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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27

Amount This Year, S525, 128,
an Increase of S58,7 59.
TOWNS GET IS PER CENT
Largest Assessment Against MiIwau-
kee Street Car Co., Milwaukee
Northern Railway, and Light, Heat
& Traction Co.

Madison.-The state tax commits
sion has made distribution of the tax
levied against the street railway,
light, heat and power companies OPP
Grated in the state, the total amount
of the tax being $525,12S.21 on an
assessed valuation of S47,365, 900.
The distribution is according to the
law which requires that IS per cent
OF the tax shall be returned to the
towns, cities and villages in which
the properties are located, Is per
cent being retained by the state as
compensation for administration.
The total amount of the tax for
1912 is $53,75914 more than for
1911, when it was S471,369.07. The
amount retained by the state out of
the present tax is $7S,769.23 while
the amount distributed to the towns,
cities and villages is $446,35898.
The largest assessments are those
against the Milwaukee Electric Rail-
way & Light company, the Milwau-
kee Light, Heat & Traction company
and the Milwaukee Northern railway,
the total of the three being $780,
256-70, on a valuation, of $685.
100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
FIRE RATES ARE EXCESSIVE
House Owners of Wisconsin Are
overcharged an Aggregate of
100000 Annually.

Madison. - Milwaukee, Oshkosh.
Madison, La Crosse and other Wis
consin cities are paying excessive
rates for dwelling house insurance.
aggregating an overcharge of up
ward of 100000 annually. This is
one of the conclusions demonstrated
by the evidence presented to the leg
islatiye fire insurance investigating
committee, according to a statement
made by Insurance Commissioner
Ekern.
The testimony also indicates that
Wisconsin is a profitable field for in
surance companies in that the ratio
OF losses to premiums is more favor
able than in the country as a whole,
Excepting the year 1910, which was
an unfavorable year for all classes
OF companies in Wisconsin, the per
eentages for each year show more
favorable loss ratio in Wisconsin
than upon the business of these com
panies as a whole. The losses in
wisconsin are about 4 per cent lower
than outside of this state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee. June Is. 1912.

1IlW duAGSs uuG % IL 4@-
Butter-Creamery extras, Csc;
prints, zee; firsts, % q 24c; seconds,
zoo 21c; renovated, 22@ 23c; dairy,
fancy, Use.
Cheese - American full cream.
new made. twins, Is = 014c; Young
Americas, 14@147ac; daisies, 14@
141ac; longhorns, 14@141ac; lin
burger, 1615 @17c; brick, 1870
131ac
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, Is a Ice; recandled, ex-
tras, IS y 019c; seconds, 10 a lie
Live Poultry-Fowls, 13 nc; roos-
tiers, lie; broilers, doz., 500 q 500.
Potatoes -WiscoEsin, sacked on
track, 1.2001.25.
Wheat-No. 1, northern, lis a
1.19; No. 2, northern, III q 1.lSi
No. 3, northern, LA.
Corn-No. 3, yellow, 76c.
Oats-No. white, 55 nc; stand
ard, 56Ac.
Barley-Wisconsin, 1.2O; No. 3,
1.21; No. 4, III.
Rye-No. 2, 86hc.
Cattle-Butchers steers, $500
8.15; heifers, 4.90@7.15; cows, 500
@6.25; feeders, 4.OO@4.75; calves,
8.00@8.75.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 7.55
@7.6O; fair to best light, 1850
7.45; pigs, 5.8O0620.
Sheep-Lambs, 6.0O@8.5O; ewes.
.5O04.OO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Study In Headgear.

Anybody interested in the sort of head
gear that may be found in the ring about
fine Congress hotel headquarters will find
an interesting study in examining the
thatch coverings that adorn the heads
that bob about there in the course Of a
day.
Colonel New wears a broad soft hat
that bespeaks the Importance of the posi-
ton he is occupying at the present mo-
n1ent. Nobody could miss him if told to
look for that hat. Governor Stubbs may
be found beneath a funny little white felt
hat that is not at all like the sort of Gov
ering one would expect to find protecting
a state executive.
There are at least twenty Texan SOM
breros. each having exactly the same
kind of a little strap around them and
the same kind of a brown and be-mus-
tached face beneath them. Also. there
f. Colonel Younger. from Alabama,
whose hat looks as belligerent as its own
er. It falls off every time he opens his
mouth. which IS about as often as any
se1f-respecting person would desire to lose
his tat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
ELECTRICITY FOR FARM USE
Great Variety OF Devices Which Outfit
OF Motors Would Drive Shown at
Recent Land Show.

