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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Convenient Plant IrrigatOr.

German publications have been print
ing information concerning a device
which automatically waters growing
plants in pots as the liquid is needed
1t consists of a glass tube about three
feet long and about one-quarter inch
BORE bent into a siphon or Z shape
with one leg longer than the other
An UNFINISHED wick is placed in this
tube, a considerable portion projecting
at both ends. The short leg of the tube
is immersed in d bucket of water placed
on bench above and near the ported
plants to be watered. The strands of
the wick are distributed among the
pots, being placed in contact with the
earth but not with the stalks of the
plants. One or more strands are as
need of water, and, of course, the en-
tire flow may be given to one pot, in
which case the end of the tube is in
serted in the soil. In very hot weather
it is advisable to cover the pail and
wrap the tube with wadding to pre-
vent the wick drying. The German in
yentOr of this device says that he has
always found it to work perfectly. 1t
was designed for watering house plants
during the absence of the owners for
several days, but it seems adapted to
garden use as Wei. Furthermore, it is
not apparent why tube of rubber,
tin, iron or lead should not answer the
purpose as well as the fragile glass
tube-American Cultivator
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Mxsterr All sheu LaLe

The fourth fire in four days partly de-
stroyed the Mathews residence in Shell
Lake. 1t is thought that incendiaries are
at work there. One day the big thinner
mann hay shed burned with a loss of
$1,000. his residence burned a day later.
and on subsequent afternoon two fires
occurred. Each time heavy gale has
endangered the town.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

the st. Paul Road, but is wealthy in
his own right is full of energy, and
finds an outlet for it in politics. His
campaign was unique from the start.
Mayor-elect Becker is Harvard man,
but did not graduate. He was half
through his collegiate course when he
fell in love and married daughter of
IRA +. Smith. Then he Travelled around
the world twice. and when he returned
he entered the political arena
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
CIVIL SERVICE LAW ATTACKED.
Wisconsin Statute Held UncOnstitu-
tiOnaI by BANKING Department.

Wisconsin Statute Held ncOnstitu-
tional by Banking Department.
Papers have been served in a suit
brought by the State banking department
attacking the constitutionality of the new
State civil service law. The intent of the
law. it is claimed. was TO exempt the
banking department. but the Attorney
General held that the department is not
exempt. Points urged are that the com
mission usurps the powers of the Secre-
tary of State in auditing vouchers, that
it employs legislative powers in making
rules and bylaws. and illegally seeks to
hold jurisdiction over the banking de-
partment. Bank Commissioner Bergh Sc
cured leave of the Supreme Court to bring
Suit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Fence Suitable for sheep.

A portable fence of net wire about
30 inches high is perhaps the most
economical as well as desirable fence to
use for sheep. Enough of this fence to
inclose twenty or thirty acres can be
made without great cost, and can be
changed from one field to another
easily. 1t should be fastened to stakes
and made into as large rolls as can be
handled to advantage Thus armed
with rape, fence and a flock of sheep,
one is In a position to clear and enrich
his land, and at the same time greatly
add to the richness of his pocketbook.
When once in shape for sheep, no Stock
can be carried on the farm with so lit
tie labor and chores A well-conducted
mutton-growing farm also leaves its
owner and his family much time in
which to live-Farm Monthly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
A New Horseradish.

The latest novelty from Japan is a
new horseradish which is of a delicate
shade of green and mild flavor as COM
pared with the ordinary kind grown
in this country. In Japan the vegetable
is a fayorite condiment with fish. The
two-year-old roots are used and the
fresh leaves are also made into a kind
of sauce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
WISCONSIN TO STOP HAZING.
University Faculty stirred by Out
i.yaa I Err. In mn

l University Faculty Stirred by Out
rage Upon Freshman.
The outrages perpetrated upon Joseph
Il. Pftfner of Stevens Point, a freshman
in the University of Wisconsin, have
brought the faculty to a determination
to eliminate hazing entirely from this
university. Members of his own class
administered a lesson in the form of
hair cutting in front of a sorority house,
shampoo of iodine and then a ducl1inS
in Lake Mendoza. This is the first of
the annual spring hazing escapades. A
member of the faculty said that the au
,hOrities were determined that it should
be the last
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
English Potatoes I'm America.

CONSUL Hamm OF HUH sends q table
giving the quantities of potatoes
shipped at that port from Nov. II, 1905,
to Jan. is, 1906. The total number
of bushels was $4,000, worth S64. 600,
or about forty two cents bushel. They
came from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire,
where the land is brought to the high
est stage Of cultivation and drainage
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Barley for Horses.

