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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
"GranqersU in New York.

City folk who think that "ths
Grange" and "the Changers" are OH
solete expressions ought to have at
tended the thirty-seventh annual con,
vention of the New York State Grange
recently held in Waterfowl
Organized in 1873 with 81 subordk
nate oranges and small membership
the State Grange has in this brief Pc
Rod increased to 723 oranges, with
nearly 10000 members. The oranges
are now established in 81 of the 81
counties of the state, including prac
tically every agricultural county.
During the last year over 5000 new
names were added to the roll AT
the Watertown convention nearly
1900 out-of-tOwn delegates were pres,
ent for at least some sessions.
THE grange is uniquely democratic
in its organization" says the Survey.
practically any farmer or farmers
wife, whether owning a farm or work,
ing On farm, is eligible to member
ship. About one-third of the delegates
at the state meeting were women,
and not infrequently they brought
their husbands as associate delegates
the women voting and the husbands
merely participating in the discus
sions. Sometimes this was reversed
Among other activities the grange
is pre-eminently interested in the inn
proYement of agricultural education
and urges the enlargement of the
State Agricultural College and lib.
eral appropriation therefor, as well as
for the maintenance of the agricult,
ural schools already established The
grange has established six scholar.
ships at $50 each at Cornell Univers,
ity.-New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
Dane Valuation Up So, 1853.

The annual state assessment for
1910 of all real and personal property
in Wisconsin, with the exception of
that owned by public service corpora
lions, made public by the tax com
mission, aggregates $2,743,18O,404
against s2,6O2, 549,7 1913 in 1909. This
is an increase of $140,63O,6O6.
The total assessment on real estate
is $2,108, 140,021, as against S2,012,-
$4,000 In 1909, an increase of $685.
656,017. On personal property it is
$685., O40,383, as against $590,O65, 794
last year, an increase of nearly $45,-
100000
The tax commission fixes the total
assessment on all property in Dane
county as $127,081.979, as against
$120,438,216 last year, an increase of
$685. 1853. Dane county stands next
to Milwaukee, according to the fig
ures of the tax commission
On Dane county's real estate the as
sessment is $102, 794,038, and on per-
sonaI property it is $24,287,941. In
1909 the figure on real estate was S97,-
866,879, and on personal property it
was $22,571,337, representing substan-
tial increases in both departments
In Milwaukee county, the largest in
the state, the figure on all property
is $40, 484,848, as against $500, 1894
in 1909.
Last years report of the local as
easement of Dane county fiYed the
total valuation at $78,185,533.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
Man With a Vision.

There is a sort of man who walks
surely, yet with eyes that see above
the plain He is practical and yet
ideal. He deals with the real things
of life as intelligently as any man,
And yet he has eyes to see vision
which merely practical eyes" don't
see. Because he sees the things which
are even more clearly than those
whose sight dwells alone upon them,
he sees things which are not, and
from them forms his vision of what
shall be. He rises in spirit to heights
where open before him vistas hidden
from those upon the plain, and he i:
inspired and enlightened.
He is not selfish, this man of widel
view. He tells his vision. He may
be preacher, and the many hear him
as a matter of course. They expect
high thoughts from him, but they heed
them little He may be a common
man in the opinion of other men, who
tries as a common man to tell his fell
lows what he has seen. Likely enough
they say among themselves, whence
hath this man these things?" and
either pass unheedingly or openly
scott If they notice, they straight
way decide that the seer, being differ.
ent from themselves, is of unsound
mind and disregard the message he is
trying to impart.-New Haven Regis
al
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
HUNT PAINTERS WITH DOGS
Good Hound With Lots of Pluck Nec
essary to Success in This
Sport.

