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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
EQUAL CHANCE
FOR EDUCATION
Should Be Given the Poor as
Well as the Rich.
TALK BY PRESIDENT VAN HISE
University Chief Addresses leeisIa-
ture on the LinIey BiIl-Serator
Husting Declares State
Owns WaterpoWers,

Madison, Wis, March 14.-(SpeciaD
President Charles R. Van Hise Of
the University of Wisconsin believes
In the kind of democracy in life that
offers the same opportunities to the
poor that it does to the rich. Ad-
dressing a joint convention Of the
Wisconsin senate and assembly on the
Linley bill to appropriate $4,000 for
the branching out of the university
extension department, Mr.. Van Hise
said the real democracy consists in
equality in opportunity for the young
people of today so that the poor as
well as the rich may equip themselves
for some particular line Of work.
A large percentage Of young people
who never reach the eighth grade in
the public schools do not go far in
life before they learn that a little
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11

summer for we are told by those
who know, that a few robins remain
in Wisconsin through the winter, as
also reports of trained observers in
various parts of the state so to prove
But not only are the robins here, but
the blue-birds, and the .>highholders :
and that means too of course the mea
dow larks, as they too are leaders of
the great host of migratory songsters
and usually these birds all come to-
gether
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11

lection was made purely o. }h4 sner
its of the location from a scen1 and
historic point of view.
During the time the Sta, o. Gals
We're employed in lookir.s u3 the
options for the territory iayoNed.
1t was found that the State would be
the owner of several hundr i acres
OF apple and cherry orchards. The
State viii therefor go into lruit rails
ing on large scale The park
is located in the midst of w onsin's
great cherry growing distrie which
bids fair to excel in acreage md val
ue OF product, the famous cE cry or
chards of Japan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
MUST PROVIDE FOR
BOXES OR NO MAIL
Washington Ruling viii be Effec'
tive After June 80,

Any individual who wants his mail
delivered by carrier after July /, will
have to provide receptacle at the
door I'd receive it.
If there is no such rec aDtacle at
the entrance, the postman will pass
blithely on his way, nor will The
shrill call of his whistle be heard in
the neighborhood
Congress is responsible for this
state of affairs. A paragraph in the
appropriation bill, effective on and
after June 30, 1911 reads as follows;
That after June 80, 1911, delivery
of mail by city letter carrier shall be
made only at such residences and
places of business as provide at the
door or entrance, receptacles for its
deposit.
This rule was made necessary be
cause of the delays occasioned by cal
riers on account of locked doors, alb
sent householders, and all manner of
things that hindered a prompt answer
ing of the bell when the postman
rang. And then, even when the an
swer is prompt the delay, in the agre
gate, means hours.
The carriers have only certain hour
during which to cover the routes a.
signed them. The law prevents them
from working overtime, and delay
along the line, therefore, is likely to
mean neglect of patrons at the end Of
the route. To overcome this, the
department has been forced to re
quire that mail receptacles be placed
at the entrance or doors of residence
and business places, if mail is to be
delivered
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of mail advertised at Grand
Rapids, Wisconsin, March 6, 1911.
LADIES.
Aims, Miss Marjorie
Belts, Lettie J. Card
Haas, Mrs. M (card)
Hewes, Miss Beatrice (card)
More, Miss Emily
Miller, Miss Laura
Rosemann, Miss Minnie (card)
Sloan, Lucille (card)
Sloan, Nola (card)
Whittier, Lena (card)
GENTLEMEN.
Dennis, Eddy H. (card)
Johnson, Will
Juneau, Pete (card)
Morgan, J.
r. A. MCDONALD,
Postmaster.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
Two Showers.

