davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09
ORGANIZE RED CROSS AT
ATHENS
Local People Address Enthnsia site
Gathering in that City Last
Evening

MIR. and Mrs. F. E. Donoghue, Judge
and Mrs. NJ. c. Porter, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Gilkey and George NJ. Anson,
motored to Athens last evening. where
they attended a meeting of the Red
Cross organization, which held its in
itial meeting.
Mr. Donoghue and Mr.. Runke ad-
dressed very enthusiastic gathering
on points of interest regarding Red
Cross work.
Speakers from Wausau had been
scheduled to appear, but due to the
banquet and other work incidental TO
the departure of the selected men
from that city today. they were un-
able to attend.-Merrill News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09
WIDE DISTRIBUTION SOUGHT
Sale in Charge of ChaS. s. Gilbert, Who Has Been
Selected as County Chairman
Marathon County Effectively Organized-Commttee Chair
men Have Been Named Headquarters Opened and
Aggressive Campaign Already Under Way

to be held in these towns and village
and has made requisition on MI
Kreutzer, chairman of the speakers
committee, for a number of publi
! speakers. Each town will be organ
lied and an effort made to place bond
in the hands of the greatest number o
| people, and the results from each towr
will be carefully tabulated and pub
lished from time to time
During the previous Liberty Loar
Bond campaign, the country districts
were not as thoroughly organized as
| they will be this time" said Chair.
| man Chellis, land to this | attribute
the tact that the amount subscribed
in the districts optside of the city
was so small, comparatively speak
ing. 7 do not believe that there is
any less loyalty and patriotism in the
country districts. | hope to be able
to prove cOnclusively that the people
outside of the city are just as loyal
just as patriotic, just as anxious to
stand behind the boys who have been
called to the front, and I am con-
fident that from my territory outside
of the city l will be able to secure
as many individual applications as
are obtained in Wausau, although |
realize from the very nature of things
that the amount of subscriptions in
the city will be larger. The true test
will be the proportion of individual
subscribers, rather than the amount
subscribed
Besides that these per cent in
terest bearing bonds, exempt from
taxation, should prove an exception
ally alluring investment. They will
net more than any other form of bond
bearing or 6 per cent interest, and
as to their safety, why there can be
nothing better, as they are backed
by all the wealth and resources of the
United States. Again, there is no
other form of security so easily and
readily convertible into cash. if oc-
casion should arise where a purchas-
er had to have money. But back of
this and Overshadowing everything
else is the patriotism of our people
and the desire upon their part to
demonstrate their loyalty, which has
been brought into question by some
of those who are misrepresenting this
commonwealth"
Chairman Zimmerman of the city
OF Wausau committee has outlined
and begun to put into effect the form
alton of local organization that for
effectiveness and thoroughness has
never before been approached here.
He has divided the city into occupa-
tional groups. placing each under the
leadership of a lieutenant, each of
whom will appoint a ward captain
and company and the work will be
so systematiZed that no one will be
overlooked and there will be no loss
of efficiency through duplication. He
and his lieutenants met last evening
at the Liberty Loan Bond headquart-
ers and completed their organization
making appointments which may be
found in another column of this issue
of the Pilot.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09
PASSING OF A RELIC
Old Altenburg Sawmill, ON Little Eau
Pleine, to be Torn Down
This Fall

