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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
BAGGED A BIG ONE
Sheriff WeIch Landed a Much
Desired MiIWaukean

Sheriff Julian 7. Welch has arrested
a man very much desired by the Mil
waukee police. Up to the time the
wood County sheriff arrested him he
mad eeen successful in eluding the
officers all over the state and his
method was very unique.
Sheriff WEIGH had been appraised of
the difficulty attendant upon the
pursuit of this particular criminal
and resorted to strategy to get his
man. Having ascertained that he was
at Rudolph he sent young lady to
visit in that village with Instructions
to find out his location and if possible
his method of concealing himself.
AS soon as the word came back the
sheriff proceeded to Rudolph and the
search was on. The man successfully
hid himself, but MI. WEIGH. being
appraised of his method started TO
search the potato bin. 1t was here he
found his man entirely covered by
tuoerS.
AS soon as he realized that he had
met his match he showed fight, but
this was of no avail and he was
brought to this city. Later an officer
from the Cream City arrived and he
was soon speeding on the south bound
train. The mans name is unknown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
HANDSOME HORNED OWL

D. M. Huntington, the gunsmith
who makes speciality of a Zoo at
his home in the First ward, had one of
flock of wild geese killed recently ard
was at loss to know how it was
done. He set four traps about the
remains. On the second night he was
successful in securinga fine specimen
of an horned owl beautifully marked.
In releasing the owl from the trap he
was badly cut in the finger. He has
the owl on exhibition in his store.
This creature is beautiful to
look upon but extremely ugly, is one
of the largest specimens ever caught
in this city. Its beak is certainly
wicked appearing creation, but the
weapon of greatest danger, as Mr..
Huntington found, was the extremely
sharp and powerful tallons. One of
these was stuck clear through part
of his finger, and so strong was the
grip, that it was with the greatest
difficulty that it was extracted without
tearing off large portion of the
flesh.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
TALES OF LARRADoR's WEALTH
They May Be True, But 1t Will Be
Cold Work Proving Them.

Stories of Labrador have the weird
interest that attaches to a practically
undiscovered country. Trappers have
penetrated the wilds to some extent,
and, after months of isolation, have
brought out a wealth of peltry in proof
of the number and variety of fur-bear-
ing animals that inhabit them. A
summer tourist now and then, disdain-
ing the beaten paths of civilization,
has, with canoe and gun and camp
equipage, spent a season of adventure
on the rivers that flow into the Gulf
of St Lawrence or Hudson's bay;
tales have been told of the lonely
half-savage lives of the fsher-folk in
their little huts perchkd upon the
rocks, their bitterest necessities re-
Heved once year by a supply ship
sent out by the British government;
the topography of the country has
been outlined by government surveys
and by the findings of more than one
ill-starred Arctic expedition; the won
derful people that live in snow huts
and exist upon what they can take
out of the frozen waters have been
described, and their servitors in the
animal kingdom-the Eskimo dogs
wolves scarcely tanned, savagely
hungry, fierce fighters among them
selves, but trained to harness, have
been extolled for their usefulness
and sagacity.
But of the great natural resources
of Labrador-its mineral deposits, it's
vast wealth in timber, the possibilities
of agriculture in its more favored To-
calities, and its general susceptibility
to settlement, there is little beyond
conjecture. Hence the story brought
from the far northland by A. w. Bird
sell, OF Los Angeles, who has just re-
turned to his home in that city after
an absence of Is years in northeast
ern Labrador, is of more than passing
interest. There is nothing t1nbeliev-
able in the assumption that the rocks
of bleak and inhospitable North Lab
rador are stratified with gold; the
story of the Klondike bears out the
truth of the theory. The possibility
of surviving in comfort winter in a
temperature of 60 degrees below zero,
where the night lasts for half year,
has been demonstrated by other ex-
plorers within the Arctic zone, but
the public will listen with interest to
Mr. Birdsell's reiteration of the state
ment
The conditions imposed by nature
in these far-north ATTITUDES, however,
are forbidding, and, except under the
stress of excitement engendered by
the discovery of gold mines of fabu-
lous richness, few people will care to
brave the rigors of the Labrador eli
mate in the hope of uncovering the
wealth that abounds in the rocks
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
HAD TO DISTINGUISH HIMSELF.
Jimmie Simply Reversed the Order of
His Activities.

