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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
School for Amateur Runtsmen.

The skill acquired by the would-be
huntsman in shooting at a still tar
get is Of no value to him when he is
in the field after wild game. The con-
ditions are altogether different The
sudden appearance and disappearance
of rabbit or the startling rise of a
partridge offers a new sensation to
the man who has been used to shoot
ing at a range target. One requires
slow, deliberate and careful action,
while the other necessitates instan-
taneous judgment and action. In or
der to acquaint the amateur hunts
man with these conditions a French
gunsmith has established hunts
mems school OF target practice, where
the targets consist of various repre-
sensations of small animals and birds,
which have a variety of movements
closely initiating those of the living
counterparts of the fields All the
possible contingencies of the field ex-
periences are duplicated, so that after
one has gone through the practice in
this school he is quite well prepared
for what he will encounter in a bona
ffde hunt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
School House : Forum,

School House Forum.
Assemblyman Shots of Oregon be-
lieyes in making the district school
horse the neighborhood forum for the
discussion of public questions and
other civic, social and recreationai ac-
tivities. The present law vests in
the boards of education or trustees
the power to decide whether school
buildings shall be used or not, but Mr..
Sholts' bill repeats those sections. The
only limitations are that organizations
which use school houses must be non
partisan, non-sectarian and non-ex-
elusive"
Another bill by Mr.. Sholts gives to
boards of reviews additional powers in
the matter Of raising or lowering the
assessments by assessors. Under the
present law the boards are not per
mitted to act in such matters on their
own initiative, but only when com
plant is made by the persons affected.
This bill empowers boards to raise or
lower assessments from their own
knowledge or information the theory
being that in most cases the members
possess knowledge that would enable
them to take action.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
PROPER EDUCATION IS URGED
Three-Fourths of the Children in Ju.
Veniie Court Said to Lack Pa
rental Attention

The average modern father is so
busy making money and the average
mother so engrossed with her society
and outside work, that both fail to give
to the children the intelligent discipline
and the sympathetic understanding
that is necessary to tain them proper
" for their duties as useful man and
women of the coming generation said
Leonard Merrill, member Of the iu-
venile court committee, after he had
delivered an address before the Confer
ence of Social Workers.
Parents today turn their offspring
over to those who serve for pay, not
love, and as quickly as possible send
them to the guardianship and training
of the public schools utterly neglecting
that close intimacy necessary to mold
character, and Sinking their duties in
the excitement of the current business
and social demands.
Sooner or later this viii lead to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
HOW The GANDER GOT EVEN
rug log Stopped Tormentinq the
Geese After He Received a.
Gaod Thrashinu.

It would appear from the testimony
of ranchman in the northwest that a
goose is no fool, and still less is a gan
der. Indeed, it is claimed the particu-
lar gander herein referred to pos
sessed a real sense of humor, and
evinced prediction for practical
jokes.
The ranchman had a little dog. Har-
~, very round and fat. very annoying
to the geese, and, unfortunately, quite
near-sighted. He used to be called to
MS supper about the time the geese
were called to theirs. He had to go
through a gate TO get his supper, while
the geese took theirs on the outside
NOW the gander, a most observant
bird, was not long in noticing the fact
OF Harry's appearance simultaneously
with his own, and at once proceeded
to utilize that discovery. He arranged
his females on two lines on each side
OF the gate and leading thereo. Not
dreaming Of anything untoward, the
Tustful Harry trotted briskly between
the lines, and there made an awful
error
The first goose nipped him as only
a goose can, and then the opposite
goose, and so on alternately. The I'M
happy dog ran the gantlet, bowling
with anguish until he finally got
through the gate Then the geese gave
utterance TO divers shrieks of demoni
&C laughter, long and loud. Three
times did the wretched Harry fall a
victim to the wiles of his enemy, till
finally he would stop short, raise one
paw, regard his tormentors sadly, and
then run around to the other side OF
the inclosure, where a friendly hole
in the fence gave him entrance.
In time Harry was succeeded by a
pug who thought his chief duty in life
was to rush upon the geese uneGFect-
edly and drive them from their sup
per. He was a great success till his
fate overlook him. One afternoon he
tackled the gander and seized him by
the tail.
The gander Immediately made for
the pond, half-running and half-fying,
but with such speed that the aston
ished pug did not dare to let go. The
feathers were strong, and the dog per
formed most Of the transit in the air
When the pond was reached the gan
der, with undiminished speed, reach
ed the middle, where the pug got a
chance to let go and struck out for the
shore. The gander was behind him,
and before he reached land he was
the recipient of the most scientific and
colossal thrashing an offending crea-
ture ever endured. A sad little dog
reached the shore, where he sat down
and lifted up his voice and wept. Aft
or that he thought it not to his inter
est to meddIe with the geese.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09

