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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
CELEBRATIN' THE FOURTH.

when the cats Is still a-prowlin'
Round the corner of the fence,
While the dogs Is still a-howltn'
Jes' fer lack of better sense,
while yer grand'pa's still a-sleepin',
An you hear yer daddy snore,
'Then's the time to go a-creepln
Like a mouse across the floor,
TILL you find yerself a-peepin'
At the clock to see f it's four.
When the babys quit its cryin'.
An yer mammy's gone to sleep,
Thens the time to be a-tryin'
How boy the Fourth can keep.
Jump into yer pants an Jacket.
Go out barefoot in the dark,
Ger It's time to raise a racket,
An It's time to have lark.
Take yer cannons. crackers, rockets,
Pistol, drum, an other toys,
Put some matches In yer pockets,
Fer it's time to make noise.
Then II no ones near to hinder,
Strike a light an start the fun
.Jes' beneath yer daddy's winder,
Keepin' ready fer to run.
Thund' rim blazes, what buster!
Guess you'd better stop while,
Such a giant cracker muster
Walked the people fer a mile.
Hush somebody's speakin'; Sonny,
Did you hear the breakfast bell?
Seems to me It's very funny
That you like your bed so we'll"
Hang Il all I've been a-sleepin,
Ole folks up ahead OF me.
While | dreamed I'd been a-keepin'
Fourth July since hap-pas' three
Norman Fl. Pltman, Llppincotts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Failed in Small Things.

There is a certain Congressman who
whatever authority he may hold in the
councils of state, is of comparatively
minor Importance in his OWE household
Indeed, it has been unkindly intimated
that his wife is ''the whole thing" in
their establishment.
Representative and Mrs. Blank had
been to Baltimore one afternoon. When
they left the train at. Washington, on
their return, Mrs. Blank discovered
that her umbrella, which had been in.
trusted to the care of her husband,
was missing.
where's my umbrella?" she de
manded.
I'm afraid I've forgotten it, my
dear" meekly answered the Congress-
man. at must still be IN the train"
SIN the train" snorted the lady
''And to think that the affairs of the
nation are intrusted to a man who
doesn't know enough to take care of his
wife's umbrella v-Success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
DOn,ts for the Fourth.

Don't allow the frecrackers to go off
in the grass unless you want the lawn
ruined.
Don't wear thin infammable frock.
Put on cloth skirt if there are fire
crackers about.
Don't attempt to set off complicated
pyrotechnics without thoroughly compre-
hending the process.
Don't lay away leftover fireworks for
another year. They are dangerous things
to pack away where mice can get at them.
Buy only so many as can be used on the
day appointed.
Don't allow the children to bend over
fireworks which will not go off," They
sometimes do it unexpectedly with unfor-
tunate results to the little me- Ter.
Don't neglect to send for a physician
at once in the case of a serious burn, to
prevent possible scar or worse still,
blood poisoning. from ignorant or i'm.
proper treatment OF the wound.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Water Power Acts.

The Assembly has concurred in the
Senate water power bills under suspen-
sion of the rules and without a word of
debate. These measures aside from the
great public utility. bill and the insur-
ance bills are the most important, the
most radical and far-reaching measures
considered this session. They authorize
the construction and maintenance of
system of water reservoirs located on the
tributaries of the Wisconsin river north
of the south line of Lincoln county for
the purpose of producing a uniform flow
of water in the Wisconsin river and its
tributaries. The authority is granted to
the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Com
pany subject to the supervision and con-
troll of the State rate commission. The
profits of the company are to be limited
to 6 per cent a year. This law will en-
courage the movement to improve the
water power facilities in central and
northern Wisconsin which will eventually
result in a gigantic comprehensive plant
for the conservation and distribution of
power which will greatly advance the ma
terial prosperity of the State
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27