At recent land show, held in New
York city, an electric manufacturing
company showed, with the co-opera-
ton of manufacturers of farming ma
chfnery, just what can be done with
electricity on the farm. The great
variety of devices which the outfit OF
motors would drive may be seen from
the following list:
The farms water supply was fur
nished by an automatic pump.
a refrigerating machine, milk cool
er, cream separator, automatic churn
and butter worker. bottle washer and
ice cream freezer were installed with
separate motors in the dairies.
An electric truck provided for the
transportation.
A large threshing machine. with
motor drive, illustrated what could be
accomplished by the application Of
motors for outdoor machinery.
Corn shelters and feed choppers
equipped with individual motors
showed how the smaller machines may
be operated.
pcs VI 4duAUA. L1dCLAAO4y 0AAfCA
By individual motors.
An electrically driven milking ma
chine.
A silo with an accompanying mo-
tor-driven silo filler was exhibited.
A sheep shearer, electrically driven
through flexible shaft. This device
could also be used for grooming
horses or cattle.
VentiIating fans, household equip
ment, cooking devices and the sup
planting of the old oil-dripping Ian
tern by electric lamps or an electric
torch completed this unique exhibit
In practically every place where
muscular energy has hitherto been
expended on the farm, electricity is
taking its place. The use of cleo
tricity is such a constant source of
economy that a complete equipment
soon pays for itself
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
INDIAN COMPUTATION OF TIME
Resevation Indians Refuse to DEPART
From the Calendar Used by
Their Ancestors.

Certain of the reservation Indians
still cling to the calendar of their an
cestors, The Indian method was to
compute time by sleeps and moons.
A sleep is twenty-four hours. and a
moon is a month. There is also a
midmoon, where the sun is at p
O'Clock, meridian This hour is indi-
Gated by pointing overhead
When an Indian pointed quarter way
up the sky, he meant nine o'clock;
when he pointed quarter way down he
meant three o'clock. Sunrise was the
eastern horizon and sunset the west
ern. Night was indicated by holding
the hands together, palms downward,
stretching out the arms and holding
the body and head bent forward.
When there was a moon the time
was indicated in the same way as was
the sun. Were an Indian asked the
distance to a certain place, or how far
he had come. he would say so many
sleeps or days travel. a sleep, as de-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Thauers Mountain Lion.

A new one has bene uncovered about
Colonel Edward Thayer of indianapolis,
assistant sergeant at arms at the Coll
scum. The colonel had a near adventure
with a near mountain lion, and, take 1t
from him, it was thriller.
Colonel Ed has a bungalow In Arl-
zona. He started for the woodhouse one
evening to get a back log for his ire
Here's the rest of the story as he tells
IT.
when I got TO the shanty I started
to feel around for the lock on the thing,
I put my hand on something that was
alive. Every hair on my head stood
straight up and I don't know now why
I didn't let lose a yell that could be
heard in Maine.
''I thought Of mountain lions f1rst-then
panthers, wildcats, wolves and in fact ev-
erything in the wild west chased Itself
through my mind. I scuttled back to the
house without the log am couldn't rest all
night.
Next morning I went cat to see what
kind of tracks that monster had left. The
tracks were there. SO was the monster.
It was an innocent little burro that had
crowded close to the shed out Of tie
rain"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Lookinq for Taft Money.

The t:orpulent man who looks like Taft.
talks Roosevelt and exhibits money in
peck measure lots IS Major Thomas Dun
ply of Topeka, Kan.
He took his stand in the middle of the
Congress hotel lobby and began offering
to wager money on Roosevelt's chances
of nomination. He wanted to bet any
figure, from 81 up to $4,000.
Major Dunphy isn't delegate to the
convention. Re simply is Roosevelt
advocate at large.
'Td like to bet this roll on Colonel
Roosevelt's chances of being nominated
and elected" said the major, exhibiting
the interior of a pocket that might have
been a section of q subtreasury.
The interviewer suggested that he might
be prevailed upon 20 take a little if the
bet was broken up into car fare lots.
Say, this IS no Joking matter" said
the indignant Roosev cit man. Z came all
the way from Topeka and 1 am going to
f1nd some hacker Of the president with
gsri enough 10 take IT.
50 he stumped away in high dudgeon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Narrow EScanh.