lily, but tell them of my good friend,
your Vegetable Compound. and that
there will be no backache and bearing
down pains for them if they will take
1t as have. [ am scarcely ever with
out it in the house.
q" will say also that I think there ia
no better medicine to be found for
young girls to build them up and make
them strong and well. My eldest
daughter has taken Lydia Z. Pink,
hams Vegetable Compound for pain,
full periods and irregularity, and ithas
always helped her.
II am always ready and willing to
speak a good word for the Lydia E..
Pinkham's Remedies. tell every one
| meet that owe my health and hap
pinesS to these wonderful medicines"
Mrs. j. G. JOHNSON, ScottvilIe, Mich,
RID. 8.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
fui drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
Of female diseases.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Serious OXersidht-

An elderly gentleman, who knew
something of law, lived in an Irish
village where no lawyers had ever
penetrated, and was in the habit Of
making the wills of his neighbors. At
an early hour one morning he was
aroused from his slumber by a knock
ing at his gate, and, putting his head
out Of the window, he asked who was
there It's me. your honor-Paddy
Flaherty. I could not get a wink Of
sleep, thinking of the win | have
made. What's the matter with the
will?" asked the lawyer Matter in
deed" replied Pat. "Shure, I've not
left myself a three-legged stool to sit
upon"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
IucidIY EXPRESSED

An old Pennsylvania German living
in the mountains had hard three
hours dusty walk to accomplish one
morning and he rose very early to
make his start He had gone but a
little way when he was overtaken by
an automobile, which was probably
the first that had passed along that
way. The driver picked up the old
man and they were at his destination
in about 20 minutes.
banks so much awfully nit de
ride If I had known myself to be
here already two hours in front of de
clock yet | vud be at home fast asleep
already to start unless l knew you
vud not have picked me up since"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Fishes Don't Need Ears 10 Hear.

iSltCo DSU iNCCN Gai W ElCdis
Just because fishes haven't ears is
no reason why they can't hear, ac
cording to Dr. Arthur Gordon Web,
ster, professor Of physics in Clark uni,
versity, who recently opened series
of lectures on Sound in Speech and
Music" at the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
Doctor Webster declared that sound
is motion. "The outside of the ear
he said, lis not necessary to hearing
1t is possible to hear through the
teeth. This can easily be proved Ly
putting a pencil between the teeth
and holding it on the sounding board
Of piano.
There has been mSch discussion
as to whether fish can hear. Some
persons have declared that fish cannot
distinguish sounds because they have
no ears, but sound is motion, and as
long as vibrations reach the inside of
fishes heads it makes no difference
whether they have ear orifces or
not"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Would Guarantee Bank Deposits.

Senator Paul Husting Of Mayville,
Democrat, is the author of the first
bill for guaranty of bank deposits to
be offered at this session. 1t is pat
termed after the Nebraska law.
Under the Husting bill each state
bank is required to lay aside fund
to be made up of one-quarter of one
per cent. of annual deposits. Unlike
the plan of the Oklahoma statute, this
fund is not to be paid into the state
treasury for use when a bank breaks,
but is to be kept in separate fund by
the individual bank. The money may
be placed in the reserve or otherwise,
but strict account of it must be kept
under the direction of the state bank
commissioner The theory of the
Husting measure is that when any
bank is closed it's guarantee fund will
go the way of other assets; but the
other state banks guarantee funds
will be called upon to make good the
deposits in the defunct bank.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09

Began It's "Junket" With Visit to
Hospital at Mendoza
INCOME TAX BILL HEARING
Is Continued and Will Occupy the Re-
maInder of the Week-Four New
Members Appointed on Board
of Agriculture.

Madison.-The joint legislative com
mittee which viii make the regular BIZ
ennial trip around the state charitable
and penal institutions began the first
leg of it's 'junket" with a visit to the
state hospital for the insane at Men
dota. The committee will go no farther
this week, but next week will begin
the longer journey which will take
them to all parts of the state. The
itinerary for this tour has not yet
been made out and probably will not
be until it is known whether or not a
new board Of control is to be appoint
ed within the next few days.
The joint hearing on the income tax
bill was continued and will occupy the
remainder of the week.
The emergency bill to compensate
the former insurance commissioner for
the expenses of examinations of com
panies was on the calendar for final
consideration and it was expected that
the measure would eugender consid-
cradle fireworks from the Democratic
side. No difficulty is anticipated by
the Republican majority in passing it,
however, and aid may be received
from the Social Democrats, and pos
sibly a few of the "unterrifed."
Governor McGovern has appointed
the following new members of the
state board of agriculture:
Seventh district-George NJ. Com
ings, Eau Claire, succeeding ]. L.
Herbst of Sparta
Tenth-Arthur NJ. Prehn, Wausau
succeeding Edward Nordman, Polar.
Eleventh-Ira NJ. J. Chryst, Hudson,
succeeding L. E. Scott, Stanley.
Third-O. G. Rewey, Fs2wey, sue,
ceeding George Cox, Mineral Point.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Bill to Make Madison "Dry."

