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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
SUDDEN DEATH OF
MRS. HALV0RSEN

Mrs. Barney Halvorsen, and her
daughter were down town Monday
evening, and attended the Grana
Theatre. On their return home at
about nine o'clock, when about OPP
posite Mrs Clarice Arpin's home
Mrs. Halvorsen was taken with a
fainting spell. Assisted by her daugh
ter she walked as far as the Stat
terry house, when she could go no
farther. She was helped in there.
and DR.. Hougen summoned On his
arrival he Immediately administered
restoratives, after which she rallied
for a while. She was then convey
ed to her home near the Emerson
school building in the first ward
where she rapidly continued to grow
worse. She died at two o'clock Tues
day morning, Feb. 21st Her husband
is at San Francisco, Cal, where he
is employed as carpenter Besides
her husband she leaves three daugh-
tiers to mourn her death The SYM
pathy of the entire community is with
them in their bereavement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
REORGANIZATION
OF CHURCH CHOIR

T. A Taylor, recently resigned
his leadership of the Congregational
church choir after an efficient SER
vice in that capacity of about fiji
teen years. The trustees of that
church reluctantly accepted Mr.. Tay-
Ior's resignation and only after ex-
pressing their appreciation of his
service. To fill the vacancy they e.
lected Mrs Guy Nash as leader. Last
Sunday the newly organized choir
consisted of twelve members, Mr.
Taylor remaining as a member of the
choir. Others have been invited to
join this new choir and have shown
a willingness to do so in the near
future. This reorganization and en-
largement Of the choir is prepare
tory for services in the new church
building which will be completed this
summer
The Congregational choir has Away
been recognized and considered one
of the finest in the city, largely due
to Mr. Taylors untiring efforts to-
ward that end and we are assured,
with the excellent leadership of Mrs.
Nash that this high standard will be
continued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
MEEHAN

George Roe visited with his sis
ter at Stevens Point Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Wolf and daughter,
Grace of Bancroft visited their daugh
ter and sister Mrs Orrin Clenden-
ming over Sunday.
Newt Yetter and family of Rudolph
visited at the home of VIM. Clussman
Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Rosenthal mourns the loss
of her mother, who died Feb. II. The
funeral services were held in the
Catholic school house at Plover with
interment in the Catholic cemetery.
Mrs. Ralph Parson and little son
have been very sick but are on the
gain.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Roe Of Sara
toga, a daughter. Feb. 20. They are
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs B. S. Fox.
Miss Alien Nord is numbered
with the sick Dr. Whiteside of Plov
er is the attending physician.
Nick Hinoski of this place and
Miss Whicoski of Stevens Point were
married Feb. 18.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23

Tuesday and cheered US up by say
ing that the business prospects for
the balance Of 1911 were very prom
Using. He said that business in the
East was excellent and growing bet
ter and it viii soon reach the cen
tra and great West. He says the
railroad systems were going to do
a great deal Of building and the great
steel industries had orders now on
hand sufficiently to keep them ''go-
ing at full capacity all the year.
These, he says, are excellent indi-
Gators. We thanked him for his in
formation and the evidence Of con
fidence which he displayed. We told
him that if he would Undue every bu
siness man in Grand Rapids with that
same spirit and confidence, that We
had no doubt but that business in
Grand Rapids and vicinity would be
much enlarged.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
MOTHERS
MEETING FRIDAY
(contributed)

Another very successful Mothers
Meeting was held at the Irving Build
ing last Friday afternoon. The rooms
were very prettily decorated with
flags and presented a very inspiring
picture to the large number of ladies
present We wish everyone interest
ed in these schools could have listen
ed to the splendid talk, that Supt G.
w. Schwede had been kind enough to
give at these meetings. Every thought
full of good advice foor the welfare
of the school children His address
at this meeting was on the "Paren-
tai Control of the children and was
very attentively listened to. Father
VIM. Reding also gave a most inter
esting talk on THE Value of Coop
GRAFTON Between the Parochial School
and Public Schools and Cooperation
Between Teachers and Parents The
last meeting of the series will be
held at the Emerson Building next
Friday afternoon at 2:30.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
NEK0OSA NEWS ITEMS

