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The first instructor in the agricultural school was R. H. Johns, whose competency brought him soon a place as manager of a Pease canning factory at a higher price than as teacher; he was succeeded by Mr. Crosswait and for the last three years Mr. J. F. Kadonski has very successfully presided over that institution.
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The School of Domestic Economy had an excellent teacher in the person of Miss Emma Conley, who has since been called to the state normal school at Oshkosh as teacher in the same branch, and her place has been ably filled by Miss Mary Ellis Brown.
The board of trustees of the training school are: A. L. Kreutzer, presi- dent; E. J. Benson, treasurer, and W.Pievernetz, county superintendent, as a member ex officio.
The board of trustees for the agricultural school are: Ben. Lang, presi- dent; Frank Chesak, treasurer, and W. Pievernetz, county superintendent, as a member ex officio.
Both of these schools, which exert much influence for good in their way, are the creation of A. L. Kreutzer, who was at the time of the enactment of the laws authorizing their organization a senator for the twenty-fifth sen- atorial district of Wisconsin, composed of Clark and Marathon counties. It was he who introduced the bills, urged and succeeded in their enactment, and advocated the immediate acceptance of the opportunity given the county by the acts, and as trustee from their very organization has taken much interest to keep the schools up to their high standard of efficiency. At first the state paid only one-half of the costs of maintenance, but by a later act, chapter 509, laws of 1905, also introduced by and enacted through Mr. Kreutzer's influence as a senator, the state now pays two-thirds of the expenses of the schools, which in later years have been $6,000.00 annually, but which this year are $7,000.00, of which the state pays two-thirds. These schools present a splendid opportunity for Marathon county boys and girls to equip themselves with the knowledge and the training which will enable them to shoulder the burdens of life and acquit themselves honorably in the discharge of the duties of American citizenship. If Senator Kreutzer had done nothing else than to secure for this county these two schools with state aid, he would be entitled to the thanks of the community.
THE MARATHON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The Marathon County Agricultural Society was founded in 1867. Some previously made attempts for the organization of such a society failed for several reasons. Up to that time farming was yet in its infancy, all farm work was yet done by hand. The first threshing machine and separator was brought to the county by Charles Zastrow, of the town of Hamburg in 1866, though there were a few open cylinder threshers in use, which did not sep- arate the kernel from the chaff. But many farmers still threshed by flail
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up to 1870, especially new beginners, whose harvest was too small to justify the setting up of a thresher and separator. Nor were there many fanning mills. The grain was cleaned in the old-fashioned way by throwing it against the wind.
The first mowers and reapers were introduced in 1874, and the first har- vester, a McCormick, in 1880. The ax, the sicle, the scythe, cradle, and hoe, besides plow and harrow were the only agricultural implements of the pio- neer. Sometimes young farmers are heard talking like this, "If we should farm like our parents now, we could not make a living." That is true enough, but perhaps in a double sense. Could they farm like their fathers and make the headway which they made, clearing, then sowing and harvesting among stumps and rocks, with hoe and sicle and cradle threshing with the flail?
In the year 1867, two gentlemen pioneers saw the necessity of doing some- thing to encourage agriculture, and as practical men they knew that the first condition was to have a place or spot, on which to hold agricultural fairs. And they organized the Marathon County Agricultural Society and deeded to the society for a nominal consideration the northwest 1/4 of northwest 1/4 of section 35 and northeast 1/4 northeast 14 of section 34 in township 29, range 7 east, for a fair ground. These gentlemen were B. G. Plumer and August Kickbusch, the deed bears date January 28, 1867. Other business men of Wausau. and even laboring men, helped in the clearing up, fencing, and improving the ground by laboring, or by giving lumber and nails.
In the course of years, buildings and barns were erected, a race track laid, and a grand stand put up, and everything done which is needed to give an exhibition of agricultural products, to bring fine live stock to the farmers' attention at home, and induce him to improve his stock.
Much good has been done of late years, although for the first twenty years the society had hard traveling to make ends meet.
