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Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

The Vermillion county (Illi- nois) grand jury finds that "the most astounding state of political corruption prevails therein, especially in Danville, ex-Speaker Cannon's home" " What is more astounding still is that this, as well as other similar Investigations, stop short at indicting a few of the minor offenders and bribe- takers while letting the high rollers of corruption and the bribegivers go free.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

The central Democratic figure in Washington is Champ Clark of Missouri, who will make use of his po- sition as Speaker of the House of Representatives to culti- vate public sentiment with a view to securing the nomina- ion for the Presidency next year. As soon as Congress adjourned MT. Clark started out on a lecture tour, and he ;ound many occasions to lei the people know of his a1nbi- tions.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

An incident of the Lorime1 fight has been related. Sen. ator Lorimer had concluded his speech, in which he related his early struggles as boot black and a newsboy. A friend discovered Senator Bob Taylor of Tennessee in a blue fund and asked if he had been overcome by the speech of the man from Illinois. "Yes, I was touched by the Lorimer speech" said the Tennessean. Il was just thinking. We bootblacks in the Senate will have to hang together or hang separately
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11
They Took the Cue"

Ex-Congressman Theodore Bell. of California, who made a good run for the Governorship last year on the Democratic ticket, made an excellent speech before the House Committee on Industrial arts and Propositions in support of the bill conferring on San Francisco the sanction of Congress to hold there the Ex- position in celebration of the opening of the Panama Canal Taking up the arguments of his opponents seriatim he came to the Oriental question and said:
 As to the cutting off of the cues of some Chinamen i'll the Kearney riots, may say that the people at that time but an- ticipated by a few years the action of the Imperial Govern. ment, which within the lasr two months has issued an edict that all Chinese must cut off their cues. Instead of being centu1ed we should be congra tulated that we could take the cue, as early as we did. '"
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11
7HE ELECTION OF

U Champ Clark as Speaker
 of the House of Repre- sentatives by the entire Dem ocratic vote, marked the fifth time upon which he had re- ceived the unanimous indorse- ment of his party, and the first time in history that a Democratic representative has been the unanimous choice for the high office of Speaker. While there are some mutter- ings of discontent over the way committee assignments have been fixed up, the blame is in no ways laid at the door of the new Speaker, as the re- sponsibility in connection with this matter rests with the Committee on w ys and Means. Champ Clark is cas- fly the man of the hour in Democratic councils, and his boom for the presidency is well under way.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11
Letting Himself Go

The Hamlins had done their best to entertain Mir. William Howes of .Cherryville during the weeks stay in the city. but they felt at the last that after all he had not enjoyed the sight seeing.
 He kept referring to things m Cherryville as so far superior To anything we could show them," said Mrs. Hamlin to Squire Lap ham later in the season. q did think perhaps the IS story building we touk them over would impress him a little, but it didn't"
 Eighteen story" said the squire. That must be the building he was talking about in the store three different evenings after he went home. He spoke for more than an hour each even- ing, but understood him to say that it was 'up'ards of thutty' stories in hight, and about half a mile in length. You see, Will jam is at home now, and he can relax without putting any slight on Cherryvale."
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

Senator Baily during the course of his recent elogy of Lorimer; said that while the corruptionists were at work buying votes for him ill Hi nois, Sentor Lorimer was on his knees praying. Praying that they conld buy enough votes?
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11
7HE CANADIAN RE

" clprOClty matter IS aSaln
 the center of attraction, and for the next few weeks the country will discuss the prop osition in all it's phases, while its friends and foes i'll Con- gress will rally to its support or seek its destruction. The lines are being sharply drawn and 1t IS a certainty that con siderable opposition that did not appear at the last session will make itself manifest in the Lower House, and when the measure finally goes ove1 to the Senate 1t will doubtless owe its salvation to Democrat ic Congressmen and theil  votes. If the bill finally gets back to the President in less than three months, the fore casters of congressional actio1 will all miss their guesses. And among those most famil- jar with the conditions, there are many who express strong doubts as to whether the measure will meet with ulti. mate success at all, as the dis position of the Senate in ref erence to the question cannot be accurately foretold.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

Senalor Bailey's speech on Lorimer caused Senator Till man to weep. Senator Bailey will have much to answer for on the last day, we fear.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

Judge Lindsay of Denver insists that women are fifty times as honest as men. No, we were about to be mean enough to call attention to the fact that Judge Lindsay is a bachelor, but we wont.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

Sometimes 1t happens that the man who gets in on the ground floor of a speculation scheme, he finds that the floor is composed of mud and that he IS stuck in 1t.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

Eggs must be cheaper in Paris, too. A few months ago they would have been too ex- pensive to throw at "harem- scarem" wearerS.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

