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The New North from Rhinelander, Wisconsin • Page 1

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The New Northi
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Rhinelander, Wisconsin
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The Oldest Largest and Best Advertising Medium in Oneida Ctunty. THE NEW NORTH. 10 PAGES VOLUME 31 NO. 38 RHINELANDER WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, JULY 31,1913 IN ADVANCE PEMBINE SEEN OF FATAL Wf ECU Five lose Lives Saturday Night When Milwaukee Train Strikes Tree SIIIIR-1RTHUR BOUT Local Boy Will Meet DePere Boxer In Antigo Tonight In Antfgo a delegation oi RWnelandwfanr'wlll witness a ter routd go between Benny Sohr of this city and Kid Arthur of DePere. The contest will be for the light- witght championship of Wlcconsl' and bids fair to be one of the fastest bouts ever staged in this part of state.

The boys will weigh in at 13? pounds at three o'clock. Sohr has been in hard tratnlrg ii Antigo for some weeks past and wil! the fast copper country limited. The In prime shape for the encounter Four persons lost their -iri one was so badly hurt that death maj follow in a wreck on the Chicago. Mil waukee fc St. Paul railroad late Satur day.

night. The train wrecked dead are: Engineer Frank O'Connor, Bay. Green Fireman Albert Klinesmitb, Gretr Bay. Walter Way, 11 years old, eon cl Express Messenger Way. Unknown colored tramp riding on blind baggage.

The Injured: Walter Way, express messenger Green Bay. The accident occurred three northwest of Pembine and was caus-t by a large tree which had blown a cross the track during a wind stnnn About thirty miles an hour was tht of the train when It crashed ir to the obstruction. It Is said thit Engineer O'Connor saw the tree or the track but too late to work his aii brakes. As the locomotive struck the tree the boiler busted allowing the steam to escape and scalding tht engineer, fireman and young Waj who were pinned under the wreckage The boy was on a raeatlon trip ant was riding In the express car with his father. The locomotive, mail, baggage J.r< express cars were thrown Into the ditch and partially demolished.

Havoc reigned among the passeng ers train. Men stampeded tht aisles of the coaches and women fain ed. Those who had presence cf mind enough to keep cool heads busied themselves In an effort to restore order. None of the people In coaches were hurt and noce of cars were damaged. The dead were taken to Iron Mountain and Mr.

Way to a hospita: In that city. The wreck is oce cl the i cago. Those who have seen him workout this week express surprise at lad's agility, cleverness and hitting power. His last tilt was with' DrlJ coll in Manitowoc In which he re ceived a newspaper decision. Arthur Is reputed to be a lively mixer, well acquainted with all tricks of the game and will without question give the local product a ctiff tussle.

Sohr Is scheduled to meet Billy Hughs, the Canadian lightweight, I Antigo, August 17. 8 IS 9NEIOA I ADS State Appropriates $1,200,000 For 1914 Highway Construction IORT1ESTERR 1CGIDEITS I5.SSO is the minimum amount a- railable from the state for road cor struction la Oneida county under tht law appropriating $1400.000 for' tht year 1914 for state aid 'road anc bridge construction. The amount: Passenger Train Narrowly Escapes Bad Wreck Monday moving at a speed of aboot tfcirty miles. an hour the tender ci the locomotive pulling Northwester! passerger train 116, which arrives Ir this tity at 10:28 a. jumped the track three miles north Rhine- latter Mocday morning.

The accident was fortucate In the fact that nobody was hurt and the damage amounted to tut a trifle. After leaving the rails the. tender bounded along the ties for about a quarter of a mile before the engine allotted to each county can be In came to a si op. The derailed car was creased provided any counties fail replaced cc the track by the switch call for their full proportion of stau engine crew from this city. The ac aid.

delayed the train nearly four COM 'LETES1 F1760 Ml I LE5 Thomas O'Brien, a Paralytic, Does Distance From land, On Foot MOUNDS ID CI55III Four Large Groups Are By Archaeological Society Indian mounds have found ice the town of Cassian. Oneida by J. P. Schumacher of Green Bayard W. A.

Titus of Fond da Lac who bare been conducting a survey In the Interest of the Wisconsin Ai cbaeological society. They hare finished their work for this rear aftei making "a survey along the Wisconsin Thomas, O'Brien, a brother of John O'Brien of the Rhinelacder police department, arrived in Rblnelamler river valley which wa. started from. Tuesday night after walking from Portage Portland, to. Auburndale.

