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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

It seems that some of the young
men who got into the automobile
scrape last Sunday night are far
from being satisfied with the result
of their experience and are seeking
more experience in a justice court.
The main objection of the young mel
is that their names were published
in the press of the city. Now, the
actual facts are that the press of
the city has been very lenient with
these young men as they ought to
know and appreciate. In the first
place they got off very easy so far
as their punishment went. A much
graver and more serious charge could
have been brought against them and
a very severe penalty stared them in
the face. The press of the city might
have gone on and told of the mess
in the car and where the crowd was
and where they had been in Stew
ems Point. We kept quiet about
that and were censured for it by PEG
pie who knew. We believe that it
taught some Of the young men a
lesson, but there are one or two
who don't seem to have prOfited by
their experience and who are making
disparaging remarks about the press.
So far as this paper is concerned,
we stated our position in an edi-
torial a short time ago. Unless ex-
tenuating circumstances exist we
shall publish the names of persons
brought uD in courts On criminal
charges. The light of publicity will
do more to clear the city OF this foul
reek of crime that seems to be
hanging over it than any other thing
that could happen. The best people
Of the city have shown that they
appreciate the publicity given to
these recent outbreaks of crime and
the Numerous telephone calls and
personal talks commencing our stand
have proven beyond a shadow of a
doubt that the city at large are in
de fight to save the good name of
Grand RaptSs and that future offend
ers will be dealt with to the utmost
severity of the k3w. The daily press
Of a city should e1prsss the public
sentiment of that city and we are
trying to live up to our duty IN that
line and Will continue to do so. We
harbor no personal feelings against
any one, but it is our Intention to
give the news and give facts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

training TO recruit the army Of vag-
abonds and criminals that now fill
our jaiIs, houses Of correction, and
state prisons.
In nine cases out of ten the first
downward step is taken through the
influence Of bad companions, and
under cover of the night. Boys and
girls who make a practice Of spend
ing not only their evenings and up
to all hours Of the night, on the
streets, or unattended, in the pur-
suit Of questionable pleasure, are in
yiting temptation to do evil, and the
tempter is ever alert and wary TO
such opportunities.
True, here rests a duty Of the par.
ents to sound the warning and exer-
else parental authority, but Young
America today has reached that ad
vanced stage where parental infIu
ence and suggestion is not compata-
Bile with cigarettes, foul language
duu QUOS L4Ou1U4% SO4AApe11ALOAo144p
hence is discarded as fogyism and
oId-fashioned, until the youthful in
truder is brought up with round
turn by the fruits Of his or her folly
and then the sympathy and assis
lance of the "oId folks" is a haven
of refuge, and a friend in direst neet
but the mischief is done, and per
chance the character is blackenet
| beyond remedy.
Boys, you cannot be men until tht
allotted time, but you can be manly
you may have pleasure, but Let it bf
wholesome. Don't mistake the Ioafel
for your ideal You know better
Exercise the common sense witt
which you have been endowed.
Girls, you are ordinarily giveI
credit for possessing finer sensibili
ties to distinguish right from wrong
although there is no reason undel
heaven why you should be more re
sponsibIe, or suffer more than tht
boys, but you can, if you will, exert
a most wholesome influence and ex
ample by insisting upon reasonable
hours, and gentlemanly conduct
Unless and until you do this, YOU
had best refrain from the society o.
the opposite sex.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
A EIENn

Who is the fiend who thinking he
has a grievance against a man will
seek revenge by injuring or killing
a dumb animal? Where is the one
who will deliberately poison an in
nocent COW, the best friend of man?
That there is such a man in this CON
munity the poisoning and death of
Mr.. Williams COW demonstrates be
yond question Who is safe against
such an assassin? Can fancied or real
injuries be avenged in this manner
with impunity? If yes, who is safe?
The poisoning OF dogs is dispicablc
but deliberately feeding poison to a
COW is hellish, beyond words to ex-
press We hope the guilty wretch
viii be uncovered and given long
term of prison for it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
BOYS AND GIRLS ATTENTION!