Madison will be the dryest kind of a
town if bill introduced in the as
sembly by AssembIyman Axel John
son is passed. The measure prohibits
the licensing of a saloon within the
city in which the state university is
situated" or within one mile of that
city, or within one mile of any state
normal school, county agricultural
school or veterans home. On this bill
the Anti-Saloon league viii base its
strongest hopes for anti-liQUor lcgisla-
ton at this session
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Death Of Judge Bashford.

Judge Robert NJ. Bashford. f0~ ncar
ly forty years notable figure n thc
Wisconsin bar, and for a time d mem
Der of the state supreme court, died
at Madison after an illness of about
six months.
Judge Bashford was born in Fay
cite county December 81, 1916. He
was graduated in 1870 from the state
university and from the law school
the next year.
In 1876 he entered the law firm of
Gill. BasEf0rd & Spilde. IN 1881 he
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
a Lovely Scheme.

Did you make any resolutions at
the beginning of the year, Mrs. Stout o.
yes, made one"
What was it,"
81 kind of hate to tell"
'Pshaw! l won't repeat it,
We'll, I have resolved not to scold
ny husband once until have counted
ten"
How does It work?'
Beautifully. / was going to scold
him yesterday, but before I had fin
ished counting he had promised to buy
me a diamond bracelet"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09

; communistic education and teaching
and babies scarcely out of their long
dresses will be intrusted to such insti-
tutions.''
Before the conference Mr.. Merrill
declared that three-fourths Of the chill
dren appearing in the juvenile court
reached there because of lack Of pa
rental attention and discipline. These
little offenders, he asserts, are no
worse than thousands Of others, their
fault being that they had been found
out."-Los Angeles Examiner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
The Baron's Suit.

Baron Fucash wants to know if
YOU favor his suit" said the ambitious
mother
"Wen." replied Mr.. Comrox. q don't
want to Judge any man superfcially
But his clothes are harder to forgive
than anything else about him"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
New CORPORATIONS.

Articles of incorporation were fled
in the office of Secretary of State
Frear as follows:
Superior Box company, Superior:
rapital, $4,000; incorporators, A. H.
Shoemaker, NJ. B. Hubbard, c. W.
Hayes
Amendments were filed as follows:
Schoen < Walter company. MiIwau-
kee. increasing its capital stock from
| $4,000 to $50 600
Elr0y Telephone company, Elroy.
decreasing is capital stock from
So oe- so. eco
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Very Irving.

I'm almost sorry the Democratic
mule is so prominent just now"
Why SOP"
Every time mule runs away down
in Dixie some village humOrist gets
off a joke about the Democratic party
being rampant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Report on Forest Reserves.

The state forest reserves have
grown in seven years from 10000 to
$4,000 acres, but the state must have
a reserve of at least 100000 acres in
order to preserve the head waters OF
our most important rivers; to aid in
the retaining of our wood-using indus
tries, and to protect the beauty of our
northern lake region" declares State
Forester E. M. Griffith in his annual
report, which was distributed among
the members Of the legislature. Mr..
Griffith says the forest fire loss in this
state was 100000 in 1908 and over
$4,000, 900 in 1910, and that the prob
lem to be solved is not one of fighting
fires, but Of preventing them. He
urges the passage Of the proposed bill
to levy a tax Of two-tenths of mill
annually for the use of the state board
of forestry, which will yield about
100000 a year, to cover the cost of
adding to the reserve acreage and to
establish an adequate fire warden sys-
TEN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Of Course She Must.

What time does the dance begin p
Nine o'clock"
Then We must be there at $50"
What for?"
q must have at least an hour in the
dressing room to rearTange my hair
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09

Did you hear about Lord Simpers?"
mo.
He caught a dreadful cold yester-
day"
How did that happen?"
HE went sToling without his mon
ocle"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Advertlses American Superiority.


The new printing Office of the In
dustriaI Military school at San Luis
Potosi. Mexico. is completely equipped
with American machinery and appli-
ances. It is a standing advertisement
of the superior quality of American
makes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
First Aid.

MY books are in very bad shape, s.
said the high tinancier.
shall I send for an expert account.
anti" inquired the confidential nan.
mo. Send for an alienist."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
The Glamour Of the Show.

when Dustin Stax was boy he
would work like slave carrying wa
ter to the elephant"
yes. And now he works just az
hard carrying diamond necklaces to
opera singers"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
He Was 4 Railroad Man.