An English couple had narrow es,
cape in the mountains above Fluelen.
near Lucerne, Switzerland, recently.
They lost their way, and the wife fell
$50 feet on to the rocks below. Her
head was severely cut but no bones
were broken. Her husband fell into a
tree. and was lowered Into safety by
peasants who came to the assistance
of the pair with ropes. The couple
were taken 10 the village OF Ried,
where a doctor attended them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
ELECTRICAL
@NOIES@81
A flash of lightning has been known
to cure a case of neuritis.

A flash OF lightning has been known
to cure a case of neuritis.
Portugal has new three per cent,
ad valorem duty on telephone poles.
Several wireless stations in the
West Indies are operated by wind
power.
1t is claimed that there is less
shrinkage of meats when cooked By
electricity.
The telephone line across the 18th
mus Of Panama is strung on old rail-
road tracks.
The automatic telephone service is
a success in Havana. where they are
1000 subscribers.
Electric ovens are used in Zurich,
Switzerland, and in New York city
for conditioning milk.
The government of Uruguay plans to
make the telephone business of that
country a state monopoly.
New Zealand now has over 2,760
miles of railway. Electrifcation of GER
tain sections is now under contempIa-
ton.
Electric lamps for use in mines
was first designed for rescue work,
but now they are extensively used by
The miners.
White ants in Australia have devel-
oped an appetite for the lead covering
and insulation of cables which is prov
ing costly to telephone companies.
A telephone small enough to be car
ried in the vest pocket and which can
be attached to connections provided in
public places is an English invention.
Electric smelling and refining proc
esses are said to produce steel that is
denser and more homogeneous than
open hearth steel of the same general
composition.
By pressing a button, the powder in
a series of fashIight smoke bags Is
ignited by an electric current, accord
ing to an invention of 1. G. Mccall Of
New York city.
A Baltimorean has invented an iron
ing board in which electro magnets, to
which current is switched by foot
lever, pull down light iron to do the
same work as a heavy one.
That the telephone exchange attend
ants Of Paris are much older than
those of the United States is said to
account for the fact that there is
greater delay in securing calls.
A trolley line, an electric lighting
service and bicycle police are among
the additional modern improvements
promised for Jerusalem. The ancient
city is ALREADY equipped With tslT
phonez.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Makes Protest for Miners

The TransvaaI Cornish association.
says a Johannesburg telegram. has
passed a resolution declaring that. in
view of the revenue which the state
derives, directly and indirectly. from
the mining industry, the state should
contribute not less than so p cent
of the total required for the compen-
sation Of sufferers from miners
phthisis, and that no part should be
contributed by miners as proposed IL
the government bill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Wisconsin News Briefs.

