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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-10-21

melbeI of the firm with his father.
This family viii re- eve a cordial wei
come 10y the citizens of Grand Rapids
where Mr.. Williams received his edu-
cation and formerly resided.
10 q starr, w o Is empl ed at
Sta le,, v is, >p' Mt Sunday at the
/. Bfeni en- home.
Mis-. Appola Gerard departed for
>'F,luctrn, Were h will spend the
Nin, itl tri ndS.
Raj h Charter OF Nerrlil, visited for
a fe DAYS THIS We. k at the home OF
Ntc"ofaS Rlcnardo.
MISS MAJ me Morgan of Rudolph
visited in Grand Rapids for a few days
this week.
>rs. r. u RodericG of North Fond
du Lac, spent few days this week
visiting al the home OF her parents,
NJ. and Mrs. Joseph Wheir, ST..
The family Of Nj. and Ms. Fed
Leverauce was Increased Tuesday
morning b. the arrival Of a baby boy.
Wanted experienced house
keeper. Enquire of Mrs. J. T. Schu-
macher, Third Street South If.
FOR RENT-A seven room house
and uarn on Chestnut street, Sc pei
month. For terms irquire at this
office 1i-1w
Mr.. and ffrs. B. II. Prichard depart
ed y pdnesdap for Whitewater where
they will visi, with relatives for a
week.
evening for { hIcago on busint SIS trip
| lie expects 10 be absent about one
week
Miss Ale Love. who has been
spending week with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Love, returned
Wednesday to Green Bay, where She
ttendS d Sisters School.
Mrs W. G. McGlynE and daughters
Margaret and Kathleen. arrived home
| Thursday after an extended visit in
the asst. Kathleen, who has been
very SICK with spinal meningitis, is al
present time very much improved.
If you are in need of job work, OF
any kind of high grade printing re.
member you can get it at the Re
porter Job Rooms promptly and in
first class condition. Remember us
when in need of any work IN ou1
line. 1t will be appreciated. If
Athletic Demonstration al 0tto's Pharmacy
Ott0's pharmacy have secured Prof
| d. A. Davies, noted Chicago Ath
lete, to demonstrate the new Rexal
/ Body Exer, User on Saturday, Oct %
They cJrdi lily invite all " ho are in
tereSted in muscular deyel0rement tt
come and see this demonstration.
Don't forget the date. d2-w1
Call Lamberton's city bus for
! nronn4 corvioo ,pbono ATT Std
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-10-21

For Rent: -Seven room house on
West Side. For rms and particu al
enquire of E. c. Ross er, 420 Grand
Avenue. IT,
See Geo. N Wood for fire, life, az
cident and tornado insurance If
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-10-21
OBITUARY

On Monday morning at 500 O'Clock
occurred the death of Mrs. John Sole
at her home on 4th Ave. North, after
a prolonged illness, having suffered for
and dropsy. The deceased was born
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-10-21

For SALE AT A BARGAIN acre
farm. 81 acres Gu tivated, so acres
good timber, new house, spring creek,
good neighb rhood, daily mail, one
mi from city limits, Sc Geo. n.
Wood, Wood County Natl. Bank
Building. If
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-10-21
DATES TO REMEMBER

Something New uuder the sun!
Epwortn League, at Methodist
Church Friday evening, Oct. %.
Come to get E, A. P, L. A. P. CT
n. A. p.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-10-21

Call Lamberton's city bus for
prompt service. Phone All. Std.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-10-21

The REPORTER 100 a year.
The National tribune., 1909-04-08
The Real War-Widows.

Editor National Tribune: l have been
reading items in The National Tribune in
regard to pensions. l am much Impress
ed with all communications in regard to
the old-time widows-those who were
married at the beginning of the war.
know of several such who can get no rec
ognition whatever from this great and
glorious Republic simply because some
poor, foreetful man couldn't prove that he
had five toes on one foot and five on the
other. just the same, isn't it enough eyi-
dence when a good, sound, young man
gives his life for his country; leaves a
young widow at home, their babe in her
arms; no income? She takes her child
and goes out for 10 years to work in a
family! l say, isn't that evidence enough
that she and her child should have some
thing in return for his precious blood !?
She is now elderly and she has cause to
feel bitter towards those who have given
her naught. Trouble, and hard work, to
get a living is what her country has cost
her! Can't something be done? / think
all widows of soldiers of the war should
receive enough pension to keep them from
want ana insure a .pleasanter journey
Leminawah street, Appleton, Wis.
The National tribune., 1909-04-08

