School Election Next Monday at High School
The annual school election is set for Monday at the High School building with two trustee candidates for a three year term Dr H A Tresel and Dr T B Crosby. Polls open 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and the annual school meeting for tax voting occurs between 3:00 and 5:00 pm. Eligible voters include parents or guardians of children aged five to twenty, full US citizens, 21 years old, and district residents for three months. property owners may vote taxes. If spouses own property jointly both may vote on all questions if they meet other qualifications.
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H. A. Tressel
Crosby
Board of Education
United States
Leonard Erickson Held On Disorderly Charge
Leonard Erickson, a noted city figure, is held at the county jail in Bessemer awaiting a hearing on a complaint alleging he enticed young girls to the old Perry Building. If warranted, he may be bound over to circuit court for trial. Also noted are several Minnesotan residents visiting relatives during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Erickson
Bessemer
Perry
Rummel Case Appeals to State Court in Wakefield Dispute
W G Cloon appeals Edythe B Rommel and City of Wakefield case to the state supreme court claiming an injunction to stop the city from buying Rommel property near the Community Memorial Building. Judge Driscoll found no collusion and ruled price fair with A L Rummel acting only as Mrs Rommel’s agent. Anton Ringsmuth and J C Peterson were initial interested parties but declined further action after the opinion.
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G. O. Driscoll
Edythe B. Rummel
City of Wakefield
Supreme Court of the State
W. G. Cloon
W. G. Woodward
Edythe B. Rommel
Community Memorial Building
Driscoll
A. L. Rummel
Anton Ringsmuth
J. C. Peterson
Locals Annex Another Win In Weekend Baseball Tilt
Wakefield defeated Anvil 7 to 1 at the local park after Eagle River canceled. Dolly Valesano pitched well for Wakefield, backed by St Clair scoring three times and ten Wakefield hits to Anvil’s two. The piece notes scheduling shenanigans with Eagle River and Bessemer, praises Marenisco as sportsmanlike, and previews next Sunday’s Wakefield vs Marenisco game with a box score of the recent contest.
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Wakefield
Eagle River
Anvil
Chiapuzzi
Bolen
Hook
Valesano
Yatehak
Novak
Carpenter
St. Clair
Hagle River
Bessemer
Marenisco
EC. Bolen
L. Hook
D. Valesano
J. Yatehak
Antilla
E. Novak
Spooner
B. Carpenter
H. Longlun
A. Sterney
D, Longlun
Bergsund
Chiapugzzi
Pribble
Steffano
Johnson, Rf
Sparvo
Hart to Locate in Wyoming Oil City
W H Hart former city commissioner A J Cayin of Wakefield Iron Company reports Hart has accepted a three month contract to oversee exploration work for an oil company in the Tea Pot Dome country Wyoming. Hart requested furniture held until further notice and gave Casper Wyoming as his address. He hinted the family may not move to Los Angeles as previously planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tea Pot Dome
Wyoming
M12 to Be Made Federal Road
County highway staff coordinate relocation of M12 to meet federal aid specs with plans to present preliminary maps in August and seek federal acceptance. Bids for Gogebic station to Watersmeet construction to follow, with a straightened 32 foot wide main line and 18 foot finished surface, promising minimal traffic disruption.
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State Highway Department
State Department
Gogebic Station
Watersmeet
Gogebi
Ironwood
Iron River
C. F. Winkler
Winkler
Bessemer
Dunham and
Marenisco
Tamarack Lake
Gogebic
Dunham
Oxman & Brewer
Wakefield
Gas Car Removed From Local Train Service
The gasoline car used for Wakefield to Ironwood service for four months was withdrawn Thursday morning. It will be replaced by a steam drawn single coach train on the Ironwood run twice daily and later overhauled for an 85 mile suburban run near Peoria, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Ironwood
Peoria
Nickel to Build Cattle Barn at Ironwood Fair Grounds
P. J. Nickel & Co. will construct a brick steel and tile cattle barn at the Ironwood county fair grounds for 20136 dollars. The building will sit west of the grand stand and be ready for use when the fair opens this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel
Fair Grounds
P. J. Nickel & Co
Ironwood
City Adds Two Deer to Its Zoo and Plans More
Mayor A L Rummel reports advice from conservation officer Claude Larson to add two young deer to the city zoo once a suitable enclosure is ready. Temporary housing will be near the bear pen with fencing ordered. plans include wolves and foxes, brook trout from Watersmeet hatchery, and a new city pasture leased from Joe Yatczak for 65 dollars annually on Sunday Lake shore. Nels Kuivinen and Lawrence Niemi of Detroit are visiting relatives.
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Thhe City Zoo
A. L. Rummel
Claude Larson
Bear Pen
Watersmeet
City Commission
Joe Yatczak
Sunday Lake
Trebilcock
Weihe Resigns as Wakefield High School Head
R G Weihe principal of Wakefield High School resigns after three years and will not return in September. He will head the speech department at Bay View High School Milwaukee and assist the principal. Science teacher H S Littlepage also resigns to take a job in Illinois.
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Teath
Bay View High School
Milwaukee
R. G. Weihe
Wakefield High School
Board of Education
Wakefield
Weihe
Wisconsin
H. 8. Littlepage
Lllinois
Work Resumed On Old County Road Improvement
After a week’s delay the macadamizing of the old county road between Tronwood and Bessemer was resumed Thursday. The project, funded by last year’s appropriation, aims to cut traffic on M12 by about 50 percent and prepare the route for heavier future use. Next year, further repairs between Bessemer and Ironwood may close the road briefly.
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Tronwood
Bessemer
Winkler
Ironwood
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T. 8. Crosby
Carl Johnson
Ronton
Minn
Verner Johnson and Family
Cuyuna
Oscar Anderson
Crosby, Minn
U.S
Frank Neuhauser
Louisville
U. S
Washington
Rummel
Supreme Court
Famous Style Line
Bostonians
Skud & Goldman
W. ©. Hart
Oil City
Joe Mad-Wa-lsh
Cloquet
Washburn
Wis
Eau Claire
Conservation Department
Nels Kuivinen
Lawrence Niemi
Detroit
H.S. Head
OLD County
First National
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