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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
CONRAD CHARLES
DIED AT MATHER

Conrad Charles, an old settler and
highly respected citizen, of Mather
died there on the afternoon of Dec.
24th, 1906 aged 81 years 6 months and
s days. Mr.. Charles was born in
Hokimer Co. n. Y. on June Is, 1855.
He was the youngest Of four children.
Early in his life the western spirit
took hold of the family and in 1869
they emigrated to New Lisbon. There
was the home of young Charles until
% years ago where he moved to the
vicinity of Mather.
On Oct. p. 1875 he was united in
holy wedlock to Miss Ella Keenan, at
Grand Rapids. To them was born
four children, all living as follows:
Mrs. Emma Regalia, of Mather; Mrs.
Mary Smith, of BrokaW; and John
and Willie, both of Mather.
Mr.. Charles has always enjoyed
good health until the 18th of last
June. At that time he began to fail
and the end came December a. at
lao D. m. He leaves the wife and
four children. He was a member of
the Modern Woodmen of America
and under their auspices the funeral
was held in their beautiful hall at
Mather. Rev. Chas. e. Buffers, of
Viroqua, preached the sermon. The
Increment was made in the Mather
cemetery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
Submarine Logging.

The wastefulness of the early lum-
bermen in the west is the opportunity
of the enterprising lumbermen of to-
day. A company was incorporated last
summer to engage in submarine log
ging in various rivers of Michigan. 1t
was announced lately that from a deep
hole in the bend of one river a scov
equipped with a crane had fished out
300, 900 feet of lumber. The Manistea
river is said to be paved with logs OF
pine, elm, cherry, oak and maple for a
distance of 200 miles. These logs sank,
instead of floating down stream along
with the main body of the cut when
they were first rolled into the wate;.
Not only are logs being fished from the
river, but slabs are being dredged from
the bottom of Muskegon lake, where
they were sunk years ago because they
had no market value. They are sawed
up into laths now and sold at a profit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
TO DOUBLE
The CAPACITY
H. J. Heinze Co. Will Enlarge
the Present Station to
Double the Size

PITTsvILLE, Wis. Jan 3-Perhap
n of the most prosperous institu-
tions in this city is the new pickle
station of the III. j. Heinze Co. which
was erected here in the early spring.
This company had contracts of about
two hundred acres of land during the
last season, and paid out to the
farmers in the immediate neighbor-
hood, over SIC, 1000.
1t has been definately decided now
to increase the present station to
double its capacity, and it is believed
that there will be contracts for fully
three hundred acres when the season
arrives. This means that instead of
so, 900 which was a big item i'm itself,
that the company will probably pay
out for its next seasons pickles to
the farmers adjacent to the city,
fully $50, 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

We know that the business men
and citizens of Grand Rapids join
with us in extending a cordial well
come to the members of the Stang
Ellis Lumber Co., recently organized
in this city for the manufacture Of
lumber, sash, doors and blinds and
box shocks. L. W. Ellis and family,
who have resided several years in our
midst, have made many warm friends
here, who were anxious owe the fact
that having sold his interest in the
Badger Box & Lumber Co, they
might decide to leave this city. This
new organization decides their perma-
nent residence among us. 1t also as
sociates more closely with the bust
ness interests of this city one of the
prominent and most conspicuous and
prosperous business men in northern
Wisconsin in the person of A. H.
STANCE. We welcome him among US
and hope his connection with the
above firm will bring him to Grand
Rapids often. His successfulbusiness
career in our neighboring city to the
north al much to us. We urge
all our readers to extend a cordial
greeting TO the new firm and give
them a helping hand in every way
possible.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
Thursday, January 1907.

