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The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26

have been the bears and moose, and his
daily readings have been from the skin !
of the trout and the ripple of the lakes
lost in the great North woods of New
England.
Always he has been reader of the
best books and magazines, but he has
read them in the heart of the forest, In
log camps and sitting in the ends of
birchen canoes.
And always he has been writer of
verse and prose. From a boy he has
made it habit to sit 6own and write
his impressions and his longings, his
experiences and his adventures And
being a lover of the wild, free life of
the forests, his essays naturally smell
strong of the trees, the brooks and the
pine strewn carpets of the woodland.
The very simplicity of his stories at
tracted the quick eye of the Shaker
poetess when he showed her some of his
rough manuscripts. Some of his ear
lier stories of hunting adventures were
written on birch bark.
They Were Rough Diamonds.
She urged him to offer these rough
diamonds to a publisher, and num-
Der of Boston people who were staying
at Bemis added their influence to that
of the Shaker sister. Senator Frye,
whose camps are near those of Capt.
Barker, also advised him to have his
many fascinating manuscripts preserv-
ed in book form. At last he consented.
He took them to Lee & Shepard, where
w. F. Gregory fell quite in love with
their woodsy flavor and did his best in
the publishing of them. When the
neatly bound book first pressed it's
gilded edges into the hand of Capt.
Barker he could not be made to be-
lieve that it was his book, his very
own. And not till he turned to the
middle of the book and read over some
of the stories of wood adventures did
it finally dawn upon him that the beau
tiful thing was really his.
The chief charm Of this man is his
love of nature He talks in simple,
Fascinating manner of everything. He
tells in prose the stories of New Eng
Ian forest life that Holman F. Day
tells in rhyme.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, of Boston, is
one of his friends, she having passed
many summers at Rangeley. Mrs. E.
c. Swift and her daughter passed
many happy days padding about the
Rangeley waters with Capt. Barker for
a guide. Mrs. ]. Montgomery Sears
and her friends never run up to the
lakes but they must have Capt. Barker
with his bronzed face and his wood
mans lore and knowledge to guide
them about the golden waters of this
inland sea of New England.
Capt. Barker tells in the opening
chapters of his book the fascinating
story of a New England boys life. the
life that the boys still lead in the free
country.
"All this tended to kindle the fires
that were in me for hunting and woods
life, which my people, a few years later,
as it developed, tried so hard to dis
courage, by pointing out the men in
the neighborhood who had followed
this life" he says. "They told me that
would be like them and bring up on
the poor farm in the end. The first
money that I remember making my
self / received for the skin of black
woodchuck which I myself trapped and
skinned. 1t vas a large skin and COW
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26

views Of one of the most expert GRIM
fnalogistS in the country.
Forger Is Hopeless.
THE most hopeless criminal" he
said. lis undoubtedly the forger. While
l do not agree entirely with Lombroso
that crime is in every case a form of
insanity, mental disease, still the ma
Jor1ty of criminals are mentally unbal-
aneed and the criminal who seems
never to completely regain this ball
ance is the forger. In all my years
or prison experience I have never
known one to reform for good fol-
lowed one mans career for ten years
after he left prison. At the end of that
ten years he was forging checks fight
and left and he went back to prison.
1t is always the same. Good influence
may keep the forger in the straight
and narrow path for a time but inva-
r1aDly he is sure to wander into crook
ed ways.
The one for whom there is most
nope is the man who murders another
In sudden passion. If that man is
given chance he seldom becomes a
criminal.
saltwater has gone as far as 1 think
1t can go, safely, in the matter of al
leviating the convict's condition while
In prison OF course, the work of all
prisons must broaden and in the fu-
ture there will be more uniformity in
the prisons of the country, which will
be an admirable thing both for the
country and the criminal. The thing
which will make, to my mind. a model
prison system in this state will be the
adoption of the indeterminate SEN
tence. The abOlishment of the lock
step, the three grades as represented
IN the stripes, the checks and the plain
suits and the parole system all tend
to destroy that hopeless view of his
condition which stands in the way of
the criminals reformation. The in
determinate sentence must be the cli-
max of these reformatory introduce
tionS.
Bertilon System FauItIess.
The Bertillon system is not kept up
as 1t should be in the different prisons
OF the country, and because of this it
is not now effective. 1t is only used in
twenty of the state prisons of the
country, and in many of these prisons
there Is no expert to take care of the
work. Recently we have succeeded in
having central bureau established in
Albany, n. Y, to which is sent a du-
plicate of the description Of each con-
vict in the different prisons as taken
by the Bertillon system. But there is
not an expert in charge Of this bureau
so that its value is not yet very great.
l consider the system almost faultless
If it were well maintained, but as 1t
is, It is very incomplete.
L do not think that insanity neces-
sarily results from prison life if the
prison is sanitary and If the convicts
are kept busy. prisoner who is sound
bodily is apt to be mentally sound. All
prisoners who enter Saltwater increase
In weight after they have been In a
short time and their physical condition
invariably improves rapidly l have
not read the Autobiography of a
Thief, but 1 understnd it describes
only Eastern prisons. 1 consider these
very faulty
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26

