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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02

Eyes, sir.'
'Well, I've found most of them"
Il am very glad, SIR"
And you are the woman"
Barclay extended his hands toward
her. "Will you be my wife?'
Mary Nelson dropped her head.
Then she stammered NO"
A strange, new light came into her
face. "Mr. Barclay" she said, present
~. Il am poor girl and you are
rich man. l could not fill your require
ments, as specified in your letters to
other women. Besides I love my indie
pendence, and no woman of spirit cares
to be traded in like shares of stock"
Barclay fell to his knees MY dear,
you are right" His big frame shook
with emotion. Il am q wretched,
money-warped, business-soak dog.
do not deserve you. But 1 do love you,
with all my heart. May I pursue this,
the dearest wish of my life? VIII you
permit me to prove my worth?"
The naughty, contemptuous smile in
the girls face quickly gave way to the
usual sweet and earnest expression.
by this admission" she said. taking
his trembling hand, 81 have proof
enough.
"Yes."-Kansas City World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02

Frohman in the Delineator, we'll of the country
rests in the sound wholesome the middle classes
1t is peculiar fact that while Shakespeare of all
dramasts offers the greatest opportunity scenery
he also, of all who wrote best do with
out it, In fact believe Shakespeare owes his greatness
in part to the fact that he did any scenery He
had to make everything clear without is why his
lines appeal to the mind well the action of the
eye. Had he known different, Shakespeare would not
have been nearly great because he probably never
would have taken the pains However, the converse isn't
would have taken the pains However, the coverse isn't
true We not hiding any Shakspeares behind scenery
to-day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Small Scale DairYing

A New Jersey dairynan who buys
all his feed and pasturage says that
there is money in cows because he is
taking it out of the business every year.
He is an elderly man who keeps six
or seven COWS on a quarter of an acre
city lot. During 1905 his expenses
were: Bran and other grain. S1j3.90 !;
hay, $161.6O; pasturage, $50; total,
$4,000. His receipts were: Milk,
$1,05L50; manure, $50; calves, SIS; to-
tai, 81 ,101.50. Cash balance in profits,
$745. He gets $1.25 per load for ma
nure and sells milk at cents to 10
cents per quart. FrOu May to Novem-
Der he pastures his cows in pasture
near to his home. All milk he delivers
by hand. He knows that none but good
COWS can be kept where feed is so high
and all of it has to be purchased. He
practices the very best methods that
make for cleanliness and sanitation,
and the demand for the milk far ex-
ceeds the amount he gets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
WISCONSIN SOLoAS.
Force Premiums Down.

The insurance bills have been prepared
according to recommendations of the legis-
lative Investigating committee James w.
Glover professor Of mathematics and in
surance in the University of Michigan,
who was the counseling actuary of the
Wisconsin legislative investigating COM
mittee and who assisted in the prepara-
ton of the report made last fall, says
the joint committee is disposed to stand
by the recommendations of the investigat-
ing committee in demanding that a limi-
tation be placed upon premiums. hives
legations of the various committees have
shown that the companies have collected
more than is necessary to transact bust
ness in the way of premiums" said Prof.
Glover. There are various evidences or
this overcollection. The amount of undis-
tributed surplus held by companies doing
business in Wisconsin is in excess of
$780, 100000. The recommendations pro-
vide a reduction of only 81 to $40 on
policies above the rates now charged. The
suggestions ere not radical. The bill
will, however, interfere with the collec-
tons of premiums for extravagant pur-
poses. The companies have contended
that such bill should not be passed. that
to limit premiums is wrong in principle.
1t appears however, that competition
alone in the past has not effected reduc-
ton and there is no guarantee that it will
do so in the future"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Selection of Tomato Ground.

For early market tomatoes hillsides
banked on the north by woods and
gently sloping to the southwark will
give the best results, says a Maryland
bulletin, but for the general crop for
canning purposes the location is not
important, provided the soil is well
drained. 1t is well, however, to avoid
low pockets Of land where the air
drainage is poor and into which, if the
nights happen to be cool and moist, the
dampness will settle, forming heavy
dews, a condition not only liable to in
duce leaf diseases, but also to prove
detrimental to the ripening and dissem-
ination Of pollen. A full crop of fruit
is absolutely dependent upon good set
and if the air could be dry at all times
it would go a long way towards insur-
ing polarization, the desired end.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Inaccurate Seed Tes.iu-.

