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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12

be about three feet in diameter. A
circular space is inclosed by driving
small pieces of plank or shingles. This
should be about nine inches high and
one foot in diameter. The triggers
that set the trap are planted in this
A short rope is tied from the end of
the pole to one of the triggers as
shown. Around the supports is a
moose about six inches from the
ground and just long enough to reach
around when the snare is set The
upright trigger is driven in the
ground deep enough to hold the pole
down, and all the triggers are pro-
tected by stakes, as shown at the
right. The bait is placed on the end
Of the trigger inside the moose. Any
one can make this trap and prove its
effectiveness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
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be bought in every imaginable shade
Of color, and these are not difficult to
make into bags of the shape that is
known by the name Of Dorothy"
Cut strip of suede, the width OF
the bag and twice the length or depth,
and with further strips, one-eighth of
an inch in width, join it up the sides,
overseeing it through tiny Sits cut
for the purpose with a sharp penknife.
More Sits are made round the top a
couple of inches from the edge, and
through these an inch-wide piece Of
ribbon or strip Of suede is passed to
draw it up and carry it by, and the
bottom may be finished of with q
leather fringe.
For afternoon use beaded or velvet
bags are exceedingly fashionable, and
these may quite well be homemade.
Gilt mounts may be bought for very
little, and sometimes beautiful old sill
yer mounts, are to be picked up very
cheaply in curiosity shops, these lat
ter, of course, being more suitable for
a velvet bag. Beaded bags are made
Of fine canvas, and may be worked in
any cross-stitch design, flower wreaths,
such as our grandmothers worked In
Berlin woods, being very popular. The
work is done with strong, light-col-
ored thread, one bead to each square
of canvas, and the bag lined with silk
to match, whilst a fringe of loops of
the different colored beads will be
found to make pretty and effective
finish.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12

value Of detail in dress will have
bag to match each separate gown.
And 1t is just in this way that the girl
with clever fingers can make herself
mnumerable pretty and dainty bags at
very small cost. Thereby, too, she may
save uncounted shillings, the price Of
buying the bags in a shop. Of course,
for morning use, to carry when out
shopping in coat and skirt, the bag
must be Of leather. This at first seems
an tnsuperable obstacle from the home
workers point Of view, and it is true
that the big leather bags with square
gilt mounts, which have been so much
seen Of late, must be bought ready
made, but there are other designs
which are every whit as useful.
Lengths of soft suede are nowadays to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
SOFT HATS WORN BY WOMEN
Seal Brown and Are Very Be-
coming.

Some smart, odd soft hats are being
worn by older girls and women to
whom they are becoming. They are
made of ratine or velours, usually in
black or deep seal brown, and lined,
either with quilted silk or sateen in
serlined with sheet wadding. They are
about ten inches high and are made
of single strip of the chosen ma
terial scanned at one place only. The
top portion is brought together like
q cone, by means of four evenly placed
darts, and all the seams are pressed
and steamed so that they are scarcely
perceived. The cone point is then
pressed down like the crown of an
alpine hat, and single quill is stuck
in the back of the hat, pointing for
ward. The lower edge of the hat
may be rolled up or not. Generally a
slight roll is given to the side of the
front.-Harper's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Green Food for Poultry.

It is surprising how much green
stuff hens will eat if they can get it.
l had field of wheat near a neigh
boris house and when the snow went
off in the spring it had a fine green
top, says a writer in an exchange. In
a short time his hens had eaten off
the tops of the plants clear into the
ground on more than a quarter of an
acre, and l supposed 1t was ruined;
but there came warm rains and fine
growing weather and the roots being
still alive they put out a new top,
and at harvest the grain was as good
there as on the remainder Of the field.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
TO MAKE DOUGLASS MIXTURE
How This Celebrated Tonic for Hens
and Chickens Is Made-Good
Cholera Preventive.

