Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
SHORT ITEMS

Leila Balm
The City Council meets in regular
session tonight.
The newsboys of the city will or
ganize tonight at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Weather bureau says that we will
have it cold tonight-6 degrees below.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Dexter on Sunday, Feb.
2, 1919.
Fred A. Furnham of the Wausau
News Agency, is laid up at his home
by illness.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Condan
of Halder at st. Mary's hospital, Feb.
3rd, twins.
Miss Adelaide DeVoe was operated
on for. appendicitis at st. Mary's hos
pital Monday.
DR.. S. Hall gave an illustrated lee
ture on Alaska last evening in the
Presbyterian church.
H. L. French, who has been confined
with an attack of the flu is able to
be up and around again.
E. c. Dawley, who has been in the
Wausau hospital with the influenza
was able to go to his home today.
DR.. E. NJ. Macaulay has been ap-
pointed health officer of the city in
place of DR.. B. l.. Schuster, resigned.
Mrs. C. A. Bernier who has been re-
ceiving treatment at st. Mary's hos
pital for the past week is slightly i'm
proved.
Rev. E. T. Farrill, Field Secretary
of the Wisconsin c. E. society of the
Presbyterian church, will be the guest
of that society on Sunday, Feb. It'll.
The Mosinee Times has installed a
Mergenthaler machine in its office, and
its appearance is vastly improved.
Brother Walters is progressive man
in the ''art preservative." He also
takes his pleasure in a Ford car and
has pulled through a siege of the
"fu."
The State Sunday School conven-
ton of the M. E. church, will meet
in convention at Appleton on Wednes-
day and Thursday. The Wausau Sun
day school will be represented by Mrs.
c. S. Gilbert, Mrs ]. A. Rowley, Mrs.
A. A. Hooper, Mrs. Gardner and Gay
wood Breitrick.
Portage county is arranging to do a
good deal of road building the coming
season. $4,000 will be spent on the
Wausau road north of Stevens Point
Work on the Junction City road will
be along the west bank of the Wis
cOnSin river and concrete will be used
where the river overfiows at times.
c. A. Clarke was conducted before
]. P. Riley, U. S. court commissioner
in this city, Wednesday, on a charge
of sending first class matter through
the mails as second class matter.
Waving preliminary examination he
was held to await the action of the
federal grand jury, his bail bond be-
ing fixed at $1,000.
A most unusual January. Just think
of it, robins in Wausau; mosquitoes in
Montana; ducks and robins in South
Dakota; boating on lakes and rivers
throughout the north; golf in Sas-
katehewan and tennis matches in St.
Paul; no ice in Duluth to have the an
uudl DOuSpISI, NAAShCAS lay ms 4SOOV
miles north of st. Paul.
The Misses Susan and Louise
| Underwood, who had been to Evans
ton, ILL.,, to attend the funeral of their
| brother, Arthur w. Underwood, re-
| turned home on Friday. They were
| accompanied by their brother. Herbert
Underwood of Boston, Mass, who came
to spend few days with his mother,
Mrs. Jarvis A. Underwood.
The stockholders of the Four Wheel
Drive Auto company, at Clintonville,
held its annual meeting last Tuesday.
The business of the year amounted to
S27, O00,0 900. 1t run three shifts of
eight hours each or "A bours, during
the year. S1.405,91617 was paid out
| for wages during the year and over
| quarter of a million was paid out
| for improvements. The business for
1919 is very promising. 1t is a great
institution for Clintonyille.
Yesterday turned out very disagree
able brand of weather. 1t rained in
the morning, forming an ice on the
walks and streets which was decidedly
/ hard to walk upon. At the noon hour
| IneTe WAS HedN4 Ian VI SAoM AOA
about a half an hour, the fakes being
about the size of an hens egg. Later
| there was more rain and dense fog.
The wind shifted to the north during
| Monday night and this morning it was
clear and crisp, with the temperature
down near the zero mark.
The matter OF holding the regular
monthly business meetings OF the
/ Chamber of Commerce in the even
| ing, rather than at noon, as hereto
/ fore, is now up TO the members. The
sentiment at the last meeting was tc
continue TO hold such meetings at the
noon hour, but the matter was re
ferred to committee, which has asked
that members make known their wish
es. Up to date q majority have gone