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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

Believe Her Claim of Being Hypno-
ti.eu Inv Thief.

The police believe the story told by
Annie Rumple. IS years of age, daughter
OF Charles Rumple. wealthy farmer of
Geneva Lake, that Fred Lichtenfeller ex-
ercised hypnotic power over her. Miss
Rumple was arrested as the accomplice
of Lichtenfeller, who is a notorious thief.
The girl claimed she met Lichtenfeller
when he came to work as a farm hand
near Geneva Lake two years ago. From
that time until the present, she asserts,
she has been under his control. Chief
of Police Hare and District Attorney Ba-
ker have been convinced of the truth of
the story and released the girl on parole.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Warns Feet on Hot Bread.

Judge Neelen was disguised during the
trial of William Buchholz, Milwaukee
baker, who was charged with keeping
filthy shop. 1t was brought out that
Buchholz used warm bread made in his
shop. and presumably afterward sold to
mis- usual patrons. for foot warmers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

Among the most interesting letters of
Washington are those in which he reveals
himself not as soldier, as patriot or as
statesman, but simply as the Southern
planter. When he was called to the presi-
dency he owned in Mount Vernon and adj
JaCent farms ten thousand acres, of which
four thousand were under cultivation.
Such an estate, involving great interests
at any time, meant far more one hundred
years ago than to-day, since it entailed
the carrying on of a score or more sep
arate industries.
During the eight years of his presiden-
cy Washington insisted upon weekly re-
ports from his superintendent, and it is
his letters in reply to these reports that
reveal the genuine lover of the soil. He
knew every field of all these thousands
of acrs, and planned the planting of every
crop; he knew all the roads and fences ::
he knew even where boards and sashes
in certain buildings needed renewing, or
where rope was needed for a certain
well; he was most eager over new seeds
and trees. When the gardener complains
that the deer are destroying the shrubs,
he is at a loss which to give up, shrubs
or deer. Every page, full of the minutest
inquiries and directions, tells of his love
for the earth and his delight in working
with it--a satisfaction far greater he
himself declares, than the empty glory of
earthly honor
We sometimes are told that we are
losing our love of home and becoming a
nation of wanderers and fat dwellers. I'm
doubtedly there are flats, but, after all,
how few they are compared with the
thousands of rooftrees East and West
1t is these countless hearthstones that are
the foundation of our hope. For it is
these homes and home Landslide old ones
enriched with the memories of genera
tions, the new ones earned by years of
eager toll, yea, even those other homes,
visible to no eye, but rising silently in
the hearts of the young-it is in these
and the deathless love of these that the
strength of the nation dwells-Youth's
Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

Young Father Mt Eau Claire Arrest
ed-Wanted to END 1t All
Roy Cameron of Eau Claire, aged q. is
in Jail on a charge of threatening to shoot
his wife, 10 years old, and his S-months-
old baby. His wife had found letter
which read: Gas 1 am no good on earth
and am a dirty pup, l will put myself
some place where l will be some good.
] will blow out what few brains / have
Good-by to all my friends" This caused
his wife TO watch and when the husband
drew revolver, neighbors disarmed him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

ment to find only a quiet old gentleman,
dressed very much like his father.
There is also the story of Washington's
taking on his knees the youngest twain
of the Ellsworth children and singing
them the ballad of the Derby ram.
The homes Washington then visited
were thenceforth forever distinguished,
and many a New England house was rich
er by the priceless association so valued
by the owners of ElmMood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
FATHER CLAIMS a MURDER.
Man to Inquire Into Supposed Sui
eide of Raymond Harsh, Superior.

Man to Inquire Into SupDONed SUI
eide of Raymond Harsh, Superior.
F. d. Harsh of Cedar Falls. Iowa, has
decided to investigate the death of his
son. Raymond Harsh, who was reported
to have committed suicide at Superior
Jan. 20 He is now convinced that the
young man did not kill himself, and the
body may be exhumed. He says that
some one had struck the young man be-
hind the ear and that the wound was
plainly visible when the body was being
prepared for burial. He also says that
the object of the murder was robbery, as
much of young Harsh's money had dis
appeared.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
CONVERTED BY ELOPEMENT.
bridegroom Deserts Gay Life and
Becomes Evangelist.

bridegroom Deserts Gay L1fe ana
Becomes Evangelist.
Through the influence of his second
wife. exerted ons his honeymoon, Howard
Z. Stryker former member of the La
Crosse baseball team and travelling sales
man. has turned evangelist and is now
conducting series of revivals in south
eastern Iowa. Stryker was known as a
man about town in La Crosse. and his
actions caused his wife, Miss Eva Ben
nett. to secure a divorce on statutory
grounds. Stryker's marriage to Miss
Jessie Workman, his present wife, was
an elODement
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Fined for Beating Mother

