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THE WASHBURN TIMES. Volume 12. Number 18 Paint. Paint. ~ m ~ mssaasa BS3BBBX3SSBBSSSBSSBBSBttBKKnBBUF aB^ mmmmmmm ®® ® ® Now is the time to clean up. Wehave all the requisites to make your home bright and cheerful. The best paint at the lowest prices. Kalsomin in all colors. Jap-a-lac for your floors. Brushes of all kinds and prices. Come and see our stock and get our prices. Frost & Spies, Washburn, Wis. j Smoke j iHome Made Cigars. ► petefsoii & flans on Have Been Acknowledged Lead ers in the handling of Clothing and Gent’s Furnishings for Years. Go to them for Correct Prices. Proper Styles, and Good Treatment. TOWN LOTS RARPI AI N IN LOTS IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN- DrtlXUrtl INO SITE OF WASHBURN AND IN ALL ADDITIONS. Parties wanting'Lots for Building Purposes or for Gar dens can find what they want at Low Prices. M LOTS Will be sold on &MALL PAYME,NT<S> AND KASY 'T'EF^JvIS. The same applies to the towns Bayfield, ron River, Orienta, Pratt and Port Wing. Call on or write D. M. MAXCY, Washburn, Wisconsin. WASHBURN. WISCONSIN. THURSDAY. AUGUST 6. 1903. $50,000 IN WORK. Contracts for that Amount Are Al ready Let. DOWN AT THE DYNAMITE PLANT. The Grading Being Done and Woik on Buildings is to Commence Tills Week.— band Will be Cleared of Stumps aud Brush. Things are “getting bus}’-” at the dynamite works this week. George Wilkinson who has the contract for doing the grading of two and a half miles of railroad, has a crew of about twenty men and eight teams and is increasing his capacity for accom plishing the work. The comr.an} owning the works also have fifteen or twenty men at work stumping and clearing the laud. Mr. O’Brien is in charge of the con struction and informs us that he is using the Judson railroad powder for blasting, fiudiug it preferable to dynamite. The plan of stumping of the land is somewhat new and novel to these parts. About thirty stumps are prepared at a time, and all the blasts are touched off at the same instance by the use of an electric battery. All the stumps go into the air at the same time. Prendergast & Clarkson have the contract for erecting the large pow er house, and Donalds & Cos., of Ashland, have the contract to build seventeen buildings on the “powder line, ”as a section of the work is termed. Work on the buildings will begin this week. The contracts let exceed $50,000. At Camp Comfort. Another camping party has for saken the town life of care and trouble for the joys of the woods and waters. The Recreation Club of last year is encamped at Hough ton on a beautiful point of land mid way between the Prentice quarry and W. H Smith’s residence. There are about twenty V'mng peo ple at the 'camp most of the time and while thev have experienced much bad weather there is plenty of fun in the crowd to make sunshine in the camp though the clouds hang heavy all around. The Camp has been christened “Camp Comfort” and it is the poli cy of its inhabitants to make it all that the name implies. The Times man partook of a Sunday dinner at the camp and it was a splendid one too. We will swear by the cooks at “Camp Comfort” all the days of our life, though it must be admitted that we were a little uncomfortable for a*time afterwards all owing how ever to our own appetite which was too strongly tempted by the good things before us. Look Out Boys. The officials of the Omaha have been troubled a good deal of late by a few boys who persist In catching on the cars while in motion. There is but one result that always follows when boys get started at this thing unless they are stopped in time, that is some iboy loses a leg or an arm or perhaps his life. The Omaha people do not intend to have this happen if they can prevent it and have ad vised the police officers to arrest any boys who try to catch on the cars and they are right in doing so. It will mean saving somebody from a serious if not fatal acident. They Entertained, / Ethel and Ewing Mcßeath enter tained a large party of friends at their home on Fourth Street Tues day evening. It was a farewell to the old home where the young peo ple have grown to manhood and womanhood. About twentv-five young people were present and the evening was spent in dancing, sing ing and cards. There were also a few recitations including one by Albert Anne which received a good deal of praise. All who attended report the Mcßeath family good en tertainers. To Eay Corner Stone The corner stone for the new Car negie Library will be laid the2oth of the month, the exercises to be con ducted by the Masonic Lodge of Bayfield. The Masonic order of this city has been invited to participate. SOCIETIES GATHER. Members