We are pleased to learn that the
members Of the Common Council in
their last session Wednesday night,
were largely agreed with US in our
opinion that what is known as the
fair grounds property should be re-
served for educational purposes only.
This is a sensible view Of the situa-
tiun and we believe that in time this
opinion will be verified by the facts
that may deveIope. Educational in
situations ought to be located in a
part of the city where they will b
free from manufacturing institutions,
railroads, commerce and all noises
that are apt to interfere with educa-
tional work. For these reasons, while
a member of the school board, we
favored the location Of the Lincoln
High school building upon the fair
ground site. The wisdom of that
selection has already been verified by
the establishment Of that school.
The further fact that the County
Normal building is to be erected on
the fair ground site, bears us out in
this judgment. We now look ahead
for the establishment Of a manual
training and domestic science build
ing to be erected out Of the j. ID.
Witter bequest. With these three
institutions already assured, we are
positive that others will follow in the
future. We are therefore pleased to
know that the members Of the Com
mon Council are in favor Of retaining
the fair ground property for educa,
tional purposes, and we are positive
that the future will prove the wisdom
of their action.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
CRANBERRY MEN
TO MEET JAN. s

The Cranberry Growers State con-
ventiOn will be held in this city at
the court house, Tuesday January s..
The sessions will begin at nine O'Clock
sharp in the morning and will pro-
badly last all day.
The program arranged for this
occasion is as follows:
Presidents address S. n. Whittle-
sey.
Report of secretary and treasurer
J. w. Fitch, acting secretary.
TreaSurer-M. O. Potter.
Report of statistician-Judge j. a.
Gaynor.
Address Conditions in the east asI
found them''-Judge j. A. Gaynor.
Report of the experiment station
O. G. Made.
Address-C. B. Hardenburger.
"False BlOSsOmS''--D. Z. DanO.
"Raking on the water and after
care of the berries''-A. Searles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

understood that the fire originated in
the southeast end of the building
near the engine room. just how ii
was caused is unknown. The build
ings were valued at between seven
and eight thousand dollars, and the
insurance all told is only about s., 400.
This academy was built about three
years ago by the colony Of Adyentists
who reside in this village. The num-
Der of students attending the classes
in this institution were on the in
crease, and the standard of educa-
ton was high.
While it has not been decided as
yet, to rebuild the academy, there is
strong talk of doing so. 1t is to be
hoped that such a course will be per
sued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
ENGLISH VILLAGE FiREMEN.
Humorous Incidents o. Fire Fighting
by the Rustics of the
Companies.

Rural fire departments, especially in
the early days OF organization, have
often afforded rich material for COM
edy. Had hand-lubs and ladder com
Panies been known in Shakespeare's
day, ii IS easy TO imagine that English
literature might have been enriched
by the portrait of some rustic fire CHEZ.
lit to pass down TO immortality vita
those Of the country watchmen ami
justi-es We Enow Sc we'll. Mr.. T. L.
Law-or, says Youths Companion, has
recently recorde3 some s"g estive bits
from English yl.-1Gez.
II Cornwall, al IN alarm of fire, a
memter of a newly formed fire com
pany Was seen standing on a corner,
gaping N i dazed way at a brisk fire in
progress some distance down the street.
At last he was overheard murmuring
10 himself:
a proper bIaZe-it sure De a prope'
blaze! 4 must so home and put on my
Uniform; yes, it be a b-aze v rth get
Ting 81 my new boots for, t though
EN- be-"
st another fire the company, assem-
bed h4stily in an u%nlighted vii age
lane, had no lanterns, IL in a dark
ness ~jeepened by a thick smoke as yet
Tniighted by flame, were helpleSsiy
wondering what they could do, and
where to make their attack. Suddenly
a tongue OF fiickering red shot up from
the sm0ldering building, and the fire.
men, with a shout, prepared to turn
the hose upon it. The captain grabbed
the nearest fire-fiehter and jerked HIN
AMI the nozzle he was directing VIC
lently aside.
Ere, you lunk'e'd," he shouted
"'Old ard! If you wasn't goin' to pu.
out the honly light we've got to see the
fire BY"
At the burning of a large barn an
other village chief was so intent on
personally getting out the livestock
that he left the conduct of the fight
against the fire entirely to his subor-
dinates, who We're sadly in need of di-
rectiOn. On being demonstrated with
he declared, eXcitedly:
"Drat the old barn! Let her burn!
She's half gone, anyway. But the crit
ters are critters, and pork is pork.
Sammy Tottle's mast-fed bacon is the
best in three counties, and f you don't
look out twill be all frizzied up to-
gether to oncet, and nobody's tongue
get a taste of it. Never you mind the
fire, men; turn to and haul out them
pigs!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
BETHEL ACADEMY
BURNED TO GROUND
Advent College in Town of Rich
field Destroyed by Fire Early
New Years Morning-=LosssBe=
tween Seven and Eight Thou
sand Dollars.