Mrs. Albert kaufman departed Wee
nesday noon for Milwaukee to spend
a couple weeks visiting relatives.
Gust Carlstrum left Wednesday for
Chicago where he will spend a few
days and then go to Richland, Mo-,
with the intention of permanently To-
eating near there on a farm.
H. H Helke made a business trip
to Rudolph Friday.
Martin Brandt went to Necedah
on business Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs Weinfurter left Sat
urday evening for Sherry to spend
Sunday visiting friends and relatives
F. X erode left for Chicago and
Milwaukee Saturday night.
]. E. Brazeau went to New Lisbon
Saturday noon and met his wife who
has been confined in the Tomah hos
pital with a severe attack of rheuma-
tism, she having wonderfully improv-
ed
Mr.. and Mrs B. l. Lynn of Pitts
vile spent Sunday at the J. R. Hen
derson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Boyle of Shaw
no spent Saturday and Sunday at
the home Of their daughter Mrs. A.
Boles.
J. E. Bra eau left for Milwaukee
Sunday night.
Neal Crowns accompanied by his
two sons, Neal and George left for
Chicago Monday night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
SHERIFFS SALE

STATE OF WISCONSIN IN CIRCUIT COURT FOR
WOOD COUNTY.
Anna Mcdonald. plaintiff, VS. Samuel
Kingston, sole heir of Stephen L. King ton.
stephen rruschinski and Kate Pruschinski
defendant.
By virtue of a judgement of foreclosure and
sale made in the above entitled action on
the 18th day OF Febru ry, A. D. 1910, the
undersigned sheriff of Wood county, state
of Wisconsin, will sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash at the front door
of the court house in the city of Grand
Rapids county of Wood and state of Wiscon-
sin on Saturday the 8th day of April, A. D.
1911 at one O'Clock in the afternoon of that
day the real estate and mortgaged premises
direc ed by said Judgment to be sold and
therein described as follows: Situated, ly-
ing and being in the county IF Wood and
state of Wisconsin, to-wit: The southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter Use Il of the
Sc ~ of section five (5); the northeast quart
er OF the northeast quarter me 4 OF the ne14)
of section eight 49,; the northwest quart T
OF the northwest quarter INV d OF the NV n
of sec ion nine 80 all in township twenty
two 1927 north of range five % east
Terms of sale cash.
ID. /. SICKLESTEEL, JOHN SCHMITT.
Plaintiffs Atty. Sheriff of Wood Co., wis
First publication Feb. %, expires April g.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
PORT EDWARDS.

Mrs. Chas. Helke entertainea a
few ladies at afternoon coffee Thurs
day afternoon. A fine lunch was
served and very pleasant afternoon
spent in social converse.
Miss Virginia Whittlesey visited at
Cranmoor the past week.
Mrs. o. Boyer was a Grand Rapids
visitor Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs c. A Jasperson en-
tertained friends at cards Thursday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Heuer entertain
ed the card club at their home Thurs
day evening.
G. F. Steele was Chicago visitor
the past week.
Mrs. H Madden entertained a few
friends at afternoon coffee last We'd
nesday afternoon.
Mrs. J. E. Bryan entertained sew
eral ladies at cards Monday after
noon
Mesdames J. A Kenyon and Will
Dustin of your city were guests of
Mrs F. Noel Monday afternoon.
There is great rejoicing at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. c. Peterson
over the arrival of a pound boy
Saturday morning. Mother and child
are being cared for by Mrs J. Albee
of your city.
Philip Gouger of your city was a
guest at the G. F. Steele home Sun
day
Blanche Nash is sick with scarlet
fever.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
OUR hE|GHBOR
SARCASTIC

