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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
DR.. COOK IS BACK
SELF-EXlED XPLORER RE,
TURNS TO NEW YORK
FROM EUROPE.
EXPLAINS ARCTIC MADNESS
Issues Statement Reasserting He
Believes He Was at the North
Pole-Says He Is Home to Stay
VIII Not Answer Copenhagen.

New York.-Dr. Frederick A. Cook
has arrived in New York aboard the
North German Lloyd liner George
Washington
As a source Of real news DR.. Cook
did not come up to expectations, and
the printed statement that he dis
tributed broadcast when the liner
reached her pier, showed that he was
just as adept at advertising himself
as ever. As he would not say much
about himself, the cabin passengers
provided little excitement by praising
and Slandering the explorer.
Arctic Madness" he said, sis a kind
Of vapor thai penetrates the brain and
affects temporarily the reasoning pow
ers. You ask me what it felt like to
be called a liar and to be greeted by
every one as an impOster. l can tell
you that it was decidedly unpleasant
but l have explained everything in the
story l have written for a magazine.
1 have nothing to add to that account
of my travels and trials"
DR.. Cook was asked why he made
the explanation of his Arctic adyen-
lures to the publishers of a magazine
rather than to the Copenhagen univer-
sity and he answered:
L have explained nothing to the
university and l don't intend 10. [
have given the explanation to a maya
zine because every one may read it
The university does not publish any
thing"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Our Voices.

L think our conversational soprano,
as sometimes overheard in the cars,
arising from group of young persons
who have taken the train at one of
our great industrial centers. for in
stance, young persons of the female
sex, we will say, who have hustled in
full dressed, engaged in loud, strident
speech, and who, after free discussion,
have fixed on two or more double
seats, which having secured, they pro-
coed to eat apples and hand round
daguerreotypes-I say, I think the
conversational soprano, heard under
these circumstances, would not be
among the allurements the old enemy
would put In requisition were he get
ting up new temptation Of St. An
thony.
There are sweet voices among us,
we all know, and voices not musical,
1t may be, to those who hear them
for the first time, yet sWeeter to US
than any we shall hear until we listen
to some warbling angel in the over
ture to that eternity of bIissful har-
monies we hope to enjoy. But why
should I tell lies? If my friends love
me, it is because l try to tell the
truth. I never heard but two voices
in my life that frightened me by their
Weetness.-Holmes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
SEEK To END INDIAN
LAND TROUBLE
Menominee Reservation Fight Is
Brought to Washington.
GRANTED TO STATE IN 1850
Wisconsin Now Urges Purchase of
Land From State by National
Goyernment-16,oo 600 Acres
Involved.

Madison-To determine the rights
of the state of Wisconsin to the own
ership of some 5000 acres of land
included IN the Menominco Indian
reservation and claimed by the ma
tionaI government for the Indians,
and 10 stop the government from au-
thorizing the cutting Of timber on
those lands until the questions at is
sue are finally settled are ends that
are being sought Just now by the
state Of Wisconsin in an investigation
and negotiation in progress in Wash
ington
The history Of the case runs back
to 1850, when by special act congress
granted to the state of Wisconsin
title to all the state swamp lands &C
cording to the field notes of the gov
eminent surveyors, and patents were
issued by the government to the
state
In 1854, by treaty, the Menominee
Indian reservation was created, com
prising a large part of the northern
portion of Shawano county. In those
days little interest was taken in the
right of the state to these lands, but
later some of them became valuable
for the timber upon them, If for no
other purpose.
The government having included
them in the Indian reservation and
the state failing to assert or establish
a claim upon them, the department
OF the interior, which has charge of
the administration of both Indian af-
fairs and the public lands, authorized
the cutting Of timber upon the lands
by private persons for the benefit of
the Indians.
This action by the government, and
an awakened interest in the subject
in Wisconsin, has brought about the
present movement to establish the
rights Of the state. Governor Soho
field first moved in the matter. Gov
ernor Davidson also has taken the
matter in hand and has Bryan ].
Castle now in Washington pressing
the claims of the state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Add to Cost of ivino