The Bethel Academy valued at be-
tween seven and eight thousand
dollars, and located in the village of
Bethel, in the town of Richfield this
county, was totally destroyed by fire
New Years morning.
This news spread over Wood county
like wild fire Tuesday, and words of
sympathy with the little colony in
that village who have been struggling
during the past three years to estab-
lish an academy for the dissemination
of knowledge among its people, was
heard on every hand. The c~onflagra-
ton was discovered about three
O'Clock in the morning, but it was too
late to save anything, and the entire
building was burned to the ground i'm
a few hours.
While the information to be had at
this time and point is meyer, it is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
SOMETHING OF A FEAT.
Seasoned Smoker Fails to Burn Up a
Cigar Without Removing It
from His Lips.

"I have a customer who thinks he
smokes 20 cigars a day." said a Joplin
CMo.) dealer to a News reporter recent
". "As a matter of fact, he gives away
many of them and throws away some
that are only partly consumed. How
ever. he is firm in the belief that he
smokes more actual tobacco than any
man IN town, and a boast on the subject
in my store recently led to a curious bet.
He declared, to begin with, that he
could smoke three ordinary cigars in
half an hour. A bystander remarked
that no man alive could smoke even
one cigar continuously until it was con
sumed without taking it from his lips.
".Bosh,' said the man, I do that right
along, and think nothing of it,
"'IIl bet you a box OF p%erfectos you
can't do it right now,' said the other,
and in half a minute the wager was
made. BY its terms the cigar was to be
consumed in steady consecutive puffs
and not removed from the lips until
burned to a mark n and one-half
inches from the tip.
"A clear Havana COLORADO madura
was selected for the test and the smoker
took a seat and began. He pulled like
an engine for about two minutes and ac-
cumulated something under half an
inch of ash and then he began to wab-
BILE. He shifted the cigar from side 10
side, pulled slow and fast, and seemed
@ have difficulty getting his breath be-
tween the draws. At any rate, he kept
turning his head to avoid the smoke
and finally got to laughing. could see
he was in torture, but he stuck to it un-
til he got within half an inch of the
mark. Then he jumped Up suddenly.
threw the cigar away and walked out of
the shop.
Il paid the bet and charged it to his
account, and he told me last evening
that the very idea of tobacco made him
sick. 1 doubt whether it would be pos
sible for anybody to smoke ever a mod
erately strong cigar through in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
RELIEF SENT
To !. F. D|ETz
The Family of the ThornappIe
River Man are in Need and
Contributions are Sent From
Friends.

The report has gone abroad that
the family of John F. Dietz, the man
who holds the dam on Thornapple
river, against the great lumber COM
pany of that section of the state, and
who had defied all attempts to dis
lodge him by the sheriff of that
county, is in need, and subscription
lists are being forwarded to him from
all V the state by sympathising
friends. The Fond du Lac Bulletin
has made up a shipment, contributed
by people of that city, and has sent it
to the needy family. There was talk
of the sheriff of the county not allow
ing the goods to pass to the family,
but the legal aspect has been looked
into carefully, and there will be a
lively time should such a course be
attempted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
Gar Restored Watch.

While in Moscow some time ago a
correspondent of the London Times
had his pocket picked of watch and all
the money he carried. The timepiecs
was quite valuable and the newspaper
man made a good deal OF noise about
his misadventure. III a day or two JUS:
as he was leaving for home a young
officer Of the imperial encourage re-
stored the missing articles. The car.
hearing of the robbery, had directed
the governor of Moscow 10 recover the
correspondents property at all haz-
ards. The governor sent for half a
dozen known criminals and informed
them that unless they found the watch
and money he would send them to ST.
IBERIA. The threat was sufficient.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
THE ISLAND OF SICILY.
In It Is Found the Intensifcation Of
All That Is Truly
Italian.