of the Different Fraternal Societies Celebrate. < FIRST MEETNG IS A SUCCESS. Affiliated Orders Have a Gala Time Mon day Night, Honorable C. K. Whelan of Madison, Delivers a Strong and Convincing Address. The first annua ] Fraternal Day celebration to*be neld hereunder the auspices of the Affiliated Fraternal Orders is a thing of the past, and it was a splendid success considering the fact that the weather threatened to put an end to all outside work all the evening and kept many at home who would otherwise have been out. Tue parade was large, even two hundred men being in line. The floats were beauties aud reflect great credit upon the committees who had charge of the work. The float repre senting the affiliated orders was made of thin white material lighted from the inside upon which were painted the emblems of the different orders. It was the work of Joe Hitchinson of Ashland. The float of the Maccabees was constructed by E. Bryan and carried the degree team of that order. Great credit is due to Mrs, Holmes >———^ Bj t. ; 91 " ; ' 1 ’ -'V' Ip ’Jo%'S} : ' Hasa |Kfc~ '•*•'■•• BP3 ; BsSßre ’Wmmm ! 14m * ■* M JEROME, Origiuator of t'raie.nil Day CeleoraUon and her assistants who hud charge of the decorations for the tasty man ner in which the hall was decorated. The program at the Opera House consisted of a short concert by the Ashland band after which M. Jerome in a brief speeh told of the organiza tion of the Affiliated Orders, their purpose and hopes. To Mr, Jerome more than to any one else is due the credit for the success of the evening and in fact the idea sf uniting the orders originated with Mr, Jerome and it was he w! o carried it out. Mr. Jerome mav well feel proud of the re>u!ts of the first attempt at a celebration and may 1 >ok forward to the time when the movement will spread over the entire country. The speaker of the evening was the Hon. C. E. Whelan of Madison, and hi s talk-upon fraternalism was one of the m '£t *1 : ;'*Y. V mHnKKr • Jttlf v<> t * i;. ; : - • JSt & ■ * Zfr- I HON. C. E. WHELAN, of Madison. Fraternal Day Orator. best things that has been heard in the e*ty in a long time. Mr, Whelan has a wonderful command of language and an intensity born of firm convictions. He has the happy faculty of telling a good < story ar;d telling it so that it is better for the telling. By his humorous hits he several times set the aueienc© in an uproar cf merriment and then by a touch of pathos brought them to sil ence, almost to tears. No man could have been obtained who would have given better satisfaction than did Mr. Whelan. The dance after the exercises was not well patronized but those who attended had a most enjoyable time ana the music by the Zipperer’s or chestra was splendid. The first Fraternal day was a suc cess. The next one will ba. better because of the experience of this year but too much credit can not be given to the members of the various committees who pushed to a success ful termination this first celebration. Homoseekers Excursion Platt. A movement is under way among some of our representative citizens, which meets with approval from all quarters to secure a big homeseek ers’ excursion to run from lowa to the cities about Chequamegon bay. Recently the Great Northern con ducted a very successful excursion of this kind to Duluth, and now it is proposed to have the Omaha railway bring a similar excursion to this part of northern Wisconsin. Messrs. Preston and Loveland of this city are interesting themselves in the scheme, and Mr. Tarbox, of the Che quamegon Bay Transportption Com pany, was in the city yesterday ar ranging for a trip with his beautiful steamer, the Chequamegon from Ashland to Washburn, Bayfield and Madeline Island- ydien the hpipe seekers arrive. The matter is to be taken up with the Business Men’s Association at Ashland next week, and all the real estate and public spirited men of this city are going to be asked to heip boost the matter. Nothing much has yet been done ex cept in a preliminary way, but the Omaha road will be interviewed aud asked to give a round trip rate of $5 from lowa points, and it Is expected that large numbers of homeseekers will take advantage of the. opportun ity to look up the resources of this particular locality. - —.....