a hurry I hardly ever let the oppor-
tunity pass for little swim when
crossing the rapids. 1t was but the
work Of half minute to slip off my
short drilling pants and shirt wasn't
bothered with shoes and stockings
and although there was a chance to
jump from rock to rock, and not wet
my feet, I generally preferred the pool,
where the water was nearer to my
neck. After my swim 1 would Carry my
clothes to the other side and dress
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26

the first time Cleveland was elected. He
was buried from the homestead. so it's
memory Is dear not only to his widow
put TO the state. But other historic
buildings are to give way before the
traction company's advance, as the
governors residence" owned by the
state for many years, was located in
the same block. The great war gov
ernor, Morton, and others who occupy
a conspicuous place in the history of
Indiana, lived as neighbors to the Hen
bricks homestead, but the site of the
governors residence" is also soon to
become an interurban car yard.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-26
GASOLINE DRIPPINGS
HURT ASPHALT STREETS
San Francisco VIII LesIsIate Against
Leaky Automobiles.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 25.-The special
committee on streets OF the board OF pub
lie improvements decided to make an in
vestigation of automobiles using gasoline
as motive power and oil delivery wag-
OnS.
1t has been found that the gasoline
which drips from the tanks is very de-
structive to asphalt pavements Gasoline
Is used as one of the tests for asphalt, as
IL quickly disintegrates in the fluid.
The special committee will frame an orr
dinance making it a misdemeanor to oper-
ate gasoline automobiles having such de-
feet in the running gsas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08
Is AGAINST HIRED
COACH FOR HIGH SCHOOL
c. W. Jenkins. Teacher in Tomah High
School. Gives Opinion on Subject

school. GlveS Opinlon on Subject
With the close OF the present foot
ball season comes sigh OF relief to
some, sigh OF regret to many-a
sigh Of regret from the small school,
and when say small school, include
a majority of the schools of the state.
In brief, the regret is due to the
fact that with good material for a
football team, that team has not
made creditabie showing on the
gridiron-and why? Because good
material alone never made a football
team, and never will. Perhaps, in
addition to the good material. d
teacher of the high school or grades
did what he could in the line of
coaching that team, but not being a
professional coach, he could not hope
to cope successfully with the coach
with tyears of college football ex-
perience, who in few weeks, whips
team into such condition that 1T is
easily able to defeat all its smaller
adversaries. What is wrong with
this? Simply stated; the small high
school is not backed py as much
money as the large one; the small
school can not afford to hire a high
salaried coach, who does nothing but
work few hours a day with the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08