Vancouver island harboTs a large
lumber of panthers, but it is neces
sary to have a good hound with LOT
IF pluck in him to hunt them, so We
were very lucky to engage man with
a couple of fine dogs, both very keen.
We got our first cougar without any
special incident; but not so our sec
ond.. Near Salmon river, which is
south of Alert bay, is one of the best
places for panthers, and there is also
magnificent duck shooting to be had
there. -Four of US had taken our IL
bore shotguns and gone off after some
duck. When we set out one OF the
hounds followed us, and as he was
great favorite we did not send him
back. We had some fair sport with
the duck, although we shot very bad
ly, and started back with more than
enough to carry Half way back to
camp Bellman, the hound, gave tongue
and went off at a tremendous rate.
by Jove, there may be some pan
theirs about" l said, and the words
were hardly out of my mouth when,
as we mounted the crest, we saw not
one but a couple of panthers. Evil
IDENTIFY they thought there was safety
in numbers, for they crouched close to
the ground, about twenty yards apart,
waiting for Bellman, who was still fol-
lowing his nose, to come up with
them. In minute he rounded small
rock and came from scent to view.
Meanwhile we were all four running
toward the panthers as hard as we
could go, forgetting that we only had
duck shot to defend ourselves with.
That dog was the Quickest animal
have ever seen. He went straight
for the nearest panther, which evil
IDENTIFY completely upset all its precon-
ceived ideas, for it turned tail and
fed.
But the second was made of stern
er stuff With a bound it was on the
hounds back, and then the two be-
came so tangled up that We could
hardly distinguish one from the other.
Bingham, who was one of the duck
shooters, had outrun the rest of US,
and when he came up to the two ami
mails, fighting for their lives, he man
aged to put the barrel of his gun right
against the panther's head and pull
the trigger Poor Bellman, however,
was mortally wounded and died a few
minutes afterwards.-Wide World. q
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22

enty-three years he was a soldier IL
the United States army. He saw serv
ice in the Seminole war, in the Mex
lean war, in the Civil war and fol
years he did duty on the plains
against the Indians. His body lies
with that of Lieut.. Gen. Henry c
Corbin and Brig. Gen. John J. Cop
pinger, both of whom heard the last
call within the year.
Maj. Gen Alfred E. Bates, last
June, visited West Point during the
commencement exercises. Every
year since his graduation and when
ever his duties permitted General
Bates went back to the academy. He
loved the old place, and on his last
visit he made request that when taps
sounded for him he might be buried
in the cadet cemetery which lies al
most under the shadow of the academ
ic halls Within a few months of the
time that his request was made taps
sounded, and General Bates is at rest
in the little cemetery on the Hudson
plateau.
who died within the year, saw service
in the Civil war as a subordinate off
Ger. In the Spanish war he distin.
guished himself General Hawkins en-
tered West Point in 1852, but he failed
to graduate The academy had such
hold on his affections, however, that
he asked before his death that he
might be buried at the place which
his boyhood experiences had endeared
to him. General Hawkins was a
southerner by birth, and with many
other southern officers who had re-
ceived their military education and
their lessons in loyalty at West Point
he remained true to the union.
Of all the regular army officers OF
southern birth, who either rose from
the ranks or were appointed from civil
life to commissions, not one remained
true to the flag at the outbreak OF
the Civil war. OF the southern grad
yates at the military academy nearly
one-third remained true to their oaths
of allegiance and to the spirit Of love
for united country which the acad'
envy had inculcated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
MEMORIAL OF A DISASTER

Located near the margin Of beau
tfful and romantic little lake, in the
Golden Gate park, San Francisco, CAL
stands handsome marble monument
In way It is a memorial "monu'
ment," being an enduring souvenir OF
the fearful disaster that visited San
Francisco in April, 1906-earthQuake
and fire. These beautiful and grace
full Italian marble columns-the base
and surmounting entablature and
fr1eze, have interesting associations.
Formerly they constituted the orna-
mental front entrance to the palatial
residence Of the late A. n. ToWne
railway magnate, who for many years,
made his home in San Francisco. His
on the very summit of the fashionable
and aristocratic mob Hill" At the
time Of the great disaster, the build
ing was reduced to a vast heap of
wreckage by the flames. Singular to
say the front entrance entirely es-
capped both the violent earth shock,
and the consuming flames. The quake
Gid not crack or shatter the marble
work, nor did the fire blacken the
highly polished stone.
For several years the facade stood
untouched. Recently, work was com
menced in removing the mass of de.
bris preparatory to rebuilding. Mrs.
Towne presented to the city of Son
Francisco the front portal of the once
splendid residence, with the proviso
that it should be placed somewhere
in Golden Gate park as an enduring
souvenir of the great disaster.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
WOMEN DOCTORSOF
THE STATE CONVENE
Fight Against Germ Carriers Is
Urged.
MADELINE RIDDLE SPEAKS
Many Cases of Syphilis Are Laid to
the Bedbug-Papers Are Read
and Officers Are
Elected.

