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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16
Killed by the Cars.

Victor Bugord, young man % years
of age, who was an employe at the John
Edwards Mfg. Co.'s paper mill, was
killed Sunday morning by special
freight train going south on the G. M.
& st. Paul railroad, about 4 o'clock. He
was found east of the Port Edwards
depot that morning about 8 o'clock,
lying along the track dead, with bad
wound upon his head, one arm broken
and the fingers of one hand cut off.
His feet were next to the track and his
head towards the gutter. just how he
was killed is unknown, but those who
are most familiar with the facts say that
he attended a dance in Nekoosa Satur-
day night and was probably intoxicated,
pretty tired and sleepy and in some
manner was struck by the train and fell
between the cars. Had he been lying
upon the track his body would have
been badly mutilated. The theory is,
that while walking along he staggered
against the train which was going in the
opposite direction and was killed.
The young man is reported by those
who knew him as good worker, we'll
behaved and we'll liked, except that
occasionally he would drink some when
out for good time. The funeral SER
vice took place on Tuesday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16
Choir Picnic.

The choir of St. Johns church, Cen
tralia, was given most enjoyable pic
mic on Tuesday afternoon at Whitrock' 's
watermelon farm. At the close of the
afternoon school session the boys
assembled at the residence of the Rev
c. H. Branscombe eighteen strong and
were driven to the farm. Mr.. Will
Golfers hay rack being brought into
requisition for the occasion. After
amusing themselves with ball and other
games they gathered around the large
table under the trees and were RECALLED
with bountiful repast to which all did
full justice, finishing with all the melons
they could comfortably Or otherwise
accommodate. Through the generosity
Of Mr. Whitrock each boy was pre-
sented with a melon as souvenir and
the merry crowd drove away with three
rouslng cheers for the choir and Mr..
Whitrock' After the drive home and
the usual Tuesday evening practice the
boys repaired to their homes well
pleased with their jolly outing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16
Co-Operatiyc Interests.

GRAND RAPIDS, WIS, Sept 18th, 1897.
Twin City Electric Colt was alleged
here recently, and argued with much
apparent force that municipal monop-
olies such as local telephone exchange
electric lighting plant, and water works
could, or rather would not be operated
as economically under public ownership
as under private ownership, and the
case of the city of Grand Rapids, Mich,
was cited to show the great success of
private ownership as compared with
municipal ownership where the two
systems were being tried side by side,
and were open to free competition.
We had no reasons to distrust the
statements of the party making them,
but the results were contrary to the ex-
perience of other cities and against the
judgment of economists who have
written and spoken on municipal
monopolies; and we wrote the mayor
of that city to ascertain the cause of the
failure Of municipal ownership in his
city and the following is the reply:
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept. 7, 1897.
Mr.. j. A. Gaynor, Grand Rapids,
Wis: Dear Sir-The mayor hands me
yours of the 1st inst. for reply. The
story Of the question of private or pub
lie ownership of waterworks in this CITY
is long one, in which public ownership
won to the satisfac ction of almost the
entire community. Briefly the story is
as follows: Over forty years ago the
legislature gave grant to private COM
pany to supply water to the then village
of Grand Rapids. This company in
vested few thousand dollars and oper-
ated in very limited way, furnishing
no fire protection. After two very dis
astrous fires the city concluded to build
a works, and commenced work in 1874
In 1880, as the city's works were incom-
plete and unsatisfactory, the private
company started to build works in
competition with the city, they sold
about $6S0,000 of bonds, and commenced
operations; IN the meantime making
several propositions to buy the city
works, each time their proposition was
rejected, although the last proposition
city. This last proposition was to pay
Cs
furnish all public water free, good water
and cheap rates to consumers, and a
hvdrant rental at $1,000 each per year.
The condition today is about this: A
public works here costing 81, $50 900;
135 miles of mains, and 1,175 fire hy-
drants. The receipts from water pay
the interest and operating expenses,
with fire protection free. A private
works with less than 20 miles of mains,
and in the hands of receiver. | send
you copy of last report.
Yours truly,
FRED A TwAMLEY, Secretary.
Thele may be instances in which the
public ownership of natural municipal
monopoly has been a failure, but it is
quite evident from the above that it is
not Grand Rapids, Michigan.
j. A. GAYNoR.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16
Business Outlook as Reported by
Schwartz, Dupee & Co.
CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. Il, 1897.