degrees centigrade). and in some cases
it was but 54 pounds. me 'unbleached
pulp in these experiments is of a light
grayish or brownish ssolor., not unlike
that from spruce, of course depending
upon the cooking conditions, which can
be controlled to suit the manufacturer.
The fiber is strong and durable. and
is about the same size as that of spruce
being possibly triffe broader. The
Yields obtained by the Forest Service
are about the same as are obtained
from the woods now in general paper
| making use. The amount OF screenings
is very low Scrub pine presents no
serious disadvantages fn.Jregard to
bleaching. A good white color is read
lily brought about. While some of the
cooks require more bleach than is or
dinarily practical or economical yet by
cooking properly the amount of bleach
required has been brought down to $50
pounds, or So per cent bleach per ton
of pulp. By slightly changing the con-
ditions of treatment it is believed that
still lower percentages may be en-
ployed, while the color produced re-
mains the best white.
Practical paper-makers who have
seen this product are almost unanimous
in claiming it to be strong long
fibered and hard-wearing pulp, which
seems especially desirable for making
bag. news and wrapping papers. Sew
eral even went so far as to say that it
would make fine bank or ledger papers
when properly handled, and that this
wood gave one of the best fibers which
has been prepared from pine wood.
The National tribune., 1909-04-08
PAPER FROM SCRUB PINE.
An Important Use for This Little Valued
Wood.

The long-neglected and despised
scrub or Jersey pine. growing on the
abandoned farms and cut-oVer lands of
the East, seems destined at last to have
reached its rightful place as material
Of value, according to the results OBJ
tanned thru recent pulp and paper
making tests at the United States For
est Service laboratories in Washington.
While there is a considerable amount
of this wood standing as timber, 1t has
heretofore been used only in very
desultory fashion and then mostly as
fuel. About 100000 acres. or 20 per
cent of the wooded area of Maryland.
and about 130, 900 acres, or 10 per cent
of that of Virginia, is covered with fair
ly dense stands. while the broad range
of the tree extends along the Atlantic
seaboard from southern New York to
South Carolina and back over the APP
palachians to central Indiana, where its
largest specimens are found
While a number of mills have used
scrub pine for the manufacture of soda
pulp and ground wood, no plants have
ever operated the sulphite process.
Scrub pine might have been used to
good advantage long ago but for the
fact that 1t did not seem to the practical
papermaker even worthy of trial. By
only slight changes of the regular cook
ing treatment which is ordinarily ac-
cOrdeQ pulp "OOu III the Sulpnue proc
ess, however. it has now yielded pulp
product which has been favorably COM
mented upon by numerous members of
the paper trade as a substitute for
spruce sulphite in the manufacture of
newspaper.
When a forest of scrub pine is ma
tured a fully stocked stand will yield
80 to 40 cords per acre, when economic
ally harvested according to the practical
forestry methods. At the present time
there is practically no general use for
the timber outside of fuel, altho q
coarse lumber is made of it and it is
sometimes used for fencing. An evil
dence of the low esteem in which this
pine is held is the price which the
Maryland wood brings when delivered,
S5.75 per cord. The wood itself is of a
light yellow color. with a white sap
wood. 1t Is light in weight, is brittle
and coarse-grained. While 1t is fairly
durable in contact with the weather. its
weak structural properties offset any ad-
vantage this might give.
One advantage for paper-making
which scrub pine is said to have is the
fact that there is considerably less loss
in barking it than with ordinary spruce.
The logs are, in general, regular and
not difficult to handle. The wood yields
quite easily to q sulphite treatment
when using an acid-cooking liquor
slightly stronger than the ordinary mill
strength. In treatment the wood re-
quires from eight to II hours, while
the maximum steam pressure has not
been over 60 pounds temperature (150
The National tribune., 1909-04-08
Age Pension E0uitabIe.

