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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13

eminent. You'll be we'll off, even if he
is in the pen"
With a hoarse cry Miriam caught up
her riding whip from the hall table.
Get out of here, you curl" she said
pointing to the gate. Its a lie and
you know it. You are a spy and an in
former. Dan will look after you when
he gets back"
With a cackle intended to imply in
difference Bill retreated from the steps.
Il thought you'd cut up rough. Don't
like to know where Dads money came
from, do you? Guess they'll bring him
home soOn."
He was right there, for a squad of
revenue officers rode rapidly up to the
house, Dan KirkwoOd in their midst
With a low cry Miriam sprang to-
ward him.
Dad! Dad! It's all a mistake, 1
know. Tell these men you have moth
ing to do with it. Send them off. !" she
cried, her arms around his neck.
Dams face lit up with a strange look
of triumph.
Come into the house." he said, turn
ing to the men with an air of author
ity. Officer, bring your men in, and
that fellow, ALSO" he added, pointing
scornfully to Bill Jones, who had
stopped when they rode up.
While they were dismOunting a road
cart, driven furiously, pulled up before
the steps and Dalton sprang to the
ground.
Il wish to speak to this gentleman
on u private matter. 1t will take but a
few moments he said, turning to the
officer in command.
IF it's got nothing to do with this
business"
Nothing whatever"
Dalton drew. Dan apart and spoke
rapidly and earnestly. Dams face, in
spite of his stern lf-control, showed
great emotion as he wrung the young
mans hand.
They were grouped in a handsome
room, Dams library.
Gentlemen" Dan said, passing his
arm around Miriam, while Mrs. Carter
sobbed on a sofa. You were Informed
by that cur that l made Illicit whisky
in Black Cave. That for years | have
defrauded the government and grown
rich on Illicit whisky. You are mistak-
en-. There Is a gold mine of considef-
able extent running back in the noun
tains from Black Cave. 1 discovered
it, and I've been working it for years.
have legallzed my claim. How much
l have made out of it is my concern.
l kept my secret, not wishing to bring
into these mountains a horde of gold
seekers. You may do as you please
about it now. Here are my titles. l
will sell out and go back to my old
home with my daughter as soon as she
is married. New Orleans Times
Democrat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13

". .. SlhAUS. ullulSIeE 10
and President Mckinley appointed him
to the same place. Even at that time
he was considered a gold Democrat,
but of late years he has allied himself
with the Republican party.
Oscar Solomon Strauss was born in
1850, son of the late Lazarus Strauss
the New York importer. The boy was
born in Georgia and remained there
till 1865. The war ruined his father,
who in that year moved to New York
and established a crockery business
which became a great success. Oscar
graduated from Columbia University,
supporting himself while at school by
writing for the newspapers. Then he
took up the study and practice of law.
1t was in 1887 that he was appointed
minister to Turkey, his knowledge of
international law and his natural apti-
tude for diplomacy making him a sue
cess in that position. 1t was under him
that 80 schools and $50 missions were
opened and amply protected. All his
life he has been a deep student Of his
tory and International law and is the
author Of several works dealing with
these subjects He is president of the
New York Board of Trade and Trans
portation, vice president Of the Ma
tional Civic Federation, a director of
the Hebrew Orphan Asylum and of sew
eral religious and non-sectarian insti-
buttons.
Though there has never been a Jew
in the cabinet, there have been five
elected to the Senate Judah P. Ben
jamin was the only one of these who
became a leader among his colleagues.
He was a sympathiZer with the south
in the Civil War and was Secretary of
State in Jefferson Davis cabinet. In
the House of Representatives there
have been about 40 Jews, of whom four
are serving at the present time
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13