Madison.-At a meeting of the Wis
cons1n Medical Women's association at
the Republican house, steps were ia
Ken to make a fight against germ car
riers. 1t was argued that the danger
arising from the house fly, mosquito,
hea, cockroach, bedbug, tick, pedicu-
Iosls, rat, mouse, dog, cat and goat, as
carriers of infectious germs was
alarming and called for the most siren
uous efforts for their destruction.
The following resolution, addressed
to the state board of health, was in.
dorsed:
Resolved, That a committee be ap-
pointed to confer with the state board
OF health with reference to issuing in
structions to the public concernins
germ carriers, and that this commit
tee also cooperate with the press in
publishing articles on the subject, and
use every other means possible to
bring about an educational campaign
III regard to the natter
In her address President NJ. Adeline
Riddle, Oshkosh, said:
The more we study the bedbug, the
more confident we are that he is one
OF the greatest enemies to public
health. Scientists now feel sure that
he is one Of the chief factors in the
conveyance of syphilis in obscure
cases, when the victim cannot give a
clear history of a primary lesion or
exposure to infection. What could be
more plausible than that persons
travelling about, occupying a bed that
had been previously used by hundreds
OF other persons, would be infected by
the bedbug, which had Toasted on all
kinds Of unclean creatures?"
The following officers were elected ::
President, DR.. Belle P. Naire, Fort At,
k1nson; vice-president, DR.. Lucia Hoy.
er, Milwaukee; secretary, DR.. Minnie
M. Hopkins, Oconto; treasurer, DR.. H.
NJ. Dreppes, Milwaukee. The time
and place of the next meeting will be
announced later.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
Wisconsin Fair Opens In Rain.

Wisconsin Fair Opens In Rain.
what the weather man could do
to spoil the opening of the state
!, fair, ne did. The hour of open
ing the gates saw the midst of a cold,
chilly drizzle, which assumed for short
PERIODS the proportions Of a driving
rain The morning drizzle was sue
oeeded by slight lifting of the clouds
and a promise of sunshine, but hope
was blasted by the cold, raw chill
which began to reduce the few hardy
spectators to gloom.
The opening, afternoon and night,
scattering groups Of people wandered
here and there, pleased and proud, in
spite OF their discomfort, of the great
collection Of exhibits that make this
years fair the greatest Wisconsin has
ever had.
Inc amusement features had to be
postponed, with but few exceptions.
The races, the aeroplane flight, the
fireworks display, all had to give way
before the chill and gloom of the
weather.
Secretary True was besieged by
horsemen and various livestock own
ers seeking information and accommo-
daIlon. Difficulty was experienced in
placing the livestock exhibits owing to
| cramped quarters and it was with diff
f1cuIty the various exhibits and entries
were disposed of.
The races which were to have been
called the first day were put over
until the second day, owing to the
heavy track. The program secluded
for the first day was run the second
day.
Despite the misty rain, all the Off
GERS of the fair were pleased with the
| prospect and their anticipation was
not lessened by the bad weather. They
only hoped it would not continue.
Toward noon the skies cleared to a
certain extent, and the prospect was
| cheerier.
Never have the exhibits at the
state fair been so complete on the
opening day as this year." said Secre-
tary True.
All the special attractions are on
the ground; the livestock is all in, the
last to arrive being the goats. All we
need now is good weather"
mo complaints thus far have been
made by any of the exhibitors" said
President McKerrow. I'VE have the
greatest machinery shed in the world
| and it is well filed with exhibits of the
highest class. This latter holds good
| of every other department"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
On Going to Sleep.

