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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
UPPER BERTH LAW
is HELD INVALID
Judge Stevens Decides Test
Case for Milwaukee Road.
HOLDS ACT UNREASONABLE
Takes Property Without Compensa-
tion-Closing of Upper Berth Does
Not Add to Comfort Of Public in
General, Says Court.

Madison.-Judge z. Ray Stevens,
In circuit COT /, has declared invalid
the upper berth law, which provides
that whenever a person shall occu-
py lower berth in a sleeping car and
the upper berth Of the same section
shall at the same time not be en-
gagged nor occupied the upper one
shall not be let down
The case was that of the state
against the Milwaukee road. James
7. Hall was a passenger on a sleep
ing car Of the defendant company
from Portage to Star Lake and de-
manded of the man in charge Of the
car that the upper berth Of the sec
ton occupied remain closed pursu-
ant to provisions of chapter 272 laws
of 1911 The railway employe re
fused to comply with the request.
Judge Stevens finds that the clos
ing Of upper berths has very little
effect upon the circulation of air in
sleeping cars when all lower berths
are made up and ready for occu-
pancies, that the lowering of the up
per berths does not endanger the
lives, health or safety of persons oc-
cupyiug lower berths; that the clos
Ing Of the upper berth viii be a
convenience to a person occupying
the lower one and add to his com
fort alone and not to that of the pub
lie generally; that the defendant has
the right to charge for the use Of
space occupied by the upper berth
and that such right is the property
Of the defendant The court holds
that chapter 272 is not a valid exer-
else of police power nor Of reserve
power to alter or amend the charter
of the defendant company and is void
and Of no effect because it takes the
defendants property without just
compensation and without due pro-
cess of law
The upper berth bill was intro
duced by Assemblyman Ray Nye, Su-
peTiOr
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
BOND LAW NETS S46,277
Public Service Corporations Assessed
S for Each Thousand Dol
lars of indebtedness.

During the first year of
the operation of the stock and bond
law Of Wisconsin, which ended on
Monday, the state has received fees
totaling $46,27730 from public ser
vice corporations. accruing from an
assessment of 81 for each thousand
dollars of the face value of bonds or
other evidences of Indebtedness is
sued by such companies. No fee is
required .Wnen the issue is made for
the purpose Of guaranteeing, taking
over, refundiug, discharging or retir-
ing bonds or other evidence of in
debtedness. The fees collected are
paid into the common school fund
income
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
BEAVER FINDS AN ADVOCATE
British Rancher of Opinion the Little
Animal Is Much Abused, and
Gives His Reasons

There has been a lot Of garbled
stuff written in regard to the poor
humble beaver" says a correspondent.
He is the most cussed animal Of any
IN existence in British Columbia to-
day.
He shuts up water in creeks, over
flows meadows, eats off apple trees If
you get them too close TO his wander
ings, and, in fact, to hear the com
plants about him, you folks on the
outside would think he should be ex-
terminated. But net so; he is mans
best friend in regard to the water
question.
Now, I am an admirer of the beav-
er; he has not lazy hair on his body.
He works increasingly to shut up what
you have torn out; not only for his
part, but for the rancher that wants
the water. As fast as you can open
their dams every morning all the sum-
mer through, they viii close them
again at night But put in a good
dam and fume box with gate, and your
trouble is over in a great measure.
They viii once in a while shut up
the box, but not often Hang up
piece Of bright tin on a spring hole so
the tin will swash In the water, and
you will not be bothered much at the
box. Now, if the ranchers left all
these cuts open, which they all do,
your water would all run off in the
winters thaws So that is where the
beaver comes to their relief. He shuts
them up himself. And then he gets
blamed for doing it.
"a beaver is awful shy when he
first sees man. He certainly puts out
for hole in the bank. But you show
up evenings for about a week or ten
days and just walk around and pile
few sticks across their path where
they are hauling down cotton wood or
willows to the lake or pond and they
will come and smell of the stick and
get the scent of your hands and your
tracks.
Then they will quit that place and
go make another. Well, you do the
same at that place and so on two or
three nights and they will get your
scent so that they know 1t means no
harm to them. They will pull all your
sticks out Of the road and keep right
on at work Now their lear of man is
all past; they take no more notice of
your being around than they would
of a horse or COW.
THE beaver is one of the easiest of
the larger animals to domesticate. He
is fond of most any kind of roots, but
Of all the wild roots, he likes the big
pond lily root that grows to enormous
size Some roots are ten to fifteen
feet long, three to four inches in di-
ameter. They criss cross and grow
together till they are a regular mat.
Then what he likes next is the white
carrot, also the red. They are poor
eaters out of a dish; they want to sit
up and brace themselves on that mus
cuIar tail and take the food in their
forepaws, or their little hands. Fur
News
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Remarkable TuhercuIin Test.

