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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
GAME FISH SEASON
OPENS JUNE 1ST

On account of the misunderstood
ing that seems to prevail among fish
ermen as to when game fish may be
caught, State Game Warden w. A.
Cole has informed us that the open
season for all game fish excepting
trout begins on Saturday, June
1st. Mr.. Cole has received many
in quiries regarding the season for
catching game fish and he wishes
to inform lovers of that sport that
the date above mentioned is the
time for the catching of fish protect
ed by law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
FEDERATION At
GRAND RAPIDS
Interesting Convention OF Clubs
Br0uqht to a Close.

The Wausau Ladies who attended
the seventh convention Of the Tenth
District Wisconsin Federation Of Wo
mems clubs, at Grand Rapids, have
returned home, much pleased with
the convention They report a series
of very excellent meetings, and are
enthusiastic over the hospitality of
Grand Rapids ladies, who made the
occasion especially pleasant, and en-,
tertained the visitors so royalty.
The program was one of the best
which the Wausau ladies have heard
at a club convention, and they speak
with great enthusiasm upon the sue
cess of every part of it.-Wausau
Daily Record-Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
$4,000 LOSS BY
COVERED BY
INSURANCE
Both Fire Departments From This City
Are Called Out But Could Do Lit
tie Toward Saving Main Structure.

The Centralia Pulp & Water Power
Co.'S plant on the south side was al
most entirely destroyed by fire Mon
day morning. The beater room the
machine building and the finishing
building with their contents were en-
tirely destroyed. The old pulp mill
which is allow wooden building and
one of the oldest pulp mills on the
Wisconsin river, was saved.
Extensive improvements have been
going on in the machine building and
the electric wires had been coiled
up in one end of the building and it
Is supposed that the fire originated
from them. The fire started where
the machine room and the beater
room join. 1t was discovered short
ly after 2 o'clock by VIM. Snyder,
the night watchman who turned il.
the alarm. Mr.. Snyder said that he
had made a trip through the beater
room and soon after when he stepped
out, he saw that the roof was all a.
blaze.
Both fire companies and the fire
engine responded to the alarm. The
loss on buildings, machinery and stock
will reach close to $4,000. The in
surance is carried by the Taylor &
Scott Company and is placed in sew
eral companies. Three cars loaded
with paper and pulp were burned up
that stood near the mill. All that re-
mains of the big paper plant are the
pulp mill and steam plant or boiler
house
The fire companies made a quick
response considering the hour and
the distance out to the plant. The
fire steamer was taken out and sta
toned on the river bank When the
city firemen arrived, the entire roof
was in a blaze and it was beyond the
power of the firemen with the limited
fire fighting apparatus available to
subdue the fire. ALI that could be ac
compished was to prevent the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
COMPELLING SUPPORT
OF FAMILIES

Few people have any use for the
man who does not make an honest ef-
fort to support his family. Fortunate
ly We have not many such in this
community.
Colorado voters are to pass upon
a plan proposed by Judge Lindsey of
Denver for compelling labor from men
who fail to support their families.
The bill in question provides that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23

Be courteous in the home. Hus-
band, treat your wife like a lady in
the home as well as on the street. If
you want your boy to be a little ger
tleman''w hen he is away from home
he must have example as well as pre-
eept in the home. Example will do
more for the boy and the girl than
any book on rules of etiquette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23

Wisconsin boosters in general are
incensed over the action of John E.
DAILY, proprietor of a large jewelry and
drug store in Grand Rapids, in board
ing up his place of business for
one month while he is in Canada ne
gotiating a deal for extensive farm
ing property there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
GOVERNMENT
APPOINTM MENT

DR.. E. A. Lapham, son of Post
master and Mrs. A E. Lapham, of
Nekoosa, last week received notice
that he had been appointed as gov
ernment physician, and is also in
formed that he will be required to
report at New York City, about June
l, to take passage for Amsterdam,
a seaport town in Holland.
The Times congratulates Dr. Lap
ham upon his appointment, and also
congratulates the government on its
selection.-Wood County Times
We extend congratulations to Mr..
and Mrs. A. E. Lapham in the pro-
motion of their son to a responsible
position with the government.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
HOME AGAIN
ALL SAFE

