Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-09-02

Brewing company's old plant.
Charles Mack. "a. pioneer and vet
eran of the Civil war. died at his home
in Sheboygan. He had lived in the
residence where he passed away for
the past SIS years. His aged wife and
two sons survive.
The Rhinelander Rotary club drive
for Boy Scout funds ended with $4,000
of the required $4,000 raised. Arrange
ments will now be made for salaried
scoutmaster to take charge of the
work during the coming year
A. w Wilcox and Charles Hawks,
Horizon bankers are ON the bankers
European tour and are sending back
a good account of their journey and
observations of the places on the way
to the battlehelds of France and the
points of interest in the old country.
At meeting of jefferson lodge, No.
20, l. o. o. F.. held at the lodge rooms,
the following officers were elected: w.
j. Seitz, NC; Karl Weckworth, VG.;
Albert Blackschmidt, RS; George
Traeger, LIS; Carl Johnson, warden;
Charles Braman, conductor,
Because they had been overseas
soldiers, and had made no effort to
sell their liquor, Arthur Bake, August
Trettin and Charles Trettin, indicted
for the manufacture of moonshine,
were called upon in Federal court at
Superior to pay fines of only 81 each.
They were warned, however, that a
second offense would cost them more
Fred r. Wedge, former pastor of
the First Baptist church of Rhine
lander, and former saloon keeper, lum-
berjack and prize fighter. is now prin-
cipal of the high school in Benson,
Ariz. Wedge left the prize ring for
the pulpit when he killed an opponent
in the ring in San Francisco. He is
graduate of the University of Wis
consin.
The assessment of ten leading man.
ufacturing companies in Amigo shows
an increase from 1919 to 1920 of from
1921, $50 to SLABS, 1S1, an increase of
55 per cent The assessment of the
Langlade Lumber company was In
creased from S2S5,750 to s43S.1S0
Some of the companies voluntarily in
creased their assessments, by large
percentage.
Henry Stein, one OF the first mail
carriers in Sheboygan and the eldest
employee of the postoff1ce there. in
point OF service and years, has for
mally resigned his position, with
government pension of $50 q month.
He was presented with gold watch
chain and charm by his fellow workers
and Postmaster Knauf. Mr.. Stein de-
livered mail in Sheboygan for the past
thirty-three years.
The harness horse races at the
Dodge county fair to be held in Beaver
Dam Sept 81, %, 29 and 80 and Oct. l
promise to be better than usual. The
speed program purse will be $500.
which is S1,150 more than was offered
in 1919. The manufacturing firms of
Beaver Dam have offered purses this
year that will bring more speedy
horses to the Dodge county race track
Wednesday. Sept. %.
Jacob Jung, ST., Sheboygan, has re-
ceived letter from the Central COM
mittee of the German Red Cross so
ciety, Berlin, acknowledging the re-
ceipt of a car load of provisions which
were shipped by county committees
for the relief of sufferers in Germany
and Austria The car load, which con
tanned chiefly unperishable groceries,
was loaded at Sheboygan June /, and
reached Hamburg, Germany in short
time.
To relieve the shortage of homes
and to provide better accommodations
for the families of the men who are
working in the large factories in Hori-
con, the Van Brunt Co. is building
comfortable cottages with modern
conveniences, two stories in height
with a basement and finished in &C
cordance with the tastes of those who
take them over from the company at
the actual cost of construction. The
plan is to open the way for employees
of the company to secure homes of
their own.
Two Villas county women have come
out as candidates for county Offices at
the general election this fall. The
Offices TO which the women aspire are
those of county clerk and register of
deeds, in both of which they are at
present deputies. Miss Mary Hong is
seeking election as county clerk and
Miss Fern Scott as register of deeds
The fact that they have filled the posi-
tons of deputies satisfactorily has led
to their seeking the more important
higher places.
The open season on big corn stories
has now started and Monroe county
presents its first Offering. On the w.
Zahrte place, few miles north OF
Tomah, Albert Zahrte planted seed of
the Wisconsin No. Z. A sample stalk
was brought TO the Monitor Herald
Office which measured 10 feet 10