The old Altenburg sawmill nea
Dancy, relic of central Wisconsin
vanishing numbering industry. is abou
to pass into the discard. The mil
which is owned by George H. Alten
burg OF Stevens Point, has not beel
in operation for about six years par
of the machinery it contained has al
ready been disposed of and the bui,d
ing itself will be torn down this fall.
The mill that originally occupies
the site was established in 1910 by
man named Mitchell, together with
partner, who, however, operated i
but three or four years. The propert,
was then purchased by R. B. White
house, one of the historical figures O
this section and after whom white
house Landing" on the Wisconsin
river, just over the line in Marathon
county, was named, the landing beine
stopping place for the steamer
City of Stevens Point, which in the
old days made regular trips between
this city and Mosinee.
Mr.. Whitehouse sold the mill in
1870 to three Hutch brothers-Cyrus
Holmes and Samuel-who ran it until
1878, when it was taken over by
Joseph r. Daniels and Samuel Hutch.
During the ownership of Hutch bro
theirs, the mill was converted from a
water plant to steam plant.
George H. Altenburg took employ
ment at the mill in 1871, and he, with
his brother-in-law, the late G. s.
Stoddard, purchased the plant in 1887.
Although interested together in the
mill, they did their logging separately
and Mr.. Altenburg in 1896 established
a planning mill of his own. The origi-
nal mill was burned in 1889, but was
rebuilt by Altenburg & Stoddard.
The original sawmill was one of
the Oldest in the Wisconsin river val
ley and was situated on the bank of
the Little Eau Pleine river, about
of mile from Dancy.
The supply of logs for this mill and
the one that took its place after the
fire was drawn from the great forest
belt along both sides of the Little
Eau Pleine, as far as Rockville. Mar
athon county, consisting of pine. hem
lock and hardwood Millions of feet
OF lumber were manufactured and at
one time there was quite a settlement
in the vicinity of the mill
The lumber, in the early days, was
marketed by river, great RATS being
fioated down the Wisconsin and Miss
lssippi to st. Louis and other southern
points. However, this system was
gradually abandoned following the
building of the valley division of Tie
road through Marathon
George H. Altenburg is the owner
of the Whitehouse residence, which
is about SO years old. 1t is only a
short distance from the mill site. Mr..
Altenburg will not tear down the
house, which he uses as a sort of
summer home, The dwelling is
fine specimen of early day frame con-
struction, the doors and windows be-
ing handmade and the lath being of
half inch boards, split to hold the
plaster.
Whitehouse Landing is an appella-
ton that is still used, although the
day of the river steamer has .ong
since disappeared. = Stevens Point
Gazette.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09
MANSON LUMBER co.
IN BANKRUPTCY

The Maxson Lumber company of
Milwaukee filed a petition in bank
ruptcy on Tuesday. The liabilities
scheduled total SS7,41S.40; assets.
S110.S11.70. The unsecured claims
are sS5.660.7O and there are no un-
secured creditors with the exception
of wage claims which amount to
S1.757.7S. Among the assets are bills,
promissory notes and securities. $780,
IT'S; stock on hand. $S.603: machinery
and tools, s16.150; due on open ac-
counts, s72. 2.24o; cash on deposit, s4.S2.
The heaviest creditors are Parker
kellogg LRmber company of Mime
apolis, S26,72S and the Warba State
bank Of Warba, Aiinn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09
Monday, March 3. 1884


pete" Murray is visiting in the
East.
E. A. Gooding drives a newly pur-
chased horse.
Jos. Dessert of Mosinee was in the
city on Friday.
Hugo Peters fell and injured him.
self quite severely at Granite Heights
last Tuesday.
Will DeVoe was bitten by Braatz's
large dog, in the left wrist, on Fri
day evening.
August Kickbuseh has been con-
fined to his. bed the past week with
typhoid fever.
We understand that Geo. Gumaer
made sale of about 100000 feet of
lumber to M. B. Atwater & Co., last
week.
On the second page of the Pilot can
be found the inaugural address of the
Rev. j. Winthrop Hageman, as pastor
of the Franklin Avenue Presbyterian
church of Brooklyn.
Last Saturday evening the Ladies'
Social club rendered Mr.. and Mrs. w.
j. SERVER a reception, at the residence
of Mrs. M. Scholfeld, which was
thrown open expressly for TIE occa-
sion
H. Feldman has purchased lots on
East hill, on Washington street, of
George Farnham, where he proposes
to erect residence the coming sea-
son. Mr.. Feldman is an enterprising
citizen and is doing much to assist
the growth of the city.
A unique charm is that which hangs
from Frank Bardeen's watch chain.
part of which was his own design
it consists of coil of gold wire, about
an inch in diameter, and in the center
hangs diamond shaped piece of gold
with the word hello" carved upon ii.
c. F. Dunbar has offered four lots
to Dr.. Coney, with the understanding
that medical institute be built there
on. This is a magnificent gift of Mr..
Dunbar's and if land owners in gen
eral would follow his example. in
some cases, what boom it would give
the city.
w. {. Davenport and L. A. Pradt
will refrain from singing in church.
They both, however, Indignantly re-
pudiate the insinuation that the an
onymeus and threatening letters
which they have recently received
have had anything - do with this
resolution.
From the Sunday Argus published
at Fargo, we find the following item
of news: Elsie, only daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Allan Haines, arrived in
Fargo, Saturday morning at four
o'clock. The young lady will doubt
less be one day society beauty, but
Just at this present moment, she is
petite, ruby and one day old.
A few days ago the old resident in
formed his wife that he should have
no more use for his heavy overcoat,
since the back bone of the winter was
broken. And the next morning his
well was filled with solid ice, his
cows horn. were frozen off and he
had to take his thermometer in to
save its life.
The following is copy of darkly
mysterious letter recently received by |
one of our real estate Dealers:
dear sir better you look out for |
your pine on sec -. Some farmer |
cut him out, if you look out you can |
catch her.
i not write my name"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
WAUSAU PILOT THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO

I viii Murray is going to stop buy
ing houses.
Mike Coughlin says, mo NOR,
knick knacks for me"
Jas. McCrossen, Sr., has been visit
ing his camps on Spirit the past week
A. H. Grout and son, Clyde, spen
several days at Merrill the past week
w. H. Mylrea says he shall abstain
from going to any but leap yeal
parties.
Steve Thayer will cut off his beard
if H. H. Hoyt will shave off his
mustache.
c. Strobridge was down from Eagle
last week and spent several days with
his family.
o. HOlway and Charlie Bardeen will
stop smoking except cigars-and B.
W. Pulling will give up plug tobacco.
Mrs. DR.. E. NJ. Kanouse arrived in
the city last Tuesday to join her hus-
band. She will remain here in the
future.
H. d. Single came home from Mil
waukee last Saturday, where he has
been on business connected with his
mail agency.
Geo. Songer of Mosinee made the
Pilot office a pleasant call last We'd
nesday. He is as genial a person as
one often meets.
March 1st, last Saturday, was not
ushered in, believing like a lion, but
silently, with the thermometer IS de-
grees below zero.
NJ. H. Barnum promises to withdraw
from the Green Back party if the
other members of that organization in
this state will do the same.
Last Friday morning Neal Brown
went over to Amigo to set right some
matters which, for want of legal
hlONlC IIdu SOnC WGOuS.
John Manson and Pete Murray will
not count Scratches" in their billiard
Johnson says they
might just as well give up the game
altogether.
Mrs. ]. R. Bruneau and Mrs. VIM.
Gallon left Thursday for Milwaukee,
to visit their daughters, who are at
tending college in that city; they re-
turn tomorrow.
c. ]. Winton came back last Wednes-
day from an extended visit to the home
of his parents at Addison, New York,
his alma mater, Princeton College and
other pleasant places.
For our pa.t, we have prayerfully
decided to abstain from buying a
seal skin cloak and muff for our bet
ter half, and will invest our. credit,
instead, in a pair of big yarn mittens.
The citizens of Wausau have re-
JNkLCd IlAC plOpOOiIIOll lCOCuIly OuU-
mitted to them to bond the city for
the purpose of establishing a system
of water works to be owned and man
aged by the city.
Neal Brown has, with many inward
concluded to give up whist
He says it breaks his heart, but that
it is better to do that than break his
partners heart by unappreciated &C.
centricity of his peculiar style of
play.
By this time, unquestionably, our
readers have decided upon the modes
OBJ abstinence which they will adopt
during the Lenten season, so that any
advice from us in the matter would
be superfuous. We will, however,
give the result of a few inquiries on
the subject.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09
Sour Stomach

Eat slowly, masticate your food thor
oughly, abstain from meat for a few
days and in most cases the sour stom-
ach will disappear. If it does not,
take one of Chamberlain's Tablets i'm
mediateIy after supper Red meats
are most likely to cause sour stomach
and you may find it best to cut them
out.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09
Croun

If your children are subject to Group
get bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, and when the attack comes
on be careful to follow the plain print
ed directions. You will be surprised
1t the quick relief which ii affords.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09
RUMM4GE SALE

The Baptist Ladies' Aid society will
have a rummage sale Thursday and
Friday, October II and IL, at the old
Riverside house. adv-It
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09
MANY FARMERS SUED
Clark County Farmers Refuse to Pay
Notes Given for Stock in Co.
operative Packing Plant

