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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27

An uncultivated field will lose its
moisture very quickly, while a soil
which is stirred to the depth of two
or three inches so that surface mulch
is formed keeps its moisture because
the upward movement of the moisture
is checked.
Exclusive corn diet is bad for the
brood SOW. She cannot farrOw strong
pigs on such fattening diet. Little
corn should be fed, but rather ra-
ton made up of foods rich in protein,
such as wheat bran, ground oats and
clover
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27

Hamburg holds the record for the
number of its fires.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27

a milking stool out of the core
around which fence wire comes wound
is the discovery of one resourceful
farmer. He nails a bit of board on
one end, to make the seat more com
Portable. while he uses the auger hole
in the other end to hang the stool on
a nail when not in use
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
INDEPENDENCE PARTY
Boss of Arizona Returns to Territory
 From the Windy City

As ch:pper as ever and not in tn ( least ashamed of himself, J, J. Healy, independence party boss of Arizona, has returned from Chicago, where inc cut all pas. ties that have bound him to democracy and swore allegiance to William Randolph Hearst and hi. political ambitions
 Hesly tells the Phoenix Democrat that the independents will nominate a delegate to congress in Arizona, and in Maricopt county at least will place a county ticket in the field. What the other counties will do he cannot an nounce until he feels the pulse.
 When it was suggested to HeIly that there are not enough followers of Hearst in Maricopa county to make up ticket, HesIy winked and with a wise look said:
 "Look out for a big surprise in No vember when the votes of the inde- pendence party are counted.
 "We already have a petition with 4200 names, asking that the name of our candidate for delegate to congress be placed on the ticket. We are not yet ready to announce his name, and may not make it known until We file the certificate of nomination with the secretary"
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
THE A. 0. s. OF N.
Are Getting Into Practice for the Big
 Hunting Expedition This Fall

The Ancient Order of the Sons of Nimrods of Tombstone were drilling under Captain George Wilson yester- day afternoon. They gave a Mexican i-bits for an antedeluvian burro whose bones were beginning to dig through his hide. They practiced throwing the plain tie, the squall tie and the diamond loop, till they knew all about 1t. Then they merci.ully chlor ,fo.m. ed that burro, divested him of his hide, stuffed him with sacston grass, till he was about the size of a silver tip, stood him of 300 yards and prsc- ticed on him. There were hits dur ing the afternoon. Several recruits came in and joined the squad, all ol whom were promptly commissioned including Oscar Coll as chaplain.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
JUDGE CAME MPBELLOUT?
That Is the Rumor Being Circulated
 About Prescott

A Prescott dispatch ssys:-
 Governor Kibhey returned to Phoe. nix this morning after being here yes terdsy in consultation with local re- publicans In an interview he de- clsred that under no conditions will he be a candidate for congress. He said republicans in the south are con- sidering Lorenzo Hubbell of Apache county as an available candidate.
 With the coming of Kibbey 10 Pres. colt rumor gained currency ths, Judge Camptel of Tucson has res gn- ed and that Attorney General r.. :. Clark is to be his successor.
 Hon. Leroy Anderson of Yavapai county, it is believed, would be willing 1 to accept the republi an nomination for congress.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16

A Prescott dispatch says: It was
 made public here today that the Hon :. Alfred Ruiz of St. Johns, Apache county. well known all over Arizona and member of the Twenty-third legislative council and at present pro bate judge of Apach county, has been charged with embezzlement from the school fund and with perjury and has been bound over to the grand jury on four counts. Ruiz waived examina- tion and was released on $2000 bonds. The amount alleged to have been em. bezzled ie less than one thousand dol lars. The charges against Ruiz were made public here following the visit of Isaac Earth. district.s,torney of A Apache county. who has been in at. tendance at the democratic conven- ton.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16

scrupulous press, ought to be curbed.
 Such an instance is of cur rent consequence at the pres ent time in regard % the Wardwell affair.
 It is frankly conceded, that Mrs. Wardwell has a modified form of leprosy, and that she should be isolated and cared for, but the fact that the General and herself have been constantly living together for years and that he ehas never contracted the malady, dem- onstrates that it is not com- municable.
 The matter will be disposed of with a minimum of friction In the meantime the com munity has no occasion for solicitudes. The big sensa, tiona. papers have stretched every point, fabricated a thous- and fictions and made g mountain out of an ant hlll.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
AriIona's Peeless Leader Nominated
~S -