There has been everything to encour-
age the grain raiser in the action of
wheat during the last week.
After a sensatlol&lly rapid advance
from 65 cents to dollar a bushel there
came natural reaction of about u
cents, but since then the market has
always been buoyant, and since the 80
cent mark was passed on the upward
turn last week there has been a rise to
99l, the average price at which wheat
could have been sold in this market
last week for either the December or
September options being fully 95 cents.
Corn, in view of the immense stocks in
sight, has been remarkably strong.
The decline which began last Friday
was continued To-Day, more on senti-
ment and absence of buying orders than
by reason of aSy csiange in the intrinsic
value of grain. The foreign demand
has somewhat abated, but this was in
evitahle, since Europe does not buy her
grain supplies for long periods in ad-
vance, and her purchases while wheat
was going from so cents to a dollar were
on an enormous scale. But letters to
Schwartz, Dupee & Co. from their cor
respondents abroad do not in any way
indicate that the situation there is bet
ter than it was when prices here were
advancing every day, and the statement
is freely made by those who should be
perfectly familiar with the facts that
the best buying by Europe in this mar
ket is still to come. IF this be the case
it is evident that wheat values must adj
vance, since the visible supply, accord
ing to today's report, is only 1876 ,000
bushels, or about one-third what was
in sight year ago. The increase last
week was $4,000 bushels, not a large
amount when one considers that wheat
is being pushed to market as fast as
possible to take advantage of the high
price.
1t is possible that if Cuban complica-
tions and other matters which today
sentimentally affeeted the New York
stock market increase in importance
the grain market may be sympathet-
ically affected, but if this were the rea-
son for any decline the effect would of
course be only temporary. The yellow
fever excitement in the south has of
course been used by the pessimits to
denreSs Such stocks as would raHaot II,
their earnings any serious spread of the
disease, and provisions. of which the
south is heavy purchaser, have also
been under depression, but are now
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16
Summers Prediction,

No such exhaustive and .'unanswer-
able speech was ever before made as
speech of Chas. Sumner in the United
States senate in 1867 favoiing the acquis-
ition of Alaska from Russia at price of
$3.50 900. When President Andrew
Johnson sent the treaty to the senate 1t
had very few friends through the coun-
try at large. Some whalers in Massa-
chusetts favored it and the Pacific coast
states and territories were credited with
having been the instigators of the deal.
The press opposed and ridiculed the
whole transaction. Just few papers
supported the treaty, mainly on the
ground that Russia had been friend to
the union during the civil war and
might possibly be entitled to the money
it was proposed to give her, leaving
Alaska entirely out of the account, SO
utterly worthless was that territory
thought to be. 1t was commonly alluded
to as Stewards polar bear garden"
But Summers eloquence and master
effort turned the tide of ballots and
only two votes were registered in the
senate against the acquisition. He had
made thorough Investigation and be-
lieved the treaty to be "a visible step
in the occupation of the whole of the
North American continent. Speaking
of the advantages of the purchase Mr..
Sumner went into the question of Alas
kas immense natural resources, paid a
startling compliment to its climate,
which his studies had satisfied him was
not bad in all parts, nor bad at most
parts in all seasons of the year. He
found that grain, even wheat, was
grown there, and that a variety of vege-
tables was produced without difficulty
He did not doubt that its mountains
were full of minerals and that its rivers
rolled OH beds of gold. Was he right?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16
ATTENTION TOWI1 CHAIRMEN
nore Guide Boards Are Needed Along
the County Highways.