After briefly describing the cause Of
potato blight, G. A. McCue, of the Mich
lgan experiment station, gives the re-
suits of experiments in which potatoes
and comparisons made with similar
plants receiving spraying Of lime wa
ter. Where the potatoes were given
fourteen sprayings of Bordeaux mix
ture at intervals of four days a net
gain of $11.90 per acre is reported.
Where they were sprayed at intervals
of ten days, six applications being Civ
en-, net gain of $15.44 per acre is Civ
en-. On plats sprayed every fifteen days
net gain of $13.38 per acre is report
ed, and where four sprayings at inter
walls of twenty days $11.03 per acre net
gain is reported. For the plat which
water at intervals Of four days a loss
of $1.76 is reported. The cost of spray
ing is said to have been ~ cents per
acre for each application. This amount,
the author believes, could be reduced
to not more than 80 cents per acre.
The author gives compiled informa-
ton relative to spraying by individual
farmers, the results obtained at other
stations, etc, and notes that the sta
ton expects to carry on experiments
for the prevention of late blight for at
least five years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
A Creamery Fakir.

An agent of a creamery company,
who has been operating in sensa-
tiOnal manner in central Indiana, is
reported making such claims as man
ufacture OF butter that would keep for
twelve months, and then sell at top
market price, or could stand out in
the hot sun all day without melting.
The buttermilk was to be used for
feeding chickens, and tive-pound chick
ems would be made to weigh ten
pounds in ten days feeding, the i'm
proved quality of meat selling at six
teen cents a pound. Evidently this
agent thinks the farmers of the Cent
raj West are easy marks.-American
Cultivation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
Explaining 1t.

A teacher in a small school was CIV
ing lesson on the circulation of the
blood. Trying to make it clearer, lie
said:
Now, children, If 1 stood on my
head. the blood, as you know, would
run into it, and l should turn red in
the face"
Now, Jimmy" continued the teach
er, addressing a small boy. what |
want to know is this: How is it that
while 1 am standing upright III the or.
binary position the blood doesn't run
into my feet and turn them red?"
why, sir" answered Jimmy, 'be.
cause yer feet amt empty
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
Mr.. Hearst's CAMPAIGN Bill.


According to a sworn statement filed
with the Secretary of State, William
r. Hearst personally spent more than a
quarter of million of dollars in his
campaign for the governOrship of New
York. This Is a large sum of money,
but it by no means covers all the eX-
penses of the Democratic campaign,
but simply the outlay of one man. Of
this sum Mr.. Hearst says $4,000 was
sent to the Democratic headquarters,
$500 was paid for travelling expenses,
while almost 100000 was discussed
through the Independence League.
Every student of politics knows that
vast amount of money may be spent
legitimately in the organization of a
party in campaign, but it is difficult
to understand how the expenditure of
such a enormous sum can be defend
ed. If it is right then it becomes a
question where legitimate ex, anses
may end and those that are not legiti-
mate begins. If Mr.. Hearst is to set
the pace for the distribution of cam
paign funds then the man who Is not
millionaire cannot hope to enter the
lists as a candidate for Office.
If the merits of a candidate is not
to be considered, bat merely his abil-
ity to spend hundreds of thousands of
dollars in questionable campaign meth
DDS, then indeed. it is high time to
revolutioniZe politics. Let us hope the
recent contest in New York will never
again be duplicated in this country. In
this connection it is gratifying to re-
member that while Mr.. Hearst was de-
feated regardless of his distribution of
a quarter of a million, Mr. Hughes was
elected after a personal expenditure
Of only S61S
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
Restoring Prairie Soil.

All who have taken up prairie farms
will recognize the truth of the follow
ing statement of Prof. Ten Eyck Of
Kansas in regard to them:
when the wild prairie is first
broken the soil is mellow, moist and
rich, producing abundant crops. Aft
er a few years of continuous grain
cropping and cultivation the physical
condition of the soil changes-the soil
grains become finer, the soil becomes
more compact and heavier to handle,
it dries out quicker than 1t used to
and often turns over in hard clots and
Jumps when plowed. The perfect filth
and freedom from clods, so character
istic of virgin soils, is always more or
less completely restored whenever land
has been laid down to grass for suf-
ficient length of time"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
A Deem Dig.

