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THE WASHBURN TIMES. Volume 12. Number 50. What! Still Coughing? Why Will You Suffer? One Fifty Cent Bottle of our P. D. White Pine Cough Cure Will Cure You, “it has Cured Hundreds and it Will Cure you.” Sold and Guaranteed Only by -. :. 4 ost Spies, Washburn, Wis. Peterson | Hanson Have Been Ackknowldged Lead ers in the handling of Clothing and Gent’s Furnishings for Years, Go to them for Correct Prices, Proper Style, and Good_ Treatment. Subscribe for Bayfield County Telephone Co’s. Phone. —Home Institution. Jo Party Lines. All Long Distance Phones. Up-to-date Equipment and Services. •Jote Toll Line G o nnc ti o tru . FIRE- SKSt-WATER LossW, been adjusted with Insurance Cos. Pr.l*f FIRE SALE BEGINS WED. MARCH 9, At 9 o’clock in the morning. The entire stock of the GARLAND CLOT LI N G CO., consisting of men’s boyT and children’s clothing, hats, caps, and furnishing goods, slight ly damaged by smoke and water. MUST BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF COST. Qaplarvd ClotbirvQ <^o. 415 W. 2nd St. Ashland, Wis. Next to Athearn Hotel. WASHBURN. WISCONSIN. THURSDAY. MARCH 17, lt)04. THE CITY OF WASHBURN. Voters Decide fey acn Overwhelming Majority to Become A City. A VERY ENERGETIC CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN MADE. People Were Polly &tdv; : sed to 6ill Particeilars and decided to do glWay Wifi) old Porrr> of ToWrv Qoveriunent- I For Incorporation, 455. Against Incorporation, 138. Defective Ballots, 1. Washburn is to be a city. The voters of Washburn have said so. and said it emphatically. The story of the special election held Tuesday is told in the figures given at the head of this article. The energetic campaign opened about a week ago, and meetings were held last week in the West End and Union Halls, at which John Walsh, L. IST. Clausen and other citizens argued the question of incorporation, Mr. H. P. Axelberg being chairman of all the meetings for in < corporation, and aiding materially in the good work by the dignity of his manner in presiding, and also b} r some of the arguments which he advanced. Saturday night a meeting was held at the Opera House, at which numerous citizens gave their views regardingineorporation, while the opposition presented their claims. With the exception of the talk of one man the contest was clean and dignified, but this one man saw fit to attempt a personal attack upon certain citi zens, the editor of this paper in particular for standing up for the incorporation of the place. This resulted in a chal lenge being issued Monday morning by Mr. J. E. Jones ad dressed to A. M. Warden and all anti-incorporators to dis cuss the question that night at the town hall. During the day a number of gentlemen who undoubtedly meant well, hut whose timidness indicated a serious attack of “cold feet” used their utmost endeavors to kill the meeting, and even went so far as to seriously consider closing the town hall to prevent the discussion, but in this were over-ruled by the committee having the matter in charge. These same gen tlemen were the people who had been present at the prev ious meetings when these personal matters were brought up and by their silence were perfectly willing that the editor of this paper should be made their scape goat. But the meet ing came off, the challenge having been accepted, a,; 1 the town hall was packed. Mr. Axelberg was again chairman and was at one time put to the necessity of as erting his rights as the one in charge of the meeting, and did so in a manner whicn won for him the approval' of the large audi ence. Mr. Jones spoke fifteen minutes in opening* and ten minutes in closing, confining himself to the question of in corporation, but giving distinct notice at the outset that any personal attacks would be met vigorousl y. Judge Warden spoke twenty-five minutes and made his argument, also chosing to omit the personalities he b id previously indulged in, leaving no grounds for exceptions to be taken to any ; thing which he said. These gentlemen were followed by I Senator William O’Neil, who arrived here from Minnesota that afternoon, and who made a discussion favoring incor j iporation that had a telling effect. Judge W. H. Irish fol lowed with a strong presentation of the incorporation move- Iment. E. E. Ixen field also lent his voice to the incorpora tion movement, and then Mr. Nels Nelson addressed the! meeting opposing the proposed change. Mr. Nelson made a strong argument from his point of view and should be given credit for having made a good, clean and energetic fight against the movement. He was followed by questions from Mr. E. C. Stevens, Judge Irish and others, and was replied to at length Iry Mr. John Walsh. The result of the meeting was that the incorporation men captured the audience and there was a strong tide of sentiment set in for the move ment, which was counted in every way as the one suc cessful gathering of the campaign. A great many gentle men did very effective work upon the question, and the vot ers went to the polls fully informed and fully prepared to cast their ballots intelligently, with the results that when the votes were counted Tuesday that the majority was over whelmingly in favor of incorporation. Attorney John Walsh immediately certified the result of the election to Governor LaFollette, it leaving here on the 6:30 train, and a charter will be immediately granted, and work of getting things in shape to assume a city form of government will go rapidly forward, and at the election April sth a complete set of city offices, including a mayor and sixteen TAX COLLECTIONS Countv Treasurer Receives Rolls From Treasurers. ALL TO TURN IN TAXES TODA Y The Probabilities ape that the Amount of Delinquent Taxes Will be Somewhat Larger This Year Than Last.