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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
AGAINST THE
DUNN BALLOT

Editor McLachlin of the Stevens
Point Journal, whose judgement is
generally well received in these cases.
says of the proposed ''pocket ballot -
which will be considered at the com
ing spring election:
At the coming spring election the
people will vote on the following prop
Osition:
Shall chapter 522 of the laws of 1905,
entitled IAN act to provide for the
use of the pocket ballot and coupon
voting system and to amend section
forty-tiye of the statutes of 1898" be
adopted?
The question has reference to the
adoption or rejection of a ballot in
vented and patented by Moncena
Dunn Of Marshfield. If the majority
vote is in favor of adopting, the secre-
tary of state will be authorized to
enter into a contract with Mr.. Dunn
for the purchase of bis letters patent
and the exclusive right to use the
ballot in this state. Tue price TO be
paid by the state for the letters patent,
in the event of the ballot being adopted
is not stated in the law. However, it
is hoped the ballot will not be adopted,
as it is very complicated one, more
so than any that has heretofore been
suggested in this state at least.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
FARMERS PROSPEROUS
In WOOD COUNTY

James HileS while in Milwaukee the
past week was interviewed by a Mil
waukee Sentinel reporter as follows:
A farmers lot is prosperous and
presumably happy one. according to
James HileS, DeXterville, Wood
county. Mr.. HileS is a lumberman.
and he notes that the land in his
country is denuded of timber, only to
give forth crops when assiduouSly
cultivated.
About eighteen years ago." said
Mr.. HileS in chat at the Kirby house
yesterday, ''some forty Polanders with
their families bought farmlandS in
Wood county, for which they paid not
cent more than S. an acre. Today
you couldn't buy hose farms for S75
an acre. They range in area from
eighty to 100 acres, and are highly
profitable.
During the drought that afflicted
this section Of the states some years
ago, when farms in the southern pOr-
ton of Wisconsin yielded barely half
ton Of hay to the acre, but the
farmers of Wood county Teaped fully
three tons an acre,
1.-The dairy products also are plenti-
full, the farmers easily realizing from
50 to per month per cow on the milk
Weld. And although the timber has
been cut down, the lumbermen left
tons of small wood OF which the
farmers have made profitable use, as
much cord wood is shipped out of the
county,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
PENSION DECISIONS
BY the Assistant Secretary OF the
Department of the Interior.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MOTHER
Tine remarriage of a dependent
| mother subsequent to the passage of
the act of June q. 1890, and prior to
| tie filing of her claim. under section
4707, as amended by said act, does not
affect her pensionable status. if she is
shown to be dependent within the
meaning of the law.
EVIDENCE-RECORD.- record made
at the time Of the soldiers discharge,
by the surgeon who recommended his
discharge, showing that the disability
was incurred about the time he alleges
and "whilst in the performance of his
duty is accepted as sufficient evil
dence of incurrence in line of duty,
there being nothing in the case, after
a special examination, tending to dis
credit such record, and no other evil
dence being obtainable.
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE T e
claimant and soldier having been mar
ried IN 1865, divorced in 1897, and re-
married in 1904, week before the sol
dier's death, it is held that she has no
title to pension under terms of section
3, act Of June q, 1890, as the marriage
TO the soldier, on which her status as
his widow rests, occurred after the
passage of said act.
RESTORATION-ACT MARCH 3, 1901
A widow penSioner on account Of a
second soldiers husband may file and
prosecute claim under the act of
March 3, 1901, for restoration to pen
sion on account of prior soldier huS-
band, and may be restored under such
claim on surrender of her present GER
titicate, payments under which may be
| continued to date of issuance of certt-
cate of restoration and deducted from
payments Hereunder.
| SERvICE-WAR WITH MEXICO.-This
soldier enlisted in the Regular Army
of the United States on April %. 1S48,
less than sixty days prior to the ter
minati0n of the war with Mexico on
May 30, 1913. Consequently his ser
| vice during said war did not fulfill the
requirements of the act of January %,
1887, and he is not entitled to pension
| Hereunder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
RETAIL LUMBER
DEALERS MEET