-■■ • An Old Timer Gone, “Billy ’ McCann, who has for sev eral years been a familiar character in this part of the country died at the Norman House in this city Sun day afternoon. About four o’clock in the morning he appeared in the barroom in his usual good spirit and went into the wash room, While in there the bartender heard him fall ard on entering the room found the man unconscious upon the floor. Every effort to revive him failed and he passed through a series of spasms until he died without regain ing consciousness. The sudden manner of his death led to a rumor that he had taken poison and that it was a case of suicide but the in quest showed that death was due to fatty degeneration of the brain. Mr. McCann was about forty five years old and has worked in the woods around here several years. He was buried Monday evening from the undertaking rooms of Flot tum and Hoel. The Hines Lumber Company have a contract for a large quanity of long piling to be used in the construction of and immense new grain elevator that is to be built at Port Arthur this year. The first shippment was made the latter part of the week when the tug Maxwell, with their scow the Interstate carried 689 forty fcot sticks atone trip. The Maxwell is one of the finest tugs on the lake and was visited by several Washburn people while in port. She is owned by Whitney Brothers of Duluth who have the contract to carry the tim ber. Wisconsin pine is nearly gone but when it comes to rush orders for good quality of piling it seems that contractors still have to come to Wisconsin. With the* fir from Washington coming to this port and Canadian builders coming here for their material, Washburn may stay in the lumber business for a long time yet, even if the mills do go, The Way Gambling was Stopped, In the town board proceedings of July 13th there appears this record: •‘lt was moved by Supervisor Jerome that all gamblr.g implements be des troyed. Motion carried. *’ When Other Medicines Have Failed take Foley’s Kidney Cure. It has cured when everything else has dis appointed. Frost & Spies. PRICE: FIVE CENTS SS.OO Fef Year IT WILL BE LARGE. The Labor Day Celebration to Excell all Previous Ones. UNIONS ARE WORKING HARD. Nothing is Being Left Undone to Make the Next Labor Day Celebration a Housing One.—Log Rolling Con tests, Sports, Games, Etc. The various committees having in charge the arrangements for the big labor day celebration met Saturday evening and went over the work that had been done by each during the week. Perhaps the most impor tant report, to be made was that of the finance committee who have in charge the work of soliciting the necessary funds for the days cele bration. They rep rted splendid success in their line as far as they had gone and stated that everything looked very favorably for raising all the money that would be required. This feature of the preparation was the only thing that worried the unions any. The music committee had no re port to make but were instructed to correspond with the various bands around the country and endeavor to Obtain thpse from town that will send a good crowd to the celebratioh Those who were to look after the transportation facilities reported that they were in communication with the different roads and expected to secure low rates to Washburn on that day. It was decided at the meeting to send a man to Iron wood and Hurley and other range towns to see 'about music and advertise the day. John Sullivan was unanimously chosen to go and will be an excellent man to do the work. The question of base ball game for the day brought forth considerable discussion and was left to the com mittee on sports to settle. The local team has already made ar rangements for the days game but the team chosen to piay here did not suit the members of the committee exactly but it will no doubt be set tled satisfactorly to both parties. That there will be a game and a good one is assured and that is what the public are looking out for. The log rolling contest is going to be a big event and the unions are going to furnish bonds for a large sum in order to get the best possible rollers here. Some of the old friends of E. S. Owen in this city sent their neigh bor and townsman a big supply of postal cards after the lynching in Danville last week, and gave him all sorts of advice about living in a town where such lawless things were done. Mr. Owen came back at them with a reply giving details o? the affair, which occurred within half a bbck of his place of business, and denouucea the reports in the. Chicago newspapers as yellow journalism. He evidently did not look at the matter in the same light manner as the Washburn people, and considered it in his reply in a very serious manner. But we sup pose that is entirely natural, as the people of Danville naturally look up on the recent occurrences in any thing but an unconcerned way. Lost. A red mooley cow with long hind hoofs, six or seven years old. John Proll. House-hold furniture for sale at the Methodist parsonage, all in good condition, and will be sold cheap. First come, first served. Calumet Baking I Powder The Standard of Perfeot Bakins;.