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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Pure Milk and Our Babies.

If babies had Il vote the milk sup
ply would be reformed. But babies are
inarticuate and the slaughter goes on.
Is there any reason why babies
should die. asks Walter Weyl in Sue
cess MagaZine-nOt occasionally, not
now and then and here and there, but
wholesale. like flies? We are so cruelty
accustomed to the little coffin and the
white hearse that we never look at the
facts or ask ourselves the question.
But is there any reason why babies
should die? -
Suppose you enter the house of a
poor family and see newborn babe
i'll a corner of the room. and there near
the fire, doddering over his slumberOus
pipe. the babes great great grandfather.
rheumatic, asthmatic old man of
ninety. The babe was born to-day,
this very day, endowed with all its
heritage of thousands of generations !;
the great grandfather was born
in 1919, when Monroe was President
and Napoleon was alive. Grabbed age
is frail. and yet the statisticians will
prove to you that slim as are the
chances of the very old. the babe is
more likely than his great-great- grand
father to die in year. ard very much
more likely to die within three months.
If the mother knew how great was
the danger to her baby, she would
hover even more anXiously over the
cradle. If she knew how often babies
are slain by the milk of the city-if
she knew, there wouldn't be so many
claim
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08

to death by their own tribe SO they
promised the Indians-these white men
did-that if they would just go peace
fully across the Mississippi they could
have all the land there was out there.
except the part embraced by the States
of Missouri and Louisiana. They could
have the rest of the continent forever.
if they would only clear out.
Perhaps those white men don't fore
see that their children would want TO
settle west of the Mssippi. But that's
what happened. Out of the red mems
boundless territory was carved State
after State, finally leaving only Indian
Territory. And this, the red men were
told, should be really and truly theirs
forever and ever and ever. They cut
the Indian Territory in two and made
part of it Oklahoma. Still they
weren't satisfied. There was still lots
of rich country there. They wanted
it. They used speciOus arguments.
Great territory unproductive-loss to
the wOrld-IndianS didn't know what
TO do with the country-were better
off without it. They convinced them
selves that it was better for them to
have the land than for the Indians
By 1898 Congress was ready to drive
the Creek nation from its stronghold.
1t was done through a commission.
The Dawes commission was to count
the Indians, organize them into sepa-
rate divisions along tribal lines, sur
vey the land. then figure one-quarter
section to each Indian, and let the rest
be sold in open market-to the whites
of course.
The Creeks refused to accept the
allotments. Chief Crazy Snake wanted
to gather all the Indians up and emf
CRATE to Mexico. He didn't want to
vote and pillow the soil. He wanted to
live his old life. The general exodus
proved impractical. Old Crazy Snake
stood things as long as he could.
White men respected him. but they
knew the turmoil going on behind that
imm0bile face. He pleaded with the
sense of fairness of a visiting party
of United States Senator's but they
answered with words only. Then came
the rebellion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
SO BELOW FOR so DAYS.
Indians Die as Result of Starvation
After the Cold Winter

Colin Fraser. an old-time trapper
who for the last twenty-six years has
been going north from Edmonton each
fai, into Canada's forests. tells n i
graphic manner the terrible sufeyings
of the Indians in the far North daring
the past winter. He says:
1t was the hardest winter I have
ever seen in the North. During a pc
riod of fifty days the thermometer
never went higher than IS degrees be-
low zero. and 30 and even - below
days were quite frequent. The Indians
suffered terribly. and in one small tribe
sixty-seven of them died off Their
stores ran out and many Of them were
on the verge OF starvation. Fish solved
tine food problem in former years when
fur-bearing animals were scarce. It
this wear there were no fish to be
caught.
The scarcity of fur will result in
terrible hardships and great mortality
among the northern Indians. for they
will get neither the flesh to eat nor the
fur TO trade for other commodities.
Long since the trading stores in tie
North ceased to give credit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08