— Town Treasurers are Slow. County Treasurer A. H. Wilkinson was here from Bayfield yesterday and put in the day settling with the different town treasurers who are turning over. Treasurer F. E. Moe, of Iron River; Treasurer John Englidinger, of Bayfield; Treasurer J. H. Kiovetead, of Port Winer; and Treasurer Gus Broman, of Pratt, turned ever their rolls of delinquent taxes. The town of Mason and the town of Drummond are expected to make settlement this morning, and tue town of Washburn will turn over today. The delinquent rolls will be of about the same size as last year, or the amount of uncollected taxes represented therein may even be a liltie larger. Alfred Olson in Business It is always gratifying to Wash burn people to note the progress of their young men, and the follow ing from a Rushford, Minnesota, paper, concerning Alfred Olson, son of Gilbert Olson, will be of interest to many in this city. The paper says: ‘‘Rushford has anew restaurant. It’s two proprietors, Alfred Olson and Eddie Aim, are both model young men and we predict success for them in their new venture. ‘‘The firm name is Olson & Aim and the name of their place of busi ness is “The Farmers Restaurant.” They are located in the Nelson build ing, formerly occupied by John A. Nelson as a farm implement office. “The Farmers’ Restaurant will aim to keep a fresh line of groceries, cigars and confectionrey on hand, and also furnish warm lunches and regular meals. They have fitted the upstairs rooms and will also supply lodgings for a limited number. " Miss Carrie Aim, who has been cook at the City Hotel for the past year, has been engaged by 1h m ..a cook and peopl-’s i .s > i t oe catered to : ;. ing manner. They will al •- > - .ml a news stand and will en -*avor to keep on hand the leading magazines and daily papers. The restaurant is uo,v open to the public and its proprietors solicit a share of your patronage.” MODERN WOODMEN. Bayview Camp No. 1029. Meets oti the Second and. Fourth Fridays of each month Cat Wood men hall. Visiting Woodmen are cordially invited. For Sale Good second hand Blickensderfer typewriter by Eugene Haskins. aldermen and eight supervisors will be elected. Most of ‘ Strange to say there are no candidates mentioned to speak of, and up to Wednesday at the time this article was written, only a few suggestions have been made for the posi tion of mayor. The matter can either be conducted as a par ty question or as a citizen’s independent movement. Changing the Bayfield County IVlap. The Bayfield county map has been shot to pieces, speak ing in the language of the street, within the past few Take for instance the town of Bayfield: The town of BelL has been detached from this, while Iron River and Drum mond have also been altered by the carving out of the towns of Barnes and Orienta. Washburn’s map will have to be changed more than all others, because of the fact that the town of Eileen has been detached, then comes the city of Washburn with its eight wards, and the remaining territory will be the town of Washburn. This willrequire r readjust ment of the affairs of Bayfield county along all lines. Set tlements will have to be made of money matters with all the towns affected, town and city officers will have to be elected in every locality, and in Washburn, the city and ward officers will have to be provided for. The county committees will have to arrange the representation to political conventions, school matters must be re-adjusted, and all along the line there must be an entire changing from the old system to the new. The town of Drummond is now the only town iii the county with disproportionately large territory. PRICK: FIVK CENTS E~ *cs;i- Year SPENT WIFE’S MONEY Mrs. Miller Mortaages Her Home And Loses Money. HER HUSBAND “BLEW” IT IN Forged Mrs. Miller’s Name to a Cheek and. Then Proceeded to Ashland, and when Arrested He was Nearly “Broke.” Gambled and Sported. Mike Miller is again in jail, this time charged with forgery. Miller returned a few months ago from Waupun, where he served a term for a heinous crime, he seems to stand ■in a fair way to take another trip. When he returned to his family he began toshow signs of exlravagance and spent quite a sum of money which his wife had raised by scrub bing and other work of like charact—* er. Last week Mrs. Miller mort i gaged her home, and received a I check of $lOO for it. Miller got i hold of the check and forged his j wife’s name to it, and then started i for Ashland with the money. He | tried poker and games at gambling - tables, and finally wound up in alow resort, where he was located by the police, b.ut had spent all of the money except two or three dollars. Miller was bound over for trial in tho circuit court. M. E. Church. The third quarterly meeting will bt held at the Methodist church next Saturday and Sunday. The conference or busint-ss session will be Saturday evening at 7:30, all are invited whether members or not. The reports of all that has beer, done during the quarter will be given at that time and other business trans acted. Presiding elder Haight of Eau | Llaire will be present at this meek ing . and also Sunday morning. Everyone is urged to attend the quarterly meetings, is the last Sunday the presiding elder will be with us this year. Notice of Dissolution. Notice is hereby given that the co partnership heretofore existing be—* tween George W. Posey and Louis Miller has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. George W. Posey will continue the business, collect all biils and pay ail debts. All custom ers and others are solicited to give their trade to the store. George W. Posey, Louis Miller. To the Voters of Washburn. I wish to announce that I am a. candidate for treasurer at the spring election and solicit the support of all voters. S. J. Holmes. Foley’s Houev end Tar for eoughsn; and colds; reliable, in and and tested, safe and sure, Sold by Frost Spies.