davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

the attention of the wealthy lumbermen
and land owners has finally been attracted
TO this work, with the result that con-
certed action is now being taken to de-
Velop the natural resources of the country.
Among the actual farmers Of the valley
such men as Walter Alexander, Col. a. L.
hreutzer and G. I. Curtis Of Wausau, W.
H. Bradley of Tomahawk, Web. Brown of
Rhinelander, Dan J. Riordan of Eagle
River and many others equally prominent.
they are farmers for revenue. too.
Perhaps the most important mineral find
IN Wisconsin, and certainly the most in
portant IN the history of Portage county
Is the discovery of a plumbagO mine near
stevens Point. a few miles to the west
OF that city on the line of the Wisconsin
central railway there has lain idle and
undiscovered for years one of the most
valuable mineral products in America The
story OF its discovery is that of a maiden
lady who dug a cellar underneath her
mouse and unearthed the find. In her sim
piIclty and ignorance of its value, she sim
ply used 1t to blacken her stove with. and
as the news spread around the neigbbor-
hood' those of her neighbors who had
stoves would come and get a little of it
10 SHINE theirs with. For years the prod
immediate
nelghborhood, but finally it came to the
ears OF couple of young men who investi-
gated and sent samples to an analyst. who
reported that it was the finest granhite in
the world, being IS per cent, carbon when
the highest per cent. of any American
grapnlte heretofore discovered was "A per
cent. This analysis was so startling that
the men who had the matter in hand sent
some OF 1t to the gentlemen Persecaner
q GO. OF Berlin, Germany, with the request
TO make an analysis. Their ANALYSIS mt
tne percentage of carbon at "A per cent
ana was Immediately followed by a large
80 tor the piumbago, stating that it was
even finer and more valuable than The
n una GRAN product. Several shipments
nave 1olloWed since, and, while the mine
Is 1elng developed, at present the outlook
10 ma II VIII become one of the most i'm /
rev az weeks, The proprietors are maxim
obir an gel It to expand and put in ma
'Hinery that will increase the outnut NOR
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

FIFTY years ago the Wisconsin valley
was good place to go to hunt deer
and bear and get scalped by the In
dams.
Then came the sawmiIls and the river
RATS.
River logging was an enterprise and wa
ter transportation an industry.
Then a railroad or two forced ways
through the timber lands and more saw
mills followed.
The river prospered and the tonnage
grew each year.
Finally the big pines along the river
banks aud for few quarter sections back
were slaughtered.
That was new proposition.
Then some timber hooking sage suggest
ed hauling logs by rail.
A chorus of pooh! poohs went up against
the idea.
Men were called lunatics that thought
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

out loud in that direction. But the expert
ment was tried.
That experiment sounded the death knell
of river logging. 1t marked an epoch in
the history of numbering. The pride of the
lumber camps, the big loads of logs on
snow roads had become a part of the lum-
Der jacks existence.
winter without snow gave birth to an
other proposition. Snow roads gave way
to the ice roads Then the lumbermen
had a laugh coming. They shook hands
with Jack Frost and took him into part
nership, from that time down to to-day
they have been great friends.
Ice roads revolutionized logging and
were followed by railroads to logging
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

than tenfold. The quantity is said to be
practically inexhaustible. vein more than
fifty feet deep and extending over fifteen
acres of ground existing. Options have
been secured on all of the lands near by
and arrangements made for the erection
of a big industry.
In addition to this there are two other
shafts being sunk which show equally ds
profitable veins as that found at the main
shaft The same company are operating
big paint works, manufacturing graphite
paint which is practically fire proof and
are putting in machinery for the manufac-
ture of bright red oxide and dark red OK
ide. The best posted men estimate that
there are millions of dollars to be dug
from the ground of Portage county in
graphites and oxides.
Near Grand Rapids and for some dis
lance in the country is found very fine
quality of fire clay and large pockets of
kaolin suitable for pottery and delf. No
effort has ever been made to develop any
further than in the building of roads: Lo-
cal capitalists, however, are not only con-
sidering, but are at work with a view of
making an industry both for the manu-
facture of pottery and perhaps delf.
The Granite Industry of the Valley.
For several years there have been In
operation near WaUsau two small granite
1-NN-4ASSS CLIp1Os ing lAOA4I tC44 " 1Ol ~ pSO-
pie and but very little machinery One
Of these quarries has been in operation
for twelve or fifteen years and has made
but little impression upon the mountain of
red granite, in which it is operating. The
quarry proper shows a height at present
of about sixty feet and it has been dug for
perhaps one hundred and fifty feet in
length. The hill, or mountain from which
this is being taken is about $50 feet high
and or miles long. The farther they
go into the hill the more solid the front
presented by the priced building stone. 1t
is of cherry red and adorns many Of the
public buildings OF Wisconsin, the Citi-
zens' National Bank of Stevens Point has
a solid front of Marathon County granite,
the Marathon County bank at Wausau, the
court house front and the Soldiers Monu-
ment are all made from what is called
Wausau granite. For monumental work
it is perhaps the best in the world. Across
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

