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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
CROP REPORT SHOWS LOSS
Acreage in Wisconsin Decreased and
Winter Grains Killed by Severe
Weather Conditions.

Madison.-Crop conditions in Wis
consin this year are only IS per cent
as good as they were at a similar
time last year, according to a crop
report issued by Secretary J. C. Mac
Kenzie of the state board of agricuI-
ture.
The acreage of the eight principal
crops of the state is "a per cent of
that of 1911. This is the first crop
report of the year.
AdViCes show, says the report,
general backward condition through
out the state. Glover, alfalfa and
winter grains have been killed in
many sections of the state. Pastures
alone are good
The condition of the eight princi-
pal crops as compared with that of
last year at this time is as follows:
Winter wheat, 81 per cent; winter
rye, 81 per cent; spring wheat, 80;
spring rye, 50; oats, 101; barley,
1O2; clover, "a; timothy, So.
Crop conditions, compared with
1911, are shown as follows: Winter
wheat, Sc per cent; winter rye. 81:
clover meadows, 81; timothy mead
DDS, IS; alfalfa, 50; pastures, Sc.
Complaints of poor seed corn
comes from many sections of the
state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
MAINTENANCE OF GOOD ROADS
Cannot Be Kept in Proper Condition
Unless Kept Well Drained and
Free From Holes.

No earth road can be maintained in
good condition unless it be so con-
structed as to drain well, and unless
it be kept free from ruts and holes.
The best method of maintaining an
earth road, especially a prairie road,
is by the systematic use Of the road
drag. A sand road is never good I'M
der any circumstances, but certainly
is not improved by GROWING. A sand
road is at its best when moist, so it
should be left fiat. No one wants
sand road, so, if possible, clay should
be added to, and mixed with the sand,
making what is known as a sand clay
road
The old way, and it is used today by
many, of filling a mud hole with brush
with a little earth on top, cannot be
tCo strongly condemned, and is only
permissible in cases Of emergency,
when it is impossible to drain the hole
or to get sand or stone to fill it. The
overseer or foreman should in dry
weather center his work on such
places until the road is raised to
sufficient height to drain well. Many
overseers have brush hauled two miles
to fill a mud hole, when sand is with
in shoyeling distance of it.
If farmers do not take a community
interest in the improvement Of the
roads and put their shoulders to the
wheel we will surely remain stuck
in the mud"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
TEACH GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
University Co-eds viii Wrestle With
Real Cost of Living Problem
in Practice Cottage.

MadisOn.-State university co-eds
in home economics have a chance
to wrestle with the real cost Of Iiv-
ing problem as a result Of a new
requirement for all the young wom-
en- in this course to the effect that
each of them must in turn take en-
tire charge Of the new practice cot
tage just provided. The cottage is
on a piece of land recently ACQUIRED
by the university and is completely
equipped and furnished with a view
to giving the home economics girls
actual practice in housekeeping.
The value and efficiency of various
labor saving devices are being tested
by the girls under actual housekeep-
ing conditions. The cottage contains
living room, library, dining room.
kitchen. laundry, storeroom, three
bedrooms and a bathroom. One of
the bedrooms is equipped for classes
in home nursing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
TRAINING THE DOG TO WORK
For Farm Use Scotch colies Are Most
Useful and Besides They Are
Most Communicable,

Scotch CoIlies are the most useful
dogs for the farm, besides being the
most companionabIe. They are natu-
rally intelligent and do not range over
the country, as do most dogs With
proper care a Scotch Collie pup can
be trained to do almost any dog trick
A well-trained Collie will bring stock
from the pasture more satisfactorily
than most boys The herdsman at the
Kansas Agricultural college has a Col
lie dog which is very useful for that
purpose.
The demand for Scotch Co1Iies is
steadily increasing as their value on
the farm becomes known. It is better
to buy pups or young dogs, as they are
more easily trained. They usually are
black, with tan legs and tan dots over
the eyes and feet, tail tipped with
white, and often with white collars.
With their large, shaggy, silky coats
they are very pretty. AS house dogs.
they have no equals
The pup must be treated kindly
Scolding and whipping will soon spoil
HALI' IL training nlns always use the
same words and he will soon learn to
know what you mean. After he has
learned one lesson we'll it is no trouble
to train him to do other things. When
he is older, if you have to whip him
for disobedience, be sure that he is
again friendly with you before you let
him go. If you do not you are likely
to spoil him. It requires patience to
train a dog right.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
ALARM FOR THE JEWEL BOX
Pendulum, Hanging Perpendicular,
Closes Electric Circuit, Giving
Warning to Owner.

