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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-15
Order Limiting Time to Present Claims
aad Notice to Creditors

STATE OF WISCONSIN, WOOD COUNTY, in
County Court,
In the matter of the estate of Max Edward
Neuber, deceased
Letters teStamentary on the estate of Max
Edward Neuber late of the Town of Wood,
in said County of Wood, deceased, having
been duly granted to Caroline Neuber by
by this court;
1T IS ORDERED, That the time from the
date hereof until and Including the 2Sth day
December, A. d. 1909, be and the same is
hereby fixed as the time within which all
creditors of the said Max Edward Nueber,
deceased, shall present their claims for
examinations and allowance.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That all claims
and demands of all persons against the Max
Edward Neuber, deceased, be examined and
adjusted before this Court, at its Court
Room in the Court House in the City of
Grand Rapids, in said County, at the regular
first Tuesday OF January, 1910 and all credit
ors are hereby notified thereof.
1t is FURTHER ORDERED, That notice Of the
time and place at which said claims and
demands will be examined and adjusted as
aforesaid, and of the time above limited for
said creditors to present their claims and
demands, be given by publishing a copy Of
this order and notice, for four consecutive
weeks, once in each week, in the WOOD
COUNTY REPORTER, a newspaper published
in the County of Wood, the first publication
to be within fifteen days OF the date hereof.
Dated this 22nd day Of June, 1909.
By the Court
W. j. Conway.
County Judge.
(First publication June24, expires July 49,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-15
Notice Of Application for Final Settlement

WOOD COUNTY CoURT-In Probate.
In the matter of the last will of Robert A.
Parrish, Deceased.
On reading and filing the application of
Ethel S. Parrish administrators with will
annexed representing among other things
that she has fully administered the said es
tate, and praying that a time and place be
fixed for examining and allowing her ac-
count OF her administration, and that the
residue of the said estate be assigned to
such persons as are by law entitled to the
same;
IT IS ORDERED, That said application be
heard before this court, at a regular term
thereof to be held at the probate Office, in
the city OF Grand Rapids on the first Tues
day of September, 1909 at 10 O'Clock a. m.
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That
notice of the time and place of examining
and allowing said account and of assigning
the residue of said estate, be given to all
persons interested, by publication Of copy
of this order, for three successive weeks, in
the WOOD COUNTY REPORTER, a news
paper published in said county, before the
day fixed for said hearing.
Dated this 22nd day of June, 1909.
BY the Court,
w. J. CONWAY,
County Judge.
(First publication July 8, expires July 22)
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A Grand Sight at a WaterhoIe.

1t was long wait and l was almost
asleep, half dreaming, when the gen.
tie touch of the shikaree brought me
back to business. He pointed across
the Wei. There was a slight noise. A
second or two later the broad horns Of
a buffalo bull showed through the
leaves, and then came a COW with a
calf. They came to the water and
drank. did not shoot, as l wanted
one of the smaller antelopes. A little
later, as though by signal, Gland, wa
terbuck, koodoo, duiker, wildebeest,
blue wildebeest, reedbuck, impala,
blesbok, oribi, giraffe, and dozens of
other animals too numerous to men
ton came down to the vlei
1t was a grand scene; all these
graceful animals, as beautiful as
though they had stepped out of a book
of fairy tales, mingling in perfect
friendship. There was not a quarrel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-15
The Leopard, Craftiest Beast in
the JunuIe.

From the lion the thoughts of the
hunter turn naturally to the most
crafty of African animals, the leopard
the tiger Of the Beers.
1t is the least hunted animal in
Africa, not because it is not sought,
but because it is hard to get at, its
home being in the woody, mountain
Gus country. Then, too, it has as a
protective feature its peculiarly
marked skin, the spots of which re-
semble the light and shade in the
leaves, making the beast very diff
cult to see Many hunters would face
anything sooner than a leopard, on &C
count of its intelligent ferocity. Some
men are of the opinion that it is the
most dangerous of African game, and
those who know say it is fiercer than
the South American jaguar
The leopard is the brainiest of the
carnivora. The stories told By the
natives and hunters of its cleverness
would fill volumes. One thing is GER
tain, it gets its food easier than any
other animal The methods are sim
pie in the extreme. 1t ascends a tree
beside a waterhole and waits for its
victim to come to drink, and then
flying like a thunderbolt from the
treetop, strikes down its prey with a
blow, at the same time sinking its
teeth into a vital spot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-15
LEGALS
Sheriff's Sale