The Stevens Point Journal don't
want Grand Rapids to get on the
map-could it be possible that in
their afluence, growth and prosperity
they would keep US down?
A citizen of Grand Rapids, who
sometimes has occasion to go out
Of that village, says that while a.
way recently he was surprised and
deeply panied to notice that in 'tthe
depots at st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth, in the Union stations, in
calling off the departure of trains
the city Of Grand Rapids was never
announced among the stations called.
This was bad enough but when he
heard the names of Marshfield, Ste
vens Point, Waupaca, and many 9TH
er small cities like Wausau, Merrill,
etc, but never heard the call of Grand
Rapids, ''he was nearly paralized,
and asks through the Grand Rapids
Reporter, what is going to be done
about it.
Without desiring to butt in on
question of this kind, we cannot re-
frain from stating that one of the
reasons the name of Stevens Point
is called at the stations named is
that with only two exceptions it is
the most important city on the Soo's
line from Chicago to st. Paul. We
might also suggest that perhaps when
Grand Rapids shall have attained the
same population and commercial i'm
portance as Stevens Point the call me
at ST. Paul, Minneapolis and Du-
luth may put the name Of that city
in their repertoires.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTAL
WOOD PULP MILL

Officials Of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture have received
with satisfaction announcement from
the experimental ground wood pulp
mill which the department has been
eouipping at Wausau, Wis.,. in cooper
alton with the American Pulp and Pa
per Association, that the mill has be-
gun grinding The carrying on of the
tests now announced as under way was
provided for by. neutrality-suspicious..
placed at he disposal of the secretary
of agriculture by congress last winter,
to conduct tests of the suitability for
paper-making of plants and woods
which seem likely to become valuable
sources of supply of new material.
Secretary Wilson considered that
the best use which could be made of
this money would be to conduct var
scale, with various kinds of wood
Some of these have already been stu
died in the labratory, and found to be
intrinsically suitable for pulp manu-
facture, Indeed, the forest service
has actually made paper by one of the
chemical processes from several of
them. But in order to know whether
they can protitably be utilized under
present conditions it is necessary to
test them under methods of manu-
facture comparable TO those employed
in actual business operations. In par
ticular, it is desired to find out to
what extent new woods can be used
for ground pulp, the cost of which is
usuallj less than that of chemical pulp.
The Wapsau mill has been built es-
pecially for the use Of the government
for as long as the experiments may
require. It's inside dimensions are 40
Xl00 feet, and it is equipped with cleo
trical machinery and all necessary APP
paratus OF the most up-to-date type.
Part OF the equipment is contributed
by the American Pulp and Paper As
ISOLATION, and part is furnished by the
government. The ASSOCIATION will also
furnish the wood for the tests. The
wood now IN hand Includes carload lots
of JACK pine, spruce, hemlock and
tamarack. The jack pine is to be the
first wood test ed.
While the experiments are intended
to cover woods from / parts of the
country which, from the standpoint of
physical properties and available sup
plies. promise 10 furnish new material
for the paper-mak. industry,
sp cial point will be made of tests of
Western woods which are abundant
in the national forest. There are enor-
nous supplies of various softwoods in
these forests for which there now ex-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
SELF HELP

Flight your own battles; hoe your
own row. Ask no favors of anyone,
and you'll succeed fve-tbousand times
better than one who is always be
seeching some ones patronage. No
one will ever help you as you help
your self, because no one will be so
heartily interested in your affairs
The first step viii not be such a
long one perhaps, but carving your
own way up the mountain, you MAKE
each one lead to another, and stand
firm in that while you chop another
out. Men who made fortunes are not
those who had five thousand dollars
given them to start with, but started
fair with a dollar or two. Men who
have by their own exeruons acquired
fame, have not been thrust into pop
ularity by puffs begged or paid for or
given in friendly spirit. They have
stretched out their hands and touch
ed the public heart Men Who win,
love to do their own wooing. Wheth-
er you work for fame, for love. for mo
ey, or for anything else, work with
your hands, heart and brain. Say I
wiz and some day you will conquer.
Never let any man have it to say, q
have dragged you up have made
you what you are. TOO many friends
hurt q man more than none at all"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
BAND CONCERT At
DALY'S THEATRE
Next Monday Night and Begin
ming Sharp at Bis Will be a
Musical Event of the Winter.