A law in force since March &c, 1891
relating to the erection of proper guide
boards at intersections of country roads.
for the convenience and direction OF
persons driving or bicycling through
the country from town to town, reads
as follows:
Section 1927 of the Revised Statutes
of the State of Wisconsin for the wear
1891:
''The chairman of each town shall
cause to be erected at the intersection
within his town, of all main travelled
roads, suitable guide boards giving dir
ection and distance from point of such
intersection to adjoining or important
towns; and shall keep in repair all
guide boards erected, the expense to
be paid from the treasury of the town.
And every such chairman who neglects
to erect or repair any guide board after
ten days notice in writing has been
personally served upon him, stating
that such guide board has not been
erected or that..it is out of repair, shall
for each month that elapses after said
period of ten DAYS, and for each in
stance of such neglect for such time,
forfeit FIVE dollars, one-half to 90 to the
person making the complaint and the
other half to the school fund"
Farmers, of course, are familiar with
the. roads to town and surrounding
places, hence take little interest in this
question of guide boards, but there are
other classes of travellers to whom the
guide sign Is of real importance. Hunt
ers during the last two or three weeks
have been impressed emphatically by
the absence of these directing posts in
this section of the county, and by sew
eral miles of extra driving have learned
the disadvantages In not finding them.
Just q little attention to this matter on
the part of town chairmen will make
big improvement along this line. Let
us have more guide boards throughout
the county. Any freeholder can make
complaint, and unless the matter is
speedily remedied, members of the l..
A. w. announce that they will take
it up.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16
Whisky Did 1t.

When the section crew running east
from Amherst went out TO work Friday
morning they discovered the remains of
a man mangled in a most ghastly condi-
ton spread along the Central tracks for
several rods at spot about mile east
of the village. The mans head was
crushed, all four limbs cut off, his body
cut in two and remnants of flesh and
bits of bone were scattered for several
rods along the road bed. 4 broken
whisky bottle was found among the
other wreckage. He was poorly and
coarselv dressed and was evidently an
outcast. No papers were found in his
clothes nor was there any other evi-
dence that might lead to his identif-
cation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16
NOT So BRIGHT.
Dan Barry Writes Letter From the
Klondike.
Says Grand Rapids Boys will Return.

Dawson City, Alaska, which so many
eager gold seekers are just now trying
to reach, is evidently not the most de-
sirable residence place on earth for
everyone At least more than one ar
gonaut that has gone i'll there from
Grand Rapids seems to have come to
this conclusion. Below we publish a
letter sent by Dan Barry, an old resi-
dent of this section who started May 3
with the Orrin Gray colony, to Frank
Menier. of Arpin Mr.. Menier for
warded the letter to the Wausau Pilot
for publication, and the REPORTER takes
it therefrom as follows:
DAWSON CITY, July 7, 1897.
Mr.. Frank Menier, Arpin, Wis.
Friend Frank: AS [ promised you
now try to do So Well, l can't blow
about Alaska as some people do. It is
all right for a man that was lucky
enough to get here in time last fall to
stake claim, and yet there are great
many here now that have been on this
river for the past ten years and never
got claim. They were up the river
prospecting when the discovery was
made and they did not get the news
until they returned late IN the season.
This is a rich discovery, but, as the
gulch is short one, it will not take
more than five years to dig the gold all
out. The country was about played out
when this place was struck, and now
the men from Circle City and other
places are all coming here. A steam
boat landed here last night and 100
miners stepped off, all from Forty Mile
Post and Circle City, SO | think this
place viii, be ''bug-house" this winter.
Some men are going out on the next
boat, as they are Glsgusted with every
thing. Two men died here last week of
typhoid fever, each worth 10000. Orrin
Gray will leave here this week and you
can get all the news from him, but you
be sure to give this letter to Otto Kick
bush and tell him | will 60 to Washing
ton as soon as | get money enough. 1t
will cost $125 from here to Seattle, and,
if | find it better there than in Wiscon-
sin, I'll write to him. They talk about
SIS per day in Alaska; the wages now
are 81 per hour and all man can work
here in winter is seven hours. The
rest of the time is darkness and in sum-
mer little work is done. [ am now
promised a job here thirty miles from
town. Just think of packing my grub,
stove and tools, tent and bedding thirty
miles over hard, stony il,-but my
time is short in Alaska. You please tell
Jim Chamberlin to stay where he is and
he will soon see all the Grand Rapids
boys home again. [ will give you a
price list of provisions SO you can figure
up what it costs man to live here one
year. A man must buy eatables enough
now to last until the boat comes again
next summer. The boat comes from
st. Michaels, a distance of 1000 miles,
against strong current. About next
April grub will cost like everything.
Ihe nrice list is as fnlloWs ner mound:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16
A Cure for Bilious Collie.

