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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
FIVE MILE CREEK.

The farmers in this vicinity are nearly
through planting corn and potatoes.
The recent cold weather proved a great
hindrance to farm work, early vege-
tables and some fields of corn being SO
badly frozen that replanting is neces-
sary. Early rye is also badly damaged.
In spite of the hard times building is
going on quite rapidly in this neighbor-
hood. Mr. Henry Burmeister has his
house up and is pushing it to compile
ton. Mr.. Chris Brahmsted has his
new house already to lay the brick. Mr.
Henry Knoll is also putting up a large
barn.
Miss Sophia Burmeister made her
usual weekly trip to town on Saturday
to take her music lesson. This young
lady has only missed two lessons since
Oct, although living E! miles from town.
The young folks in this neighborhood
enjoyed a social dance at the house OF
John Peterson Saturday night.
Mr. Francis Finley is so far recovered
from his recent illness as to be out. All
are glad to hear of his restoration to
health.
Mrs. Henry Burmeister went to town
Monday to aud in taking care of he1
father Mr.. John Timm who is very sick
at his home in Grand Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. H. Potter made a
trip to Stevens Point last week to visit
their daughter Mrs. Paulie Andrews.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
NEW ROr1E.

Misses Jennie Craney and Annie Guy
of Ne koosa drove down and spent
Thursday afternoon with Jennie s
parents Mr.. and Mrs. f. Craney.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Polensky made a
business trip to the twin cities on We'd
nesday last.
James Craney made a business trip to
Nekoosa on Monday.
The school in District No. 3 closed on
Friday last with q picnic which was
largely attended. The exercises con-
sisted of singing and speaking. Miss
Darrow is Il kind teacher and will be
missed by the many friends she has
made here. She expects to commence
her school in the Ely District Monday
next. We all wish her success where
ever she goes.
Messrs. James Cranev and Fred
Gibhardt attended the dance at Spring
Greek last Friday evening.
Quite q number of the young people
are enjoying this month hanging May
baskets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
Correspondence.
VESPER.

The dance given at Vesper Hall last
Saturday evening was a success in every
respect. 4 number of young people
from Arpin and Grand Rapids were
present and seemed to have had a good
time. We hope T. and G. will give
another in The near future.
Fred Mess and family spent a few
days the fore part of the week at
Marshfield.
Miss Anna Duban visited at Whites
Monday.
Lizzie McCamley, of Grand Rapids,
madea short visit at her aunt's Mrs.
Jos. White.
Maggie Heron and brother John OF
Grand Rapids, attended the dance
Saturday evening.
Mrs. J. W. Cameron came up from
Milwaukee and is visiting at her sons
T. J. Cameron.
Mabel White and Bertha Rozelle
spent Monday evening at Bodkey's.
Pat f. Flanagan and S. d. Brazeau
took ride through the northern part
of the town of Sieel Sunday afternoon
The people Of this berg were some.
what startled to see a young lady and
gentleman racing at full speed down
main street last Monday evening
Everybody rushed out Of doors anC
upon making inquiries found that it was
nothing but a couple trying to catch {
puppy that had got loose.
Leo. Cerwenka and A. D. Gray, O
Arpin, came down last Friday evening
to fix the telephone line. A number O.
the poles had been blown down by the
recent storm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
CROW FISHING.

Marshfield Times: While in town
some time ago John Rausch, of Mason
vile purchased a quantity of tish-hooks,
and as John was never known 10 GO
fishing, the investment caused surprise.
But the kind of fish John was after
don't wear fins-John is crow fisher.
This highly polished wingster is very
plentiful out there this spring and
whenever John sowed they reaped.
He tried to disuade them from their
thieving habits by putting up scare
crows, but found that a scare-croW
didn't scare crow worth cent. After
hours of careful thought John hit upon
the fish-hook as an eXterminatOr. He
attached the hook to a fine wire and
baited it with kernel of corn. These
he placed around where the crows
would be most likely to find them and
every time the kernel of corn with the
tish-hook attachment was swallowed he
was sure of his crow. and from reports
John must have cellar full of Old
Grow IS by this time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
Bicycle Riding.