II is not at all certain that seed
when sown in the open field will show
the same amount of digestibility as
when sown in seed testing boxes or
between plates in the house and I'M
der ideal conditions of warmth and
moisture. A great many experiments
have been made to show what the
terminating power of various seeds is,
and it has been figured out that the
results would be the same in the field
as in the seed testers. 1t is inter-
esting, therefore, to note that a COM
parison Of results do not show the
same percentage of seed terminating
under the two conditions.
In some comparative tests reported
81 samples of seed of oats and wheat
The lowest termination was 40 per
cent, and the highest 80 per cent. A
like number of samples of the same
seed were planted in the open ground
at the same time, the samples being
the same grain as those planted in
the testers. One of the oat samples
that had shown a termination of "a
per cent when planted in the tester
gave only "a per cent of termination
when planted in the open field. An
other lot gave in the tester a germi-
nation of 81 per cent, yet when sown
ia the open field it gave only Is per
cent. This was a most remarkable
decline.
One of the samples of wheat seed
gave 63 per cent OF termination when
sown in the seed tester, but when
sown in the field gave only per cent
Of termination. The poorest sample
for field work gave 60 per cent of ger
minatiOn when sown in the seed test
er, but In the field gave only q per
cent of termination. This illustrates
the fact that something besides ger
mfnation tests need be looked for
when figuring On what seed will do.
Conditions in the field are much hard
er than in a terminating plate.
An investigation of this seed show
ed that it had been produced under
bad conditions and probably lacked
vitality. 1t had been injuriously af-
fected by early fall frosts. Most Of
it had enough vitality to enable it
to sprout under the perfectly favor
able conditions found in a sprouting
tray, but had not enough vitality to
enable it to sprout when buried in the
ground where the moisture supply
would be too great or too little, the
temperature too high or too low, and
where the air would not have free
access to the grain.
The termination tests may still be
considered valuable, says Farmers
Review, but they are by no means
conclusive, so long as they are con-
Quoted under ideal conditions. 1t is
only rare that conditions in the open
ground are ideal for the termination
Of seed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
To Sharncn a Disk Harrow.

First get a crank fifteen to twenty
inch stroke that will fit solid on the
end of the disc journal or axle Then
take off seat and lever and turn disc
upside down. Blosk up so the crany
will easily turn it, and with two ham,
mers, one heavier than the other,
straighten out all kinks around edges
of discs. Then while one man turns
disc slowly with the crank. have anoth-
er man hold a good fat file, or a piece
Of grindstone against the inner or con-
yeX edge Of each disc, one at time of
course. The file and the man at the
crank does the work.-N. S. French.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
State News in Brief.

