Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-04-29
SHORT ITEMS

May 4th has been named Dy the
U. S. Employment service as EN-
ployment Day."
NJ. NJ. Secor has purchased the resi-
dence of Mrs. Finlay Mcdonald, $40
Fulton street.
Xanted-A girl to do homework iii
a small family. One who can cook.
Apply to SIG McIndoe street. tt
Miss Bernice Towle, who has been
i'll with the chicken pox, has recovered
and the home has been released from
quarantine.
The First Methodist church of this
city has gone "over the top in the
Centenary financial drive. 1t has
pledged to pay $5,513.60 for five years.
il. Sturtevant was elected second
vice-presidea of the Associated Press
at a meeting of the board of directors,
held in New York City on Wednesday.
Miss Blanche Armstrong, Special
Magazine Representative. Subscrip-
tions taken for all magazines at low.
est clubbing rates, SIG Mcclellan st.
Phone 1871. Matt.
The most beautiful flower of spring,
in these northern woods-the trailing
arbutus is now in blossom and hun
dreds are daily seeking that most
cherished flower.
Marathon county has purchased 40
horse power kerosene road tractor,
which has been unloaded and will be
used ON the road between Colby and
Wausau. The purchase price was
$4,000. The tractor weighs twelve tons
and uses kerosene, which, it is stated,
lowers the cost of operation consid-
erably.
Pat Bowling of Wausau was in town
Saturday, bound for Park Falls to
superintend the work of running a
drive of about 100000 feet of pine logs
into the boom pockets at the mill of
the Hines Lumber company, to whom
the logs were sold by himself and a
Wausau law firm, joint owners
Marshfield Times.
Albert Cramer, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jul. Cramer of this city, has
been appointed head of the cooper
alive cow testing association work in
the state of Wisconsin. Mr.. Cramer
is a graduate of the State School of
Agriculture and has been employed
in dairy work in Iowa and Ohio, and
is peculiarly fitted to make success
of his work in this state.-Merrill Ad-
vOcate.
A meeting of the agricultural board
will be held this week for the pur-
pose of completing final arrangements
to advertise for bids on the construc-
ton of the proposed Grand Stand at
the fair grounds. The stand as es-
timated earlier in the spring will cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000. 1t is
hoped that construction can be started
shortly and it will be if the figures
are not too high. Every effort is
being made to make the county fair
of 1919 a success. 1t is to be held early
and better weather may be hoped fol
than that often the luck in the past
The trout season opens May 1. Many
Wausau fishermen are arranging now
for next week end, and some have
expressed their intention to start il
at the yearly sport Thursday. PlOver
Dudley, Wittenberg, Eland Jet, anC
the Flambeau reservation are favoritt
grounds. Quite number of fishermen
have obtained permits to fish il
streams running through the IndiaI
= reservation. 1t is claimed that this
ground is about the finest in Wiscon
sin. If the weather is favorable ant
the city's experts haven't forgotten
how to cast the fly, many Sunday din
ners, it. may be waged, will include
trout and the butcher will have beer
bested.