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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
COUNTY SCHOOL
CONVENTION LAR.
CELY ATTENDED

The meeting of the County School
| Boards convention was held at the
Wood County Normal Friday. An
all day session was held and there
were about 175 in attendance. The
meeting was a very satisfactory one
and a great deal of enthusiasm in
| the school work was shown.
The session was enlivened by two
vocal solos by Arthur Mulroy which
We're greatly appreciated and which
received worthy applause. Miss Ka-
Uterine Galligan played the accom-
panlments for Mr. Mulroy and also
played a piano solo. Miss GaIligan
showed herself to be an artist and the
applause showed how highly her eff
fortswere appreciated.
Rural School Inspector Larson of
Madison, addressed the meeting re
garding the New School Laws and the
County Superintendent and his work
City Superintendent c. w. Schwede
spoke taking for his subject "The
City superintendent and the Rural
Schools" The Rev. V. R. Gruber of
Pittsville read very interesting pa
per on discipline Principal J. D.
Rouse of PittsviIle spoke on Schools
as Civic Centers. Deputy Game War
den Clesby of Portage, dropped in
Unexpectedly on the convention and
was prevailed upon to make a short
address
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
BADEk-P0WELL TELLS
OF A REAL TENDERFO07

The value of scoutcraft is illus
trated by an anecdote told by Lieu
tenant General Sir Robert Baden
Powell, founder of the English Boy
Scout Movement 81 remember" he
says, "a fellow coming out to pio-
.neer country who had been thought
great deal of at one OF the chief
public schools at home. He had
played in his own school eleven at
Lords, and, you know, when fellow
has done this he thinks a lot of him
self and so do his friends. But this
poor fellow found that cricket and
applause were not of much good to
him when it came to pioneering in
the backwoods, with the hostile saw
ages around, and he very soon got
the 'funks' and offered a big reward
to anybody who would get him safely
out of the country and home again.
Well, if he had learned bit Of scout
ing before he went out he would have
had the pluck to go on and would
have enjoyed real good time of ad-
venture and success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES
Paste This List in the House
Office and Grainary.

Following is the correct weight as
taken from the last laws:
Sec. off the act reads in part as
follows:
Whenever any of the articles or
commodities mentioned in this sec
ton shall be sold by the bushel, OF
fractional part thereof, and no spe-
cial agreement as to the weight there
of shall be made in writing, the meas
ure thereof shall be ascertained by
avordupois weight and shall be com
puted as follows:
,. Sixty pounds for a bushel OF
wheat, peas, potatoes clover seed OF
beans
3. Fifty-seyen pounds for bushel
of onions.
f. Fifty-six pounds for a bushel OF
Indian corn, rye, lima beans, wrink-
led peas, flax seed, rutabagas, or to
matoes.
.. Fifty-four pounds for a bushel
of sweet potatoes.
6. Fifty pounds for bushel of Co
meal, rape seed, millett seed, beets
green cucumbers, apples, rye meal
carrots. buckwheat, hickory nuts OF
fine salt.
T. FOrty-eight pounds for bushe
of barley or Hun. garian grass seed
8. Fourteen pounds for a bushel ot
blue grass seed or red top seed.
8. Forty-six pounds for a bushe1
of castor beans.
10. Forty-five pounds for busheI
of timothy or rough rice.
II. Forty-four pounds for bushe
of hemp seed, parsnips, or sea is
land bran or shorts.
u. Forty-two pounds for busheI
of turnips.
-l3. Thirty-five pounds for bushe
| of cranberries.
IA. Thirty-four pounds for a bushe
of barley malt.
IS. Thirty-three pounds for a bu
shell of dried peaches.
16. Thirty-two pounds for 9 bush
el OF oats.
II. Thirty-two pounds for a bushe
of upland cotton seed.
IS. Twenty-Five pounds for a bush
el of dried apples.
19. Twenty pounds for bushe1 o.
bran or shorts.
! 20. Twenty pounds for a bushel Of
cotton seed.
p. Seventy pounds for bushe
of coarse salt or lime.
% Eighty pounds for bushel Of
unslacked lime.
%. Eight pounds for bushel o
plastering hair.
24. Two thousand two hundred
pounds for a cord of hemlock bark.
%. For fractional part of a bu
shell a like fractional part of the a
bove weights shall be required.
20. All dry commodities not other
wise specified in this section shall
be bought or sold only by STANDARD
/ dry measures, standard weight o.
numerical count except where partie:
| otherwise agree in writing.
The bushel in such measures
shall contain two thousand one hun
dred fifty and forty two hundredth:
cubic inches. The half bushel ant
parts thereof shall correspond in ca
pacity to that OF the bushel and shall
be the standard measures of fruits
vegetables and other dry commoditie
customarily sold by heaped measure
in measuring such commodities, th'
half bushel or other similar measur
shall be heaped as high as may b.
without special effort or design.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
BOWLING TOURN-
AhEhT IN MARCH

CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 28-Chicago
is completing plans for handling the
twelfth annual tournament of the A
merican Bowling Congress, which will
be held in this city starting March
2, and lasting for three full weeks
For the first time in the history of
the congress the titles won here will
be branded as worlds champion
ships" official sanction having been
secured by President Charles A
Comiskey, the head of the Chicago
Bowling Tournament company which
is running the event, from the ma
tional body for the use of the world
designation.
Beyond question the coming tour
nament will exceed all others both
in number of clubs entered and in
size of the prize list, the more con-
servative estimates on the cash to be
awarded being placed aat $50, 900 whits
at the other end the hopeful promot-
ers figure that nearly $4,000 will be
distributed after the smoke clears
away National Secretary Abe Lang
try figures ON only $50 clubs while
National Treasurer Frank L. Pasde-
loup, who is also member of the
Chicago Tournament company and
better acquainted with the Chicago
situation, figures that it will run
over 600. Other estimates run as
high as 710 clubs, figuring that Hin
ois alone will enter 400 clubs, or al
most as many as the greatest total
entry ever secured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
A SERIOUS FIRE

Fire was discovered in the base
ment of the Nash Grocery Cos. store
between 10 and II o'clock Monday
evening. Fortunately it was discov-
cred before it had gained much head
way and was extinguished without
causing any material damage. Rob
ert and Charles Nash had been in
the stores fixing the furnace and
getting things ready for the night
and Charles had gone home. Rob
ert was leaving the store when he
discovered that light was on in
the basement, going back he smell
ed smoke and upon investigation, he
discovered that the joists iii the base,
ment under the grocery store had
caught fire from the smoke pipe. He
Immediately turned in an alarm and
then started to work putting out the
fire. Charles Nash soon joined him
and with the assistance of some out
siders the fire was put out, water be-
ing carried in pals from a faucet
in the front of the basement. The
joists near the boiler were badly
scorched and some slight damage
was done by smoke and water The
fire was entirely out before the fire
whistle sounded, there being some
misunderstanding as to which ward
the fire was in. Both departments
responded but we're not needed. Chas
Nash stated to a Reporter represen-
tative that had the fire not been
discovered when it was and had it
gained a good start, both the Nash
Grocery and the Centralia Hardware
Co.'S. buildings would have been en-
tiTely destroyed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

