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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
A PICTURE SERMON.
Cartoon Which Shows the Root OF
the Boy-Randft Evil.


the Boy-Randft Evil.
The cities and towns of the country
are having an epidemic Of crime or
greater or lesser degree, In which the
offenders are mere boys who have
started on the wrong path so early In
life that for them the outlook is any
thing but encouraging. A strong ser
mon on the cause OF this youthful rice
was preached the other day by Nc
Cutcheon, the cartoonist Of the Chicago
Tribune. His picture showed a father
and mother sitting by the fireside, the
father reading and the mother sew
ing. where's Willie tonight" asks
the father. Il don't know" replied
the mother, do you want him% No, y
says the father, Il just wondered
where he was"
That is the picture, but what a
story it tells. That boy is on danger
Gus ground when he is away from home
evenings and his parents do not know
where he is or what he is doing The
worst may be imagined when parents
boys that they permit them to have the
run of the town without knowing their
environments and associations. The
temptations of the cities are so varied
and alluring that men and women OF
experience fall. 1t Is not to be won.
dered, therefore, that youth becomes
an easy victim.
The situation is so grave that the
question should be handled plainly
Who is at fault? Primarily the mar.
ents. When fathers and mothers are
unconcerned as to where their bows
are after night, they are giving an
impetus to the wave of crime 1.-Two
nile courts are a unit in demanding
such changes in the laws as will Der
nit them to punish careless parents
rather than their erring children. and
common sense proves the need of suct
| modification.
Parents who bring children into the
world are bound by every law OF ma.
ture to protect and guide them through
the formative period, and they should
be compelled to 90 so by statute or sui
fer a severe penalty. The parent
knows the pitfalls of the city ant
| town, and it should be his duty as
well as pleasure to guide the feet OF
his children unit. they arrive at the
years of understanding. If this were
done, the road TO ruin would have
fewer travellers, and more boys would
elect to become worthy citizens.
No boy starts out with the aim an(
ambition to become bad man. All his
aspirations are to be a useful citizen
and if he is properly protected during
his teens, the chances are he will lanC
all right. And to whom should society
and the state lock for his proper care
during these critical years, if not to thu
parents? They cannot shirk the re
sponsibility.
What is true Of the boy, Is in We
greater degree true of the girl. If tn
home is not made a haven for thu
youth, then, indeed, are society ant
| the nation in danger.
Where are your boy and your cir
tonight Toledo Blade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

'. tribes
do not Also try not to be at the wrong
time have known earnest women to drive their hus-
bands drink and give their dstase for prayer
meeting that remained permanent through lifetime.
Above ALL dear woman in seeking to put away child
ish things, be you do not put away the wrong
things Do discard the light laughter and fun
and the afectatons. the seshness, and the fool
ish little ambitions and emulations.
The things that make miracles, but
everything that God makes is miracle Strange then
that we should fret for the puny workmanship and
device for and forget the singing waters and talk
ing trees around US
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

EeERS 3. sfnE

any sweeping and general destruction OF the woods
Trees set along the fence may by shade reduce
production of little grass grain but such trees will
do much break the force of the and eneorate
the climate
AS the result of national legislation than g.
100000 Of tmbered land set apart for
est reserves These vast reservations have been so
selected to preserve the supply for purposes
of irrigation in the West Only government lives long
enough to plant trees extensively The brevity of hui
man life deters the individual from project yielding
such slow returns.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

CIothing Catches Fire from Stove
Member of WelI-hnGNn Family.


Emil Fugine, aged 81 years, an Ar
cadia merchant, was burned to death in
the sight of a number of customers, his
clothing catching fire from a stove near
which he stood. Fugine rushed into Il
neighboring barn, which caught fire from
his burning clothes and was partly de
sroyed. He was a member of the we'll
known Fugine family of Fountain City.
relative of District Attorney Fugine
of Buffalo county, and'of others who are
merchants and steamboat owners at
Fountain City. He had large acquaint-
ance in Trempealeau. La Crosse and Buff
falo counties. \ later dispatch says that
no inquest was held over the body of Flu
CINE, The belief is now held that Flu
CINE was insane and committed suicide
by pouring kerosene over himself and set
ting it aiire
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
FIND LUl1BERMAN's BODY.