Frank Fink of Ellsworth, aged %. was
fined SO for assaulting his mother.
Young Fink attempted TO chastise his
younger brothers, and when they ran to
their mother for protection. it is charged.
that he brutality beat her with hammer
handle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
AdamIess Eden want. Men

Hearing that many men employed in
the woods were bachelors and wanted 70
be married, spinsters Of Rock Rapids.
Iowa. have written Jenkins Brothers of
Chippewa Falls. offering to marry all
corners. Rock Rapids, they say. is prac-
ticaHy an Adamless Eden. A list of
eligible men viii be forwarded to that
village.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Killed in Head-On Crash.

Fireman James Curran of Wausau and
Lester Ryland of Amigo were killed in
a head-on collision between an engine and
q train of logs near Vanbuskirk. Both
engines were demolished and the logs were
strewn along the track.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Fire Escape Causes Deatb

Miss May Douglas of Winona. Mimi.
a Wisconsin university student, who fell
from the third story of the Gamma Beta
sorority house in Madison. while attempt
ing to descend a knotty rope" fire escape.
Is dead
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

The La Crosse and Winona Traction
Company, in applying for franchise. has
officially announced that it intends to
build an electric line from La Crosse to
Winona within two years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

Landlady-I see that lot Of cattle
have been frozen to death in a blizzard
out West Grouchy Boarder-I suppose
that means cold beef for dinner all next
summer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

The tolling of church bells on the oc-
casion of a burial is based on the old
pagan custom of banging gongs when
a body was to be inferred in order to
scare away the bad spirits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
MORE CARS OR LOSE FRANCHISE.

La Crosse City Railway Company
Gets UIfimatum in Ordinance.
The franchise of the La Crosse City
Railway Company will be repealed unless
improved service is given at once. An
ordinance to this effect was introduced in
the common council the other night. and
was passed after a hard fight, seven vot-
ing against and nine for it. From the
talk of several councilmen the franchise
will be repealed and new company given
the right to operate unless conditions
change Immediately. The measure fixes
March 1 for the improvements to begin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Child scalded to Death.

William Loohn, an infant boy, was
scaIded to death in Chippewa Falls while
his mother was out of the room. The boy
pulled the stopper from washing ma
chine and was covered by boiling water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

Sowing clover with rape is very
successful and popular method with
many farmers who are engaged in
raising sheep and goats, says a farm
ers' bulletin, issued by the United
States Department OF Agriculture.
With the land prepared as indicated
for sowing clover alone in the spring,
from ten to twelve pounds of clover
seed and from two to four pounds Of
rape seed per acre are sOwn broadcast
about the 1st of May and covered
with a harrow If the ground is rough
and cloddy, it should be finished with
a roller. If this mixture is sown on
thoroughly pulverized and compact
seed bed, the rape develops rapidly and
furnishes excellent pasture for sheep,
goats, calves or swine in from six to
eight weeks. The tramping OF the
animals while feeding during the sum-
mer, principally on the rape, forms
dust mulch on the surface of the
ground In this way soil moisture is
retained for the use of the clover dur
ing the dry summer season. If hay
crop is desired the second season, the
rape is killed by pasturing it closely
with sheep during the late fall or win
ter. Sheep eat off the crowns Of the
plants close TO the ground and the rape
then dies If the rape is not killed it
will go to seed the next summer, anu
the stalks will give some trouble in
the hay. If the clover is not cropped
too closely the first summer, this
method gives an excellent stand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Adding His Testimony.

Rivers-I notice that learned pro-
fessor says the evening coat dates back
to the time of the Norman conquest.
Brooks-He's right. l know mine
Ioc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

Victor Hugo was particularly fond
of asparagus, but he would not eat it
unless it was arranged carefully in the
form of wheel, with the tips of the
vegetable turned toward the center of
the dish. and each piece unbroken.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
VILLAGE Is FIRE-SwEPT.