State OF Wisconsin, Circuit Court for " God
County.
E. D. Cannon, Plaintiff VS. John McNally
and Grace McNally, his wife, 0. B. Osborn
and Carrie A. Blakey, Defendants.
Notlce is hereby given that by virtue of
ana pursuant to Judgment of foreclosure
ana sale made and entered in the Circuit
Court for WOOD County, Wisconsin, in the
June, 1908, the undersigned, Sheriff of Wood
county, State OF Wisconsin, will on the 18th
day OF August, 1909, at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon OF said day, at the North front
door OF the Court House in the City of Grand
Rapids, wood County, Wisconsin, offer for
sale and sell at public auction to the high
est bidder therefor for cash, the real estate
and mortgaged premises directed by said
Judgment to be sold, or so much thereof as
may be sufficient to discharge the amount
due to the plaintiff for principal, interest
solicitors fees, disbursements and costs
together with subsequent costs and dis
burSementS OF sale, and described in said
Judgment as follows, to wit; The Southeast
quarter OF the Northwest quarter of Section
Thlrty-five (35), containing Forty (40) acres
OF land more or less according to Govern
ment survey; also the Southeast quarter of
the Southwest quarter OF Section Twenty
SIX (26); and also one acre of land eighty (S0)
rods long and two % rods wide running
across the westerly side of the Northeast
quarter of the Northwest quarter of said
Section Thlrty-fiVe (35), all in Township 90
North of Range East, in the County of
Wood and State of Wisconsin, together with
the privileges and oppurtenances thereunto
belonging and appertaining,
Dated at Grand Rapids, Wisconsin this Sth
Gay of July, 1909.
MICHAEL GRIFFIN.
Sheriff of Wood County, Wisconsin,
T. d. WooLsEY,
BelOit, Wis.
PLAINTIFFS Attorney,
(First publication July s. expires Aug. 49,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-15
FORCED TO GUARD BEEHIvEs
In Search for the Delicacy Bears in
Texas Destroy Apiaries by
Wholesale.

The beekeepers of the Wharton sec
ton in Texas frequently suffer losses
from the depredations of bears. Vari-
Gus kinds of devices are used to pro-
tect the apiaries from the invasion Of
these animals
Henry Carter, who has a large
apiary IN the Boiling neighborhood, had
an exciting experience with two
honey-loving bears recently. He has a
pack Of bear dogs which have been
used principally 70 guard his bees
against the attacks of bruin. The ken
mel Of these dogs is close to the hives,
and no bear cared to venture close to
the spot A neighbor borrowed the
pack to trail down some bears that
had been giving him trouble and failed
to return the dogs at night. Mr. Car
ter was awakened about midnight by
a noise which came from his orchard,
where his bee colonies were located
He quickly OWNED that bear raid
was on. He grabbed a rife and hur-
ried out of the house toward the
apiary.
He took sudden backward jump
when a big black bear rose upon it's
hind feet from behind a beehive and
started toward him. Mr.. Carter fired
at the animal at close range. The
bullet wounded bruin and stopped his
progress temporarily. At this moment
Mr.. Carter noticed another bear run
ming off from another part of the
apiary. He took shot at It, but must
have missed, as no sign Of blood was
found afterward. The first bear which
he had wounded soon regained It's feet
and got SO close to Mr.. Carter as to
strike at him vigorously with one Of
its paws. Mr.. Carter bounded be-
hind an adjacent tree, where he got
in two more shots from his rife be-
fore the bear could reach him. These
bullets put an end to bruin The bears
had completely destroyed his apiary
before he arrived on the scene.-Mem-
phis Commercial-Appeal.
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On one occasion l had the good for
tune to witness scene, in which
leopard was the chief actor, that left
an fndelible picture in the gallery Of
my memory.
was hunting one day, with shika-
rec, for food. We were unsuccessful
In getting a shot on the weld and so
decided to wait at vlei (waterhole)
till the game came to drink. 1t was
a beautifully calm day, with not the
slightest movement in the air. We
made bed Of leaves in sheltering
nook and prepared for action. The
smoothness Of the deep blue water be-
fore us was broken only by the wa
ter lizards as they leaped after the
silver dragon flies. Big, heavy-winged,
brilliant-hued butterflies flew cratic
ally about, and a long-legged crane
opposite us arranged its plumage as
1t admired it's graceful lines in the re-
fecting pool.
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among them. The big-eyed, aristo-
cratic-looking pookoo rubbed horns
with the stately lechwe as they put
their clean, glistening noses into the
cool, inviting water. l was lost in adj
miration. I hated to disturb the beau
tiful scene by a shot.
All at once, like an arrow from the
tree above shot the form of leopard
onto the back of a buffalo calf In
flash there was a wild stampede. All
ran but the buffalo COW, the mother of
the calf When the calf was struck it
fell either dead or unconscious, and
the snarling leopard stood over its
prey for a second. Then the COW
charged and hurled the marauder
from her PROSTATE young A fight
commenced in earnest.
The leopard sprang to its feet and
in an instant was on the. back of the
COW. With the agility of a wrestler
she fell and rolled over her aggressor,
arising to her feet again in a flash
Before the leopard could spring she
rushed at him with a below like a fog
horn, struck him full on and tossed
him into the water In a moment the
leopard was on the bank again 1t
sprang at the cows throat but missed
as she lodged aside. Again the
leopard sprang. The COW fell back,
lifted her head and caught it full I'M
derneath, her horn penetrating the
leopard's body. The leopard roared
with pain as it fell to the ground,
bleeding freely from its double wound,
and the COW was covered with gashes
from its antagonists claws.
The leopard sprang again on the
back of the COW, but she easily shook
him off. He stood for a moment and
then tried to stagger away The buff
falo made rush, and, hurting him
to the ground, thrust her horns again
into his helpless body. He offered no
resistance, but rolled over on his side
and died.
A young friend of mine, Jan van
Keenan,, was killed in German East
Africa under peculiar circumstances.
As no one saw the happening it is
hard to say how it exactly occurred.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-15
We were hunting for specimens for