dred Macdonald, Ignatius Mroz, John
Buckley, Herbert Roach, Eric Kar.
berg, James Gaynor, and Emmet
Burns The successful candidates
were John Buckley, Herb Roach and
Eric Karberg with Eldred Mcdonald
as alternate The debate proper viii
be held at Marshfield on Jan. 18th,
1912.
School spirit is to the school what
the soul is to the body. Take it a
way and you have nothing left but a
shell, a vestige Of the memory of
former glorious days.
The court scene from "The Merch-
ant of Venice" which was to be held
Friday was postponed on account of
the heavy work that comes about x
mas time. Ii will be given soon af-
ter vacation at the expressed wish
of the members of the cast. Parents
cordially invited
Do you notice how they are push
ing them along" now in the grades?
The result is that there are a lot of
youngsters in the eighth grade and
freshman years. And they keep, get
ting smaller every year. Ten years
ago fellow was nearly q before he
got his ''sheepskin' now they go at
16 and IT. And it surely makes a diff
ference when you get out into the
world.
Ted Thompson II, who is keeping
a supply store at Hoveland, Mimi,
for the Pigeon River Lbr Co. Of
Port Arthur. Ont, Canada, was d vel
come visitor Thursday and Friday
Ted says the place is 'Hovel-Iand"
alright for the statliest mansion there
is tar paper shack
Beulah Searls of the Glass of '12
and attending the Stout Institute at
Menominee is with us again. Wei
come home.
It is a fact that the more a guy
does for his school, the happier he
is to come back again and he is
usually greeted with the glad hand"
that he we'll deserves.
Enjoying your vacation? Yes,
thanks.
Any material for this section may
be addressed to H. S. N. Editor
care of Daily Reporter, City" We
reserve the right to throw out any
material, for instance
an article wherein an ancient grudge
is brought into the limelight and an
is made at settlement We
try to give an unpreiudfced view Of
all happenings in the school. And
the reason we say WE is that if
you don't like something I'VE" have
said you will have to grin and bear
it for you will know there's too many
to lick.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
DEATH OF MRS.
MARY PAUL

The death of Mrs. Mary Paul oc-
Cured at the home Of her daughter,
Mrs. Ed. Nickerson, at Oakland, Cal
Thursday, December 20th. Deceas-
ed was born in Germany, Sept. 18th,
1843 where in 1886 she was joined
in marriage with Frederick F. Paul.
About 80 years ago they came to A
merica first settling at Grand Rapids,
Wis. Eight years later they came to
Arcadia where they lived until the
death of the husband, who died,
Dec Both, 1905. The succeeding sum
mer she moved to California.-The
Arcadia Leader.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
DANCING PARTY
At MACk|NNONS

Mildred and Reginald MacKinnon
entertained about seventy-five of the
young society people of the city at
a dancing party at the MacKinlon
home on Third Ave N, Thursday
evening. The Grand Rapids Orches-
ira of four pieces furnished the mu-
sic. A delightful supper was served
and the young people did not leave
until the small hours of the morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
BUCKLEY GETS
BOWLING SHOES

John Buckley won the bowling
shoes for the highest score during
the week ending Dec. 81. Jacks
score was POI.
The high scores made on Sunday
We're: Edwards 1856, Lester 1870,
Jake 179, Gets Roy ia and C. Nash
10. The high score on Jan. 1st, was
c. Nash 176.
A prize for the highest score this
week will be given and will be a pair
of bowling shoes.
Monday night a match game was
played between the Gleue and the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
POTTER BATCH
ELOR WEDDING

Gertrude Potter Of Pittsville and Ho
race Bachelor were married at Lind
The bride is a daughter of James
Potter. The wedding took place al
the home of the bride. Mr.. Batche
lor is an Englishman and has only
been in America a year and a half
Mr.. and Mars. NJ. o. Potter of this
city attended the wedding.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
HIGH SCHOOL
NOTES

The preliminary debate to choose
the debaters to go to Marshfield, and
which was looked forward to with so
much interest was held Friday a. m
the last two periods in the music
room The contestants were judged
by Mr.. Maurer who chose them ac-
cording TO their respective merits,
in matter and manner. The declaimer
as they appeared in order were: Ell
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

IF member of your family died, would you
Aprint the resolutions on bill board?
If your wife entertained, would you put an
account of it in theatre program?
If you were going to enlarge your business,
would you advertise it in hotel register?
If you were going to have wedding in your
family, would you get out hand bill?
You would send such items to the news
papers. wouldn't you?
Then why don't you put your advertise
ments in a newspaper?
The newspapers build your town. Why not
help build up the newspapers? There is no
better advertising in the world fer a town
than a live newspaper. newspaper is the
BAROMETER OF A TOWNS INDUSTRY.
Show newspaper full of advertising and you
show good town. full of LIVE merchants.
Newspapers are town builders, town ad-
vertisers, news disseminatorS. sermon de
liverers, prosperity forecasters-they are a
necessity. not luxury they must be main
tanned Without them one would retrograde
to the medaval days.
Cut out the foolishness and work for the
up-building of your home town and state by
upbuildlng your newspapers.
-"RrainS"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

