Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-04
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school INDUCED in no excursions las
summer we are constrained to believe /
would be serving the little mes jus
right. OF course the giving of pres
ents is voluntary, and let no one fee
any obligation resting upon them, only
to have a happy time-a real jovia
thanksgiving spero, tempered with the
best of good will toward everybody
A committee will Of course be selected
to attend to the distribution of pres
ents. There will be a festival in the
basement where the choicest viands
will be served up to the hungry null
titude.
In such times as the present We
can fully appreciate the value Of help
real valued assistance. We think it
not ~exaggeration to say that the rail
roads that have been builded through
our county the past season have been
a wonderful help to u people in such
a time as this. Money is tied up, and
many a family would be suffering to-
day in Wood Co. were it not for the
dollars paid the past fall for ties, wood,
labor, ri~ght-ofwsy. timber, and in a
score Of ways We cannot enumerate.
We know by the assertions and state
ments we are hearing every day that
such is the fact, and many who were
10th to acknowledge anything tending
in the direction of prosperity in the
building Of the roads, now are fully con-
vinced hat they are benefited directly,
to say nothing Of the indirect benefits
accruing by the presence Of these
great civilizing agents. It is safe to
say that $500, 900 at least have been
expended in Wood Co. which would
not have been expended had the roads
never been projected.
About 500 laborers who have been
working as graders on the Green Bay
and Winona railroad, arrived in Vino
ma on Friday to be paid off. \ great
deal of dissatisfaction was expressed by
the men on learning that the Company
proposed to pay 80 per cent. cash, and
the balance in paper, running four
months on good security. Serious troub-
lie was apprehended, and The police
force was ordered on duty.-Jneau
Co. Aryus.
The scrip meant by the "paper' in
the above is plenty about here, bat it
is counted good, though rather incon-
v%enicnt for employees. We presume
the G. B. & u. Co. like other corpor-
atoms, are not infalljble. Many good
man, many a good firm, and many a
usually prompt corporation, has been
obliged to ask fayors the last sixty
days; so let's case ~oneanother along
over this short stretch of financial cor
duroy and wei, come to good hard
turnpike by and by. We had heard of
the confusion in Winona before but not
reliably,
Our c~otemporary in its issue Of
the 10th inst. has an excellent article
entitled, A Citizen Association. The
suggestions therein are all good and
we can heartily commend them to the
earnest thought of our people. But
right here let US say that three, and
two years ago the writer hereof work
ed hard with many others to establish
upon a firm basis a County Agricultur-
al Society, but the editor Of the TriJ-
me never gave to the furtherance OF
the project a word Of encouragement,
nor lent his presence to its meetings.
The project died for the lack of the
aid that Just such men could have Civ
en- it. We are glad to see the editor
Of the Tribune awaking to a sense Of
our needs, and will assure him that his
views coinside with ours in every par
t%icular. To those who became MEM
bers Of the organization We speak Of We
will say, what we have thought many
a time Of saying, that the funds real
lied from the sale Of tickets o. member
ship, are not lost, and that if nothing
be done the coming spring, such funds
will BIZ returned to the parties. In
hopes that the matter might be success
fully revived, we have awaited patient
ly, thinking but to retain the sum as
a nucleus around which to rally by
and by.
Wood is unusually plenty this
winter.
PersOnal.--Mr. Stewart of the Mil.
Sentinel, a pleasant writer and a gen.
ial gentleman has been stopping for a
day or two in our city.