THE WASHBURN TIMES.
Volume 12. Number 50.
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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