Mrs. w. H. Gould told of
what the Universalist Woman's Mis-
sionary society. is doing. The Mis-
sionary society of the Presbyterian
church was represented on the pro-
gram by Mrs. B. A. Benson. The
work of the Episcopal Mission soci-
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cites was explained by Mrs. L. A.
Pradt.
Mrs. S. H. Meadows, secretary, and
Mrs. Fred Becker, treasurer, gave re-
ports on the local Observation-Disclosures
Missionary association. The Wausau
organization decided to assist in the
Belgian Children's Relief movement,
which is receiving much help from the
Literary Digest.
Mrs. P. L. Sisson and Mrs. H. d.
Anderson rendered fitting musical
numbers.
The following officers were elected
Pres.-Mrs. w. H. Gould.
1st Vice Pres.-Mrs. G. d. Jones.
I'd Vice Pres.-Mrs. F. P. Stone.
Sec.-Mrs. S. H. Meadows.
Treas.-Mrs. Fred R. Becker.
The meeting was closed by the serv-
ing of tea by the ladies of the Uni
versalist church. Mrs. A. L. Kreutzer
and Mrs. c. H. Wegner were in charge
of the social part of the meeting.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
ANNUAL MEETING
Stockholders of the Wausau Tele-
phone Company Met Last Evening
in the Offices of the Company. Cap
itaI Stock Authorized to be In
creased to 100000.

The twenty-second annual stock
holders meeting of the Wausau Tele-
phone company was held in the Of
fees of the company in the Telephone
building last evening. There was a
large attendance. over 1900 shares be-
ing represented.
The meeting was called to order at
s o'clock by President Nathan Heine-
mann, who outlined the business OF
the evening.
Director G. D. Jones explained the
various items of the annual report,
which was in printed form and had
been distributed to those present. The
report showed that the company's
business. was steadily increasing and
had enjoyed very substantial growth
during the past year. The balance
sheet showed the following:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
SUNDAY A CLUSTERING COLD DAY

Sunday was not the coolest day of
the year in point of temperature, but
it contained the most "bluster" and
with the strong wind. being below
zero, it was cold enough to take the
hair off dog. All felt the cold more
than any day of winter. All roads and
railroads which had been opened up
since the last storm. were again block
AIDED. There has been no freight in
since Wednesday and all trains have
been late.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

The frantic efforts of the republi-
cans to fasten the fault of the So
called leak" at Washington, on some
one member of the presidents family
or on some member of his cabinet, has
failed utterly, especially has the re-
publican press pursued a miserable,
low-down course in Ibis matter. 1t
has made charges which would send
a private individual to Jail, and when
it's charges were proven untrue, it has
simply turned about and said the adj
ministration was shielding the true cul-
prits. 1t is so plain that the only
desire of the republicans is to besmear
the democratic administration, that the
public is now in sympathy with it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
PERSONALS

H. ]. Hagge went to Madison last
evening on business.
DIR. w. A Fricke has been in
Madison the past week.
e. A. Gooding left for Chicago
last evening on business.
C. P. Silverthorn went to Madison
yesterday for a weeks stay.
Mrs. Bradley Shelton of Milwau-
kee, is a guest at the A. A. Book home.
-Zeno M. Speer came home this
morning from business and social
visit in Milwaukee.
Atty Geo. w. Lippert of Athens,
was in the city today on legal bust
ness and for social visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Kruger leave
tomorrow night for a trip of three
weeks in the southern states.
Mrs. Otto Mathie visited a few
days with her daughter, Miss Mar
garet, at Appleton, last week.
Lawrence Johnson arrived home
this morning from Waukesha, called
here by the death of his brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Alexander
and daughter, Miss Ruth, will depart
for California Wednesday evening.
Mrs. S. ]. Pentler and son, Charles,
will depart this week for California
to spend the remainder of the winter.
Miss Marie Bird departed last
evening for Madison, where she will
continue her studies in the state uni
versity.
Mrs. S. c. Woodson, who has been
guest in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. P. Woodson, departed last even
ing for her home in Kansas City.
Mrs. Paul Thorn, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. d. j. Muir
ray, Jr., for few weeks, departed for
her home in Watertown Saturday.
&C. j. McCord of Merrill, was in
the city yesterday, on his way home
from Shawano, where he attended the
funeral of his mother, Mrs. NJ. H. Nc
Cord.
Mrs. Fred Levenhagen departed
for Alabama the past week to visit
with her sister, Mrs. Minnie ,Halder.
She will be absent until the middle
of March.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Wilson and
daughter, Miss Marion, will depart
on the 18th for Pasadena, Cal.
They will remain in California and the
west until spring.
Mrs. w. c. Gilbert and son, Rob
ert, and daughter, Miss Katherine, of
Grand Rapids, Mimi, arrived in the
city yesterday from Shawano, where
they attended the funeral of the for
mer's mother, Mrs McCord, of that
place. They are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. s. Gilbert
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
CENTRAL WISCONSIN
POULTRY ASSOCIATION