Editor National Tribune Comrade Ar
thur L.. Hall, in a recent issue, asks
why does the Government discriminate
between the old and the young soldiers =
Now, Comrade Hail, will take your and
my case as illustrations. was born July
16, 1884; SO there is over IA years in
your favor. The Government gives pen
sion on. account of age. They do not
know OF our physical or financial condi,
tion. l am now getting SIS a month. If
you were getting the same now, and
should live G as long as | do, you would get
over 5000 more THAN Myself. As you
were out less than Is, months and l was
out about 36 months, would, that be fair?
You young men ought, not to worry. You
will grow into it fast enough; and when
you get to my age you would be willing to
dispense with good share, if not all, of
your pension to have that II years taken
of your age think, taking all things
into consideration, the Government is DO
ing very well by us :; though think the
ex-prlsoners should have something more.
"A. E. Day, Co. G, S7th Ind, Cortland,
The National tribune., 1909-04-08
Patriotic Pennsylvania Families.

Editor National Tribune: My father
Joseph Eicher, of Fayette County, Pa
sent five sons out in defense of the dear
old Flag. Daniel was in Co. C, 126th
Ohio: Abraham in Co. II, 142d Pa.
Isaac in Co. x, S5th Pa; Henry X. and
Joseph X. were in Co. X, 9th Pa. II. A
Daniel was taken prisoner at the battle OF
the Wilderness. May g.: taken to Ander
sonville until October. when he was trans
ferred to Florence, $. c.. where he died
of starvation, November, 1864. Abraham
got, flesh wound in the thigh by rifle
ball There were other patriotic fami
lies in the good old State. John Kern
sent four sons, Peter, John, Solomon
and Simon. John Seneff sent four sons
Jacob. David Henry and J. Wesley. Jes
Sc Dial sent six sons to defend the
Union and Old Glory. John was in the
S5th Pa David in the 18th u. s.; Hen
ry in the 133d Pa. Isaac in the 54th Pa.
.Jessee in the S5th Pa, and Emanuel ir
the Navy. had quite a time. myself
getting into the service. / first enlisted
in '61 in Co. X, S5th Pa, was in camI
until the regiment was examined, when
was rejected I was not satisfied. and en-
listed again in '62-and was again reject
ed! waited until they were drafting
in "a, when 1 enlisted again and passed
muster and served the last 10 months oi
the war and came home satisfied. There
are three of us brothers living, Abraham
and Isaac in Pennsylvania and myself in
CalifOrnia.-Henry X. Eicher. Co. X, 6ti
Pa. II. A. (or 212th Pa.), Oroville, Cal
Cal.
The National tribune., 1909-04-08
nOst. y
PensiOn EqualizafiOns.

Editor National Tribune: Surely
Senator Senator, Mcogmbers i amendment to the
widows pension serves to augment the
love and admiration III which he is held
by, all the old soldien, and sailors and
soldiers, and sailors widows. 1t is to be
i fully indorse the sentiments of Com
rade w. I'll. Smith and others in regard to
equaiizing pensions; l do not see any
reason, where soldiers or sailors dis
abilities are equal to the loss of a hand
or foot why the pensions should not be
equal. l know few instances where a
mans disabilities from disease renders
him physically in worse condition than
the man who had hand or foot amputat-
ed. 1t is to be hoped that ere long some
of our lawmakers will see the Justice of
this claim and make an amendment to the
last named act; also, all soldiers and
sailors whose disabilities are equivalent to
the loss of hand or foot shall have same
rate of pension as the man who has lost
hand or fooeIRobert Dawson, First
Lieutenant. Co. l, cd Ohio. Sarahville.
Ohio.
The National tribune., 1909-04-08
Texas Politics.

Editor National Tribune: 1 see that
in your total of votes from different
States for Taft you put Texas down for
600. This is quite a difference from
the number of votes cast for Mckinley.
We gave him 167 800. The falling off was
caused by Cecil A. Lyon, whom President
Roosevelt made the political boss of Texas
for the Republican Party. This man said
that the old Union soldiers had gotten
more than they deserved, and proceeded
to kick them out. He replaced them with
Democrats, and incidentally kicked out
Ovel 100000 votes for the Republican
Party of Texas. This caused the defeat
of two Republican candidates for Con-
gress. The vote has fallen off, notwith-
standing that there is u strong Northern
immigration, most of whom are Republi-
cans. Mr.. Taft says that he proposes to
appoint Democrats to Office in the South
ern States, hoping thereby to win them
over to the Republican Party. Please
point out to him how this has worked in
Texas. If the same policy Is followed in
tho other States, the Solid South will be
moro solid than ever. We hope that Mr..
Taft will deliver US from this boss and
give the decent Republicans in Texas q
chance to build up the Republican Party.
am a veteran, but have not held office.
though l have been an active worker in
the Republican Party of Texas since 1872.
until Boss Lyon kicked us all out. We
know that President Roosevelt was i'm
posed upon, but he would not heed our pro-
test. Can we hope for anything better
from Mr. Taft?-H. C. Adler. q. s. s.
Ozark. Mississippi Squadron. Commander
Garfield Post, Victoria, Tex.
The National tribune., 1909-04-08
The Union Volunteer Soldier.