The teacher in the kindergarten
gave little talk on helping mother,
explaining that children who were al
most six years old could at least dress
themselves. A number of children told
what they had done in the way of dry
ing dishes, etc. All this seemed to i'm
press little Jimmie very much. The
next morning he proudly announced
in the circle: Il dessed myself dis
mornin'.' OF course Jimmie received
the highest praise and other children
were urged to go and do likewise. The
next day Jimmie again announced: Il
dessed myself dis mornin'," and SO
proud was he that at every frequent
intervals during the morning he tri-
imphantly repeated this. So it con-
tinued on the third day, until the
teacher answered that she was very
glad to hear it, but thought that a
boy who was big enough to dress him.
self ought to be able to sit quiet with
out interrupting so often. Jimmie,
however, continued to inform the
kindergarten at every possible mo-
ment that 81 dessed myself dis morn
in" Finally the teacher told him
that if he interrupted again he would
have to leave the circle. Jimmie soon
forgot and the teacher sent him be-
hind screen in the corner. A minute
later the principal entered with a
visitor and was SURPRISED to see little
head poked out from behind the
screen. The teacher explained and the
principal, crossing the room, pushed
the screen to one side. To her horror
there stood Jimmie with not even his
shirt On. 81 didn't dess myself dis
time" he said tearfully, Il undessed
myself"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
In another column will be found a

In another column will be found a
notice to our subscribers of a new
ruling by the postoffice department on
the matter of subscriptions to daily
and weekly papers. In cases of a
daily subscription it must be paid in
advance and not over-run three
months, and in case of weeklies nc
subscriber can be over one year in ar
rears.
This new ruling will force all daily
and weekly publications to insist on
subscriptions being paid in advance.
Therefore, commencing with January
l, 1908 all subscribers to the REPORTER
will be asked to comply with this new
ruling. We will Immediately send
notices to all our weekly subscribers
giving them a statement of their ac-
count on subscriptions and we hope
that they will see the necessity of
complying with this new ruling of the
postotfice department. AS soon as we
get the circular letter from the post
office, we will publish it for the bene.
hit of our readers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
SARATOGA

James Johnson and friend Ed
Brown, of Illinois are visiting at the
home of the formers parents.
A. Larson has sold his farm and
will move to Chicago soon.
Miss Mary LaVigne resumed her
weeks vacation.
Miss Mary Brahmstedt has returned
home from an extended visit in Mil
waukee.
Miss Clara Johnson returned to
NasOnville Saturday after spending a
weeks vacation at home.
Peter Brant of Belmont. visited
friends here short time ago.
Mrs NJ. P. Johnson returned Fri
day from visit with relatives at
KilbOurn.
Mrs. Chas. Spohn and son Willie
are visiting relatives in Milwaukee.
Mrs. G. W. Lundberg is entertain
ing her two brothers from Chicago
this week.
Mrs. 7. Johnson was called to Hi
nOis last week by the serious illness of
her little grandson.
Severt Hanson who is employed in
the West spent Xmas at home.
P. Knutson is visiting friends in
Indiana this week.
Oscar Nelson, of KilbouCn is visit
ing at p. KnutSOn'S.
VIII Zuege, of Grand Rapids, spent
the past week at home.
Miss Sophia Peterson, of Grand
Rapids is visiting at the Rasmussen
home.
Miss Ida Petersen returned last
| week from visit at Plaiufield.
Charles Lorenz left Monday for
Chicago where he will be employed
during the winter.
Misses Emma Johnson, of Arpin, and
Katherine Johnson. of Grand Rapids
are spending their vacation at home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
CONTESTS OF SLEEP-FAsTING.
Peculiar Entertainment That Was
Popular in the SOS.