How do we go to sleep? How does
Mother Nature charm away our con.
seriousness? First of all, she throws
her spell on those centres of our bod
les that preside over the muscular sys-
tenn, causing one group of muscles
after another gradually to collapse.
Thereafter, various powers of mind
succumb in regular order. First, we
lose attention and judgement. Then
memory goes, and imagination wan
ders away in reveries of its own. Ideas
of time and space cease to control
thought as gentle sIeep-the nurse of
our life-draws nearer. Then comes
the turn of the special senses, begin
ming with sight-eyelids close and
eyeballs turn upward and inward, as
if to shut out all light, the pupils con-
tracing more and more as slumber
steals over US. The power Of hearing
fades away The heart beats and
breath is drawn more and more SLOW
ly. Temperature falls by perhaps two
degrees, and the body loses three
times less heat than when awake.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
Lust Ike Cricket

According to the new football rules
there will be three intermissions dur
ing the game.
That's so much like dear old cricket,
don't you know.
The whistle blows, the game stops,
the players fleck the dust from their
cuffs.
Come, boys" says the trainer-al-
ways so gentlemanly and thoughtful
come and take some tea"
So they Irot across to the firing
room and sit around on the cushions,
quite comfortably, and sip the fragrant
Bohea, or the aromatic Lipton-clear,
and with Jumps, and when the whistle
blows the recall they put their spoons
in their saucers and amble back to the
field prepared to renew the brutal
nudging and wrist slapping-
1t was just a loveiy idea to make
the once vicious sport, a between-the-
tea-cups game, don't you think?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
His DIAGNOSIS.

A celebrated Dublin physician was
Sir Dominic Corrigan, who was as
much famed for his brUsqueness
toward patients as for his skill. In
the course of some "reminiscences
which he is contributing to the state
of South Africa, Mr. William Charles
Scully tells story of the well-known
doctor which is quite worth quoting. |
was taken to him, says the writer,
several times, but he always treated
me with the utmost kindness. How
ever, a highly respectable maiden
aunt of mine had different expert
ence. She went to consult him. After
sounding her-none too gentIy-and
asking few questions, he gave a
grunt and relapsed into silence. Then,
after short pause of meditation he
said: We'll, ma'am, it's one Of two
things. Either you drink or else you
sit with your back to the fire"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
'IOST" NOT FOR HIM
PICKING UP THINGS GETS STAN
DISH INTO TROUBLE.
Had Hard Time Making People Believe
in His Honesty-Wife Lays Down
Few Rules for His
Conduct.

Twice Standish came near getting
into trouble because he picked up lost
property IN the street. The articles
really were lost and Standish honestly
found them, but he had hard work to
make anybody believe it. After his
second experience his wife laid down
few rules for his guidance:
II you should find a million dollarz
piled up on the sidewalk" she said.
you must just walk right past and
never offer to return one of them to
the owner"
How about keeping few plunks
for myself?" said Standish.
Mrs Standish did not smile IF that
is the way you talked to other people
when they accused you of theft" she
said, Il don't wonder everybody
thought you were guilty. :
Never mind" returned Standish =
its all over now. I never expect to.
find anything again"
And he did not find anything for six
months. At last, however, he saw an
enameled cigar case lying in bypath
forth and back which they were walk
Ing in Central park He stopped to-
pick it up. His wife pulled him back,
DON'T" she cried. Remembers
what happened to you twice before"
Standish rubbed his cheek ruefuIIy!
Il hate like the mischief to let it lie
there he said. ''If I don't pick it up
somebody else will"
Very well, let them. If other peoples
choose to go to jail that is their look
out"
1T is fine cigar case all the same, =
Standish grumbled as they walked on
TT looks a good deal like mine"
That is all the more reason why
you should not NEEDLE. You have no
earthly use for two cigar cases ex1
actly alike"
Standish walked along in stubborn
silence. When they neared home he
was seized with a sudden craving for
a smoke. He felt in one pocket, then
in another, for his cigar case.
Where in the name of heaven
he began. Then his feet Jagged heavf
lily. Good Lord!" he said. That ci4
gar case"
Dear me-" said Mrs. Standish,
haven't you got over that yet? What
about 1t now?"
ut was mine!" Standish groaned. I
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
State Motorists Select Directors.