Editor National Tribune: Let's talk
about the Union volunteer--what he did
and what he didn't do. History records
what he did, but 1 find no record of
what he didn't Here are some of the
didn'ts: He didn't stop to think of the
consequences of his dropping his tools
of industry and rushing into the war.
He didn't whimper when his mother,
sweetheart and friends were all blub-
bering. He didn't get fat on the hard
tack and pig-bosom given him to eat;
whetted his teeth, soaked the tack over
night in water, and stewed it in the
pigs oil in the morning and then as
simulated the product. He didn't whine
when told he had to obey orders; didn't
think of pay, nor dream of a prospec-
tive pension. He didn't want to see his
country disrupted and the dear old Flag
dishonored; didn't care for hardships
for long and weary marches thru mud
and rain; didn't care for promotion;
didn't dodge it; was satisfied to be q
high private and in the rear rank;
didn't evade a duty anywhere; didn't
take any but the top rail (according to
orders). He didn't leave hen roosts
overcrowded or smokehouses too full.
He didn't finch when the test came,
but died like little man or got a rebel
bullet to take home with him. He
didn't refuse to carry a dog-house on
H..
two feet or more of his two feet stick
ing out He didn't kill all the gray
backs in Dixey, but he tried darned
hard to do so. even to rubbing the bark
OF of trees and cooking the bugs in
the same camp kettle he cooked his
beans in. He didn't write home that
the war was failure, and he wanted
TO go home to mamma. He didn't have
to be told to stand up and be shot at,
nor to hunt hole when the bullets
came too fast. He didn't rob prisoners
OF their clothes and money or starye
them. He didn't surrender willingly
He didn't turn traitor when offered his
liberty and escape from prison pen hor-
rors and starvation-God bless him! (!
That Is one of his best and most glori-
Gus didn'ts. He didn't report at sick
call unless he had to ,(for she knew If
he did he'd have to take. quinine or
blue mass). He didn't rob more suit
lers than were within his marching ra-
dius. He didn't crow over his enemy
after the final victory, but fed him. He
didn't create a disturbance when the
war was over. He didn't Kick on pay
ing the bondholders in gold; didn't re-
fuse to help pay it. AS a.ruIe, he didn't
wait long after he got home before he
was called dad. He didn't sit down and
suck his thumb in idleness, but helped
to develop the country he helped to
save. he d1dn't take any sass" from
Copperheads; didn't refuse office, from
School Director to President. He didn't
call for a pension until in need of one:
then he didn't get It very much; but he
didn't neglect the widows and orphans
OF his comrades gone before, or fail to
remember them with tokens of loving
Kindness. He undoubtedly did some
things he should not have done, and
left some things undone that he should
hrrf oil in, oil
did well.-One Of Um, Co. /, 73d III.
Haywards, Cal
The National tribune., 1909-04-08
Postmasters and Politics.

Editor National Tribune: Now the
election is over, let us see what can be
done to increase the Republican vote il
the South during the next four years.
will submit the following:
Remove the $3.50 limit, as desired by
the fourth-ciass postmasters, but make the
terms four years for all postmasters thai
$500 per year. This will cause the above
postmasters to court favor with the
County and State Republican organiza
tions, and will contribute, all of which
they do not do at the present time. In
the way of illustration, take the post
master at Anna. The office is near the
81 900 mark, and he told me he had beer
in office for 10 years, and when called or
by State Chairman Cecil A. Lyons to con.
tribute to the campaign fund he addressed
a letter to the Postmaster-General to
know what about it, and was informed il
would not make for or against him wheth.
er he did or did not contribute.
Now, if you were to attend a precinct
convention in this State you would see il
composed almost entirely of poor men
renters and farmers and laborers, who
bear the burden of keeping up the organ
zation, attending conventions, etc.
Suppose we take Collin County for IL
lnstration. do not know the exact salary
of the following postmasters, but would
suppose they would average $500 per year
Anna, Melissa, Capeville, Allen, Frisco
Prosper and Salina, and perhaps others.
If the term was four years these men
would all contribute five per cent. Now,
take three per cent for speakers who re-
side in the County and canvass and have
speakings in all the small towns and at the
school houses, crossroads or any place
where a hearing can be had. The other
two per cent to be used by the State for
advertising speaking, etc. One can go to
any of the County seat towns and find
conservative attorneys that will take the
stump for the Republican Party if paid to
do so. This would not be any violation OF
the Civil Service law. as 1 understand it,
This is not for publication unless you
think proper. w. L. Green, Anna, Tex
The National tribune., 1909-04-08
Wedding Reception.