An impecunious young lawyer recent
ly received the following letter from
a tailor to whom he was indebted:
Dear Sir-Kindly advise me by re-
turn mail when l may expect remit
lance from you in settlement of my ac-
count. Yours truly,
j. SNIPPEM."
The follower of Blackstone immedi-
ately replied:
Dear Sir-I have your request for
advice of recent date. and beg leave
to say that not having received any re-
tanner from you l cannot act in the
premises. Upon receipt of your check
for $3.50 l shall be very glad to look
the matter up for you and to acquaint
you with the results of my investiga-
lions. l am, sir. with great respect.
your most Obedient servant.
BARCLAY B. COKE"
Nh
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08

been in close touch with the construc-
ton companies in Montana, Idaho and
Washington. has returned to Chicago
with the report that freight trains will
be running over the whole system in
May.
''Harking back to the days when Jay
Cook was stalled at Bismarck in his
effort to build the Northern Pacific
across the continent" he said land
then looking at this giant achievement
of the new century. one is forced to
marvel at the methods which make it
possible to build railroads at such
speed. In the nearly three years since
April, 1906, the construction companies
at work on the Pacific extension have
removed 60,0OO000 cubic yards of
earth. cut 100000 Cubic yards of tun-
mel through the Rocky Bitter Root and
Cascade mountains, put up twenty
miles of steel bridges and laid 100000
tons of rails at a total cost of $685.
000OO0.'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08

What turned out to be the general
debate on the tariff was Il feature of
the Senate proceedings Thursday on
Senator BacOn'S resolution faYOrin~ the
consideration Of tariff legislation by
the full committee on finance instead
of by the Republican members of that
committee only. Senator Aldrich insist
ed that the procedure adopted in this
case was similar to that which had
been the practice of the Senate for fifty
years in dealing with tariff measures,
and he added that the same method was
adopted in handling the Wilson tariff
bill. for which ne said substitute was
framed by a subcommittee composed
of Democrats. The Democrats argued
that the Republican members had no
right to authorize the expenditure of
public funds in furtherance of an eX
parte consideration OF the bill in com
mittee. The resolution was finally re
ferred to the committee on finance. Sen
ator Hale's resolution declaring in IA
vOr of Il restriction of the business of
age of Il tariff bill and bill for the
taking of the census was adopted. The
Senate adjourned until Monday. Drag
ging tediously along, general debate on
the tariff was continued in the House.
The Payne bill came i'll for its usual
condemnation from the Democrats. the
reductions being characterized as pre-
texts and shams. and the bill as
whole as "a huge Mephistophelian
joker Messrs. Gaines wv. Va and
Mccall (AIass.). both members of the
ways and means committee. defended
their measure. although the Massachn-
sets member wanted something specific
in it regarding the course to be pursued
toward the Philippines. The antici-
pated action regarding the fixing of
time for closing the debate was not
taken,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs

Three men We're killed in an explosion
at the plant of the Occur d'Alene powder
works in Wallace. Idaho
Count Leo Tolstoy again is suffering
from inflammation of the veins in his leg,
but his condition is not serious. accord
ing to st. Petersburg reports.
DIR. Elmer s. Lee. addressing the Medi-
co-Legal Society in New York. declared
that Americans take TOO many baths and
said there was a respected man in the
audience who had not bathed in twelve
years.
The factory occupied jointly by the In
ternational Button Company and the NJ.
B. Shantz Button Company at Roches-
ter. ~ Y. was damaged by fire, the loss
being about $4,000.
Writs of habeas corpus having been
denied. Dominador Gomez. sentenced TO
four months Imprisonment for melting
a strike in the Philippines, has been taken
to the prison at Bilibid.
H. EnriSe, stenographer. took NOR
phine in a Salt Lake City hotel. repent
ed the act and telephoned for a doctor.
but died four hours later in a hospital.
w u. Ecoff swallowed carbolic acid in
another room of the hotel and died.
Fire starting from an explosion of
chemicals on the top floor of the Mime
sofa Drug Company's building in Mime
apolis did 100000 damage
Lloyd c. Griscom, the American ambas-
sador at Rome. has sent his resignation
TO the State Department. Because of the
change of administration all members of
the diplomatic corps will resign in a few
weeks
Resolutions adopted by the marine
branches of the International Iongshore-
mems union and forwarded 20 the Presi-
dent declare that Theodore Roosevelt is
the embodiment of a personal force that
must be "a great moral factor Cor the
betterment of humanity
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
InIL. and MONEY.

