Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03


is spending few days in the city
transacting business.
Leslie Smith spent Friday in Fond
du Lac visiting Mr. and Mrs Fred
Gordon.
Miss Vera Griswold of Tomah is
in the city for a coupleof weeks visit
with her cousin Miss Helen Gordon.
Mrs. A. L. Arpin and daughter
Floy and the Misses Clarice and
Bessie Buckley left Friday for Bruce
where they will visit relatives
Mrs. McAllister of Chicago is Wis
iting at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. G. J. Kaudy.
Three years ago there was a car
load Of lingering bass planted in
the Consolidated pond near the E.
c. Ketchum ice houses There are
many of these are being caught in that
vicinity weighing from one to two
Ipounds. We mention this to show
that it pays to urge the planting of
frys.
Robert Krieger of the Coll and
Frank Co. Milwaukee, and Waldimar
GutheiI Of the ViIter Mfg. Co. makers
of ice machines, Milwaukee who
have been visiting here returned to
Milwaukee Saturday.
Ben Hanson is blowing and breaking
the business lot opposite the new
Johnson & Hill Co. store owned by
l. P. Witter, at the southwest cor
ner of Grand avenue and Third ay-
enues. It will be raked, leveled and
seeded down and prepared for Park
purposes and provided with settees
| to accommodate the people who wait
there for the street cars under the
shade of those beautiful trees.
J. S. Eldridge of GAINESVILLE has been
transferred to this city as local
gent for the @. NJ & st. P. R. R.,
to succeed Hans Carlson who recent
ly resigned. Mr.. Eldridge assumed
his new position on Thursday
Mrs. Agnes Schrieber was found
guilty of using abusive language by
Judge E. N. Pomainville Friday morn
| ing and a fine and costs amounting
to $1465 imposed, which she paid
| The complaining witness was Joseph
| Casper H G. Wipperman was coun-
| sci for the defense and the state was
represented by Frank w. Calkins.
In another column of this issue will
be found the ad. of E. T. Hoff who
| is thinking of locating in this city,
| for the practice of his profession He
was recommends by Geo. Otto, of
Davenport, Iowa. He is a pleasant
young man to meet with, and we hope
he will be successful.
Clara and Allen Smith, Mrs. Frank
Wuersch and Mrs Frank Wipfli of
Altdorf were in the city Friday shop
ping and calling on friends
Mrs. Ruesch of Altdorf is visiting
in the city at the home of her daugh-
ter Mrs. Fred La Brot.
Mrs. NJ. Weinbrenner of Arpin is
visiting at the home of Mrs. Paul
| Schwartz.
L. M Compton, Superintendent of
| the Government Indian School at
Tomah, and son D. E. Compton, F. A.
Bean and J. T. Vesper were register
| ed at the Dixon Hotel Thursday. The
party are making trip in No. 10
Buick car and for the purpose of look
ing up records of Indian families who
are entitled to help from the Govern
ment
Elmer Trickey of Vesper was in
the city Saturday on business. This
office acknowledges a social call
He expects to launch his new paper
on or about the LIST day of Septem-
Der.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Weiland return
ed home Thursday niglE from Apple
ton where they had been visiting re
latives for two weeks. They were
accompanied home by Miss Mary Pull
ser, who will be their guests for sew
eral weeks.
T. A Taylor secretary of the Crane
Rapids band has received a commune
cation from the state fair officials
engaging the band for two days at
the state fair this fall.
Mrs. Alton Gibbs who has been
visiting at Hancock and Plainfield
has returned to her home in this city
Elmer Plot has finished hay ing at
Herman Dasho's place near Vesper.
Frank Mays attended a family re
union at the home of Mike Adam near
Vesper on Thursday evening.
| A window in the Levin Depart
ment Store was broken Thursday
evening. The glass is punctured as
though by a bullet. 1t was at first
thought that a rifle ball from the
shooting gallery across the street had
been fired through the window but
search failed to reveal any other
signs of a rifle ball. Mr.. Levin
found stone about the size and shape
of an egg lying on the walk in front
of the store and he thinks that this
stone thrown by a small boy was the
cause of the accident.
Mrs. A. E. Meffert and son Fred
erick of Gordon, Wis, Douglas county,
are guests of her sister Mrs. Guy
Miller in this city for a weeks visit.
Arthur Klug, the ten year old son
Of Charles Klug. broke his leg Fri
day morning. While running and fall