The members of the Central Wis
consin Poultry association held a
meeting last Tuesday evening. Re
ports on the recent poultry show gave
out the information that it was much
Of a success in every way. The next
show will be conducted January 9
to Is. inclusive, in 1918. James A.
Tucker. who acted as judge this year,
has been engaged again for the next
show. The officers named for the en-
suing year are as follows:
Pres.-Emil Flatter.
LIST Vice Pres.-G. A. Steltx.
I'd Vice Pres.-A. J. Miller.
Seer E. Hochtrist.
Trs&s.-CRrl Porath.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
UNIVERSITY BAND
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL

The First Regiment band of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin will give a con-
cert at the Wausau High school audi
torium Saturday afternoon, Feb. TO-
The program will be as follows:
PART 1.
1. March. High School Cadets -. Sousa
2. Overture Jack and Jill. Ambrose Thomas
8. Clarinet Solo Carnival of Venice. Barbi
Captain r. A. Brendel.
PART II.
4. Southern Melodies and Plantation Songs,
......-.-.....-. Arranged by A. Hayes
Old Kentucky Home.
Turkey in the Straw
Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground.
Oh Susanna.
Old Black Joe.
Listen to the Mocking Bird.
Old Folks at Home.
Dixie.
5. Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda' :,
..........,..... Ponchleln
Three Parts
Hours of the Day.
Hours of the Evening.
Hours of the Night and Finale
6. Suite Atlantis" (The Lost ContinenO
............,... ...............V. +. Safranek
MOL Nocturne and Morning Hymn OF
Praise.
NO .. Gavotte "a Court Function)
No. g. Love Song (The Prince and Aana)
No. 4. The Destruction of Atlantis.
Z. American Patrol ................. Meachan
During the past 20 months this or
ganization has completed 5000 miles
| of travel through the state OF Wis
| consin and the territory west of the
Mississippi river, playing some 25C
concerts and using 20 programs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
Dangerous Business

The Record-Herald says that the
city should establish municipal wood
yard in order to break the combina-
ton now existing in wood and coal.
This. of course, means that the far
mer, especially, is in a combination
to rob the people. This is dangerous
business for authorities to undertake.
Wood is high, of courseit is; so is food;
all wearing apparel; shoes have gone
up enormously; paper has gone up
200 and 300 per cent, and yet because
the farmer is selling cord OF dry
maple wood at $500, the Record-Her-
aid Co. would start municipal wood
ward to force the farmer to sell his
wood below cost. Why stop with the
farmer? Why not start a municipal
store which will sell us, at cost, all
we eat, wear and drink. There would
be as much sense in this as to start
a municipal wood yard.
The farmer is trying to buy at home;
he is coming to Wausau, selling his
produce and spending his money in
our stores and in our industries. Is
it safe to even infer that he is a
robber, and for our city authorities
to start a wood yard and say to him
you cannot sell your products here
unless you do so below cost"
It is the duty of our people to give
the farmer every encouragement pos
sible; to hold out inducements for
him to come to Wausau to do his sell
ing and trading. This method has been
pursued in the past and it should be
continued, as thereby rests the future
prosperity of our city.
The city has its poor for which il
has to provide and it is good business
to have a municipal wood or coal YARD
with which to supply their needs. In
that event it would purchase its sup
ply when coal and wood are cheaI
and not wait until it is zero weather
when IUeTe Is d SuOiLdSS VI OObl II
the market. Buyers all o. 21 the city
should pursue the same economic
measures. This Dis an unusual year
there is a great shortage of coal al
over the country and the price is way
up. This makes a double demand fol
wood and why should there not be ar
increase in its cost? 1t is the suppl!
and demand that causes this increased
cost. The city cannot buy and han
die wood or coal any cheaper toda!
than any one else can. 1t can Blu!
much cheaper in the spring, and 81
can everybody else, and it is the tim'
to lay in a supply or make contracts
for the next winter.
The foolish cry set up by the Rec
ord Herald Co. for a municipal Woo
yard in an attempt to beat the far
mer out ofsa few cents which he re
ceives in the advance of wood, doe
not, by any means, reflect the senti
ment of our people
If the city is going to give us cheal
wood, let it also give us cheap food
cheap clothing, cheap fruits, etc.
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Come On With Your Municipal Wood
Yard