FORM D. k.
Illinois Supreme Court UphOIds
the Commission Form of Gov
ernment for Cities.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Dec 2S.-The
Illinois supreme court this morning
upheld the constitutionality of the
commission form of government law.
The COURT denies that any right of
the voters has been abridged, nor
was the final passage of the act by
legislature irregular. The law is not
special legislation. The municipali-
ties adoption of the commission form
being optional. Municipalities have
the right to regulate their own af-
fairs. The new law is therefore not
IN conflict with the republican form
Of government.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

Buy coal from E. c. Ketehum and
get the best. If the coal is not sat
isfactory, it will be made right. Your
patronage is asked for and we give
the best coal to you because we want
your future trade Phone Alb. tfw
Leo Nash returned to Madison
Tuesday where he attends the Uni
yersity after spending the holidays
at home in this city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
DEATH Of MON
GER KITTLE

This office has information of the
death of Mr.. Moncer Kittle, who
died at the home of Mrs. R. A
Russell in La Crosse, on December
8. 1911 He was sixty-three years of
age and had been in poor health for
some time He was an old soldier
and a brother of Mrs. Russell, with
whom he had been making his home
for the past eleven years. 1t will be
remembered that he made his home
in Grand Rapids until recently when
they moved to La Crosse
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
COMMERCIAL SIDE
Of GRAND RAPIDS
DURING PAST YEAR
Industrial Manufacturing Plants I'm
proved and New Store Buildings
Erected.

and all boost for a greater Grand
Rapids. Our slogan is OUT TO
VIM. We can win by all doing his
or her share towards building up the
city. Be loyal to all industries in
the city, give them your business and
moral support. If We all do what we
can, no matter how small it may be,
we will surely make our city bigger
and better
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
EXPRESS OFFICES COMBINE

The American and United States
Express Companies have combined
their local offices in Grand Rapids,
and F. n. Aich of the U. S. Co., will
continue as agent here with E. Ober-
beck Jr., of the American as driver
Their office will be in the Witter
building, opposite the Witter House,
the office held heretofore by the A
merican Co. H o. Wildish, former
ly agent for the American Co. viii re
turn to Marshfield
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

Elks teams. The Elks won by 20
pins. A three game series was play
ed and each team had won a game
which made the last game an inter
esting one. Excitement ran high and
the contestants were trying to outdo
all their previous efforts. The game
was close being won by the Elks by
only seven pins. Following are the
scores by teams and games.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
GRAND RAPIDS
US ALUMNI

At the game Of basket ball play
ed at te hhigh school gym on Fri
day evening between the Alumni and
the local high school team the Highs
were defeated by a score Of "a to II.
Owing to the absence on the High
school team Of three of their best
players the team was weakened. At
ter the game a social dance was in
dulged in until late hour and all
present report a good time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

You can buy baled shavings from
E. c. ketchum. Phone 413. tfw.
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-Four Persons Dead From
Drinking Poisoned Water
(ey United Press,)

San Antonio, July 10,-With two
men and two women dead and four
others in such serious condition that
their recovery is doubtful, the entire
country around san Antonio is aruosed
today. as the result Of the wholesale
poisoning at the Rosalie ranch. Arm
ed posses searching for q Merican
man and woman. suspected of com
hitting the crimes, were arrested, and
the couple we're hurried away to avoid
lynchine. Friends of the victims de
clare they would find them and take
the law into their own hands.
\ barrel of drinking water was
poisoned. resulting in the death of NJ.
c. Diaz. county commissioner Neigh
bors summoned to the Dia2 home
without knowing the cause of death
also drank the water, and three more
died Ia short time, and four others
are HOW at the point of death.
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THOUSAND ISLAND PARK.

Fire practically wiped out Thou,
saud island Park" one Of the popular
resorts ON the ST. Lawrence river at
WaterloNn, \. y, entailinB a loss of
about Slcoo0oo. Although there was
d panic among the visitors at the re-
sort, no lives were lost. In addition
10 practically all the business sec
ton Of the place, two hundred cot
tages and boarding houses were de-
stroyed Several hundred persons are
homeless and are being sheltered at
nearby resorts.
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MILLING COMPANY cHARTERso.

