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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

The Prince of Wales will attend the
tercentenary celebration Of the founding
of Quebec during the last week in July.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14
Sheep on Legni,es.

Care should be exercised in pasturing
sheep on clover or, in fact, on any mem
Der of the legume family, for unless
judgment is used there may be consid-
cradle loss from boating. There is a
right and wrong way of paSturing
these crops. The right way is to allow
the clover or alfalfa almost to come
into bloom before turning in the sheep.
Then there should be sown with these
crops some timothy, redtop or any other
nonleguminOus plant, for where there
is a mixture this way the sheep will
alternately eat one and the other and
so reduce the chance of bloat.
When turning in the flock for the
first time they should be already filled
with food For example, the 1ay they
are to be turned into the clover pasture
feed them early in the morning little
grain and hay, and when the sun is we'll
up and hot turn them out Then, in
stead of filling themselves at once they
will eat a little and then look for
cool spot to rest in. Joseph E. Wing
has. he says. tried this plan with great
success. He also advises keeping before
them constantly receptacle contain
ing salt and air slaked lime mixed.
Once in the pasture they should never
be moved until it comes time to change
to fresh pasture-that is, they should
not be brought into the yards at night
or they will be in danger Of bloating
when let out again in the morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

Regular feeding makes animals more
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14
FRISCO GREETS FLEET;
as WARSH|PS IN LINE
Million Persons See Evans Lead
Biggest Modern Squadron
Into Port.
SEC. METCALF REVIEWS CRAFT
Combined Atlantic and Pacific Yes
sells Enter as Guns Boom and
Carnival Begins.

Saluted by the guns of the Preside,
cheered by scores OF thousands OF men
and women. greeted by the blasts of
countless whistles, the Atlantic fleet
swept into the harbor of San Francisco
shortly after noon Wednesday. Four
months and twenty days out from
Hampton Roads. the fleet thus success
fully completed the first leg of the
round-the-world cruise.
The demonstration with which the
fleet was welcomed was one of the most
noteworthy which has ever occurred on
the Pacific coast. Every hill, tall build
ing, army reservation, park space,
coastal precipice and wharf surround
ing the Golden Gate and the shores
of the spacious bay was massed black
after roar of cheering. 1t is estimated
that at least a million onloOkers were
gathered to watch the fleets entry.
The harbor itself was damned with
excursion steamers. sailing vessels,
yachts, rowboats and miscellaneous
craft, all gay with flags and each Civ
ing yociferous greeting by whistle or
by the hurrahiDg of its crew.
From the city proper came the chin
ing of all San Francisco's bells, while
above the whole outburSt of acclaim
the cannon of the Preside doomed
slowly the salute of the American navy
to the American navy. The navy mean
while officially welcomed the navy
through Secretary Metcalf, whose
white-anchored four-starred blue flag
fiuttered from the gunbOat Yorktown.
The marine picture afforded by the
ships was one beautiful in the extreme.
In all there were forty-siX vessels in
the line which threaded its way up the
harbor. The Atlantic fleet of sixteen
battleships and six destrOyers, which
had made the voyage from Hampton
Roads, held, of course, the place of
honor. With them were the eight sup
ply boats and tenders which had also
made the 14,00O-mile cruise. AS an es-
cort for these thirty ships steamed the
nine armOred cruisers and five destroy
ers of the Pacific feet, as well as the
battleships Wisconsin and Nebraska,
which joined the Atlantic fleet there
for the remainder of the cruise around
the world.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

Chicago men have established a milk
factory at Enosburg Falls, Vt, with
capital Of $1,OOO,OOO. 1t will have a
capacity for using the milk Of 5000
| cows.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14
HOTEL FIRE KILLS 10;
GUESTS DIE IN TRAP
Early Blaze in Old Aveline Hos.
telry in Fort Wayne,
Indiana.
SCENES OF HORROR FOLLOW.
Scores Flee in Night Robes-Militia-
men Search Ruins for
Bodies.