The admission fee was only $5.00, which made the payer a life member and entitled him to free admission at all fairs during life. Only a few farm- ers joined, and even at this late day, the membership is almost exclusively confined to people living in the city of Wausau, with not to exceed thirty farmer members.
The grounds have been kept up by voluntary contributions by the people of the city of Wausau, and by an annual appropriation of the county board of $500.00 for premiums. The society has one of the finest grounds in the state, eighty acres, of which forty lie in the city limits. About fifty acres of cleared ground, occupied by buildings and race course; the other thirty acres are finely timbered land. Twenty acres were leased to the Wausau
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Sharp Shooters' Society for 99 years, which has a fine club house and range, and Company G of the Third Regiment Wisconsin National Guard, has also their range on this twenty acre piece. These twenty acres, together with ten acres timber land under the control of the agricultural society, make a splendid natural park in the city.
The society is now nearly out of debt. It owes $1,000.00 spent for build- ings and improvements, and one fair with good weather will clear the debt.
The following were the officers of the society for the year 1912: Charles Barwig, president; William F. Lemke, vice-president; E. C. Zimmerman, treasurer ; J. D. Christie, secretary ; and eleven trustees constitute the execu- tive board.
The present trustees are : S. M. Quaw, A. J. Plowmann, E. C. Zimmer- man, William Lemke, Frank Deichsel, G. A. Mills, Aug. F. Marquardt, John Kreutzer, C. A. Barwig, W. J. Brill, and J. D. Christie.
Of the original founders and members who joined the society in 1867, only about ten are still alive, their names appearing on the roll of member- ship. The others have gone to that bourn from whence no traveler returns.
LIST OF LIFE MEMBERS OF THE MARATHON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY IN 1912.
Adams, H., Wausau: date of joining. 1868.
Albers, W. W., Wausau; date of joining, 1892.
Alderson, W. A., Wausau; date of joining, 1892. Alexander, Walter, Wausau; date of joining, 1892. Anderes, Gottlieb, Wausau; date of joining, 1897.
Armstrong. Walter, Wausau; date of joining, 1868. Baerwald, William, Wausau; date of joining, 1870. Barnum, M. H., Minoqua; date of joining, 1870.
Barrett, C. C., Edgar; date of joining, 1903. Baumann, R., Wausau; date of joining, 1870. Bellis, M. G., Wausau; date of joining, 1897. Benz, Aug., Wausau; date of joining, 1892. Bird, C. B., Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Brown, Neal, Wausau; date of joining, 1896. Braatz, Aug., (Canada) : date of joining, 1876.
Curtis, C. S., Wausau ; date of joining, 1900.
Delaney, Patrick, Wausau; date of joining, 1884. Dern, Anton, Wausau; date of joining, 1884.
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DeVoe, W. W., Wausau; date of joining, 1870. Dumdei, Fred, Town of Wausau; date of joining, 1883. Dunbar, C. F., Wausau; date of joining, 1885. Duncan, M. H., Wausau; date of joining, 1901. Egeler, John, Wausau; date of joining, 1870. Empter, J. F., Wausau; date of joining, 1900. Freeman, Robert, Emmett ; date of joining, 1900. Gehrke, J. W., Cal .; date of joining, 1897. Gensman, Jacob, Wausau; date of joining, 1867. Gerbsch, Herman, Wausau; date of joining, 1886. Gilbert, C. S., Wausau; date of joining, 1896. Ghodes, Carl, Town of Texas; date of joining, 1893. Gritzmacher, John, Wausau; date of joining, 1893. Gorman, Dennis, Wausau; date of joining, 1895. Gorman, P., Wausau; date of joining, 1895. Hagen, Charles, Town of Easton; date of joining, 1886. Harger, C. W., Wausau; date of joining, 1896. Head, H. C., Antigo; date of joining, 1900. Helke, Charles, Wausau; date of joining, 1895. Helke, Gust., Town of Berlin; date of joining, 1895. Heinmann, Ed., Wausau; date of joining, 1895. Heinemann, Ben, Wausau; date of joining, 1900.