Cholly-Of course, l admit l talked
about myself, but they talked about
trade all the time, and, of course, that
was worse.
Miss PeppreT-You We're perfectly
right It's better to talk about nothing
than talk about trade.-Philadelph
Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13

The MOonshiner.


CO HE general opinion prevailing In
the village and mountains that
Dan Kirkwood was a notorious
moonshiner, and got his money from
the proceeds of some carefully hidden
distillery, where his abundant crops of
corn were converted into Illicit whisky
while universal, had no positive ground
to go on, except that Dan was undoubt-
edly a rich man, and no one knew how
he got his money.
So rumor had it that not only was
Dan captain and ringleader of a band
of moonshiners, but that in his early
days before he came to the mountains
swinging along the high road one day
whistling a marching tune, that he had
served his term in the penitentiary as
well as the army, for breaking into a
bank or burglarizing some rich mans
residence. The latter tale was started
by Bill Jones, a shffty eyed, lanky fell
low, owner of n prosperous country
store In the village, whose rancOr
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
Not Quite Clear.

Hyker-Smiley claims to have been
driven to drink by woman
Pyker-So? Did she refuse him OF
marry him?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
What Testing Cream Means.

Our grandmothers never had to con-
slider the question of thickness OF
cream. To them it was all one
whether the cream was thick or thin.
Since the test has been brought into
use. it is discovered that cream that
contains about 35 per cent Of pure but
ter tat is best for buttermaklng. The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
How to Deal with Trusts.

The prosecutions instituted by the
Attorney General of the United States
against the officers of the Standard Oil
Company, under the antitrust law,
bear out the contention of Alton B.
Parker the Democratic presidential
nominee Of 1904, and of protectionists
also, that ample remedy for trust ex-
tortion is provided for in existing laws.
It is said to be the intention of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to supplement with
criminal prosecutions the procedure un-
der the antitrust law. A rigid adher-
ence to this line of action is what the
country wants. What the country does
not want is that the government should
attempt to solve the trust problem by
ripping up the tariff. That is not the
true solution. Trusts would flourish
with or without protective tariff. No
tariff protects the business of the
Standard Oil Company. The same is
true of many other trusts. Vigor and
persistence in enforcing the laws we
already have, resulting in money pen
alties and in Imprisonment as well, will
do the business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
WEALTH OF WISCONSIN.
j. ID. Beck, Commissioner of Labor
and Statistics, Issues Report.

ana report.
According to the report of Commits
SINGER ]. d. Beck of the bureau of labor
and statistics, Wisconsin leads in the
value of it's dairy products, in its tim
Der, the leather industry and that it can
lead all other States in the cement indus
try, in manufactures, in the tobacco in
dustry, in the beet sugar industry, and
others. Wisconsin has a larger amount
of water power than any other State in
tine Union, barring New York with Nj
agara Falls. The report shows that
there is about 100000 horse power in
total number OF boilers in the State,
while there is nearly twice that amount
of horse power in the rivers of the State
and less than one-fourth of it is develop
ed. There is yet enough undevelOped
water power in Wisconsin to run the en-
tire factory system of the State of Mas
sachusetts, the foremost factory State in
the Union. The factory inspectors reach
ed nearly 10000 employees in Wisconsin
within the last year and improvements
were made in the various factories of the
State for the better protection of life
and health of employees amounting TO
nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
Theer have been fifty prosecutions of the
child labor law, and child labor has de-
creased in Wisconsin in the last year
about 20 per cent. The bureau has in
spected all the mines in the State for the
first time. One part is a report on man
ufacturers' returns and deals with capt.
tai invested in the $500 factories in the
State, number of employees, wages paid,
value of product, cost of materials, ex
penses, etc. An appendix treats with the
industrial chronology of Wisconsin for
1906. This takes up all the strikes,
lockouts and new industries. The liquor
traffic. tenement conditions, particularly
in Milwaukee, cooperative businesses are
dealt with in the report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
RIaXfug Safety.

