Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-11
MORE SELF RESPECT

Miss Ethel Hayes has accepted a
position as stenographer Tor Oberbecl
Bros.
Mrs Clark and her daughter Mrs.
Dent of Jim Falls, Wis, who were
here to attend the funeral of her
daughter, Mrs. Chas. Shearier, de
parted for their home Monday after
noon.
A. H. Kleberg who conducts a gen
.eraI mercantile business at Medina,
Wis, was in the city the past few
days looking after his property in
terests in this city.
Rev. H. H. Mack of the east side
German Lutheran church has receiv-
ed call from the German Lutheran
church at ClintonVilIe. He has not
decided yet whether he will accept
the call or not.
Leo Nash, who attends the Univer-
sity at Madison, has been spending
the Easter vacation at home.
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Take dollar bill and fold it sew
eral times each way. Then unfold it
and you will find it in creaces. -
Keep the increase, but send the orig
inal bill to the printer who put you
on to the scheme. Then take a sill
yer dollar and drop it on the counter
and notice the ring it makes. Send
the ring to your best girl and the dol
lar to the printer and everybody will
be happy.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Beardsley and
family left this morning for Milwau-
kee where they will take charge of a
summer resort and farm.
An orchard census of Bayfield, and
Washburn townships, of Bayfield,
county shows 55,514 fruit trees now
planted and over 25,G 900 trees now on
hand for planting this spring. In
small fruits the peninsula now has two
hundred acres of strawberries ar,a
other small fruits and 1875 acres more
viii be planted in 1912.
The State Horticultural Society
will plant four additional trial or
chards of five acres each all of win
ter apples. Such well known kinds a
Jonathan, Mcintosh Red, King, Grim
es Golden and York Imperial will be
tested. One of these orchards will
be located in Milwaukee county, and
one in Sank county. This will make
fifteen trial orchards or stations main
tanned by the Horticultural Society.
Mrs. F. o. Uehling of GAINESVILLE,
Wis, arrived in the city Thursday
evening to spend few days visiting
her mother and father, Mr.. and Mrs
H. Luther, at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Richard Schneider.
The regular monthly meeting of
the city council was held Thursday
evening in the west side city hall.
In the absence of the mayor, Presi-
dent E. w. Ellis presided. There
were fourteen aldermen present
the absentees being Jeffrey and Prib-
banow. Nothing out of the ordinary
occurred. The session being just
the regular monthly routine grind.
Secretary Cranefield of the State
Horticultural Society estimates that
one million fruit trees will be plant
ed in Wisconsin this spring.
At the annual meeting of the Bur
nett Mfg. Co., held in Chicago, Ill,
V. D. Simons was appointed general
manager. This company have a large
paper mill plant in course of con
struction at Cornell, Wis.
Mrs. George E. Hoskinson ex-
poets to return to Grand Rapids this
month and go to housekeeping in
her residence on the west side. At
present she is with her daughter Mrs
v D. SimOns in Eau Claire.
Door county now has two thousand
acres of cherries and nine hundred
acres will be planted this spring.
R. NJ. Levin, has a portion of his
merchandise moved into his new To-
cation in the Wood County National
bank building, at the east end OF
the bridge. He expects to contin-
lie both stores until his lease expires
this fall 7 he millinery department