Torn Clothing Causes Suspicion that
Edward j. Morgan Was Slain.
\ body identified as that of Edward j..
Morgan, the Oshkosh lumberman who dis
appeared in Manitowoc Jan. >, was taken
from Lake Michigan. The fact that the
clothing on the body was torn and dis
arranged aroused the suspicion that Nor
gan was slain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
PREFER BEER TO $500 AID.
ManitOwOc Fair VIII Refuse State
MOney-WiI Allow Fakirs

The County Fair Association directors
at ManitowOc will refuse the annual $500
State aid and return to the admission of
fakirs and the sale of beer on the
grounds. The last Legislature condition
ed State aid to county fairs on prohibit
ing fakirs and liquor from the grounds,
but the Manitowoc fair had a deficit of
$1,000 as a result last year and the asso-
citation will probably return to the old
policy. Charles f. Fechter, who has
been named as secretary, was for years
treasurer, and G. Muth, the new super
intendent, was president for six years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
MYTH OF ANCIENT RUINS.
Scientist Skaters Romance Spread
by "Kfng SOlomon's Mines.v

Scientist Skaters Romance Spread
by "kfng Solomon's Mines
The glamour OF mythical romance,
which has so long surrounded the fam
Gus ruins of Zimbabwo, Rhodesia, were
recently dispelled In a lecture by DR..
McIver, before the research de-
partment of the Royal Geographi-
cal Society in London. 1t has al
ways been supposed that the ruins
dated back to one OF the earliest civili-
cations, and were probably Of Semitic
origin. Rider Haggard's romance of
king Solomon's mines" spread their
fame far and wide. DR. McIver, how
ever who was commissioned by the
British association to examine the
ruins. now reports thar there are no
grounds for the belief that they were
Of any great antiquity.
Excavations have 2-eved that the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Wisconsin
State News
OSHKOSH LUMBERMEN SOLVENT.
Williamson & Libbey Co. Promise
to Pay Every Dollar They Owe

The Williamson & Li5bey Lumber
Company in Oshkosh has issued a state
ment declaring its solvency: The Will
Hanson & Libbey Lumber Company is alb
solutely sound and in no financial danger.
Its assets exceed its liabilities by $780,
OO0. On account of a large amount of
maturing obligations, and because of the
large stocks not Immediately reducible to
cash, have called an advisory committee
to devise means for financing the COM
panys affairs until these assets can be
converted to advantage. Every dollar of
the Indebtedness of the Williamson &
Libbey Lumber Company will be paid in
full"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

Things were in this state between the
two young men when, one morning in
June the Martial dropped anchor at
Gravesend to await the tide. The news
of her tardy arrival had been telegraphed
from the coast, and the Channel pilot had
thought fit to communicate to a friend in
the journalistic interest a somewhat sem
sational account of the wonderful voyage.
1t thus happened that before the an
Choir was we'll home in its native mud a
stout gentleman came alongside in a
wherry and climbed on deck with some
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Typhoid Scare Falls Flat.

Health Commissioner DR.. ]. A. Rene
of Superior says that the typhoid fever
reports are greatly exaggerated. Accord
ing to his figures there are less than fifty
suffering from the disease in Superior
and some of these, he says, come from
the outside for treatment at the local hos
pitfalls.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

tors the desires Of the workers, Is one
Of the foremost labor leaders of the
day. He did not organize the United
Mine Workers, but he made the or
labor field He first gained promi-
nonce in the strike of 1897. when he
succeeded IN bringing about the sys-
TEN of joint conference which is now
in vogue between the miners and oper-
ators in the Eastern States. There are
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
nIoxx safe i'm star Prairie.

The safe of the general store of Fe-
lipaa & Anderson at Star Prairie was
blown open and robbed and the posse
still is pursuing the burglars, who were
seen 10 run away. Several thousand dol
lars and valuable papers were taken from
the strong box. The whole store was
wrecked.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

On the allegations that his wife is
insane and indications are that she will
never recover, Gottlieb Hohnloser of La
Crosse has petitioned the court for a di-
vorce. so that he may remarry and Sc
cure a housekeeper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
CHAPTER L

At o'clock that night the Martial
found rest at last, moored safely along
side the quay in the East India dock.
There was a little crowd of idlers upon
the pier and on the gates of the tidal
basin, for the fame of the ship had
spread. But more eyes were directed to-
ward the man who had done this deed
of prowess, for the human interest is,
after all, paramount in things in which
we busy our minds. For one who look
ed at the ship there were ten of those
mariners. dock laborers and pilots who
sought Tyars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Charged with Robbing Blind Wife.

Charged with marrying Il blind widow
and then disappearing with 500 of her
money, George Morrison of Marshfield,
who was supposed to have committed sui
eide by jumping from the car ferry into
the lake near Manitowoc several years
ago. has been arrested at Marshfeld as
a wife deserter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
DRILLS SAVE BIG SCHOOL.
Six Hundred and Fifty Pupils ut
Madison March Out at Alarm.