It is not yet quite clear whether that was a revolution in Mexico or only device by the moving picture men to get some new and interesting films.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

An automatic device has displaced twenty-six hello girls at South Bend, Ind. It is claimed the device does not chew gum.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

Cousin Caruso is losing s2,ooo a day, because he has some dust in his throat. Some men can certainly stick to their New Years resolution.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

Since Arizona's constitution is good enough for Arizona, why any fooling about ap- proving it?
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

Som congressman are alarmed at the prospect of a coffee trust. There appears to be no grounds" for it.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

The Canadian treaty once ratified, free trade with Mexi- co should be the next step.
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

In Canada when a law is passed, it's law and it is obeyed. Cant we have reci- procity of law with Canada?
Holbrook argus., 1911-04-11

By the way, who is the sporting editor of the Con- gressional Record now?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
Classic That Wrote Itself

whether it really was what it seemed
tc be, a perfectly spontaneous sym
bolism of Garfeld's death.
"Curiously enough" said Mr.. Blaine.
that peroration was pronounced by
nae almost exactly as I first wrote it.
Other parts Of the eulogy entailed in
tense thought and great labor; |
wanted to depict President Garfield
exactly as he was. | wanted to frame
the picture in appropriate and sympa-
thetic language, and l toiled with my
pen as | probably never did before or
since. But the final sentences formu-
lated themselves in my mind before |
began writing any part of the eulogy;
| might say they sprang into my mind
full clothed without any seeming men
tai effort on my part. Those solemn,
wonderfully pathetic last hours of Gar
field when he turned his face towards
the sea and seemed to see eternity
in the vista, were ever in my mind
after his death; l simply wrote them
as | remembered. And if there be
any merit in the peroration, it is be-
cause it contains sincerity, simplicity
and solemnity, all appropriate to the
subject / was not conscious of haV-
ing written anything especially dis
tinctive from the point of view of lit
erature, and | do not now know that
did But what | did write was the
truth, and it was the truth as simply
told as all the great narratives are. -
Copyright, 1871, by E. j. Edwards. All
Rights ReServed.l
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
NR1u .Nrlltn s
ot 11fhtfr:1lS921uE!
- ny E. T. Enuteartz

| now make you. Ii you do not,
shall have to make use Of other re-
sources which | have as secretary OF
the treasury. | want to say to. you
that we are entering ,pon a civil war
which may be i6ng continued and very
expensive. and ! also want to say to
you that if cannot secure funds
needed to carry on that war in any
other way | shall issue government
notes and keep on issuing them, until
this rebellion is suppressed. even
though in time 1t costs you thousand
dollars to buy beef steak and ten
thousand dollars for barrel Of flour.
Behind the Jest we saw the earn
estness and determination Of the sec
rotary, and everyone of US from that
moment had confidence in the purpose
and ability of the government to sup
press instruction. We also had per-
feet confidence in the ability of the
government to redeem its bonds when
the time came, and l think before
Secretary Chase sat down We were
all OF us of one mind, for We told
him that he could return to Washing
ton with the full assurance that we
would make the loan upon the terms
he requested And we never had to
pay a thousand dollars for beef
steak"
| Copyright. 1911. by E. ]. Edwards. An
Rights Reservedl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
MARcUsE, CALIFORNIA,
AND FOR PROFITABLE FARMING.

Marcuse Colony, located in Suffer
County, which is in the heart Of the
Sacramento Valley, is fast coming to
the front as a farming community in
which nearly every agricultural prod
uct known may be successfully raised
without irrigation.
The soil is a dark, sandy loan,
sedimentary in character, level and
we'll drained. 1t has the advantage
over other soils in that it is loose in
character and superior to heavy soils.
With this wealth of soil, abundance
of water, unexcelled climate and long
growing season, Marcuse Colony is
the ideal place for the homeseeker
with limited means, the worn out pro-
fessional man, or the young man look
ing for a small farm in healthful
climate
The proximity OF Marcuse Colony to
Sacramento. furnishes a ready market
for vegetables, poultry, eggs and
dairy products. Fruits, vegetables,
alfalfa, grains and grasses and poultry
yield large returns. The rainfall is
certain and drought is unknown.
Land is yet moderately priced, but
crop failures in other sections of the
United States viii bring new settlers
III rapidly This, together with the
holding of the Panama Pacific Expo
sition in San Francisco during 1915,
Is bound to raise the price, and wheth-
er for a home, or for an investment,
now is the time to purchase. Land
may be had in tracts suitable to the
means of all and the results obtained
are almost beyond belief Further in
formation will be gladly furnished by
HOMESEEKERS INFORMATION
BUREAU, $50 Bee Bldg, Omaha, Neb.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
How Secretary of the Treasury Sal
mon P. Chase Persuaded tire
Bankers to Take $5o,ooo,oaG
100000 of u. S, Bond4,