Police Magistrate-Thirty days at
the works for you.
Prisoner-Faith, an thOt do be purity
tough. Pfwat would yez say If OF
wuz t call yeZ an old fool?
Police Magistrate-Td add ten days
to your sentence.
Prisoner-Begorry, thiH Oi'll not say
it; Oil only think it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
The Future Fire.

do you really believe" asked the
unscrupulous business man that hon
esty is the best pohcyT"
"I believe" replied the Rev. Mr..
Cooley, that it is the very best eter-
nal fire Insurance policy."-Philadel-
phia Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
Increase of National Wealth.

In 1860 the wealth for each man,
woman and child was S514; in 1900,
after a protective tariff had been
adopted, the wealth for each person
was 81 ,235. Notwithstanding the fact
that the population has increased at
tremendous rate the wealth of the ma
ton has increased at a much faster
rate.-Davenport Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
Erceuenf EaffeninG Ration.

Alfalfa hay and corn and cob meal
form a most excellent ration Tor 1at-
tening. and unless future experiments
change these results we shall have to
admit that this combination gives bet
fer results than the use of a greater
variety OF roughage. This is the YER
dict to which a steer feeding expert
ment leads Professor Err and others at
the Kansas experiment station.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
Hard on Hank

what has become of Hank?" in
quired the man who was selling wind
mills.
"Hank?'' drawled the old farmer.
"Why. Hank is suffering from a bad
SPELL
You don't say. rheumatism
Worse than that, neighbor. You
see, Hank tried to spell his words the
way President Roosevelt dictated an
his boss thought he couldn't spell at all
an fired him."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
Hot Water Plant Blows I'D.

The grocery store of Ernst Hoffman,
Tenth and Locust streets, Milwaukee,
was blown up by the explosion of the
hot water heating plant in the building.
Hoffman was seriously injured. Windows
were broken in a large district near the
store, gas jets blown off and hot coal
strewn about The fire department put
out several fires caused by the explosion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
ALWAYS busy.

Gunner-That poor poet who occu-
pies the old garnet has a strenuous time.
All day he writes poetry and at night
he chases the cats that give serenades
on the roof.
Guyer-H'h! L suppose in the day
he pursues the muse and at night he
DurSues the news.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
That phiIiDpiue Trim

1t is not improbable that Secretary
Taft's suggestion will prevail with the
President. The trip to Panama was
made for the purpose of getting in
touch with the project and with the
people, that he might consider legisla-
ton with thorough knowledge. There
really seems to be as much reason why
he should visit the Philippines.
President Roosevelt did not permit
precedent to stand in his way when
he concluded that trip to Panama
was in the nature of public duty and
by the same token no such obstacle as
precedent will keep him out of the
Philippines. But the journey cannot
be taken until next fall, and it may
be that pressing legislation affecting
the islands will be settled by that time.
Should Congress fail to do the right
thing by the islands at the coming
session, the President may consider the
ACCESSIBILITY of going to the Philip
pines in person for more ammunition
with which to besiege the next Con-
gress.
But unless he considers the demand
urgent, he will find plenty at home to
keep himself occupied. Provided all
signs do not fail, there will be tariff
agitation of positive character next
summer, for the President believes the
people want it. Then the big struggle
for 1908 will be In its first throes, and
while the President is out Of it as far
as his candidacy Is, concerned he is
as deeply interested as he was in 1904.
Hence he will dislike being distant
from the center of political activity
and discussion even for the period con-
sumed in a hasty trip to the Philip
pines. Future developments, therefore,
will determine more than apparent
present exigency the action of the
President with reference to Secretary
Taft'S propOsition.--TOledo Blade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13