Probably the best tonic for hens
and chickens is the noted English
Douglass Mixture" 1t is made as
follows:
Take one pound of sulphate of iron
and two ounces of sulphUric acid and
dissolve in one gallon of rain or soft
water. Add one tablespoonful of this
mixture to each gallon of drinking
water. The fowls should have no
other water to drink when the Doug
lass mixture is given.
The recipe should be preserved by
those having poultry as when proper
ly prepared and given it is fnvalu-
able in the prevention of cholera, and
in toning up the health of the flock.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Commission Asks for States Aid.

The commission appointed to
Investigate and report upon plans
for the extension of industrial and ag
Ticultural education have finished its
work and prepared a report contain
ing the following recommendations
That a minimum salary law be
passed which shall apply to all teach
eTs in Industrial and agricultural sub
jects; adequate provision be made for
the establishment of courses of in
struction in agriculture and the extern
sion of present courses; Independent
high schools shall receive state aid
for manual training, agriculture and
domestic economy.
That a temporary state advisory
board for industrial education be APP
pointed by the governor and that as
sistant and other officers whose duty
it shall be to supervise and encourage
industrial education shall be added to
the state superintendent office.
That there be established in every
community where industrial educa-
ton is undertaken local boards of the
same general nature as the temporary
state advisory board; as soon as
school facilities can be provided for
children between fourteen and six
teen years of age already in industry
that they may be compelled to go to
school a certain time each week.
That after careful investigation by
the boards established for this pur-
pose continuation schools, trade
schools and evening schools shall be
gradually established in the state and
that state aid shall be given for this
purpose.
That a central board Of education,
composed of five members elected at
large, be created for each county, this
board to have power in particular (a)
to employ a county superintendent of
schools, OBJ to consolidate school dis
tricts and discontinue schools when
such will contribute to the betterment
of education of the children; that
such consolidated schools receive state
aid equal to that granted to state
graded schools.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Dolly Warden Hat.

The Dolly Warden hat in its new
guise is more fascinating than ever,
and becomes the young girl to per-
lection, pale-colored soft felts and the
new ironed beavers having vivid
Innings under the brim, which give a
most piquant effect.
Another shape which, however, is
not so kind and becomes only the
woman with regular features, is be-
tween a Dutch bonnet and an aero
plane hat. 1t fits the head closely,
completely hiding the hair; the front
and sides to the ears are rolled back
irregularly in rather big and not
strongly defined curves.
A band Of ribbon with one flower is
all the decoration that is vouchsafed.
For this hat, too, the contracting lin
ing is used on the brim with pleasing
results.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
OLD COMMON SENSE.
Change Food When You Feel Out of
Sorts.

"a great deal depends upon yourself
and the kind of food you eat" the
wise old doctor said to man who
came to him sick with stomach trou-
BILE and sick headache once or twice a
week, and who had been taking pills
and different medicines for three or
four years.
He was induced to stop eating any
sort of fried food or meat for break
fast, and was put on Grape-Nuts and
cream, leaving off all medicines.
In few days he began to get bet
ter, and now he has entirely recover
ed and writes that he is in better
health than he has been before IN
twenty years. This man is So years
old and says he feels like a new MAJ
all the time"
Read "The Road to Wellville," in
pkgs There's a Reason"
Ever read the above Ietters A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
For Sewing Room.

With the new net scarfs an applique
of small velvet flowers is very pretty.
They are both in terra Gotta, the
flowers in a border, narrow at the
sides and wide at the ends.
In padding button-hole edge or q.
design for solid embroidery, the white
padding shows through the color that
Is afcerward stitched under it in many
cases. This is especially disagreeable
in a dark shade. The problem has
been solved by doing the padding in
cotton as near the shade of the silk
as possible. The result is satisfactory
and is not extravagant when it is con-
sfdered that cotton costs only a few
cents spool.
A sharpened-down orange-wood
stick is a good piercer for embroidery.
This makes a nice, clean hole and
does not tear the material. Many
needIe-workers prefer the orange-wood
sticks to the steel or ivory nipple
ments.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
.lP9UJIulI s fry
QlHT u III IS y