Wis. a distance of 1760 miles. I O'Brien, who is a young man. suf- fifteen Indian mounds and five fered a paralytic stroke a few yeart Caches. where the Indians stored.

ago and for a long time his provisions, Hints and potsherts left side'wai practically useless. Jled (were oucd Near the snore the, Near Lake Onnelacd in the town oV New Hope. Portage county, a. ehalc In 1913 Oneida county applied foi 'hours. Several passengers for Rhine treatment tended to giv 13,600 and in 1912 12,500 for road'lander completed the remainder work.

The entire state appropriatioi the distance to this city oc foot. for 1914 together with funds availabh him 'from the towns and counties wilt mount to about In the appropriation Milwaukee tn county receives the largest amount, left CY CLONE SWEE JIG DU FLAM 'S EAU Cars Leave Track lake they found an Indian dantlng. ol little relief and over a year ago he Platform, built up in an Incomplete went from Rhinelander to Portland circle No excavations were made where he thought the climate would for Indian rtllca lid II Two freifht cars of train 2S9 on Improve his condition. Conceiving the I' 0 1 86 the Northwestern road, one loaded idea that walking might benefit hla Burial Bounds, a Wind Destroys Twelve Houses There Early Saturday Evening Twelve houses were destroyed ii Lac du Flimbeau early Saturday even Its) is forced to levy a tax and the other with lum the track morning Dane Is second with te south end of the Rhinelandet yards Just as the train was entering this city. The wrecking train frori Ironwood was ordered here to clear the track.

The damage was small. Break Down On Limited The north boned Northwestern llru ited was four hours behind schedule 720 and Rock third with S34.6SO. Towns may hold special meeticrs at any date prior to September 1st and rote a tax for state aid pur poses for 1914. Such special meet- Ings may be called upon petition not less than twelve freeholders oi three weeks notice, and taxes so vet rriT Eg this city Sunday morn and probably result In restoring hiij former health, O'Brien left Portland oc the Sth of March last en the first stage of his long hike tc Wisconsin. His entire capital was the same way that I the spring electio-i ed draw aid in taxes voted at do.

Groups of citizens residing In the county may collect subscriptions In i DK another delay cash for any certain improvement ar.fi ac fcour The car was ancoup iej ing owing to a break down which delayed the traic near Shawano. At the train was pulling out of Rhinelander the draw bar on the mail car ol late the ing in one cf the worst wind storms that has swept over that part of country la many years. Most of IV houses destroyed were dwellings oc cupied by indians who are located 011 the government reservation. prior to August 15th pay them the town treasury of the town whlch the road lies, in which the town (withic certain tax Urn- for an in I cast and attached to the rear of the train. dancing floor was found near Mud lake.

In the town of Amherst, Portage county. Continuing on north, four large groups of Indian mounJj were found In the town of Casslan, Three large groups In northern Lincoln Heafford found the munificent sum of five cents. neld carried a pack containing bed cloth-, were Ing. underwear and other necessaries unt near and the weight of uhich was about 7f 11 16 0115 pounds. At that time he could society undertakes his right foot only with difficulty.

buii to out certain districts which as the days elapsed and he tramped are Presuumed to be rkh Ic Indian, rorst to ever occur oc the Chi Milwaukee and St. Paul road. NEWN SPL 1 MAKES I OFFER equal amount and apply for state ant? county aid. Such a method produce! an Improvement costing six the amount raised by subscription. If the subscribers do not wish tt force the towns to levy taxes Three Indians were caught in may collect a sum cot falling debris and Injured, two of 'less than $100.

pay it over them seriously. They will recover, th town board, acd the town boari James Olmstead, the I-ac du Fla-n may petition for state and county beau ho'el caa, said that the ttorn aid UE lt the money was voted along his limbs became noticeably stronger, ecablirg him to cover great er distantes. At each city which the pedestrian Tisited e.iroute he would call on the msycr and that official would find number cf the passengers took work for a or two vantage of the tie-up to eat break-" here. lore, and as time goes on. the society approaches a complete map for tht 'entire state.