Mark Smith was nominated by a vote of 175 to 45 on the first ballot at Prescott last Saturday. Certain exchanges, consipuously the Paradise Record, have criticised us for putting up our ticket, with Bryan, Kern and smith at its head, before the traditional chickens were matched. The fact is that We would not pre- sume on the ignorance of the patrons of THE PRoSPECToR admitting that there could be any other result than the nomination of Smith.
 To turn down thls silver haired legion leader at this stage in the advancement of the territory. after his life long labors in its behalf, and when his services were so sorely needed in a serious crisis, would constitute a species of indefnable inditleI- ence to our own interests, a well as a stroke .of masterly ingratitude to the ma', who above all others. has swan through every swamp of ad- versity holding the colors o' his country and of Arizona high above his noble head Hereafter, be quiet you little fellows, when THE PRospEcToT assumes political results.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
THE WARDWELl INCIDENT.

This Wardwell, leper incl dent, involving as it has a subject and theme which h lends interruptions and sen sational journals latitude without limit, has been utiliz- ed by a hundred nightmare mongers to the utmost, and to the detriment of the com munity, the embarrassment of the authorities in charge of the situation, and the un- speakable anguish of the par ties immediately concerned.
 Itdoes occur to the rational, patriotic citizen some times, that there are circumstances and situations, in which the wild, freebooting, and an un-
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
THEY WERE ScALPED
By the Indians of the 0pata Tribe In the Local Wiswam Last Night

Opats Tribe No. 15, Tombstone, last night gathered into their wigwsm two pale faces and made them over. W. T. Tupper, manager of the hief. felin Opera House, had to stand tied to mesquite, while the tribesmeu calped his companion, Oscar K. Coll, and hung the trophy on the rid ge pole of the tepee. When they emerged full fiedgec warriors, they bore their feathers proudly. These old boys were caught poaching on the reserva- tiOn, and promptly converted into scouts for the service of the tribe. The team work, scenic effects and all de- tails are carried out beautifully in the Opata wigwam, and these rene- gades got the beLefit of the whole warehouse.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
The Lucky Cuss.

The new hoisting plsDt at the Lucky Cuss, including ss it does the hoist from the Toughnut, is nearing completion.
 The hoist is perhaps the best pat tern of the early style hoist ever brought to Tombstone. The drums are beirg placed today.
 The shaft, winch is 600 feet, rerti- cal, is in good shape. It has been re- timbered and new guides supplied. but the formation was co solid that only a few feet ,t cribbing and filling were necessary around the collar. From the 6o0-foot level there Is 200-ioot incline winze, in which & fine body of ore was discovered at the time work was suspended.
 Within a week the hoist will be in operation and the virgin ore will be in evidence. Assuming that :he goods are there, which We feel we have s right to do, it will require considerable "blocking out" before the outpCt oI the proposition will be of any consid, erable consequence.
 The success of the Lucky Cues wil constitute an entering wedge to the situation in this camp and gres' hopes are entertained in regard to th' | results.
 In the mean time, developing work drifting and blocking out operation are progressing steadily in othe properties of the Tombstone Consol 1 dated, While this tedious work is il progress permitting of the employ ment of definite and limited rum Der Of men. only, many have beel temporarily let out. giving rise | foundationless reports.
 The rtlook is splendid and tn original ore will shortly supplant tn
 old dumps on which the mil has bee
 operating.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
This Is One of lifes Bright Spots.

If there is anything that suggests heavenly music, it IS when the bald headed man after skipping flies for an hour, suddenly conceiyes the brilliant idea of strapping a sheet oi "tanglefoot" fly paper over his brain done with the business side out, and listen ing to the death song of his tormentOrs. as they run the gamut, cut the chromatic scale, then die of to faint dis tant whispering and finally succumb to the fate they SO richly. deserve. There are some bright spots in life after all, and t!lisis one of them.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
WILL NOT COME HERE
To Examine Into the WardweII Case
 --Dr. Greene to Report Same

