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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
PRINCETON TO OPEN A FARM /
University VIII Provide Students
Means to Work Their Way
Through College.

Princeton, n 1.-THE Princeton uni
fersity authorities announce the open
ing of large farm property near the
college, which will provide any stu
dent who is not afraid of toll with the
means of working his way through col
lege. Flowing has begun and there
will be steady work all through the
summer vacation.
It is calculated that students will be
able to earn 81 a day. The land will
be titled on a socialistic, democratic
basis, the laborer obtaining the entire
product of his toll. The tract avail
able for student labor will be increas-
ed as rapidly as students apply for
work. The soil will be devoted to
truck farming and the crops will be
sold to the college commons and to va
rious Princeton eating clubs.
President Hibben says that the idea
his been adopted to rid Princeton of
the name of being a home for the sons
of rich men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
IMPROVED ROADS IN THE U. S.
Rhode Island, Smallest State in Union,
Leads With Percentage Of
42.14-Few Facts.

Rhode Island, the smallest state in
the Union, with an area of only 1850
square miles. ranks first of all the
states IN its percentage of improved
roads. Under the direction of Secre-
tary Wilson, a very comprehensive
statistical investigation Of the mileage
and cost Of public roads in the United
states has recently been completed by
the Office Of public roads. United
States department Of agriculture. This
document reveals many interesting
facts. Thus. apparently, it is not be
cause Of her small size that Rhode
Island is able to boast of 1914 per
cent. Of improved roads, for Delaware
with an area Of 1850 square miles. has
only S.z2 per cent of improved roads.
On the other hand. Massachusetts,.
with an area OF 8,315 square miles has
80 per cent of her roads improved, or
very nearly the same percentage as
Rhode Island. The size Of the state.
therefore, seems to have little or no
effect on the percentage Of improved
roads.
The Investigations further show that
there are 2199.645 miles of public
roads in continental United States. Of
this vast mileage. only 19O476. or 8.66
pei. cent, are classed as improved.
As stated above, Rhode Island leads
with 4914 per cent. Of improved roads.
while Massachusetts is second with
~ per cent. Indiana follows with
36.7 per cent. Ohio Connecticut, New
Jersey. Kentucky. Vermont and Cali
fornia follow in a descending order
the latter having 1877 per cent Of i'm
proved roads. The states Of Wiscon-
sin, New York, Maryland. Utah, Ten
nessee, South Carolina, Maine and
Michigan range in the order given
from IS to 10 per cent
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Minnesota, New Hampshire
and Oregon have between 5 and 10
per cent. of their roads improved Of
the % states with less than 5 per cent
Of improved roads, North Dakota
stands at the bottom with only 023
per cent. Secretary Wilson and Di-
rector Page, who is in charge of the
Office of public roads. are ever at work
on the problems which confront the
road builders throughout the land. and
especially those problems which are
most frequently confronted by com
munities in which road improvement
has made but little progress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
Yonkers IN. " City Attorney Rules
Broker Can Seek No Redress
in Court.

Yonkers, n. Y-After three weeks
painstaking search by the city attor-
ney, the mayor, the police and the
legal department of the Society for
he Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
it has been decided that there is no
legal means whereby woodpecker
can be restrained from plying his
energetic trade at o'clock in the
morning or any other hour when he
feels inclined
All these official agencies were be
sought three weeks age by William
B. Lawrence, millionaire broker. TO
stop the noise Of busy woodpecker
which had been disturbing his slum-
bers by beginning before daybreak its
noisy work on dead tree near his
residence.
The city attorney opinion,
reached after exhausting the law IL
hraTies in a search fer presidents,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
VAST WEALTH GOES TO WASTE
Annually Hundreds of Thousands of
Tons Of SuIPhuric Acid Are Car
ried Off by Streams.