LIGHTNING STRIKES Building, One Horse and A Cow Burn Saturday Might came on about six o'clock. The wind the town. This money was terrific ard people sought improvement costing three tia-i Proposition to Solicitors Is Biggest, Best and Fairest Ever Made tection in cellars and other plates oj the amouct of the subscription. safety. For a few minutes it seem 6 ourth method Is for the coun ed as though the whole villace wo.ilj|*y lo hold a meeting on any date prior to October 1st and vote 'to do certain pieces of construction without having the towcs take the Initiative, the county voting to pa? two-thirds of the cost of the work acd one-third to be paid by the state In every case the Improvement must be coade on the county system of prospective state highways laid jt by the county board.

be laid in ruins. The gale was compared by a heavy rain and It 'i estimated that five inches of watei vithin three hours. The New North the biggesr best and fairest proposition to ecription solicitors ever made by ac; newspaper In northern Wisconsin. ty dollars in gold will be given to the leading solicitor in the city axd fifty dollars In gold to the leading solicitor in the country. Aside from these prizes opportuni ty will be given to earn four to five dollars per day on old and new bajl ness.

During this contest, which closes September 27, all solicitor! be allowed SO percent on Lew business cr 75 cents on every subscriber, cash In advance, and 2 of each $1.50 on every advance subscriber and the same amount on, every old subscription. Nobody Is barred from enterirg thl contest. Old and young will te given opportunity to make good wage and secure the tplecdid cash prizes No cne will be permitted to count fabscrlrtions for the gold prizes ove longer period than eight greeks. Now Is the time to getb busy. Start at once.

Every deity mt-aa a loss of mosey to you. While yo are ibout It Is bard it work. Get Icto the ra. For rexeipl blanks aad Instructions call cr write the New North office. Senator W.

T. Stevens Is bore frcm Madison the legislature bavin completed business for this don. Mrs. Stevens accompanied hi frota Milwaukee Saturday. ElKS DEFEAT CUBS ame In This City Sunday Is On One Sided Order Saturday ni-ht struck barn cf L.

O. Larson north cf this city and in the fire which resulted a and a cow and several tons ol hay were burred. The build-Ing wa; totally destroyed. Jlr. Larson car red co insurance and his circumstances cause him to his lost Mr.

Larson's misfortune came dur ing the heavy electrical storm th.il eight. The barn was struck a after nine o'clock. There was means of fighting the fire and mail proceeds from this labor w.is used to purchaFe food and pay oth- expenses of his Journey. When work wzs scarce O'Prien went huncrj acd frequently was without food foi wo days at a time. He often was rd to sleep In police stations when he did not have the price of a His pride prevented him froir food or asking for money.

On Jure 13th. O'lirien reached Au mrr.dale where he remained until Tuesday with relatives ar.d complet ed the remafrder cf the trip on tht rain. O'Brien was four months on hit big frame nrns. The base ball conflict between Elks and the Cubs at the fair ground unday was very much one sided erminated In a score cf 11 to I Ir avor of the Bills. The Cubs demon trated that they were no matth foi he antlered bunch, although they re fairly good on the diamoad.

It if more than probable that the rivalry which has heretofore existed be- weenthetwo aggregations has beer out for alltlme. Only a handful cf people he game, these being mostly ol. fans who considered it a sir to stay away. BEYGEH TAKES THE BELT To Rudolph Beygeh belongs the dis cf being the champion bUcl bass fisherman of Rhinelander. Froar the Wisconsin river Monday afternoon, Mr.

Deygeb lock a small mouX bass which weighed 5 pound i This Ii the largest of this spec! known to have been caught la waters cf the "Old Wisconfe" thi season. With Mr. Beygeh at the Una the lucky catch was were hi Mr. acd Mrs. K.

J. Morgan of Chicago, and J. Segerstrom. Mr. L'eygeh expressed the fifh his mother in Chicago.

JUDGE REID HERE AUG. 19 Judge A. H. Reid will be Ic city August 19 acd 20 to fina disposition In the Underwood tax ca es acd complete other unfinished bu iaess oa the spring calendar of cnit court. FIRST mmmi M.

W. Sorenson's Business Here Is Constantly Increasing August first marks the first anniv rsary cf M. W. Sorenson's business arter in Rhitelander. Owing to real Increase In his patronage, as found it necessary to engage the ervlces of Mr.

15. A. Torgeson, a killed watchmaker acd Jeweler. Mr "orresca Is a graduate of the Bra! ey Institute, Peoria, 111. and comes to "Mr.

Sorenson recotimenied. This store' Is now in a position to do all repair work more promptly than In the past. Ion always guaranteed. Mr. Soren- ion wishes to thank all those vhc have helped to make his buslne-ss structure was soon little uo the in GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL GOL iCUS ST15 Greatest of American Shows Is; Bigger, Brighter and Better Than Ever remarkable jaunt of miles.