Heinemann, N., Wausan; date of joining, 1885. Hewitt, William F., Schofield; date of joining, 1882. Hunt, Peter, Wausau; date of joining, 1874. Hurley, M. A., Wausau; date of joining, 1900. Johnson, R. H., Wausau; date of joining, 1885. Jones, G. D., Wausau; date of joining, 1900. Kelly, Frank, Wausau; date of joining, 1896.
Kempt, James, Town of Texas; date of joining, 1868.
Kennedy, John, Town of Wausau; date of joining, 1901. Keyes, H. A., Merrill; date of joining, 1867. Keil, J. H., Wausau; date of joining, 1900. Kickbusch, Robert, Wausau; date of joining, 1886. Kiefer, John, Wausau; date of joining. 1884. Kiefer, John L., Wausau; date of joining, 1896. Kleinschmidt, C. A., Merrill; date of joining, 1871. Kline, D. A., Merrill; date of joining. 1867. Klein, George, Wausau; date of joining, 1903.
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Koch, Earnst, Wausau; date of joining, 1899. Kretlow, E. C., Wausau; date of joining, 1897. Kreutzer, A. L., Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Kronenwetter, Carl, Mosinee; date of joining, 1897. Lamont, J. F., Wausau; date of joining, 1896. Lehy, J. E., Wausau; date of joining, 1868. Lemke, William, Naugart; date of joining, 1902. Levenhagen, Fred, Wausau; date of joining, 1900. Lipinski, Albert, Wausau; date of joining, 1897. McCrossen, James, Pasadena ; date of joining, 1870. Manser, John, Wausau; date of joining, 1901. Manson, J. N., Wausau; date of joining, 1900. Marquardt, A. F., Wausau; date of joining, 1875. Marchetti, Louis, Wausau; date of joining, 1883. Meisekothen, Aug., Madison; date of joining, 1897. Meuret, J. G., Scholfield; date of joining, 1893. Miller, John, Wausau: date of joining, 1868. Miller, Henry, Wausau; date of joining, 1882. Miller, John W., Wausau; date of joining, 1895. Miller, Herman, Wausau; date of joining, 1868. Mitchel, W. W., Wausau; date of joining, 1869. Morman, Fred, Wausau; date of joining, 1879. Montgomery, James, Wausau; date of joining, 1885. Mueller, Gust., Wausau; date of joining, 1896. Murray, D. J., Wausau; date of joining, 1890. Nicolls, Edw., Wausau; date of joining, 1868. Paronto, Alfred, Kelly; date of joining, 1868. Peters, Hugo, Wausau; date of joining, 1896. Plumer, D. L., Wausau; date of joining, 1867. Pradt, L. A., Wausau ; date of joining, 1896. Quaw, S. M., Wausau; date of joining, 1883.
Rick, George, Wausau; date of joining, 1900. Ringle, John, Wausau; date of joining, 1874. Ritter, Frank, Wausau; date of joining, 1896. Rosenberry, M. B., Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Sauerhering, D., Wausau; date of joining, 1892. Schmidt, Robert, Wausau; date of joining, 1901. Schmidt, William, Scholfield: date of joining, 1896. Schmieden, Herman, Wausau; date of joining, 1870.
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Schoeneberg, William, Wausau; date of joining, 1886. Schubring, Fred T., Wausau; date of joining, 1870. Silverthorn, W. C., Wausau; date of joining, 1867. Slimmer, Jacob, Wausau; date of joining, 1900. Smith, J. C., Wausau; date of joining, 1900. Speer, E. V., Wausau; date of joining, 1900. Stadler, Philip, Wausau; date of joining, 1900. Stewart, H. C., Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Stuhlfauth, George, Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Talier, Louis, Wausau; date of joining, 1868. Thayer, E. B., Wausau; date of joining. 1883. Trevitt, A. W., Wausau; date of joining, 1890. Ventzke, Fred, Wausau; date of joining, 1899. Voigt, H. E., Hamburg: date of joining, 1895. Vollhard, Henry, Marathon ; date of joining, 1893. WVendorf, Albert, Stettin; date of joining, 1867.