One of the most interesting OF the
byproducts Of the coal mine is sui
phuric acid. Coal veins contain sui
phur, most commonly in chemical COM
bination with iron. The poorer the
coal the more sulphur is there. Such
compounds, becoming oxidized, form
sulphuric acid, great quantities Of
which in a free state are continually
draining from the mines into the rivers
This sort Of thing is going on at
such rate that the amount of sui
phuTfc acid carried away by the
streams of the coal region of penn
sylYania in the course OF a year has
been estimated by the water re
sources branch of the government
geological survey at $4,000 tons-a
quantity equal to more than two
thirds OF the total sulphuric acid con-
sumed in q twelyemonth in the United
States for industrial purposes.
Sulphuric acid has many uses in the
arts. Among other things, it is en-
ployed to clean iron before the latter
is galvanized; likewise in the treat
ment of sheet iron for making tin
ware, and the wire for fences and
nails For these and other purposes
10000 tons Of it are consumed annual
ly in and about the city Of Pittsburg.
Mark, then. the pity Of ghe circum-
stances that, as determined by the
government exports. no less than 95.-
QUO tons OF sulphuric acid flows in
year past the town of McKeesport, in
the Youghiogheny river-that is to
say, 10000 tons more than is utilized
industrially in Pittsburg and its vi
entity during the same period.
To put the case otherwise. fully
$1,2000O0 worth of sulphuric acid, pro
duced by nature, is carried away every
year by one stream in neighborhood
where the same stuff is required for
use by thousands OF tons. in factories.
Here is a problem for the industrial
chemist to solve-the obvious difficult
ty in the way being that the solution
Of acid is so very dilute that attempts
to concentrate it would be likely to
prove improbable.
incidentally, the acid robs the
streams Of all their oxygen, kills the
fishes, and attacks structures Of iron.
1t literally eats up bridge piers, lock
gates, ETC., and at the present time is
making a lot Of trouble in the govern
ment canals along the headwaters of
the Ohio.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
HIS SERMON I'm A NUTSHELL
Comprehensive and Succinct Report
of What Was Said in the
Funeral Grafton.

A popular Irishman, beloved for
many a mile around his home town,
died suddenly. He belonged to sew
eral organizations, and the A. O. H.
Of BIoomville decided to send a rep
resentative to his funeral.
The church was packed and the
clergyman most sympathetic In ex-
pressing his certainty Of immortality
he went in for smile.
1--WE viii say" he observed in illus
tration, that here is beautiful
watch. The case is good and is studded
with diamonds. 1t loks like the valu-
able part Of the watch, but you can
remove the works and they will keep
on ticking.
The delegate returned to his home
town and was sounded on the topic of
the funeral sermon.
well" he reported, "the father
said that Pat was no Waterbury"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
Old Secret Room Uncovered.

While workmen were busy demolish-
ing an old house near the Angel Inn,
Thames Ditton, England, the other
day, they discovered a secret staircase
approached through trap-door-which
opens by a secret spring-situated be
meath fireplace in a ground-foor
room. It leads to a secret room over
head, the existence Of which has been
known for some time. The room meas
ures ten feet by fourteen feet, and is
without windows. Another entrance to
the secret room is from a bedroom,
through an imitation cupboard. The
house was once used for the making
Of Bank Of England notes, for which
the water in the wells there was
specially suitable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
RULES AGAINST KANGAROOS
United States Experts Rule Tiny Ar.
rivals at San Francisco Are
Deer

San Francisco, Ca1.-Eight tiny
tame kangaroos less than II inches
tall and yet full grown have been held
as undesirable aliens by experts of the
department of agriculture on the
ground that they are deer. They have
heads like deer. The animals are
the property of K N Painter Of New
York, who. with his wife. arrived on
the Tenyo Maru from the Orient. He
bought them in Singapore, where they
had just arrived from Australia.
There are no animals like them in
the country" said Painter. "The law
was passed with intent to protect our
domestic stock from intestinal COM
plants common to Asiatic furred ami
mails"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
MAKING Weather to Order.