Mrs. Mary Jolly, the old lady
who wandered away from home last
week, is apparently none the worse
for her adventures. Messrs Alex
Perrodin, Fred Turbin and Lew Pan
ter went south on the early morning
passenger on the C. & N. w. and told
the train and engine crew to watch
out for an old lady who was sup
posed to be walking The track. When
about three miles this side Of Ban
croft the engineer saw the old lady
on the track and brought the train
to a stop. Mr.. Perrodin and his friends
took her aboard the train and pro-
ceeded to Bancroft and took the af-
ternoon train back to the city. They
arrived on the 1:35 passenger and
went home Mrs Jolly had recovered
from her temporary mental trouble
and was all right.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
GRADUATING
EXERCISES
Friday Evening May 81 Lincoln
Hiqh School Auditorium.

Music, Selected--High School Or
chestra
Gertrude Reiland.
Solo, SeIected-Miss Ruby Natwick
Reading, "Going of the White
Swan'-Ruth Caroline Richer.
Clarinet Solo, Selected Frank
Drumb
Grafton, 'Tdols and Ideals" Loeb
-Ignatius A. Mroz.
Violin Solo, Selected-Helen Annis
Taylor.
Valedictory, Our Motto"-Margar-
ct Irene NOltner.
"The Isle of Nid-Nod''-Girls' Glee
Club.
Presentation of Diplomas.
James Menier spent Sunday at
Wausau visiting friends.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
THE DEMONS OF THE SWAMP.

are mosquitoes. As they sting they
put deadly malaria germs in the blood
Then follow the icy chills the fires
of fever. The appetite flies and the
strength fails; also malaria often
paves the way for deadly typhoid.
But Electric Bitters kill and cast out
the malaria germs from the blood;
give you a fine appetite and renew
your strength. "After long suffering
wrote VIM. FretWell, of Lucama, N
c., three bottles drove all the malaria
from my system, and I've had good
health ever since" Best for all sto-
mach, liver and kidney ills. SOC at
Daly's Drug & JeweIry Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23

The world would be better if neigh
bors in little country villages would
visit each other more and try to be
just little, more agreeable and kind
Iy interested in each others affairs.
Such visits help to Danish household
cares, and enable good ideas to go
from Life to life and home to home
for the good Of all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
DEATH Of
FRANK ALBERT

Frank Albert a resident farmer,
of the town of Carson, Portage coun-
ty, and about two miles from Ru-
dolph died at his home on May 10,
1912. The funeral service will take
place Wednesday afternoon, from the
house at one o'clock and from st.
Johns Lutheran church at o'clock.
Burial in the Lutheran cemetery, Rev
VIM. Nommensen of this city will
officiate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
DISTRICT FEDERA-
TON CONVENTION
A Literary and Social Success.

In spite Of the inclement weather
Wednesday. a large number of club
women assembled in the Congrega-
tional church for the second days
session Of the Tenth District Conven-
tion of the State Federation. A mum
Der Of women who had not reported
the day before We're in attendance,
who deeply regretted that they had
not been present at the opening meet
ing to hear the splendid paper on
a New System of Education" by
Mrs VIM H. Crosby, Of Racine,
State President, which was written
by Mrs. Crosby and in her unavoid-
able absence, acceptably read by
Mrs. B. r. Goggins.
Those who We're absent the opening
day missed a great treat in not hear
ing Miss Rose Perdue of Milwaukee
il her address on The Big Sister
Movement A new phiIanthropic
measure instituted by Miss Perdue,
who has given her life to this work
The whole program for Tuesday af
ternoon was especially fine,- the quar-
tette by the ladies from Wausau,
Mesdames Boehm, SissOn, Jones and
Meadows deserving special mention.
The proceedings of Wednesday
morning were of a business charact-
er consisting of the report of the
District Vice President, Mrs. Isaac
r. Wftter, roll call and reports of
the clubs in this district, with a talk
The Woman's Club and the Popu-
lar Lecture Course" by Mr.. J. J.
Pettiiohn.
Mrs Witter in her report urged
the ladies of the convention to seri-
ously consider the question of Wo-
mans Suffrage, as one of vital i'm
portance, coming as It does before the
voters this fall We 1 be inter
ested in Suffrage not because it af-
fects ourselves so much as it will
the great class of working women,
who ought to have a voice in legis-
Iation that concerns the conditions
under which they work. We should
at least inform ourselves on this
subject
After a discussion of State Fedora
tion topics led by Mrs. Earle Pease,
the convention adjourned and the wo-
men repaired to the Methodist church
parlors where a delectabIe luncheon
was served by the ladies of that
church
In consequence Of the rain. the au-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23

