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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO
ITEMS OF INTEREST BOILED DOWN FROM
THE WAUSA u PILOT SO YEARS AGO

mill, between this city and Eland
Junction, in two weeks.
The committee on Public Property
made a final settlement with A. w.
Schmidt, Register OF Deeds for the
Tract Index, on which he and j. j.
Sherman have been at work since
Septeml er, 1886. The work was com
pleted on March 1st and cost in the
neighborhood of $1,000.
Mr.. John Manson and Miss Helen
Stewart were married last Wednes-
day al the house OF Mrs VIM. r. Ste
wart, the brides mother. The cere-
mOny was performed by Rev. DR..
Smith at the hour of D. m. and in
the presence of immediate relatives.
On Wednesday morning late Mrs.
Libbie CaproD, after a brief illness,
died at her home in this city.
F. A. strupp, A. L. Kreutzer and
J. Buechner. leading citizens of the
town OF Black Creek Falls, paid this
Office a pleasant call last Saturday.
James Alban. better known by the
euphonious appellation of Medicine
Man jim, departs tomorrow for
Rhinelander TO assume control Of the
Oneida Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
new DAM IS
IN OPERATION
ELECTRIC COMPANY OPENS
PLANT FORMALLY LAST
SATURDAY

On Saturday, March I9, early in the
afternoon The new dam of the Wis
consin Valley Electric company below
Big Bull Falls, erected at a cost of
S1,000,000 and on which 200 men have
been occupied the past year, was put
into operation. Every piece of ma
chinery in the great power house
moved with such precision and grace
that one would have been under the
apprehension easily that the plant had
been in use for years. The pond COM
menced to fill rapidly but soon two
gateways were opened and later a
third because of The food stage the
heavy rains of Saturday night created.
Mark COnsummatiOn
The present dam and power house
are a consummation of plans formu-
lated over long period of years. In
1915 the Wisconsin Valley Electric
company obta. ned, by purchase, the
last of the big water powers on the
river and thus was enabled to pro-
mote this project. In 1919 the final
decision was made by the directors
who called into consultation two in
dependent and efficient hydraulic en-
giaeering concerns and upon their ad-
vice dec ded upon the best method to
obtain maximum development The
power house is a splendid brick Struc-
ture standing to the west of the dam.
Us he ghI is 104 feet and is so by 12O
feet. The new plant is operated on a
.wenty-six foot level, Spillways and
gate sections of the dam are des .gned
to discharge more water than any
other dam ON the Wisconsin river in
proportion to the drainage area cover.
ed SO that the water during any flood
can be satisfactorily cared for.
| Cares For Water
| This was well demonstrated Sunday
after the heavy rains of the night
| previous when the level of the river
was higher than at any time in the
past two years. Heavy rains oyer the
northern watershed OF the Wisconsin
caused The river to rise 3.S feet here
Sunday but the dam cared for this
surplus nicely. After the pond haC
been well filled gates were opened ant
the forepart of the week a tremen.
dous quantity was passing through.
The Wisconsin Valley Electr.c C com
pany and its thousands of stockhold
ers in this city, Merrill and entire cen.
tral Wisconsin, may well feel proud o.
this engineering feat which gives t.
the city of Wausau access to one ant
half as much additional power .as thu
maximum product of the old power
plant, producing as it did only two
fifths of the possible electric develop
menl of the site.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
COLLEGE GLEE CLUB
TO SING ON APRIL 9Th

The Epworth League and Marathon
Winners Sunday School class of the
First NJ. e. church have engaged the
Lawrence College Glee club to sing
on Wednesday, April 9Th. Few glee
clubs. II is reported, can boast finer
set Of soloists. Winfield Alexander.
tenor. has most promising voice,
and Clement Hackworth, bass, has al.
ready had wide experience on the
platform with chautauquas. Max
Schuldt, pianist, has been both teach
er and student and was at one time
with the Eau Claire Conservatory of
Music. His versatility has been high
ly commended by critics. George Mi
chalson possesses a high baritone of
excellent quality.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
HOLD ROADS
in ABEYANCE
SOME COUNTIES DELAYING
CONSTRUCTION FOR REA-
SON OF FREIGHT RATES