Dr. Coleman, territorial sanitary com missif ner, will not visit Tomb stone in cor nection with the Wsrd well affair.
 Dr Greene, county health superin- tendent. SIll report on the case, and the probabilities are that the woman will be returned to California, where the authorities of that state can as- sune the responsibility in the ca e.
 Letters from parties, fake doctors, empyrics, aud quscks are still pour. ing ID on the General, who declines to go to the trouble of reading them. and turns them over to the hospital man agement.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
A TELEPHONE LIN E
From tombstone to California Points
 Is the Latest Move

A telephone line from California to Eli Psso via Tombstone is near probability, according to report.
 At present there is line from Los Angeles to Redlsnd-. Cal, and it is said that this line will be extended to Yuma, and thence to Fl Paso, con- meeting with the Tombstone Tele. phone company's line.
 The proposed route of the long dis tance line is understood to be along the Southern Pacific line as much as possible.
 According to present plans of work will commence at both ends of the line within 90 days, and the system will be completed as soon as possible The line will be double wired with copper wire weighing 435 pounds to the mile. The total weight of wire used on the main line alone will be s7o,0oo pounds, while 5000 poles will be required.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
THEY HAVE RETURNED
To Tombstone After a Protracted Visit
 In the Mighty East

The ssnctum Of THE PRos osPEcroR office wss suddenly illuminated this morning by the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kreuder, who returned from the East yesterday, after a pro- tracted visit in the mighty East and its monumental attractions. They were especially hooked up about the glories of Coney Island, but like all true Arizonsns, after the ball was
 yer, their hearts turned yearningly to the garden of the great southw west, old Arizona, and here they are.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
A RUNAWAY.

Landers brothers had some hor-e"
 hitched to 6 weight on Allen street, And the way those animals tore the air,
 constituted an elegant .rest. To the men and kids. two hundred
 strong, Who very naturally happened along
 As they turned the corner and broke their pace,
 And stretched away in furious race.
 Till the good old wagon was up side down
 And the wheels were running all over town,
 And thefaithful "nags" to complete their role
 Tried to climb 6 telegraph pole. Another job for King, the blacksmith.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
Letter From Washington.

The following letter received by Clerk Berner is l..explsnatory:- Treasury Department, Surgeon General Public Health
 And Marine Hospital Service, Washington, August 8, 1908,
 Mir. Ii. E. Berner, Clerk of the Boa I'd
 of Supervisors, Tombstone, Arizona
 Sir;-iour telegram of August ,
 1908, addressed 10 the Secretary of
 State, reporting that Cochise county,
 Arizona, has female leper in the
 County hospital, and requesting per-
 mission from the department to send
 her to the leper colony in Hawaii, has
 been received and referred to this bureau for reply.
 You are informed that the national government maintains no leper set clement in Hawaii, and that the leper colony on Molokai is maintained and operated by tine territorial government of Hawaii. It wou d be impossible, therefore, to authorize the transfer of the leper in question to this colony, and in addition the transportation and the introduction of contagious dis eases from one state or territory to another etate or territory is forbid den under the provisions of the act of March 27. 1890.
 You are informed, however, that it IS not believed ty the bureau that the | existence of this case of leprosy in Cochise county should cause any alarm. While the communicable na- ture of leprosy is recognized, the con tagion of the disesse is very slow and 'imple precautions are all that are needed to prevent it's spread.
 For number of years the state of Louisiana has maintained a colony or it's lepers; Massachusetts has like 'ise in recent years established eper colony. and for a number Of ears the state of Minnesota has prac- iced a system of caring for it's Iepers D their homes, and this without of- ense and without any evidence of the bread of the disease.
 It is suggested that ii the author ties of Cochise county desire more efinite information upon the Mime. 'ta system, which, without the in- 'rmstion before tLe bureau, would 'em to be the one most applicable 10 ,e present conditions in the said ,unty, that the authorities should ,ply to the secretary of the State oard of Health of Minnesota, at q inneapolis, by whom no doubt ell ' formation as to the plans and de- A
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
From Wednesdays Daily.