Wilson, William, (Washington) ; date of joining, 1867. Winton, C. J., Minneapolis ; date of joining. 1890. Witter, H. E., Wausau; date of joining, 1893. Witter, G. W., Wausau; date of joining, 1900. Whitmore, J. T., Wausau; date of joining. 1893. Young, Frank, Wausau; date of joining, 1892. Zender, N. H., Wausau; date of joining. 1897. Zentner, F. T., Manitowoc; date of joining. 1882. Zimmerman, E. C., Manitowoc: date of joining, 1895.
Names after January 7, 1903:
Belanger, Ovid, Wausau; date of joining. 1903. Cauley, Mich., Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Cauley, William, Wausau; date of joining. 1903. Callon, William, Wausau ( 1892) ; date of joining, 1903. Collins, W. F., Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Duncan, Roy, Wausau ; date of joining, 1903. Flieth, H. G., Wausau ( 1892) ; date of joining, 1903. Farnham, George S., Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Halder, Albert, Wausau; date of joining. 1903. James, E. M., Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Kollock, W. D., Wausau; date of joining, 1903.
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Mills, G. A., Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Means, P. O., Wausau ( 1892) ; date of joining, 1903. Pinder, R. W., Duluth; date of joining, 1903. Reiser, J. H., Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Sexsmith, Lamar, Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Slimmer, R. F., Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Struck, Paul, Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Wegner, Joseph, Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Zahn, Otto, Wausau; date of joining, 1903. Deichsel, Charles, Wausau (1890) ; date of joining, Voigt, William A., Naugard; date of joining, 1900. John, R. B., Antigo; date of joining, 1903. Ruder, Henry, Wausau; date of joining, 1905. Wilson, B. F., Wausau; date of joining. 1906. Thompson, D. O., Athens ; date of joining, 1906. Willard, Lillie, Wausau; date of joining, 1907. Mylrea, W. H., Wausau; date of joining, 1907. Genrich, Fred, Wausau; date of joining. 1907. Plowman, A. J., Wausau; date of joining, 1908. Barwig, C. A., Wausau; date of joining, 1908.
Halder, H. H., Wausau; date of joining, 1908. Reitbrock, A. C., Milwaukee; date of joining, 1908. Klann, Milwaukee; date of joining, 1908. Erbach, William L., Athens ; date of joining, 1908. Schmidt, Edwin F., Scholfield; date of joining, 1908. LaCerte, I. A., Wausau; date of joining, 1908. Wegner, C. H., Wausau; date of joining, 1908. Schlueter, Herman, Marathon City; date of joining, 1908. Reinke, Frank, Naugard; date of joining, 1908.
Dundei, Paul, Wausau R. R .; date of joining, 1908. Brown, Gust., Town of Texas; date of joining, 1908. Clark, Fred, Wausau; date of joining, 1908. Edie, Mrs. James, Wausau; date of joining, 1908. Felling, A. L., Wausau; date of joining, 1908. Gamble, Joe, Wausau; date of joining, 1908. Imm, Fred, Jr., Wausau; date of joining, 1908.
Mumm, A. W., Wausau; date of joining, 1908. Nutter, J. H., Wausau; date of joining, 1908. Patzer, Mrs. John, Wausau; date of joining, 1908.