The homer is considered the best
bird on squad profit
If the pigeon loft leaks, the birds
will not do well this winter.
Never allow a duckling to get wet
until they have good coat of feath-
ers.
Amateurs should start out with
small flocks, using only one breed of
fowls.
For laying hens 1t is better to have
the corn cracked rather than to feed
it whole.
Skim milk, sour milk, or milk in
any condition is an excellent drink
for poultry.
An essential in the hens comfort
in cold weather is floor where no
drafts are felt.
Ducks are nervous creatures and
will often lose much flesh on account
of their nervousness at night
Dogs that chase hens should be shut
away from them. They will worry the
hens, and decrease the egg yield.
Do not dispose of too many early
are your principal assets for another
season.
If your breeder produces small,
mushy SQUADS be sure there is some
thing wrong. Clean out the lot and
start anew.
It is not profitable to treat fowls
suffering from contagious disease.
Chickens should be given an extra
allowance of corn at night, for corn
| furnishes heat to the body, as it is
slow to digest.
Give the poultry houses a good
cleaning, and pillow or spade. up the
yards. Dirty houses breed vernfn,
and polluted soils are incubators for
| the cape worm
Wheat furnishes more material for
the white OF eggs than corn. A bushe1
| of wheat contains about one-tenth
more protein than a bushel of corn
and about one-haf less fat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Committee Firm for Income Tax.

The joint committee appointed by
the legislature of 1909 to investigate
the srbject of an income tax and to
report a bill or bills covering that
subject" through Secretary c. A In.
gram. filed its report with Governor
Davidson. In the proposed bill an
average Of two per cent. is not
reached until the income amounts to
$4,000; 21a per cent. is reached at
$4,000; three per cent. at $4,000;
four per cent at $4,000; five per
cent. at $4,000. No income. how
ever, will reach a six per cent. rate.
The committee reports that it
seems to be practically agreed by
students of taxation that the per-
sonal property tax as we have it is
a failure, not only because of INSULT
cient administration, but because of
inherent defects in the theory upon
which it is founded. In theory the
income tax meets with universal ap-
prevail, the real problem being in its
application and administration"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
VOGUE OF HANDBAG
INDISPENSABLE SINCE POCKETS
WENT OUT OF FASHION.
Girl With True Sense of Value of De-
tail in Dress VIII Have Bag to
Match Each
Gown,

Pockets in women's dresses went
out of fashion so many years ago that
we are really beginning to forget that
there ever were such things, and to
carry ones belongings, purse, handker-
chief, etc., in handbag has almost
become second nature. The shape and
size Of these bags change from year to
year, and their infinite variety is only
equaled by their number, for the girl
who has true sense of the immense
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Mending Rug Fringe.

If your rug has torn fringe, do
not put it in the attic, but mend the
fringe. It is very easy to do and well
worth your pains.
Cut off all the fringe, get a piece of
pasteboard four inches square and
wind around it yarn of color to
match the rug. Wind the yarn one
way around the pasteboard five or six
times and slip it of. Then put one
end of the yarn through the end of
the rug and pull the other end
through and clinch it. Keep this up
until you get all the way across the
end of the rug. If only a little Is
torn. and you can match the fringe
exactl- you do not need to cut off all
that is there This method, of
course, is equally good for any fabric
fringe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Hens in Confinement

Hens in confinement, to do their
best, must be supplied with vegeta-
Dles like red cabbage, boiled pota-
toes and turnips. They must also
have partly fresh diet, like meat
scraps and the refuse from butcher
shops They resemble human beings
in loving a variety of foods. are
pleased with an occasional change of
diet and poultrymen believe that it
pays to grattry them and keep them
cOntented and happy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Eour Generations in War.