Miss Ellen MacKinnon is the So
loist of the evening and is an ac-
complished violinist This is Miss
MacKinnon's first appearance in
public as a violinist since. her re
turn from New York where her work
under masters of the art received the
highest praise.
Prof. Bliss has been stolen from us
by means Of some Missouri dollars
piled up too high for him to resist.
He will be with US but this and the
last concert. So if you want to show
the band and Prof. Bliss your appre-
citation of the past years of hard work
this will be the time to do it.
A very fine program has been ar
ranged. Monday night, Feb. 27th.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
MOVING STOCK THIS WEEK

Mr. and Mrs. J. j. Hazard are
moving their stock of merchandise
from the Huntington building recent
ly purchased by Mrs. Skinner, to
the Hoskinson building, which they
have rented and has been renovated
and painted preparatory to their oc-
cupancy. 1t is located the first door
west of Raglan & Shavers furniture
store. They hope to move their en-
tire stock and get wholly settled in
their new place by the LIST of March.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
RUDOLPH NO. /.

The Ladies Aid Society of the
NJ. e. church met with Mrs. Jerry
Doughty.
Geo. Bushmaker bought the Lou
lie Lyonnais farm which is owned
by Mr.. Deyo Of Port Edwards. The
deal was closed Thursday. He recen
Iy sold his farm near Junction City
and viii soon move onto his new
place.
Mrs. Matte Lentz returned to her
Stevens Point home Saturday morn
ing after five weeks of nursing at
tie Nick Ratelle home
Miss Deyo of Port Edwards began
school in Dist. No. 8. Monday morn
ing after an eight weeks vacation.
She IS boarding at the Hass home
on account of the serious illness
Of Mrs. Ebacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney St. Denis
were business callers in your city
Thursday.
Or. Jackson was in Stevens Point
Thursday being called there in con
suItation with Or. Rice over the lit
tie baby Of Mr. and Mrs. John VIII
l1ins, who was very sick with bowel
trouble but passed away Friday.
Nick Batelle. Paul Fountain and
Peter Akey. attended the Stock Fair
IN Stevens Point last Thursday.
Fred Ball who runs livery stable
IN Stevens Point was here last week
and done some horse dealing with
Nick RatelIe.
Minnie Myers was shopping in you1
city Saturday
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
SENECA CORNERS.

Henry Kissinger returned last week
from Madison where he had been the
past two weeks attending the Farm
er's Course.
A. P. Bean transacted business in
Grand Rapids last Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Westfahl were
guests at the John Meyer home last
Sunday.
Aug. Henke was in this vicinity
recently looking for COWS. Mr.. Henke
stated that he had two cows killed
by freight train last Thursday
which is quite loss to him as it
takes money to buy COWS now days.
John sedo is employed at Henry
Gatzke's cutting poplar excelsior
bolts
Henry Kissinger left Monday for
Cranmoor where he again will resume
his duties at the experiment sta
ton.
Gus Dresser transacted business in
Grand Rapids.
Quite. number of farmers from
here drove to Walker station last
week to get some shelled corn. c.
d. Searles had two car loads ship
ped in recently, the price was
quite reasonable considering the
price that the dealers were ask
ing in Grand Rapids
Miss Jessie Hackbarth, teacher
of school district No 3, town of
Hanson attended the teachers insti-
tute at Grand Rapids last Friday
and Saturday.
Grandma Dresser has not been very
well this winter but now is slowly i'm
proving.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
TRY A WANT AID.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION

STATE OF WIsCosNIN, WOOD COUNTY COURT
In Probate.
State OF Wisconsin &C
Wood County, 90
In the matter of the estat of william L.
Chambers, deceased
On the 2lst day of February, A. d. 1911, up
on reading and filing the petition of Blanche
cline and Rose OSinga stating that William
l. Chambers of the county of Wood, died in
teState, on or about the 18th day of February,
I'll, and praying that Henry Osinga be APP
point administrator of the estate OF sa d
deceased.
IT Is ORDERED, That said application be
heard before me, at the probate Office in the
city of Grand Rapids on the 21st day OF
March, A. d. 1911, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
AND IT is FURTHER ORDERED, that notice of
the time and place appointed for hearing
said plication be given to al persons in
terested by publishing copy of this order
for three weeks successfully in the WooD
COUNTY REPORTER, newspaper printed il
said county, previous to the time appointed
for said hearing
BY the Court
j. j. JEFFREY, W. j. CONWAY s
Attys. for Petitioners. County Judge
(First publication Feb. %, expires Mch. 81
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23