There is possibility that at some
dim and distant date we shall be able
to provide weather to order. At any
rate, a speaker at the Institution of
Electrical Engineers in London held
out hope that this wonderful and
scientific problem can be solved.
The suggestion is that by means Of
applied electricity clouds approaching
our coasts shall be dispersed and pre-
vented from crossing the country. In
other words, the clouds would be
broken and made to disgorge their
moisture at sea.
The electrical defense of our coasts,
if established, could be used at will,
but the principal trouble would be the
pleasing of everybody. Where one
farmer, for example, would require
rain, another might demand fine
weather.
Undoubtedly if weather control were
required scientists would proceed with
their invention; but at present there
seems no possibility of the nation at
large requiring weather to order, for
what suits one man does not suit an
other
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
SO a1G1 Road s
q farm Notes

The cheap seeds cost most in the
end.
Simplicity IN the laying out of home
grounds should always be kept in
mind
The best plan in cutting potatoes
for seed is to leave two eyes to each
piece.
Outside of the hotbed, all manure
used in the garden should be fine and
well rotted.
About so per cent OF the fertilizing
constituents in feeds is returned in
the manures.
Mighty good time to get the accum
ulated manure out on the fields. Some
people say better than winter,
Early peas should be in the ground
now. Try Alaska, Strategem, or Lit
tie Gem if undecided as to variety.
Sprouted beets or turnips from the
cellar may be set out in the garden TO
make crop of seeds for next fall or
spring.
1t pays to take a little time in max
ing rows in the garden. Long straight
ones will make an easier job of cult
waiting.
Do not pillow too early in the spring.
Wait till the ground is dry. Follow
with the harrow until the soil is finely
puIverized.
To start a new rhubarb bed, plant
pieces of roots that have one eye
each. Stalks should not be cut until
the second year.
Truck farmers and general farmers
growing some vegetables for market
should be more interested in alfalfa.
Use wood ashes for potatoes. The
potato reIishes the potash contained
in them. and the scab does not like
the lime they contain.
Have you arranged to put in plenty
of soiling crops this spring? Grass
is likely to be mighty short at the
end of the dry season next summer.
Sweet clover, being better adapted
to rough hill land than any other
plant, when once well started. will
give an abundance of grazing for the
sheep.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
Gave Tip on Hair DRESSING.

The exhibit of the special school
for truant and incorrigible boys at the
child welfare exhibit has attracted
much attention, and there are fire.
quent inquiries concerning the boys
themselves who have been greatly
changed by their training in the
school, says the indianapolis News.
The following story was told at the
exhibit.
An incorrigible youngster, who
while in the public schools had caused
nervous breakdowns and discourage
ment among the teachers, and who
had gained for himself the name Of
the worst boy in the city" approach
ed an instructor of the special school
and said:
Il wish to speak with you"
"Al right" said the teacher.
when, right now?"
ut is about your hair" said the boy,
who seemed to have developed into
something Of an art critic ""They quit
wearing rats down on Geisendorff
street last June. Suppose you part
it in the middle, fuss it up on the side
and fix it somehow behind"
On another day the same boy look
ed closely at the teachers coat as
she entered the room in the morning.
There was an expression of disgust
on his face.
Same dress! This is passing day,
and I wore my good Clothes" he said.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
Plants In the Home.

Plants-most of them-need sun. A
unless room makes spindling plant.
But it is even more dangerous to chill
dren. The house plant, indeed, is a
daily object lesson in home hygiene
The woman who has a roomful of
growing, thriving plants has a room
also fit for a growing, thriving family
In saying, on the other hand, that
plants cannot thrive in her living
rooms she is really confessing that
the rooms are not fit to live in as re-
CARDS their air, heat and moisture sup
ply. The plant gage is a fair one
and every woman VINO can keep moth
ing but rubber plant should consid-
er afresh the ways of her household.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09