The American Magazine reprints a
letter which was sent to the Massa-
chusetts cost of living commission. 1t
goes as follows:
1T seems to me that the elimination
of waste is nearly impossible in house
holds where there are numerous serv-
ants; at least, I have found it so,
with only one, and the waste rises in
geometrical progression with the num-
Der employed. 1 have now been doing
my own cooking for nearly year and
I feed my family twice as well on
about two-thirds the cost A large
part of the saving comes in the eco
nOmical use of meat I make a de-
liciOus dinner with few scraps of
meat that a cook would give to the
dog.
Then I depend a good deal on
soups, which | invent to suit my
1arder. A few cold baked beans, with
a little tomato and a bit of meat on a
bone, or little left over gravy, make
soup that all eat with much pleasure
and it Is so nourishing that it goes far
to make the dinner. Most people do
not understand how different soup
is when it has simmered a good many
hours. The soup that has been boiled
fast couple of hours will taste fiat
and uninteresting, whereas the same
soup five hours later will have such
delicious blend of 1avors that all
you know is that it is nice without
being able to distinguish the ingre-
dents Again it is time that counts.
Cooks waste the coffee and tea hor-
ribly Mix the coffee with cold water
the night before with an eggshelI
and bring it to a boil in the morning
and you do not need a great deal for
a good cup of coffee. The tea in the
kitchen is piled into the teapot and
thrown out with but little of the good
ness extracted. Another frightful
waste is the coal l use less than
half as much as any girl I ever had
and my stove bakes better. l never
complain Of the draught, as she does
or did after burning all the goodness
out of her coal in the first hour after
lighting"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29

law of affinity, all things needed to manufac
ture the elixir of life"
Further on he says: "The beginning and end
Of the matter is to supply the lacking princi-
pie, and in molecular FORM exactly as nature
furnishes it in vegetables, fruits and grain.
To supply defciencies-this is the only law of
cure
The natural conclusion Is that If Phosphate
Of Potash is the needed mineral element in
brain and you use food which does not contain
1t, you have brain flag because us daily loss is
not supplied.
On the contrary, if you eat food known to
be rich in this element, you place before the
life forces that which nature demands for
brain-building.
In the trial sheer was uttered because Mr..
Post announced that he had made years of re-
search in this country and some clinics Of
Europe, regarding the effect of the mind on
digestion of food.
But we must be patient with those who
sheer at facts they know nothing about.
Mind does not work well on a brain that is
broken down by lack of nourishnent
A peaceful and evenly poised mind is neces-
sary to good digestion.
Worry, anxiety, fear, hate, &C., &c, directly
interfere with or stop the flow OF Ptyalin, the
digestive juice of the mouth, and also inter
fere with the flow of the digestive juices OF
stomach and pancreas.
Therefore the mental state of the individual
has much to do (more than suspected) with
digestion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
All Need the Earth

There is an Antaeus In every one
Of us and in the whole Of us which
needs the earth" says Henry Dem
Arrest Lloyd in his posthumous book.
"a grandmother was spreading before
the vision Of beloved child a picture
OF the beauties Of heaven with its
gates OF pearl and its pavements of
gold. What said the scornful boy,
unpactiyated, no mud?' There spoke
the real philosopher. We are earth
animals, and we need contact with
all the aspects Of nature, human ma
ture, and other nature. They who
feed wholly on white bread and the
tenderloin and the sweetness and
light of the best people, art for the
arts sake, cannot get phosphates
enough and soon develop the ricketts,.
The man 1 heard say he liked to eat
with the common people once in a
while, the woman you heard say that
she thought it was her duty to as
sociate with the middle class, confess
the approach of extinction. They are
losing touch with the source of all per-
sonal and social power"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
No Slam for Liar

Slip me a brace of cackles!" or
dered the chesty-looking man with a
bored air, as he perched on the first
stool in the lunchroom.
"a what?" asked the waitress, as
she placed a glass of water before
him.
Adam and Eve fat on their backs!
A pair of sunnysiders!" said the young
man in an exasperated tone.
you got me, kid" returned the
waitress. "Watcha want?"
Eggs up" said the young man.
Eggs, the kind that come before
the hen or after, I never knew which.
why didn't you say so in the first
placer" asked the waitress. You'd a
had 'em by this time"
well, of all things" said the
young man.
Il knew what he was drivin' at all
the time" began the waitress as the
young man departed. But he's one
Of them fellers that thinks they can
get by with anything. He don't know
that they're using plain English now
in restaurants"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
State Income Tax Plan.