A jewel box provided with an cleo
ric alarm has recently been patented
and has already been placed on the
market in Paris. In the bottom Of
the box is a dry battery, magnet,
and a system of levers, the whole
forming a device not unlike a tele-
graph instrument in appearance. In
the center of the bottom Of the box is
4 small opening in which a pendulum
is suspended. AS long as the box is
stationary this pendulum hangs per-
2endicular, and does not close the cleo
trio circuit, but the slightest movt-
ment of the box causes it to close the
circuit and sound the alarm. Once the
pendulum drops down the alarm can
not be siIenced except by opening the
lid Of the box and shifting a lever.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
Wisconsin News Briefs.

Since the establishment
of the State Hospital for the Insane
in 1860, there have been Lightweight
escapes of patients. In the official
reports they are said to have
"eIoped." At the Northern hospital
there were sixty-nine "eIopments"
since the opening OF the institution
in 1878, total of 1877 in the two
state hospitals. In nearly every case
the patients were captured. There
has not been an escape from the
state prison at Waupun in fifteen
years, when Flank McHue broke out.
At the state industrial schools, where
the inmates are given the freedom
Of the grounds under the parole prin-
ciple, escapes have often been at
tempted and recapture has always
followed.
Kenosha.-Out in the little village
of New Munster, west of KenOsha,
Mrs. Johanna Kretschmer gave her
life in an effort to save her children
when their home burned as the re-
suit Of an explosion of gasoline The
children were caught in flames of the
exploding fluid and the mother went
to their rescue. Firemen saved the
bodies from the burning house. One
Of the children, a girl of IS months,
is dead, and the other, a 5-year-oId
boy, cannot survive.
Neenah. -SaIoonkeepers have been
notified that on Sundays hereafter
saloons will not be opened until noon
All must close at midnight and open
not before o'clock in the morning
Curtains shall be raised and screens
removed on week days. Places sus-
pected of harboring girls will be re-
ported to Mayor Clark, who has is
sued the new order. The same action
will be taken in Menasha.
Madison.-The possibility of a SUI
preme court action to determine the
legality of the Black River Falls ap-
preparation by the state is rumored
here. Secretary of State Frear will
proceed to sign the warrant for the
immediate payment of the money,
however, as soon as the attorney gen
eral has approved the grant.
on.-Assemblyman L. E.
GettIe of Edgerton has decided to
announce his candidacy for state SEN
ator from the Rock county district
to succeed John NJ. Whitehead of
GAINESVILLE, who is not a candidate for
denomination.
Madison-Senator J. J. Blaine of
Boscobel and Dwight Parker of Fen
nimore headed a party of Grant
county officers who called at the cap
itol and arranged a state loan Of
$4,000 for the county to assist it
in building a new $125,000 insane
asylum to take the place of the old
asylum which burned recently.
La Crosse.-A meeting of the Wis
consin delegation to the Republican
national convention is being arrang-
ed to be held at Milwaukee or Chi
cago, June 8, to bind the delegates
from this state to La Toilette alb
soluteIy on every ballot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
NOVEL USE OF ELECTRICITY
New Paris Hotel to Employ Substitute
for All Domestic Servants
Order by phone.