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Pierce, Mrs. F. H., Wausau; date of joining, 1908. Ziebell, A. E., Wausau; date of joining, 1908. Deichsel, Frank, Wausau; date of joining, 1909. Chellis, William, Wausau; date of joining, 1909. Nafz, Gust., Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Single, Mrs. Susan V., Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Mueller, Otto, Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Weinkauf, Paul, Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Lull, John, Wausau; date of joining, 1910. DeVoe, Fred, Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Barwig, Melvin, Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Lemke, O. C., Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Graft, John, Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Marquardt, Aug., Jr., Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Bean, J. J., Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Albrecht, William, Jr., Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Bock, A. A., Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Zimmerman, Alfred, Wausau; date of joining, 1910. Beilke, Henry A., Wausau; date of joining, 1911. Schmidt, Aug. F., Wausau; date of joining, 1911. Krueger, Otto, Wausau; date of joining, 1911. Bean, E. E., Wausau; date of joining, 1911. Joster, John, Wausau; date of joining, 1911.
Hoffmann, William, Wausau; date of joining, 1911.
Heil, Fred, Wausau; date of joining, 1911. Hochtritt, E. A., Wausau; date of joining, 1911.
Amhaus, Herman, Wausau; date of joining, 1911. Bean, G. W., Wausau; date of joining, 1911.
Holub, Adolph, Wausau; date of joining, 1911. Parsch, Gust., Wausau; date of joining, 1911.
Morgan, F. A., Wausau; date of joining, 1911.
Prehn, A. W., Wausau; date of joining, 1911. Marquardt, A. E., Wausau; date of joining, 1911. Cook, L. H., Wausau; date of joining, 1911. Christie, John D., Wausau; date of joining, 1911.
Ramthun, Herman, R. 2, Wausau; date of joining, 1912. Gordon, W. W., R. 3. Wausau; date of joining, 1912. Becker, Louis, Rothschield; date of joining, 1912. Holzem, Jacob, R. 2, Wausau; date of joining, 1912.
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Poeske, Aug., Wausau; date of joining, 1912. Sawyer, C. S., Wausau; date of joining, 1912.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1913.
President, F. B. Wilson; vice-president, S. M. Quaw; secretary, J. D. Christie; treasurer, E. C. Zimmermann.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MARATHON COUNTY, 1912-1913.
H. C. Eggebrecht, Town Frankfort, chairman.
Athens, village, J. W. Kreutzer.
McMillan, William Schilling.
Bergen, Fred Bower.
McMillan, village, A. E. Beebee.
Berlin, W. F. Lemke.
Mosinee, G. W. Parker.
Bern, Gust. Doering.
Mosinee, village, J. P. Kanter.
Brighton, J. H. Vogt.
Norrie, H. C. Gowell.
Brokaw, village, George A. Runkel.
Pike Lake, Roman Woijtasik.
Cassel, F. X. Schilling.
Plover, Fred Thomas.
Cleveland, Albert Naehring.
Rib Falls, Ernst Ringle.
Colby, east ward, N. P. Peterson.
Day, John Etringer.
Ringle, C. L. Wyatt.
Easton, C. E. Bessert.
Schofield, village, M. P. McCul- lough.
Eau Plaine, Herman Jeske.
Edgar, village, Justin Means.
Elderon, Frank Schulz.
Spencer, village, George Farring- ton.
Stettin, Carl Schewe.
Stratford, village, W. F. Goetz.
Texas, Robert Arendt.
Unity, village, Charles Creed.
Hamburg, Frank Marth.
Wausau, H. Ramthun.
Harrison, R. W. Roberts.
Hewitt, Jacob Holzen.
Holton, Herman Hedrich.
Hull, Nick Kanter. Johnson, John Junk. Knowlton, A. Guenther.
Kronenwetter, Carl Kronenwetter. Maine, F. C. Erdman.
Marathon, Carl Hilber.
Marathon, village, Aug. Ritger. 11
Spencer, F. C. Blankenburg.
Emmet, F. J. Krieg. Fenwood, village, Ed. Protze.
Flieth, J. J. Bean.
Franzen, A. J. Torgerson. Halsey, A. F. Hoge.
Weston, J. D. Christie. Wien, Martin Marquardt.
Wausau, Ist ward, F. J. Gaetzman ; 2d ward, E. C. Kretlow; 3d ward, Fred E. Schroeder; 4th ward, M. W. Sweet; 5th ward, John Kiefer; 6th ward, W. A. Berger; 7th ward, F. W. Krause; 8th ward, Bernhard Krueger; 9th ward, Ernst Koch.