Cute people out in the town where
my cousin Jane lives. A popular girl
got married there. and her rejected
suitors dubbed together and gave her
a mitten shower"
Good. And what did they give the
lucky bridegroom? 2"
''They gave him a shower of bricks"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
GIRL ATTACKED AND ROBBED

PORTAGE, WIS, March S-A
young lady registered as Miss E. P.
Massey of Milwaukee is in a hospital
recovering from brutal assault She
was found at school doorway with
several ribs broken and many bruises
Eighty dollars had been taken from
her
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
1000 STRIKE IN CHIC AGO

CHICAGO, March S.-Nearly 1000
Workmen employed on buildings inside
the business district were on strike
today The walkout is the result of
lurlsdlct1onal trouble between the
steamfitters and plumbers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
SPRING BIRDS ARE HERE

Have you seen your first robin yet ?
And was he sitting on wood and at
least a foot above ground?' Then
of course, some rare good fortune a.
waits you; or if flying through the
air, why then-oh then. beware" So
goes an old saying. 4 robin is not
always the sign of an early spring,
ner does zone lone swallow make a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
The Lawyers Point Of View.

cit costs more" said a prominent
Bostonian. Ito get divorced than 1t
costs to get married.
Maybe So said the lawyer as he
took the big check but it's worth
more, isn't it ?"-Roston Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11

special work in some particular line
would equip them to advance to a PCT
sition of responsibility. The univer-
sity extension department, which con-
ducts a correspondence school, offers
the opportunity 10 obtain just such
education.
The department is especially desir-
Gus to send about the state travel
ing professors" said Mr.. Van Hise,
to educational centers established
under the extension system so that
the teacher and the pupil may come
into personal contact with each other
The extension department does work
that no ordinary correspondence
school in the world can begin to equal,
he declared for the reason that its
teachers are experts and scholars in
that line.
One speaker made the statement
that fifty per cent of the boys and
girls Of the state, as well as the
country, never reach the eighth grade
In many instances these boys and
girls are handicapped and held back in
life simply because they have not had
special training. The days of appren-
tice development is gone, and now the
correspondence school, the continual
ton school and the trades school are
taking the place of that old system.
President Van Hise struck popular
chord when he SAID that birth in a
big mansion was no certificate of
brains, and he wanted the boy or girl
born in the humble cottage to have an
even break with the son of the mil
honaire
Progressive legislation comes high,
and before this session of the legisla-
ture adjourns it will appropriate in
the neighborhood of 100000 indie
pendent of the expense of the money
1t will cost Wisconsin to maintain its
various state departments The legis-
lature will be called upon to appropri-
ate 100000 for the new capital: the
regular university appropriation. in
dependent of any appropriations that
may be made for special educational
purposes, will be at least $3.50 900: the
good roads bill calls for an appropri-
alton of sS50.000; the state charitable
and penal institutions want s., 000. 900,
and several other bills carry large ap-
preparations Wisconsin's system of
investigation by commissions costs
many thousands of dollars a year. but
the scheme meets with public appro-
val and viii be continued
X X X
In closing the joint hearings on the
proposed waterpower bills, Senator
Husting, Mayville, declared that the
special interests in order to cloud the
legislature have made it appear that
the Krumrey-H usting bill if it became
law would not stand the test of con-
stitutionality. He came out f1at-foot-
ed, quoting authorities, including
the United States supreme court, to
show that the state owns the water
powers, and that it has a right to pass
legislation to control and develop these
natural resources. John Strange of
Oshkosh, former lieutenant governor,
addressed the legislature. speaking
strongly for state ownership Of water
powers.
The farmers of the state are max
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11

No casualties, SO far, are reported
by the sudden fall in the price of food
stuffs. In tact, the fall has not raised
a bump here.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
A Feint and a Faint.

Sadie-Did you ever faint? Susie
Once But l bumped my head SO
hard that / tainted really and truly.
and I've never tried 1t again.-Toledo
Blade
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH NOTES
REV. FRED STAFF. Pastor.