Miss Mae Baruch has finished her
seasons work as trimmer at Espen-
hain's In Milwaukee and arrived in
the city Saturday to visit her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs l. Baruch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23

Seneca Bowen left Thursday for
Chicago where he has secured employ
ment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23

Miss Florence Ray spent Sunday
in Wausau visiting friends.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23

Read the ADS in this issue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
ACTION OF DRUG
GIST INCENSES
BUSINESS MEN

Residents of Grand Rapids and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20
CHAPTER XIV.
Mahomed Offers Freedom.


Fortune had slept, but only after
hours Of watchful terror. The slight
est sound outside the tent sent a
scream into her throat, but she sue
ceeded each time in sitting 1t. Once
the evil laughter Of a hyena came over
her ears. shivering. Alone! She laid
her head upon the wadded saddle-bags
and wept silently, and every sob tore
at her heart. She must keep up the
farce Of being brave when she knew
that she wasn't The men must not
be discouraged. Her department
would characterize theirs; any sign
Of weakness upon her side would cor
respondingly depress them the more.
She prayed to God to give her the
strength to hold out. She was afraid
Of Mahomed; she was afraid of his
grim smile, afraid Of his mocking
eyes; she could not sponge out the
scene wherein he had so gratuitously
kicked Horace in the side. Horacel
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20
10, she did not believe that she would

No. she did not believe that she would
ever forgive him for this web which
he had spun and fallen into himself.
Two things she must hide for the
sake OF them all: her fear Of Mahom.
ed and her knowledge Of Ryanne's
trickery.
What part in this tragedy had the
Arab assigned her? Her fingers twined
and untwined, and she rocked and
rocked, bit her lips, lay down, sat UP
and rocked again. But for the ex-
haustion, but for the insistent call of
nature, she would never have closed
her eyes that night.
And her mother! What would her
mother believe, after the scene that
had taken place between them? What
could she believe, save that her daugh.
ter had fulfilled her threat, and run
away? And upon this not unreason-
able supposition her mother would
make no attempt to find out what had
become Of her. Perhaps she would
be glad. glad to be rid of her and her
questions. Alone! Well, she had al.
ways been alone.
The only ray Of sunshine in all was
the presence Of Jones. She felt,
subtly, that he would not only stand
between her and Mahomed. but also
between her and Ryanne.
"Hush!" whispered George. Don't
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

"Io, / don't suppose it would. I've
an idea that we're all on the way to
the home Of Haroun-al- Rashid."
"Bagdad," musingly.
Its the rug. But l do. not under.
stand you in the picture"
mo more do l."
With a consideration that spoke
well Of his understanding, he did not
speak to her again till food was
passed. Later, when the full terror
Of the affair took hold Of her, she
would be dreadfuIly lonely and would
need to see him near, to hear his
voice. He forced some Of the hot
soup down Ryanne's throat, and was
glad to note that he responded a little.
After that he limped about the strange
camp, but was careful to get in no
ones way. Slyly he took note Of this
face and that, and his satisfaction
grew as he counted the aftermath Of
the war. And 1t had taken five Of
them, and even then the result had
been In doubt up to the moment when
his head had gone bang against the
stucco. He took Q melancholy pride
In his swollen ear and half-shut eye.
He had always been doubtful regard.
Ing his courage; and now he knew
that George Percival Algernon Jones
was as good a name as Bayard.
The cameLboys (they are called
boys all the way from ten years up to
forty, having hobbled the beasts,
were portioning each a small bundle
Of tibbin or chopped straw in addition
to what they might find by grazing.
Funny brutes, thought George, as he
walked among the kneeling animals:
to go five days without food or water,
to travel continuously from twenty
five to eighty miles the day! Others
were busy with the pack-baskets. A
tent, presumably Mahomed's, was be-
ing erected upon a clayey piece Of
ground in between the palms. No one
entered the huts, even out of curios-
ity; so George was certain that the
desertion had been brought about by
one plague or another. A smaller
tent was put up later, and he was
grateful at the sight of it. 1t meant
a little privacy for the poor girl. Great
God, how helpless he was, how help
less they all were!
An incessant clatter, occasionally
interspersed with a laugh, went on.
The Arab, unlike the East Indian. is
not ordinarily surly; and these
seemed to be good-natured enough.
They eyed George without malice.
The war of the night before had been
all in days work, for which they
had been literally paid. While he had
spent much time in the Orient and
had ridden camels, a real caravan,
prepared for weeks Of travel, was a
distinct novelty, and so he viewed all
with interest, knowing perfectly well
that within few days he would look
upon these activities with dull, hope
less anger. He went back to the
girl and sat down beside her..
Have you any idea why you are
here"
NO; unless he saw me in the ba.
Saars with Horace. and thought to
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
torture him by bringing me alonr..