Charley Ray is having an observa- tion cart or sort of buggy marine" fitted with A rain-proof roof from beneath which, when he gets on that i celebrated hunting trip, he can shoot the poor animals, who, attracted by | the "wonderosity" of his overland ark, come to rubber.
 Mrs. Tony DeMuth and children returned from visit to Austin, Tex, this morning.
 Frank Jackson, pioneer printer, brother of Oric Jackson, for years con- nected with the Prescott Journal Miner, arrived in Tombstone this morning. MT. Jackson is distinctly typical of the old Arizona school of printers.
 An excellent program will be had at The Schieffel;n tomorrow night. Don't miss it
 Dick Fleisher, popular head ef the Dos Nsc!ones cigar factory iD Nogales, returned home yesterday.
 Doctor Hitchins, the dentist, re. turned from Leadville yesterday en- route to Tucson.
 A letter was delivered yesterday, di. rected to the Honorable Good Frank body, Judge of tLe probate court, in quiring into the Wardwell situation and undertaking to cure the whole works for a stipulated sum, strictly ir J advance. This incident has drswr the fire of more fakes in tine east thar were ever supposed to exist. It is al the same to Judge Goodbody whethe you get the Frank before the Good the Good before the Frank, the Body il the middle or on one side.
 Capt, wh1l-r and a half dozen Ari zons rangers haze gone to point ol inc international border, thirty mile east of l ougla-, to prevent the cross ing ef fifty hostile Iaquis who are be { ing pursued by 200 Mexican troop: | At PIlsres, Sonora, yesterday, th 2 Yaquis were half days ride ste.d c 3 the troops and were heading tOwar
 th- E-cueia mountains. The Yaqni
 are .aid to be well armed but poorD
 provisioned.
 |. H T. Green is over from Douglas.
 E. C, Campbell is visiting Tomb
 stone from the land of much mois , ture, Blsbee.
 Cleofas y Barrs died at her hom yesterday, August llth, at four ciocl ?. m She lived in the west end o Tombstone and had resided here man, . years The funeral takes place today
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
FLOOD DA M A G ES
At Flagstaff Will Reach In the Neigh.
 borhood of S25,000

The Flagstaff Gem, in enumerating the damages done by the recent floods in its section, says that gardens were destroyed, poultry drowned and much loss caused by the flooding of resi- dences. Fencing hss been destroyed and plank sidewalks were piled up in every direction.
 North of Flagstaff four valuable dams were washed out.
 At Belmont fields of grain were destroyed and fencing swept away.
 The flood losses of the Saginaw and Manistee Lumber company will reach in the neighborhood of s25.OOO.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16

 WOMAN
 VIOLENT WardweII Very Ill.,
 Early Death Expected COLE GIVES UP HOPE
Letter From Washington Authorities Regarding
 the Leper Case
General Wardwell Very Low.

General Wsrdwell at 3:30 p. m. was very low. There are no hopes for his recovery and Dr. Bishop stated that it would he no surprise if the old veteran should pass away before twenty-four hours.
 The woman is still very violent. and badly exhausted from constant nerv- ous strain.
 It would seem that death will solve the problem before the authorities take any definite action.
 The management as well as the in- mates of the institution feel the strain oi the situation keenly.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
0f Interest To Women.

iTo such women as are not seriously out os healthS but wno have exacting duties toIperforA either in the way Of house. hdld cares\or in social duties and func- tid2s YhiSh\serionsly tax their strength, as weHaytp Nursing mothers, Dr. Pierce's Fsvorite PhsSriptlon has proved a most valuable supS SArtIng tonic and invIgorat- ing nervIne. By Us timely use. much eerious sickness aud -sliteriQg- may ee ayoided. The ooerating table and the sulgeons' knife. Mo.ld. GelIeEsI. seldom have to be employed II this most vzlnab,e Moman-SLeIeIg MeI.-E E-e-arte1 to in good time. The Fsyori:e Prescrip- ton" has proven great boon to e1pectaut mothers by preparing the system for ,he coming of baby. thereby rendering child birth safe, easy, and almost painless.
 Bear in mind, please that Dr. Pierce's FaYorite Prescription is not secret or patent medicine, against which the most intelligent people are quite naturally ayerse, because of the uncertainty as to their composition and harmless character, but is a MEDICINE OF KNOWN coxPosI- IIoy, full list of all its ingredients being printed, in plain English, on every bottle wrapper. An examination of this list Of Ingredients will disclose the fact that it is non-aIcoholic in it's composition. chemic- ally pure, triple-refiued glyeerine taking the place of the commonly used alcohol, in it's makeup. In this connection it may not t,e out Of place to state that the sFavorite Prescription" Of Dr. Pierce is the only medicine put up for the cure of woman's peculiar weaknesses and ail- pents, and sold through druggists, all fhe ingredients of which have the un- animous endorsement of all the leading medical writers and teachers Of all the several schools of practice, and that too as remedies for the ailments for which sFsyorite Prescription is recommended;
 A little book of these endorsements will be sent to any address, postpaid. and abeoluteiy free fl you request same by postal card. or letter. Of Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. \. Y.
 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con- situation. Constipation Is the cause Of many diseases. Cure the cause and you cure the disease. Easy to take as candy.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
t'ils of operations will be furnished. Respectfully,
 WALTER VIVIAN,
 Surgeon General.