He covered on an avefare of miles per day and spent over six weeks Ic actual walking. His route was along the railroad tracks, his favoritt system being the Chicago, Milwaukee acd Puget Sound. Oa his hike he wore out two pairs of shoes, pairs having been resoled. Gollmar Brothers' Greatest of Anglican Shows will exhiUl in Hhlceland- er, Friday, August Tred Wa? cer, contracting agent, was in the city today making arrangements foi the coming of the bis circus. Sirxe the last exhibition of the Gollmar show in Kliir.elander, twc years aio.

It has bee-n greatly and toJay rar.ks among the lead Ing tented attractions. Thirty-five foi botl'double cars are required transportation. All the best ar O'Brien has found that his feat of America and Europe pedestriacifm has alrncst relieved engaged by the Gollmars and him of his paralyfis and he hopes 'ejthe ore-half hours perform be entirely cured. Local physiciansJance ur.der the. big top Is cot who were familiar with the young celled br anr o'lier circtu.

fonrer physical condition mar fx- rel at his successful undertaking ant" decided improvement in his Committee To Investigate The Pro- health. pCied Forest Reserve OTrien to ternre employ in Rhitelar.der and at some later date may stirt on a New York City. success during the last year ac? lopes that they will continue to IK cui'orcers and also solicits ceit pit rcnc ge. SOME TROUT FISHERMEN Twenty brook trout, the ccmbired July Me Govern today eijrced the bill, provides for the appointment of a legfsUthe committee ol eijht, three senators and five assem- blycec to make zn investigation and report to the legislature of 1915 as to lands in the forest reserve in the counties of Forest, Iron, OncI da. Price acd Vilas are better adopted to agriculture than to reforestation and whether or cct It Is better for all concerted, especially the taxpayers, that tuch lands be devoted tc purposes other than reforestation.

The bill also provides that-there shall tc no further purchases of for for estry pui7.o«es until July, 1S15. mEFIELD CLEVER COMEDMN He Is Making Big Hit At The Majestic Theater weight of which was represented the thirty-two of PAY CIRCUS LICENSE The Antigo luslr.esn believe that a circus Is a to a town Gollmar Fir were asked a II cecse. They are of the opinion that that ci'y. The circus refused to tbis sum and rather thin show the rrerchacts acd hotel brief flshiag trip indulged in by II. L.

Garner and Joseph Cuskey the Peshtigo river near Cavcnr a subscrited (he amount of the 11 days ago. They are of the opinion tha The trout were among the finest a circus loaves mor.ey la a town ever brought to this city axd receiv- also trade. Gollmars a the admiration of every oce who rear In Antigo Monday, IS. It saw them. The smallest fUh weighed 7 le the show's weekly pay three quarters of a pound and tht the pay roll will amount to ove largest, the gracd prUe, four ($5,000.

In George G. Wakefield anj com in "Cheese acd. Crackers" ihe Majestic tieater presented somethin xtra gcoJ in the lire of vaudeville this week. As the came in ily "Cheese acd Crackers" is a sketch, oce of the rip roar eg, splitting kind and consist of ore act. Mr.

Wakefield Is a com edion who possesses the faculty of saying and doing something reall. 'unny without resorting to foolish play and worn out levity. There I only ore fault with his It end all too toon. Mr. WakcfieU appeared in Rhlnelnr.ilrr the star la "Kaast" asd the "Cat ar Mr.

WakefieU's of movies pictures, flee subjects, are shown the Miss Margie Holland of Is vlslticg her inotter In this city. lied by any o'her circus. There are hundreds of bcautlf-a" arses with the sbow and a large ecaserle which contains some of tht irest end most valxitble the aciaal kingdom. Sevea hun red pecple are oa the circus pay oil. On trie cf the shoe's xp iearance here there w-II take place a zlilterlrg free parade, cearly wo Ions, which be one the greatest paceants ever a the streets cf this city.

The cirrus will le located oc the grcucdj, the site having be-ia conirac'eJ for with the icn. car cumber will be la the Saturday. A 33 POUND MUSKY Thirty-nice poucds was the of a captured ia iawk Ijke Monday by Charles a well knowc traveling freight of the Pere-Marinette lice. It If to state thit the monster gave Mr. Jens a vicious fizht and at one Jnie narrowly missed swaraplcg tli! boat.

The prize was shiprtd to Mil waukee to be mounted and will decorate a comer of Mr. den. Mr. Jens ard his family are on an outing at Late. LACERATES HIS ARM James Irii painfully lacera'eJ hi; left arm leiow the elbow Saturday when te fell across some sharp fix tures oa the Robbies Lumber cosi 1-K-omotlTe.

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