Capt. C. II. Henry is being doomed by
Eau Claire G.. A. K. men for department
commander.
William WEIGH, aged 10, of Beloit, was
instantly killed by falling through an ele-
vator opening.
Fire in the icehouses of the Cudahy
Packing Company near Milwaukee caus-
ed a loss of $4,000
Fred L. box of Suamico was accident
ally shot and killed while cleaning an old
gun. The shot blew the top off his head.
While playing about bonfire, the lit
tie daughter of A. o. Roberts, a farm
er of Wyoming valley, received fatal
burns.
Three men were hurt, two seriously,
and an automobile was wrecked by the
explosion of tank of acetylene gas at
Oshkosh.
r. B. Woodwork and Alfred Baker
school in the oratorical contest at Wau-
sau in May.
The 7-year-old daughter of August
Wagner of Menomonie was probably ia
tally burned. Her clothing caught fire
from burning rubbish.
Thomas Wickham was crushed to death
in the Northwestern railway shops at
in bed two weeks ago.
Martin Holverson, a young man living
near Eleva, fell on to a circular saw.
Both arms were taken off, one below and
the other above the elbow. He cannot
live.
William Yauske fell asleep on a rail-
road track near Lone Rock. A train
struck him, severing a toe, breaking an
arm and injuring his head. He may re-
cover.
\ barn and eight head of cattle be-
longing to William Wolck burned on his
farm two miles north of Burnett juno
ton. Loss $500, insured for $1,1OO.
James Ia Blonde. an employee of the
y. Ludington Company of Marinette, was
horribly injured by one of the saws in
the mill which burst, striking him and
almost severing his left leg.
W. S. Allen, former clerk of Craw-
ford county. pleaded guilty TO a charge of
graft in having illegally collected $3.50
while in office, and was instructed to re-
turn that sum to the county and pay the
costs of the case.
Word has been received from Los An
geles. Cal. of the death of Mrs. Sarah
Partridge Hendee. who was the first
teacher of schools in st. Croix county
Mrs. Hendee began teaching at Buena
Vista (now Hudson) in 1919.
Mrs. Augusta Bierman, aged 20 years,
mother of Mrs. William Goerlitz, Upper
Falls road, Sheboygan, had lighted a pile
of rubbish in the yard when her dress
caught fire and she was enveloped in
flames. She died. Her daughter. Mrs.
William Goerlitz, ran out with blankets
and attempted to put out the flames, but
was unsuccessful. Mrs. Goerlitz was also
badly burned about the hands and face.
The Secretary of State has appointed
II. J. Anderson to the position Of assist
ant printing clerk to fill the vacancy
caused by the promotion of r. S. Harri-
son to the position of statistical clerk.
Mrs. Anna McKenney, sister of Brig.
Gen. George NJ. Randall, {. S. A, re-
tired. died in GAINESVILLE as the result of
being burned. her dress having caught
fire from a bonfire on which she was rak-
ing leaves.
Mrs. Rose Schmidt, a former resident
of Chicago and mother of Schmidt Broth
ers, jewelers. in that city. committed sui
eide in Racine by inhaling gas in her
room. She was in i'll health. She was
81 years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02

ed, affectionate, sagaclous. loving,
luotherly, genteel, sterling woman.
Girls make me weary"
When you get one Of these financial
intellects regularly to business he
knows what he is about, and he doesn't
make any mistake.
So Barclay set up a matrimonial bu-
reau in his private office.
He would advertise.
No nonsensical rot about cultured
gent desiring to meet cultured lady, but
a straight business proposition.
It would involve immense clerical
system-very we'll, he would dictate
answers for an hour every morning
First thing to do-get an extra ste
nographer. Must be business-like girl
girls, bad. but have to put up with
II"
One morning there came to Barclays
Office q girl with a small waist, a pearl
gray pelisse over her( shoulders and a
comedian ring on her finger.
I am stenographer," said she very
meekly. 81 came to answer an adver-
tisement."
Barclay was signing checks. 1t was
one of the busiest moments of his life.
Finally he glanced at her.
Young woman. 1 want a discreet,
confidential secretary to answer CORE
spondence. She's got to be here early
In the morning, attend to business
strictly. The salary is Sc a week Do
you think you can sit down to that
kind of drudgery for that pittance and
keep the business to yourself?"
Eyes, sir"
"Now, then" said Barclay, "the mat
ter for which 1 have engaged you is
aside from the regular business By
the way, what is your name?"
MARY Nelson"
"Well, Miss Nelson, don't want you
to talk outside this room about any of
the business you have to transact here.
If you do there'll be trouble"
She turned her demure face toward
him and said Yes, sir" so meekly and
patiently that he noticed her eyes.
So they got along very nicely with
out any nonsense. Barclay would come
in the morning, look to see if the sailor
hat was hanging on the peg. grunt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Glenn Beds Measure Is Lost.