twenty or more lives were lost in q
fire which destroyed the New Avelipa
Hotel in Fort Wayne, Ind. Sunday
morning. Ten bodies have been recov-
cred. and ut least as many more are in
the ruins. Five persons are known to
be missing and sixteen were injured,
The dead
f. j. Ellis. 6121 Monroe avenue. Chi
cago: salesman for Carson. Pirie. Scott
& Co.
Morris Hirsch. Chicago; salesman for
Pacific Coast Borax Company: brother
of Isaac Hirscl, Howard Club. Chicago.
j. b. Miller, Sheboygan. Wis. travel
ing man for Landow & Brown, garment
manufacturers of Pittsburg
Miss Mary Burkett. Mishawaka, Ind ;
assistant matron of Orphans Home.
Miss Sarah Hathaway. agent for Or
phans' Home at Mishawalla
William \. Pitcher, Duluth: travelling
man for Bowser oil tank works of Fort
Wayne.
Robert S. Johnson. Pana, Ill.,: travel
ing man for Watson Plummer Shoe Com
pany. Chicago.
Joseph w. Deviney. Camden. y. J.:
salesman for Crawford & Lehman. Phila-
delphia
Unidentified man. supposed to be hotel
porter named Burke.
Unidentified woman
The known missing:
Frank Baxter. attorney, Auburn, Ind
Companion of Baxter.
z. 3. Atty. Wabash. Ind
Charles Benjamin. salesman for De
troit Neckwear Company, Detroit. Mich.
r. f. Tribble, ranch owner, Dalhart,
Texas.
The complete destruction of the in
terror of the hotel made the work of
recovering bodies a task of extreme
difficulty. a mass of charred wood,
bricks and twisted girders was piled
up between the bare walls to the Sec
ond story. This had to be removed,
piece by piece, before the roll of the
dead could be completed. Infantry
Company d and Battery Il of the In
diana National Guard aided the fire
and police forces to clear away the
debris.
The fire was discovered at 3 80 Sun
day morning in the elevator shaft by
Night Clerk Ralph Hopkins. He rushed
to the upper floors alarming the guests,
until the flames, which had spread with
appalling rapidity, drove him back.
Hotel Burns Like finder.
The hotel was erected half a century
ago, and the woodwork was dry as tin
der 1t burned like matchwood. and
within a few minutes from the time the
fire was discovered the whole interior
of the hotel was mass of flames that
filed the corridors and rooms with suf-
locating clouds of smoke and laid fiery
barriers across all means of egress save
the windows. The fire department res
cued many with ladders. but some, fren-
zied by the onward rush of the flames,
leaped from high windows to the paved
street
+. S. Johnson. Pana, H., jumped
from the fifth story. His body struck
balcony and bounded far into the
street. He was a crushed and bleed
ing mass when picked up and died n
short time later in st. Joseph's Hos
pital
Soon the flames broke from the win
dows and curled about the fire escapes.
A number braved the flames and made
their way through smoke and fire down
the iron stairways.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

CQlcaSO men nave eStaOilSneu Hllh
factory at Enosburg Falls, Vt, with a
capital of 100000. 1t will have a
capacity for using the milk of 5000
cows.
There is nothing like experience on a
wheel scraper to teach a team to pull
A team that has been used one season
on a grader simply does not know how
to get stuck"
Growth is profit in anything or any
live stock and grain can be made to
advance In growth and value, in rich
ness of soil as well as in price.
Halter-pulling is bad trick In
horse. Often it is brought on by care
less usage in the stall. Never do any
thing that would brighten a horse in
his STALL Look to it that no one else
does, either
We have better laws for regulating
the sale of grass seeds now than form
erly, but do not forget to take a magni-
flying glass along when buying seeds.
Weed seeds will sprout and grow in
spite of the law.
The farmer who plants tested seed
corn knows that it will grow, while the
one who plants seed that is not tested
has no way Of knowing whittier his seed
will grow or not. Success usually goes
with the man who knows
Half the bad habits of horses may be
laid at the door of the men who han
die them. l have seen mare cured
Of pulling at the halter just by the
change of a master. Kindness always
brings the best kind Of returns.
The old method of the haphazard
feeding Of swine and the lazy mans
method of throwing out corn to the
hogs in quantity are fast becoming OBJ
solete. The feeding of swine has be-
come a science. Rations are prepared
with a definite end in view.
According to recently published fig
ures, lard is the most valuable single
the United States. 1t is even more val
liable than the cattle exports and goes
to a greater number of markets in lar
ger quantities than do other meat prod
ucts
Many a man going to an auction sale
Of pure-bred stock never intends to
buy Before he knows it, however, he's
In the game and thereby many have
found road that has led to fortune.
The microbe for better stock is a per-
sistent animalism. 1t overcomes persons
unfit as we'll as those fit to conduct the
business.
There are two plans for keeping a
farm in order. The one is to set aside
date as an annual clearing house
event, as the housewife does, and let
things slide the rest of the time The
other is to aim to keep up the little |
ends of things from day to day. The |
latter plan Is by far the most prefer
able. as no doubt most careful farmers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14
Many Thrilling Escapes.