~ y nv SttHAS y LIN iNSN'
The Merrill star-Advooate in their
issue this week had an excellent ed
itorial which We take pleasure IN
reproducing as follows:
1t is not from pleasure or choice,
but rather an unpleasant duty that
oeyoKes, in lifting a warning voice
to some of the boys and girls of this
city, and urge them to consider well
the pace, while yet there is time to
retrieve, and save themselves and
taer parents from humiliation, if
not disgrace. Events have trans
pired az various times, and indeed
very recently, when boys, almost
young men, old enough to recognize
their duty to protect rather than
insult by foul and indecent language
the girls and young ladies with whom
they associate. That these things
have not been made public is not in
any manner due to consideration OF
the young oys, but rather for their
parents, bu in some cases there is
recorded / blot against their char
acter, in black and white, at the
office that cannot be
erased. 1t is indeed a sad common
tary upon the rising generation and
bespeaks not Of future usefulness as
citizens, but rather as candidates in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
TWO VIEWS OF GRAFT

Two very dfverging views Of graft
existing in the public mind are sug-
geSted by the charges OF corrupt
dealings between New York's police
force and the gambling underworld
How do you look at it9
Is it mostly a question Of how far
it touches your pocket, If so, graft
does not bother you much, except in
sa far as you are bothered by the fact
that you are not getting more of it.
That is the typical attitude prevail
ing on Manhattan island. That is
Why it seems to the rest of the coun
try as if New York city did not want
good government.
To stir Manhattan's faded old con
science, you would have to show tina,
public funds had actually been alb
stracted from the public treasury
with the necessary result that next
year taxes would have to be higher
n order TO run the schools, fire, and
street departments.
That, however, is kind Of fraud
that is as old fashioned as the horse
car. A thief who tries to practice
that game is as antiquated as a wo-
man with a hoop skirt.
Modern civic thievery is usually
honest enough as far as the moneys
raised by taxation go. In fact hon
esty in spending money raised by tax
alton ig considered excellent pub
licity work. It is mighty conven-
lent to refer to when your menda-
cious opponent charges you with cor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
BETHEL

An ice cream social was held at
the home Of Steve Brigham Sunday
night. A good time was reported by
all
Mr.. McGlafflin and son Arbie drove
10 Granton Sunday, returning Mon
day. Mrs, McClaffIin coming with
them, leaving Merrill there for furth-
er Treatments. They report Merrill
as getting along fine, and he viii
soon be able to return home.
We would like to correct the mis-
take in former item. II said, that
Merrill McClafflin had gone for an
operation for appendicitis instead Of
adnoids.
Mrs. Brigham is again at home
after nursing at Arpin for a few days
Jake Esser, and Steve Brigham are
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
proof Of their wisdom and patriot

a proof of their wisdom and patriot
ism.
The leaders OF both old parties in
the loyal states combined against Sc
cession in 81.
The leaders Of both parties in the
newly liberated colonies combined to
frame the constitution of the United
States.
The leaders Of both parties in the
England Of 1888 combined to put an
end to the imbecile despotism of the
Stuarts.
Those combinations were justified.
Today, the leaders OF both parties in
the United States would be justified
if they combined against the counter
felt Napoleon who yesterday nominal
ed himself for a third term and who,
if given third term, would surely
demand a life term.
The democratic party is in no
danger. Mr.. Roosevelt can not harm
it. l I is the old republican party
which he is seeking to crush; it is
on the ruins of the proud republican
party that he would build the tenn
pie Of his power.
Shall he succeed?
| The republican party has faults /;
| but every one of those faults has
been carried over in exaggerated
form into the new organization OF
Mr.. Roosevelt.
The republican party has faults;
but is is a party Of real American
ism.
The republican party has faults.
! but it is superior to the hypnotiZed
clique that was formed TO exalt and
reflect the egotism Of a single man,
a man who owes all he has OF fame
to the republican party.
The republican party has faults;
but it has ever been true to the
faith of our fathers that here in A
merica should be founded a repub-
lie, true and lasting republic, IN
which kings and tyrants and despots
would be unknown forever.
Shall this republican party be de-
stroyed to make room for Theodore
Roosevelt's new party?
NO! A thousand times, NO.
Better that Mr.. Roosevelt should
go down to any sort of defeat or
humiliation. better that he had never
been born, than that the great and
useful party Of Abraham Lincoln
should be ruined and wrecked!
Party government has many faults
but personal government is iatoler.
able. Mr.. Roosevelt must not be al,
lowed to destroy the party whose
greatest sin was ministering to his
ambition.-The Chicago Daily Jour.
nal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
PORT EDWARDS.
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Plainfield, Wis.