Rietbrock, Alex Cichon.
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COUNTY OFFICERS, 1912-1914.
Municipal judge, Louis Marchetti; term, 1912-1916.
County judge, Clyde L. Warren; term, 1910-1914.
Sheriff, H. J. Abraham; term, 1913-1915.
District attorney, Edw. Gorman ; term, 1913-1915.
Clerk circuit court, K. A. Beyreis; term, 1913-1915.
County clerk, Louis Cook; term, 1913-1915.
County treasurer, John Schirpke; term, 1913-1915.
County register of deeds, John Sell; term, 1913-1915.
County surveyor, William H. Gowan; term, 1913-1915.
County coroner, Dr. R. M. Frawley; term, 1913-1915.
County superintendent of schools, Wenzel Pivernitz; term, 1911-1913, and re-elected to 1915.
THE MARATHON COUNTY BAR.
Until Marathon county was organized in 1851, there is no trace or remembrance of the existence of any tribunal having any resemblance to a court of justice in the whole territory north of township 25, and before that event the territory had been attached to Dane county for judicial purposes. There is not a trace of a lawyer in Marathon county until 1851, when Hiram Calkins is mentioned as district attorney, which office he held for several terms. He was evidently appointed by the governor and took up his resi- dence at or shortly before his appointment. Next appears William Ken- nedy, elected county judge and admitted to practice before the circuit court of the county in 1853, and the next attorney who came to Wausau and opened an office was Lyman Thayer, who came in 1853. Up to 1856 the following were the resident attorneys and in actual practice :
Hiram Calkins, William H. Kennedy, Lyman W. Thayer, M. M. Charles, Eli R. Chase, and M. H. Barnum.
Of these, William H. Kennedy died in 1859, and was soon followed to the grave by Lyman W. Thayer.
After 1860 and up to 1900 the following named gentlemen constituted the bar :
Hiram Calkins, Eli R. Chase, W. F. Terhune, M. H. Barnum, M. M. Charles, W. C. Silverthorn, J. P. West. E. L. Bump. M. A. Hurley, C. H. Mueller, B. W. James, H. S. Alban, C. V. Bardeen, R. C. Spooner, J. A. Kel- logg, B. Ringle, C. F. Eldred, Louis Marchetti, J. McKay, T. C. Ryan, Neal
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Brown, Louis A. Pradt, W. H. Mylrea, B. J. Pink, H. H. Grace, E. B. Lord, Alexander Craven, J. Livermoor, G. D. Jones, H. B. Huntington, C. B. Bird, A. L. Kreutzer, M. B. Rosenberry, F. E. Bump, W. V. Silverthorn, F. W. Genrich, John Okoneski, H. H. Manson, Otto Krueger, W. S. Williams, G. Heinemann, George C. Dickingson, G. I. Follett, and A. B. Barney.
After 1890 and up to 1912 the following additional attorneys took up their residence at Wausau and were in practice :
John B. Andrews, F. P. Regner, M. W. Sweet, C. L. Warren, Orlaf An- derson, C. T. Edgar, R. A. Edgar, Joseph W. Coates, J. P. Ford, E. P. Gorman, P. L. Halsey, J. P. Riley, O. L. Ringle, B. E. Smith, G. J. Leicht, Frank Markus, R. E. Puchner, A. W. Prehn, and Thomas H. Ryan.
Of these the following have removed from Marathon county at differ- ent dates :
Hiram Calkins, Eli R. Chase, J. P. West, W. F. Terhune, M. H. Barnum, C. V. Bardeen (elected judge of the supreme court), H. S. Alban, B. J. Pink, H. H. Grace, Otto Krueger, W. S. Williams, W. V. Silverthorn, George C. Dickingson, R. A. Edgar, and John B. Andrews.