''Sleep-fasting matches, before the
law put stop to them, took place fire.
quently in this country said spe-
cialist in insomnia. Yes, back in the
SOS and COS sleep-fasting was as popu.
lar form of sport as football. Cham
pien sleep-fasters were idolized by the
girls in hoopskirts and waterfalls. The
ordinary youth who had to sleep once
in "a hours wasn't one, two three in
those days. w. G. Woodford of San
Francisco was the champion of al; the
sleep-fasters. In the famous contest
of 1860 this man kept awake for 16S
hours, 48 minutes-over a week. He
was a little, thin man of nervous
temperament. Henry K. Jackson OF
Detroit held the next best record
IA hours IL minutes. Third came
Adolph Mueller of Milwaukee, Whose
record was 142 hours 81 minutes
These men are all dead now. Why
were sleep fasts so popular with our
fathers? Besides their unhealthful
ness, they were tame beyond belief
What, when you come to think of it,
could be tanner than merely watching
a To- of men keep awaken"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
Young Women and Old.

Perhaps it is the fault of us older
women that the young people are so
careful of our feelings, says a writer
in Harper's Bazaar. 1t must be that we
have ourselves put so much distance
between us and them. There are some
of us who are too eager to tell how
well behaved we were when we were
young, who have too much to say
about the slovenly ways young people
have of standing and sitting, and of
their slangy ways of speaking, for us
to meet them often on a comfortable
footing. We older women have less
criticism for the younger ones than
older women had formerly, l think.
fancy that to-day our attitude is one
easier to get on with I don't believe
| hear so much about girls being
''giddy" as 1 used to when 1 was a
young girl. So perhaps by the time
Gertrude is an old woman the young
people of her day won't be as afraid
of saying something she will disap-
prove of as she is. Still, if she is one
of those Of us who do not take every
thing for granted, she will find the
way back to her girlhood a long one
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
drop explosives therefrom-

drop explosives therefrom.
Paris has been experimenting sue
cessfully for several years with SIM
liar airships, and the Frenchmen are
far in advance of the Britishers in this
class of experiments.
And now the United States comes to
the front with balloons that make rec
ord flights throughout the west, soar
ing over the great lakes. and even ven
turing as far as Canadian territory
Fhghts OF hundreds of miles in these
American balloons are becoming COM
mon now by real SKY pilots
Our war department officials are ex-
cusable for feeling highly elated over
the remarkable success of these
American. balloon pilots, for it means
that in time of war the United States
VIII be up to date with any other
power in this particular line.
In the last century ballooning was
looked upon as merely a fascinating
and dangerous amusement. Now it is
being utilized for very important pur-
poses.
Aerial navigation may be in its in
fancy, but its progress is destined to
be so very rapid that the present gen.
Grafton will witness wonderful achieve
ments in it.
How many individuals of the last
century would have believed it posi-
bic for many thousands of words to be
sent across the Atlantic ocean by wire
less telegraphy in the early years of
this century? Yet this has been &C
complished
In the electrical world the number
OF inventions is unlimited. and the
most distinguished electrician does not
dare to prophesy any limit to them.
In fact, it is felt that this century will
witness even more marvellous achieve
ments through the aid of electricity
than any yet known. Even Edison. in
spite of his phenomenal success, is
still so fascinated with the, possibili-
ties of new discoveries that he cannot
retire permanently from the field
There is scarcely leading industry in
the land that has not experienced
equipment in recent years
The list of extraordinary events and
inventions during the first years of
this century is long one, but the
slightest consideration of it will con-
vince anyone that he is living in
wonderful age.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
TRULY AN AGE OF WONDERS.
The Twentieth Century to Be Marked
by Remarkable Events.