RESOURCE, Screven Co., Gal have
been subject to attacks of bilious collie
for several years. Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera ::and Diarrhea Remedy is the
only sure relief. 1t acts like a charm.
One dose of it gives relief when all
other remedies fall.-G. D. SHARP. For
sale by F. Steib & Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16

Canned milk, corn, peas, tomatoes,
peaches, cabbage, sardines, and all
kinds of canned goods are all one price,
so cents can.
l will close with kind regards to all.
DAN BARRY.
The above letter gives the true con-
dition of affairs at Dawson, for Mr..
Barry is man to be relied on in every
respect. The letter should certainly
check the desires of all to start on a trip
to the gold country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16
Cost of Gold.

Every dollar of gold in the world has
cost over 81, and of every $1,000 gold
mines in the world only two have paid
These are statistics which ought to stag
ger even person who is getting ready
to go to Alaska.-Evening Wisconsin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16
Hard Luck.

We were seated in q hammock,
On balmy night in June.
When the world was hushed in slumber,
Meath the guidance of the moon.
l had asked her one little question
And my heart was filled with hope
But her answer never reached me,
For her brother cut the rope
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16
CENTRALIA, WIS.

why take your watch to incompetent
watchmakers and have it spoiled when
you can have it fixed cheaper and bet
ter by taking it to A. 2. HIRZY, the
GERMAN JEWELER. All work done
with neatness and dispatch and fully
guaranteed. Give me call, Main ST.,
Grand Rapids, Wis. | also carry a
complete line of Watches, Clocks, Jew
elry, Musical instruments, Silverware
and Novelties, to be sold at prices lower
than the lowest. Remember that we
lead-others follow.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-03-18
Burglary.

Last night the grocery store of Albert
Dahlem was broken into and about $40
in goods taken. The theft gained an en-
trance by breaking awindow in the rear
OF the store. With a jimmy he pried
open the money drawer aid took what
small change was there, about one dol
lar. He then helped himself to box OF
cigars, a butt of tobacco, one dozen
mouth organs and about twenty dollars
worth of knives. He made thorough
examination of the safe but did not at
tempt to open it. The chances are that
no arrests will be made as no one is
suspected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-03-18

IS Quite 4, thlpJ z ID I ! E-T7TT
Buy the Kentucky drill.
Bring in your job work.
Buy the Hoosier seeder.
1t rained on Wednesday.
Sunday night was sharp one.
Look out for an equinoxtial storm.
st. Patricks day passed without
event.
Job work turned out on short notice.
Try us.
The finest line of shears in the north
west. How Bros. 81 Co
Read all about the new Encyclopedias
Britannica on this page.
See the Hoosier Spring Hoe seeder
before buying, at w. S. Dean & Co.'S.
We are fully equipped to turn out
job work on short notice. Call and
see.
| The train from Morris came through
on Wednesday evening-the first for
ten days.
| St. Patricks day was emphasized
this year by shaking the backbone out
of winter.
]. Fred Cooper has an abundance of
money to loan at low rates on farm
ing lands.
| Bring in your town meeting tickets,
the HERALD is prepared to turn them
out promptly.
can close loan on approved Sc
curity within forty-eight hours.
J. F. COOPER.
We have the McSherry seeders which
we will sell cheap. Call and examine
before buying, at W. S. Dean & Co.'S.
More people take Rocky Mountain
Tea than all other medicines combined.
Cures when all else fails. Ask your
druggist.
More talk of consolidating the Mer'
chants and Cannon American Nation.
al Banks of ST. cloud. 1t will be de-
termined on April 9th.
The Little Falls and Dakota road
has been bottled up for the past ter
days. The snow pillow sent out to oper
it up got stuck in the snow near Cyrus
and laid their several days.
I beg to inform the ladies that
have secured the service of very
competant trimmer and will be pre-
pared to show an unparalleled dis
play of trimmed hats, during the frs
week in April. Exact dates will be
announced later. Miss Noting.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-03-18
Second Ward Caucus Call.