REV. FRED STAFF. Pastor.
At the morning service last Sunday
Rev. Fred Staff preached on the sub
ject: The Primary Guarantees Of
Civilization. These, he said, are
the home, the school, the church and
the Sabbath Anything which lessons
the sanctity of the home, the church
or the Sabbath will ultimately impair
the efficiency of the school These
institutions are independent and ali
are necessary to the maintenance of
a Christian civilization.
In the evening he preached the
same sermon in Nekoosa, the Congre-
gational church of that village being
without a pastor at present.
The choir was deservedly compli-
mented for its work last Sunday morn
ing. In addition to the regular num-
beTs sextette composed of Mrs
Guy Nash, Mrs Guy Miller and the
Misses Ames, Mol, Hayward and Ly-
on sang Morrison's 80, Shepherd of
| Israeli
Both of the Ladies Aid Societies
will meet at the parsonage next We'd
nesday afternoon to complete arrang
ments for the furnishing of a room
at the Riverview Hospital
The Wapida Society is preparing
a missionary entertainment, entitled,
| The Modern Hiawatha'' to be CIV
en- in the church March oath About
twenty young people viii take
part. Mrs Parrish and Mrs. Staff
are directing the practice work
Mid-week service at the church on
Thursday evening at 7:30 The pas
tor will speak on the Book of Revela-
tons.
Next Sunday morning the pastor
will preach on the subject: Images
of God-Artificial and Natural"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11

The Committee on Teachers and
Texts then made a report on the re-
hiring of teachers After some dis
cussion portion of the report was
referred back to the committee.
The Committee on Building and
Grounds made a report on the condi-
ton of the Irving school grounds and
prospects for the construction of
sidewalks about the grounds
A proposition from Bossert Brother
was then taken up and considered
Grand Rapids, Wis, Mar. g., 1911.
C. ". Schwede, Dear Strive sub
nit TO your honorable body, Board of
Education, two propositions:
First; All 6 the top earth in eel
lar to be dug for Gottschalk and
Anderson on the Goodman property
at ninety cents per load to be
delivered at the Lincoln Building,
and the balance of said filling at six
ty cents per load to be delivered at
the Emerson and Lowell buildings. We
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
STATE PARK IN
DOOR COUNTY

STURGEON BAY, Wis, March g.
the State of Wisconsin Sc
lected Door county for the loca
ton of the new State Park. the Sc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS

Grand Rapids, Wis, Mar 6. 1911.
Lincoln Building
AT regular meeting of the Board
of Education all members having
been duly notified, the following com
missioners were present: Gill, Phil
leo, Babcock, Witter, Bein, Clapp. O.
berbeck, Taylor, Nash, Hatch and
Natwick; absent, Reeves, Hill, Bra
zeau, Kellogg and Meilicke.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting were read and approved.
The following bills were then on
motion allowed: 1
Wood Co. Natl. Bank-interest, Feb s134 q
A. B. Dick Co.-supplies .....-.......... 8 sc
Correct English Pub. Co.-books....... 0(
Centralia Hardware Co.-installing 2
heating coils and supplies. -. 1l2 IS
Grand Rapids Tribune printing. IL 0(
Educational Pub. Co. = Commercial
| Geography reference books......... s sc
F. L. Steib Co.-supplies....--.-. 9 &C
F. L. Bills orchestra lessons, Feb -. 10 OK
The W. Wilson Co.-Economics ref
cs sss' fsiiiso-szprs.s, FEB. 's 8 3:
VI. Lem -nse-supplies, ...-........ 10
| Chas. Scribuers SonS-supplementary
readers, Emerson ........-...... 0C
Normington Bros.-laundry, Feb......... 81
Electric &c Water Co.-Lights, and
Power, February. observation-disclosures. IS 81
ReiIand Packing Co supplies, Physi-
s s5ssy Paper Coo sails: in: &c g
w. NJ. WEIGH Mfg Co.-special ruled
Commercial paper, rm...-....... &C
Wells Fargo Co, Express.-Express
Johnson & Hill Co supplies, Feb. % Sc
The G. Reiss Coal Co.-coal. ............ 1902 st
The WoTrell Mfg. Co.-disinfectants
Burdick &c Allen-reference book. 3 rs
VIM G. Johnston &c Co.,-Library mag
Mrs G. B. Lundgren-Books,g ymnas-
Daily Drug & Jewel.y Co.-suppiies S
The Arthur Il. Clark Co.-reference
Thomas Charles Co-drawing supplies 10 81
II. NJ. Beimler-galvanized iron.... 20
The University of Observation-Disclosures
Grand Rapids Foundry Co.,-repafrs
F. E. Keliner-Hawiing ami storing coal s. %
Charities Publication Committee-ref-
erence book ......-.......... l 25
Louis ReicheI-repairs and supplies Is
American Book Co.,-Books, supple
mentary, grades ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4 so
KeuffeI & Esser Co.,-supplies IS
W. A. Marlin Lumber Co.,-Lumber. 1 so
Wood County Reporter-supplies and
John D Smith-supplies ............. 2 o.
D. G. Heath & Co.,-Book, reference
IL olOIS - / VA
Mrs, P. Rocksted-Laundry.. ......... 4 20
Chas. Waterman Freight dfayage. Feb. 2 So
Wood County TeIep hone Co.,-rental
March to February ...............: II So
J. A. Staub-electrlca1 supplies, and
repairs. O5
dressing. ........ rs
c, NJ Dougharty-eletri supplies. 90
Public School Pub. Co book. 25
Green Bay & Western r. K. Co
freight on coal ...,............-.... % 35
Taylor C Scott-insuranceI Irving school Is 05
F. S. Gill-suppHes, Observation-Disclosures. IS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11

