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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
7
The Waukesha city council ordered doors and curtains removed from all side rooms in saloons and Mayor Glenn vowed enforcement. They decided no further action on ordinances abolishing stalls or requiring curtainless windows, keeping current statutes. The mayor noted liquor sales to minors reported and aims to bring saloonkeepers to court soon.
Sheboygan reports call for immediate water system extension. Mayor Dieckmans urges city to refuse water rent until a clean supply is provided. Madison winders escort John O Sanborn lead twelve water workers back from Lake Waubesa after a bar association meeting. train did not stop.
C Z L Meyer once led Fond du Lac as mayor and built the Wisconsin Land and Lumber Co. He rose from prosperity to poverty, living in Chicago and seeking admission to the Milwaukee county almshouse. He told of a palatial home, a sash and door factory, and a failed venture before ending in desperation. His plea was declined due to his Chicago residency, and aid hopes turn to his daughters.
At a Waupaca gathering on good roads Prof. W. C. Hotchkiss and Otto Dorner urged more funds for permanent country and city streets. Business leaders and farmers favored increased expenditure and favored some form of state aid to solve road financing. The event highlighted a push for broader government involvement.
The Wisconsin State Association of Elks elected J M Kehlor of Kenosha as president at the seventh annual convention in Racine defeating Sheriff George L Dwinnell 2 to 2. W J Teckmyer Madison was named first vice president with H Pahl Baraboo second and M E Walker Racine third. Portage lodge rep H A Gunderson captured the 1905 convention as secretary. J A Labudde Oshkosh re-elected treasurer. The new board includes Calman Madison Grassier Milwaukee Trenary Kenosha Gotterdam La Crosse and Darvill Portage. Rev Thomas Edward Barr Milwaukee chosen chaplain. The 1909 convention will be in Portage. Madonna area honored retiring president Burrows with $50 prize for largest ladies’ delegation, with Milwaukee Racine and Kenosha barred.
J W Flack former Hazel Paten owner in Waukees Wisconsin sues Emil Gumz and Michel Nescy after a $50 bet on horse merits led to a dispute. The race never ran but Flack seeks return of his stake claiming the order to run Norma Colbert forces payment.
In Chippewa Falls a dead rooster placed on a high pole by former Chief Thornton drew police after it wandered into neighbor James White’s yard and performed garden stunts. White shot the rooster and tossed it into Thornton’s yard, prompting a three day delay before police intervened.
A Washington dispatch notes Senator La Follette delivered what statisticians described as the greatest number of words in a speech. The Milwaukee item cites the speech as covering topics he has long discussed since his first run for office, including representations of Livia.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Webster, a proper way, and a financier. It references money’s power over officials, a mayor, police move on, and a Bertil 2 System with unclear context. The passage is garbled and lacks coherent events or entities to summarize.
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