Claude Ishler, the youngest son OF
Harmon Ishler, of Elizabethtown, Pa,
has Just enlisted as marine, the
sixth brother entering the service Of
Uncle Sam. The father, Harmon Ish-
Ter. is veteran Of the Civil war,
having served three years. He was
in the battle of Gettysburg and other
decisive conflicts. His father was a
soldier in the same war, and his
grandfather was in the Mexican war,
and his great-grandfather in the reYo-
luton.
Two of the older Ishler boys, sons
of Harmon Ishler, served in the regu-
lar army before the SDanish-Ameri-
can war.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
A Christmas Criticism.

Orville Wright, discussing flying in
New York, said TO a reporter:
THE French claim to make the
best machines, but our foreign order
books tell a different story
Our foreign order books give the
game away like the little Dayton boy
at the Christmas treat He got from
the tree at this treat a pair of trous-
ers, and, waving them around his
head, he electrified the entire Sunday
school by shouting in a loud and joy,
Gus voice:
"'Oh, ma, these pants must be new.
Pa never had a suit like that"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12

altitude to sea level proved too much
for me and I became afflicted with ca
tarrh and cold in the head, and general
debility to such an extent as to almost
incapacitate me for attending to my
duties.
81 was induced to try Peruna, and
after taking several bottles in small
doses I am pleased to say was entire
ly restored to my former normal condi-
ton and have ever since recommended
the use of Peruna to my friends"
Ask Your Druggist for a Free Peruna
Almanac for 1911.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
A Little Mixed.

Admiral Evans, at a luncheon in
San Francisco, said of naval policy
he disliked:
ct is mixed and illogical. 1t re-
minds me of Bob Backstay, who be-
came engineer on submarine.
Bob said friend, don't you find
it dangerous work, this knocking
about in a submarine deep beneath
the scar
eyes, very dangerous Backstay
admitted, but a mans got to do some
thing, you know, to keep his head
above water"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
New Corporations.

Articles of incorporation were filed
in the Office of Secretary of State
Frear as follows:
Western Empire Land company,
Eau Claire; capital, 100000; incor-
porators, T. W, Kennedy, H, w. Chase,
B. P. Mosher.
Bayfield, Peninsula Land company,
Bayfield,; capital S150,OO0; incorpora-
tors, William Knight, Douglas S.
Knight, John J. Asher.
Ego Baking Powder company, Eau
Claire: capital, $4,000; incorporates,
4. G. Foss, D. E. Leach, T. B. Farmer.
Perfection Heater and Furniture
company, Milwaukee; capital, $4,000;
incorporators, E. T. Ward, \. E. Ward,
Henry \. Kirchner
Marengo company, West Bend; cap
itaI, $4,000; incorporators, Max Hide
brandt. c. P. Bertschy. R. E. Su-
macher
Wissikode company, Hartford; cap
ital, $4,000; incorporators, Max, Hill
debrandt, c. P. Bertschy, R. E. Su-
macher.
Whiteside company, Thienville; cap
ital $4,000: incorporates, Max Hill
debrandt, c. P. Bertschy, R. E. Su
macher.
Portage Curling club, Portage; cap
ital, $4,000; incorporators, W. E
Keim. ]. E. Jones, J. A Raup.
Fourteen Stars Outing club, NIilwau
kee: no capital stock; incorporators
August Behling, Richard Gruenze
John Kasprzyk, Alfred Gaulke, AIbeTt
Liefert, Michael Neaubauer.
Bonfield Pleasure club, Milwaukee:
nc capital stock; incorporates. JohI
! Teska and nine others.
The Winton Motor Carriage con
pany. an Ohio corporation with sS06
1 600 capital and $4,000 interest in WI.
consin, filed a statement to do bus
ness in the state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Farmers Course Opened.