We were hunting for specimens for
German museum. When we reached
a suitable hunting grounds we camped
and set out daily IN different direc-
tons IN small parties, German SCI
enlist accompanying each. One morn
Ing shlkaree came in with the news
that the weld little way to the north
was covered with game. The hunters
with their rifles and the scientists
with their notebooks and cameras, set
out, making wide detour. We di-
vlded into parties, shikaree at the
head of each, with the exception OF
those two which van Keenan, and my
self commanded. We soon reached
the game. There seemed to be thou
sands of every variety on the weld.
Huge Gland, beautifully striped Zebras,
hartebeest, impala, koodoo, gemsbok,
springbok, in fact there seemed to be
a congress of all the antelope in At
RIGA.
On the outskirts near clump OF trees
a number Of giraffe lowered above the
rest of the animals. Van Keenan, set
out in their direction and the rest of
us waited till the other men started
shooting on the opposite side of the
weld, thus driving the herds in our d.
rection.
After a long, firing wait of four
hours, the cracking of rifles in the
distance brought us to attention and
told us that the work of death had
commenced. Every head on the weld
was raised; every animal, for Sec
ond, was still and silent as statue.
Then, with one accord, they turned
and came galloping toward us, the
ground trembling under the thunder
of their hoofs.
With the magazines of our rifles full
we waited till the animals came into
good range and then opened fire. The
din was frightful the thunder of the
hoofs, the swirling dust. the rhythmic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-15
SUMMER FICTION

New Fiction ready for circulation
az the Public Library:
Bacheller-Hand-ma Gentleman.
DeMorgue-Joseph Vance.
Irwin-Letters of japanese School
Boy.
Inner Shrine.
Morse-On the Road to Arden
Muir-Stricken
Rice-Mr. Opp.
Rinehart-Man in Lower Ten.
Waddel-Old Lady No. 81.
Webster-Much Ado About Peter
Weyman-Wild Geese.
Train-Butler's Story.
Replaced.
Wilkins-New England Nun.
White-Blazed Trail.
Smith-Tides of Barnegat.
Locke-Septimus
Johnston-To Have and To Hold.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-15
Order Limiting Time to Present Claims
and Notice to Creditors.