The Wisconsin Retail Lumber
Dealers met in annual convention at
Milwaukee last Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, The association is
composed of about four hundred re-
tail lumber dealers Of this state.
The sessions were of interest and
value to the members, the most i'm
portant item being the passage of
resolutions asking congress to remove
the duty now existing on Canadian
lumber.
w. f. Kellogg, G. f. kellogg and
W. I'll. Reeves from this city were in
attendance. w. f. Kellogg, formerly
president of the association, is at
present one of the directors.
A banquet was provided the dele
gates in attendance at the Pfister
hotel Wednesday evening where three
hundred and fifty plates were laid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
A PRETTY GOOD
DAYS WORK

''La Toilette is forceful, resource
full man who needs watching Said,Sen-
atOr Aldricn at the close birthdays de-
bate on the bill relating to the five
civilized Indian tribes; and there was
truth in the remark. The senator
from Wisconsin has broken through
the time-honOred custom, which
dOOmS nOvitiateS to period of impO-
tent silence. He has jumped into the
senatorial forum armed cap-a-pie and
and is making his individuality felt.
He did not succeed in writing into the
bill prohibition of the ownership Of
coal mines by railroad companies or
their stockholders, but he die prevent
the adoption of an amendment to the
bill which would have sanctioned con-
tinuance Of the policy Of selling coal
lands in the Indian territory to trans
portation companies. A pretty good
days work for yice!-Philadelp
Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

If the masses living in the smaller
cities and towns would use flour from
the local mills, pickles and preserves
from the home canning establishments
and meats cured by the local butchers,
and follow out to the greatest extent
the principles of home patronage, and
buy all the needed food supplies from
responsible dealers in the home town,
there would be little need of pure food
shows, to demonstrate the good quail
ties of the various products of we'll
known concerns. The local miller
now and then may grind up corn-cobs
with bis bran and feed. but he hardly
ever resorts to baraties to give weight
to his products, neither does the pre-
server Of meats and vegetables in the
small town resort to the scientific
method of utilizing boracic or salicylic
acid in his work of curing the articles
he prepares for sale.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
CHICAGO G NORTH
WESTERN RAILWAY

Since the advent of the Chicago s
Northwestern railway into this city
they have constantly grown in public
favor. We often hear compliments
for its many local officials who are
painStaking and courteous in the dis
charge of their various duties. 1t
makes no difference whether your
business calls you to the passenger
station. freight depot, round house,
or yards. The same cordial greetings
meet you.
Recently the depot has received
fresh paint and varnish on the in
side and it now looks like new again.
The passenger Accommodations both
north and south are fine and the people
of this city avail themselves of them.
The fact that you can leave this city
at a. m. 20 Milwaukee where YOU
have from 1880 a, III. to 5 p. m. for
the transaction of business and re-
turn home the same evening leaving
Milwaukee at 5 p. N. aud reach here
at 1910. This service cannot be i'm
proved out of Grand Rapids.
They also have a rapid through
freight train from Chicago which is
greatly appreciated by the business
men ia this city. All merchandise
leaving Chicago at p. IN. or Milwau-
,kee at s p. m. arrives here the next
day at IL a. m. This service is just
as good as express service and at much
lower rates. AS a result of this prompt
and efficient service this company is
doing a constantly increasing business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
GIFT FROM PLOVER

Some time ago Mrs. G. W. Brooks,
whose skill as maker of tatting is
we'll known to a large number of ladies
in this city, sent a beautiful hdndker-
chief of her own designing to Miss
Alice Roosevelt as a wedding gift, to-
gether with her congratulations, best
wishes, etc. A few days ago she re-
ceived the following reply;
White House, Washington. Feb. 16,
1906 Dear Madam: Miss Roosevelt
has received your letter and the re-
membrance, for which she desires me
to express her appreciation. With
her many thanks for your good wishes,
believe me, very truly yours, T. L.
Hayner, secretary. -Stevens Point
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
MARSH LAND RECLAIMED