The income tax bill, as proposed by
the special legislative committee,
provides that So per cent of the tax
shall go to the town, village or city in
which payment is made; 1919 per
cent. to the county and 21a per cent.
to the state The bill is to go into
effect April 1, 1912.
Within the term residents as de
scribed by the law are to be included
corporations. co-partnerships and as
sociatioEs, and in computing the in
come the earnings of the following
properties are to be included:
I. interest, dividend and profits of
all character from bonds, notes, loans
or any other securities.
2. Earnings from a profession or
business. except that interest paid on
loans used in a business are to be
deducted.
g. Profits on real estate made dur
ing the year on realty purchases
within three years of the act going
into effect.
4. Premiums on bonds, notes or
coupons
5. Money and property acquired by
gift or inheritance less the amount of
the inheritance tax.
s. All other gains or profits earned
from any source whatever.
The year on which the income is to
be based is that preceding April II,
1912.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
The Leanue of poIiteness

The League of Politeness has been
formed in Berlin. 1t aims at inculcat-
Ing better manners among the people
of Berlin. 1t was founded upon the
initiative OF Fraulein Cecelie Meyer,
who was inspired by an existing or
ganization in Rome In Difference to
the parent organization the Berlin
league has chosen the Italian motto,
PRO gentilezza." This will be en-
blazoned upon an attractive little
medal worn where Germans are &C
customed to wear the insignia of or
ders. The idea is that a GLANCE at
the ''talisman" will annihilate any in
clination to indulge in bad temper or
discourteous language. ANY polite
person" is eligible for membership.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
New Process of Staining Glass.

The art of coloring glass has been
lost and rebound, jealousy guarded
and maliciously stolen so many times
in the history of civilization that it
seems almost impossible to say any
thing new on glass staining. Yet a
process has been discovered for ma
king the stained glass used in windows
which is a departure from anything
known at the present time. What tho
Venetians and the Phoenicians knew
of it we cannot tell.
The glass first receives its design in
mineral colors and the whole is then
fired In a heat so intense that the col
oring matter and the glass are indis-
solubly fused. The most attractive
feature Of this method is that the sur
face acquires a peculiar pebbIed char
acter in the heat, so that when the
glass is In place the lights are delight
fully soft and mellow.
In making a large window in many
shades each panel is separately mould
ed and bent and the sections are as.
sembled in a metal frame.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Where He MAS Queer.

The negro, on occasions, displays a
fine discrimination in the choice OF
words
Who's the best Whitewater In
town." inquired the new resident.
ALE Hall am a bond a'tist with q
whitewash brush, sah," answered the
colored patriarch eloquently,
We'll, tell him to come and white
wash my chicken house tomorrow.
Uncle Jacob shook his head dubi-
ously.
"Ah don believe, sab, ah'd engage
Ale Hall to whitewash chicken
house, sab" "
why, didn't you say he was a good
whitewasher?"
Eyes, sab, a powerful good white
washer, sab; but mighty queer about
a chicken house, sab, mighty queer!"
-Mack's National Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
SEE MORE SUGAR FRAUDS
Federal Authorities investigat ug
Customs Irregularities and
May File Suit.

New York-Immense sugar customs
frauds, said to be equal to the under
weighing frauds, are being investi-
gated by federal authorities here with
ultimate prosecutions and civil suits
probable.
The latest alleged frauds are in the
drawbacks" allowed to sugar COM
pa1tes, and the federal authorities are
said to be convinced that suits, if filed,
will return to the United States treas
ury several million dollars.
When raw sugar is imported into
the United States, import duty is paid.
When this same sugar, refined, is ex-
ported, the sugar companies are allow
ed a drawback" of all save 1 per
cent of the duty thus paid, this 1 per
cent being retained by the government
to defray the cost of customs admins
tration.
It is alleged that the sugar COM
panies have been importing raw sugar,
making into syrup and other mixtures
and then exporting these by-products,
securing the drawback, though entitled
to it only if refined sugar and not by
products be exported.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Ex3dder7ff0n