and put them in shape for resurfactng
and grading with the material so
broken up.
The scarifer consists Of nine spikes
spaced on a bar which is attached to
the rear end Of the steam roller. AS
the roller travels forward the spikes
are forced into the surface, tearing
and breaking it up to a sufficient depth
to leave the whole mass loose and in
a condition to be easily shaped up by
a grader. The spikes are raised and
lowered by steam, and steam pres
sure is exerted to hold them in the
ground, giving a cushioned compress
sion When solid rock is encountered
a piston working against the steam
permits the spike bar to rise enough
to allow the spikes to pass over, but
forces the bar down again when softer
material is encountered 1t is claimed
that no matter what position the roller
wheels take on an uneven road the
scarifer viii follow the surface and
tear it up to the same depth in the
low as the high places.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
CABINET FOR SEED TESTING
Provided With Regulated Water Sup
ply and With Heat-Obtain Any
Temperature Desired.

A complete seed testing cabinet has
been designed by two Iowa men and
is shown in the Illustration. The cab
met is provided with a series of draw
ers, each of which has a layer Of alb
sorbent material in the bottom. A
pipe with openings opposite each
drawer runs down through the cabinet
and has a drip spout at the bottom.
This pipe is supplied with water from
a little tank at the top and the flow
Of the water is regulated by a stop
cock below the tank Thus, a com
pararyely small supply of water can
be regulated so that it will take all
day to filter through the cabinet.
mOistening the absorbent material on
the shelves as it seeps out Of the
holes in the pipe and keeping the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
Time Well Spent.

The farmer may consider that time
we'll spent which he uses in writing
to his representatives. Farming and
farm produce play larger role in ma
tfonaI affairs than that of any other
occupation and for this reason every
farmer should be taking interest in
the trend of national affairs. After
this is done he may have some ex-
cuse for complaining against unfair
LEGISLATION.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
FUNERAL PUT UP TO COURT
Woman's Body is Held Following the
Finding of Unique Will by
Administrator.

Kansas City, Mo.-Before the body
of Mrs. Angelina L. Hoxie can be
buried at Kansas City, Kas., a will
left by the woman directing that her
body should be given to some medical
college must be set aside by the Pro-
bate court Mrs. Hoxie made the
unique will because she said she be-
lieved there would be no one to mourn
at her funeral. Since her death many
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
HELD AT FALLS FOR HOURS
Torrent From 20 Feet Overhead
Drenches.

Vancouver, Wash.-Pinned by
cut from a log against another log
under a flume, while a torrent of wa
te- from a broken fume above drench-
ed him for two hours, was the expert
ence which nearly cost the life of
Thomas Ward, a woodcutter, working
for Craig & French near Heisson.
Ward was cutting four-foot log
into smaller pieces for wood when the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09

height as the sides, and the one at the
end should be six or seven inches
high.
Instead of having to use a scoop
board when starting to unload a load
Of corn, the main gate may be re-
moved, when the corn will roll into
the extension of the body and may be
scooped up with ease.
Other uses, such as a place to hold
the feed and boxes when out for
days teaming, or the bucket with
which the team may be watered dur
ing a warm day, and many other use
full things will present themselves,
once this kind of wagon body is used.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09

cut, which was on a steep sidehilI
broke loose, and before he could get
away from it rushed him to the bot
tom of the hiIf and pin1oned him
against another log, at the same time
hitting the braces under the fiue 20
feet over head, permitting the water
to come down in a terrific torrent.
For two hours Ward was held cap
tive, though he yelled loud and long
for assistance Finally fellow work
er, hearing his cries, found him and
attempted to release him, but he fail
ed and ran nearly half a mile to the
home of Mr.. Craig. Ward was re-
leased and dropped helpless to the log
by which he vas held prisoner.
Though Ward did not suffer serious
injury he is weak from the shock of
cold water
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
Building to Be $50 Feet High

on the property to be raised from ST.
100000 to $3,2OO,0O0.
There will be a floor space Of TWEEN
ty-three acres and 1000 Offices, and it
is figured that the daily population Of
the building will be 10000 and the
transient population about as many
more.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
How to Grow wateroress.