E. Ross returned Monday from a
short visit with relatives in Chica-
go.
Mrs. Jarvis of Menasha is a guest
at the home of her daughter Mrs.
]. E. Bryan.
Mrs. Phil Ward has sold all her
household goods and after q short
visit with her sisters at Grand Rap
Ids will go to Milwaukee to visit at
the home of her SON Ray
Many from here attended the
Royal neighbor picnic at the pavil-
ion Tuesday.
Miss Matilda Eichsteadt Of Wau-
toma is visiting at the E. Ebchsteadt
home.
VIM. Burt was a caller in your
city Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. n Whittlesey of
Cranmeor were Sunday guesta at
the home of their son Harry White,
sey.
Mrs. r. Villas OF Nekoosa was the
guest of Mrs. Kate Gahl Sunday.
Mrs. E. Ross entertained a mum
Der of ladies' at afternoon luncheon
Thursday, A pleasant time is re-
ported by those present.
1t is reported that Pat Miscou has
sold his farm to a man from VespeF
Consideration $4,000.
Miss Martha Zurfluh of Nekoosa
was a caller in our village Friday.
Messrs. and Mesdames L. Shuh,
c. Wellner and children and Mrs. E.
Deyo drove out to ARtdorf for a out
ing Sunday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
THIRTEEN GOOD REASONS.

A writer of more than ordinary
ability gives a bakers dozen or rea-
sons why he should buy at home in
stead of placing his patronage else
where. While apparently directed
against the mail order houses, they
apply equally as well to that class of
individuals who are so long on bar
gains and so short on civic pride,
that they place their orders in anoth-
er community, to the disadvantage of
the present and future prosperity of
their own. Here they are:
Because my interests are here.
Because the community that is good
enough for me to live in is good
enough for me to buy in.
Because I believe in transacting
business with my friends.
Because I want to get what 1 buy
when I pay for it.
Because my home dealer carries me
when l run short
Because every dollar I spend at
home stays at home and works for the
welfare of my town.
. Because the many I buy from stan6
back of the goods.
Because l sell what produce here
at home.
Because the man I buy from pays
his part of the county, town, and
state taxes.
Because the man I buy from gives
value received always.
Because when i'll luck, misfortune
or bereavement comes, the man buy
from is here with the kindly greet
ing, his words of cheer, and his peck
etbook, if need be.
Here 1 live and here | buy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
KELLRER.

We are having, lots OF rain here
Of late.
Mr. Stud is entertaining company
from Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Kruse had their
infant baby christened Sunday at the
German church.
Miss Della Miller spent Sunday at
her parents A. MilIers.
Our depot platform Is being re-
paired. There is a crew of men here
at present doing the work
Mrs. Turbin spent a few days IN
your city the past week.
brother of Mrs. N. RosenthaI L.
spending few days with her.
Mrs. BeiHng Is entertaining her
parents from Chicago.
Miss Leona Barrett Of Wautoma
spent few days at the Munroe
home
Confirmation exercises will take
place next Sunday. Aug. %, al the
MoraYiap church. Everybody Is in,
Yited to be present.
Mrs. H. Young received the sad
news Of the death Of her father, who
lives at Almond.
Harry Miller returned home from
Milwaukee last week.
Miss Ellen Kasdort spent last
week in Grand Rapids.
The Misses Ellen and Edith HER
stedt returned home from Chicago
this week, where they have been on
their vacation.
Miss Laura Miller returned from
Milwaukee last week where she has
been the past few month";.
There will be no preaching at the
German Lutheran church next Sun
day as Rev. Krusche goes away.
Master Willie Smith of your city
spent Sunday at the WA. Witt home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
ADVERTISING AS GUARANTEE.