won by, coach-gets most of the
credit" Hence say that profess
ional coaching is spelling or has
spoiled the amateur status of high
school football
A regular employed teacher in the
high school or grades should have the
team in charge, should do, what he
can for them and outside of this not
one cent should be spent in coaching.
Ii outside aid be given at all, let it be
given for the equipment of the team
rather than for training.
believe that the board of control
should take up this subject at its
next meeting and make a stringent
ruling against it. The rules Of the
board for the past season have gone
a long way toward making high school
athletics what they should be, but
each year brings up new questions for
settlement, and sincerely hope and
believe that the board will take
decided stand against this type of pro-
fessionalism in our high schools.
Never before has the football situation
been cleared up so easily as it has
this season, and all due to the action
Of the board. May they not make
still more satisfactory disposition
next year by abolishing the system of
professional coaching in vogue in
many of the larger high schools of the
state?
G. W. JENErNs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08

football team; neither can the
citizens of the average small town
afford the luxury. but here syOu have
a large town or city-Severai thou
sand populatlon-citizens patriotic
and lots of them, too, ready to help
send team to victory it money will
do it. Subscriptions of S700, $500,
$1,000 and even $500 are raised, a
professional coach hired and a
championship team is assured. The
city has the advantage Of the town,
merely in point of numbers OF men
who are willing to pay the price for a
victorious football team. The real
aim of high school football is lost
sight of-the aim to develope the a.-
tivlties of the body, to make a good
housing for the mind, and in it's place
is set up the false aim of Twin at any
costs
Today the question among the
larger schools is, ''who has the best
coach?" .sWhat salary does he get?"
while the smaller schools, with
persiStency, fight an uphill battle,
generally losing. Under the present
system of allowing professional
coaches for high schools. the. coaches
get as much honor out of it as the
teams, sometimes more. Everything
now is to win the honor-an honor
comparatively empty, when on every
side you hear, "Coach-carrieS his
team to victory" Championship
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08
FINE SHOWING
OF OUR BANKS
Total Deposit Of Almost Two
Million Dollars in Banks
Of Wood County.
EXCEEDS BY $779,923.46
PORTAGE COUNTY BANKS
Grand Rapids Banks Have S239..
H6.63 More Than Stevens
Point.

The reports of the five banks of
Wood county show a deposit of
81, 500 2533l-within s746.6Y Of two
million dollars.
Portage county, which Is considered
to be one OF the wealthy counties Of
central Wisconsin, shows for the same
period bank deposit of only Sl,2l9,-
329.85 or s779,923 46 less than the
showing of the Wood county banks.
A comparison of the citiesOf Stevens
Point and Grand Rapids may be OF
interest. The three banks OF Stevens
Point have deposit of 81, ,O42. 460.57 as
against $l,282, 1877 20 for the three
banks of Grand Rapids. The differ
ence is thus S239, 63 in favor Of the
local banks. In this connection 1t
should be remembered that Stevens
Point claims a population of 5000
more than Grand Rapids.
The deposit in the banks of Marsh
field is given as $7l7, ,ll6.ll or $780,
021.09 less than the depusit of the
Grand Rapids banks
The amounts deposited with each OF
the banks Of Wood county are as
follows:
Wood County National
bank ...... .... $3.50. 1904, TAG So
First National bank. ...... 32O, ,4O6 Al
Bank Of Grand Rapids. =. 356, 1881 Ia
American National bank,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08

The majority Of the hunters OF
Grand Rapids and vicinity were very
successful on their deer expeditions to
the northern part of the state during
the season that has just passed. The
REPORTER publishes today cut
showing some OF the deeds accom-
plished by nine of the enthusiastic
local nimrods. The party consisted
OF L. VI. Nash, w. Fl. Carey, E. B.
Rossier, Frank Boles, Judge w. J.
Conway, Louis Schawl, J. II. Hop
good, G.. w. Mason and Will Nash.
They sojourned ten days hear Har-
shaw and ba9ged fourteen deer. l..
M. Nash will present his friends and
customers with 1904 calendars
illustrated with the above hunting
scene.
The express companies shipped in
eighty-three deer for Grand Rapids
hunters. It is safe to estimate that
one hundred Of the $500 deer killed in
this state should be credited to this
city.
County Clerk Renne has issued
1865 hunting licenses this year, a
gain of go over last year. Barron,
Brown, Dane, Douglas, Milwaukee,
Sauk and Winnebago are the only
counties that exceed Wood county
in the number Of hunting licenses
issued.
The game wardens this year are
particularly gratified with the cordi-
ality that exists between themselves,
the settlers and the resident hunters.
The officers are no longer acknowl-
edged enemies of the hunters and the
settlers, but are looked upon as the
protectors Of the game and the assist
ants Of the lawabiding hunters and
residents. During the deer season
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08