Wilbur Wright on the broad green
plain of his school Of aviation at Pau,
talked about his early struggles.
We had. in those Dayton days
said he. wonderful offers, magnificent
promises, but when it came to the ac-
tuaI laying down of money, then gloom
descended on the scene. Our friends
with their mouths full of millions and
trcir quite empty hands, reminded me
of Il Dayton barber. This barber So ID
one dag as he shaved me:
That's Il fine pup of Simmons
I'd give anything for it.
Well. it's for sale. isn't it? said L
THE barber burst into sneering
laughter
oh. yes. it's for sale. said he
but do You know what Simmons
wants for it? Why. So"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
WESTERN CANADA
THE PENNAF T WINNER
Last
Best
West -

The Government of Canada now gives to every
Actual Settler 100 acres OF whc8t-gTo~inq
land free and an additional 100 acres at $500
al acre.
The 100000 contented American Settlers
making their homes in Western Canada is the
best evidence of the superiority Of that country.
They are becoming rich, growing from 3 to 30
bushels wheat to the acre; 90 to 10 bushels oats
and As to 90 bushels barley, besides having splen-
did herds of cattle raised on the prairie grass.
Dairyng is an important industry.
The crop of 1908 still keeps Western Canada in
the lead. The world will soon look to it as its
food producer.
The thing which most impressed us
was the magnitude OF the country that is
ayaiab bic for agricultural purposes. y
National Editorial Correspondence. 1908.
Low Railway Rates good schools and churches.
markets convenient, Prices the Highest, climate
perfect.
Lands are for sale by Railway and Land Com
panes Descriptive pamphlets ami maps sen Tree.
For Railway Rates and other information appl v 10
W. d. Scott, Superintendent Of Immigration.
Ottawa, Canada, &. j. BrouRhton. Room Az,
Merchants Loan and Trust Building. Chica go.
ILL.,: h. IT. Holmes, 3i5 Jackson St, St. Paul.
MINI; NJ V. McInnes 10 jefferson We. Detroit.
Mich: Il. o. Currie. $50 Third Street. Milwaukee,
Wis: W. H. Rogers, 3rd Floor. Traction Terminal
Building. Indianapolis. Ind. Authorized Govern
ment Agents.
Please say where you saw this advertisement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
He Could Read.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the poet,
and author of the STORY of a Bad
Boy" was noted for his wit and a very
engaging sort of happy impudence."
In his biography of Aldrich, Ferris
Greenslet relates this story:
He delighted to tell of his experience
in getting his name reinstated in the
voting list of Boston after an absence
of year or two. Appearing before a
minor magistrate of the race that, as
Lowell said, fought all our battles and
got up all our draft riots" he was ask
ed his name and occupation. and if he
could read
Modestly admitting that he could "a
little" the Declaration of Independ-
ence was handed to him, and he was
told to Read thot."
"Begorra," said Aldrich, 81 will !!
'WhiD in the cOorse of human
He was allowed to register.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08