The democratic voters of the Second
Ward of the city of Sank Centre, Min
nesota, will meet in the Assembly
room of the city Hall, at 100 o'clock,
P. NJ, on Tuesday %, 1897, for the pur-
pose of placing in nomination one can
didate for Alderman to be voted upon
at the coming city election to be held
in the city of Sank Centre, Minnesota
on Tuesday April 6, 1897.
B. w. How,
Chairman Second Ward Dem. CON-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-03-18
PERSONAL.

Dan Brucket is in town.
v. A Whipple went to the cities on
Friday.
VIM. Coons was in the city on We'd
nesday.
Mort Cashier was in town on We'd
nesday.
Chas. F. Hendryx went to ST. Paul
on Thursday.
Thos. Brown of Westport was in the
city on Monday.
Edd Reeder of Burtrum was in the
city on Tuesday.
Dan Bruckart of ST. Cloud, was in
town on Saturday.
Miss Blanche Kells is improving
slowly day by day.
Mrs. H. S. Stoel came up from ST.
Paul on Wednesday.
John Reichert of Long Prairie. was
in the city on Saturday.
Bert Barnard of Grand Forks is in
the city visiting relatives.
Rev. G. E. Smith accompanied his
wife as far as ST. Paul on Tuesday.
| Bishop Morrison at the Episcopal
church one week from next Sunday.
Mrs. P. B. Hanson went to ST. Cloud
on Friday to make a short visit with
relatives.
| Rev. E.. II. Nicholson and wife of
Long Prairie We're visiting friends in
| the city this week.
Mrs. P. B. Hanson visited her sister
Miss Anna Emerson at the Normal
school at St. Cloud, last week.
Mrs. Ormus Marshall, who has been
i'll for some time is convalescing. She
was able to be out on Monday.
Fred Spitz and wife arrived from
the West on Friday last, and were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury..
i Fred Rowe of Minneapolis, was in
the city during the past week, on bust
ness, and renewing old acquaintance.
J. c. jacob is at the Hot Springs
Ark. where he will remain about three
weeks, when he will return to Sank
Centre.
Felix Crossen, formerly day opera
tor at the Great Northern station in
this city, has been made station agent
at Milaca.
County Commissioner Ed Smith went
to Owatonna on Wednesday,. He took
with him four children by the name OF
Lamb from MelrOse, and placed them
in the Owatonna school.
Adiuster Ensign of the Aetna Insur-
ance Company was in town the other
day looking over the Keller ruins with
an eye to ascertaining the liability OF
the company on its policies of $3.50.
| Messrs Kells, Lewis and Woodbury.
of the School Board went to AleXan-
dria on Wednesday to attend con-
vention of trustees and directors of the
various Independent school boards OF
the state.
First Ward Caucus Call.
The Democratic voters of the first
ward of the City of Sank Centre, Min
nesota, will meet at the Assembly room
of the city hall, on Tuesday evening,
Marah 23rd, 1897, at 100 o'clock. for
the purpose of placing in nomination
two candidates for Alderman to be
elected at the coming city election to
held on April 6, 1857.
F. E. BARNUM,
chairman First Ward Dem. Com.