a newspaper may say a thousand
nice things about a man and bust
ness; how he is decorating his win
dows, getting in new goods, expanding
his business, etc, and the editor will
never hear word of thanks. But let
the paper speak, even unintention-
ally, i'm a manner not complimentary,
and the paper catches what Sherman
said war was. Such is life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23


cooking. The class will meet in the
Domestic Science room of the Wit
ter Building on that day and each
afternoon of that week.
Mrs Dodson teaches the art and
science of bread making, boning fowls,
soups, sauces, salads, croquettes, fri
casees, and the way to prepare many
other delicious foods in the easiest
way at the least expense. She comes
here highly recommended as an IN
surpassed teacher Of cookery.
Tickets for this course may be Sc
cured from any of .the following Ia
dies: Mesdames Gibson, w. F. Kell-
ogg, and F. MacKinnon
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
PROPOSED POLITICAL OUTRAGE.

PROPOSED POLITICAL OUTRAGE.
Through the provisions of a pro-
posed law just introduced in the leg
isIature, it viii be possible for Gov.
NcGovern at any time to supersede
AtUorney-GeneraI Bancroft, to with
draw him from considering and act
ing upon any official duty and ap-
point someone else to act in his
place. This is Of course simply an
insurgent trick to steal from the
voters Of this state who protested
against their high-handed pre-elec-
ton methods the single office and
officer they did not capture. On ac-
count of the insurgent strength in
the legislature this bill will probably
become a law. But if it does it will
be equivalent to DISTINGUISHING every
man in the state who voted for Levi
H. Bancroft. What do you think
about such legislation voters?-Apple
ton Post.
While such bill has been intro
duced in the legislature there is no
probability that it will pass and be
come a law. Such bills are introduced
and suggested by the acts and con
duct Of such men as Levi H. Bancroft
present Attorney-GeneraI, by his re
fusfng to accept a second assistant
in his office sent there under the
rules Of the Civil Service Commits
sion of the State. We understand
that Mr.. Bancroft refused to accept
such a person, but appointed B. j.
Castle instead. What can you ex-
peot whe4 a State officer viii over
ride the action Of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission in such a manner?
It's not at all surprising that some
one would think OF some method OF
forestaIIing such action by a State Of
Gcer and curtailing his power. The
above bill would probably never have
been thought OF had the Attorney-Gen
eral accepted his second assistant as
other State officers have. His ac-
ton impresses one as if he, Bancroft
should be given special privilege
not enjoyed by others. We have
more confidence in the present legis-
Iature than our friends of the APP
pleton Post have, who are of the
opinion that such a bill might be
come a law. It never viii, neither
viii Levi H. Bancroft succeed in in
staIling B. J. Castle as his second as
sistant in the Attorney-General's Of
flee. One man like Levi Bancroft
may lose his head as he did recently
when talking OF the deceased Frank
Tucker, but the entire legislature is
not likely to, by the passing of such
bill. Don't allow your Stalwart dis
position to overlook Bancroft's faults"
and court the same faults from the i
surgent legislature, with whom you
differ. We feel that you will meet
with disappointment in your predic-
ton that the legislature will pass
such a bill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
BUFFALO BILL AT
IDEAL THEATRE

Three thousand feet of vivid and
realistic films of Buffalo Bills Wild
West and Pawnee Bits Far East
pictures can be seen at the Ideal
Theatre Thursday afternoon and even
ing, Feb. 23rd This will positively
be your last chance to see the fam
Gus Indian fighter, plainsman and
Americas ideal horseman and most
popular hero.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-23
HOW EASY

it is to open a savings or check
ing account at the bank, and It
takes very little money. No
knowledge Of the business IS nee
essary.
Just bring a dollar or more to
deposit and we will show you.
You simply sign your name on
our signature card, to guard
against fraud in case you should
lose your bank book. We do the
rest, and explain anything not
understood.
When you are oncestarted you
will never stop, as there IS no
other way to handle money safe
ly and easily.
We hope to see you frequently.
First National Bank
Grand Rapids. Wis.
THE bank that does things for
you"