act-to throwing the tea overboard-to
the scores of acts that drove the Ameri-
can colonies into rebellion. His father
was at Bunker Hill, and Saratoga and
Yorktown, and as q boy he had listened
to many stories of war. He had heard
how the patriots starved and suffered at
Valley Forge-he had heard and read of
th treason at West Point--he had been
told of Cowpens, Kings Mountain and
Lundy's Lane.
1t seemed to that old man as he sat
there that he could hear the ringing of
the Bell of Liberty after the names had
been signed to the Declaration of indie
pendence. There was the popping of the
farmers rifles at Lexington-there was
the roar of the musketry at Bunker Hill.
His face lighted up, his dim eyes opened,
and those who watched him whispered to
each other:
mo man is ever too old to love lib
erty"
Then the old man remembered his own
battles in Mexico and in the sunny South
how he marched with Scott and Taylor
how he fought under the banners of
Grant and Sheridan, and all at once he
lifted up palsied arm, and from his
wrinkled throat there came the cheer:
"Hurrah Hurra:l for ~"
That was all. He fell back, and when
they went over to him they found him
dead. 1t was his last Fourth of July.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Com m ercial Feeding Sfuffs

The feeding stuffS examined under
the Connecticut State law by the ex-
pertinent station included cottonseed
feed, linseed meal, rape-seed meal, en-
tire wheat meal, wheat bran, wheat
middlings, mixed wheat feed, maize
meal, gluten feed, hominy feed rye
feed, ground oats, buckwheat mid
dlings, malt sprouts, dried distillers'
grains, dried brewers grains, miscel-
laneous mixed and proprietary feeds,
special poultry feeds, meat scrap and
ground bone, continental cattle feed,
corn silage and corn for ensiling.
AS a whole, the results show fewes
discrepancies between guaranteed and
actual composition than formerly, and
the authors state there seems little evil
dence of any desire on the part of the
manufacturers to deceive the public re-
garding the quality of feed.
There are, however, a good many
feeds offered for sale which
could not be. sold to feeders who apply
fair knowledge of the art of feeding
stock and business methods to the buy
ing of their feed.
The buyer should study the market
price and composition of commercial
feeds and make his selection accord
ingly. 81
'COtton and linseed meals, the glu-
ten and wheat feeds, distillery and
brewers grains, and a few other stand
ard things supply digestible protein at
reasonable prices. They are all that
any feeder needs to supplement and
balance the hay, silage, stover and
cornmeal which his farm produces.
They are the only commercial feeds
which will supplement them. 1t is alb
solutely impossible to balance the feed
which the farm produces with bought
feed containing less than 10 per cent
Of protein, which is more than many of
these commercial feeds show.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.

Here 1t is, the Fourth agin!
Sakes alive, how time does spini
Don't seem like it's sixty year
Since l first begun to hear
All the loud, tarnation noise
We stirred up when we was boys,
All of US a-wiShin' powder
Was lots cheaper and lots louder
Recollect with what delight
Used to be up half the night
Helpin' fire the anvil or
Maxim other sounds Of war?
Used to wish the earth was drilled
Out inside and powder filed
And that could somehow just
Touch her Off and hear her busti
Weren't no cannon crackers then.
Kind o. wish there had "a been
Then they would a sounded sweet ;
Now they lift me off my feet.
I've begun to think that noise
Was invented just for boys.
Fourth O. July don't seem to me
IT all like what 1t used to be.
Just as patriotic, still
Somehow I don't catch the thrill
OF the loud, tumultuous Joy
Like l used to when boy.
Nothin' doin' then but l
Had a finger In the pie,
But that finger, as you see,
Got bowed off eventually.
New York Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
.Hurrah for.