The following ladies, owners of
bicycles in the Twin Cities, are an
evidence that this pleasure is not Oh
the decline: Mesdames DR.. Hougen,
Geo. NJ. Hill, John E. Daily, H. H. Voss
VIM. H. Reeves, Alex Muir, Edward
Lynch, VIM. Raymond, Chas. H. Smith.
The Misses Minnie Hclmold, Beulah
Cochran, Mary Edwards, Maude Thorn
son, Mabel Gardner, Laura Houston,
Lucy Woodwork, Grace Hoskinson,
Emma Wasser, Ella Perry, Mary
Emerson, Lettie Sniveley, Iona and
Lorinne Johnson, Alice Whiting, Sarah
and Clara SLIDER, Mamie DAILY. There are
about eighty male riders who own
wheels and this means of transporta-
ton for pleasure and business is
increasing gradually.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
WISCONSIN PATENTS.

The following patents, granted this
week to Wisconsin inventors, are re-
ported expressly for the Reporter, by
H. G. Underwood, Solicitor of Patents,
l07 Wisconsin st. Milwaukee:
William Busch, Hazel Green, Regula-
tor for water-supply; Cyrus G. Clark &
J. Wick, Waterloo, Pencil attachment;
John W. Everest, Milwaukee, Glove;
Joseph Gillet, Milwaukee, Making sheet
metal vessels; Miles A. Hanson, Port
Washington, Screen and storm door;
Henry Harbeckes, Milwaukee, Pipe
hanger; Otto Zwietusch, Milwaukee,
Method of and apparatus for filtration
and carbonation of beer, &c; Design,
Henry c. Swan, Oshkosh, Step pad.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
Where They Use Graders in Wis
conSin.

The town of Middleton, Dane county,
is one of those in Wisconsin which has
tried the system Of paying road taxes
in cash and buying machinery to work
its roads. The result has been that
only 1922 of road tax was required to
be levied in 1894 while the tax levied
for 1898 was S3646, or almost three times
that of 1894. The town has bought two
graders with which to work its roads
and the farmers in the town have been
hired by the road superintendent to
work the graders with their teams,
thus getting back the taxes paid. The
roads in the town have been wonder
fully improved with the use of the
machines, and at only One-third OF
what had been spent on the road in
former years, under the old system,
and without the graders. A letter from
VIM. T. Pierstoff, chairman of the town
board, explains how this was done.
Nh Pierstoff writes:
eve worked last year strictly under
the new law. Under the old law we
always levied road tax of to mills.
Last year we levied mills, as you will
see by the enclosed statement, We
gave the law good trial last year and
this year we did not vote on it and OF
course will work the same as last year.
Most of the farmers re we'll satisfied,
We gave them chance to work at S.
per day with team, they s.vlng us 1C
hours for days work. We bought :
road graders which of course is what
helped us out. You can do more with
teams and one grader in one day than
with 3 teams and small scraper i'll d
week.
The use of grader makes round
grade and the water runs off, SO that in
wet weather the road will not be cut uI
as it would otherwise. Formerly every.
body worked out his tax near home
whether the work was needed or not
only to get the tax worked out that was
assessed to him. In the districts where
there are good lands, and where large
tax is paid because the land is valued
higher, they always have good roads
Under the new law the work is done
where it is most needed, so that we cal
help the poor districts out. Our people
have no desire to 60 back to the ole
system of working the highway and
never will as long as it is rightly
managed"
ga word to the wise is sufficient. -
Wisconsin Agriculturist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
The Old Story.

Two well dressed men are working
Eau Claire residences trying to sell gold
bowed spectacles they pretend to have
found on train. They begin by
talking sewing machines, and end by
offering a pair of the specracles at an
extremely low price. When bought
they are found to be worthless.-Ex.
These same we'll dressed strangers
operated in the Twin Cities only week
or two ago and sold the same worthless
spectacles at from % cents to 5000 per
pair, according to the ''bite' of the
customer. As Barnum, the great show
man, often remarked, 1.-THE people do
love to be humbugged."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
Condition of Trade.