is the country that puts up the best front,
that shows natural resources, advantages
and home capital.
The Wisconsin Valley has been incubat-
ing an agricultural and industrial commu-
nifty for 50 or 40 years. For the last score
Of years agricultural pursuits and manu-
features have cut more of a figure, and in
the last decade they have come prominent
ly into notice, consequently, the Wisconsin
valley is expected to have a commercial
starding. To that end The Sentinel here
with prints the figures as shown by COM
putation Of money employed in it's bank
ing institutions from Eagle River to
Grand Rapids. They are as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

The Wisconsin Valley, Aug. Tn
this age of get there, no matter how.
but get there some how, it is necessary
for a country bidding for outside capital to
come in and help in its development, that
it must first show natural resources, then
the investor asks for its commercial
standing. A great bow WOW can be gotten
up over salted mine, a we'll MANFRED
garden patch may form the nucleus for
selling whole township of worthless land,
one strawberry patch may set a whole
community to raising strawberries, one sue
cessful manufacturing institution will
bring others in the same and different di-
rections. "You can fool all of the people
some of the time and some of the people
all of the time, but you can't fool all the
people all of the time" so the country
that will get to the front the most rapidly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

Millionaires galore were made.
Men of influence men with a compe-
tency placing them beyond want, were as
thick in the cities, as hops on bean
pole.
With the passing of the pine, which has
been prophesied for more than thirty
years, but which event is an event of the
distant future to-day, comes even more
startling propositions.
Giant forests of hardwood comparatively
untouched, are now marketable at double
the price at which pine went to make mil
lionaires.
Mineral products underfoot are even
more tempting than the towering trees that
are now worth fabulous prices as compared
with the early history of pine.
Granite, quartzite, plumbago, kaoline and
fire clays are found and the work of devel-
opment began.
But of the farmer.
The man with the hoe.
The man behind the pillow.
The man who with axe and stump puller
made paradise of hundreds of thousands
OF acres of stumpage.
All credit to the men who began the
"oIh vi ueNelopneuL Will tne sd"uili' al
credit to the railroads, all credit to the
manufacturer, the merchant and the
schoolmaster, all honor to the men who
first began to pillow among and around
stumps in the creation of a farming coun-
try.
The Man Behind the PIow.
The SETTLER!
To him is due the credit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

camps Fifty years ago is history, to-day
hardly a method of the primitive days is
in use. Four-ffths Of the hauling OF logs
to the sawmill is now done by rail. Cars
are loaded higher than a cats back ready
for action, a log chain or two used for
binders and away they go to the mill.
They're off, as they say in racing par
lance, and the fellows who log by river
are among the "also rams"
Developed the Country.
The mills became so thick that hamlets
grew beyond the logging camp stage. Then
began the development. little by little
farms sprang into existence, the soil was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

the river within a mile and half is found
another chain of mountains several miles
in length, from which is taken a lighter
shade of red granite and the indications
are that it is inexhaustible. From the
west side quarry shafts 80 feet long and
6 feet in diameter could easily be made
In fact, it is mountain of solid granite
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

feet high and from Il mile to miles
wide. These are solid quartzite 1857 per
cent. pure quartz as shown by the anaIy-
sis. At present these are being developed
by two crushing works and one sand pa
per mandatory, which will soon be in OPP
Grafton. Quartzite is used for fltering
purposes, for the manufacture Of sand pa
per- for enameling, and is very valuable
in the manufacture Of plate glass. Nego-
tiations to the end Of establishing a plate
glass factory in the valley are pending at
the present time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

and the blocks or shafts or pillars must
be sawed from solid granite deposits. 1t
is utilized for monumental purposes large
ly, and is in high favor as building stone
in it's rough form. Near the city of Wau
sau is the chain of mountains known as
Rib Mountain. Big and Little Rib form
chain nearly Il miles long from 200 to 600
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
ST4S. SO6.92
" ausa u.