torture him by bringing me along"
Horace! A chill that was not Of the
night ran over his shoulders. So she
called the adventurer by his given
name? And how might her presence
torture Ryanne? George felt weak
in that bitter moment. Ay, how might
not her presence torture him also
He had never, for the briefest space,
thought Of Ryanne and Fortune at the
same time. She spoke, alphabetically
1t was true, as II she had known him
all her life. The wisest thing he could
do was to bring Ryanne to a condition
where he could explain some parts Of
the enigma and be Of some use. Hor
ace!
I'm going to have another try at
him." he said.
She nodded, but without any par.
ticular enthusiasm.
George worked over Ryanne for the
better part Of an hour, and finally the
battered man moved. He made an ef.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

let her see you like this. She mustn't
know"
you don't understand" replied Ry-
anne miserably.
Il believe / do" Georges heart
was heavy. This man was in love
with her, too.
Ryanne struck the tears from his
eyes and turned aside his head. He
was sick in soul and body. To have
walked blindly into a trap like this,
Of his own making, too! Fool! What
had possessed him, usually so keen,
to trust the copper-hided devil? All
for the sake Of one glass Of wine!
With an effort entailing no meager
pain in his side, he stilled the strang-
ling hiccoughs, swung round and tried
to smile reassuringly at the girl.
you are better% she asked.
There was In the tone Of that oues-
ton an answer to all his dreams. One
nights work had given him his ticket
to the land Of those weighed and
found wanting. She knew; how much
he did not care; enough to read his
guilt.
1t appeared to George that she was
accepting the situation with a philos.
ophy deeper than either his or Ry.
anne's. Not a whimper, not a plant,
not a protest so far had she made.
She was a Roland in petticoats.
"Oh, I'm Dashed up a Bit" said Ry.
anne. I'll get my legs in a day or
so. Fortune, will you answer one
question:"
AS many as you like"
How did you get here%
Don't you known
George wasn't certain, but the GIRLS
voice was cold and accusing.
T?"
Eyes. Wasn't 1t the note that you
wrote to me?"
Ryanne took his head in his hands.
YEARLY. 81 wrote you no note, For.
tune; have never written you a note
Of any kind. You do not know my
handwriting from Adams. In Gods
name, why didn't you ask your mother
or your uncle? They would have rec
ognized the forgery at once. Who
gave 1t to you?"
"Mahomed himself"
Damn him!" Ryanne grew strong
under the passing fit Of rage. mo,
don't tell me to be silent. don't care
about myself. I'm the kind of man
who pulls through, generally. But
this takes the spine out Of me. I'm
to blame; it's all my fault"
Say no more about IT," She be-
lieved him. She really hadn't thought
him capable Of such baseness, though
at the time Of her abduction she had
been inclined to accuse him. That
he was here, prisoner like herself,
was conclusive evidence, so far as she
was concerned, Of his innocence. But
she knew him to be responsible for
the presence Of Jones; knew him to
be culpable Of treachery Of the mean
est order; knew him to be lacking in
generosity and magnanimity toward a
man who was practically his benefac-
tor. What does Mahomed want!"
The bally rug, Fortune. And Jones
here, who had IT. says that It is gone"
Vanished. magic-carpetwise," sup
plemented George.
~And Jones would have given II up."
"And thousand like It, II We could
have bought you out Of this"
Zones and l could have managed
to get along"
I'VE shouldn't have mattered."
"And would you have returned to
Mr.. Jones his thousand poundsl"
"Yes, and everything else ! have"
quite honestly.
Don't vo-ry any more about the
rug, h know where It H."
YOU" cried the two men.
49,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

