Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-11-09
Net0s Notes of Wisconsin

Madison.-''The work which has
been done in Wisconsin during the
last year by the state and local anti
tuberculosis associations, by the anti
fly campaign, by the organizations
for the prevention of infantiIe NOR
tally and more particularly by the
newspapers, is assisting materially
in the conservation of the lives OF the
people of this state" says the state
board of health in its quarterly bull
Ietin on mortality. Mothers are
learning to care for their children
during the hot summer months and
as a result the number of deaths
from infantile diarrhea, an easily
preVentable ailment, has been re-
duced nearly one-haIf.'
ayfeld.-Lumbering this winter
will be confined to the Waschmith
Lumber company, which recently
purchased the holdings of the Bay
field Mill company. Six camps have
been established and the company in
tends to cut about 20,OOO,0O0 feet.
The plant of the Bayfield, Box and
Lumber company has been closed
after cut of 6,00Q,600 feet of hard
wood and 100000 feet of softwood.
AS the company will not conduct log
ging operations, the shutdown will
be felt severely by the ITO men en-
ployed
Stevens Point-H H. Hoffman.
Amherst Junction, last year secured
six tUbers known as the Enormous
variety, and in the spring they were
planted under his direction, being cut
into small pieces so that only one
'eye" remained on each. From
these six specimens there was dug
few days ago just BAT pounds Of DO
tatoes, or thirteen pounds less than
six bushels.
Marshf1eld.-The rise in the price
of creamery butter las caused a de-
cided slump in the cheese business
throughout Wisconsin, according to
reports received. Farmers have been
taking their cream to the creameries
instead of selling milk to the fac
tories as usual when the market is
steady at 20 to 25 cents.
bOygan-Hiding diamonds in
various places to keep them out OF
the way of burglars, Mrs. W. H. Ken
ney of Fox Lake lost her valuable
possessions by placing them in
stove with waste paper and burning
the contents The collection was
valued at $3.50.
Madison.-John Starkey. a stock
buyer of Sun Prairie, was killed by
train at Burke station. He was on
his way home from Madison and got
off at Burke by mistake. When the
train started up he attempted to get
back on, but fell between the cars
and was cut in two.
Madison.-About $50 students
nave registered for the dairy course
at the college of agriculture of the
University OF Wisconsin. There is a
big demand for cheese and butter
makers and many are taking advan-
tage of this opportunity to prepare
themselves for good positions
Fond du Lac.-Rollfn King of
Neillsville, aged 10, was instantly
killed and his body mangled when
struck by a fast passenger train on
the Chicago and North Western road
at North Fond du Lac. King was
riding a bicycle aGoss the track at
the time of the accident.
Walter Snyder, while
out hunting, mounted a stump and
,z,.orro4 g,ie rr,,y nh ;o7. 5;coI, ,,,rro5 -,
it struck the ground. The shot tore
his right arm to shreds, making it
necessary that it be amputated above
the elbow.
Eau CIaire-The 500 railroad has
begun the big task of restoring it's
yards in this city, a large portion of
which were washed out during the
recent high water on the Eau Claire
river. A wing dam has been put in
to stop the washing OF the water and
with this finished the work on the big
fill has been started.
Marshfeld.-The untimely frosts
have caused large losses to farmers
unable to get their potatoes and cab
bages under cover. The loss on po-
tatoes is fully 40 per cent Of the
total crop.
Rockfield.-Frank Klein, who was
injured Sept. II, at the time his wife
and two children were killed when
train hit his surrey near German
town, is improving.
Madison.-Work viii be started On
the new s150,000 dormitory for
women at the University Of Wiscon-
sin within a few weeks. The build
ing will accommodate $50 girls.
Eau CIaire.-AlI local records for
precipitation we're smashed during
October. The total rainfall was 1875
inches, four times the average Octo-
Der precipitation in the last ten years.