And the following died at Wausau:
B. W. James, Alexander Craven, B. Ringle, J. A. Kellogg, M. M. Charles, C. F. Crosby, C. F. Eldred, John Livermoor, E. B. Lord, C. H. Mueller, E. L. Bump. T. C. Ryan, J. W. Coates, G. I. Follett, and A. B. Barney.
The following constitute the roll of attorneys and members of the Mara- thon county bar in the year 1912:
Orlaf Anderson, C. B. Bird, Neal Brown, F. E. Bump, C. T. Edgar, John P. Ford, F. W. Genrich, E. P. Gorman, H. B. Huntington, M. A. Hurley, P. L. Halsey, G. D. Jones, A. L. Kreutzer, G. J. Leicht, F. Markus, H. H. Manson, L. Marchetti, W. H. Mylrea, J. Okoneski, L. A. Pradt, A. W. Prehn, R. E. Puchner, F. P. Regner, J. P. Riley, O. L. Ringle, M. B. Rosenberry, T. C. Ryan, B. E. Smith, M. W. Sweet, C. L. Warren, F. H. Ryan, and G. N. Heinemann.
In ability and character, the Marathon county bar always stood well in the estimation of the State Bar Association, and many of the individual members took high rank as lawyers among the fraternity in the state. Some became distinguished in the halls of the legislature and others upon the bench.
Hon. W. C. Silverthorn was elected state senator for the 21st senatorial district; he was the candidate of the Democratic party in 1884 for attorney general, and in 1896 for governor of the state. He was appointed circuit judge by Governor Scofield in 1898, elected the same spring and reelected in 1904, and resigned the offce in the summer of 1908.
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Hon. J. A. Kellogg was elected to the state senate in 1878. He died in the spring of 1884, was buried at Wausau, and later his body was removed and buried in La Crosse.
Hon. C. V. Bardeen was elected circuit judge of the newly created 16th judicial circuit of Wisconsin in 1891; reelected in 1897, and appointed by Governor Scofield as judge of the supreme court in 1898, and elected for the unexpired term of Justice Newman, and reelected and died at Madison, March 20, 1903.
W. H. Mylrea was elected attorney general in 1894, and reelected in 1896.
Neal Brown was elected to the assembly in 1890, and to the state senate in 1892, and received the primary nomination of his party (Democratic) for United States senator in 1898, and the vote of the Democratic minority in the legislature of 1903 for the same high office
L. A. Pradt was appointed as United States assistant attorney general in 1897, and reappointed in 1901.
A. L. Kreutzer was elected state senator of the district composed of Clark and Marathon counties in 1898, and reelected in 1902.
G. D. Jones was appointed regent of the State University by Governor Davidson in 1909 and reappointed in 1911 by Gov. Francis McGovern.
CHAPTER XIV.
Political History from the Organization of the County Until the Close of 1912.
POLITICAL HISTORY.
At the time of the organization of Wisconsin as a territory and its admis- sion as a state in the Union, the Democratic party was at the height of its power in the United States. Under the lead of its statesmen, the country had enjoyed marvelous growth. By the Louisiana purchase under Thomas Jef- ferson the whole of the Mississippi and Missouri valley was acquired; Florida was ceded by Spain; Texas admitted as a state, and by the war with Mexico the boundaries of the Union were extended clear through this continent to the Pacific coast. The United States had become the greatest compact country in the world, and under its free institutions and its immense surplus of fruit- ful lands, the people were prosperous and contented. Wisconsin was the last state carved out of the old Northwest territory, admitted as a state in 1848. The majority of the people in Wisconsin, like the majority in all the north- western states, adhered to that party. The policy of the newly admitted western states under its Democratic leaders was friendly to emigration, and it was but natural that these emigrants should range themselves on that side. These western states extended the rights of suffrage to the newcomers in a short time, and encouraged them to become citizens, which was in strong contrast with the policy of the New England and southern states. Indiana, for instance, required only a bona fide residence of six months, and other states one year, besides the declaration of the emigrant to become a citizen, to allow him to vote on all questions coming before the people.
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