u 10 1--WE up.
fort to speak, but this time no sound
issued from his lips. At the end OF
the hour he opened his eyes and
smiled. 1t was more like the grin
George had once seen upon the face
or a boxer who had returned to the
contest after having been floored half
dozen times.
Can you hear me?" asked George.
Ryanne stared into his face. "Yes."
thickly. where are WEI"
'In the desert"
(Which one"
Arabian"
Ryanne tried to sit up alone.
Better not try to move. They
banged you up at q great rate. Best
thing you can do is to 90 to sleep.
You'll be all right in the morning"
Ryanne sank back, and George bun.
died him up snugly. Poor devil!
He'll pull himself together in the
morning" he said to Fortune. 81 did
not know that you knew him well /"
u have known him for eight or nine
years. He used to visit my uncle at
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

Every. Democratic candidate fol
Congress Is spending his whole time
now In the field in the campaign.
Not only that, but every one Of the
eight candidates expects to devote
all his time to the campaign from
now until election day. The candi-
dates are ar. energetic bunch Of men
and promise to cover their territory
pretty thoroughly before the cleo
ton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

Mayor ]. B. Billiard Of Topeka, one
q the candidates for the Democratic
nomination for Governor, has been
1loiug some effective work for Sena-
tor Hodges in the last few days. His
assistance during the campaign will
{, be Of great benefit to the cause.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

Letters that are pouring in to Dem
ocratic headquarters at Topeka, in
dictate that Democrats everywhere arr
entirely satisfied with the state tick
ct, and that they will. vote 'er
straight" at the polls in November.
That the price of Democratic success
is DeMOcratic unity is recognized in
an quarters, and the Democrats in
tend to allow no such bright oppor-
tunity as is presented to them this
year slip by. With a strong state
ticket that is giving satisfaction ev-
erywhere there seems to be little lik-
liho0d of anything approaching a slip
in the solid Democratic vote.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

Although the campaign is yet in
its early stages, the interest mani.
tested in every portion Of the state
Is great, and the public speakers are
never compelled to speak before
Small audiences. The people of Kan
sas, 1t isabelieved, have been aroused
and are making inquiries that they
may know what they are doing on
election day. Such a tate Of affairs
means much in the warfare for the
success of the Democratic party-the
party Of the common people.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-20

The Hon. Jerry Botkin has been Sc
cured by the Democratic State Com
mittee as a speaker during the cam
paign. He began making two speech
es a day on Wednesday Of this week
at Clay Center. He is we'll known
Democratic speaker, being consider
ed one of the strongest in the state.
He will spend all the time until the
close of the campaign in a speaking
tour of the state under the auspices
of the Committee. Mr.. Botkin spoke
at HOlton Thursday, Oskaloosa Fri
day, and will speak at Salina Satur-
5ay of this week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-10-30

having discussed to their satisfaction
the subject of the petition, and hav-
ing found that all details of the law
in regard to such petition have been
complied with;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
That the prayer of the said Petition
be, and the same hereby is, granted !;
and that the said Upper Iowa Power
Company shall have the rights and
privileges as prayed for in said petit
ton, subject to the conditions stated
therein, and subject to legislation
hereafter enacted, either by this
Board or the General Assembly of
Iowa.
Mr.. P. F. Meyers resolution was
seconded by C. Norton, and carried
when put before the Board.
The minutes were read and APP
proved.
(Signed) o. NJ. SELVES,
Chairman.
E. w. CHRISTOPHER, Clerk.