State Motorists Select Directors.
The good roads movement in Wis
consin was discussed, changes were
made in the bylaws and Is members
of the board of directors were elected
at meeting of the Wisconsin State
Automobile association at Milwaukee.
The directors elected were: George
cine; Neal Brown, Wausau; M. C.
Moore, Milwaukee; w K. Coffin, Eau
Claire; Oscar F. Fischedick, Milwau-
kee; Faustin Prinz, Milwaukee; James
A. Wright, Merrill; H. L. Halverson,
Whitewater; James T. Drought, Mil
waukee; C. w. Norris, Milwaukee; H.
E. Gordon, Waupaca; H. L. Coleman,
La Crosse; F. W. Kingsbury, Ripon,
and o. A Eastman, Platteville
1t was decided to enlarge the board
Of directors to % members and the
other ten directors will be selected
later. Among those nominated are R.
D. Gorham, Monroe; J. E. Plum, Man
itowoc; H. o. Deysenroth, Columbus;
DR.. T. E. Loope, lola, and Henry Fet-
ger, Sturgeon Bay. After the board Of
directors has been filled the work of
electing officers will be taken up.
The bylaws were also changed so as
to permit the holding of the annual
meeting of the association here dur
ing the week of the Milwaukee auto
mobile show. Several minor changes
were made. but a proposition TO in.
crease the dues was voted down.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
Whiskbroom for Corn.

The shopper who knows just what
she wants and insists upon having ii
unearths many department store Sc
cret A search for a whiskbroom of
unusually fine straw took one persist
aent buyer into the kitchen department
of a big store, where she saw coun-
ter full of brooms labeled, "whisk-
brooms for silking corn" Inquiry
brought out the information that
many housekeepers whose families
are fond of corn on the cob have dis
covered that fine whiskbroom is the
best thing known for brushing silk
from the ears and that it pays to keep
a supply of extra fine brooms In the
regular kitchen department.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
The Waiter With Two Cars.

A Cleveland party recently sojourn,
ing in a Toronto hotel decided to take
an automobile ride about the city.
They approached the extremely
self-conscious clerk and asked him
where they could secure car.
Our head waiter has two, don't y
know" he replied.
1t took some little time to recover
from this shock, but presently one of
the part Yentured to ask the price.
Three an hour" was the answer
That was voted satisfactory and at
luncheon one Of the CIevelanders
turned to the nearest waiter.
who is the chap that owns two
automobiles" he asked.
81 am the chap" the waiter re-
piled, and he threw such freezing
emphasis into the word CHAP" that
it was fairly frost cracked.
They finished their luncheon before
they had enough courage to ask the
price.
-Four dollars an hour" the waiter
replied, with naughty Indifference.
Then they went upstairs and hired
a very good car for SO an hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
Member Of Grants Staff In St. Paul

Only two of Gen. U. S. Grants staff
who were with him at the surrender
of Lee at Appomattox are still living.
One of these is Gen. Horace Porter,
formerly minister to France, and who
now is retired and lives in New York
city. The other, Gen. Michael R. Nor
gan, retired, lives in St Paul.
1t was to General Morgan that Grant
turned after his brief consultation
with Lee in the parlor Of the McLane
house at Appomattox and gave him
the charge to Feed Lees army"
It was General Morgan, who, riding
back with General Grant through the
dusk of that same evening to the
Union lines, when the picket guns
were raised against him, gave the
great news to the soldiers: Throw
down your gurs. boys. The wars
over"
General Morgan is seventy-six years
old. He has been a soldier all his life,
and he looks the soldier still-a bluff.
weather-beaten man, with the winds
of many campaigns in his face;
stocky and stalwart and strong look
ing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-22
TAPS SOUNDED DURING YEAR
Men Who Fought in Three Wars
Among Those Claimed by Death
Since January /.
Death has claimed many fan

Death has claimed many faneus
soldiers during the last year.
Gen. 0. o. Howard is one He wa:
the last of the officers of the army te
receive by name the thanks of con
gress. "The gratitude Of the American
people and the thanks of their repre-
sentatives in congress are due and
hereby rendered to Maj. Gen. o. o
Howard and the officers and soldiers
OF the Army Of the Potomac for the
skill and heroic valor, which, at Get
tysburg repulsed, defeated and drove
back broken and disspirited beyond
the Rappahannock the veteran army
of the rebellion"
Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Rucker died IL
Washington just at the time of the
birth of the new year General RuckeI
sleeps in Arlington. At his death he
was ninety-seven years old. For sew