The Washburn times. [volume], August 31, 1905, Image 1

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GLUME 14. NUMBER 19.
Ding, Dong, the Bell
I’m Goingto Tell,
Who have the Best Tablets in Town;
The City Drug Store
As Ever Before
Is where the Best Tablets are Found.
HEE! HAWT
.City *Druy Store.
Q. W. FROST, Proprietor
r 0 # THE 0
ARCADE RESTAURANT
Is again being conducted under the
direct management of
0 # ED. WILLIAMS, PROPRIETOR. f 0
And will give every effort to be clean and
up-to-date, serving only
The Best of Good Things to E,at.
Mels and Lunches at all Hours.
We will endeavor to satisfy all the wants of the inner man,
an and conduct everything on a basis of a
K A First Class Restaurant. a
HEADQUARTERS.
For all
.. School supplies..
Tablets, Paper,
Pencils, Pens.
stv —Because we are the most centrally located.
<•
-ml. —Because we cater to the trade of the children.
■ >rd- —CHILDREN are IMPORTANT customers in our esti
mation. We take special pains to see that they get what
they want. We have the largest line of tablets in the city.
More tablet for your money than anywhere else.
Our motto is quantity and quality.
Sweet's fy'est Snd {Pharmacy m
M. M. SWEET, Proprietor.
jFurniture the Home.|
are probably through with your housecleaning
* and you deserve a good rest, but you may see an
empty spot here and there, and we want you to come
here and make a selection of Parlor Chairs, Library
Tables, or anything else you may need in the line of
Furniture, to fill in the bare spots.
All of our furniture is
A Mo. 1 in Quality and Style.
We have one of the Largest and Choicest stocks
c r Fuaniture, Stoves and Ranges, Baby Cabs, etc. in
the Northwest, and when you want anything in the
f l ousefurnishing Line we want you to come and see us.
N. B.—We pay the Freight to Out of Town Buyers.
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THE WASHBURN TIMES.
WASHBURN, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1905.
THETAX
Board of Review at Work in Hines
Matter.
THE HEARING SET FOR TODAY,
Very Broad Dlffereuee of Opinion Exists
Between the Hlnet* Company and
Board of Revi was to what Equal
ization of Tax Should be.
There was a stormy session of
the Board of Review on Monday,
at which time Edward Hines,
president of the Edward Hines
Lumber company, and City At
torney John Walsh indulged in
some remarks of a rather per
sonal nature, the trouble grow
ing out of the equalization of the
Hines company’s taxes by the
board.
The Times finds that the as
sessment of the Hines interests
in the city is as follows:
Manufacturers stock $63,000
Horses 1,600
Wagons and sleighs 120
Moneys, securities, etc. 1,000
Real estate, including mill
one house and some lots 33,780
All other personal pro
perty, not exempt 12,000
Total, $111,500
The item manufacturers stock,
includes lumber and logs. The
real estate item includes the mill,
which is assessed at $30,000.
The item, ‘‘ail other personal
property, not exempt,” consists
principally of the railroad. It is
understood that the last item is
assessed in the town of Wash
burn, and that the board of re
view will likely strike it from the
roll without question.
The Hines company have said
that they believed their assess
ment too high all round. The
board of review have left all
other considerationsfor the pres
ent except the matter of logs and
lumber, and have served notice
on the Hines company to appear
today at two o’clock to show
cause why their assessment
should not be raised from the
assessors figures of $63,000 to
$128,072 on this item.
Mr. Hines in a general sort of
a way has testified before the
hoard that there was approxi
mately 4,400,800 feet of lumber in
this city belonging to his com
pany on May Ist. The assessor
says that there were 5,252,000
feet, while the supervisors of
assessors says there was 6,800,-
000 feet.
An even wider divergence of
views appears in the testimony
as to logs Mr. Hines stating
that according to his belief there
were 600,000 feet of logs, while
the assessor places the amount
at 800,000 feet and the supervis
or of assessors states in his tes
timony that there were 2,000,000
feet.
. WASHBURN
Jfjtore.
INCORPORATED.
CHAS. PETERSON, Manager.
Our Success in Business
It is due largely to the way in which we deal
with our cnstomers and also in the quality of our
goods and the prices at which they are sold.
You will always find in dealing at our store that
the two things lead in are the *
Quality of the Groceries
and the
Lowness of the Prices.
Your order always receives our prompt and care*
attention. Give us the Next Order.
THE BAYFIELD COUNTY FAIR.
Next week. September sth, 6th and 7th the sixth an
nual Bayfield County Fair will be held at Iron River and
The Times desires to call the attention of its readers to
the importance of supporting* this institution. There is
probably no agency which tends to stimulate our farming in
terests more than our annual fair and every citizen of the
county should lend his support not only in exhibits, but at
tendance as well. The officers in charge this year have com
pleted arrangements for a “Bigger and Better” fair than
ever; good horses have entered for the racing program and
other amusements have been booked. Wednesday is to be
Washburn and Ashland day and the N. P. have offered rates
of one ane one-third fare for the round trip. Now let all
turn out and send over a good crowd and showtlie county
that the County Seat is always in line. The Secretary, Ge o.
W. Ripley, will be pleased to furnish premium lists and in
formation to any one.
Council to Meet.
I
At the regular meeting of the Common
Council tfr-he..held next Tuesday night the ques
tion of street lighting will most likely come up ,
as it has been in the hands of the lighting com
mittee for several weeks. If the council follows
the wishes of the people, and protects the public
rights, and The Times believes they will, there
ought to be some interesting disclosures.
To Open New Store.