Wood Buyer" in the Record-Herald
of Friday takes me to task on the WOOD
question. He says it is not the far
mer but the middleman, whom
Wood Buyer" and the Record-Herald
Co. are after, but Mr. Wood Buyer turns
his guns on the farmer, trying to
show that if he employed the latest
methods he could furnish wood at a
less cost than he does This, of course,
is all nonsense. A team and a driver
can command $500 a day at the least,
and there is a great demand at this
price. Hard maple is all cut off of land
close to the city, and today it requires
a haul of ten to twelve miles to bring
a cord of such wood to the city, or
the work of team and a man a day
to do the work.
You figure that the farmer and his
boys can put in their time cut
ting wood just for the fun of it.
Does the Record Herald Co. run
its paper and its presses for
the fun of it? Does the Wisconsin
Valley Electric company furnish its
electricity just for the fun of it?- Do
the paper mills give you paper with
out profit? How about the insurance
company, does it insure your life at
a loss?
You nor the Record-Herald company
can give no other answer than that
they work for all the profits they can
get, and they are not particular about
the bowls of the dear people"
l think the farmer has shown him
self to be very considerate. You will
have to SHOW me" when you make the
assertion that the farmers are in a
combination with the coal and wood
dealers of the city to put up the price
of wood.
You and the Record Herald Co. may
have TO prove this before this contro-
versy is through with.
do not care if it costs the farmer
only $500 cord to lay wood down in
Wausau. if he .can get 500 a cord
for it on account of its scarcity and
the scarcity of coal, he has Just as
much right to pocket this advance
as the men of high finance have to
line their pockets with 200 and 500
per cent advance in their commodities.
Mr.. Wood Buyer, you praise the Rec
ord Herald Co. on its editorial advo-
eating that the city start a municipal
wood yard
Perhaps the Record-HeraldCo Co. with its
long list of stockholders can bring this
about, but let me tell you that if q
municipal wood yard is installed by
the city council of wausau. or faith
cred by the Chamber of Commerce of
Wausau, there viii be something do
ing by the farmers of Marathon coun-
ty. Perhaps Sears, Roebuck Go.
of Chicago. will have to enlarge its
quarters in order that il NAV take
care of its increase of business.
] do not believe the Record-Herald
Co is backed by the citizens of Wau-
sau in its attempt to start a municinal
wood yard Neither DO | think the
city council or the Chamber of Com
merce OF Wausaa want to crowd ont
the farmer from doing business at the
county seat. A FApurp
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
Severe Cold Quickly Cured,

ION December first / had a very
we're cold or attack of the grip =
may be, and was nearly down slol
bed" writes o. ]. Metcalf, WeaIna
Mo. 81 bought two bottles OF ID.
berlain's Cough Remedy and u
only few days until ! was coIlE n.
ly restored to health. ! firmly oeS
that Chamberlain's Cough ReHs0,
one of the very best medicines !,
will know what to do when J y
another cold" Obtainable eyerySH'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

One day two men were holding
conversation about those who had
saved the most souls. One said, 81
think Billy Sunday has done more
evangelistic work than any one know
Of" The other fellow said, 81 don't
agree with you. think Henry Ford
has knocked hell out of more people
than any one l ever heard of"
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The Best Recommendation.