The present freight rates on sand
and gravel are the greatest deterrent
to highway construction planned for
1921. This is the statement made by
State Highway Engineer A. r. Hirst
in letter to the railroad companies
of the state of Wisconsin. The pres
ent cost of hauling sand and gravel
used on the different projects often ex-
ceeds the value of the material itself
and greatly lessons the amount of
work that can be done with the APP
preparations. Sand and gravel form
the most important factors in the pres
ent type of highway construction and
the cost of these items must be re-
duced.
Two Alternatives
There are two alternatives one is
to change the type of construction,
which is not advocated, and the other
is to establish local plants near the
projects under construction. The sand
and gravel used are produced by COM
panies formed for the purpose in va
rious parts of the state. Wisconsin
is blessed with an abundance of these
materials through the glacial deposits
and it is possible to construct local
pits near the work and haul by motor
truck. The cost of loading and un-
loading, together with the freight rates
gives the truck an advantage here.
But building these pits would take
considerable time which might be
saved by hauling from existing sourc-
es and at the same time these indus
tries would be maintained.
In some parts of the state road
i htsi IN ua,x, hnxt InG G.,ss
ly delayed till some action shall be
taken and the state commission is
waiting to hear from the railroads be-
fore definitely planning its program.
j. ii. VOgt, Marathon county highway
commissioner, states that the matter
would affect the fourteen mile stretch
of gravel surface highway highway
that is to be put in near Marshfield
this summer, and would also mate
rally increase the cost of any con-
crete work to be done on bridges and
similar work. He says, however, that
no postponement is contemplated on
that score and that there has been no
action taken locally to attempt to have
the freight rates on highway construc-
ton materials lowered
Ought To Take Steps
Many people interested in trans
portation of building materials be
lieve that steps should be taken to
lower the rates on sand and gravel.
The average length of haul is from
forty to fifty miles and the rates are
such that the charges often exceed
1.-THE value of the material. In The past
two or three years there has been an
average increase Of over one hun
dred per cent in the rates. The rail-
roads are unable to take action toward
reduction on their own initiative even
IL they should be inclined to do so for
by recent decision it is remembered
that the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, In fixing the maximum also
established minimum. The thing to
do is for the shippers and those in
terested to take action toward the re-
duction of these unfair rates and it
is the op nion of many that this can
be accomplished
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
DON'T NEED DOCTORS BUT
WE'LL PROMISE UNDERTAKEN

clubs be particularly urged to be pre-
sent at the contest in order that pro-
per care may be had for, wounded
contestants as we'll as spectators.
"The contestants shall have the
privilege of choosing their own re-
ferees and time keepers and make the
ground rules but shall post in con-
spicuous place at least five days prior
to the contest such names of referees,
time keepers and ground rules agreed
upon.
"It is also suggested that A. P.
Woodson be made captain OF the Ro-
tary team in order that the teams may
be more evenly matched and the con-
test more evenly staged and worthy
the time of spectators
A Reservation
The lkiwanis club trusted" it would
receive prompt acceptance. Here is
the answer:
''The communication of your COM
mittee under date of March 1st, 1921,
challenging the members of the Wau-
sau Rotary club to an athletic contest
and suggesting Volley Ball as the
form is accepted with the reservation
noted below and the undersigned have
been appointed committee to meet
with your committee at your pleasure
and arrange detailed rules and re-
gulationS for the contest.
'The reservation alluded 10 above
is, indeed, very necessary for the rea-
son that a survey of our membership
quickly developes the fact that it in.
cludes a remarkably large number of
expert Volley Ball players any COM
b.nation of whom could easily van
quish the best team your organiza-
ton could offer. Naturally each of
these many brilliant and experienced
players is measurably cognizant of
mis- powers and would be to some ex-
tent jealous of their recognition and
the deep, overwhelming desire of each
one of them to be honored by being
chosen a member of the team to be
selected to uphold the traditions of
Rotary and to drag the Kiwanis ath-
letic banner in the dust would be
shared in a strong measure by their
| friends. The undesirability of diff
ferentiating between them under
hese conditions should appeal to your
organ zation. II it does not appeal to
you, the experience which you will
gain by greater maturity will in time
| develope in you an appreciation oil
the wisdom of our course. And we
cannot but digress here to assure you
most earnestly that the Rotary cluf
deeply wishes that the Kiwan clut
may be permitted to bloom in an un,
crippled and glorious manner mot abb
breviated blythe unnecessary results o.
unwise challenges, born of misjudg.
ment and unbridled enthusiasm o;
youth.
Everyone i'm Tug of War
Bearing n mind the above stated
conditions which confront us. we have
no alternative but to adopt the De
mocratic course of selecting a contes-
n which all members of our bod,
shall share equally in the glorious re
suits which Will surely follow, and il
recognit on of the time-honored righ
of the party being challenged to selec
the weapon to employed, our club
in accepting your challenge to an ath
letic contest, elects that the contes
shall be a Tug of War to be partici
pated in by the entire membership O
each club" Then an undertaken i!
proposed.
But the Volley Ball game win We
be staged.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
EXTENSION DIVISION
FORMS EIGHT PARENT
TEACHERS ASS'NS