There are some lands which have al
ways laid a spell upon the mind, upon
the Imagination, Upon the heart.
Greece, above all other countries, has
e~ntranced the mind, writes William
Sharp in THE Garden Of the Sum-" IL
Century. The imagination has ever
loved the east-Egypt, he Indies, for
gotten Asia, the almost as mysterious
Asia of to-day. For most of US, lne
homeland is the country of the heart;
for many, it may be, it is Palestine.
where was lighted the fire at which
the hearts of i~ncalculable millions are
still warmed. Others are content 20
say, with Emerson in the fine essay on
"Heroism," THAT country is the fair
est which is inhabited by the noblest
minds" But, above all other lands,
there is one which has at once i'm
pressed the mind, the imagination and
the heart of western peoples. When 4
famous poet declared that on his heart
would be found engraven the word
Italy, the words voiced the emotion OF
a multitude in every country of Eu.
rope and in the great northern CONT
nent over sea.
To see Sicily-the old Garden of the
Sum-" as the poets have loved to call il
is not to see Italy, though there may
be a measure of truth in Goethe's re-
mark, hat not to know Sicily is not to
know Italy. In a one might
more truly say of Sicily, that not to
know it is not to know Greece. In an
other sense, however, we have in this
most beautiful of islands the %intensif-
cation of Italy; whatever is most TIA
liam is in evidence here, though it Is
Italian of the south and not of the
north. What a gulf divides them Is
known only to those familiar with the
whole peninsula.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
Is APPOINTED JOINT
AGENT OF ALL ROADS

j. A Hancock, the local agent for
the Wisconsin Central railroad has
received notification of his appoint
ment as the joint agent of all the
railroads over which the delegates of
the A. S. of e. will have to travel to
attend the convention to be held in
this city on the Sth. This list in
cludes some twenty-five roads, and it
will be the duty of Mr.. Hancock as
joint agent. to check all certificates
of the delegates in attendance. This
is no small duty when it is considered
that between five and six hundred
delegates are expected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
MILL GIANT CONCERN
BUY ALL PRINT MILLS
Mills OF Three States to be Eff
f~eCted.-Milli0ns to Back Syndi=
cate -ManufaCturers are Reti=
cent but Say Something Must
be Done Soon.

APPLETON, Wis, Jan. 3-The latest
development in the paper and pulp
industry is the rumor of a gigantic
syndicate, backed by millions of
capital, which will absorb every
print paper mill and pulp mill in
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.
The manufacturers are very re-
ticent about the subject, but one
man said: 81 will neither confirm nor
deny what you have heard concerning
the syndicate of print mills in these
three states, but | will say that it is
high time that something is being
done to protect the industry from
collapse. For months the prices of raw
materials have been steadily advanc-
ing and the cost of the manufacture
of print paper today is vastly more
than it was two years ago. The adj
vance in price of print paper is not
much more now than it was in the
days when pulpwood could be bought
for 81 and S1.25 per cord cheaper than
it is today and when labor was cost
ing us from % to 80 cents per man
per day less than today"
1t is said that the syndicate will in
clude all the mills formerly controlled
by the General Paper Co., which was
forced out of existence some months
ago by the federal government which
declared it illegal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
L. B. STAFFORD
THE cARTOoNIsT

L. B. Spaford, the c%artoonist,
and instrumentalist, will
appear at the Methodist church Tues
day evening, Jan. Sth. in the popular
course of entertainments. Mr..
Spafford is world famous as an enter
tainer and cartoonist, and it is con
fidently expected that this will be one
of the best numbers on the enter
course.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
NOVEL CURE FOR COLDS.
H ealing Medication That is Breathed. Civ
ing Quick Relief.