National German American bank. SS59, 261, OS
First National bank. ....... , 500 0T4 n
Marathon County bank. ........... 500 906 "a
Cross amount employed .......... So. 202. 242.1s
OF this amount there is S1.525. O4S9S.
loaned out and $1S0S, 569.2S on deposit.
This is distributed in the three banks as
follows:
ON DEPOSIT.
National German American bank. SOL, 742 40
First National NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $50. so
MdraInon county Observation-Disclosures. 424, I12.2I
The directories and stockholders in
cludes such men as Alexander Stewart,
Walter Alexander, D. L. PIumer H. NJ.
Thompson, F. w. Kickbusch, B. Heine-
mann, d. J. Murray, John D. Ross, H. G.
Flieth, c. S. Gilbert. C. J. Winton
Charles Harger, E c. Zimmerman, John
Ringle, A. Kickbusch, Charles F. Dunbar,
Robert Parcher, A. H. Crout, G. S. Curtis
and many others.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
Quartzite in Portage County.

Recent discoveries point to a valuable
deposit of crystalized quartz in Portage
county, extending over 120 acres and the
depth matter Of investigation, although
it is known to be fully 100 feet over the
entire acreage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
Merrill.

The two banks at Merrill show q gross
amount of money employed in banking of
1914, S1621, of which
National Bank of Merrill has. seas, 124 90
1OIai. .....--.. .......-...-.. SSl4,Sl0 IL
The directorates number such men as A.
H. STANCE, George A. Foster, H. NJ.
Wright, Sig. Heinemann, A. H. Reid, l..
n. Arson and the stockholders are chosen
from many financially solid men of the
prosperous city at the southern end of
Lincoln county.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
TOnlahawk.

Here is anomaly. w. H. and ]. w. Brad
ley with the aid of R. d. Eppley, cashier,
manage to do the banking business for the
city of Tomahawk satisfactorily and sue
cessfully without a dollar of specified cap
ital. Their correspondents are the First
National bank of Milwaukee, the State
bank of Chicago, Chemical National bank
of New York National German-American
bank of st. Paul and their last statement
shows that there is $36S, 1898 on deposit.
The undivided profits of the concern are
$623.78. Mr.. Bradley is at present en-
gagged in putting up a handsome brick
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

Of the amount shown in the above tab
ulated statement there is s4,878,213.85, on
deposit in the various banks in the valley
distributed as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
Money on Deposit.
s4,OSO,159.O0
Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids, the prosperous manufac-
turing city, the gate way to the Wiscon-
sin Valley, opens the financial ball with a
total amount of car ital employed in bank
ing Of s1,021, LA divided as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
Eagle River.
More Than Six Million Dollars.

These figures will undoubtedly prove a
great surprise to the people Of the outside
world, many of whom still imagine that
the Wisconsin valley is composed of a
lumber camp in the winter and a fishing
resort in the summer, but when it Ia
shown that in the banking business alone
there is more than Sc, 900, 900 employed and
total Of more than 81, 900 on de-
post, some idea can be gotten Of the
greatness of this stretch Of country. There
is scarcely a town where there is not one
or more millionaires and 1t Is safe to
state that SIS, 900 are shown to be
in control of less than forty men between
Nekoosa and Eagle river. Every one OF
these men are still actively employed in
business and with but very few exceptions,
the men with millions are prominent in
the development Of the country. The
wealthfest man in the valley, If not in
the state is w. H. Bradley of Tomahawk.
Mr.. Bradley controls one Of the biggest
mill interests in the state of Wisconsin,
owns three railroads, is a director in the
500 and is building another. He also is
interested in mercantile pursuits Of ev-
cry description in agricultural develop
ment Of the country and stock raising.
Other men that can't write their fortunes
in six figures are also engaged in farming.
1t is thus shown that the Wisconsin VAL
ley is solid financially and produces men
that stick by the land that has made them
affiuent and still have every confidence
in the future of the country to the end Of
investing their money at home. Now,
gentle reader, on pleasure or on business
bent, you have, through this publication,
received most comprehensive yet in
complete idea of the Wisconsin Valley. In
your leisure moments take a week off and
come to the country where prosperity is
ever abroad in the land. Where bank
failures and commercial failures are as
scarce as hens teeth. Come to the ccun-
try where energy and honorable inten-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
WEALTH OF THE
WISCONSIN VAL LEY
LARS EMPLOYED IN BANK
ING.
FOUR MILLION. EIGHTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS DEPOSITED IN ITS
BANKS.

A Commercial Showing That Will
Surprise the Average Badger Who
Believes the Wisconsin Valley On
ly Lumber Camp and Summer
Resort
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
stevens Point.