He was an old. old man.
His hair was white as snow, his back
was bent and he was almost blind and
deaf. When the morning of Fourth of
July came they noticed look of longing
on his face. and they placed him in his
invalid chair and Wheeled him out on his
yeranda. He nodded and a smile came to
his wrinkled face.
He could scarcely see the moving
throng or hear the popping around MIN,
but he had been boy once and he knew
how things were going. He knew that
flags were flying all around him. and that
here and there drums We're beating and
some old veteran had brought out his fife
and was showing the younger generation
how marching was done in his day.
Then the old mans thoughts went back
q hundred years and more1-to the stamI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
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done early, so as to get to work as SOON
as possible. The grape rot has been
nearly exterminated in those sections
where the growers have sprayed thor
cughly during the growing season. but
there are always spores on the vines,
and on the ground, which can be re-
duced by spraying. 1t is also impo1-
tant that every twig, branch or limb
cut of tree or vine should be burned,
and if this precaution is observed the
work will be lessened every year, The
winter portion of the work should new
er be overlooked. as it is the early
work that gives the best results. The
barnyard may be full of manure, where
1t Is IN the way, while the currants and
gooseberry patches greatly need it, Put
II on literally, all around the plants.
and all over the ground, and work it
we'll into the soil, using a mulch also,
aud cultivation will be necessary.
Fertilizers are beneficial at all seasons,
especially phosphates and potash. and
may be protitably used, even when ma
Eure IS plentiful, as the plant foods in
fertilizers are soluble and ready for ap
preparation by the crops.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Wisconsin
State News
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POLICE CHIEF HOLDS JOB.
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Manitoroc Official Saved by Techni-
cality in Hearing After Suspension.
technicality saved Police Chief Au-
gust Drews of Manitowoc and reinstated
him on the force after hearings on charges
fled against him had resulted in his sus-
pension. The police commission held that
the charges had not been sustained in
the form presented. though the chief was
summoned and censured for negligence
and for failure to properly investigate
arrests made by his officers. a charge that
constituted the basis of one complaint.
Drews was summoned out of bed at mid
night to appear before the commission
for censure and was allowed to return to
the force the next morning. One result
of the decision is that August Eggert,
patrolman, who is under 30-day suspen-
sion on charges of neglect filed by the
chief, will not return to the force. having
returned to employment as a ship car
penter. Eggert testified against the chief
1t is reported that there will be a gen
eral shake-up in the department now.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
How the English Feed Calves.

In England, calf-meals are fed by
nearly every stock-grower, and, as a
large part of the milk produced in the
kingdom is sent to the city for imme-
date consumption, the calves are put
upon a calf-meal ration at as early an
age as possible.
Many calf-feeders buy the CONNER
cial calf-meals, while some of the most
progressive farmers feed meals of their
own mixing.
AS the ingredients employed in the
manufacture of these calf-meals are
kept a secret as far as possible, the
composition of the most successful
milk substitutes is not generally
known.
In some cases a chemical analysis
has shown them to be composed large
ly of flaX-seed meal and linseed oil
cake meal, with a little fenugreek or
fennel seed added to give a character
istic odor
Following is formula recommended
by one of the agricultural colleges Of
England. This formula is as follows
Flour, 16 % pounds.
Flaxseed meal, SO 1-3 pounds.
Linceed oil-cake meal, 80 pounds.
The directions were: take 2 1-3
pounds of the meal as a days allow
ance for each calf; scald with boiling
water, afterward adding more water,
SO as to make two gallons from the
weight of the meal add little sugar,
and salt before feeding. 1t should
gradually take the place of new milk
after the first fortnight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
A SWISS CELEBRATION.
She Experiences of an American In
Geneva on July 4.