The strongest recommendation any
article may receive is a favorable
word from the user. 1t is the recon-
mendations OF those who have used it
that makes Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy so popular. Mrs. Amanda Gier-
hart, Waynesfield, Ohio, writes.
''Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been used in my family OF and on for
twenty years and it has never failed TO
cure q cough or cold" Obtainable
everywhere.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

Wilhelmina Neumann, of the town of
Berlin, died Sunday evening. She was
a native of Germany, born April %,
1929, and was eighty years, nine
months and twelve days of age. The
funeral will be held tomorrow after
noon at two o'clock at the Evangeli-
cal Lutheran church in the town of
Berlin, Rev. Meyer officiating.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

past three weeks, came home s.
day.
w. A. vonBerg returned home
day morning from a business ,tri
three or four days at Madison
Milwaukee.
The w. f. Kruger residence ,
erty on Fifth street has been
chased by Timothy Jones, who
shortly move his family into town.
Kruger intends to move to Wa
as soon as he is released from
duties as mail carrier. The deal
made through the Won Berg agenc
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Assets
Liabilities
S293,765.25


of directors of the company recon-
mended an increase in the capital
stock from $4,000 to 100000, and
gave the reasons. for so doing. He
also said that the directors thought
it advisable to issue a reasonable
stock dividend.
Resolutions were adopted author
izing the increase of the company's
capital stock to 100000, the sum to
be offered the stockholders at par, pro
rata, according to their hold
ings, in such amounts as will be
needed to make extensions. 9th
er matters referred to, such as a
stock dividend, were left in the hands
of the new board of directors.
Talks concerning the efficiency of
the service by members, were very
favorable to the company and it was
gratifying to know that there was no
service in existence which held over
the automatic system now in use in
this city. There is much to be said
in favor of the central energy as ap-
piled to the system and the compact
ness of the new automatic instru-
ments now being put upon the mar
ket, but there was absolutely no rea-
son why the company should go TO
the large expense of making change,
considering that the service would be
bettered only in a small degree, if at
ALL
The advantages of extending the
lines into rural districts were fully
discussed and approved; that these
advantages were all tending toward
more solidly knit together Mara
thon county and that the company
should do all in its power to draw
the county together. The rural SER
vice, it was shown, was appreciated
by the farmers, is amply proven by
the experience of the company with
it's present and ever increasing list
of subscribers. This list has grown
as fast as the company can get lines
and telephones connected up, and
when installed, not one has been taken
out. Much of speculation was entered
into as to what could be done to fur
Their the interests of our county and
city, but no definite action taken.
Manager H. l. Crawford gave an ex-
tended talk on the system in general
and of the rural extension. He also
gave an interesting account of the
wireless electric station now in opera
ton.
The old board of directors were
reelected: N. Heinemann, w. w. AL
Der, James Montgomery, G. D. Jones
and e. B. Thayer.
After the meeting quite a number
of stockholders made an inspection
trip through the building and looked
over the wireless installation in the
switch room and the long distance
board
At the wireless station all were
given chance to listen in" How
ever all were instructed that they
must not tell anyone what was being
said. At this time some heard the
Marconi Co. station on Cape Cod,
Mass, as it was sending press" to
the ships on the Atlantic Others lis
tened to various naval radio stations,
working on government messages. The
last station to be heard being the
naval station at San Francisco.
The. board of directors met in a
brief session after the adjournment
of the stockholders meeting and re-
elected the following officers for the
coming year:
President-N. Heinemann.
Vice Pres.-E. B. Thayer.
Treas.-W. W. Albers.
Sec.-James Montgomery.
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COUsTY CORRESPONDENCE
MosInee Items
Nlosinee Times.