The local Office of the University
Extension is doing a good deal of i'm
portants work in Marathon county
which does not receive very much at
tention. Marshall c. Graft. director,
has prepared summary of activities
of the organization for the end of the
fiscal year on March 18th, in which
he shows that eight parent-teach
associations have been organized dur
ing the year, that seven lyceum cours-
es were held in Marathon county, that
the Extension boasts 165 Marathon
county students and that Extension
81 des and films are being used by the
Wausau Vocational school, Marathon
County Training school, Mosinee pub
lie schools, Schofield. Stratford and
Edgar, the home demonstration agent
and the county agent.
Seventeen Communities
Seventeen communities were served
by the Extension. Colby was given
the use of sixteen package libraries of
selected loan material, Corinth six,
Edgar twenty-eight, Elderon ten, Mar
athon two, March one, Mosnee seven
ty-six, Norrie one, Schofield one, Spen-
Ger four, Stratford ten. Unity ore and
Wausau fifty-a total of PIT pack
ages.
The organization of the eight par
ent-teachers' associations is cDnsid-
cred one of the finest accomplish.
ments of the Extension. These were
formed at Colby, Unity, Spencer, Ath.
ems. Mosinee, Edgar, Schofield and
ElderoD. The lyceum courses were
held at Edgar, Stratford, Spencer, Col
by, Mosinee, Athens and Elderon
Registrations
Following are the registrations fol
correspondence work as listed by Mr.
Graf: Wausau $50; Schofeld /
Rothschild /; Hatley 2; Marathon S
Mosinee s.; Edgar A; Stratford s.
Spencer 5; Unity 2; Colby 2. In ad
dition free correspondence courses t,
Wisconsin service men were given t.
fifteen Wausau men and one each a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
ROTARY CLUB RESPONDS
TO CHALLENGE OF
KIWANIANS

Regarding your suggestion that all
physicians, including ear, eye and
nose specialists and dentists be pre-
sent, will say that we doubt the untili-
ty of this but. for the comfort of the
members of your club and the con-
ISOLATION of their relatives and friends,
we will give you our assurance that
Rotarian Peterson, undertaken, Will
be present" is the concluding para
graph in a letter from the Rotary club
to the Kiwanis club in answer to the
challenge of the latter to game OF
Volley Ball.
Some Heavyweights!
And that communication tooks some
Kiwanians, unaware, off their feet
when it was read at the Kiwanis
luncheon Monday. Heavy
yea, the most cumbersome of our citi-
zens-affixed their varied signatures
to the Rotarian document, their ag-
gregate weight totaling 2759.9 pounds,
excluding their amiable secretary.
Among those, we'll known as august
individuals in the community and OF
whom none could expect humor, are
Tom H. Ryan, Fred Boyce, George E.
Foster, B. Hammond, Tom Jacob, j. j.
Kiely, Russell Lyon, o. G.. Lemke,
Walter H. Thorn, B. F. Wilson and
John Sullivan, president, close RI
val of the postmaster.
Despite this clever throw of fright
the Kiwanis club would not be de-
tered in its intention to play game
of Volley Ball and President Parker
assures us that the next meeting OF
the Rotary club will see retOrt in
the hands of President John Sullivan
The Kiwanians are furthermore agree
able to postponing the match until af-
ter March 31st as as they believe
the older organization will be severe
ly handicapped without Aytch P
Woodson, just now in California. AS
soon as Capt. Woodson returns te
round the Rotarian team into shape
the Kiwanians know their challenge
as at first VIII be accepted.
Kiwanian Challenge
The challenge issued March 1st
follows: I'VE, the undersigned COM
mittee, duly appointed by the Kiwanis
club of Wausau, duly assembled or
Monday, Feb. 21st, hereby challenge
the members of the Wausau Rotary
club to a game of Volley Ball to bt
played at such time and place as yot
may decide, subject to the following
conditions:
a The game shall be played no
later than March 31st.
+.2. Each contestant shall be {
bonafide member in good standing o
his respective club.
80 The losers of the contest shal
pay for a supper for the contestint
clubs to be had in joint session at th'
Bells house within ten days aftel
the game shall have been played.
"It is suggested that if the Y. M. c
A. be chosen the field of contest, tina
both clubs urge the attendance O.
their members at the game in orde
that the contestants may receive thu
proper support and confidence from
their respective members.
"It is further suggested that al
respective ear, eye and nose special
lists and dentists of the respective
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
A HINT OF SPRING