On her arrival in New York Nine
Sara Bernhard, replying to a compli.
ment on her youthful appearance
said: "The secret of my youth? II
is the good God-and then, you know
l work all the time But I am a
great-grandmother," she continued,
thoughtfully, $50 how can these many
compliments be true? I am afraid my
friends are exaggerating"
Nine. Bernhardt's laugh, spontane-
Gus as girls, prompted a chorus of
mo, mol"
yes" said the actress, "uncon-
scious exaggeration, like the French
nurse on the boulevard Our boule-
wards are much more crowded than
your streets, you know, and, although
we have numerous accidents, things
aren't quite as bad as the nurse sug-
gested.
Her little charge, a boy of six,
begged her to stop a while in crowd
surrounding an automobile accident.
Please wait the little boy said, Want
to see the man who was run over.
No; hurry his nurse answered.
There will be plenty more to see
further on"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
McsIem n6itions-

Ramadan is the month exalted by
Moslems above all others. In that
month the according to Mos
lem tradition-was brought down by
Gabriel from heaven and delivered to
men in small sections. In that month,
Mohammed was accustomed to retire
from Mecca to the cave of Hira, for
prayer and meditation. In that month
Abraham, Moses and other prophets
received their divine revelations. In
that month the doors of heaven are
always open, the passages to he'll are
shut, and the devils are chained" So
run the traditions.-The Christian
Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Home ThoIJohf.

1t must have been frightful," said
Mrs. Boss1m to her husband, who was
In the earthquake. Tell me what
was your first thought when you
awakened in your room at the hotel
and heard the alarm"
MY first thought was Of you," an
swered Mr.. Bossim.
How nobel"
Yes. First thing knew, vase of
the mantel caught me on the ear;
then chair whirled in my direction,
and when I jumped to the middle of
the room four or five books and a
framed picture struck me all at once"
Even after saying that, he affected
to wonder what made her SO angry for
the remainder of the evening -Macks
National Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Lo, the Rich Indian.

The per capita wealth of the Indian
is approximately s2,130, that for other
Americans is only little more than
$1,000. The lands owned by the In
dams are rich in oil, timber and other
natural resources of all kinds. Some
of the best timber land in the United
States is owned by Indians.
The value of their agricultural lands
runs up in the millions. The ranges
which they possess support about $780,
600 sheep and cattle, owned by lessees,
bringing in revenue Of more than
1922 to the various tribes besides
providing feed for more than 1900, 900
head of horses, cattle, sheep and goats
belonging to the Indians themselves.
Practically the only asphalt deposits
In the United States are on Indian
lands.-Red Man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents-Ebeneze B. Balloon, Nil
waukee, and g. P. Balcom, Houghton,
Mich, seed germinator; Alfred Han
sen, Gotham, panhandle; Joseph
Huebsch, Milwaukee, valve; Henry
Karnatz, Menominee, rubber attach
ment; Charlie B. Kimba1I. Pine River,
corn-husking machine: William Nc
Donald, Cameron, clothes-drainer 10
seph Nader. Waukesha, bottle-wash-
ing machine; Herbert F. Nau, Brook
field, bicycle-boat; Bruno V. Nordberg,
Milwaukee, motor compressor;
E. Osmer, assignor to Allis- Chalmers
company, Milwaukee, engineers
valve; Arnold Pfau, assignor to Allis-
Chalmers company, Milwaukee, wa
ter-wheel; Max Rotter, assignor to AL
is-Chalmers company, Milwaukee,
packing; William H Schmeling, Al
bion, milk can shield; Arwin Schnen,
Manitowoc, barn door latch; Otto H.
Schraeger, Milwaukee, gas stove;
Louis T. Sicka, assignor to Allis-Chal-
mers company, Milwaukee. agitator;
George Simon, New London, sanding
machine; Royal D. Tomlinson, as
signor to Allis-Chalmers company.
| Milwaukee, condenser.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Had MONEY in Iumps,