The Wsrdwells are at the county hospital, the woman being isolated in a remote corner of the enclosure.
 The General is in the main ward, suffering from cancer in the right eye and a species of dementia due to ex- treme old age and the nervous strain imposed by tEe recen: malodorous in. cident.
 He is "sore" at the California press, which Ina given the matter 60 much undue notoriety. His case is bad one and ne is very feeble.
 Mrs. Wardwell is insane, and q very ihcult patient to handle. There Is no question but what she is afflicted with a form of leprosy, which, however, is absolutely non-contsgious and non. communicable.
 The territorial sanitary commits sioner was expected here yesterday, but has not arrived as we go to press. Washington w.res from the state de- partment that they can do nothing under the law. Parties have peti- tioned the governor to pardon Albert Cole, brother of the woman. to the end that he may care for the stricken woman. No results as yet.
 No alarm is felt in Tombstone, but a sincere desire exists to have the mat. ter disposed of at the earliest possible , moment.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
Joy Tags.

Charles Blythe to wed Mise Gladys Philbrick, both of Douglas. Miss Pbilbrick is one of the favorite daugh. ters Of the Shelter city and the feIic- itstion of host of friends follow her on the trail of domestic life.
 Fred Dorr of Bisbee, 2S years of age, to wed Mae Irene Johnson, age 2S O the same place.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16

The little tremor of excitement in regard to the Ward dwell ieper situation has about run down.
 The matter has been given such a measure of undue and morbid notori- ety that the hospital authorities and the mayor have been overwhelmed with inquiries and the patients them selves buried in communications, principally from medical fakes in the east, who undertake to cure leprosy for revenue only.
 One female writes from Maryland stating that they t-he and her hus- baud) had recently lost boarder and were on the verge of destitution. That she would rather face leprosy than starvation, and consequently sought 6 situation as nurse for the affi cted Mrs. Wardwell.
 Most of these letters bore the un- mistskable ear marks of the faker and the graiter. One carried copy os the Los Angeles Examiner the mar- gins of which were filled with scrip tural quotations, ending up with fig ures which demonstrated that the sender was strictly out for the dough-
 Among the geniously concocted eplstles from the four quarters of the earth, trying to get in on the Ward well-Ieper situation, comes one from Chicago, one from TO less parsonage than Hon. c, Lennox Curtis, a million- aire physician of New York, from 8 B;-b-e woman, from Ocean City, Nary land, from Mrs. Dunbar of Phoenix.
 The Territorial Sanitary Commits sioner has been expected on from Phoenix for several days, but as yet has not materialized. In the mean. time the hospital authorities have been subjected to much inconvenience, and peculiar strain all along, which they bear with pecu- liar equanimity and have done every- thing in their power to lessen the se- siousness of the situation. It is still to be hoped that the authorities have the power and the inclination to dis pose of the matter in a manner that will meet the ends of justice to the parties and to the patient community.
 At last accounts the General was ow, and little hope is entertained for his recovery.
 The probabilities are that if the au- horities keep up their record for tar illness, the gravel will close over the i'd mans grave before any thing defin- te is decided upon.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-16
Letter From Albert Cole.

4 letter came from Albert Cole yes- terday. in whose behalf certain action has been taken with view to obtain. ing pardon.
 The letter was directed 10 Coles sister, Mrs. Wsrdwell, and was very Respondent in its tone. He does not seem to entertain any substantial hope of cfemency.