s,he Experiences of an American in
Geneva on July 4.
"The last time | was in Geneva | ar
rived on the evening of July 3. says a
a correspondent of the Philadelphia Press.
@'The next morning | left my hotel-it
was not one affected by American tour
;sts-for a stroll through the city. From
the upper window of one of the shops
which Looked on the narrow cotble paved
street, hg an American flag beside the
fla witzerland l was puzzled for a
m Then it flashed over me that it
". glorious Fourth and that in my
no the States at that minute hun
<ire0 4 thousands of flags were flying
and millions of crackers exploding to
celebrate the anniversary. 1t was odd to
oe reminded of the occasion by the peo-
pie of another land so far from my own
a people speaking another language and
alien to me in everything bun their love
of freedom.
Turning into another street, | saw
more decorations, and as l reared the
business center of the city they grew
still more profuse. The big hotels show
ed the blended colors from many win
dows, and from the flagstaff of the Ma
6ional hotel, which is the one most fire.
luented by Americans, flew the Stars and
Stripes.
"It was inspiring. l felt Ike throw
ing my hat into the air and crying 'Hur-
rah 7 That is what a good many Ameri-
cans whom | mel were impeiled to do.
Moreover, some of them were setting of
bombs unmolested. On every land were
the evidences of national sympathy. The
.exuberant American found encourage
ard not repvoof in his efforts 10 make an
American Fourth of July in Geneva.
In the evening, they told me, there
,vcutd Re the annual moonlight excursion
<lown the lake in honor CT Independents
day Think of it! \ Fourth of July
excursion 1000 miles from home.
went. of course. The steamer was beau
tiful,y hung with Swiss and American
flags and with bunting of red white anC
blue and lanterns displaying our nationa
colors were swung from the awning
About one-sixth of the passengers wer,
American tourists, the remaining eScur
sionistS were Swiss.
There was a band on boarG-a YER,
bad band, l must admit, but its enthu
siaSm atoned in some measure for it
lack of harmony. 1t began with 'Th
Star Spangled Banner and wound III
with Hail Columbia the Amer lean con
tingent singing words of the nationa
hymn with more vigor than accuracy ant
concluding each verse with whoops ant
yells which highly entertained the NOR
stolid natives"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
$4,000 for Good Roads.

A long debate was precipitated on the
bill appropriating money for the geo
logical and natural historical survey by
Senator Brownies amendment appropriate
ing $4,000 additional for good roads
work under the direction of the survey.
Senators Browne and Haselwood advo-
Gated the amendment which was half of
the amount asked in the original bill in
stead of one-fourth as given by the COM
mittee on claims. Senator Burns defend
ed the action of the claims committee
warmly. Senator Hudnall attacked the
bill and amendment as intended to fore
stall the addition of good roads amend
ment to the State constitution. The COM
mittee amendment limiting the amount to
be expended in road building to 100000
was then adopted and the bill ordered to
engroSSment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
BOAT ROCKING FATAL.
Young Woman Drowned as Result of
Actions of Escort.

Minnie Rendy, % years old, was
drowned in the Chippewa river near Che
tex, through a companions rocking the
boat in which they were crossing the
stream on their way to early mass. A
younger sister was saved by brother of
the two girls. Accompanied by Isadore
Cornelius. the trio started acros the river
in a row boat. When half way across the
stream Cornelius, it is said, began to rock
the boat and swing it with the oars. The
girls became frightened and in their eff
forts to keep their balance upset the
boat. The older girl sank Immediately,
but the screams of the younger were
heard by their brother, who leaped into
the water and brought her to shore I'M
conscious. 1t took a physician over an
hour to restore her to consciousness. 1t
is said that Cornelius paid no attention
to the girl after the boat upset, but
struck out for shore at once and saved
himself
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Sent to Legislative Graveyard.

4 veritable slaughter of bills began in
the two houses of the Legislature We'd
nesday and the probability is that only
a small percentage of the 400 measures
still to be acted on before final adjourn
ment will escape. Among the more i'm
portant bills killed Wednesday: One pro-
hibiting saloons within three-quarters of
a mile of the main hall of the State uni
yersity; one requiring railroads to open
and maintain crossings on their right-of-
way whenever a property owner finds
himself cut off from the highway by such
railroads: and one requiring all railroad
tiakets to be stamped with their cost.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Assembly Kills Telephone Bill.

The Assembly on Friday engaged in a
hot fight over the so-called physical con-
nection and non-duplication bill, affecting
telephone companies, which has been the
bone of contention between the Bell and
the independent telephone companies. The
question arose on al amendment to the
bill which was killed by a vote of 10 to
81. The bill was then Indefinitely post
poned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
CITY LIMITS SALOONS.
BeIoit Says Thirty-One Upon Request
of Temperance Element.