The severe cold snap, with extensive
frosts and in some States snow, has
fortunately done little damage to the
great crops, though much to fruit, but
has considerably retarded retail trade.
The best news of the week is the
advance of 10 per cent. in wages by the
Carnegie works, followed by the Jones'
Laughlin establishment, and evidently
implying a similar advance by many
other concerns. The Illinois Steel
Company is starting its furnaces without
granting the demands of employees.
No advance has been found practicable
in the wooden mills, where conditions
as to prices and foreign competition are
very different, and about 10,0 900 workers
are still idle at Olneyville, where the
works should consume 100000 lbs. per
week. In other departments of labor
troubles are not serious, and the demand
for manufactured products increases.
The volume of domestic business,
measured by railroad earnings for the
first week of May, is 40 per cent. larger
than last year, and measured by bank
exchanges outside New York is only
Ito per cent. larger than last year, and
for the month the daily average is Ito
per cent. less than in 1893. 1t is but
fair to note that business broke down
and exchanges fell below the normal
average about this time two years ago.
With material and steady enlargement
in domestic trade, there is still great
want Of employment in the interior for
money which comes hither, $3,500,000
during the past week, and with the
millions distributed by the syndicate on
bond account stimulates speculation.
Accordingly wheat has risen cts,
although the reports of injury by frost
do not appear, upon sitting, to concern
any considerable proportion of the
growing grain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
SPRING CREEK.

Mr.. 4. W. White left last Monday fol-
Green Bay to assist his brother Grant in
a concert there.
Mr.. r. NJ, Beeston made business
trip to Nekoosa last Monday.
Mr.. James Nash of Cent1alia visited
at R. Beeston's on Saturday.
Nell Beeston is home from Grand
Rapids, where she has been at work,
on a vacation.
John Jefferson is working for A. w.
Horton this week.
The farmers in this locality are busy
planting corn and potatoes.
The frost of Sunday night did slight
damage in this vicinity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
New Passenger Arrangements.

For parties wishing to 60 north on
Ashland division Of the C. q n. Ry. the
G. B. w. & st. P. R. r. has arranged
for reduced rates to Amigo, Rhine
lander, Gagen, Three Lakes, Eagle
River, Conover, State Line and Waters
meet, making the rate to the above
points the same as via Wausau.
Passengers leaving Grand Rapids at
6:45 a. M. make close connections at
New London Junction. Through
tickets and no transferring. Special
arrangements and rates for parties Of 10
or more travelling together.
4 W. S. F. DURGA. t. A.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
Wood County Post No. II, q. A. R.

Has been invited to attend Memorial
Service at the Moravian church Contra
liza next Sabbath afternoon at o'clock.
Rev. VIM. kilburne will preach the
sermon and F. J. Wood will have charge
of the singing. This service will take
the place Of regular service in Union
church. Everybody invited.
Members of Post will meet at Post
Hall at 2:30 and march to the church at
3 o'clock.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
ROYAL ARCANUM,
CENTRALIA, WIS.

Meets ID and 4th Tuesdays of each
month.
A. l.. RIDGMAN, Regent.
CHAs. GIBSON, Sec'y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
odd FELLOWS.

Meet every Tuesday evening in
their hall, pomainville's building.
HERMAN BoTcuER, \. q.
a. Is. CRAWFORD, Sec'y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
ATTORNEYS.


R Il. GOGGlNS,
ATTORNEY At LAW,
E:-Pomainville's Brick Block
CENTRALIA. WISCONSIN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23
GARDNER & GAYNOR,
ATTORNEYS-A LAW.

Will practice in the several courts of
the state. All business attended to
promptly. Office in Gardeners Block.
GRAND RAPIDS, WIS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23

A f. & A. NJ.
GRAND RAPIDS LODGE No. 12S.
Hold their regular Communications on
the LIST and Sd Wednesdays of each
month Visiting brethren are cordially
invited to meet with us.
T.. b. BRUNDAGE, w. NJ.
GEO. b. MCMILLAN, Sec'y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-23

All legal business promptly attended
to. Office over First National bank.
GRAND RAPIDS, WISCONSIN.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-05-21
Local Agents for Willmar Tribune
DR.. obristiap Jobpsop,
Physician and Surgeon.
WILLMAR, MINI.