In the evening he preached the
same sermon in Nekoosa, the Congre-
gational church of that village being
without a pastor at present.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11

The city of Milwaukee pays one
fifth of the taxes of the entire state,
and to date in this session Wiscon-
sins metropolis has occupied at least
seventy-five per cent Of the time of
the legislature indicating that it is
getting very fair return upon It's IN
vestment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11

An inscription by Charles Lamb.
My friends uncle had in his early
days been a fellow clerk with Charles
Lamb. | remember his showing me
book which had been given him by
LAMB. with a very lamblike inscription.
1t was Table of Interest" and on
the fiyleaf was written:
William Thomas Keith from
Charles Lamb. In this book, unlike
most others. the further you progress
the more the interest increases. Ed
mund Yates.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11

The family COW is a precious ar
ticle in Wisconsin. Two bills refat-
ing to exemptions under the state
laws on taxation exempt the family
COW. In one instance, however, the
COW must not be worth more than
$500 In Wisconsin where the prices
on stock are fancy, a $50 COW would
not be much of a family pet The
other bill exempting the family milk
er does not fix maximum valuation
q A
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11

The farmers of the state are max
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-10-27
Just a. Advertised.

Irate visitor-l call this down.
right fraud, You advertise on your
bills. "The Most Remarkable Dwarf
In the World" and he turns out to
be five feet FIVE inches high.
Bland Showman-Exactly so. sir.
That's just what's so remarkable
about him. Hes tie tallest dwarf
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-10-27
Phil May and His Models.

Many Of the figures in Phil Mays
book "Guttersnipes" were sketched
from memory while staying up the
river.
'One day." he said, when speak
ing on the subject, 81 saw de-
lightful little model for my pur-
pose, a dirty, ragged bit of girl hui
ma1ity. | spoke to her and wrote
a message on my card for her to
give to her mother Next morning
she came in charge of an older sis
ter, as tattercd and unkempt as her
self. When / had made my sketch
es Of the two Of them | asked the
elder one if she had any more sis
tcrs like herself. ooh, yes, four or
five, worse than | am Bring them
round,' said l. is the little un to
come again. she asked. NO, I've
done with her. The next day they
came, the little un included. She
had persisted in it, for she said
Hes my artist. | found him first y
London Tit-Bits.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-10-27
Not a Practical PhiIanthropist . st.

One day last winter when it was
very cold a richly dressed woman
stopped and gazed sternly at an ice
wagon that was drawn up beside the
curb on Walnut street, near Fif-
tecnth. She stood there for ten
minutes. Then the iceman came
out Of Il certain house, and she said
to him, ''Driver, why don't you
blanket your horses?"
Because, lady, the kump'ny
don't furnish me no blankets" said
the man.
"Then," exclaimed the woman,
"you should cover them with your
coat"
"All right, ma'am," said the driv-
er, smiling. "You gimme your coat
for the near boss, an I'll put mine
on the off one"
The woman, whose coat was of
sealskin, could not think of a good
retort to this, and she walked away
in silence.-Philadelphia Record.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-10-27
Wonderful Instance.