The farmers course to be given
Jointly by the Dunn County School of
Agriculture and Domestic Economy
and the University of Wisconsin col
lege of agriculture, at Menomonie,
opened and will continue one week.
This course has been arranged on
lines both vital and practical, both to
farmers and their wives.
A three days homemakers' confer
ence viii begin on Wednesday and
terminate in the joint session on Fri
day. These courses, which have been
held at Menomonie the two previous
winters, have proved exceedingly pop
ular. and much interest is manifested
In the present one.
The Northwestern Poultry associa-
ton will hold its annual exhibition
during the week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Suede Gloves s,

When women stopped wearing the
chamois gloves they did not altogether
abandon this type of glove, for the
soft mocha and velvety suede seem to
have quite taken their place.
These skins are so soft and fine, SC
exquisite in texture, that 1t is small
wonder a dainty, fastidious woman en-.
joys wearing them.
Black is always wanted, of course;
white is quite fashionable, and delicate
champagne shades, pearly grays and
soft fawn colors are equally modish
Two clasps is the voguish fastening on
these dainty handcoverings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
TRAP FOR WORTHLESS ia;
Effective Method of Capturing Uss
less Animals That ProWI at Night
Destroying Chickens.

Around many farms there ar
worthless dogs that prow1 at night
eating eggs and chickens and doint
other damage, but owing. to thel
nocturnal habits are not easily &C
cessible to the faithful old shotgun
writes Eva Wharton in the American
Agriculturist. In getting rid of thea
dogs a snare trap made as shown il
the drawing herewith has proved verJ
successful. A flexible pole II feel
long is planted about two feet In the
ground and slanting somewhat wher
the snare is not set The snare should
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
SIMPLE HOMEMADE BROODER
Place Warm soapstone on Top Of
COX to Secure Even Temperature
for Considerable Time.

Nail two Stats, d, across top of a
medium-sized dry-goods box and tack
flannel in loose folds, b, on the under
side, says writer in the Farm and
Home. Make the cover removable and
make curtafned door, as shown at
c. Place a warm soapstone on top
of box, which will keep an even tenn
perature for long time. This brood
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
States Treasury Is. Wei Filled.

Madison.-With a slowing Of a
most 100000 better than a year ago
Wisconsin's state treasury opens its
books for 1911 with fair prospects Of
getting along nicely, depending, OF
course, on what the legislature does
in the way of conservatiOn-or other
wise-of financial resources. Partic-
ularIy we'll fortified, as compared
with last year, are the general fund,
the school fund, the hunting license
fund, oil inspection fund, state insur-
ance fund. Following is a statement
Of the balance in the various funds
at the close of business 1910, COM
pared with the same condition in
1909:
THE TWO vEApC BALANCES
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Governor to Lead March.

Governor Francis E. McGovern has
accepted an invitation to lead the
grand march at a mammoth charity
ball to be given in the Company G
armory, Appleton, the night of Janu-
airy 81
The ball will be given by the
United FraternaI society of Appleton.
The matter of securing a partner for
Governor McGovern has been left to
the committee on arrangements.
THE best-looking maiden lady in
the Fox River valley will be the aim
of this committee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Absent-MInded.

The professor had just sneezed for
the thirteth time, and it naturally at
tracted some attention.
whats the matter with the profess
sor?" asked the visitor He appears
to, have bad cold"
ooh, no." said Madame la Profess
soress. 1T is only his fearful absent
mindedness. I left him in charge Of
the baby for a few moments this
morning, and when he cried he gave
him the pepper-pot to play with in
stead of his rattle. Harper Week.
"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12
Corn for Poultry

little more corn may be added to
the evening grain ration, as the hens
will need more heating food. On a
Maryland farm the winter grain ra-
ton consists of two parts whole corn,
one part oats and one part wheat
During the summer only one part corn
is given to- two parts oats and one
part wheat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-01-12

The university fund, with its bal
ance of only $8,O01O4, will not last
more than a few minutes when the
next pull is made upon it, and as the
hope Of replenishment through regu-
lar sources will not be bright until
along about February, some time,
when the counties get ready to Gake
their remittances, something will have
to be done for the interim.