Adv En- tSIN1 AS oOAnFAlN EGa
When a business concern invests
a large sum of money in a hand
some store and equipment for real
merchandising, the public feels GER
tain degree of confidence that the
concern has goods worth examining"
People argue that unless they had es
tabished a reputation for fair deal
ing and unless they had goods that
they knew filled a need, they would
not dare spend so much money
Advertising, likewise, acts as a
guarantee of substantial business
character. When a firm spends mon
ey freely on this necessary form of
craftsmanship, the public concludes
that it must have goods back Of it
that have demonstrated thier worth
or the firm would not have set apart
this sum of money for selling them
Through the newspapers.
A concern that does not advertise
impresses the public as merely an
experiment. The fact that it may have
been in existence for many years does
not help it so very much. The pub
lie may even look at mere existence
for a long term of years as disqual
ficatiOn indicating preference for old
time methods 1t takes advertising
to prove that you have confidence in
your goods.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

had sore throat, wrapped a piece of
bacon in an old wool stocking, tied i
around the neck at night. and went tC
work the next day. Now they have
tonsilitis, a surgical operation, and
two weeks in a hospital Then they
had stomach trouble and took cas-
tor oil and recovered. Now htey have
appendicitis, a week in the hospital
and six feet due east and west and
six feet perpendicular. In those days
they wore undercIothes, Now they
wear lingerie. Then they went to a
restaurant; now they go to a cafe
Then they broke a leg; now they frac,
ture a limb. People went crazy now
they have brain stOrms-Or are born
crazy, we don't know which. Politi-
clans then paid good, hard cash for
support; now they send government
garden seed instead. Yes, times have
changed and We all change with the
times. That's progress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
BIDS WANTED.

Sealed bids for the construction
of about five and a half miles of dit
ches in the Portage County Drainage
District will be received until Sen
TENDER 5, 1912, at o'clock in the
afternoon. Plans and specifications
will be furnished upon application to
the Secretary, Plainfield, Wis, to
whom all bids must be addressed.
The right to reject any or all bids
Is reserved by the commissioners.
Bids will be opened at the office
of the Commissioners, in the Law of
fIces Of Fisher, Hanna and Cashdn,
Stevens Point, Wis, in the after
noon Of September 9Th, 1912.
D. H. Pratt, Sec.
2tW. Plainfield, Wis. =
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

ruptioH.
At the same time that the dis.
honest public Official is carefully send
ing out his checks for five cents to
balance the accounts of the tax pay
er's money. he Is receiving his
thousands Of dollars as consideration
from gamblers, saloon men, keepers
OF evil resorts, for an unequal ad-
ministraation of the laws. In New
York that causes little uneasness.
1T doesn't come out of us!''
Outside of the great cities, the wide.
spread effects of this indirect graft
are to some extent realized. Among
that work for a living at honest
and productive enterprises, whether
in New York or elsewhere, there is a
better notion of fair play. There
exists the instructive feeling that sue
cess in life should come from ser
vice rendered. not from jmmunities
bought.
nc So-4s pdSSA INDY tA!nh that
such a system Of indirect graft,
where it has become established,
does not come out of him at all. In
the end it does. 1t favors the esta-
blishment OF vast systems of vice
that lead thousands on thousands OF
men and women into lives of idle
shame, demorahzing their health,
rendering them unfit for productive
toll
Some one has to support these ar
mics of foul dissipation. In the
end the tax payer, the business man,
the hard working artisan carry them
all on their backs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