The present population of the world
is living in wonderful age. The his
tory of the nineteenth century is full
of events which caused establishment,
yet things Of an equally remarkable
nature appear destined to mark even
the first 25 years of the twentieth Gen.
tury. A few wonderful achievements
In this century are worthy of consid-
Grafton.
A few weeks ago the residents Of
London were gazing in admiration at
the movements of an aerial ship whieh
foated gracefully over the thousands
OF buildings in that great metropolis,
propelled at the rate of 25 miles an
hour; but its voyage was limited to a
total Of about 50 miles This aerial
ship was constructed and owned by
the government, and Londoners prob
ably felt that in time of war they
would be provided with enough of such
air craft for the purposes of observing
the forces of an enemy as well as to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

are tombs of the recent dead; in
others the attendants live and in one
is housed a rough board coffin, which
renders service at every funeral in
the community. 1t is used to trans
port the body to the cemetery and
is then returned to the mosque to
await the next burial. A single date
palm now grows in the court, raising
its head above the fat roof to which
a brick stairway leads.
At the farther end of the court, oc-
cupying the entire rear of the build
ing, is the shrine, spacious, window
less chamber, lighted only by the door
way, and entirely destitute of furni-
ture save for the coarse reed mats
which cover the brick floor. Its cen
ter is capped by large dome, and the
walls have recently been white
washed, yet in places beneath the
thin white coat appear the more an
cient Hebrew inscriptions which were
once the interior decorations.
The tomb beneath the center of the
dome is protected by large rectangu-
lar paneled case of dark wood, and
excepting in one place, where panel
is missing, it is invisible. At the head
about which are tied a number of
strings or rags torn from the gar
ments of the visiting pilgrims. One
day, while l was standing at the head
of the sacred tomb, young Moslem
woman entered, and with eyes wet
with weeping she tore a small rag
from her garment and tied it
about one of the projections, while
she mumbled prayer to God that be-
fore year hence, when she should
come to unite the rag, she might pre-
sent her husband with a child. 1t
was but repetition of the picture of
Hannah, the mother of Samuel, while
she was at the temple, weeping and
praying before Eli the priest. In the
shrines of the east, the picture is still
common. Before the government
buildings at Bagdad stands big
cannon which the ignorant Arab WON
en-, aware of it's tremendous power,
D6ll6NS Call answer prayer.
The old gun is half hidden with the
strings and rags tied about it, each to
represent prayer, and could it speak
it might tell strange stories of the
confessions which the confiding WON
en- have poured out to it. So with the
tomb of Joshua. There the women
gather and pray for all kinds of
favors, firm in the belief that the
prophet will in some way cause them
to be granted.
Less than half century ago the
tomb of Joshua was in Jewish hands,
but the Turkish officials caused a
number of them to be arrested as
they were bearing the body of a noted
rabbi there for burial. They were i'm
prisoned for attempting to bury Jew
at the shrine of the great prophet.
They were finally released-upon the
payment of large sums of money, but
the care of the tomb was taken from
them. Since then the tomb has been
forbidden to the Jews, and, like most
Moslem things, it now shows sad neg
lect. Yet should we follow the Jewish
woman as she crosses the old boat
bridge, we might see her turn toward
the tomb, and from a distance look
longingly at the doorway which she is
forbidden to enter, while her lips ut
ter a prayer with the hope that the
long buried leader, even so far away,
may hear and answer 1t.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
The Juror Slept.

No one who has ever served on a
jury can wonder at juror going to
sleep in his chair during a long, mo-
notonous trial.
The other day personal injury suit
against the city was being tried in one
of the civil courts. The plaintiff, who
had sustained a seemingly slight in
jury when he stumbled over a loose
board in sidewalk, had asked for
$4,000 damages. The jury awarded
him $3.50.
When the verdict was announced,
the plaintiff arose to his feet and pro-
tested vigorously.
"One of the jurors was asleep" he
cried. That's why 1 only got $780,
That's why you got the three hun
dred and fifty said the city attorney,
and the plaintiff sat down.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
AT JOSHUA'S TOMB
CITY OF BAGDAD CLAIMS REST
ING PLACE OF LEADER.
MosIem Women Gather There and
Pray for All Kinds of Favors-Has
Been Taken from Custody
of the Jews.