Coleman Suffers from Flam es-Fam-
lily Flee in Night Clothes.
A fire for a time threatened the entire
village of Coleman. The fire started there
one morning at 3 80 and spread rapidly
The hardware store and brick building
of Peter Wolff and the baker shop of X
Roschpleau and a millinery store We're
totally destroyed. Wolff and his family
had to flee in their night clothes. The
loss is estimated at $1,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

To have horses of endurance, give
muscles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
FINDS $4,000 IN OLD PANTS.
Supposed Pauper Leaves Fortune for
Missing SON

Three thousand dollars in gold found in
the trouser leg of a supposed pauper will
go to an only son of Fred Strey, who left
him in anger twenty-seven years ago, if
the younger Strey can be found SIrey
had been living with the Klitzke family in
Appleton and was supposed to be penni-
less. After the funer9,. However, when
Mrs. Klitzke was clearing out his room,
she noticed that pair of trousers which
she was about to burn seemed heavy and
on investigation found the gold sewed in
the lining
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
HAZE Double Endemic.

Menasha is afflicted by a curious cpl
demic The disease appears to be com
bination of la grippe and tonsilitis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

Sheep are very efficient aids in max
ing clean pastures by keeping down
many kinds of weeds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

If fiockmaster attempt to winter
his sheep without shelter enough to
keep them dry, he will not get good
fleece.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
CLAIMS POLICY FRAUD.

Mother Contests Right of Widow to
Sons Insurance.
Can the beneficiary be changed without
knowledge of the policy holder is a ques-
ton raised in case in Manitowoc. Mrs.
Catherine McCulley, mother of William
McCulley, who was killed at Oconto a
year ago. contests the right of McCulley's
widow to the $1,000 insurance. 1t is
charged that McCulley did not make APP
plication to have the beneficiary changed.
though a new policy was issued, and
charge of fraud is made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
marching Fruit Trees.

Oftentimes the orchardist in going
through the orchard after the snow has
left will find that mice have found
their way to some valuable tree and
have possibly gnawed the bark COM
pletely from the tree for distance of
several inches up and down. AS rule,
if the damage done to the tree is close
to the ground it can be banked up with
earth early and be saved, but the SAT
est plan is to march it early before
growth starts. This simple method is
done by taking a sharp, narrow chisel
and making an incision below and
above the portion injured. IL the dis
lance is 3 inches. then cut branch
from the tree of last years growth,
inches in length. sharpen both ends to
wedge. bend it in the form of bow
and insert one end into the incislon
made by the chisel below and the other
above the wound, pressing it we'll up
under the bark. By placing several Of
these marched CRAFTS about tree will
oftentimes save a tree so that it will
heal ND Immediately and there will be
no ioss.-Twentieth Century Farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
ESS~SS~~@

As rule, horse broad in the fore
head will be intelligent and kind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Purchasing Nursery Stock.

1t is best to purchase trees that have
been grown in the State or in nearby
States, the nearer your home the bet
ter In this way we may avoid the
danger of importing diseases that do
not already occur in the State. 1t is
very important to make the purchase
of nurseryman who is familiar with
the yellows, root-lice, scale and other
enemies. for such q man will be guard
ing against propagating diseased trees
If possible, it is good plan to see the
trees before purchasing. some grow
ers think that trees grown further
South or further North are better, but
know of no evidence to support either
of these riews, says the author Of a
New Jersey bulletin. In general, it is
better to get trees from your own 10
cality, if good nurseries are located
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Crop Rotation.

An experiment reported in a South
Dakota bulletin has been in progress
since 1897. A revised outline of ear
lier results is here given. The purpose
of the present bulletin is to show which
crops reduce soil fertility and which
maintain its productivity. The best
order Of succession of crops is also
shown as indicated by these results.
The best average yields Of wheat
were secured after either corn or po-
tatoes.. Results following these two in
order of merit were obtained from
summer fallow, mllet, vetch, peas,
wheat and oats. The introduction of a
cultivated crop into the rotation was
found to become more important, as the
conditions for the production of a max
imum total crop were more unfaVor-
able. especially if due to dry season.
1t was found that wheat Is a more
particular crop than oats and requires
a better place in the rotation.
The culture Of Canada field peas
and vetch increased the growth of
straw in the following crops, but gave
no material increase in the yield of
grain. This was most marked where
the peas were plowed under as green
manure or fed with hogs. Green man
uring with peas has so far shown no
benefits over a summer falIow.
At the end of eight years land grow
ing wheat and corn alternately is pro-
ducing better total crops of wheat than
land growing wheat alternately with
vetch and with summer fallow Manur-
ing land growing wheat alone has so
far not been profitable, but a decided
profit was secured in manuring land
for corn. Where the corn crop was
MANFRED a residual effect was observed
for at least four years.
1t is believed that in the best rota-
lions of South Dakota the land should
be sown to some perennial grass for
a short term Of years. and that bronze
grass Is well adapted to this use.
Flax was not more exhaustive OF
the fertility of the soil than the other
grain crops !,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
WASHINGTON JOKES.
They Are Not Indicative of Waning
Respect for His COuntry,s Father,