There's lazy time a-comin'
And it's comm purity soon;
It'll git start in April
Andll keep i up through June.
The sun'n come a-streakin'
Cross't the valleys and the hills,
w tn its warmin' light a-drivin'
Out the shivers' and the chi1ls.
It'll loaf around the gardens
And'll roost among the trees,
A-coaxin' and persuadin'
With a mighty power to please;
Till the earth will be in color,
With the roses all in bloom
And the trees in leaf, and Mater
Injoyin' of the boom
It'll ketch a feiler workin'
In the house er out of doors,
And'll start the tired feeln'
Oozin' out of all his pores.
It'll make his eyelids heavy,
It'll set his brain on dreams
OF the cool and shady places
By the quiet runnin' streams.
Then's the time TO go a fishin'
For the lazy time is best,
Cause a fish amt hardly human,
And il never wants to rest.
By the r:pplin of the waters,
Maxim music all the day,
He can stretch out where its shady
And jest fish his life away.
It's the sunshine time, the fishin' tim,
The law time that's best,
When a feller don't want nothin'
But to soak his soul in rest.
William j. Hampton, in n. Y. SUI
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
KREIDER PROPERTY is
SOLD TO HERMAN HABECK

The Kre der property at 521 Wash
ington street has been purchased by
Herman Habeck, formerly register OF
deeds. Mr.. Habeck expects 10 take
possession of the property within ten
days and will redecorate and remodel
TO some extent the building. He will
then open combination grocery and
meat market, The deal was handled
by Ben Sternberg and the amount of
he transaction was $4500. Mr.. Stern
berg also sold the Albert hasten home
on Dunbar street to Sam Foster last
week. at a price of $500.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
is FIXING WASHOUTS

Washouts due to the heavy fall OF
rain last Saturday night have dam
aged various places in the roads near
the city. One point on the lower part
OF Grand avenue was under water
Sunday but the damage was confined
to the gravel shoulder of the road,
the concrete remaining intact. On the
Birnamwood road, on route sixteen,
at one place there was thirty inch
depth of water over the road and a
small bridge was entirely under water.
Most of the damage has been confined
TO the small culverts and bridges but
some OF the roads are almost impass-
able, for motor cars. Crews OF men
under Highway Commissioner ]. II.
Vogt are busy putting them back
into shape again.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
PAID ASSISTAr "
ENGAGED FOR BOY
SCOUTS OF, CITY

A new salaried Office has been Gre
ated in the local boy scout administra-
tion. Elmer Fochs, formerly with the
Wausau Office of Armour & Co., has
been appointed Field Scout Execu-
tive. He will have charge Of the
Pine Tree patrol, sea scouting and the
organization of the younger boys. The
new executive has been engaged in
boy scout work here for the past eyar,
first as assistant scoutmaster. and lat
er as scoutmsster Of Troop 2. He is
very popular and well liked by all the
boys.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
BOY SCOUTS MOVE
HEADQUARTERS TO "Y''