The firm of Peterson & Han
son are preparing to branch out
somewhat, and some time next
week will open a first-class dry
goods and clothing store at Lake
Nebagamon. A stock, of goods
amounting to about eight or ten
thousand dollars will he carried
in the new stbre, and Lake Ne
bagamon people can be assured
that they will haveavery import
ant and reliable addition to their
institutions when this firm goes
among them. The store, which
is the oldest and one of the best
in Washburn, will continue to do
business as usual, and will be
looked after by Mr. Hanson,
while Mr. Pederson will go to
Nebagamon.
A Fine Entertainment.
The entertainment given at
the Methodist church Tuesday
night was largely attended and
throughly enjoyed. Miss Alice
Sprague captiveted the audience
with her elocution, while Miss
Mable Pederson demonstrated
the charm of her voice, in her
musical solos. The male quar
tette was good, as were also the
musical selections of Mrs. Cooke
and others. A neat sum was
raised for the benefit of the
Church.
Given a Farewell Dance.
Members of the Northwestern
Mill Men s Skilled Labor Asso
ciation gave a farewell dance at
the Opera House last night in
honor of a number of their mem
bers who are departing for Nova
Scotia, wrhere they wall w T ork for
a big lumber company. Those
included in the party are Joseph
\ ailiancour, John Beaulieu, John
Boilau, Sam Belland, John Pel
tier, Wm. I Sweet, William Mc-
Laughlin and Tom Grant. None'
of the gentlemen take their fam
ilies with them but if the new
location and w*ork prove satisfac
tory they will likely move away
from here permanently. All of
the men are w r ell know 7 n resi
dents of the city and have been
holding good positions in Wash
burn’s saw mills and they have
the best wishes of everybody in
the change they are proposing to.
make.
Weeks Has a Big Contract.
H. J. Weeks, who instituted
the card abstract system for
Bayfield county, now in use iti
this city, has finally won the
contract for compiling acomplete
card tract index of Milwaukee
county. The matter has been
fought out before the county
board, and Mr. Weeks has won
at every turn of the road.
Final action was taken on the
matter at Milwaukee Tcesday,
Mr. Weeks being given the con
tract, by a vote of 24 to 14. Mil
waukee county will pay Mr.
Weeks $66,000 for the work,
and it will take over a year to
finish it.
Married.
Mr. Al. Eggen and Miss Inga
Hovind were married last Satur
day night at the Norwegian Luth
eran church in the presence of a
large number of friends. After
thecermony a reception wash eld
at the Masonic hall, and the
guests sat down to a bountiful
wedding supper. After all had
congratulated the husband and
wished the bride unlimited joy
the party broke up. Mr. and
Mrs. Eggen will make their home
in the upper story of the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Hov
ind, who are parents to the bride.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
BUM PISS
Sheriff Conlin Rounded op five of
Them Last Saturday.
FROM THE TOWN OF MASON.
Mason and Bibon Breakers of the Liquor
Law Pay Tribute at the Rate of $550
A Head, and Cost, at the Bar
of Justice.
Sheriff H. J. Conlin and
deputies S. A. Severson and
Fted Boutin made a trip to
Mason and Bibon last week, and
when they got through with
their work they brought five
keepers of blind pigs home with
them and made them go before
Judge Bailey, at Bayfield, and
tell why they had been selling
liquor without a license. The
officers have been receiving
numerous complaints from the
tovvn of Mason, which includes
the two villages of Mason and
Bibon, and before making the
arrests investigated conditions,
and found that there was no
question but what the law yvas
being openly violated. Mr. Con
lin and his officers seized the
liquor in all the places, and des
troyed a great deal of it, bring
ing the rest along . with them.
The cases were called, at Bay
field Monday morning, and the
defendants finding that convic
tion was a sure thing, all plead
guilty. The accused men were
Matt. Mattson, Mike Welch,
Mike Corrigan, Herman Nock
ler and J ack Jones. They paid
a fine of fifty dollars and costs
each, and returned to their
homes. The town of Mason
voted no license at their last
spring’s election.
Test Not Made
John T. Doehm, who was au
thorized by the city to make a
test of the candle power of the
city lights prepared to make the
test Wednesday nightof last week,
and the company was notified.
The company through its local
office, said that inasmuch as Mr.
Downs, their electrician, was out
of the city, they could not per
mit the test until his return, and
the matter has been resting since
that time. As the city council is
due to take upthe lighting mat
ter next Tuesday night and as
candle power of the street lights
is the a part of the information it
would seem would be wanted, it
would appear that the test
should be insisted on this week
Attorney General to Aid
Crandon, Wis., Aug. 29. The
attorney general will send one
of his assistants to attend the
(poroner’s inquest held in the
case of Mrs. J. A. Walsh, wife of
the district attorney of Forest
county.
Justice Riggs has drawn a jury
made up of prominent men and
the outcome of the inquest is
awaited with great interest. The
inquest will begin Thursday.
The jury is as follows: John
Whisnant, C. J. Osborn, W. L.
Wait, M. F. Parks, Thomas
Crooks and Newland Carpenter.
Mr. Walsh is not back from the
funeral at Eagle River.
Notes of the M. E. Church
All who are interested in education
and the public school invited to at
tend church next Sunday mormno
at 10:45.
Sunday evening at 7:45. The theme
will be “‘The Laboring Man and the
Christ.” This is a sermon especial
ly for working people.
The Epworth League me ts at 7
p. m. The leader will be Miss Ora
Eastick of Beloit. She wifi tell you
something interesting about their
church in that city.
The. young people have the electric
light account, which a short time
ago was $45 in arrears, paid up with
in four or five dollars at this writing.