Lara Ward of Babcock, while in Mil
waukee the past week was interviewed
by Sentinel Reporter in which he
said:
''ln the last three years we have
sold over 10000 acres of reclaimed
lands in Wood county to farmers from
the drainage district in Illinois, men
Who know what they are getting. hav-
ing purchased similar lands about
twenty years ago for from s12 to $40
per acre, and which are now worth
from 5000 to 1925, said Larry Ward of
Grand Rapids, who is a guest at the
Schlitz hotel. About three years
ago we began the work of draining
these swamp lands. The Remington
district,sthe Ker5 creek district north
Of this and containing 5000 acres is
now nearly done, and the Cranberry
creek district, containing 10000, is
now being improved. There are about
50, 900 acres of land that have been and
are being reclaimed for agricultural
purposes in our county alone and a sim.
liar work is now being begun iD Ju-
neau, Jackson, and Portage counties.
1t cost Sl.75 an acre to drain the Rem
IngtOn district. The land had abso-
iutely no value at that time. and is
now easily worth SIS per acre. When
the work was first undertaken there
was considerable opposi lion to it on
the part of few who owned small
tracts on which they occasionally cut
some wild hay, as they thought that
The cost of draining would be more
than the land would be worth.
''The Remington district was
drained by digging canal about TWEEN
ty feet wide and seven feet deep down
It's whole length, with lateral canals
twelve to sixteen feet wide, lbranching
off every half mile. There is no better
soil in The state than that which has
been reclaimed. 1t is covered over
With from eighteen inches to seven
feet OF black muck and has a good clay
and sand SubSOil. | cultivated one
tract last season merely as an expert
merit and raised corn and oats on it,
the latter running sixty bushels to the
acre. Illinois farmers who are buying
this land, and who have had years OF
experience in cultiyating similar soil,
insist that it should be titled and this
year we will till few hundred acres
to determine whether it is necessary,
and to ascertain if better crops can be
grown. The lands being reclaimed
will support at least 1000 families,
who will add to the wealth of our
country and more tl,an offset the ex.
penSe incurred.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

Normal School regent G. D. McFar-
land issued statement this week in
which he assigns the reasons for the
action of the board in requesting the
resignation of President Pray. The
falling off in the attendance is assigned
by Mr.. Mcfarland, who states:
THAT the great loss in attendance
here is not due to any universal condi-
tiOn is shown by the fact that during
the same period while the attendance
at Stevens Point has decreased from
400 to 3l3, the attendance at River
Falls, town of 1000 people, has in
creased from 256 to 3O4, and that of
the Superior school from 2S7 to 322.
These figures being matters Of public
record, it is fair to presume that the
board kneWOf them. Only because
they are part Of the pnblic records of
the state do [ call attention to them
here"
at the semi-annual meeting of the
tiOn was taken looking TO that end.
Mr.. Pray was not notified at the time
because he was on the way to attend
the funeral of his mother. The board
could not regard it as either kind OF
courteous TO notify him under such
conditions, and accordingly arrange
mentS were made to notify him later.
He received such notice Saturday
morning, Feb. "a, stating that a
change, to take place In June, was
deemed desirable The afternoon of
Feb. % he called at my residence,
when he asked in confidence the rea-
sons which led to the action of the
board, and in the same confidence |
gave him general statement of the
same"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Claims OF Creditors.
First publication Mar. s. expires Apr. 81