Those fond of watercress may have
a summers supply, says Woman's
Home Companion. by sinking an old
tub OF bottom Of a hogshead into a
depth Of 10 inches near a pump or
well, or where the water can be fire.
Quently renewed from hose.
Half fill receptacle with good soil.
plant rooted watercress, and fill with
water A border of umbrella plants
or other aquatic plants Will make a
thing OF beauty as we'll of utility. A
further Improvement may be made by
planting iris around the outside of
the tub, the overflow water giving
the necessary moisture to the flowers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
Good seed-eood Crops

Good seed is one of the important
factors in the production of good
crops. Good seed should be plump,
heavy in weight, should terminate
we'll, and be free from weed-seeds. and
should be pure as to variety. Clean
ing and grading seed grain is likely to
return more per hour of labor than
one gets for doing the ordinary farm
work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
Before Publication.

Patsy, bring me a paper when you
come to work in the morning" a wo-
man who lived at the edge Of a vii
lage told her man of all work when
he went home at night. Nov, don't
forget it, she added.
No, ma'am," said Patsy, 4 won't
1 might forget it if left it until morn
ing, so I'll get it tonight"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
The Rulinu Passion.

Little Willie was an embryo cleo
trician. Anything relating to his
favorite study possessed absorbing in
terest for him. One day his mother
appeared in a new gray gown, the
jacket of which was trimmed in fiat
black buttons showing an outer circle
Of the light dress material Willie
studied the gown critically for mo-
ment. then the light of strong ap-
proval dawned in his eyes.
''Oh, mamma" he cried, what a
pretty new dress It's all trimmed in
push buttons. Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
Finds His Wife Dead.

MarshalItown, 1owa-After tele
phoning his wife daily to learn how
she was progressing in illness, L. A.
Starkweather, travelling salesman, was
unable to get response to his ring
He teIephoned his family doctor to
call at his home in Des Moines. The
doctor found Mrs. Starkweather dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
Says Woodpecker May Peck

rules that cas- pecking is wood
pecker's chief employment it would be
an undue restraint of trade to order
the killing Of the bird"
The S. P. c. A. officials said that
they would regard as cruelty any act
intended to stop the woodpecker from
pecking and would protect the bird
to the limit of the law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
narth 70 Disk Alfalfa

In disking alfalfa, the depth must
be regulated in accordance with the
character Of the soil. On loose soils,
# is better not to disk at all and to
use the smoothing harrow instead. Il
dislling cuts up the crowns of the
plant it is likely to do more harm
than good. and the smoothing harrow
should be used instead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
Quarantine Is Enforced

Springfield, In-State health board
sent an inspector to investigate the
charge quarantine was not enforced
at the home of a 6airyman near Ge-
neva, there diphtheria caused the
death OF the father and one child.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
wireIess . 60 Eoreat &c.

Wireless telegraph
stations viii be placed on tips of
peaks in the White mountains, By the
Vermont State Forestry department,
for the use Of rangers IN giving
quick alarm Of forest fires. With their
aid fires in any section Of the state
can be quickly suppressed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
ST. Louis Editor Resigns.

81 Louis, Mo ,Horatio w. Sey-
mour. editor-in-chief of the ST. Louis
Republic for the last year, has re-
signed to resume his former position
as editorial supervisor Of the New
York World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
Buried Bottle for Ant Traps.

A contributor to The Dakota Farmel
suggests as a means Of trapping ants
a bottle set in the middle Of the hill,
so that the soil comes close up to the
mouth of the bottle. He says they
will so in fast and be unable to get
out"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-09
The Secret Out.

"Why are taxes so high this year,"
demanded the indignant citizen.
eWin you consider it confidential If
I tell you why?" whispered the clerk
In the county treasurer's Office.
Eyes, sir"
eve need the money"