Bagdad, once a city of 100000 peo-
pie, and 1000 years ago the world S
center of all which civilization means,
boasts only two graves of its great
characters. The tomb of the Caliph
Mansur and of Zobeide, the wife of
.Harun-el-Rashid, alone stand among
its ruins, says the Sunday School
Times. Where the long list Of caliphs,
the grand vizers and the poets who
made Bagdad famous were buried
none can say. The tombs have prob
ably deem demolished by the ruthless
hunters of bricks.
However, among the ruins of the
old city of Bagdad, to the left of the
Tigris, stands a large square brick
structure in which the Moslem keep
ers solemnly assert the body of JOSH
ia is buried. II is useless to test their
statements by the apparent age of the
building, for the small square bricks
of its walls, gathered from the ruins of
the Arabic period, may indicate only
a reconstruction. The present build
ing is not ancient The entrance, pro-
tected by portico, leads into large
open court, which is surrounded by
chambers. In some OF the chambers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
SHE SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY.
Family Didn't Often Get Chance to
Have Photographs Taken.

A philanthropic Cleveland man
heard the other day Of family down
in the flats who were in extreme need
of financial aid. He made trip down
to the poor, miserably furnished home
and found that the family was, indeed,
having struggle to get enough to eat.
He pulled three five-dollar bills out
of his wallet and handed it to the
gaunt, half-starved looking mother and
told her to take it and spend it as she
thought best. A few days later he re-
turned to see how the family were get
ting along. All the members in sight
still looked poorly fed. did you buy
some groceries with that 1852" he
asked. well, no. said the woman,
with some hesitation, you see, it was
the first time we had had so much
money all at once, and it looked like
such good chance that we each went
up and had a dozen cabinet photo
graphs taken" = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

and he felt that never before had he
been in such strong form, never had
his wit been so keen or his manner SO
engaging His spirit scared and he
looked upon his opponent with kind
ling eye
'There!" he said, making his move
at last.
''There?" she asked, giving his
ejaculation the appearance of having
been conceived in subtle humor.
'NThere?"
''There." he repeated.
They made eyes at each other and
she moved one of her men. He brisk
ly moved one of his.
mo, no!' she family murmured.
you must take me-"
Il must what?" he cried, making a
motion
Take mel" she whispered
Take your"
She nodded her head without look
ing up and the next moment he had
taken her, and two hearts beat as one.
"And will you always think of he?"
she asked as he was bidding her good
by, after he had measured her finger
for the ring.
How could l help it?" he asked.
Always" she insisted
Always" he repeated.
will you think of me as you go
home tonight"
Every step of the way"
They parted at last.
He loves mel" she whispered to
herself. 20, he loves mel l knew it
from the first! Maybe this won't make
some of them jealousi And I'm the
first girl he ever loved and it's to be a
diamond band! o, OH"
And as he walked home he turned a
troubled face up to the moon, halted
suddenly and addressed the night:
when she began that funny bust.
ness about taking her l ought to have
sat tight and kept my fool mouth
shut; that's what 1 ought to have
donel"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
WHY THE BASQUE COW DIED.
The Owner Had Seen a Woman the
First Thing in the Morning. d

Prof Beziat de Bordes of the Uni
versity of Michigan faculty was lectur'
ing on the Basque people and their
customs. On the subject of their
superstitions he told the following:
81 was walking down the street in a
little Basque village one day when 9
man came excitedly toward me. After
glancing furtively about he whis
pered: Hush! She is dead Who?
L asked, wondering whether the man
had lost a lovely daughter or dutiful
wife My COW! She died this morn
ing was the answer. And he added
it isn't hard to explain. The first thing
l saw this morning when l glanced out
of the window was-a woman. Fate
is against me-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
UnhappiIy Married.

William James, the psychologist OF
Harvard, said at dinner in Boston:
"An odor often recalls to us a child
hood scene. A voice brings back
memories that we had buried forever
AS we regard some strange landscape
it often seeSls to us that we have
often been just here before The odd.
est, the most momentous associations
oftentimes attach themselves to the
most trifiing things"
Mr.. James smiled
Thus" he said, Eat Thanksgiving
dinner that l once attended the host
ess said to a sour-faced man on my
left:
May 1 help you to some of the
boiled rice, Mr.. Smith,
Rice? No, l thank you; no rice for
me- Smith answered vehemently. 1T
is associated with the worst mistake
of my life