loss leads to life long regret, tears,
sorrow, anguish Of soul and frequent
suicide? It's the inexorabIe law Of
life from which there is no appeal.
If you don't know It, then what has
your mother been doing? Go and
ask her.
You can't flirt, for a catch on"
with strangers; you can't hang around
On the streets and in the parks at
night, without your father or mo-
Their; you can't be loose and lax in
your manners, dress and carriage
the language you use or the notes
you write and receive from the boys
without inviting assault upon your
virtue and many Of you know It from
experience.
Hence We say to the mothers of
this community, wake up, know all
about your daughters,-their asso-
ciates, and where they are at all
times. Get and keep their confii-
dence, and drill into their minds, and
drill into their very beings the
sacredness Of chaste vrtuous woman
hood
Hence We say also to the fathers
get after your sons and bring them
to know and appreciate the value of
clean living, and the sacredness OF
their girl associates. Give them to
know of the chivalry of old and to
emulate IT,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

In another column of this issue
will be found an article from the pen
of Prof G. w. Schwede, Supt. of
Schools for the city of Grand Rapids,
which explains itself. In reference
thereto, we want to say that as far
as the Reporter is concerned,
it had no intention of laying any blame
to our public schools. We were sim
ply quoting the Justice in what he
said to the boys when placing their
fines. The public schools are not in
any way to blame for the moral stat
us Of any Of its graduates. The pu-
pills education is what the public
schools are responsible for and sup
posed to improve and perfect. The
moral side of the students life is
largely the product of the home and
family training
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
GRAND RAPIDS METROPOLITAN.

GRAND RAPIDS METROPOLITAN
We want our little city of 1000
people to become metropolitan in a
business way, but not in a criminal
way. Crime and the immoral side Of
life is a detriment to any city or
community where it finds Judgement
aud is allowed to deveIope and be
nurtured. Whether this is now true
or is becoming true, will depend up
on ourselves. Business men of Grand
Rapids which kind of growth do you
want? We want to place ourselv-
es on record in favor of a metropoli-
tan city. on the business and resi-
dent side, of that question. We are
not in favor of metropolitan condi-
tions If crime will be allowed to
grow and deveIope with, and faster,
than the commercial side of it.
Win each laboring. business and
professional man, who desires a clear
energetic and commercial city stand
UP and be counted in favor of the
former and against the latter? That
Is the question Stand up and be
counted against it. You can not
take middle ground Don't pre-
tend TO be one thing and act another
Come out in the open and be count
ed for the best there is in life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

RATE GARD.
Grand Rapids, Wis.
Effective July. 1, 1912.
Daily Weekly
Run Of paper, per inch
per time. plate mat
Locals per line, per time .O5 .O5
FOR Pos!TIoN-DispIay
Add the following per cent TO the
above figures:
Adjoining reading matter 10 per ct.
Top Of column adjoining
reading matter first fol-
lowing and alongside Of
reading 20 per Ct
COMPOSITION OF DISPLAY AD-
VERTIsING-5 cents per inch,
extra.
No advertisement accepted for less
than $1OO.
DAILY-Evening, except Sunday, Els
tabHshed 1906. Four pages, sew
en- columns. CIRCULATION-62
WEEKLY Thursday. 8 pages, 8 col
umns, 10 EN- column Established
1857. CLRCULATION-120O
Grand Rapids has a population of
5000, County Seat Of Wood county.
Four railroad lines, sixteen passenger
trains daily, all stop at Grand Rap
Ids. Also Inter-urban connecting Ne
koosa with Grand Rapids. Wood
county has population Of $4,000,
excellent farming lands, manufactur
ing OF all kinds; splendid schools
and churches; good water and heal
thy climate.
Represented By
AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.
General Offices New York
Chicago. Branches In all
Principal Cities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
THE OLD WAY.

One of our exchanges truthfulIy
says that when pa was young, people
who had bad colds, soaked their feet
in hot water and took a few draughts
of catnip and got well. Now they
have La grippe, take quinine and
feel SICK all summer. Then they
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

In another column of this issue
viii be found the cut or likeness of
Robt. w. Monk, of NeiIlsyille, can
didate for State Senator in this dis
trict, comprising the counties of
Clark and Wood. It will be noted
that MIR. Monk is a Progressive Re
publican and has been for many years
He is very pleasant gentleman to
meet with