Charles H. Rosenberg of Bavaria
had Jumps on his shoulders, elbows,
and hips when he arrived here from
Hamburg on the Kaiserin Auguste Vic
toria. In fact, there was a series Of
smaller Jumps along his spine, much
like mountain range, as it is present
ed on bas-relief map.
The Jumps were about the size of
good Oregon apples, and as Rosen-
berg passed before the immigration
DOCTOR for observation, the doctor said
softly to himself, See that lump"
Then he asked Mr.. Rosenberg to step
aside.
You seem like a healthy man.
said the doctor, "but cannot pass you
until know the origin of those Jumps
on your body" "Ah, it is not a sick
ness" laughed the man from Bavaria.
Those swellings is money"
Taking off his coat he broke open a
sample lump and showed that it con
tanned $500 in American bank notes.
He informed the doctor that he had
81, 600 in all, with which he was go
ing to purchase an apple orchard in
Oregon.
He was admitted to the country
New York Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Fidelity TO paroIa

Judge Grain of the Court of Cen
eraI Sessions has just held a recep-
ton more worthy Of note than any
ball, banquet or other high function
OF the season. 1t was held In his
courtroom at night. In response to
its summons came 1T men and WON
en-, some old, some young every one
Of whom was victor over some form
OF temptation; an example of what
human faitr can do to help human
weakness to redeem itself and be
strong
Each Of the company had been con-
victed Of some first offense against
the law, and each had been permitted
to go out on parole of future good
behavior. Each had kept the faith.
The word was as good as a bond.
Those who might have gone down In
the struggle had found a way to rise
and fight again. They were all able
to report good work done and bright
prospects ahead.
Time was when no one was trusted
on his word save men of high degree.
Fidelity to parole was deemed q
princely virtue. Perhaps it IT, There
was nothing in Judge Grains recep-
ton to disprove it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
Why He Lauuhed

Miss Matte belonged to the old
south, and she was entertaining a
guest Of distinction
On the morning following his arrival
she told Title, the little colored maid
to take pitcher of fresh water to
Mr.. Firman's room, and to say that
Miss Matte sent him her compliments
and that If he wanted a bath, the
bathroom was at his service
When Title returned she said
Il toI him, Miss Matte, en- he
laughed fit to bus hisself.'
why did he laugh, Tillie?"
81 dunno"
What did you ten him?"
Jus what you toP me to-"
Utilize, tell me exactly what you
said"
II banged de doah, and said, Mr..
Ffrman, Miss Matte sends you her hub
and she says, Now you can get up
and wash yo'self !"-Lippincot Mag.
azine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29

Twice, as the bus slowly wendell its
way up the steep Cumberland Gap, the
door at the rear opened and slammed.
At first those inside paid little heed;
but the third time demanded to know
why they should be disturbed in this
fashion.
whist" cautioned the driver,
doan't spake so loud; she'll overhear
u.s."
''Who?"
THE mare. Spake low! Shure, Dim
desavin tn crayture. EVERY tonne
she ears tn door close, she thinks
won O. yez is gettin' down ter walk
up tn hill, an that sort O. raises her
sperrits Success Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-29
New CORPORATIONS.

Articles of incorporation were fled
in the Office of Secretary of State
Frear as follows:
Vohl Cafe company, Milwaukee;
capital, $4,000; incorporators, F. W.
Henningfeldt. A n Hottie, George
Romer.
Mahnawaukee Pleasure club, NIL
waukee; no caritaI stock; incorpora-
tors, Peter KrUczynski, Frank Chill
miniak, Max Wojciechowski.
The Munger company, Milwaukee;
Increasing its capital stock from s10,-
600 to $4,000
Amendments were filed as follows:
Tomberg Auto company, Eau Claire;
Increasing its capital stock from S25.-
600 to $4,000.
Bristol Telephone company, Bris
tol, increasing its capital stock from
$4,000 to $4,000
Hoyer Metallic Packing company
Milwaukee; capital, $4,000; incor.
porators, A. E. Martin, John H. Hoyer
J. c. Manning
George w. Jungck Hardware com
pany. Menomonie; capital, $4,000;
incorporators, George w. Jungck
George Shanaton. Alice NJ. Junsck