Experiments and long-continued prac-
tice of feeding barley furnishes ev-
idence that this grain is a useful and
economical food. But when taxed to
the limit by hard work it is found that
horses cannot be supported upon barley
quite as well as upon oats, and that it
is worth but slightly less per pound
than oats, with animals performing a
medium amount of work. Mules do
not take as kindly to barley as horses.
On the Pacific coast barley is extern
sively grown as a horse feed, and Is
extensively used in other countries. for
this purpose.
Barley is not generally used as
food for horses in the United States,
doubtless owing to the fact that it Is
in such demand for brewing purposes
that it is usually high in price. Wher-
ever it is grown, however it is fire.
quently possible to secure at low cost
grain which is off color or damaged
by rain during harvest and which, for
this or some other reason, is unfit for
brewing but valuable for feed.-Ex-
change
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

John Winthrop is usually held re-
sponsible for the introduction Of the
apple into the New World But as
matter of fact, when Winthrop an
chored off Cape Ann the recluse Black
stone already had apple trees growing
about his cabin at Shawmut Neck.
Some of the best of our American ap-
pies were brought over by the Hugue-
nots. who settled In Flushing, L. l., in
1860, and planted there, among Others,
the pOmme rOyale, or spice apple.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

IInSulSlleu nOncOn-
formist minister. He was graduated
from Cambridge in 1872. became Il bar
rister in 1875, and in 1903 was made
bencher of the Inner Temple. For a
time he was Guam professor of law in
University College, London, and first
entered parliament in 1899 Mr.. Bir-
rell has been twice married, his pes
ent wife when he married her having
been the widow of Hon. Lionel Tenny-
son.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

"Sherbie " and was
one of the youngest
candidates in the
political race. Al
though but so years
of age. he has serv-
ed as Supervisor.
and has just com
pleted a term as
Alderman. He is Il
grandson of the late
S. s. Merrill. the IA
mons mana cor nf
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Aged Nurse Remembered.

Alfred Rice. an attendant at the Pen
noyer Sanitarium in KenoSha. in restor-
ing health to a wealthy resident of Ra-
cine. reaped a reward when Mr.. Rice
was informed that by the will of Mrs.
Ellen Brown, widow of his former pa
tient. he had been given a life interest in
$4,000. Rice is 10 years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
To Produce MANY Shingles

The shingle producing industry in the
Menominee region is now at its height,
md it is estimated that fully 120,000000
shingles will be made there this year.
There are now six mills running in Me-
nominee and Marinette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Jefferson Man Was RurDeJ

A telegram received by relatives states
hat Fred Buchta. aged 40, and son of
Peter Buchta, a pioneer of Jefferson, was
burned to death in the San Francisco dis
lister. He was native of Jefferson and
moved west FIVE years ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Big Gymnasium for Milton.

President Daland OF Milton college has
announced that if the students will raise
1000, friends of the college will give
$4,000 toward a $4,000 gymnasium. This
with the new science hall to be completed
this summer will greatly increase the ia
clitieS of the college.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

of Constance. Swift
erland, where her
family owns large
estates. She is de-
scribed as being of
medium height, with
large blue eyes, a
glorious head of
hair and a superb
figure. Her chateau
at Lake Constance,
near Zurich, is said
f0 he one of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Insane from RIcyx ON HaaI

As a result of being struck on the
read by a piece of broken pipe, while
ngaged in repair work. Oscar Gilbert
on, La Crosse plumber, was rendered
iolently insane for twenty-four hours.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

Rochester, y. Y,
and is 90 years old.
lie is an ardent
student. a man of
simple tastes. and
is noted for his
philanthropy a d
his services to the
poor and sick. He
is further described
as a lover of home
and family. The
charges against DR..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
BUSINESS BLOCK Is SINKING.
Discovery by milwaukee, Authorities
Frightens Property Owners.

All the property within a radius of
several hundred feet at the intersection
of West Water street and Grand avenue,
the principal corner in the business dis
trict of Milwaukee, has sunk ten inches
and more below the grade established by
the city seven years ago. This discovery
made by the municipal authorities has
caused considerable CONSERVATION among
the owners of property in that district.
Engineers declare that the marshy soil is
responsible. The corner is within 100
feet of the Milwaukee river
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

Francisco heads the
list. Alt h on g h
worth about $10,-
000,0 600, and his
losses in the earth
quake and fire ag-
gregating p er haps
$5,O00,OOO, he gave
his check for e.
100000 to the aid
fund. John d. Rock
e f eller, who is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Crane Dumps Road EmpIoye.