A new hotel in Paris is going to try
the experiment of having all the serv-
ice performed by electrical devices,
which will almost replace the domestic
servants. The dining room is fitted
with the ingenious electric table to
which everything is sent up from be-
low, the dishes running around the
table and stopping before each person,
then disappearing again when no long
er wanted. A periscope such as is
used on a submarine makes the table
visible from the kitchen underneath,
and orders are given by Ioud-speaking
telephone without leaving the table.
Both telephone and periscope are con-
cealed in the chandelier. The new no.
tel is to contain many special devices
Of the kind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee. Nav Is. 1912

Milwaukee, May IS, 1912.
Butter-Creamery, extras, SOC;
prints, Sic; hrsts, 27@ 28c; seconds,
ESQ 26c; renovated, ESQ zee; dairy.
fancy, 27c.
Cheese = American full cream,
new made, twins, IS 01515 &c; Young
Americas, 151a @16c; daisies, 16
@16 15c; Ionghorns, 16@167ac; lin
burger, 161a @17c; brick, $50
157ac.
Eggs-CurTent receipts fresh, as
to quality, 16@161ac; recandIed, ex-
tras, 1914 019c; seconds, 40 15c.
Live Poultry-FowIs, 15c; roos-
tiers, 12c; broilers, doz., 5000 500.
Potatoes Wisconsin, sacked on
track, 1.1O01.15.
Wheat-No. I, northern, 1872 O
1924; No. 2, northern, 1.18 0120;
No. 3, northern, III.
COrn-No. 8, yellow, 79e.
Oats-No. 3, white, $50; stand
ard, 581Ac.
Barley Wisconsin, 1885,, No. 3
1926; No. 4, 122.
Rye-No. 2, 921ac.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, $50 q
100; heifers. 1855 q $50; cows, ass
@6.1O; feeders, AIS q 6.65; calves
6.OO0725.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 7.65
07.80; fair to best light, 700 O
$50; pigs, 6.OO06.55.
Sheep-Lambs, 6.0O@1O.0O; ewes
6.OOm7OO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
ELECTRICAL
@NOIES@8@
egraph lines of Persia tota

The telegraph lines Of Persia total
6,312 miles in length.
Forty thousand wireless kilograms
reached the coast of Great Britain last
year.
Ball bearings for every movable
part feature a new electric automo-
bile.
weather reports are sent from
Gibraltar to London daily by wireless
telegraphy.
Through telephone service between
New York and Los Angeles is prom
ised by November.
London has 100000 telephones and
the daily number Of calls averages
one and a quarter million.
An electrically driven. machine that
weighs less than so pounds has been
invented to scrub floors.
Austria-Hungar has the least teIe-
phone service, in proportion to popu-
lation, Of any European country.
More than 1900 Of the $4,000 pas
senger cars in use on the railroads Of
the United States are now electrically
lighted
The government Of New Zealand is
replacing its wooden telegraph poles
and letter box posts with reinforced
concrete ones.
The electric zone Of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad is
to be extended, indicating that its
operation has been successful.
No task is too little or too large
for electricity and no man can truth
fully say what it will yet perform
when We have learned # better.
Wireless telegrapny has been de-
veIoped until messages are being re-
ceived between San Francisco and
japan, or across the Pacific ocean.
over so Ightships are stationed
around the English shores.
Electric lighting has been vastly
improved. New lamps have been pro
duced and old processes improved.
A bill has been introduced IN the
New York legislature to provide for
co-operation between New York and
Ontario in the matter Of tIumfna ting
Niagara Falls.
AcetyIene automobile headlights
have been provided with an attach
ment with which the gas may be
H5hted by short cIrcutting the spark
ing system with switch from thu
drivers seat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30

post, or some other consideration,
makes the plan impracticable. The
following method (shown in Fig. q
has been successful where it was i'm
possible to dig deeply. Three. posts
were set at a distance of ten or twelve
feet apart Then the brace and guy
wires were attached to the second and
third posts in the manner usually en-
ployed between the corner and second
posts. A guy wire was run from the
top Of the second post to the corner
post at the ground and a stout board
or 2x4 nailed to the upper ends of the
first and second posts. The wire Of
the fence was then stretched to the
second post and wrapped around it.
The space between that and the cor
ner post was closed with fencing
boards or wire, as was most conve-
nient.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30