Boy Scout headquarters have been
moved from the Zimmerman 4 Rowley
offices to the basement of the Y. M.
c. A., arrangements to &his effect
having been completed last Sunday.
The new rooms are in the southwest
corner of the bu lding in what was
formerly an auxiliary gym, and which
has been fitted up for two offices. a
store room and reading room for
the boys. With Geo, Driesbach, scout
executive, will be his newly appointed
assistant, Elmer Fochs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24
APPLY FOR
beer LICENSE
BREWING COMP ANY ASKS
FOR PERMIT-STILL
UP IN AIR

The American Brewing company
was one of the first in central Wis
consin to apply for a federal permit
to manufacture four per cent beer un-
der the recent ruling or interpreta-
tion of the prob! !bition law, which Of
fcials declare should make it possible
for physicians to prescribe beer as
medicine and that it would be unrea-
sonable 10 expect persons to obtain
one or two bottles at time. Instead
the Interpretation indicates, case
might be obtained.
The local company has received an
answer from Washington. to the ef-
feet that further rulings are being
awaited before permits are granted.
Merrill Company Applies
The Leidiger Brewing company of
Merrill has likewise applied for a, per-
init but the Wisconsin Rapids Brew
ing company will not resume the man
ufacture of malt liquors as it is beng
dismanteled preparatory to turning II
into a canning plant and the big vats
there will be used to manufacture
sauerkraut.
Recently Solicitor General Frierson
said that the ruling of former Attor-
ney-General Palmer, permitting prac-
tically unlimited manufacture OF beer
wines and whiskey for medicinal pur-
poses, would stand. The treasury de-
partment, it is understood, might ask
a reconsideration but this is not likely
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24

Northern Wisconsin railroad sidings
are glutted with pulp shipments de-
layed because paper mills and saw
mills are unable to care for shipments
as rapidly as they arrive. The Ash
land division Of the C. & N. w. has
felt this condition Congestion is re-
ported at the Marathon Paper Mills
company at Rothschild and at plants
located at Wisconsin Rapids and In
the Fox river valley
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24

Mosinee, Edgar, Stratford, Colby,
Spencer and Ringle, making a total
of 165 Extension students.
Recreational Institutes have been
planned for Spencer and two other
centers in the county. Marathon coun-
ty is one OF fourteen counties compris-
ing the fifth Extension Division dis
trict. The headquarters is located in
this city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24

Marshall C. Graf, director of the
University Extension, has booked
thirty-five lyceums for next winter
through central and northern Wiscon-
sin. This past year there were forty
seven but as the booking season does
not end until June, he expects to best
last years record considerably.
Louis Deininger and ]. l.. Opper-
man have opened an insurance agency
in the Ford building. corner Third and
Mcclellan streets. For a time the two
we're located in the Office OF German
& Prehn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Klecker have
already arrived at the destination
overseas, having sailed on March End.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-26
began to lay eggs they were white and not

began to lay eggs they were white and not
gold
Still Madam Hen hoped and watched
the nest for the golden egg. though
Chic-a-bsddy seemed contented enough
with the big white ones.
One morning Madam Hen was up
bright and early before her neighbors,
and as she was walking sbout she hap
pened to look up at the peak OF the
woodshed and there on a pole was q
gold-colored rooster swinging around.
"Ah, there he isf' clucked Madam
Hen. HE is my grandson. | am
sure nv child did lay gold egg, and
with all her might she began 10 cry
sskut-kut-ka-darkut, until every fowl
in the barnyard ran TO see what WAS
the matter.
But when Madam Hen ran of to
find her child she found Cbick-abiddy
on nest full of white eggs, and when her
mother told her the news she only
blnked and seemed not to care for the
honor her mother wished to thrust upon
her.
In fact, when later she did walk M
the BARNARD with brood of fluffy,
yellow chicks running after her she
on the shed and said he WAS not her
child
Madam Hen clucked loudly, but it
was no use Chick-s-bsddy would not
own the gold-colored rooster. Il would
rather have my fluffy dariings than all
the gold roosters IN the world, was ali
she would say.
"And after all my careful training.
clucked Madam Hen as she scratched
under the currant bush for worms, "to
think she'd rather be the mother OF
those common chicks than -hs beauti-
ful creature ON the barn, WIN was,
am certain, Matched from a golden egg,
''She would have become famous by
claiming him as her child, and ! did
SO want to be the grandmother OF a
gold rooster,'' and Madam settled her
self In the earth under the bush,
where it was cool, to think over her
sorrow.