Wallace Glass, an employee of the
Northwestern road at Kaukauna. was
thrown head first ten feet into a lot of
scrap iron, while helping to unload a
wrecked car. His clothes caught in the
iron just as the crane swung. He will
recover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

of education in the
new cabinet, and is
noted as a lawyer
and writer. Since
1899 he has been
an honorary fellow
of Trinity Hall,
Cambridge Univer-
sity. Mir. Birrell
was born at Liver
pool in 1880, his
father being Il dis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Milton High school First.

Milton high school won first in the
declamatory contest of the Rock River
valley league at Stoughton. The high
schools in the league are Stoughton, Ed
gerton, Milton Junction, Brodhead and
Milton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

GENTRY old concerning whom had written in the hope
giving the antediluvian noveist-Mrs Radcliffe in
fact-another chance The speaker kind enough to
have been entertained by what had said about that
great enchantress the author of "The Italian" l sug
gesed that 'he Italian" might be read in and for its
sake but this 1t seems, return to the
past which could not be contemplated possible
1t possible to read something written to-day about
Mrs Radcliffe, but not to open her pages.
To be the books not in scarlet cloth with
gilded effort decoration but in full calf the type is
precisely of the present sort and the pages are sal
low. Even a modern reprint, with of the cruel
disadvantages just described, book century is
sealed book the majority of mankind. The repealed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

The large ice house of the 800" road
1t Pembine was destroyed by fire and the
flames set fire to other buildings. Be
tween thirty and forty women, all there
were in the little town, joined the bucket
brigade and saved the village.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

Milk is 81 per cent water without
any help from the pump. hence the
COW must have a bountiful supply Of
good water in order to produce lib
eral flow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Rob Kenosha Ticket Office.

The ticket offices of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway Company in Ke-
nosha were burglarized the other night
he men getting away with large sum
If money and many railway tickets. There
S no clue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Gives $1,000 to Rncine Church.

By the will of Ellen NJ. Brown. st.
Luke's Episcopal church in Racine is to
receive $1,000, or about one-half of the
estate, in five years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
sturgeon Bay Firm Buys Big Tract

The Pankratz Lumber Company of
Sturgeon Bay has purchased $4,000 acres
n the Bay de Noque peninsula of Mich
gan, consisting of timber and farm land
md orchards.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Two Killed in Camp Battle.

Winston Brothers and Bears Camp,
four miles from Edgewater, on the Lake
Superior and Southeastern railroad, was
the scene of a freefor-all fight the other
day, in which two laborers were killed
outright and fifteen wounded, several ia
tally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

Dishonesty always brands man as
lacking ordinary common sense. dis
honesty is so sure to be punished. For
every dollar man steals, he is sure to
be punished q hundred dollars worth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
New burnett Farmhouse Burnea.

The residence of Herman Nickel, two
niles north of Burnett, was totally de-
troyed by fire. The house was new. The
oss is estimated at $4,000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
FLOOD ENDS SIEGE AT DAM.
Obstruction Celebrated by Long Com
troyersy Is Carried Away.

The Thornapple dam, made famous by
the controversy between the Mississippi
River Logging Company and John +.
Dietz, has gone out. 1t carried out 1900
900 feet of logs, which will be sent down
the river to be sawed at the big mill at
Chippewa this year. Dietz is still hold
ing up about 100000 feet of logs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Flax Much in Demand.

There is a great demand for fax all
over the world, and a great effort is be
ing made to induce Americans to Gull
tiyate it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Fond du Lac Gets Meet.

Christian Endeavorers, at the eleventh
annual district meeting in Manitowoc,
chose Fond du Lac as the next gathering
place. Rev. S. G. Ruegg of Stockbridge
was reelected president.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Mistake in Medicines Fatal.

Carbolic acid given in the belief that
was castor oil, caused the death of
he 2-year-old child of John Herba of
Prentice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
SAY CHILD Is KIDNAPPED.
Peculiar Circumstances Surround an
Appleton Case.