BeIoit Says Thirty-One Upon Request
of Temperance Element.
The Beloit common council was besieg-
ed the other night by large delegations
both of the temperance people and saloon
men of the city. The Aldermen, dividing
their favor, passed those of the temper
arce people. making proprietors liable for
ali acts of the bartender; making it
license condition that the licensee shall
have been resident of the city for at
least six months before final application
and limiting the number of saloons to
thirty-One. Then the Council passed an
ordinance proposed By the saloonkeepers,
allowing them to keep their places open
on Saturday nights until II o'clock, in
stead of 10:30, as has been done.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Rem edies for Burns.

On the Fourth of July always have
some remedies for burns at hand. When
the skin is not broken by burn scrape
a raw potato. place on a piece of soft
linen and use as a poultice. Bicarbonate
of soda-the ordinary baking soda-is ex-
cellent for burns whether the skin is
broken or not. If broken apply the dry
soda, If unbroken dampen the soda with
water to make a paste and apply to the
spot. The pain will be instantly re-
lieved
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
NEW IRON MINES FOUND.
Indiana Capitalists Take Up 500
Acres Mt Calednuia.

1t is authoritatively stated that extern
sive iron mines will soon be opened in
what is known as Dog Hollow" in the
town of Caledonia. For the past two or
three years much prospecting has been
done in that locality and options secured
on all the available farming lands. E. L.
Everroad, representing Louisville, Indian
apolis and Columbus, Indiana, capitalists,
recently closed deals on about 800 acres,
paying several times the ordinary valua-
ton of land thereabout His purchases
were made for the opening of a sheep
ranch ostensibly, but it now develops that
the land is rich in iron ore. A spur track
will be built from Portage to the mines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Official Dispute Costs Life.

While the county and railroad authori-
ties wrangled over who was responsible
for the care of William Dillon, who was
picked UP unconscious near the St. Paul
right of way in GAINESVILLE, the man died
without regaining consciousness. An OPP
Grafton would have saved his life. Sur
geons offered to perform IT free, but could
obtain no authority.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Two-Cent Fare Bill Advanced.

The Assembly after a lively debate or
dered the Turner 2-cent passenger fare
bill to engrossment and third reading.
The vote was close, 40 to 80. The Re-
publican leaders opposed it. but some
insurgent Republicans joined with the
Democrats and overrode the committees
recommendation and pushed the bill
along toward passage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
DEFAULTER IS PUT IN CELL.
Seymour, Wis, Man Admits in Court
RObbing Bank of $4,000.

Thomas Coghill. the cashier who rob
bed the First National bank of Seymour
of $4,000, according to the finding Of
the directors and his own confession, was
arraigned before United States Court
Commissioner Matilet in Green Bay for
preliminary examination. He admitted
his guilt and was bound over to appear
for trial at the October term of the fed
eral court in Milwaukee. Failing to give
bond in the sum of $4,000, the court
committed him to the county Jail of Mil
Waukee
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
POWDER TRUST WINS.
kenOsha County Must Stand for Ex-
pIOsiOn Peril If ANY.

The powder trust has won a complete
victory in its fight with the people of the
State as Judge John X. Parish of Osh-
land handed down a decision in the Cir
cult Court in Kenosha finding for the
defendant powder company in the action
brought to have the business declared a
nuisance. The action was brought by
former Attorney General l.. NJ. Sturde-
want on behalf of the people of the town
of Pleasant Prairie where the plant is
located. At the hearing of the trial it
was claimed that hundreds of tons of
dynamite and giant powder were stored
at the plant. The attorneys for the COM
pany admitted that these allegations were
true, but held that there was no danger
in the high explosives, The court held
that the company can continue to store
the explosives at Pleasant Prairie.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-27
Senate Against Passes.

The Assembly reported Inconvenience
in the Senate amendment to the issuance
of passes to agricultural fairs. but the
Senate refused to recede from its posi-
ton that such passes should not be is
sued to persons holding an elective or
appointive Office, and Senator's White
head, Fridd and Pearson were appointed
a committee on conference.