of humanity. Many stood with bowed
heads as the cortege passed.
Flags upon all the buildings in the
city were at half-mast
The kings body had been inclosed
in a coffin of steel and oak, in keeping
with the simplicity Of his life.
King Frederick VIII. of Denmark died
alone, unaccompanied and unattended,
on the street in this city of apoplexy
Tuesday night The king. travelling in
cognito, arrived here Monday on his
return from a long trip to the south,
where he had been convalescing from a
serious attack of Inflammation of the
lungs, With the queen and the royal
suite he took quarters at the Ham
burgerhof hotel
At ten o'clock at night the king left
the hotel unaccompanied for his usual
stroll before retiring. He had gone
only a short distance, when he was
overcome on the street by a sudden at
tack of apOplexy.
A policeman was called, who had
the body conveyed IN an automobile
to the Sailors hospital Physicians
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
CROWN PRINCE
PROCLAIMED KING
Under Title of Christian X.
Son of Dead Monarch Now
Rules Denmark.
BODY OF RULER OH WAY HOME
powager Queen Louise and Three Of
Her Children 70 Accompany Corpse
to Copenhagen on the Royal
Yacht

Copenhagen, Denmark, May IL
The proclamation of the new king,
who takes the title of Christian x, oc-
CURED in front Of the Amalienborg
castle Wednesday. Prince Christian
went out for his customary ride IN
aware of the death of his father.
When he arrived in the capital from
his residence outside he saw flags fly
ing at half mast and this was his first
tntimatfon nf the hitfer blow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
Determine LONGITUDE,

Several determinations Of longitude
have of late been made by means OF
wireless messages, but the most am
bilious attempt of this nature has Just
taken place between Paris and Tunis
wireless signals connecting two clocks,
one at the EiffeI Tower and the other
at Bizerta, Tunis, the comparison OF
which decided the longitude. The sig
aaIs travelled the whole distance in
O07 second, which works out at nearly
100000 miles a second.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
GREAT IS WIRELESS SYSTEM
Conversation Successfully Carried on
Between San Francisco and Island
OF Hokushu, Japan.

Marconi rejoiced when, in 1897. he
succeeded in sending a wireless mes
sage distance of three miles. By 1907
he had established regular wireless
communication across the Atlantic
Since then vessels have been picked
up" al sea from shore stations at dis
tances Of from 1900 to 1000 miles.
In November last Marconi sent a mes
sage from the Coltano station, in Italy.
to the Glaze Bay station, in Nova SEQ
ia, 1000 miles. The San Francisco
operator, month earlier, conversed
for a period Of 10 minutes with the
japanese station on the island of
Hokushu, a distance of 5000 miles.
Wireless communication, it is eX-
pected, will be opened up between
Italy and Argentina, says the Amer
lean Review, with the completion Of
the new station at Buenos Aires. The
airline distance between these sta
tons will be 1000 miles. The installa-
ton Of wireless apparatus on ships is
being gradually extended Until re-
Gently few vessels outside of warships
and steamers Of the liner class have
been so equipped. Now various coun-
tries are, by legislation, compelling
many smaller assenger-carrying craft
to Install such apparatus. Great Brit
ain is reported to be planning the es-
tablishment of a chain of wireless sta
lions to encircIe the globe There is
to be a subsidized system under the
control Of the postof1ce department,
Such chain of stations would give
England wireless connections with her
colonial possessions in various parts
of the world, making her independent
of cables, which are liable to be cut in
time of war.-Exchang
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30

the corner post near the ground, and
being crossed back of the post pass
around large stone or piece Of dur
able wood buried in the ground. These
wires are then twisted between the
posts to make them tight and hold
firmly in place about the brace and
corner post. A corner so set cannot
pull up. However, as the best gal
vanized wire will rust off in a few
years in the ground the life of such a
corner is not so long as may be de-
sired. The use of a heavy stone or
concrete post set in the same man
ner without the dead man" will be
practically everlasting, but in many
cases the cost OF the stone or concrete
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
Good Roads
q HRF" Zaq Notes