ApDIetOm tnse.
Charged with kidnapping. Mrs. \. NAL
chow, aged 90. was arraigned in court in
Appleton on the complaint of Edward Al
berts, who declares the woman rushed into
his house the other night and forcibly
took a 2-year-old child from the arms of
its mother. Mrs. Malchow claims the
child belongs to her daughter. while AL
berts declares the child. was given to him
when two hours old and he has cared
for it for two years
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Mistaken for Burglar and KILLED

While entering a neighbours house at
Osceola Walter Simmons was mistaken
for a burglar and shot and killed by Nike
KNOCK. The dead mans home was two
doors distant, and evidently he was I'M
der the impression that he was entering
his own home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

A mixture of wheat bran, oats and
corn will give better results when fed
to the breeding ewes than either wheat
or cora when fed alone
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
COLL Is FOUND GUILTY.
BigeIoyv's Assistant in LOotinS Bank
Is Convicted in Milwaukee,

BiSeloyv's Assistant in LOotinS Bank
Is Convicted in milwaukee,.
Henry G. Coll, former assistant cash
Ter of the First National Bank in Mil
waukee, indicted on the charge of assist
ing Frank @. Bigelow in looting the bank,
was found guilty by the jury on nineteen
counts. Coll can be sentenced to from
one to ten years on each count, which
makes a possible sentence of from nine
teen to 100 years. 1t is believed, how
ever. that he will be given a sentence
similar TO Bigelow's, who was sent to
Leavenworth for ten years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

Youthful Burglar Confesses Tales of
Crime Were His Und0ing.

Charles Weber, boy burglar, has con-
fessed to Judge Brace in Milwaukee that
cheap novels exploiting the lives of Grim
inals. Weber and a companion perpe-
trated series of burglaries on the west
side, before they were caught. Weber,
who is II years old, was sent to the
Green Bay reformatory for two years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

A tree will seldom live if it is set
when the bark is shriveled from dry
roots.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

Superintendent of Schools John P.
Bird and Principal W. r. Hemmenway
have been reelected for another school
year in La Crosse. The new 100000
high school will be ready for occupancy
In SeDtemher
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
THINK ENOUGH OF YOURSELF.
BY Wallace Rice.

For every conceited person in the world there
is one who does not think enough of himself
This sounds like large estimate, for a good
opinion of ones self seems to be the rule rather
than the exception But it becomes reasonable
when it is translated into action, which is the
only test of opinion.
The man who thinks he has good opinion
himself and will inf tbo+ opi,;or - +t,o
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
INFLUENCE OF THE PREDATORY RICH
Rr paX LHashingfnn GLADDEN.. l

With respect to predatory wealth
the function OF the moral teachers is
clear. 1t Is their business to testify
against 1t, to arouse the conscience
of the nation to resist its encroach-
ments. Has this function been full
flled2 Very imperfectly. This is
proved by the fact that this partic-
ular kind Of wealth has been grow
ing Of late much faster than any
other form of wealth. When we seek
for the reason we are at once con-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

The first garden vegetable comes
from the asparagus bed. Ut cannot
come where there is no bed unless one
buys It. The city man buys it, but
there is no reason for farmers buying
such things.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
ROMANCE DEAD: WORLD HATES OLD THINGS.

The up to date, like the world according to
Wordsworth sis too much with u.s." We have
but the past the present, and the future to en-
JOY and we are, for the most part, simply i'm
brued in the present. One finds that between
living people and the books of the past there is
some mysterious, inexplicable barrier which
they cannot easily explain even to themselves A
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
Wisconsin
State News
WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY RECORD
Attendance 0utsfriDs All Previous
Years. 3,J71 Being Enrolled

0OoO-~O-

Attendance 0utsfriPs All Previous
Years, 3,j71 Being Enrolled.
The catalogue of the University of
Wisconsin now in press shows that the
attendance this year is the largest in
the history of the institution. The total
number of students enrolled in all de-
partments is 3.JT1. an increase of 229
over that of last year. The freshman
class numbers S13 In the last FIVE years
the attendance has increased 81 per cent,
and in the decade from 1896 to 1906 the
attendance has more than doubled, for in
1896 there were LIP students, and in
1906 3,J71, an increase of 1859, or los
Der cent
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

Crapsey are based on his book. Re
hgion and Politics." and on a sermon
he delivered last December His ac-
cusers aver that, in general he has
denied the virgin birth of Christ. His
resurrection, His miracles and His d.
vine origin and character. A commit
tee of investigation which had exam
med the charges decided the evidence
did not justify presentment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

Among those who contributed to the
aid Of the earthquake and fire suffer
ers ex-Mayor James ID. Phelan. of San
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10
~o-~

Tobacco refuse of any kind is rich
IN potash and valuable for orchard use.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

worth a billion dol JAMES D. PHELAN.
lars, and takes pride in his philan-
thrcpy, gave 100000, a sum equal to
10 cents given by a man worth only
$1,000. Andrew Carnegie, that other
great philanthropist who wants to die
poor, gave 100000 out of his $780,.
100000.