The fact that many people right in
Grand Rapids cough and hawk and
shuttle for days and weeks after they
have been treating a cold with the
usual stomach dosing, shows how
valueless are the ordinary cough and
cold cures.
The right way to cure a cold in the
head, or a cough and irritation in the
bronchial tubes, is by breathing Hy-
omei's medicated air from the neat
pocket inhaler that comes with every
outfit. Take a few breathS 10 this way,
and immediate relief will be noted. The
medication goes right TO the spot
where the disease germs are and rem
ders them harmless.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
Die DOWN AND
PAY BACK MONEY
Property Owners Who Have
Built walk at City's Expense,
Must "Divy Up" Now, to
EquaIize Matters.

A great deal OF discussion arose in
the meeting Of the City Fathers last
evening, over the question as TO
whether or not the property owner
should pay for that portion of the
cement sidewalks, which extend from
the sidewalk line to the curbing. Of
late a number of bills have been pre-
sented to the council for these strips
of walk and most of them have been
paid. The question was referred to
the city attorney at the last meeting,
and his recommendation that the bills
be not allowed seemed 70 meet with
the approval of the majority of the
councilmen.
After a lengthy discussion it was
finally decided to instruct the CITY at
torney to draw up a resolution for
the next meeting which would put
the council on record in this matter.
in which they will disclaim any
liability for this piece of walk. 1t
was also the sentiment of the majority
of the aldermen that those property
owners who have been paid for the
construction Of this piece of sidewalk.
be compelled to reimburse the city for
the same.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03
JAMES PETERSON AND
MARTHA HARVEY MARRIED

James Peterson and Martha Harvey,
were united in marriage in the pre-
sence of a number of their personal
friends, Monday evening at $3.50
O'Clock, by Justice James Reyes, at
the home of the bride on Twelfth
avenue north. A wedding supper
was served, and the congratulations
and best wishes of all who were pre-
sent were extended to the newly
married couple.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

COUNCIL MET
Routine Matters We're Disposed
of in a Short Time

The common council met in regular
session last evening in the city hall,
and several matters of Importance
were disposed of. The regular
monthly allowance of bills vas made.
and a great deal of routine matter
attended to.
The matter of establishing an isola-
tiOn hospital for the care Of contagious
diseases was discussed. The mayor
stated that the time might come
when the city would be compelled to
care for cases Of contagious diseases
and they would not be provided with
a place to do SO, unless a place was Sc
cured for that purpose. No action
was taken
A number of claims for excessive
and incorrect taxes were presented to
the council. Some Of these were re-
fered TO the city attorney for inveSti-
CATION. Several claims for excessive
tax was presented, but no attention
was paid to these for the reason that
the council has no power to correct an
error in the judgment Of the assessor
Or the board of review. Matters OF
clerical errors however, should go tC
the couDcil.
A letter from the Training school
committee acknowledging receipt OF
the deed to the property donated by
the city of Grand Rapids to the
county was read and placed on file.
A complaint Vas registered against
the beer wagons delivering on Sun
days. The matter seems to be a
warmer proposition" than the alder.
men were accustomed to handle, and
t was dropped.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-03

We are sorry to learn that City At
torney j. j. Jeffrey would place him.
self on record in rendering a decision
against the allowance of our small bill
of $40, for two small pieces of cement
sidewalk, apart of the city crossing,
ON the corner of Eighth street and
Washington avenue. We called his
attention to the fact that every piece
of crossing on the west side of the
river, had been paid for by the city,
and nearly all similar pieces OF
walk had been paid for on the east
side by the city, and yet with all this
evidence, he would personally recon-
mend the diSallOwance of our claim.
1t is not the amount of the bill that
we care anything about, bat it is the
principle reflected in such a decision.
The city ought not to pay for any
crossing that was not the property OF
the city, but In this and similar cases,
we understand that the city has full
control and really owns this property.
Further, that the city having paid for
similar walks In nearly every case,
why should they not favor paying for
itsin all cases.
From the Council proceedings we
are glad to know chat that body could
see the injustice of the attorneys de-
cision and will ask to be reimbursed
in every case where the city has paid
for such walks.