There were many thrilling escapes.
Claude III. Varnell of the Fort Wayne
baseball team. his sister, Mrs. John
Hendricks and John Hendricks, Chi
cago. manager of the Fort Wayne team,
together with their 5-year-old son. bare
ly escaped with their lives. Narnell
lost all his personal belonging. valued
at several thousand dollars. Hendricks,
with his wife ahead of him and his boy
in his arms. was descending the fire
escape from the fifth floor. At the third
floor the fire broke out below them. He
swung Mrs Hendricks over the railing
and she dropped to the balcony of the
story below. He then dropped his son
into the waiting arms Of his wife, and
all made their way to the ground.
The New Aveline Hotel was six
story building of brick. in the business
center of the city. It's erection was
begun in 1852, but it was not completed
until several years later In 1895 the
building was extensively remodeled and
two stories were added. The hotel and
furnishings were valued at $4,000.
Throughout the framework Of the
interior was of wood. dried like finder
from a half century's seasoning, and it
burned with great rapidity. Within a
quarter of an hour from the time the
fire was discovered in the elevator
shaft practically the entire building was
wrapped in flames. The whole interior
became roaring furnace, and from
basement to roof ali was blazing ut
once. In rapid succession the floors
fell to the basement, carrying their toll
of dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14
GALLANTs ANNOYED PLAYERS.
Managers Could Scarcely Keep Them
OF Stage I'm Revolutionary Days.

Managers Could Scarcely Keep Them
OF Stage I'm Revolutionary Days.
The theater in New York during the
period of occupation by the British was
really quite social if not an artistic
success, says the New York Telegraph.
The town was filed with Tories. who
were glad to attend in order to show
their love and affection for the British
officers who appeared as actors. Othello
was great fayorite as was Richard
III.
One advantage the soldier folk had
over the civilian actors who preceded
and followed them. The orchestra was
always made from the regimental bands
and there were fourteen musicians at
a dollar a head a night to make pleas
ant the entr'acte and to provide the
chills and fever accompaniment for the
slaughter of Desdemona.
The scenery is said to have been liz
sufficient and of quality hardly cal
culated to arouse vast applause and yet
it is known that Major Andre was one
of those who helped paint the scenery
for several of the productions. Thomas
Barrow, originally coach painter and
afterward New York's only dealer in
engravings, was his assistant They
painted roadside flats, drops, side
scenes, including in the general effect
streets, woods and wilds, chambers
and palaces" according to n writer ia
miliar with their efforts. Capt. De
laney also gave his talent with the
brush as a contribution to the success
of these amateur shows.
The costumes were of the best, how
ever, for, no matter what the play, the
actors appeared in the uniforms of
their regiments. The young subalterns
borrowed the gear and millinery of
their friends among the Tory danes of
New York and cast back to the days
Of Shakespeare, when all the female
parts were played by men.
For long time in these early days
Of the New York stage the hardest fight
the managers had to make was to keep
the gallants of the day off the stage.
They insisted upon the privilege ac-
corded box seat holders in London and
dawdied about the stage during the ac-
ton of the play, babbling among them
selves or talking to the actors who
were not actually engaged with their
lines
That they were an addition to the
scene slightly homogeneous and foreign
n1p hut toI
on by the managers of those early days,
but 1t required a vast amount of nerve
on the part of an actor-manager to in
sist upon the withdrawal of Schuyler
or Clinton or a Livingston from The
stage in the New York of those days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14
How to Handle a Hog.