Comrade Lloyd G. Pendergast, Gus
todian of the Old Capitol at st. Paul.
Mimi. and his wife will pass their 41st
milestone of married life Sunday. April
II. and Saturday evening, April 10, it
is proposed to give them a social re-
ception in the hall of the House of Rep
resentatives. Old Capitol. All the pa
triotic Orders that meet in the Old
Capitol and the Territorial Pioneers
will vie with each other to make this a
pleasant evening for the bride and
groom. Comrade Pendergast enlisted
May 5. 1861, in the 1st Minn., and
served with that regiment until Oct 20,
1852. when he was transferred to Co. C,
The National tribune., 1909-04-08
1909 LINCOLN 1909

The Centennial Anniversary of The
birth of Abraham Lincoln will occur
next year. and 1t is now time for Grand
Army Posts, Womanis Relief Corps and
all other patriotic organizations and So
cietleS, which may have been formed
having similar ends in view. to begin
preparations for the purpose of fitly cele-
brating that important event.
Osborn II. Oldroyd. whose residence Is
now in the same house In which Lincoln
died at Washington. D. c.. has prepared
an appropriate service to commemorate
that occasion.
The program. containing some 20 mum.
bers. consists of songs. recitations and
four articles covering the different
phases of Lincoln's life. 1t Is a 20-page
Illustrated pamphlet. printed on good
paper and In attractive style. The price
of this edition, or compilation, has been
placed at 10 cents per copy, 81 per dozen
Or S5 per 100. 1t seems impossible that
there can exist a single Post or Corps
that could not subscribe for and easily
dispose of at least 100 copies of this pro-
dgetion, and thus make a profit of an
amount equal to purchase price besides
serving as an educator to the people
upon the true greatness of the charactee
OF Abraham Lincoln. Orders sent pre<
paid. on receipt OF price
Communications should be addressed t0
o. H. OLDROYD, 516 10th Sc, N. We
Washingte1s d. @.
The National tribune., 1909-04-08
Shall Be Appointed for Merit.

President Taft, himself an eminent
jurist who might now have seat on
the Supreme Bench of the United
States and fixed for life with fine SAL
airy, has stated to importunate NJ. C.'s
that he does not want any suggestions
made to him for the appointment of
political jurists. That means that
President Taft proposes to appoint
Judges for merit. President Taft is In
sisting that the appointments to the
bench shall be not only of unimpeach-
able character. but that they shall be
men qualified by training and knowl-
edge for the duties imposed upon the
Federal judiciary. Frequently he has
discovered the politicians. always seek
ing TO build up their fences, do not give
their support to men who measure up
to this standard. He will receive suS
gestions and listen to the appeals of
public men, but he is determined that
judicial appointments shall not be Civ
en- out on the basis of political patron
age.
The National tribune., 1909-04-08
LINCOLN AND STANTON.
A Reminiscence OF the Relations Be
tween the Two Great Men.

Col John NJ. Snyder. whose home is in
Canton, H., but who is now the Acting
Secretary of the Illinois & Michigan Canal
at Lockport and who was former "War
Governor" Yates's Secretary. and was one
Of the originators OF the Grand Army OF
the Republic, and organized the first G..
A. r. Post in Chicago, upon being ques-.
toned as to his personal knowledge Of
President Lincoln, says:
Il regard Abraham Lincoln as the
greatest man of his age and the greatest
benefactor to the human race, and my af-
fection for him is unbounded
1.-The last time saw President Lincoln
was in Washington the Winter of 1864.
accompanied Governor Yates as his pri-
vate secretary to Il at city, and after visit
ing several of the Departments on busi-
ness connected wta the State of Illi-
noiss we called On Mr.. Lincoln at the