Milwaukee.-Despite the fact that
the annual dairy show in Chicago has
been set for Sept. "a to Nov. 2, it
has been decided to hold the Wiscon-
sin annual dairy show in Milwaukee
from Sept. % to Sept. 81. The date
of the Wisconsin show had been in
definite for some time, owing to the
fact that the dates on which the local
organization wanted to show would
conflict with the Chicago show. 1t
is now figured that the two shows
will not conflict materially, as the
Chicago show will make a feature
of cattle.
POrtage.-Rev. William +. Phil
lips, pastor of st. Johns Episcopal
church here, has resigned and will
locate in Boston.
Manitowoc-The Omro church
which withdrew from the Wisconsin
Methodist Episcopal conference when
its pastor, the Rev Daniel Wood
ward, now warden at the state prfs-
on, was asked to resign, has been ad-
mitted to the Winnebago district of
the Congregational church.
Portage.-Pastors of this city are
making strenuous objection to the
Sunday operation of moving picture
theateTs and threaten the propriet0rsl
with prosecution.
Racine.-Benjamin r. Bones. aged
II, died at his home in the town OF
Mt. Pleasant. He was one Of the
leading agricuIturists of the state
and for half century made a care
full study of birds, being a recognized
authority on the habits and nature
of all birds found in southern Wis
consin. Many of his writings and
specimens of birds are in the Smith
sonian institution at Washington.
Delavan.-A class of five gradu-
ated at the annual commencement
exercises of the Wisconsin Free
School for the Deaf. The past year
has been the most successful in the
history of the school, more than 200
pupils taking instruction 1t is ex-
pected that the enrolment next year
will exceed $50.
Misunderstanding parties are
securing the woods west of this city
trying to find George Richards and
Herman Kurcheski, who have been
missing several days. They went on
a fishing trip and it is feared they
may have drowned.
Milwaukee.-Miss Agnes Champ-
ney, aged q, soprano soloist at the
Schlitz palm garden, awoke in the
morning to find that she had become
blind. Physicians attribute the af-
Fiction to paralysis of the optic
nerves, brought on by nervousness
They have not determined whether
or not the singer will regain her
sight
Hilbert. - The twelfth annual
tournament of the Eastern Wiscon-
sin Firemen's association will be held
at New Holstein on June Is. IT ia
expected that about 1900 uniformed
fremen and ten bands viii be there.
Green Bay.-While attending the
funeral of John Housener at Ocouto-
Mrs. James Peshek sustained inter-
nal injuries which it is feared NAV
prove fatal The horse she was driv-
ing became frightened and over
turned the carriage, pinnfng tina
woman beneath.
Marinette.-Judge Hooper, in the
Circuit court Of Iroquois county, III.
has granted a new trial to jessie
Hubbard and Roy Day of Wausau-
kee, who were sentenced to serve
fourteen years for the murder of Mel
vim Bradrick.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Art and Live Stock.

The Artist-'No; it can't be done.
My tariff for landscape cows is 5. Sd.
apiece; double fees if shown standing
in water on account of the reflections.
However. if you like to have EN- on
the bank in long grass so that their
legs don't show and only the tops of
their backs are reflected. I dare say /
could run you in half a dozen for thir
ty bOb.'-Tatler
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27

on the beat says the Popular Electri-
city.
Closing a switch on the station op-
orators desk turns on the light which
IS red and rings gongs on one beat
or over a wide area as desired. The
attention Of the officer on the beat is
at once attracted; he opens his box
with a special key, answers the tele-
phone call and receives his tnstruc-
tons
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
EnvIes chIcaao PoIicsmen.

-, can't think OF anything that would
IKE TO do more than TO be a policeman
IN IN chicago" Mrs. Sarah F. Bond Of
OAlahoIna City. where she has been 20
ne Iaalroa, patrolmau and deputy sheriff
ana had uniform, too made this wish
from fund of experience. She is here
70 attend the Republican national conven-
Lon' though not q delegate She fears
tilat the proposed suffrage plank viii
never De nailed on the platform.
We have to get suffrage sch insisted.
II the first wedge for redemption"
Mrs. Bond has been police rnatron and
deputy sheriff in Oklahoma City three
tunes. The first time was when it was a
fierce young town
Then they had ninety-three saloons,
and killed their man daily" she said.
The Republican party ought to know"
said Mrs. Bond, that the party that
gives women the votes is the coming par
ty."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Freedom Shrieked AGAIN.

Some time ago a statue of Koscius-
l1o was erected in Lafayette square.
The fault-fnders have had time for
campaign, and those who seem to
know something about art maintain
that the fault-fnders have plenty of
justification for all that they choose
to say.
We have the word of Thomas
Campbell that Freedom shrieked as
Kosciusko fell" Now the humorous
ly inclined say that freedom shrieked
again as Kosciusko rose in bronze.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Selects His Own Portfolio.

The secretary of agriculture has already
been pjqked. No others need apply.
G. r. Werner of Brewster Kan, is to
De the man. He also says he is the only
man that can fill the place.
ST am confident that Colonel Roosevelt
will be nominated he said, and after he
is I shall take the stump for him. My
work will have telling effect. When I
go out for man it means a whole lot to
him It is not going to cost me anything,
for the common people, I am confident
will be willing to pay all my expenses,
for they will want me in the cabinet
There is no one can fill the place and do
1t right except me-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Remenoberx to Boom Alaska.