FIRST publication Mar. 5, expires Apr. VI
WOOD COUNTY CoURT-In Probate
In the matter of the viii of John Waters de-
ceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of said
John Waters deceased, having been granted
ana issued to Katherine Waters on the 9th dav
of March, 1906, it is now at This regular term Of
this court,
ORDERED, That all creditors of said John
Waters deceased, do present their claims for eN-
animation and allowance to this court on OF be-
tore the 18th day of September, 1906, which time
is hereby allowed and limited for that purpose
ORDERED FURTHER, That the claims aud de-
mAnds of all persons against said deceased he
presented TO. received, examined and adjusted
by this court at special term thereof TO be
heId AT the probate office in the city of Grand
Rapids, in said county, on the fourth Tuesday
being the 18th day of september, 1906, and the
FIRST Tuesday being the 2nd day of October, 1906
AND IT Is FURTHER ORDERED, That notice of
the time and place at which said claims and de
mands will be received. examined and adjusted
as aforesaid, and of the time limited for creditors
to present their claims. be given by publishing
a copy OF this order and notice for four sue
cessive weeks in the WooD COUNTY REPoRTERR n
weekly newspaper published at the city of
Grand Rapids, in said county, the first publica-
ton to be within ten days from the date of the
order.
Dated March g. 1905.
By the Court,
w. ]. CONWAY,
County Judge
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
ORDINANCE NO 1og

The Common Council of the City of Grand
Rapids, Wisconsin do ordsin follows;
Section l. No person shall engage in or fol-
low the business or occupation of hawker or
peddler within the City OF Grand Rapids with
out having first obtained in addition 10 the
State license, local license for that purpose as
provided by this ordinance
Section .. Every person desiring 10 engage in
or follow the business or occupation OF a hawzer
or peddler within the City of Grand Rapids. be :
tore he shall be entitled to local license
authoriZlng him 10 carry on the business of a
laWker or peddler within the city of Grand
Rapids, shall present to the CITY Clerk his state
license, and shall file his petition therefore with
the City Clerk in which he shall SET forth the
length OF time he purposes to- engage in such
business, ana the means by which he purposes
TO carry ON the same. within said City and shall
at the same time tle with the City Clerk the
receipt OF the City Treasurer showing the pay
ment of local license fee for the fun time for
which he makes application. as follows:
where he shall use in such business or oc-
cupatlon wagon or other vehicle drawn by
TWO or more horses or other beasts of burden or
an automobile or other vehicle propelled by
any mechanical power, the sum of $1,000 per
day for each day for which he desires license;
where he shall use in such business or oc-
cupatlon wagon or other vehicle drawn by
500 per day;
Where he shall use i'll such business or oc-
cupatlOn, push or hand cart or other vehicle
not drawn by horses or other beasts of burden,
or where he shall conduct such business on
loot by means of packs, baskets, or other means
lof carrying the merchandise on foot, the sum of
$500 per day.
Section s. Where such applicant has com
pied with the require nents of section . of this
ordinance. the City Clerk shall issue to him a
license according to the terms of said applca-
ton which license shall be signed By said clerk
and eountersigned by the mayor, and every
such license shall authorize the person receiv-
ing the same to carry on the business of hawker
or peddler within the city of Grand Rapids for
tue length of time and by the means set forth in
SAID petition and license;
Section 4. Any person who shall engage in
the business or occupation of haWker or peddler
within the city of Grand Rapids without having
first obtained the local license above provided
for, shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall lie punished by line
OF not less than $1,000 nor more than $500 and
the cost of prosecution or by imprisonment in
the county Jail not less than 10 DAYS nor more
than 20 days or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
Section s. All ordinances or parts of ordinan-
ces heretofore existing cOntravening in any :way
the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after the date of pas
sage and publication.
Approved March 6, 1906,
/. NJ, NASH,
Mayor.
Attest: C. L. BoLEs, Clerk
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

Charles Muller, who has been at
work in Michigan fer most of the win
ter on a tall Gimme like the one at
the Consolidated mill here, came home
Monday. to visit his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Musch, Of Rudolph. MIR.
Muller commenced work as chimney
builder under James Regain, who sa-
perinteuded the construction of the
Consolidated company's stack. He
says that the snow was so deep in
Michigan, and the weather so incle-
ment, they were unable to complete
the chimney there, but would leave it
till spring, when it would be COM
pleted. Meanwhile, he will go to Iowa
with Mr.. Regain, help build a tall
chimney there, and will then come
back and finish the Michigan stack,
which is 325 feet high, more than
twice as high as the one here. He said
there were ten feet of snow in Michi-
gan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
POST OFFICE HOURS