They Are Not Indicative of Waning
Respect for His Country's Father.
The date of the beginning of the Gus
tom of making jokes about that American
we have all agreed to call the Father Of
His Country and whose memory we all
revere beyond that of any other Ameri-
can, in spite of our jests about him, is
lost in obscurity. The earliest, so far as
| know, came in at about the beginning
of Washington's birthday celebrations,
and perhaps was, when first perpetrated,
slip of the tongue, by which some one
Inadvertently alluded to the day of the
additions of a family whose name was
hitherto unknown in that neighborhood.
This joke is still acceptable to boys, who
think it excruciatingly funny and work it
off with great zest every year. l have
also heard it, and recently, on the lips
of hoary headed men who thought it a
masterpiece.
1t was not till the rise of the profess
sionally funny writer that the original
Washington joke began to flourish. Joke
writer's made money at the industry Tor
a few years, but nowadays they groan in
spirit and sometimes use unconventional
verbalities when batch of jokes for Feb.
% is ordered, for nothing seems left after
the work of themselves and their fellow
humorists in past years. The funny art
list has the advantage over the writer,
for by divers tricks of the time ne may
make the dullest joke acceptable some
times.
One of the best pictorial jokes 1 re-
member was a drawing showing line
Nent and hoary negro men and women
stretching away in endless perspective, la
beled ''Washington's Cooks and Body Ser
wants" A favorite line for the profess
sional humorists to work out their jokes
on is, Suppose George hadn't told the
truth about the cherry tree?" The rhymes
below show how one chap utilized that
idea and sold his production to the same
paper that published the picture Of Wash
ington's trip in 1889:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

In considering the relative value Of
the hen and the pullet for laying, first
cost Of producing a layer Is not a.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

The rhymster (unidentifed) who pro-
duced the following took negative view
of things and paid the immortal George
a high compliment at the same time:
When Washington was president,
AS cold as any icicle,
He never on a railroad went,
And never rode a bicycle.
He read by no electric lamp,
Nor heard about the Yellowstone;
He never licked a postage stamp,
And never saw telephone.
His trousers ended at the knees;
By wire he coTId not send dispatch;
He filed his lamp with whale oil grease,
And never had match to scratch
But in these days it's come to pass,
All work is with such dashing done
We've all those things, but then: alas
We seem to have no Washington!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

The daily ration for good COW is
thirty pounds of corn silage, ten pounds
of hay, three pounds of corn meal, five
pounds of bran.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
THOUGHT.

If Washington had lied that day
He chopped the cherry tree,
How different it would have been
Our country's history
For none can doubt that had he lied
Old Bushrod would have jumped
For his right heavy hickory stick,
And Georges life out thumped.
And then-ah, me our loved state
Indeed would have been sad;
For if G. W. then had died
1t would have had
No Dad
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

Get rid of the surplus horses that
are not growing into money. There is
no advantage in keeping enough extra
horses to eat all that the useful ones
earn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

A good way to get the corn stalks off
the field for spring seeding is to let
the stock Craze them down. Our stock
has the range of the cornfield all win
ter and when spring comes there is
nothing but stubs of stalks left We
have often watched the cows and young
stock walk out to the field from a rick
of clover or good oat straw. The food
value of bleached stalks of course is
not of much consequence; however, the
OLD cow likes the change and, besides,
it is good exercise for her to spend an
hour or so in this way every day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

Damp floors are almost sure to give
poultry roup or some other disease.
Coal oil sprayed or injected into the
nostrils and throat will usually cure
them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

To keep celery well take it up roots
and all lust before the ground freezes
hard, and pack it in shallow boxes
with the roots in dirt and the tops
standing up as they would in the gar
den. Pack dirt solid around the roots
and keep it moist. Don't let dirt or
water get on the tops. 1t will keep on
growing right there in the cellar, and
will bleach up nicely. Of course,
where it is grown in large lots it is
trenched in outdoors, protected from
hard freezing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

A pound of good butter would swap
even to-day with a bushel of corn. The
former contains no fertility, while the
fertility in the latter is worth about
fifteen cents. Each man can draw his
own conclusions.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-08-05

have recently been bitten by these ven
omous varmints. sends in the follow
ing antidote. which he states usually
has the desired effect: Make poul-
tice Of the white OF an egg. gun pow
der ard mustard: apply until one ad-
heres to the wound; replace poultices
frequently" The recipe is given for
what il is worth
VISITED TUCSON. - Mrs. E l..
Branch returned yesterday morning
from a two-weeks visit in Tucson