Scratch his back and tickle him un-
der the belly. You can lead him any
where. This applies - figuratively
speaking-as well to the human swine
as to the members of the drove that
had the seven devils. Hogs have sense.
and don't you forget it, An old razzer-
back sow has more brains than all the
cattle and horses on the plantation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

To make a success OF farming avoid
expenses
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

HIS is a serial of great power and interest,
and will not soon be forgotten by those
who love good literature. 1.-The Whited
Sepulcnre' is THE STORY OF Mont
PELEE, and is a graphic. natural narr alton
of that great disaster which thrilled and
shocked the civilized world. The word
painting is vivid and inspiring, the Incl
dents powerful and exciting, the characters
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

In the East applied agricultural sci
ence had to battle against old customs,
conservatism, failure. inertia The
young blood went West Science
caught the conditions young and was
able to show results soon enough to
enlist the cooperation of all classes.
Science applied to farming was first
greeted with boots and jeers. Book
farming and fancy tiff1cs," the country
people called it; and the funny papers
waxed funnier with alleged interviews
of the proverbial professor with the
were not betraying confidence. Of one
agricultural university which had its
entire faculty, its building, its scien-
tific equipment, for four years before
a bakers dozen Of students turned up
to take instruction.
Wherever science has been applied
to farms in the East high values rule.
as in the West-yalues even higher
than in the West, for in close proxim-
ity to the markets of the large Eastern
CLUES Uilt last NttH ~ lHIO Tile
lied farming of perishable products like
flowers and celery and potatoes and
garden truck. which the West dare not
touch on a specialized scale. Maine IL
winning rich profits from her highly
fortified. spOon-fed potatoes, Just az
Iowa and Wisconsin are earning
wealth in corn. From single acre
$500 worth of celery has been raised
in year. $1,000 worth Of carnations.
$50 worth of potatoes, 500 worth Of
table corn; and l personally know of
one small apple orchard that last year
yielded its owners $1,000 From sev-
enteen acres of grapes one grower
clears SLIGO year; and there is on
record peach orchard of 100 acres
which gave its owner harvest of
S15. Geo. Deduct high cost for hand
labor and hand fertilizing from this,
and there still remains a profit that
gives value in thousands. where tine
same kind of land in the West is val
Jed only i'll hun6reds.-Outing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

Nearly half the breweries of the
world are in Germany.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14
Other Losses I'm Block.


Other occupants of the hotel block
and their losses are
Jones & Stevens. proprietors hotel.
personal. 5000.
G. II. Brown, saloon, $4,000.
c. B. Woodworth & Co. drugs. $4,000.
Postal Telegraph Company. $1,000.
Strauss Bros. bankers. $1,000.
George Streicher. barber shop. $500.
Lee WINS, cigar and news stand,
$4,000
Bass Block. adjoining hotel, $500.
All losses in the hotel block save the
Strauss bank were total. The banF
vaults are intact. Losses are fully in
Sured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

There is nothing like experience on
wheel scraper to teach a team to pull.
A team that has been used one season
on grader simply does not know how
to get "Stuck"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

We have better laws for regulating
the sale of grass seeds now than form
erly, but do not forget to take a magni-
flying glass along when buying seeds.
Weed seeds will sprout and grow in
spite of the law
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

Growth is profit in anything or any
kind Of business. Land as we'll as
1--we stock and grain can be made to
advance in growth and value, in rich
ness of soil as well as in price.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

The farmer who plants tested seed
corn knows that it will grow, while the
one who plants seed that is not tested
has no way Of knowing whittier his seed
will grow or not. Success usually goes
NTH tho who lcnoxrS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

The old method of the haphazard
feeding Of swine and the lazy mans
method of throwing out corn to the
solete. The feeding of swine has be-
come a science. Rations are prepared
with a definite end in view.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14

Half the bad habits of horses may be
laid at the door Of the men who han
die them. 1 have seen a mare cured
Of pulling at the halter just by the
change of a master. Kindness always
brings the best kind of returns.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-14
Early growth helps early maturity.