The following hours have been fixed
by the Post Office Department for the
Grand Rapids post office:
Office hours for every week day
from. I a. m. to p. m.
SUNDAYS
Lobby open from 10:45 a. m. to 1:30
p. m. and from 7 p. m. to s p. N.
Windows open from 1890 to 1:30
p. i'll.
Mail from the south closes at p. m.
same as on week days.
LEGAL HOLIDAYS
from to 7 D. m.
A. L. FoNTAINE, P. M.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

Many of the big daily papers and
the mail-Order journals and farm
mOnthlies are sending out the petit
tiOns for parcels post to be presented
to congress. 1t is a noticeable thing
that few send out truthful statements
of the operations of the parcels post
systems in other countries, and all
overlook the differences in geographic
cal conditions. Compared to the
English parcels post. and the German
percels post. the distances Matchmaker
is carried in these countries and the dis
tance in the United States, the present
third-class rate is lower than the
foreign parcels post rates.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Claims OF Creditors.

(First publication March Sth, expires March 29).
WooD CoUETY CoURT-In probate.
In the Matter Ofthe Estate OF Johann Muller
Deceased.
Letters testaInentary on the estate of said
Johann Muller, deceased, having been granted
and issued to Carl Muller on the 9Th day of
March, 1906 it is now at this regular term Of
this court,
ORDERED that all creditors of said Johann
Muller deceased, do present their claims for ex-
animation and allowance to this Court on or be-
fore the 18th day Of September 1906, which time
is hereby allowed and limited for that purpose
ORDERED FURTHER, that the claims and de-
mands of all persons against said deceased be
presented to, received, examined and adjusted
by this court at the regular term thereof TO be
held at the probate office in the city of Grand
Rapids, i'll said county, on the first Tuesday be-
ing the 2nd day of october, 1906.
AND 1T IS FURTHER ORDERED. That notice of
the time and place at which said claims and de-
mands viii be received, examined and adjusted
aforesaid, and of the time lin tied for ciedi-
tors TO present their claims be given by pub
fishing copy Of this order and notice for four
successive weeks in the WOOD COUNTY REPoRTER
weekly newspaper published at the city OF
Grand Rapids, in said county, the first publica-
ton to be within ten days from The date of the
order.
Dated March 9Th, 1906.
BY the Court,
W. j. CONWAY
W1pperman d Hambrecht Comfy Iudpe
Attorneys for Executor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
A Chicago Alderman Owes His Election to
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.

q can heartily and conscientiously
recommend Chambellain'S Cough
Remedy for affections of the throat
and lungs" says Hon. John Shenick,
220 So. Peoria ST., Chicago. "Two
years ago during a political campaign,
| caught cold after being overheated,
which irritated my throat and | was
finally compelled to stop, as l could
not speak aloud. In my extremity
friend advised me to use Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. [ took two
doses that afternoon and could not be-
lieve my senses when found the next
morning the inflammation had largely
subsidized. l took several doses that
day, kept right on talking through the
campaign, and | thank this medicine
that | won my seat in the Council. :"
This remedy is for sale by John E.
DAILY, Druggist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
GRAND RAPIDS MARKETS

Here are some of the ruling prices
in Grand Rapids this week. They are
the latest reports We have received
Dealers are selling the following arti-
cles at the following prices:
Flour-bbl., $500, $500
E'eed-ton, S21.00.
Middlings ton, $3.50
Bran-ton, $3.50
Bolted Corn Meal-bbl., $3.50.
Corn, shelled, per ton $500
La1d-124c.
Ham-whole, 14c
Mess Pork-bbl. 1913.
Dealers are paying the following
prices for the following articles:
Potatoes 30c
Rye-50c
OatS-25c.
Hay-marsh, $500; timothy, 800
Beans-Sl.00
PeaS-90c
Beehive. &c to &c., dressed, &c. &c
POrk-live. sc, dressed &c
VeaI-live, addressed &c. &c
Chicken-live, Sc, &c; dressed, 125c.
Turkey-liye, 15c: dressed 1Sc
These prices were obtained March Is