BY means Of seed corn selection, the
corn crop is moving northward.
Poultry manure is particularly good
for forcing the growth Of onions.
It is none too soon to begin to think
about putting up a silo for next fall
For the West there Is still no bet
ter variety Of early potatoes than
Early Ohio.
A proper kit for farm work Is about
as handy thing as the average farm
er can buy.
The asparagus should have had 2
coat of manure last fall, but better
late than never.
Tobacco stems strewn on the ground
at the base Of rose plants will help to
keep away insects.
Big prices for sweet wotato plants
demand first pulling, or no later than
the second at the most.
No land is so rich that it's owner
can afford to waste the manure that
is made by his farm stock.
Some enterprising gardener should
work ur a fancy trade on Al yege-
tables in the neighborhood Of cities of
5000 or over.
Nurse the young clover and the al
faIfa. plan for more Of both another
season. also a large acreage Of root
crops and pumpkins.
II you are not already practicing
rotation in your farming now is
good time to work out q systematic
cropping scheme for your farm.
Don't plant the large varieties of Gu
cumbers expecting to raise as many
as if the cluster kinds we're used
Alfalfa does not attain maturity un-
til the third or fourth year; therefore.
do not SOW it expecting to get the
best results in less time
For general or common use, caus-
tic or burnt lime or ground limestone
are employed almost exclusively for
the correction Of soil abnormaiities-
Two blades OF grass where only one
grew before are all right provided
each blade is as good as the one, and
also provided that the cost is not too
great
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
Life Of Frederick VII.

Frederick VIII. was one of the gen
TEST and most democratic kings Of Eu.
rope. Never particularly impressed
with his own Importance as a ruler,
realizing that his throne was sustain
ed by the country's desire for an in.
dependent existence and that q mat
ter of agreement among the great
powers by which his little state was
surrounded, Frederick, like his father
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
Carrot Rust-FIy in Its Various Stages
and Damaged Carrot.

the young maggots make their way
into the root, and tear the tissues in
a similar manner to the cabbage mag.
got; the attack causes the rusty
blotches to appear. The maggots of
later brood infest the full-growu
roots and continue their work of de-
struction in the root-house during the
winter Celery and parsnips are also
attacked.
Preventive measures seem to be the
only remedies available. To deter the
fly from laying her eggs, the rows of
young carrots, when ready for thin.
ming out, should be sprayed with kero-
sene emulsion, or busted with sand or
plaster in which coal oil is mixed, half
a pint being used to a pailful of the
material. The application should be
made weekly, and especially after hoe
ing, until about the middle of July.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
$4,000 for Being Soldier.

Fargo, n. d., May IA fortune of
$4,000 and a North Dakota homestead
prevents Clarence n. Copeland Of
Fargo from leaving the service Of the
United states marines. Copeland, who
Is home on furIough, received word
of the death of an uncle, John Cope
land. who wiIled him his fortune on
condition that he remain in the sery-
ice of the United States marines for
the remainder Of his term. and on its
expiration he Immediately re-enlist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30

20 the motor is not subjected to
shocks nor overload and will run from
he ordinary lamp socket.
The machine will riddle as much
sand in an hour as two men will in
.en hours. It accommodates the or
iinary 18-inch foundry riddle and
when in motion it is interesting to
watch it, as it operates with the same
graceful and effective motion Of the
molder Kidding sand by hand, but
With the steady and untiring energy OF
L half horsepower motor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
Vest Pocket Lamp.

ounces, is but two-thirds of an inch
thick, two inches high and 21a inches
wide, and has current suficien to
provide light for six hours continu-
ously and for much longer time, If
used internationally, says the Popu-
lar Mechanics. The battery and light
are placed in a receptacle that is not
much larger than an ordinary watch
and can be carried in the vest pocket
The battery can be used to actuate
small mechanical toys as well as to
light the pocket fiashlamp.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
,s.,,,ra 49, eiIsoa carr

Twenty tons Of corn silage an acre
we're harvested last fall by George
L. HysIop of Ohio. He uses it for fat
tening cattle and hogs. The most
interesting thing about this yield is
that it is the result Of proper utiIiza-
ton Of barnyard manure. The ma
nure shed has an important place on
the farm
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-30
SOLVE CORNER POST PROBLEM
VIII Be Practically Everlasting
Method Is Shown.

An old method of setting a firm cor
her post, but one not known by every
body, is the dead man" way, which
is fully described and illustrated by
Carl Brann, of Linn county, Kansas,
in the Homestead. The corner post is
set and the brace extended to the bot
tom Of the second post in the usual
way as shown in Fig. 1, but the guy
wires from the top of the second post
pass on both sides of the brace and of