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The Pioneer Express
Pembina, Pembina County, North Dakota
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In Washburn, Wis., on Jan. 18., Receiver Frost hires men to tear up the Washburn, Bayfield & Iron River railroad line following federal court contempt rulings against Bayfield County officials and citizens, amid ongoing legal efforts to prevent it.
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Receiver Frost Hires Men to Despoil
the Washburn Road.
Washburn, Wis., Jan. 18.—As a result of the contempt proceedings in the federal court at Madison, in which the district attorney and sheriff of Bayfield county were sentenced to sixty days each in the Dane county jail and six prominent Bayfield county citizens were fined $250 each, the receiver of the Washburn, Bayfield & Iron River railroad is hiring men here to tear up the main line of the road next Monday. A stay of proceedings has been obtained and the officials are still at liberty. Legal proceedings, it is understood, are under way to thwart the tearing up of the line as contemplated. The court's finding has intensified feeling here.
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Washburn, Wis.
Event Date
Jan. 18.
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district attorney and sheriff of bayfield county sentenced to sixty days each in the dane county jail; six prominent bayfield county citizens fined $250 each; stay of proceedings obtained; officials still at liberty; legal proceedings underway to thwart tearing up of the line; court's finding has intensified feeling here.
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As a result of the contempt proceedings in the federal court at Madison, the receiver of the Washburn, Bayfield & Iron River railroad is hiring men here to tear up the main line of the road next Monday.