The Senate was not in session Fri
day. That the Payne bin was filed
with inperfectiOns, was a false pre-
tense. was designed to cover I'D the ex>
travagances of the Republican admin
istration. that it did not redeem party
pledges. and that it sounded the death
knell of the dominant party were some
of the criticisms passed upon the meas
ure by the Democrats in the House An
interesting feature of the debate was
the speech of Pablo Ocampo de Leon
the Philippine commissioner. who at
tackled the provision for free trade with
the Philippine Islands. From the far
South exactly opposite views were ex-
pressed regarding protection, Mr.. Rams
dell of Louisiana pleading for it on be-
half of the Industries of his State,
while Mr.. Spight of Mississippi and Mr.
Clayton of Alabama wanted free lum-
Der, hides, boots. shoes. bagging and
cotton ties. From the Republicans came
suggestions Of Il permanent tariff com
mission. and while all of them support
ed the bill in general. none appeared en-
tirely satisfied with it. Speeches at the
night session for the most part were
along the lines of those previously
made. The clock was again turned back
half an hour. the House adiourning at
II p. III.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08

@'(I0lE1]E1IISI>}]'5F7*
The New Cabinet.

Seven attorneys in the Taft Cabinet
and not a Philadelphia lawyer among
them.-Providence Bulletin.
If Taft is perfectly Sd lisfied with his
Cabinet, We'll take the ninety and nine
in out of the wet.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
As we understand it, all the new Cabi-
net officers play golf but Uncle Jimmy
Wilson, and he pitches horseshoes uncom-
monty well.-Indianapoli Star.
The declaration of Secretary of War
Dickinson that he is a Democrat shows
the need of an investigating commission
to determine just what constitutes IA
Washington Post
Franklin MacVeagh, the new Secretary
of the Treasury in the Taft Cabinet. is a
Chicago wholesale grocer. 1t is now UP
TO the photographers to remark that this
ought to put sand into the next admins
tration.-Augusta Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means SO much
to me that for the sake of other suffer
ing women | am willing to make my
trouble public SO you may publish
this letter. "-MRs. CnAs. BARCLAY,
RID, Graniteyille, vt.
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such widespread and I'M
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know of has such a record
of cures Of female ills as has Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years it has been
curing female complaints such as
Inflammation, liberation, local weak
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periodic pains, backache, Indigestion
and nervous prostration, and it is
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period of change of life.
1t costs but little to try Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and,
as Mrs. Barclaysays,i it is worth noun.
tains of gold to suffering women.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Castro In Exile.

If Venezuela lets Castro come back, she
may have a pound of cure to pay for it
Augusta Chronicle.
If the Venezuelans will allow him to
return home Castro promises to be good
Wouldn't that jar the seismograph .
Galveston News.
1t is said that Castro has reached the
end of his financial resources. 1t would
appear that the only resource left him.
and of course he shriEks from it, is work.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
And Castro will return. But that is
what every mans ghost does where there
is buried treasure.-Atlanta Constitution.
Castro is reported to have announced
his willingness to return to Venezuela as
a private citizen. If he really said it
and actually means it. it would seem that
he has hit on a needlessly troublesome.
expensive and painful method of suicide,
Louisville Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN, thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The proprie-
tors have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that 1t fails TO cure. Send for list
of testimonials
Address: F. ]. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, T5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for coDstipa ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
CAUSE OF THE INDIAN TROUBLE
Dates Back to Early Encroachment
of the White Man

Back to 1892 perhaps To 1892 the
Indian troubles of Oklahoma ind ~
origin. The Creeks. strongest and
nroudest Of Indian nations. could never
understand or sympathize with the
white men. Their methods Of living
We're different. and they wouldn't or
couldn't change. The Greek nation.
the general branch TO which belonged
Cherokee and Choctaw and Chickasaw
and Seminole met DeSoto with pais-
oned arrows. and warred against Osle-
thrope Through all the Indian wars.
the American Revolution and the War
of 1872 the Creeks were fighting white
men. They would ally with the French
the Spanish. the EngIish-they We're
always fighting against some white
races. They didn't care much which.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Calls Heart on Outside.

