Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-10-30
WHAT IS GOING
ON In COUNTY
Items of Interest in the VILLAGES
and Towns in This
Vicinity.
BETHEL RAPIDLY IN
CREASTNG POPULATION
Telephone Line Passed Vesper
and Will Soon Reach
Grand Rapids.

DGUuel, oCU. A3.-DoUtol Is 1dTulluE
community situated about twelve
miles southeast of MarShfield an0
three miles west of Arpin. 1t lies
about the Bethel Industrial academy
as the center. This school. as the
name indicates, furnishes an education
in the industrial lines of agriculture
horticulture, carpentry, sewing dress
making, cooking, ETC., in addition tC
thorough work in the common
branches usually taught in an
academy.
The hum of the threshing machine
has been heard of late in our neighbor.
hood.
Mr.. Kelley, of Baraboo, arrived here
Tuesday and IS visiting friends in this
vicinity.
Miss Lucy StetSOn, who has been at
Madison for some time, has returned
home to Bethel for few months.
Mrs. Clapp, of Minnesota, is visiting
her friend, Mrs. Putnam, of this COM
munity.
S. Brigham and family are moving
into their pleasant new house, two
miles west of the academy. Pioneer
days in Bethel are drawing to a close.
DR.. Bulge, of MarshfeId, assisted
by three trained nurses, has recently
performed two critical operations in
this neighborhood; one for appendi-
citiS on Mr.. Anderson and another
on the leg of little Clara Ohmstead,
removing large piece of diseased
bone. Both patients improved
rapidly from the beginning.
Mrs. Holmes has recently returned
from a trip to Missouri where the
family expects soon to go. Mr.. Holmes
has sold his place and will soon move
his family south. The best wishes of
their Bethel friends will follow them
to their new home.
Miss Clara Waterbury, Mrs. Hansen
and Mr.. and Mrs. Cutler went to
Marshfield on business Thursday.
]. G. McChesney has been confined
to the house for the past ten days by
a sore leg caused by a fall about two
weeks ago. 1t has now been lanced
however and it is hoped that he will
soon be able to walk.
S. H. Allen, lately from Montana,
has moved to Bethel in order to secure
school advantages for his family. He
is building house on the Arpin road.
The fore part of the week Mr..
Phillips, Mr.. Abbey, and others made
quite an improvement on the road
running south from the academy by
doing some ditching, putting in
several cuIverts, and filling some of
the mud holes Such work is much
appreciated by the people of Bethel.
Several new houses are now in pro
cess of erection and will be ready fol
occupancy before the coming of the
cold weather.
Mr.. McCrilis has bought an acre OF
land opposite Elder VIM. Covert.
place and is building a house on it
He hopes to have it in readiness ir
about two weeks.
About l20 students are now in at
| tendance at the academy. Many
more will come when cold weathe
sets in.
The carpentry class under tn,
direction of their instructor, A. W
Hallock, is building large addition
! to the cottage north of the academy
formerly occupied by the principal
The house, when completed, will b,
used as a home for the gentlemen
students of the school. January frs
is the time at which it is hoped thi
building will be done. Work done D.,
learners is necessarily slow ibut no
necessarily of poor quality as TIL,
previous work of the carpe ntry claS
| bear witness.
| Mr.. StetSon's new house south of tht
academy is progressing we'll. Thanks
to the instruction received in The
carpentry class at the academy hi
son, Leslie Stetson, is able to Civ,
much valuable assistance in The
erection of this house.
Telephone Line at Vesper.
Vesper, Oct 29.-The telephone lin,
from Ashland has passed through ou
village and will soon reach Crane
Rapids. The company has a crew
fof twenty-three men at work
putting in poles and stringing tn,
wire.
John Sanders and Ellsworth Murga
| troyd were successful hunters in thi.
vicinity the first of the week.
Mrs. A. c. Cline, of Sherry. has beer
visiting friends here the past week.
| John Heiser has returned from
Franksville, where he transacted
| business.
The dance Thursday night was not