The one and only genuine Alaska bOos-
ter is III town. He is Oliver Perry Hub
bard OF the territory. and he radiates
Alaska praise wherever he goes. He says
he has no ambitions to hunt or do any
thing else that will 7eplete Alaska of any
of her attractions. either for the sports
man or the business man.
when a man gets up in the morning
and sees the tracks II dozens Of bears
around his front yard he loses his de-
sire to go bear hunting said Mr. Hub
bard. I'VE have the greatest country
in the world In Alaska, and while I am
here particularly as a delegate. am
afraid 1 shall lose some Of my interest
in this campaign If 1 see a chance to
boost Alaska .
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
No Photos for NiedrInahau..

Thomas K. Niedrnghaus of Missouri
has a great antipathy for photographers
in general and newspaper photographers
in particular.
'No sir, I will not stand for my photo
graph" he said to group of pleading
photographers. Photos are worse than
sketches and anybody knows I don't
want one of them. What's that? Beer
snapped while was talking to you? Say,
let me out of here. You're too many for
me-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Teddy Hats in Drinks,

Rough Rider features in the campaign
received an added attraction at the Con-
gress hotel in the shape of a Teddy
Hat" made Of orange peel, which was
placed in all drinks served in the Pom
peian room during the evening. LOOK at
the Teddy hat in the lemonade" said one
of the Taft followers as he fshed the
orange peel from the drink. 'I guess they
will give US Teddy hats in our bread
and butter next,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Unfair Minister.

"Why did you and that young minis-
ter uuarreI?" asked the friend.
"He was, nice enough in many ways,
but he was so horribly Jealous and IN
fair" says the fair damsel to whom
the eyoung divine had been paying
serious attention.
Jealous, perhaps-and naturally"
smiles the friend. "uBt unfair?"
yes. Every time would make an
engagement for a moonlight walk or
an afternoon stroll with some other
man he would pray for rain"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Green and ORANGE Decorations.

IAN Irishman picked it!''
That's the never-failing exclamation
when Republican convention delegate
enters the holy of holes where the ma
tionaI committee sits
By ''it' he means the color scheme.
Green walls, green mating. green furui-
ture, green palms and ferns are seen. and
last, but by no means least, the green
bound lists of contests
All but the ceiling. That's orange.
That son of Erin must have come from
the north country" was the caustic COM
ment made by one Irish delegate THE
idea Of picking green and orange!'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
ELECTRIC GLUE POT is SAFE
Device Can be Used In Factories
Among InfIammabIe Material
Without Slightest Danger.

Book binderies piano factories,
brush factories and so on will find the
electric glue pot Invaluable, according
to a Detroit manufacturer.
There is no risk Of fire." he said,
'as with pots heated by gas or gaso-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Healing Picked the Winner.

Taft headquarters at the Congress hotel
resolved itself into a baseball grandstand
and the occupants devoted themselves to
watching an International contest on the
lake front.
A team of italians from the GauIt court
district clashed with picked nine from
the West Side Numerous bets flew back
and forth between spectators of the game
and excitement ran high when the game
neared an end. After it was all over and
the bets were paid Joseph Healing had
amassed a large stack of Taft buttons
and emblems. He says he can pick a
winner in the national contest Just as
easily as he did in the ball game
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Governor Stubs Stunned.

Governor Stubs was remarking on the
serious nature of the crime Of delegate
stealing.
Why. don't you know that it's as bad
as stealing horses" said the governor.
Delegates or horses. it's all one
But don't you know that It was Col
onel Roosevelt who invented the steamer
roller" asked the man addressed t'Don't
you kno what he took all the delegates
in sight that way?''
For moment Governor Stubs seemed
at a loss for an answer.
NO, I don't" he finally said. This is
my first convention"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
Infancy of Electricity.

The recent developments and won
derful growth of the electrical indus
try bear out the assertions of many
eminent scientists and inventors who
claim the industry is as yet in it's in
fancy and that the time is not far dis
tant when nearly everything involving
the use Of power will be electrified.