Office at Willmar, over ,Lundquist's
Hardware Store, corner Of Litchfield
avenue and Third Street. Residence
on End Street between Becker and
.Trott Avenues. < s. Fir =.
Il All orders and calls should be left
at my residence where full particu-
lars Of my whereabouts can be OBJ:
tanned. %....5z$ s .z.=~ss,1=s IT, IT. s-.
When you send kilograms be sure
to give correct name and also section
and town SO as s to avoid delay and
mistakes. Also inform me IN cases
OF confinement and injury needing
special instruments I.
81 Calls promptly attended az nishtsor
day.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-05-21
HOLUM ITEMS.

Elmer Travaas of this place is
attending school in district No.
81.
The debating society met last
Saturday evening. A good pro-
gram was rendered.
Gustave Torrison left for his
claim near Mile Laos last week.
B. O. Pickle, the genial travel
ing salesman for DR.. Wards
remedies = for this county, can
vassed this part Of the county
last week.
John Evenson and family have
moved into their new dwelling
house, lately erected on the
O'Brien farm at this place.
Hedge Freeze started for the
northern part Of Minnesota last
week to look for a homestead.
Peter Otterson and family de-
parted for their homestead in
Mile Laos: county, last week.
The boys are now providing
themselves with base ball goods.
They intend to keep the ball fly
| ing this summer I=s
Messrs. Henry hristopherson
and Willie Sherman, of Granite
Falls, have been hunting for
wolves in this neighb orhood
llately
lille q couple Of. young boys
were playing near q hay yard
Hast Sunday they kindled q fire
with some ma ches which they
had unfo rtuna tely got posses,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-05-21
and how will it add to the pros

and how will it add to the pros
perity of the country?
And suppose e-half OF those
engaged in producing horses
should close out the business and
go into. fruit culture, and vice
versa, what would be the profit
to either class? All these changes
are going on at this time quite
rapidly, and l confess l do not
see the wisdom OF them. As a
rule it is best to stick to a thing
you know all about rather than
to undertake that which you are
ignorant of. As the Farm Jour-
nal APPLY says, "Hold On is the
name of the man who wins in the
battle OF life.''
/ do not mean by this that one
must keep in the old ruts, must
make no changes, for it is always
we'll to move ahead, to do things
better than heretofore, and l am
sure if one is engaged in any
branch of farming that he is I'M
fitted for, which he dislikes, which
his land is not adapted to, he
had better try and change, but
even then he should proceed with
prudence and wisdom: He may
gradually work out OF one system
into another, always remember
ing that "a bird in the hand is
worth two in the bush.''
| speak from experience. I've
tried it. My advice will do good
to go by. | have tested nearly
everythingg-sheep, the dairy,
potatoes as a speciality, berries,
hogs, bees, cabbage and poultry.
| have not tried skunks- al
though highly recommended by
some friends-nor city boarders.
Now | have settled down, will
try nothing more, until | shall
have made a success on present
lines Farm Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-05-21
ST. JOHNS ITEMS.

Torrents E. Hanson, our Popu-
list tOwnsman, has moved with
his family to Mrs. Christianson's.
After the 18th inst. he intends to
move with his family to Becker
county.
A. j. Nelson was in Raymond
last Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. j. Hanson
have now made their home at
J. j. Elveback's.
Miss Gina Nelson is now we'll
again from her long illness for
over a year.
Rumor has it that Soren SOr-
enson has his weather-eye on a
town OF Edwards beauty. We
wish you success, Soren.
Miss Pauline Hanson, who has
been attending the Willmar Sem
mary, is now staying at home
with her parents.
The St. Johns Young Peoples
Society held their regular meet
ing last Friday, the 10th inst,
in the church. The we'll known
Edward Brekhus spoke and be-
sides Il very successful program
was given, which was credit to
the society. It was decided to
have a picnic the 4th OF July and
a committee was appointed to
make further arrangements.
The next regular meeting will be
held on the 10Th of June, in the
evening.
The Ladies' Sewing Society
will have their festival at Ole J.
federson's the 18th of June:
The Young Peoples Political
and Literary Society is in the
highest state Of prosperity. They
are holding meetings every Sat-
urday evening, and are discuss
ing the most important and lead
ing issues OF the day.
Miss Lizzie Peterson is attend
ing the Seminary so as to better
qualify herself as Il school teacher.
Edward Erickson is staying at
home now.
julius Nelson made an effort
last Monday to get a Job of Jim
Hill, but did not succeed.
Miss Emma Hanson is now
staying at V. A. Williamson's.
| Miss Carrie Greenfield is now
at Nels Nelson's.
The cheese factory began bust.
ness the 18th inst.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-05-21