freak calf was born the other day on
the farm of Il. w. Malone. near Prince
ton. Ind. The calf was of the ordinary
size and build. but it was far different
from others of its kind in the fact that
its heart was on the outside of its body.
The organ was entirely exposed and its
pulsatiOns could be seen plainly Not
withstanding this peculiar condition the
little animal lived for several hours and
might have lived much longer had it not
been injured shortly after birth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Had No Objections

He had held one of the latest jobs
in the gift of the local political boss,
and when he died there was an I'M
seemly scramble for his position. The
first man to reach the boss had no
particular claim upon him, but mere
ly placed his faith in the adage of the
early worm.
"Guv-ner." said he, do YOU think
you would have any objections to my
getting into Jones placer
oh. I'm sure l have no objections. -
was the mfeelins reply. None i'll the
world if the undertakes and coroner
are wiling
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Women to Remove Hats.

All women who decline to remove their
hats are officially barred from the First
Baptist Church of Somerville. Mass. ac-
cording to an announcement given out.
The trustees, after considering the ques-
ton for some time, decided to formally
promulgate the new rule. As one trus-
tee expressed it. The fancy millinery of
the present time attracts so much atte6-
ton that women spend more time exam
lining hats than they do in listening to the
sermon. Many pastors throughout the Uni
ted States have spoken against the big
hat nuisance and urged women not TO
wear them in church
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
CHILD ATE CUTICURA.

Spread Whole Box of 1t on Crackers
Not the Least Injury Resulted
Thus Proven Pure and Sweet.
A New York friend of Cuticura
writes:
My three year old son and heir,
after being put to bed on a trip across
theAtlantic investigated the stateroom
and located a box Of graham crackers
and box of Cuticura Ointment. When
a search was made for the box, it was
found empty and the kid admitted
that he had eaten the contents of the
entire box spread on the crackers. 1t
cured him of "A bad cold and | don't
know what else
No more conclusive evidence could
be offered that every ingredient of
Cuticura Ointment is absolutely pure,
sweet and harmless. If it may be
safely eaten by a young child, none but
the most beneficial results can be ex-
pected to attend its application to even
the tenderest skin or youngest infant.
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies, Boston.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
The Educated Grocer.

breathlessly, take down this order
quick; | got to 90 to school. Two
pounds of coffee at A. cents three and
one-half of sugar ut cents; six boxes
of cocoa at "A; two dozen eggs ut -,
and four pounds of butter at 40 cents.
How much does it come TOT?
-Four dollars and eighty-three cents,
my little man. said the grocer. what
address. please?"
Gee! Thanks" said the schoolboy
as he made his escape. THAT was the
only one | couldn't do success Mag
aZine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Titled Ladies' in Jail.

Over in England those women who
desire the privilege of voting are will
ing to suffer for their convictions. The
ter OF Lord Lytton, and number of
other ladies of wealth and fashion
were sent to Jail because they disturb
ed The public peace and would not
give security not to repeat the of
Tense III Jail they are CARRIED in the
m"muih, prison-made garments and
their food is the plainest prison fare.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08

Andrew Jackson gained part Of his
reputation by his fights on the Greeks
when their undying hostility to the
whites had aroused the new country To
Il frenzy. In succeeding years the
american executives bent their ener-
eicS to getting this powerful AM trou-
hIesome nation. which would not be
placated nor remain peaceful clear out
Of the country. This brought the
treaty of 1892. by which the Indians
We're sent beyond the Mississippi. 1t
was only reached after several new
wars. and after two or three chiefs.
who were willing to treat with vic
torious white men. mad been condemned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
Uncle Jerry,

''As general thing observed Uncle
Jerry PEBBLES. Il believe III lettin' wom-
Ell have whatever they want; but when
| see one of 'em goin around with a
spring hat on her head that locke like
an old-fashioned beehive that's been
tarrcd and feathered and then struck by
lightning. ] begin 10 wonder, by George,
if it would be safe to trust her with the
ballot Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
SISTERS TRICK.

Success Magazine.