Madison March Out at Alarm.
Fire in the Madison high school caused
loss of $500. The building was emp
tied within a minute and a half and the
go pupils filed out in perfect order. The
blaze started from an overheated Chin
ney. The children did not realize until
they were out of doors that the building
was on fire. There have been several fire
drills of late The building is nearly
thirty-tiye years old and has been con-
demned repeatedly by citizens committees.
The students on the top floor have but
a single staircase, narrow and ladder
like
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Am nuIaiinn Is EnfnI.

Mrs L. D. Blanchard of La Crosse, a
former resident of Milwaukee, is dead
as a result of the anputation of one leg,
necessary to check gans ne. Mrs. Blanch-
ard was the mother of Mrs. l.. w. Ir-
vine of Riverside, Cal, national lecturer
of the w. G.. T. u.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Catch Burglar in Pavvnshop.

George Reynolds aged 26, who is want
ed at Waukesha for robbery, was arrest
ed in La Crosse while attempting to sell
a gold watch marked with the name,
Grace e. Jameson" in a local pawn
shop. He had much jewelry, silverware,
watches and weapons. The Waukesha pO-
lice has identified the goods.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Big Lake Freighter Launched.

The new Hawgood freighter, Abraham
Stearn, took her maiden dip at Superior,
in the presence of a large crowd. Miss
Josephine Ross of Duluth was sponsor.
The Steam is a steel vessel of 6,657.94
gross tonnage, j35 feet long, % feet
haau dpnth 81 feet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

Jocko-I shouldn't have played that
ace.
Jumbo-Of course not You ought
to have known l could trumpet-New
York lie egram.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
PIover Safe Is Cracked.

The general merchandise store of L. s.
Walker Company at Plover was entered
by burglars, the safe blown open and
about 5000 in cash stolen. No trace has
been found of the robbers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
WOMAN WANTS TOO MUCH.
By ,JuIfef Y. Strauss

There are many compensations
TO being a woman, If one only
knows how to find them. The
great trouble with women is that
they are always asking too much
of life. Man wants but little here
below, and he gets it Woman
wants too much; she doesn't get
it, and is constantly fretti1g over it.
If you start out to be an earn
est woman, be sure that you are
earnest about the right things, and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Grand Grove Trustees Acted Illegally

The court at Milwaukee has decided
that the trustees of the grand grove of
the Wiscc lsin Order of the Druids acted
illegally il dissolving the organization
and providing for distribution of the
funds, and has ordered all those who par
ticipated in the division to return the
money to the receiver.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Marrow Escape Under Train.

In Marinette a drunken woodsman.
name unknown. fell under the wheels of
a Wisconsin and Michigan train. He was
pulled out by the conductor and brake
man after the wheels ran over the top
of his hat, taking it off and just scraping
I, = Goo1
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Road to Elevate Tracks.

As the result of the popular clamor over
the fatal crossing, where many people
have been run down and killed, the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul has agreed
to elevate its tracks in Milwaukee, The
expense will run into the millions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
His RPaSOn.

"Bowly calls his wife's dog Sim
pie Life
Gracious, Why?''
Because she leads t"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Severely Practical.

DO you believe in this reform bust
ness?" asked Soured Sam.
when there is no other graft to be
worked" replied Practical Pete
Baltimore American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

Mrs. de Peyster, excuse me, but is
it true that your son married a girl
you didn't like?"
Noon the contrary, we did like
her She was the best girl we ever
had i'll the house. "-Cleveland Leader.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

1t has been decided by the chaper-
ons that the right place for the nap
kin is across the lap. But how about
the men who are SO fat they have no
lap? Shouldn't there be a special dis
nensation for them?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Clear.

He-You think you see through me,
do you?
She-Certainly; 1 have something of
a sense of humor and you're such a
joke-Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
The Right Note

you can't let that minor chord stay
in that march"
why not?"
Because this is military music and
must all be in major key."-Balti-
more American
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

to do" he said. Il 1--we in western Iowa, and In
business there. 1 am in competition with who have
never had the least of scrupulousness. dscov-
cred a good while ago that the who by all odds
my closest and most dangerous competitor was
getting rebate upon all goods shipped to him
certain railroad. That rebate sufficient to give him
advantage that the closest business econ
omy my side without rebate could not minimize.
What did l do? / knew that l could
bate in court, and felt that fight 1t would &C
complish nothing. So 1 getting the same rebate
myself not because want to violate law but because
compelled to do so IN order to make a living"
When L boy I taught that the word "hon-
est adjective that not possible of
parison. Nowadays only the commercial world but
the Of every day good English allow the phrases
more honest and most honest" Undoubtedly they
have their missions in the commercial world. In fact
the expression He's pretty honest sort of fellow"
has come into the vernacuar all along the business
line and the fellow himself would likely think
to take exception TO the compliment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
BREAK GRAND RAPIDS JAIL.