The popular author was by no
means an old man and was, further
more, wonderfully well preserved.
He never thought Of his years un-
less they were brought to his mind,
as on one occasion by an admiring
schoolgirl.
The author had lectured in a
town not far from the girls home,
and she was visiting a friend who
took her to the lecture and after
ward introduced her to the writer.
''Pve read all your books, and /
just love them," said the girl.
"That's very kind of you," said
the author. "Your friends tell me
you 90 to little red schoolhouse
just like the one | attended when
7 was your age. l went up to take
look at it last year"
"Oh," breathed his admirer, with
clasped hands, ''you did! And is
it still standing?"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-10-27
STEAMIMG An UMBRELLA.
Process That Makes the Fabric Fit
Tight ard Smooth.

One Of the odd occupations in
which men may find employment is
that Of the steamer and roller in an
umbrella factory.
When in the process Of its man
ufacturc the umbrella has been so
far advanced as to have its cover
on, but this before it has been 9th
erwise finished and fitted with its
handle, it may need to be steamed.
1t is Of course essential that the
cover should fit everywhere with
drumhcad-liEo smoothness, but as
it comes now from the covcrers it
may be that the curtain, that part
of the cover that is down in the
widest part Of the panels, between
the ends Of the ribs, is loose and
full. 1t is The work of the steamer
to take out that fullness.
The steamer sits on a table with
"A pile OF umbrellas near on one
side. In front Of him at little dis
tance is what looks as much as any
thing like a big galvanized iron
Watering pot with long spout and
with the regulation sunAower
sprinkler top at the end except that
this tip is larger. At the end of its
long spout this tip is brought up
to point convenient for the oper-
ator, and through its many perfo-
rations there is constantly emerg-
ing Il gentle little haze Of steam.
The steamer picks up an umbrel-
Ia, opens it, turns its handle to the
front and then, holding it so, steam
ing it on the under side of the
cloth, he rotates the umbrella slow
" but steadily with the curtain part
of the cloth panels held over the
steam. BY this process the fullness
is taken up and the cloth in every
panel all around shrunk to perfect
smoothness.
Before the umbrella goes through
the next process in its manufacture
and finishing it is rolled for greater
convenience in handling. The
steamers do this rolling. A steamer
will steam umbrellas for an hour or
two and then for an hour or two
will roll the umbrellas he has
steamed, while another steamer and
roller who has been rolling viii
take his place at the steaming can
and steam for awhile, and so the
steamers and rollers keep going all
day long.-New York Sun.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-10-27
Chinese Ostentation.

The ostentation of the rich
Chinese is noticeable in their fu-
neral obsequies. Even if by chance
a man should desire an unpreten-
tious burial the thought of such a
thing would be abhorrent to his
heirs, who would consider it slight
both to themselves and to their
family gods. In consequence a
rich mans funeral is made as gor-
geous and costly as his means will
allow. The number of pallbearers
varies according to the status OF
the deceased. Thirty-two or even
more are seen. "Spirit chairs" for
the use of the dead Croesus in the
future life, are borne in the process
sion, together with venerated OBJ
jects intended for the Precipitation
of the gods.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-10-27
MECHANISM OF A WATCH.
The Force That Moves It Equal to Four
Flea Power.


Few pieces of machinery show
more marvellous features than that
of the watch. As Il general PROPOSE
ton il may be stated that u watch
is the smallest, most delicate in
strument of the same number Of
parts that has ever been devised.
About rs different pieces of mate
rial enter into its construction and
upward of 2,400 separate operations
are comprised in its manufacture.
Certain of the facts connected
with its performance are almost IN
credible when considered as a
whole. A blacksmith strikes sew
eral hundred blows on his anvil in
a day and, as a matter of course. is
glad when Sunday comes. but the
roller jewel of watch makes ev-
cry day, and day after day. 4Ss,-
600 impacts against the fork, OF
157,6s0.000 blows during the
course Of year without stop ol
rest, or some 3.l53,000,00O blow,
during the space of twenty years
the period for which a watch il
usually guaranteed to keep gooe