After a spirited debate the Barker bill.
regulating sanitary conditions of hotels.
was killed in the over house Friday by
vote of 46 to SO. 1t had been passed
previously by the Senate. Assemblyman
e. A. Everett, former Chicagoan who
runs summer hotel at Eagle River in
the northern part of the State, led the
attack on the bill, and Assemblymen L.
III. Miller of La Crosse and Wesley r.
vine of Manawa, practicing physicians,
defended it. The essential features OF
the bill are as follows: "All beds and bed
ding in all hotels and public boarding and
rooming houses must be kept clean and
reasonably aired, and all sheets or blan
kets and pillow cases be changed after
being used, and not again used for other
guests until they have been thoroughly
washed and dried"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02

self in and becomes vital part problem of gov
ernment woman who is successful in home life Is
desperately needed in civic life, suggests Herbert D.
Ward, in Woman's Home Companion.
There is where you needed. There Is where the
value Of independent, unpolitical organization of
women comes in-an association that is formed to do
the thing that men will not What is your problem?
it roads schools? Sidewalks the preservation of
forests? The development of home industries or attract
i've school grounds? Make a start at once no matter
how isolated you whether you belong to womans
club not
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Once Again Bordeaux.

This formula cannot be replaced too
often, considering its great, almost
vital, Importance to every fruit grow
er:
Copper Sulphate .............. lbs.
QUICK Lime .......-......... IDS.
Water Zone barrel) ....... 1850 gal.
Dissolve the copper sulphate (bIue
stone) by suspending it in a wooden or
earthen vessel containing four or five
gallons of water. Stake the lime IN
another vessel. If the lime, when slak-
ed, is lumpy or granulated, it should
be strained through coarse sacking
or fine sieve. Pour the copper sui
phate solution into the barrel, or it may
be dissolved in this in the first place !;
half fill the barrel with water, add the
slaked lime; fill the barrel with the
water and stir thoroughly. Never add
the lime till ready for use.
Stock solutions of dissolved copper
isuIphate and lime may be prepared
and kept In separate covered barrels
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02

ceyed many inquiries in regard to from all parts the
United States indicating growing interest those
countries and increasing Impotence the part of
many American business with the recurrence of
these eruptons in the body polite of Central America
There is undoubtedly considerable sentiment that
later government exercise open
~ and firmly its influence to deter the Southern peoples
from resorting to settle every trivial difference
which they have.
Data regarding the foreign trade population of the
important of the Central American States is not
without interest Nicaragua has population in round
numbers, of 100000 its trade with the world in
general amounts to $5,50O0O0 year, about two
thirds of which is with the United States. The popua-
ton Honduras according to the of 1902 is
10000 The trade with the United States more than
half the total trade of the republic amounts
to S45OO0OO. Salvador has q population 100000 in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
DESERTED SPOUSE KILLS SELF.

Charged His Wife with EIOpement
and Began Divorce Suit.
Because his wife eloped with a neigh
Dor Jacob Rosenberger, Chippewa Falls
farmer shot and killed himself in the
woods near his home. Rosenberger had
started a divorce suit in which he named
William Laire. a neighbor, as correspond
ent. The elopement. he alleged. took
place several days ago. Without waiting
to put on his clothes Rosenberger left
his bed at 5 o'clock in the morning and
went to the woods, where he shot him
self. His disappearance, which was dis
covered later. caused much alarm. \
searching party found the body.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
CABLE BREAKS; HURTS SEVEN.

Accident at Wisconsin Quarries May
Have Fatal Results.
BY the breaking of the cable at the gov
eminent quarries, a short distance from
Irempealeau, seven men were seriously
injured, two probably fatally. The in
jured are: Jameson. superintendent. La
Crosse, leg broken; Frank Frohawk, fore
man. La Crosse, right arm shattered;
George Schaefer, engineer. Winona, left
eye out; George Hyde. Trempealeau, leg
broken and jaw shattered: Don Hutton
how, Trempealeau. wrist broken: L. s.
Huttle, La Crosse, leg broken; ]. John
son. La Crosse, leg broken. Many others
were hurled twenty feet in the air. but,
allshting in a bunch, were not seriously
injured
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Good Time Coming.

The Philadelphia Public Ledger says
that unless there is a very decided in
crease in the number of our farmers,
planters and cattle raisers,\ the day
must soon come when we shall consume
at home practically the entire output
Of our fields and farms and when we
may even be compelled to import food
stuffs to supply the tables of our me-
chanicS and laborers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
KILLED CLEANING GUN.