Tuberculin tests on 1926 children
by three Paris physicians have led
to the conclusion that tuberculosis
consumption increases rapidly to
wards maturity, and that practically
every person is at some time infected,
recovery being spontaneous without
trace of the disease in three persons
out OF four. The sensitive test gave
traces of tuberculosis in but few chill
dren of less than one year, while 80
pei. cent Of those over Is showed the
tuberculosis reaction, although the
disease could be actually discovered
I'm only a third as many.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25

Great privations were injured by A.
H. Savage Lander during some poT-
tons of his eighteen months journey
across South America and back He
says: when l left Rio in March of
last year I took enough provisions to
last for a year. but owing to wastage
on the part of my men and loss, these
eventually gave out, and toward the
end of that part of the expedition
through the unexplored portion of Bra
I'll we remained for sixteen days with
out a morsel of anything to eat. Hap
PLY there was plenty of water, but
there was no game, no fruit, no fish
and no inhabitants, and neither my
men nor myself had sufficient food to
cover 8 six-pence,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
The "WorkIn' stiff -

HE is one of the army of unskilled
laborers easily modified on any OF a
variety Of industrial frontiers" write
Charles Phelps Cushing and Arthur
Killick in the issue of Harper's Week
ly-"an army estimated now at half
a million, content to do the hardest
sorts Of toll at wages so low that not
more than one man in a thousand
saves anything" When he gets into
trouble the ''stiff's" hands are his best
credentials. Look at his hands. ser
geant," the magistrate says. 'The
police court bailif feels their palms
and makes one Of two permissible an
svers, Soft as a baby's, yer HonorH
or Hard as nails, sir 4"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Novel Musical Horn.

verse pipes along the main pipe.
These transverse pipes have valves
controlled by key arms, just like the
ordinary cornet, but they lead into a
music roll with perforations on it,
like the usual music roll This roll is
caused to revolve automatically, and
as it turns around the musician blows
steadily through the horn and what
ever piece is on the roll is reproduced.
With a good collection of rolls any
man can earn the reputation Of being
an accomplished cornetist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Galvanized Iron Box for Dry Mash.

return a greater profit on the dry
mash-hopper feeding system than on
the wet mash, without taking into &C
count the labor in either case.
A homemade box for feeding dry
mash serves the purpose very well.
1t may be improved by putting the
Stats on the inside of the front and
having wire screen to cover the front
at night to keep out rats.
A good style of galvanized feed box
is covered by a grating Of expanded
metal. The hens get their food
through this grating and are thus
prevented from pulling part of the
mash out of the hopper in their search
for the ingredients they like best.
By hooking the lower end of the graf
ing up at night, the hopper is made
rat-proof
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
OYSTER Shells for Fowls.

The feeding of oyster shells is
claimed to supply the birds with grit,
but experiments show that under cir
cumstances in which no lime can be
procured in any other manner oyster
shells may be utilized by the hens to
supply shells for the eggs. It is not
necessary to feed shells, however,
when the fowls are supplied with va
ried food, as the food Of poultry con
tains lime sufficient for all purposes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25

from the hens would be largely in
creased by a small extra outlay for
food.
It has been demonstrated that fowls
do better where they have part of
their ration of grains, either whole or
cracked, and part of it of ground
products or what is commonly called
a mash. Until within the last few
years, it has been the custom to feed
this mash wet. This necessitated the
mixing of the mash fresh for each
feeding and required a great deal of
extra work in mixing and feeding. On
this account the farmer has never
taken to the feeding of mash. With
the introduction of the feeding Of this
part Of the ration dry, from hoppers
or feed boxes, the objection to it has
been largely done away with, and it
can now be fed with less labor than
can grain. Enough mash can be mixed
and put in the feed boxes to last for a
week or ten days with no more work
than was necessary for the feeding of
the days ration under the old method.
Not only is there this great saving in
labor, but it has been shown that hens
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
"Waterinu the Euus."