The Secretary or State has granted
"a charter to the Jefferson Milling
Company, Of Charles Town, w. Va,
incorporated for the purpose of engag-
ing in a general milling and produce
business; capital stock $4,000, of
which amount $4,000 has been sub
scribed and $500 has been paid in.
Incorporators J. Thomas {. Bowling
May {. Bowling Z. n. Campbell, Of
.Charles Town; c. y Campbell John
h. CroNles and Harry w Bowling, of
stanton.
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SEA eAoRE EXCURSIONS.

phe next 1G-day excursion over {.
Y. r. r. to Atlantic City, cape May
and other south Jersey resorts, will
be run on Thursday. July Il. Trains
leave Martinsburg at 8.13 a. m Rate
80 for tae rounu trip. Dates oil
the other excursions are July %, Au-
gust and %, and September 5, 1872
783t
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ENGINEER CHAMBERS SICK.

Freight Engineer c. A. Chambers,
of North Queen street is confined te
his home with a painful attack Of
sickness that came on him suddenly
in Cumberland Tuesday. while wait.
ing for his turn. Mr.. Chambers was
brought 10 Martinsburg ON Ne Is and
removed To his home His back was
atIecled
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-10
HOME AGAIN.

Nit and Mrs J. Frank Thompson.
who have been residing al Hamilton
Va, for some time, returned last even.
ing 10 Mmtpsburg and have taken III
their cid residence ON East John
street.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-10

Berkeley county,
subject to the de-
cision Of the Re
publican voters
ut the primaries
on June 4. 1912.
II CHOSEN to fill,
this important
oGce, promise
to supervise cV-
cry part Of the
work and per
sonally mine
each item Of the
eSSWcnE. gi{-
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-10
MEDICO EXAMINATION.

Forty-eight applicants are taking the
state medical examination before mem
bers Of the board at Charleston. There
are no women candidates but four
ara negroes.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-10

C.,cuit Clerk Harry Webster, Of the
Morgan County Court, is down from
Berkeley Springs.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-10

To the Republican Voters Of Berkeley
County:
hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the nomination Of Prescott
ing Attorney for Berkeley County
+ subject to the action of the Republi-
can County Convention of Berkeley
County.
I'd HARRY A DOWNS
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-10

ing the work my entire time, prom
Using to each individual a square
deal, no Partially to anyone Your
support will be appreciated.
". L. OUTGAlT.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR ASSESSOR.

To the Republican, voters OF Berkeley
County.
l hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the Office of Assessor Of
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-10

James Allon Hammond West, Early
West, Lola Virginia West Deian-
dants.
The object Of this suit is to make
partition of the real estate involved
in this suit among the parties entitled
thereto as their respective interests
may appear. if susceptible Of parit
ton, and if not susceptible Of parti-
ton then to have the whole Of said
real estate sold and the proceeds di-
yided among the parties as their inter
ests may appear.
And affidavit having been made that
the said defendants Early West and
James Allen Hammond West are non
residents OF this State, the said de
PENDANTS are required to appear Vita
in one month after the date OF the
first publication of this order in the
Clerks office Of our said Court and
90 what is necessary to protect their
interests.
1t is ordered that copy OF this or
der be forthwith published once q
week for four consecutive weeks in
The Evening Journal, a newspaper
printed in the town of Martinsburg. in
the County Of Berkeley, and be posted
at the front door of the Court House
Of Berkeley county at least twenty
DAYS before Judgment or decree is rem
dered.
/. Dew. GERHARDT, Clerk.
{ 10 ltW tWk.
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Democratic County Convention.
If c. W. LLOYD.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

THE STATE or WEST VIRGINIA.
At rules held in the Clerks Office OF
fine Circuit Court for the County Of
Berkeley, on Monday, the LIST day Of
July 19lz.
Lottio ]. Pelham, Ashby West and
John Robert West, Plaintiffs.
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TIE EVENING JOURNAL.
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FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.

6 Tin pd.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

HUGH KELLER, Secv.