STATE OF WISCONSIN. WOOD COUNTY, in
County Court.
In the matter OF the estate of Cassie Cam
ming, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of
Cassie Canning late OF the City of Grand
Rapids in said County of Wood, deceased,
having been duly granted to Walter P.
Canning by this court:
IT IS ORDERED, That the time from the
date hereof until and including the 4th day
OF January, A. D, 1910, be and the same is
hereby fixed as the time which all creditors
of the said Cassie Canning deceased, shall
present their claims for examination and
allowance.
IT Is FURTHER ORDERED, That all claims
and demands of all persons against the
said Cassie Canning, deceased, be examined
and adjusted before this Court, at its Court
Room in the Court House in the City of
Grand Rapids. in said County, at the regular
first Tuesday OF February, 1910 and all
creditors are hereby notified thereof.
IT Is FURTHER ORDERED, That notice of the
time and place at which said claims and
demands will be examined and adjusted as
aforesaid, and of the time limited for said
creditors to present their claims and
demands, be given by publishing copy of
this order and notice, for four consecutive
weeks. once in each week, in the WOOD
County REPORTER, a newspaper published
in the County OF Wood, the first pu blication
to be within fifteen days OF the date hereof.
Dated this 10Th day of June 1909.
By the Court:
w. j. Conway,
County Judge
: First publication July /. expires July 22.)
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But all good things come to an end,
and so did the cubs. One day we
were resting in the shade Of a for
est, avoiding the heat of noon and
most of the natives were asleep. 1t
happened that the cubs were put in
charge Of the most useless native in
the camp as his sole care. On account
of this natives unhappy faculty of for
getting, l christened him Forget"
Well, Forget" had fed the cubs since
the day they were captured and they
followed him as though he were their
mother. This day there was the ST.
lence Of fatigue over the resting cara
van.
Suddenly a howl OF pain rent the
stiffness and we rushed with ready
rifles to the spot whence 1t came.
what sight met our eyes! There was
Forget" holding on to a bush with
both his hands while one of the young
lions had hold of his foot pulling as
hard as he could in the opposite direc-
ton. Although blood was streaming
from the lions jaws, all Of us laughed
Things went from bad to worse, when
a particular friend of "Forget's' got
hold Of the lions tail and helped
things by pulling it. Up to this time
the young lion was only eating For
gets" foot in a friendly way and
seemed to enjoy the fact that we all
stood around and looked on, as we
had often done at feeding time
AC hA
tugged it turned On it's tormentor with
a roar and struck him down with it's
paw. Forget" jumped up, drew his
knife, and thrust it into the animals
side, killing it instantly. The poor ma
tive's foot was indeed badly chewed.
Forget" I said, after his foot had
heen dressed, you were a friend Of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-15
The Cheetah and Van Keenan,.

The weld was spotted with car
casses, and here and there an animal
struggled in pain from a cruel dis
abling wound. The hundreds of ma
tives with the expedition poured over
the weld and commenced skinning.
The scientists took measurements and
photographs, and by night the hides
were all in camp.
When the bugle blew at meal time
van Keenan, was missing. 1 ques-
toned the natives, but none had any
news of him. We lit huge fires to
guide him to the camp. There was no
possibility of his being lost, for he was
a Boer and knew the weld like KAT
fir. All night we expected him to turn
up at the camp. The lions and Loop
ards roared, the hyenas laughed,
Jaekals snarled and thousand dis
NAL bowls made night fendish, as the
animals fought over the carcasses left
after our hunt.
Daylight broke on a disappointed
camp and at once searching parties
were formed to find the missing hun
seen the giraffes before the hunt.
knowing that van Keenan, had gone
in that direction to get a shot at
them. After getting to the place and
searching a little l discovered the
body of my friend with a dead chez
tab across it. Of course, 1 can only
guess what happened.
l examined his rife and found only
one cartridge expended from the mag
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-15
The Giraffe - Awkward and
Harmless.

