Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-07
ANOTHER MAN FULL
OF PRAISE FOR CITY
Editor Price, Of Hudson, Tells of His
Recent Visit Here.


j. B. Price, of the Hudson Star
Times, Who is well known in this
city, gave good writing-up of Grand
Rapids i'm the last issue of his paper.
Mr.. Price visited his sister-in-law
Mrs. Kate Price, a few days last week
and was greatly impressed with the
prosperity of the city The article.
illustrated with cut of the new
high school, had prominent place on
first page Of the Star-TimeS. 1t reads
as follows:
"The publisher of this paper had
occasion to go Grand Rapids, WI
county. Wisconsin, last week, for
first time in his pilgrimage One
the most cordial Of friends he nou
there on his arrival, was that prince
of good fellows, Geo. N. Wood, who
belongs to the Rapids by residence
but to Hudson by adoption.
Wood broke down his health, a few
years ago, struggling for the up
building of his pative place and came
to Dr. S. G. Johnson's popular sana-
forum here to regain it. The result
is, Wood formed dual attachment
aud now divides his time between the
two charming citieS-HudsOn and
Grand Rapids. Last week was his
inning at the "home end" and the
nj lpt in, IN,
sequence, for Wood was on hand with
a fine turn out and, in drive about
the city, gave him such an idea of
Grand Rapids, and it environments as
could be secured in no other way in
SO short space of time.
ITO say that we were delighted
with the city and its prospects is draw
it mild. Mr.. Wood has often told his
Hudson friends of the bright future
of his home town, and we are now
completely satisfied he was not draw
ing the long bow, for Grand Rapids is
indeed city with present and an
Immediate future of no small pro.
portions. 1t has taken unto itself a
a new lease of life and is flourishing
like Cedar of Lebanon.
Grand Rapids is the capital OF
Wood county; located almost in the
very heart center of the glorious state
of Wisconsin. Like Hudson it is one
of the early settled places and laid
dormant for long time, Micawber
like, waiting for something to turn
up. With the opening of the new
century, some two or three years ago
something did turn up. First, there
was matrimonial alliance consum-
mated between Mr.. G. Rapids and
Miss Centralia, just across the rolling
Wisconsin river, which filled both
parties to the contract with fresh
hope and we'll directed zeal. Life be-
came we'll worth living. Jack and
Jill. each carrying it's equitable share
of the load up the hill, are now solv-
ing the problem of mutual existence
in way which is telling for the up
building of both groom and bride.
Then, second, old litigations over the
water power iargess have ceased and
fruitful possibilities are being de-
veloped, which promise rich returns
for the near future.
1.-The combined cities have popu.
lation of about six thousand, or about
one fourth of the citizenship of Wood
county. The forest wealth of the
surrounding country, and the fine
Wisconsin river, which flows fretfully
through the very center of merged
city, have in years past given much
labor and wealth to the people
through sources. Finer manipulation
has now come in and per,industries,
interior finishing establishments
furniture plants, wagon factories and
kindred works are filling in to supple
ment the waning cruder productions.
AT present mammoth pulp plant,
and very large Touring plant are in
process of erection which call for very
important improvements upon the