Il have always thought Sitsc it was
Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P.
Chase's gentle threat, made to a group
Of bankers whom he net in April,
1861, that decided the bankers of the
east to accept his proposition that we
take fifty millions of government
bonds on q, per cent basis and pay
fifty million dollars in gold therefor"
So said the late George S. Coe, one of
the leading bankers of the United
States at the time of the Civil war.
And as | look back upon that first
meeting with Lincoln's secretary of the
treasury meeting which occurred
about six weeks after Lincoln's in
auguration, | am often impressed by
the idea that this was, both personal
ly and in its effect upon national
finance, the moss important of the
meetings Of the bankers of the United
States with treasury officials during
the entire Civil war.
I'VE bankers knew that the credit
of the United States was practically
gone. In the latter part of Buchan-
ans administration it was practically
impossible to negotiate a loan by the
government excepting upon ruinous
terms. There was no money in the
treasury when Secretary Chase took
charge. It was a question whether he
was going to be able to meet current
expenses. We knew the secretary of
the treasury as a man who had been
prominent in politics, very active in
anti-slavery movements, governor and
senator of his state, but there was
nothing, so far as we knew, in his
career that justified US in believing
that he had the slightest practical
knowledge Of finance or of banking.
We supposed that he had been made
secretary of the treasury solely for
political reasons.
AT the secretary's request there
was a gathering of eastern bankers in
april 1861, which, for convenience
cake, met in New York city. He came
over from Washington to talk with
! the bankers. Of course, we were all
| very curious about him and the plans
which he intended to lay before US. A
lurking belief was in the mind of
| each one of us that here was a
! neophyte or amateur financier ready
| to eXpound to US very practical gov
| eminent finance. For we knew that
he wanted to borrow gold. But what
was he going to say? How was he
/ going to persuade US?
We'll, instead OF a man conscious
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
BY PROF. r. A. MOORE,
Wisconsin College of Agriculture.

On the afternoon of the same day
Of cutting. if weather has been favor
able, the alfalfa should be raked and
put into small cocks. These cocks
should not be left standing in the
field more than two or three days
without moving, or the alfalfa plants
underneath the cocks will be partially
or completely smothered. By taking
a pitchfork and running it into a cock
Of alfalfa near the bottom one can
easily pull alfalfa from the place pre-
viously occupied. If it is exceedingly
green when cooked or rainy weather
sets in it will heat unless the cock
in opened every 6a" or two. In favor
able weather no more difficulty will
be experienced in curing alfalfa than
in curing heavy growths of clover.
Like clover, the leaves are rich in
nitrogen, and they drop off readily
when dry, and therefore the aim of
the farmer should be to cure alfalfa
with the least possible handling One
half of the feeding value may be lost
through the weathering and improper
handling of the crop.
A much better quality of hay will
be secured if the crop is cured under
hay caps Caps can be made from
light cotton duck by hemming the
edges to prevent raveling. Eyelets
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
The Lonely Hour.

There are a great many mothers in
this world who are making the serious
mistake of allowing their children to
be lonesome or to have dreary hours
at home, simply because they are too
busy to bother with the little ones.
They put them off with a careless
Run away now, dear, am too busy,
little realizing that this sentence of
hanishment may send the child out
into the streets to seek wrong play
mates there Of course. many women
may contend that q child's seeking
part in his mothers world of work is
more of a hindrance than a help If
the doing of a big mornings work
Is of more Importance in the mothers
ayes than lonely hour in her child's
Nee. the point is settled Nothing
more can be said. But no mother
can afford to let any chance slip by TO
have her child get better acquainted
Nth her. The years they are with
hsr are all too few, and no action of
hers should Danish them from her
side. The better she knows her baby
the better it is for both Of them. It
benefits the child and educates the
Laother.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
Cotharn's First Volunteer