other upland birds until the first of
September, 1904. Duck, snipes and
geese may be hunted through the
month of September.
Some Deer Stories.
Some good hunting stories are told
by the Grand Rapids nimrods. One
says that he jumped a fine buck and
two does during an afternoon, and
although his bullets made several
holes in the atmosphere, he did not
succeed in getting any Yenison. He
declared that his ride did not scatter
enough to hunt deer with. A we'll
known hunter saw deer with two
sets of antlers, all branching beauti-
fully, and when the animal turned to
run, he saw that it had two tails. He
says that if he had been equipped
with rifle that would have fired two
bullets at once he would have tried
a shot at the animal.
Another declared on his honor that
he stood on run way waiting for a
deer. and, when itcame in sight, ip-
stead of turning and running as he
had expected, it lowered it's head and
to his surprise it's antlers Topped for
ward in the most natural manner, as
though it was taking off it's hat to
him. However, he killed it, although
he says he hated to do it.
A lumberjack and a green hunter
came in sight of big buck lying un-
der some brush. The lumberjack
fired first and the buck did not move.
The greenhorn tried, and the buck
sprang few feet and dropped dead.
There was bullet hole right through
the eye where the latter had shot the
deer, causing its death. It was also
found that one Of the front feet was
broken, and that there was a wound
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08
WOOD COUNTY
TAX $81, ,OO8.19
County Clerk Renne Has Made
the Apportionment for
1908.
GRAND RAPIDSIS
CHARGED $l4,743.76
Or $245.79 More Than Last Year
.-Marshfield Has Decrease
of 81, ,087.78.

The total amount of state and
county taxes and special charges as
appOrtioned by County Clerk Renne
this year is SSl, ,OOS 10. as against
S8l, 1928 23 last year. The apportion-
ment this year is thus S8l5.O O4 less than
for 1902
OF the appointment this year the
city of Grand Rapids will be charged
with Sl4, 743.76 which is $245.79 more
than last year Marshticld's ap-
portionment 1908 is Sl4, ,99O.57 or de-
crease Of Sl,O877S over l9O2's
appOrtionment.
The city of Grand Rapids was
equalized by the county board at
S2,2O3, ,371 and Marshfeld at 82,625, ,923.
Grand Rapids share Of the taxes ap-
portioned includes the following
items: State tax. $2,2O2 Ia; county
tax, S., 7!3 81; soldiers relief, S5l.94:
county schools, $500 Os: state loans
to towns, 1921: illegal taxes, s5O.40:
care for poor, 1854 Sc.
The totals for the county are:
State tax, $l2,7l8.6S; county tax,
S33, 900: superintendent salary, 81 300:
soldiers relief, $500; county schools,
$25, ,085.68; state loans, So. .9OS25; state
loans to school districts, sl,54O. 90;
bridge tax, $500: illegal taxes, S2S7. .O4;
care for poor, S267.56.
The rate per cent of the tax is;
State, .OOO99943; county, .OO25931;
soldiers relief, .0OOO2357; bridge,
.O0o4O094; county superintendent,
.0O0l6462.
The following tables show a COM
parison of the appOrtionment Of
state and county taxes for each
district for the years 1908 and 1902:
1908 Apporti0nment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08