About two years ago the people of
this city, acting through the Business
Mems association, tried to secure for
Stevens Point a Farmers Co-opera-
ing organized. The plant was finally
secured and put in operation by busi-
ness men of Wausau. Now comes the
Abbotsford Clarion with the an
nouncement that the company is 60
ing to have considerable difficulty in
collecting some of its stock subscrip-
tions.
"A large number of cases have been
started in the circuit court for Clark
county" says that paper, ''in which
the farmers of that county are deeply
concerned. The Farmers CO-opera-
tive Packing company of Wausau has
sent to W. ]. Rush for collection a
large number of notes that were Sc
cured from the farmers in the vicin-
ity OF Neillsville for stock in a farm
ers' cooperative packing plant at
Wausau. A number of farmers re-
fuse to pay these notes, as they have
alleged in their answer to the COM
plaint in the cases for the reason
that they were obtained by false
| representations. A large number of
the farmers are being represented by
Attorneys Crosby & Nehs and the
cases will be tried at the fall term
of the circuit court for Clark county.
The results will be anxiously awaited
by the participants and their friends
as the suits involve many hundred
of dollars of farmers money.'-Stev-
ems Point Daily Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09
SCHOOL BOARD CONVENTIONS

The annual school board conven-
tions for Marathon county will be
conducted at the Athens high school
on Thursday, October II, and at the
Wausau high school, Saturday, Octo-
Der 18th.
The programs will be practically
alike in the two places. Board mem
bers and teachers may attend at the
place that is most conveniently To-
Gated for them.
School boards are urged to attend
in body and to allow teachers who
wish to attend the Athens meeting to
close the school on Thursday and
count it as a day taught. School
board conventions are getting to be
more and more joint meetings oi
board members and teachers. This is
as it should be. Teachers are there
fore urged to be present at one OF
the other of these conventions. II
will be the only opportunity for a
gathering in the county before the
Christmas holidays.
Program
1000 A. M. Singing ------------
---------W. E. Larson, conductor
10:15 New School Legislation --
----------------- E. Larson
IL 100 AddreSs-SDeaker TO he selected
1900 Intermission
lis Singing ---------------
NV. Z. Larson, conductor
1880 Requirements for the $50 Aid
Singing, Training School Students
America For Me
Our Flag
Wisconsin the Land of Beauty
2:15 What to Emphasize in Subject
Matter During the Present Year
Z. Larson
3:15 Dismissal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09
HENRY B. HUNTINGTON
LAW AND REAL ESTATE
Scott ST., Opp. Court House, Wausau, Wis.
Over $500 Acres

OF tns Farming and Hardwood Lands for Sale in
and Taylor Counties Wis.
Fine Residence Property Business Property Building Lots
and Acre Property for sale in the city.
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-09

3:15 Dismissal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-30
HOW THEY STAND
Some Progress in Huge Ma
tiOnal Defense Bills.
But Most of Them Still Tied Up
With Committees.

Washington, Jan. Sensational de-
Tense legislation today was advanced
to these stages:
Naval bill. carrying 1851, 100000.
ready to be reported to the house by
the naval committee which voted it
out yesterday
Fortifications bill, carrying S51, 0OO,-
900 for coast defenses, transferred to
the senate by the house, which passed
it yesterday.
Army bill carrying about 100000
900, under consideration by house
military committee. which expects to
report it out next week.
Universal military training bill sub
ject of hearings by senate military
subcommittee.
The naval bill provides for the
building of three battleships more
powerful than any afloat, one battle
cruiser, three scout cruisers, fifteen
destroyers. one destroyer tender, one
submarine tender and eighteen big
S00-ton submarines. The bill would
carry out the 1918 portion of the three
continuous building programs APP
proved last year 1t also raises the
limit of cost of the four battle cruisers
authorized last year to $4,000 900
from S16.5o0,000 and provides s12,-
100000 additional to equip navy yards
in case private plants bids on capital
ships are unSatiSfa Glory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-30
PARSONS is BLAMED
Habeas Corpus for Man Alleged to Be
Illegally Held in Jail Here.

Alleging that Harvey Parsons, chief
of police, had uniawfully and illegally
confined John Howard of Kansas City,
in the city Jail since January 16, j
Topeka attorney applied to the
district court today for a release under
a writ of habeas corpus. Parsons
stated this noon that he would fight
the case and ordered that the charge
against Howard be changed from in
vestigation to vagrancy. He will be
tried on a vagrancy charge.
Howard. the police believe, is de-
serter from the army. The fellow was
picked up January 16, at the Union
Pacific depot. He was wearing an
army shirt at the time and admitted
that he had been in the army but de-
clared that he had been discharged.
After his arrest Howard told the
police he could prove his discharge if
permitted to write a letter to brother
in Kansas City, who knew where his
discharge papers could be found. The
letter was written but never answered.
Meantime, the chief of police has
taken the fellows finger prints ami
sent them to army headquarters for
Identification. At the time of his ar
rest Howard declared the police
couldn't hold him more than twenty
four hours on an investigation charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-30
DedJlne Ialeas
ksSssss;s Hcssah&raAL.4ss :SasSs
s:sssNIssa1s;:l
EzCEa1s k&FaMd=1fos