In 1860 became acquainted with a
Brooklyn boy who had been educated
at Harvard college. He came to see
me short time after his graduation
to get advice respecting a good office
to study law in. He was a young
man of handsome countenance, bright
blue eyes, fair complexion, and brown
hair, Of slender build, and very quiet
in his manner although | perceived
by the expression of his eye that he
was a young man of brilliant intel
lectual gifts. He was just of age.
thought | discovered in him the ambi-
ton to become a great lawyer. and
the ability to realize 1t, and, more.
over, | became interested in him, first,
because | knew some of his people,
and next, because | learned that he
had stood at the head of his class al
Harvard.
IN part through my aid he was re.
ceiyed in a good law Office in New
York city, and | heard from time to
time good reports of him. Among
other things it was reported of him
that he was a very quiet, very studi,
Gus young man. Of excellent habits,
and as regular as clockWork in his at.
tention to his duties.
But on the morning Of the day
when Lincoln's proclamation was pub
lished. this young man did not ap'
pear at his law Office. Instead. he
went directly from his home to the
armory of the Twelfth regiment of
the state National Guard think he
was already a private in that regi-
ment-and l was told that he was the
first man of the regiment to appear at
the armory. In that sense he was, in
my opinion, the first volunteer In
New York city to offer himself. He
went away with knapsacK On his
back and a gun on his shoulder. Be
fore he returned. the enlistment hav-
ing been for three months. he had
been chosen a lieutenant
"a regiment which had enlisted for
three years or the war was then
encamped upon one of the islands IL
New York harbor. There was some
| the regiment because of some negli,
gence on the part of the state authori,
ties in the matter of food. went
| down there at the request of Governor
Morgan and very speedily the d1ficul
| ty was removed. | found that the
regiment needed a lieutenant colonel
| and on my recommendation the young
| lawyer of whom | have spoken was
appointed to that commission in the
| Sixty first New York regiment
The regiment went to the front
| and | speedily began to hear of the
| young officer. At Antietam he was
shot almost to pieces. At Gettysburg
| he was again terribly wounded. But
| he recovered, though how he could
/ have survived was mystery to bis
| friends, and went through the entire
war. He became a brIgadier general
before he was thirty, and four years
| after he had offered himself as a vol
u.nteer he was mustered out of serv
! ice a brevet major general when be
was only thirty-one years of age-the
youngest man, in the entire Union
army to hold that rank His name was
| Francis G. Barlow"
| Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards AL
| Rights Reserved.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
Momentous Result OF Vote

In the course of debate over the
right of the Weep president to cast
vote to break a tie, Senator Bacon of
Georgia propounded a query as to
whether the yice-president could vote
on the confirmation OF a nomination
for Office in case the senate was
equally divided No one seemed able
t. furnish any precedent Until Senator
Shively Of Indiana related this story:
The question the senator has asked
recalls very interesting political in
cident. Jackson was president and
Calhoun was vice-president. A de-
cided GOODNESS had arisen between the
two. Henry Clay was very far from
being disposed to compose their diff
ferences. In the vacation of congress
President Jackson had nominated Mar
tin Van Buren, as minister to England
Van Buren, had gone to his post of
duty at the court of St James. When
the nomination came up for confrma.
ton the forces in the senate were ma
neuvered to produce tie. Calhoun
as vice-p president, broke the tie and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
Col. George Bliss Said This Honor
Belonged to F. c. Barlow, Who
Became Youngest Union
Major General.

[ told recently Of chat which the
late Col. George Bliss, who was on
the military staff of New York's great
war governor, E. o. Morgan, had with
Gen. Joseph r. HaWley some 10 years
after the close of the Civil war, chat
in which General Hawley told Colonel
Bliss that after long investigation ne
had discovered to his own satisfaction
there was no one man entitled to the
honor of having been the first to en-
list in response to Lincoln's call Tor
volunteers on April 16. 1861. There
was no one man, General HaWley
said, because there were hundreds all
over the north who were enllstlng
simultaneously within three or four
hours after Lincoln's proclamation
was published.
Colonel Bliss, however, was always
of the opinion that he could identity
the first man in New York city, and
probably in the state, to offer himself
for enlistment; and he told me the
story of this first enlistment as fol
lows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03

I should be made in the corners in
which strings should be tied to fasten
the caps. Heavy wire cut Is inches
long and a loop made at the top in
which to tie strings attached to the
cap make a convenient arrangement
to hold the caps in place. The wire
pegs can either be run into the
ground or pushed into the sides of the
cocks of alfalfa.
The horse shoe attachment for
strings is excellent. To make these,
cut old horseshoes at toe calk, max
ing two weights of each shoe. Punch
holes through shoe about two inches
from the cut end so that the short
end of shoe will stick into the hay
and thus hold the cap in place.
Alfalfa may be either stacked or
placed in barn after curing. Consid-
cradle feeding value is lost through
stacking as the hay is porous and rain
penetrates the stacks to the extent of
two or three feet An outside NOW
with roof does fairly we'll, and little
of the alfalfa is lost when stored I'M
der cover covering Of marsh hay
or a tarpaulin will prevent damaging
of alfalfa in the stack. 1t is we'll to
let the alfalfa sweat" in the cock,
otherwise it will heat and get musty
in the barn.