Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-27
SHORT ITEMS

A son was DOlu u11lO MI d1Q WI D.
B. F. Quade ON Thursday.
District Attorney E. E. Johnson adj
dressed the Mems club of the Metho-
dist church Sunday.
L. H. Cook, who has been i'll for
several weeks, is again able to be back
attending TO the duties of County
Clerk.
At a special election today Marsh
field is to decide the question of wheth-
er or not that city will adopt a COM
mission form of government.
The first week in May will be OBJ
served as the National Baby Week.
The better baby week was observed
in Wausau last year with great sue
cess.
Edward Thayer, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
f. B. Thayer, SIG McIndoe street, was
taken i'll on Wednesday evening with
scarlet fever, and the home placed
under quarantine.
A handsome flag has been presented
st. Johns congregation. 1t was dis
played at the services at 1890 a. m.
Sunday, at which time Rev. Lloyd
spoke upon ''True Americanism."
There will be three Wausau girls in
the Lawrence College Glee club, which
is to. be at the NJ. E. church on March
Both, viz Miss Margaret Mathie, Miss
Paula Ruder and Miss Mary Meadows.
Workmen are busily engaged at
present remodeling and fitting up the
cafeteria store for occupancy by w.
F. Weinkauf, of the "Toggery" for re-
movaI there at the latter end of next
month.
The printing committee of the
county board was in session on Fri
day. The members are: Ernst Rim
gle, ]. T. Schoneike, A, Strobe and
Edward Hayes. They let contracts for
the county printing.
The American Defense society has
asked our Mayor to enlist the services
of our High school senior and junior
boys in a military scout movement.
The intention is to train our young
men along military lines.
There was a civil service examina-
ton at the P. o. building on Satur-
day at which time tWenty-three took
examination for rural route carriers.
The positions are route seven for
Wausau and the Dancy route.
Julius Miller, charged with non-sup-
port of his wife and minor children,
was arrangned in municipal court Fri
day afternoon. His examination was
postponed until next Friday and his
bail bond Icing fixed at $500.
The Wisconsin League of Municipal
tiles met in Madison Wednesday. May
or H z. Marquardt and F. P. Regner,
city attorney, were in attendance. The
matters of taxes and good roads were
especially discussed. They returned
home on Friday.
The town of Harrison will stay in
the county of Marathon and not be
detached and given over to Langlade
county as was hoped by a few adher-
ents of the latter. 1t is the DISPOSE
ton of the legislature not to cut UP
counties to suit the Whims of few.
Those who have not paid their taxes
should remember that the last day
on which taxes can be paid without an
additional two per cent, will be next
Wednesday, Feb. 18th. The city treas
urer will continue to take taxes until
March 18th, when he will turn the tax
roll over to the county.
What is known as the Steenburg
ranch, consisting of $50 acres in the
Portage county drainage district has
been sold to George Lane of Farm
ington, Ill. The land is admirably
adapted to stock raising in which
the purchaser expects to enter into
on a large scale. Consideration was
100000.
The city of Neillsville, to the great
surprise of many went dry on Wednes.
day. During the night previous the
water mains sprung a leak and il
is as hard to find it as the reported
leak" in Washington, d. G. The con-
sequence is, the stand-pipe has run
dry and Neillsville is without a water
supply at present.
Rev. Sylvester j. Bowling, who is
chaplain of the state prison, at Wau-
pun, will give a lecture at st. James
hall on the evening of March 18th. He
will come here under the auspices OF
the Knights of Columbus, and the sub
ject of his lecture will be, THE Causes
of Crime" Rev. Bowling appeared on
the Chautauqua program here last
summer, and those who. heard him
then know what to expect.
1517-1917. This is an anniversary
year for Protestant Christians-the
four hundredth anniversary of a won
dertul service rendered by man who
at great personal risk, was true to the
opportunity and responsibility which
came to him. We owe much of our
present progress to the work of Mar
tin Luther and the event fittingly
called 1.-The Birthday of the Reforma-
tion," which is to be celebrated this
ear.-Presbyterian Calendar.
A Missouri woman recently rushed
into a telephone office and informed
the operator that her husband had
gone to st. Louis to get banner for
the Sunday school, but she had forgot
ten to tell him how large the banner
was to be and the inscription to be
placed upon it. She then wrote a
telegram containing the needed in
formation and handed ii 20 the opeA-
ator. 1t read: MY dear James,
Savoy Hotel: Unto us a child is
born. eight feet long and two feet
wide" The husband is still in st.
Louis, and it is rumored that he isn't
coming back.-EXchange
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