The Sunbcams That Wanted to Play.
One bright winter day some of the
we get tired just shining and shining
and we'd like to do something else
Very we'll" said Mother Sun (who
was a very wise mother, by the way)
you may do whatever you please
what do you want to play?''
The sunbeams looked at each other
sunbeams up in the sky decided they
wanted to have a frolic.
'Dearie mel" exclaimed old mother
sun when they told her about il,
aren't you having a perfectly good
time just doing your work and attend
ing to your own business p?
Yes, L know" said one of the sun
beams, Its all very well to do our
work most of the time, but some days
blankly. You see they were SO sure
mother sun would never let them
leave their work for play that they
hadn't even made a plan of what to
do.
But one little sunbeam was ready
with an idea-'Let's dress up"
Dress up" they all exclaimed,
yes, let's do
(Now you know yourself what fun
it is to play dress up so you can I'M
agine how pleased the sunbeams were
with that idea)
Dress up cried mother sun.
whatever will you dress up with, I'd
like to know? ."
Well dress up with Clouds" said
the sunbeams. white clouds and gray
clouds and rainbows for sashes--oh, It
will be lots of fun"
Now of course the sun had been
shining all day and there wasn't n
single cloud in the sky-not single
speck.
So the sunbeams set to work and
drew UP moisture and made clouds,
till the sky was full of clouds-big
Clouds little clouds, clouds of gray and
white, so many IN fact that the poor
people on earth couldn't see a bit of
the big cheerful sun or a single sun
beam.
And the poor people got very dis
NAL and unhappy without sunshine.
But the sunbeams didn't care-not
they, For they had resolved to play
and when anybody. even sunbeams,
resolves to play. other folks feelings
don't count, you see.
A whole week the sunbeams frolick-
ed-making dresses, having parades
and playing games behind the bank
of clouds they had made and never
once did a single sunbeam look down
| to the earth.
On the eighth day ole sunbeam said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-30
in CITY POLITICS
More Candidates Getting Ready
to Make Announcements.
Clevenger and Hughes Being
GroOmed as House Opponents.
RAMSEY SEEKS PORTER'S JOB
Former Sanitary Sergeant Out
for Park Commissioner.
Kiene, Tandy and Billiard May
Enter MayOralty Scramble.

In the absence of "hizzoner the
mayor" two more candidates for his
job have been discovered. They are
P. J. Clevenger and j. w. F. Hughes,
former mayor.
Neither have definitely announced
their candidates. preferring to linger
in the "unofficially mentioned for
mayor class which includes to date
L. L. Kiene. former sheriff. Mayor ].
L. House and J. 3. Billiard, twice may
or of Topeka.
The woods are full of possible can
didates for city commissionerships. L.
r. Lane has definitely announced for
commissioner of streets and Ike
Gilberg, has formally proclaimed that
he is out after Porter's scalp. The
third and latest definite announce
ment is that of ]. A. Ramsey, who is
also after Porter's position. Ramsey
was for years sanitary sergeant and
for three years was in the office of
commissioner of parks. He intends to
make determined scrap for the Of
flee and points to his record as sani-
tary sergeant for arguments.
Fought Fly Pest.
While city sanitary sergeant Ram
sey inaugurated fly killing campaign
buying up the dead house pests with
his own money. He was also prom
inently identified with the municipal
cleanup campaigns He announces
that he is acquainted with every de-
tail of the work of the office which
he seeks. Friends claim that Ram
sey's work as sanitary officer put
Topeka on the sanitary map of the
United States''
Giibergs program includes a mu-
nicipal storehouse and coal yards. H.
Pete Miller, former commissioner
is being coaxed by his friends to make
another race and the indications are
that not much coaxing will be needed
j. c. Sinner, former county COM
missioner, c. P. Bolmar and G. E.
Burnam are still being talked of as
possible candidates for commissioner
Petitions are being circulated over
the city by friends of w. G. Tandy,
commissioner of streets and public
improvements, requesting him to re-
consider his decision not to be in the
race again this spring. 1t is felt that
Commissioner Tandy has made a most
creditable record in his position at the
city hall and it is to the best inter-
ests of the city that he be reelected
The petitions are being signed freely
and will be presented to Tandy at an
early date.