Accidental Discharge of Firearm
Blows Out Brains of Farmer.
Fred l.. Dox of the town of Suanico
was accidentally shot and killed the 9th
er night by a shot gun which he was
cleaning. The shot entered the head just
below the left eye and blew the top of
his skull off. He died instantly. 1t is
supposed that he placed the gun against
the step at the rear of his home and
that the hammer was caught. Dox was
% years old and only two weeks ago
went out to the farm which he had re-
Gently purchased He leaves wife and
a five-weeks-old daughter. He came from
Idaho Springs, Colo
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Talk of Session in Fall.

There is some talk among the iegisa-
tors of adjourning until some time in the
fall or the first of next January. Many
members favor simply passing the neces-
sary appropriation bills and then adjourn
ing. If there should be deadlock on
the Senatorship some of them would be
in favor Of putting that over until fall
or January. Also it is believed it will be
impossible to finish up the work by June
unless there should be a wholesale killing
of bills.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Wisconsin,
State News
Services ConsecratinG Fond du Lac
House Of Morship Last a Week

Services Consecrating Fond du Lac
House OF Worship Last Week.
The new edifce of the First Baptist
church of Fond du Lac was dedicated
Sunday. the first service in the new build
ing being held that morning. The prin-
cipal speaker was DR.. Latham \. Gran
dali of Minneapolis, who preached both
morning and evening. The dedicatory
program continued throughout this week
concluding with a reception by the wom-
ems societies of the church on Friday
evening. The speakers were as follows
Monday evening, DR.. D. ". Hurlburt
Wauwatosa: Tuesday evening. Rev. C. ].
Galpin. Madison: Wednesday evening, DR..
James Loring Cheney, Wheaton, III. !;
Thursday evening. Rev II. T. Wiltsee
Division Street Methodist church; Rev.
j. II. Chandler, First Congregational
church, and Rev. Louis 2. Peeke. First
Presbyterian church, Fond du Lac. The
new church was erected at a cost of
about $4,000. not including the cost of
the lot. which was SJ.733. 1t is con-
structed of vitrifed sandstone brick. with
Bedford cut stone trimmings, and has a
seating capacity of 600.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
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Keep n Cow Dairy.

Keep n Cow Dairy.
1t should be the business of every
dairyman to keep a record of every
item Of Interest about his COWS. He
should know the date of their going
dry and coming fresh: when they were
turned to pasture, and when put upon
dry feed. If he trusts to his memory
he will be sure to be uncertain and in
accurate
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Ganu1a DusseS RiIIa

The Roehr bill for the establishment of
trade schools in counties containing cities
of the first class and authorizing school
boards to take over schools already es-
tabished has been passed by the Senate,
as have been the bill relating to larceny
from buildings, cars, etc, and that pro
viding a penalty for cheating or defraud-
ing the buyer or seller of electric current,
gas or water and for stealing gas, cleo
fricitY or wafer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
Asks for Income Tax, Law.

Assemblyman Roycraft introduced
joint resolution memorializing Congress
to pass an income tax law. The resolu
ton asserts that many large fortunes now
existing have not been secured through
legitimate channels of trade or through
the integrity, perseverance and industry
of their possessors and that the rich do
not contribute their proportionate share
to the support of the government.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02
STATE BLOCKS DRAINAGE.
Seeks Injunction to Restrain Hori-
con Marsh COmmi ssion

Attorney General Frank L. Gilbert. in
behalf of the State. has begun proceed
ings which aim to prevent the draining
of Horizon marsh. He has petitioned
the Dodge county Circuit Court to set
aside the judgment of the late James J.
Dick, establishing the drainage commits
sion. and also for an injunction to re-
strain the commissioners. pending the liti-
cation. from taking any steps toward raz-
ing the Hustisford dam. The State claims
an interest in Rock river and Hustisford
lake and claims it was not notified of
any hearing in the case except the first.
Hence. it holds. the actions are void. The
litigation Involves 10000 acres in a fam
Gus duck hunting resort