General Count Won Moltke, who, it
is believed, soon will be appointed chan
cellor of the German Empire, is chief
of staff of the army and a close friend
of the kaiser. A little over two years
ago he was appointed to his present
position over the heads of veterans
who coveted the great honor. Count
Won Moltke is a nephew of the renown-
ed strategist who won for Germany the
wars against Austria and France. He
is IS years old, and has passed the
whole of his military career in staff
and court employment, never having
commanded even a brigade For sew
eral years he was aid-de-camp to his
Industrious uncle, and on the day OF
the latter's death, April "A, 1891, he be-
came aid to the emperor. III health, il
is alleged, will compel the retirement of
Fuerst Won Buelow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
S,x-ye,r Crop Rotation.

A six-year rotation OF grain crops
only, and of grain crops with clover
in the rotation, is reported by the In
diana Experiment Station. With con-
tinuous grain cropping the average
yield of wheat for six years was 20.6
bushels per acre. With clover in the
rotation the average yield of wheat
was 26.6 bushels. The plots used in
this experiment were unfertillzed with
anything but the clover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
A CriticiSu-

"Yes," the amateur boosted, 81 Gre
ated the part. 1t was all mine: that
is, all except the makeup. The cos
tuner fixed that for me-
YES" replied the friend, 81 heard
several people say your makeup was
good-"-Philadelphia Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13

reason that he is a
Jew-the first ever
10 be selected for a
place in the official
family of the Pres
ident of the United
States. He has
been recognized as
a Republican for
only a few years.
L der President
Cleveland he was
minister to Turkey
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
There's n Reason.

Bill-Why is it you never hear of a
football umpire getting slugged like
the baseball umpire?
Jill-Because the football players
are too busy smuggling one another
YonkerS Statesman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
The Election and Warex

One of the New York Democratic pa
pers says that the recent elections were
not Republican victory, and that the
result of the elections had nothing to
do with the advances in wages which
have been announced since then. If
this talk is intended to be serious. it's
author has odd ideas Of some Of the
things that are going on around him.
The Republicans carried Congress by a
bigger majority than they ever gained
before in an off-year election in which
their party held the presidency, except
in that of 1866, when the feud between
the Republicans and President John
son on Southern issues infiamed the
North. Except In that election no par
ty in the history of this country has
ever won such a majority in a congress
sional election in an off year in which
its party was in control in the White
House.
Nobody who has sense enough to be
allowed to run at large honestly
dreams that the advances which have
been announced in wages since the big
Republican victory on Nov. would
have taken place II the Democrats had
carried Congress. Every Democrat,
every Populist, every Socialist, every
Anarchist in the country knows that
If the Democrats had won not a rail
road nor a corporation Of any sort in
the country would have made any ad-
vance in wages. A Democratic victory
for Congress in 1906 would have been
a portent of Democratic success in the
presidency in 1908. If the Democrats
had carried the House by a majority
of only half dozen, Democratic news
papers and politicians all over the
country would have yelled, 1--WE will
win in 1905" With such a menace
ahead of the country no railway or
any other interest would have in
creased wages nOw.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
Rich Madison Man Convicted.

Frank A. Ogden, a wealthy bachelor,
was convicted of leasing the Ogden Ho-
tel in Madison for immoral purposes.
The court imposed the maximum fine,
500 and costs. Ogden will appeal. The
action was brought under the city ordi-
nances, and prosecution under the State
laws, which make the offense named a
felony, is contemplated Ogden owns
much property in Madison and is also
largely interested in real estate in Chi
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13
Not Up in Art.

Mr. Justup-Let US go around to the
DeRocks. They have just bought a
Rembrandt for thousands of dollars.
Mrs. Justup-You don't say. Is it
gasoline or steam and what is the
horse power?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-13

THAT fellow is rather conceited over
his successes as weather prophet,
isn't he?"
Yes; a little weather-vain, as II
were''-Baltimore American.