There is employed in banking at Stevens
Point S95S, 916.1S, about equally distributed
between the two national banks, as fol-
lows:
First National bank. ............... 474 Ola SO
They have cash on deposit as follows:
LIZ S!IL.epS naIonaI .'.''........... $3.50, 224.91
tlrst National bank................. 39S, $50. OF
Making total .s74s. SOC, %
Among the directors are such men "a
Andrew Week, G. E. McDin, w. D. Con-
nor, John Longbothon Charles Haymach-
er, John Murat. There are many others Of
solid financial standing, but one of the
curiosities is the fact that the president OF
one of the banks only holds 81 900 in
stock. Both banks, however, are doing
a prosperous business, the Citizens Ma
tional bank, under the guidance of G.. E.
McDill, and the First National bank, with
a. r. Week as president and J. w. Dunno
gan as cashier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

block, the corner OF which will be used
for the Bradley bank but at present the
business is done in a little one-story
building made of wood. The exterior ap-
pearance would not warrant the giving OF
81, 900 for the building and lot. It's present
location is in the middle of the street, but
it is supplied with the latest of burglar
proof appliances. Ask any resident OF
Tomahawk what the capital Of the Brad
ley bank is and he will tell you that it has
not got any. What are it's resources and
the answer will be all the way from one
to twenty-five million dollars.
RhineIander.
In Rhinelander there is gross amount
of money employed in the banking bust
ness of $770, $50 80. OF this the loans and
discounts are s438, 21616.
The First National bank deposits. -. S243, 80
The Merchants State bank deposits. 294 034 S3
Total $537 IS
This shows more than half a million of
dollars of reserve capital in the banks
alone.
Among the directors and stockholders of
the two institutions are such men as
Webb Brown, Ed Brown, A. H. Robins.
Charles Chaffee, c. S. Coon, John Barnes.
Harris Alban, G. W. Fenelon, Paul Brown,
M. H. Raymond and many others equally
solid in the financial world. Right here
it is proper to note one condition that
exists in Rhinelander that seldom exists
in provincial cites. The two banks are
just a block apart and midway between
are the safety deposit vaults Of Paul
Brown, who has one of the handsomest
real estate Offices in the state. Of course
there is no means of finding out how
much money he has deposited but 1t Is
safe to estimate that it would add another
hundred thousand dollars to Rhinelander's
financial standing If enumerated.
Eagle River.
The little town of less than 1000 inhab
itants, Eagle River, engages but one bank
and that private one, Mckenzie & Morey
are the proprietors. 1t is under the su-
pervision of Arthur Mckenzie and has a
capital of $500; has loaned out $10,-
59410, has deposited the amount of $40,-
203.91 and surplus of $4,000 more to
draw upon. Although the capital Of the
bank is small it has the best of confidence
of the entire community and does pros
porous business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16

The Man Behind the PIow.
The SETTLER!
To him is due the credit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-08-16
Gross Finances of the Valley.


Total. Observation-Disclosures. s6,195, 1908
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-26
How New York Firm VIII Take
the Public In.

ROCHESTER, y. Y. March 25.-A num-
Der of people here have received letters
from Wilcox & Co, "turfmen, New York,
and it is understood some of the letters
have borne fruit. The promoters say in
their letter that the only people who make
money out of the races are the bookmakers-
They propose TO operate a series OF books
at the Eastern racetracks during the COM
ing season. The books will be backed by a
syndicate that the public is invited to join.
The letter says:
.'YLu are probably familiar with the
enormous profits made annually by book
makers who multiply their capital many
times in a year. Through us the public
is offered the privilege of investing any
sum from S25 TO $500. These sums will be
duly recorded on receipt and enter into the
capital employed by the syndicate for its
business of the week, beginning on Monday
following the receipt of the investment.
At the close of each week during the racing
season the profits on the capital employed,
pro rata to the members of the syndicate.
At the close of the last business day of
each month during the operation Of the
plan all profits due each member will be
distributed
ANY member can withdraw his share of
the capital at the close of any month, pro-
viding two weeks notice is given of such
intended withdrawal. All money for in
vestment must be paid in by April 10 to
participate in the opening week
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-26
CLINTON INSTITUTE BURNED.
The Fire Starts From Fumigation of
the Buildings.

FORT PLAIN, y. Y. March 25.-Clinton
Liberal Institute, a college preparatory
school. was destroyed by fire this morning.
The fire, which commenced shortly after 4
o'clock, was caused by a fumgating and
disinfecting procedure, usual ct this time.
The building was comparatively vacant,
the students and most Of the faculty hav-
ing left for their homes yesterday to spend
the regular Easter vacation.
Clinton Liberal Institute was owned by
The Uniyersalists of the State OF New
York, and was conducted under their su-
pervIsion. The principal is DR.. William
Carey Joslyn.
The building was a five-story structure,
100 feet wide and i26 feet deep. The grad
aates include such important personages
as Grover Cleveland, Mrs. Roswell P.
Flower and Gage E. Tarbell, Second Vice
President of the Equitable Life Insurance
Company.
The faculty and students numbered Il
and $50, respectively The loss is esti-
mated at between $50, 900 and 100000.