From what can learn a great
inquiry is abroad among farmers
as to how they can make better
use of their land, how they can
gain more profit, how they can
make the times better, SO far as
they are concerned. g Those who
have been wheat farmers are go
ing into something else; sheep
men are dropping sheep; beef pro-
ducers are proposing a change;
those who have been breeding
horses are quitting for some
other line of farming.
Further than this, many are
trying to sell out and move to
some new locality, where they
think chances will be better.
Real estate men in the South are
busy showing their lands to Wis
iting Northern farmers, who are
seeking new homes. =. ! !.
Agreat many are going into
orcharding, and the nurserymen
have been unusually busy sup.
plying stock, and many of them
are sold out Of leading varieties,
There is a strong tendency to
wards small fruit gard ening and
/ truck farming, and the poultry
business, I suppose, is having q
boom. re-. & .... !. 4. !.
Now this is very natural, and
muybe proper, but on genera
I principles ] cannot commend any
conside rable change, such as il
going on now, as likely to prove
very beneficial. Il a farmer en-
gagged all his.life in sheep husban
dry should quit and take u
some line, say dairy ing IN which
lie has every hing to learn alne
selsewh here some other farmer
drops dairy ring and engages i
sheep, where is the gain for either
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-05-21
HOLLAND NEWS.

The farmers are busy breaking
up the prairie.
Louis Fletcher is putting up a
windmill ON his farm. g.
P. Nelson, V. S., from Willmar,
transacted business in this part
OF the county the first of last
week.
The Clara City and the Erik
son baseball mines played a
match game at B. A. Behrend's
a week ago last Sunday. At the
close OF the sixth inning the Erik.
son nine had SO scores and Clara
City 8, which so Disguised the
latter that they broke up the
game and went home amid the
cheers of the country lads.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-05-21
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FARMERS WANTS AND FOR
SALE COLUMN.

AS Wil!mar Tribune desires to subserve the
farmers interest in practical way, we open
this column for farmers who are subscribers
for small ads of wants and for sale, at 10 cents
for three lines per issue. When sending in
you want it to run. Otherwise the ad will be
continued from week to week until you noti-
~ US to stop 1t. Farmers having tor sale or
else, horses, COWS, calves, pigs, second hand
farm implements, seed grain, grass seed, help
or anything else pertaining to the farm, can
thus be brought together at q nominal expense
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-05-21

sion Of: A stack Of hay was
burned to the ground, but the
fire was noticed and put out be-
fore it could spread.
A dozen wolves have been
killed in this locality this spring,
by Theodore TorrisOn and q
couple of sportsmen from Gran
tie Falls. There are not many
carnivorous animals left in this
part of the county now, we are
inclined to think.
- CORRESPONDENCE
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-05-21

Lars H. Larson will stand his
4 year old Percheron Stallion
TORRIS
the coming season as follows:
Mondays and Tuesdays at his
farm in town IF Lake Andrew.
section 20; . Wednesdays and
Thursdays, at J. G. Monson's,
Nest Lake, and Fridays and
Saturdays at Freses' barn in
Willmar.
The stallion is coal black,
weighs 2O00lbs. and is a good
breeder. Prices very reasonable.
he sure and give me a call be-
fore standing your mares.
LARS H. LARSON,
Proprietor.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-05-21

[ have aquantity of Minnesota
grown seed corn, Dent variety,
which matured in 80 days in
1894. 1t yielded 50 bushels
shelled corn to the acre; is tested
and guaranteed to grow.
A. H. SPERRY.