Follow the practice approved by
many successful poultrymen of selling
water in eggshells, says Orange Judd
Farmer The way to get inside is
to let the hens put 1t there They will
do it satisfactorily if given an ample
supply, and fed and otherwise man
aged properly and supplied with grit
they will put in more or less other in
gradients which the public will pay
for
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25

NanitOwoc.-To head off what he
says is a probable merger by pur-
chase of the gas and electric light
plants Of the city, Mayor Stole, act
ing for the city administration. has
inaugurated a movement for pur-
chase by tile city of the plant of the
ManitowOc Electric Lighting compa-
ny. The stumbling block in the way
of the city is said to be that Mani
tOwoc, which recently purchased its
water works plant and issued $780,
GOO bonds, is within a very small
margin of the bonded debt limit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
SEVERAL FACTS ON POULTRY
Flock viii Not Do Much During Au,
gust and Few Eggs Are to Be
Expected-Tine to Clean.
a. PRnE J. swINEYA

t5y PROF. L. = " IN EN-l
As a general rule the flock viii not
do much during the month of August.
Some hens are still broody; some
are beginning to moult and one may
expect but few eggs for a while.
Then, too, most OF US are apt to
grow careless about the poultry bust
ness, since it is not, at present, bring
ing US in anything worth mentioning.
We neglect TO clean out the drop
pings as often as We used to; the
roosts are never washed and aired
out; no fresh new nests take the
place of the old, filthy ones; while
the heat coupled with all these pro-
duces a scent both nauseating and
dangerous to the flock.
Lice and mites thrive under these
conditions and unless we keep a close
and constant watch they sneak in and
are playing havoc before we realize
1t. So, let's dip the hens about the
time they begin to moult and spray
the poultry house thoroughly with
some effective, homemade solution.
There are many such and they cost
next to nothing.
Let's wash the roosts with ten
quarts of good, strong soap-suds to
which have been added a quart of
kerosene and some strong brine, or
use a good coat of whitewash.
Let's see that every atom of the
droppings is removed from the build
ings, then, to make sure We have done
a clean job, spade up the dirt floor to
bury the last vestige of filth. This
should bring matters back to normal
and with an occasional spraying,
ought to insure the flock beginning
the fall and winter egg-laying cam
paign early.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
AWKWARD IS NOT IN RACE
Madison Man Does Not Seek Demo-
cratic Nomination for Governor
viii Support Schmitz.

NIadison.-John A Awkward has
announced that he would not be a
candidate for the democratic guber-
Material nomination at the state con
yention in Milwaukee, Mr. Awkward
also said that he would throw his
support to A. J. Schmitz, Milwaukee,
for the nomination.
At the same time MIR. Schmitz for
mally announced that he would be a
candidate, and that he would remain
in the race until primary day, Sept.
3, whether the convention Endorsed
him or not.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
FEEDS FOR EGG PRODUCTION
Natural Resources of the Farm
TO increase Revenue.
By ]. S. JEFFERY.)

The production of eggs for market
is generally considered the most prof
table branch Of poultry keeping.
Under proper conditions there is no
reason why eggs should not be pro
duced at a price that will allow a
good margin of profit. This should
be especially true Of eggs produced
on farms where the fowls may find a
large part of their sustenance at no
cost to the farmer, utilizing what
would otherwise be waste products.
With a knowledge of what is neces-
sary for the best results in egg pro
duction, the farmer should be able to
supplement the natural resources of
the farm in such a way that revenue
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Cheap Disinfectant.

A cheap disinfectant for the poultry
house is a whftewash made by slack
ing fresh lime to the consistency of
cream and adding a gill of crude car
bolic acid to every paiIful of the
whitewash. The whitewash will help
keep out the chicken mites. The best
treatment for lice on birds that have
feathered out is to give them good
dust bath
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Care of Ducklings.

Ducklings require special attention
for two or three weeks, to insure
their not getting wet After that they
can be raised with less risk or care
than chicks, are hardly ever troubled
by disease, and are free from attacks
of lice and mites With a mash feed
morning and night, and grass range,
selves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25

To Entertain German Press.
MadisOn.-The German Press as.
ISOLATION viii be entertained at Madi.
son the latter part of August.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
SCIENCE
A&7s@s a7aMIY ~
MUSICAL HORN QUITE NOVEL
Instrument Invented by New York
Man Has Music Roll on 1t and
Plays Automatically.

Something decidedly novel in the
way of a musical instrument has been
designed by a New York man. He
concluded that if there were automat-
&c pianos and organs, there might as
well be an automatic horn. So he
took horn with the general shape
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
WIN Comnlete Merrar

Appleton.-UpOn the payment of
s125.00o in cash and S2I5.OOO in
first mortgage notes, the Wisconsin
Telephone company will take posses
sion of the entire system of the Fox
River Valley Telephone and Teie-
graph company, the largest independ-
ent system in Wisconsin, on July Is.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25

The latest appropriations with re
gard TO aviation in France are s4,800,-
600 for aeropIanes and S1,600,000 for
airships. Fifteen Of the latter type
will be constructed, and at the end Of
1912 it is proposed to have 334 aero
planes in operation. At present the
French aru- has over two hundred.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Boy Slain al Rhinalansa.