Mrs. Benham-You have torn my
train!
Benham-That's all right; your
train is long enough to be in two Sec
Tiuns.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
TWO New Bills by DR.. c. A. Harper.


Two bills by DR.. c. A. Har-
per of Madison are designed to
take the health officer in towns and
villages and the health commissioners
in cities out of politics as far as pos
sibie. The new measures make the
terms of Office of the former two years
Instead of one and of the latter four
years instead of two.
Under our present system, a man
hardly gets into the harness and be-
comes capable of doing good work
when the exigencies of political
changes operate either to displace him
or continue him in office for political
reasons, said Doctor Harper. eff
changes in party administration are
frequent, and the term In cities. for
instance, is four years, the commits
sioner is likely to serve under two ad-
mtnistrations, and if he makes good it
would take lot Of nerve on the part
of new administration to remove
him"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
So MIrHlirr

Te-And aren't you fond of Omar
Khayyam?
She-Do you know, I'm not quite
him ND with ETunvadi James. "-Tat.er
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Bill Against Tips on Pullman Cars.

Bill Against Tips on Pullman Cars.
The lordly Pullman car porter and
the equally majestic waiter are in Sc
rious danger of losing some OF their
emoluments.
Assemblyman c. J. Johnson of Mari
nette will introduce a bill in the as
sembly preventing employees from re-
ceiving tips. Mr.. Johnson provides in
his proposed bill that any railroad
company must keep in plain sight in
cars operated by them the sections of
the statutes applying to this subject.
Mr.. Johnson hits at tips given with
the knowledge of the employer
About the tips given without the
knowledge of the employer there is
no provision in the bill. Any employ
err who permits his employees to take
tips is liable to a fine of from SIS to
SIS, 5000 and Imprisonment in the county
Jail not exceeding 60 days, or both
fine and Imprisonment. As he is not
likely to know of the tips which his
employees receive there is little like
lihood of his going to jail or having
to pay a fine. Mr.. Johnson is very
much in earnest with his bill. He
thinks if it passes that the tipping evil
viii be controlled to a large extent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09

A pessimist is a man who can't en-
Joy the beauties Of an apple blossom
because he only thinks of the possible
gtomache ache it represents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Value of Railway Property Greater.

The Wisconsin tax commission an
nounced that it had fixed the value Of
railroad property in the state for tax
alton purposes at $297,935, 900, an in
crease of $13,S69, 900 over that OF last
year.
The total taxes levied were $780,
1851, an increase of $134,25797 over
those Of 1910. The rate of taxation on
this property is the average one on
all other taxable property in the state.
This year the average rate is Sill
l796S554 per $1,000 valuation, while
last year it was $11.25323566.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Only % Per Cent of Students =

Only % Per Cent of Students Eligible.
That only twenty-eight per cent. of
the students of the University of Wis
consin who are eligible under the con-
ference rules are debarred from inter
collegiate athletics because of de-
fcient scholarship, is shown in statis-
tics just completed by DIR. c. H. Bunt-
ing, go, and Registrar w. D. Hiestand,
for the February number of the Wis
consin Alumni Magazine.
In order to show the unreIiabiIity
of rumors and unofficial statements to
the effect that approximately three
fourths of the students at Wisconsin
are ineligible for athletics because of
deficient scholarship, Doctor Bunting,
who is a member Of the athletic coun-
Gil, had the university statistician, I'M
der the direction of Registrar HE
stand, go over the record of all men
students in the university to deter
mine their eligibility or non-eligibility
for participation in intercollegiate ath-
letics.
OF the 2,74S male students who
might take part in athletics, 1,43O. or
81 per cent, are ruled out by the rules
of the Western intercollegiate confer
ence which apply to all Wisconsin
competitors in athletics as well as to
the Badger institution
Of the 1870 ineligibles under the
conference rules Lis are fIrst-year
students, 81 are adult special students
and 243 are graduate students and stu
dents who have taken a degree.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09

V g &c ia bic Com
pound and Sanatiye
W ash have done me.
| live on a farm and
have worked very
hard. l am forty
five years old, and
am the mother Of
{ thirteen children.
Many people think
1t strange that I am
not broken wn
with hard work and
The cara of INV fop,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
Bashford Laid to Rest.

The funeral Of the late R. NJ. Bash
ford was held at Madison, attended by
a large number of the legislators and
most of the state officers. The mem
bers of the supreme court, which had
adjourned out of respect for de-
ceased former justice, attended in a
body. Services were held at Grace
Episcopal church, and the Masonic
order was in charge of the exercises
at the grave in Forest Hill cemetery.