II is peculiar that such savage
brutes as leopards and cheetahs are
marked much like the giraffe, the
most awkward and harmless animal
In Africa. At one time the giraffe
was common down as far as Cape
Town, but now it is found no farther
south than the Transvaal. Gradually
1t is being driven into the interior.
The giraffe makes its home in the
desert country, being able to go for
long periods without drinking. There
are large herds on the Kalahari des-
ert, where they are practically safe
from the hunters rife CRATES are
also very common in the country to
which Mr.. Roosevelt is going. They
are easy hunting. Before the passage
of the game protection laws 1 have
seen one party bring down 20 giraffes
in day.
1t is easy to form an idea of the
CRATES awkwardness when you take
into consideration that the animal is
from Is to 20 feet high, measuring
fran the ground to its head, and it is
mostly legs and neck, the legs being
longer than the neck When a giraffe
drinks it must spread its legs out an
an angle Of about 80 degrees to lower
its body sufficiently to reach the wa
ter
The favorite method of the Beers III
hunting the giraffe is to ride it down
on horseback. This affords great sport
and good horse will overtake one of
these animals after long chase. The
giraffe presents a peculiar spectacle
when it is running. The body seems
to gain on the head, which waves to
and fro and is jerked into position at
every second step. Mr. Roosevelt will
have to depend solely on shooting for
his giraffe sport, as the country he
will visit in is not favorable to horse
hunting
A source of amusement to the aver,
age European sportsman who visits
East Africa is hunting the wart hog.
Although the Africander does not care
about hunting this animal, the Euro,
pean seems to delight in it, perhaps
on account of the animals ferocious
and ugly appearance 1t is armed with
pair of formidable tusks which 1t
can use with great effect on either
horse or man when it is cornered.
have seen native gored so badly by
one that he died in an hour
Each African colony has game laws
based on the prevalence or scarcity Of
certain species of animals Where
Mr.. Roosevelt is going to hunt it costs
$3.50 for huntsman's license This
license under the British East Afri-
can game laws gives the following
privileges:
Each white man-rife hunter-that
hunts in East Africa, is allowed to kill
two of each of the following animals
Elephants (tusks weighing not less
than so pounds, rhinoceri hippopot-
ami, zebra, oryX, callotis oryx bestia,
koodoo, tOpi, Neumann's hartebeest.
colobus and other fur monkeys, aard-
varks, cheetahs, aardwolf, marabout
and egret. One of each of the fol-
lowing: Buffalo, Gland, sable, antelope,
roam antelope and bongo. Ten of
each Of the following: Topi, Grants
gazeIle, Thompson's gazelle, Jackson's
hartebeest, impala, reedbuck, duiker,
kfipsprirger, steinbuck, waterbuck,
wildebeest, Coke's hartebeest, bush
buck, paa, lesser koodoo, and the
gerenuk.
Copyright, 1909, by Benz. B. Hampton1
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THE FIGHT COMMENCED in EARNEST.

the young lions. Why did you kill
it?'
"Baas,'' he answered, "it is too
much to expect me to continue the
friendship by feeding the lion with
my own foot"
found out later that Forget" liv-
ing up to his reputation, had forgot
ten to feed the cubs, and, one getting
very hungry, and no doubt thinking it
made no difference, started to eat its
foster fathers foot while he was
asleep. The other cub got very quar-
relsome after it lost it's brother. 1 sold
it to an agent of the Antwerp Zoolog
ical Gardens, where it is l believe to
this day.
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szine. There was wound In the
cheetah's breast. The animal had been
wounded at close quarters evidently,
anu had sprung on it's aggressor be-
fore he could get in another shot
Poor van Keenan, was frightfully
chewed. The cheetah had died in the
act of killing him, one of the many dou-
bic tragedies that illustrate the dam
gers of hunting on the Dark Contin-
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bang OF the many rifles, and the
whistling of stray bullets made a veri-
table battle scene. One after anoth-
er we picked out our living targets
and down they went, the stampeding
mass of life behind falling over them
in struggling confusion.
At last the tail end of the herds
galloped past, leaving a few wound
ed stragglers enveloped in the dust
burdened air. We gave our burning
rifles a rest, wiped the CRIME from
our faces and surveyed the results of
our bloody attack.
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The
Capture of
Leopards
and Smaller
Game
By Capt. Fritz DuqueSne

JST as one can tell
when a rhinoceros
is near by observing
the little rhinoceros
birds that follow it
to feed on it's lice,
so it is easy to tell
the vicinity Of large
carIAvora by the
vultures that hover
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-15

following us In our marches across
the country.
The Cubs and "Eoruet."