SSSSSSS
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-03-04

Illinois, has given up her school here
and returned home.
Mrs. Johnson acted as substitute
in the primary department last
week.
Will Schisler has rented the
George Writ place.
Fred w. Russell lost very valua-
BILE horse last week.
Some of our fruitgrowers have
their spraying done.
Joe Harrison has moved his fam
lily to town.
A very pleasant farewell surprise
party was given Theodore S. Darby
Monday evening. After a most en-
joyable evening a dainty lunch was
served. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. T. S. Darby, Mr.. and Mrs. B. L..
Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Stauffer.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. King, Mr. and
Mrs. r. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. E. c..
Dickerson. the Misses Weber. Rob-
ert Bratten and Allen Richardson.
Mrs. Stewart took over the
primary department Monday.
Will Schisler moved to the George
Writ place Monday.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-03-04

Marriage licenses we're issued to
Edward S. Grant and Miss Myrtle NJ.
Salt and to Clifton T. Hilliet and
Miss Julia F. Burroughs Wednesday.
f. d. Lamar, representing the
wood Products company. is in the
city from Anacortes. Mr.. Lamar
was connected with this paper about
two years ago, going from here to
Ellensburg. Surprised. Well. /
should say" said Mr. Lamar. THE
changes that have taken place here
in two years are remarkable, and l
see where l made the mistake of my
life in leaving here"
The county commissioners did not
decide the question of closing the
new road in the Wenas and Selah
Wednesday and will drive over the
old and new highway today. An
other petition from group of ranch
ers to run the entire road on section
lines was handed in and the commits
sioners will look into this as we'll as
deciding on the first. They have or
dered the placing of an 1S-foot flag
staff on top of the court house
tower.
F. l.. Foote and family left Tues
day morning for their old home in
Saratoga. n. Y.
None of the lines are running spe-
cial colonist trains, although prep
arations have been made to handle
the increase of business which will
undoubtedly come shortly as a con-
sequence of the colonist rate offered.
Homeseekers' rates will be offered
every first and third Tuesday each
month until the close of December.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-03-04
NACHEs ITEMS.

Work will begin Monday, March
s, on the Wapotox canal. Walter
Purdin has charge of the work.
Mr.. w. r. Stuart shipped two cars
of hay Monday.
Born, February 81, to Mr. and
Mrs. Molttle, son. Mother and
babe doing well at this writing.
Mr.. Jas. Fraser has a force of men
preparing his land to plant an
orchard
The social given at V. f. New
mans Friday night was we'll attend
ed. About 70 guest were present
Refreshments were served. An art
gallery caused a good deal of amuse-
ment for the young people. Music
was furnished by Miss Nellie Dewar
Wallace Purdin has put in q
blacksmith shop at Naches City.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-03-04
MUSICIANS UNION
ENDORSES JONES
Believes North Yakima Congressman
Is Friend of LabOring and Union
Man at All Times.

North Yakima Local No. 442, AM
erican Federation of Musicians, held
an interesting meeting Sunday after
loon in Eagles hall The attend
anoe was large and much business of
Importance was transacted Among
the items of interest to be acted upon
was the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted:
North Yakima, Feb. 30, 1908.
1t having been brought to the no.
tice of North Yakima Local No. 442,
A. F. of NJ. that here has been an
effort made by certain labor organ
izers and others to cast reflections
upon and injure the standing of Hon.
Wesley l.. Jones, present represen-
tative in congress and candidate for
United States senator from this
state, with organized labor through
out the state, the aforesaid union
in regular meeting assembled, does
hereby voice its sentiments on the
matter in the following resolution
Resolved, That we, the members OF
North Yakima Local, A. F. OF NJ,
hereby condemn any action or Ian.
guage that may be construed as in.