the deputies have followed instruc-
tiOns not to pursue peaceable hunters
or seek for opportunity to make
seizures Of game on technicalities,
when the hunters or shippers were
intending to follow the law and the
irregularity or violation of the law
was unintentional. In several cases
the hunters have through mistake be-
come separated from the deer they
have shipped and although the law
requires the shipment of the deer to
be accompanied in all cases by the
hunter or owner of the carcaS and 4
seizure according to the letter of the
law would be warranted in these
cases, the deputies have been of SER
vice to the hunters in assisting in the
search for the lost or misShipped
game. An example of this was the
experience of hunter who shipped
deer, properly tagged. and all he re-
ceived was part of one of the horns,
to which had been attached the
license shipping tag and the address,.
He notified the warden and inquiries
were made and the deer was found
and forwa rded to its owner.
Another Development that has
gratified the warden's department is
the way in which the settlers send
valuable "tips" notifying the depart
meDt OF parties Of hunters who are
violating the law. Two years ago the
settlers looked upon the wardenS as
enemies and would lock upon a man
who notified the officers of violations
as a spy. Now the correspondence Of
the Office is fat with Information
which causes deputies to be sent after
the tranSg resSorS.
With the opening of this month
closed the hunting Of upland fowl.
This protects prairie chickens, and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08

appointed in their mission: about
Two weeks ago party of thirty West
Duluth citizens went to California to
take claims in the vicinity of Eureka
Their claims had been all arranged
for in advance and they had paid
locaterS' fees When they got to
Eureka they sent out a timber eSti-
matOr to report upon the amount of
timber their claims contained Let
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08

ters received from them today report
that but one claim is worth taking.
Two of the claims. as the letter says,
sshad not enough timber on them to
make doghouse." The amount OF
timber un the claims was to equal
4, ,OO0, 900 feet each. All OF the MEM
berS of the party are out from $500 to
$500, besides the time they lost on
their trip
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08
HAD NOT ENOUGH TIMBER
TO MAKE A DOG HOUSE

The following well sustains c. G..
Packard's position that the majority
OF those who 60 west with the idea OF
getting rich claims viii b dis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08

Beautifully Trimmed Hats will cost
you but little here, no need to g0I
without a new hat. II you fancy onel
trimmed with pIumes, wings or velvet
you will find one here. This is rareI
assured of getting very stylish up-tO-
date hat.
A beautiful line of ladies' trimmed
hats in black and colOrs equal inI
style and quality to those U1 90
sold $3.50 and $500, sale 3l.0Ol
ladies' hats value $3.50 and no.
S1.75, sale price OOCl
LADIES' Hats value SO. so and 90 no.
$4OO, sale price ....... VEsOOI
If you are in need of hat trimming,
Plumes, wings, velvets and buckles
you will profit by buying OF us dnringl
this sale. we are Offering them al
remarkable low prices.
urS, urS
Anything in Furs you want, now isl
the time to get them.
LADIES' scarfs value s1.5O, now. J0CI
Ladies' scarfs value 81 so at 90 0Ol
this sale. v6sOOI
Ladies' long scarfs value $3.50 y En-
at this sale. OsOVl
For ecru or cream ladies' fleeced lined
ribbed underwear, 35c value %.
at this SALE. ....... -. LOU
Mems Heavy fleece lined underwear
SOC quality, at this sale o.
only OOVI
Mems Fleece lined underwear 90
AUG, sale price,. 49,. .... GOVI
Corset
A regular 4oc corset at this sale Z5cl
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-04-25
Mystery IL Exposed.

New Castle. Wyo.-rhs mystery sur.
rounding the disappearance several
weeks ago Of J. W Church and his
wife, formerly Of Omaha, Nsb.. but
more recently engaged in ranchinE
near here. has been cleared up by the
confession Of slim" Clifton. who has
been under arrest on suspicion OF hav.
ing murdered the couple. Clifton al.
mits having killed them and has told
the authorities where the bodies were
buried by him. When confronted with
evidence recently unsarthed by Lew
Jenney OF Gillette. Clifton broke down
and confessed his crime. Clifton Ia a
rancher and lived near the Churches.
The bodies Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w
Church. the ranchman and his wife
whose murderer. w. C. Clifton. now In
jail at Newcastle. has confessed, wer.
found two and one half miles from
their ranch buried three feet deep
The searching party had been directe,
to the spot by Clifton In his COMES
sion. Threats Of lynching Clifton ar,
made