The Misses Lena Steffanus and Bar
bara Ahles were Wausau visitors Sun
day.
Mrs. Mary O'Connor of Wausau, Wis
tied this week at the home Of VIM.
Freeman and family in this city.
Mrs. L. W. Davis, who has been at
st. Mary's hospital in Wausau for the
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DISAPPEARED

: Louis Pallam, farmer of the town
of Wausau, started for this city in a
one-horse rig Saturday, since which
time he has mysteriously disappeared
and no tidings OF him or his rig have
been heard.
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DEATHS

Florence, the infant daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Bidowanic, Mason
street, died Monday morning. The
funeral was held today and burial
was made in St. Michael's cemetery.
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

opera to be given this year, which is
"Chimes of Normandy"
Those in charge of the High school
annual for this year are busily en-
gagged getting material, subscribers,
ETC., necessary to make this success.
Up to date a large number have sub
,scribed for the annual.
Myron Duncan and Ben Kuebler,
students at the University of Wiscon-
sin, visited the High school yester-
day.
Miss Judith Wadleigh is sending out
a fine lot of animal drawings to the
School Arts magazine contest in Bos-
ton. Live animals have been taken to
school the past week from which the
pupils have made their drawings,
A set of reading books on "The In
dustries" has been purchased for the
Industrial school pupils.
Rainfall maps have been purchased
for the Lincoln, Grant, Franklin and
Humboldt schools.
There is room for more pupils in
the Monday and Tuesday night classes
in cooking at the Industrial school
in the old city hall building.
On Friday evening slides will be
shown on Paris and France" and
| films on 'France-Bordeaux, Nice,
Lyons, How a Watch is Made"
Miss Frances Tice, a teacher in the
Franklin school, spent Sunday at her
home in Marshfeld, and was unable
| to get back to her duties Monday on
| account of the heavy snow.
Miss Georgia Stockly spent Sunday
| at her home in Stevens Point. She
was unable to return here for Mon
days school work at the Lincoln
| building, due to the snow storms.
Following is the lyceum program for
| Friday afternoon:
Greth and Lynette
To be read by the following Seniors:
| Donald Evans Gretchen Paff
| Robert Falkner Elsa Schmidt
| John Frey Klara Smith
| Karl Tunnicliffe Goldie Ostring
| Leo Pleier Lily Larson
| VIM. Albers Helen Sisson
| Roy Seim Gertrude Dionne
The interscholastic debates of this
/ year will be held Friday night. The
local High school affirmative team
will compete with Marshfield here, and
the negative team goes to Grand Rap
| ids. The question to be handled by
| the debaters is: Resolved, that state
| boards of arbitration with compulsory
| powers should be established to set
| tie all interstate disputes between
| employers and employees" Karl Mach
miller, Charles Manson and Warner
| Bump, with Gerhardt Grauer and Alan
Pradt as alternatives, make up the af-
frmative side. The negative debaters
are Harry Niebell, Morton Schaefer
and Elroy MacFaul.
On Friday evening the High school
team defeated the Stevens Point play
ers by score of 25 to H. The game
! was played in the "Y'' gym and was
very well played. The first half end
ed IA to 4 in Wausau's favor. The
preliminary game between the High
| school second team and the Palace
| Colts was won by the former by a
score of 16 to II. The next game
is scheduled with Marshfield on the
Wausau floor, Saturday evening of this
week
The Lincoln school had paper con-
test last week, and the pupils in all
the rooms were busy carrying paper
to school, all trying to make the best
showing for their rooms. On Fri
day the contest ended and the room
of Miss Blanche McCombs had 1895
pounds of paper, the largest amount,
and therefore winning. AS result of
their efforts they were given a quarter
of a day off.
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WRIST BROKEN

Mrs. w. A. Green had the misfor-
tune to fall on a slippery walk last
Saturday evening, sustaining frac-
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StratfOrd Items

Miss Laura Forster was Wa
caller Monday.
John Gall was a Wausau bust
caller Monday.
Mat. Hughes left Tuesday night
Milwaukee, where he expects to
tend school.
Mrs. Ed. Zuelke was at Wa
Saturday to visit her husband
is in the hospital.
Miss Pearl Hughes and bTO
Guy, transacted business at Wa
Wednesday between trains.
Miss Esther Lipke, who is att
ing the Wausau Training school,
tied home folks over Sunday,
VIM. Wilmer passed away at
home, near Fenwood, Thursday d
January 25, 1917. The deceased
born in the Old Country abOu
years and 16 days ago.