RhineIander.-The body of Ed
ward Gender, aged Is, who had been
missing two days, was found in the
Minocqua river. The lads neck had
been broken. The boy was an adopt-
ed son. A coroner's Jury found thar
he had been murdered and arresn
are expected soon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
$1,000 Fire At Rrinna,,irrO

Portage. BriggsviIle was threat
ened by fire which destroyed the
Lake house, together with three
horses and a large touring car. The
blaze reached such proportions that
aid was called from the Portage fra
department. The loss was $1,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Rides Off Bridge; browns

Sturgeon Bay.-Harry Stegman.
aged p, of Forestville rode off the
bridge across the bay into an omen
draw While going home on bicycle
and was drowned. This is the first
fatal accident since the bridge wag
put across the bay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Electric Egg Gambler.

inches lined with asbestos and con
tanning a 16-candlepower lamp, says
the Popular Mechanics. Two open,
ings in the top covered with adjust
able slides are provided. Pushing
aside a slide an egg is placed in the
opening and the light shining through.
indicates it's condition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
TRIPOD CARRIED IN POCKET
Convenient Stand for Photographers
Can Be Folded Up and Placed in
Very Small Case.

A tripod which can be taken apart
and put up in case so small as to
be conveniently carried in a coat
pocket, is being marketed in France.
says the Popular Mechanics Each
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25

Chicken-pox can be successfully
treated by amounting the head and wat
ties with carbolated vaseline, after
having first bathed well with hot wat
or. A one-grain quinine pill should
also be given each night for week
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Unearth Large Skeleton.

While digging gravel on
the William Splitter farm in the
Rock river valley, just below Lake
Koshkonong, the skeleton of a large
man was unearthed by Henry Green.
1t is supposed the bones are those of
an Indian buried before white men
came
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Rescue DROWNING Phvsioin.

Green Bay.-Dr. d. F. Gosin mar
rowIy escaped drowning in Green BAY
while bathing and was rescued when
exhausted. by four companions
When the physician was dragged TO
a rowboat he had lost consciousness
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
snftness Of Bel Tones

The softness of the tone Of Japa-
nese and Chinese bells is not only
due to careful workmanship in their
manufacture, but also to the absence
Of iron clappers. The bells are struck
from the outside with wooden mallets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
overfeedina the Hens.

Hens suffer from overlooking as
much as from starving.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Annroves Dalton State Sank

Madison.-State Bank Commits
sioner KuoIt has approved the arti-
cles Of Incorporation of the Dalton
State bank Of Dalton, Green Lake
county with a capital stock of
$4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Forage Crop for Hens.

The Michigan experiment station
crops for the hens. Oats or barley
can be sown in early spring, to be
followed by oats and rape.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Girl browns in MiIIran0

GAINESVILLE -Sophia Hersbruner,
19, fell in a raceway near mill and
was drowned. The girl was return
Ing from a fishing trip and was max
ing a short cut homeward when she
feu on a plank INTO the millrace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Boat and BoathoIsa R.rnass

Green Bay-Fire destroyed a boat
and boathouse belonging to Benia-
min Helgerson. Many business
houses we're threatened, but the fire
was eNtinguished with a loss esff.
mated at $500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
INDICATOR OF SPOILED EGGS
Gambler Made of Oak, Lined With AS
>bestos and Containing Electric
Lamp Put on Market.

An egg Gambler" for use anywhere,
but more especially adapted for soda
fountains, is on the market and con
sists Of an oak cabinet 615 by by g
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
State Board VIII Meet

NIadison.-The state board of pub
Tic affairs will meet July 20, when
the program, including the state bud
get and the northern Wisconsin
school problem, will he reviewed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
EaiIures are Cannon

The failures in poultry culture are
no more common than in other com
mercial activities, and are usually
traceable to a want Of proper knowl-
edge of its requirements
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
lii hv Bolt Twice in Nanr

Racine For the second time
within year the steeple of the First
Congregational church was struck BY
lightning during a storm and COM
pletely destroyed by flames. The
church proper was saved.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Eugene Drurv Dead.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Drury, former
ly Of Kenosha and widely known
among automobile experts. died at
St, Mary's hospital in Racine after a
long Illness. Mr. Drury was a son
of Mayor J. c. Drury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
suhseruart Grn,vth

eff you do good work your work viii
grow after you are gone"
That's a fact. Rubens left only
some 1000 pictures, but there are To-
BOO of HIS pictures in circulation
now"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
Fireman Is EIectrooutad-

Wausau,-Fred Schroeder. FIRE
man at the Barker & Steward saw
mill, was electrocuted at the mill
by placing poker in contact with
a high voltage wire.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
eoII Drinkino vesseIs

If many chicks are raised it is a
good plan TO keep q large kettle near
the poultry house in which the drink
ing vessels can be boiled at least once
a week. A handful Of common soda
thrown in the water viii help