and Novel Feat.
John Mcpherson and Frank Murphy,
a negro, broke Jail in Grand Rapids and
escaped. With hardwood bed slat and
iron slugs made from a hook, they pried
open the large steel door and cut a hole
through four layers of bricks. They then
let themselves down thirty feet with bed
sheets and blankets
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
JOHN MITCHELL.

Acknowledged Leader of the United
Mine Workers of America.
John Mitchell, the acknowledged
leader Of the United Mine Workers Of
America, who presented to the opera
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Broke Down

you told me this automobile was a
snap" said the new purchaser.
And didn't you find it to be one?"
asked the dealer.
Il should say so. Something snapped
every five miles"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
u he More. blessed

That young groom" said the min
lister after the ceremony, gave me a
$50 fee. What blessingr'
Yes said his wife, with her hand
out. lit is more blessed to give than
to receive. "-Philadelp Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Throws Self Before Train.

A man supposed to be c. Bostrom com
mitted suicide south of Elroy by throw
ing himself on the track in front Of
passenger train. He had labor bureau
Slip from Chicago in his pocket, but no
money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
500 Pilot Badly Hurt.

w. H. Lee, a 500 pilot on the Belden-
vile Lumber Company's logging train,
was injured at Camp Five while making
a coupling. His head was caught be-
tween projecting logs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Raise salary to Get Candidates.

Because, it is said, Kenosha poIiti-
clans have refused to accept the Office of
assessor at the salary of $500, the City
Council ordered an ordinance increasing
the salary to $500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Rad RIazc at Barabnn.

Fire burned William Gusts restaurant,
Howe & Schley's shoe store and W. H.
Ensleman's barber shop in Baraboo. The
loss is heavy. The insurance is about
$4,000. The cause of the fire is not
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
La Crosse Priests Go to Rome.

Rt. Rev. James Schwebach, bishop of
the La Crosse diocese, will leave soon for
Rome, accompanied by several priests of
his diocese.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
TOOK WRONG MEDICINE.

La Crosse Man Nearly Dies from
Dose of Strychnine.
Mistaking strychnine for quinine, Law
renee J. Steer of La Crosse had a narrow
escape from death. Sleer purchased both
drugs at the same time, placing one in
each vest pocket. After remarking that
it would be a joke if He took the wrong
medicine he absent-L indedly swallowed a
dose of the poison. He will recover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Paradoxical.

Jimjones-Has Gimlets completed
his airship yet?
Samsmith-No. He's still up in the
air
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
BURNED STOCK IS STOLEN.

BarNbOO Shoe STORE Is RObbed OF
Many Boxes of Footwear.
The remaining stock of the Howe &
Schey shoe store, which was destroyed
by fire in Baraboo, and which had been
stored in another building was stolen by
burglars. A window was broken and
many boxes of footwear which had not
been touched by the flames were carried
awaV
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
DISHONESTY IN BUSINESS PAYS.
By John A. Rowland.

Only the other day a business man who is
former preacher, and a still enthusiastic men,
Der Of the church, declared to me that the
world in its business relations had to be con-
sdered wholly in the light of the times; that
for the man in business to attempt anything
else would be to run headlong into a stone
wall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

Kewaunee Man Falls Into Slip While
Loading Ferry.

Fred Whipple, a brakeman on the Ke
waunee road, was killed while assisting
in loading an Ann ArbOr car ferry at Ke
waunee. The manner of his death is not
certain, but it is supposed that he was
struck by a car and then fell into the
slip. His body was recovered soon after
the accident.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
RAID PEsHTIG0 RoBBER GANG.
Nj en- Escape, but WagonIoads of Loot
Are Found.

The raid by Sheriff Packer of Menomi-
nee and Deputy Sheriff Seibel of Pesh-
tigo discovered a large quantity of stolen
property, harnesses, canned goods, chick
ems and grain. at Nohlcheck's saloon, be-
tween Marinette and PeshtigO. When the
officers appeared three men broke for the
woods. All escaped. One was wounded
in the arm. A large posse will make an
other raid soon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

OF all Americans those of French
extraction spend the smallest proper
ton of their income on food.