Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Officer Painter arrested Hayes

Margaret, the eight months old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Jacob Be-
Yer is very sick at the present time
with Pleural bronchitis.
The many friends OF Geo. n. Lynn
will be glad to know that he was
able TO drive to Biron today. He is
gaining slowly from his serious i'll
ness with pneumonia and he is still
pretty weak This is his first seri-
Gus sick spell that he has ever had
in his life time and therefore he
don't realize how sick he has been.
Go slow and careful George.
There is more behind the temporary
closing up of the pool rooms in Mars
field than the fact that minors were
allowed TO play and loiter in the
| places as given out 10 the press
4 it is said. The rumors that have
been going around are to the effect
that gambling had been going on in
| these pool rooms and had continued
/ in spite of warnings given by the may
or.
/ Miss Anna Peterson and Joseph
| Skerven, both of this city, were mar
ried at the NJ. E. church parsonage
Thursday afternoon at 2:3O February
p, Rev. H. c. Logan officiating. The
young couple left on the afternoon
train for Abotsford where they will
visit his people for a few days. On
their return they viii live at Biron
where he is employed
The most productive of all agricult
tural years has been 1912, declares
the report OF the United States De-
Dartment Of Agriculture, The earth
| has produced its greatest annual di-
vidend The sun and the rain and
the fertility of the sell Eeeded not
the human controversies, but kept
cooperation with tie farmers eff
forts to utilize them The reward is
/ & high general level production. The
man behind the plow has filled the
na.;on's Iarder, crammed the store
houses and are sending liberal sup
plies to foreign countries.
| That Wisconsin should come to
the front and capture the worlds
championship award on alfalfa at the
national corn show is an achieve
ment of agreeable proportions. That
/ it should be captured by one of the
upper counties will be surpri sing to
those who are not familiar with
the fact that that portion of the
state is peculiarly suited to the pro-
duction of the king of forage crops
that is destined to have a wonder
full effect upon. the value of Wiscon-
sins agricultural output.
The Wisconsin Advancement asso
citation insists that there is no good
reason why most of the farm homes
of Wisconsin should not be heated
and lighted with the most approved
systems, or why there should not
be hot and cold water in all rooms
in fact, why the farmer wives should
not be in a position to lord it over
their city cousins as has been the re
| verse in the past. That this true
can be determined by the slightest
Investigation.
IF tho IooicIat1Yrs anprOnriataS sos
900 to the state board OF immi grafton
that Institution viii be able to COM
bat with the grafters that are taking
millions out of the state every year
The money that goes elsewhere does
not pay the taxes for the mainten
ance of Wisconsin institutions
Mrs. Elsie Boetcher underwent al
operation at Riverview hospital OF
| Thursday At this writing she is
getting along nicely.
Miss Ella Leitreitz Of Marshfiel6
has accepted position as trimmer
in the millinery department of the
r. NJ. Levin store.
Judge A. H. Reid of Merrill was il
the city Thursday and presided at q
session of the circuit court The
Icourt's attention was taken up with
a preliminary hearing of the case
of James Shaw versus the Waushare
Granite Co., Thos. P. Flynn and G
! IT l. orb
to appoint a receiver and close up th'
affairs of a corporation. The cast
comes from Waushara county. Cog
gins & Brazeau appeared for tht
plaintiff and the defendants were re
presented by McCabe and Dahlman o
Milwaukee. The hearing was adjouT
lned twenty-five days.
There is much being said pro ant
con. relative to the results of tbs
last presidential election While SOM
are highly elated others are disap
pointed and respondent. 1t Seems
! impossible to please everybody il
a political way. When you wan
to please everybody and make then
prosperous, happy and eontented, in
roduce a subject that they will agree
upon, viz: the remarkable fertiit,
and prodigious crops in this country
Editor Carter of The Wimbledon
News sums up his desolate situation
as follows: The office dorg and tn
editor himself are the only living an
mails Except a few fleas, which th'
pup carries around to. exercise him
self on) around The News office thi
week. The editor of course is doini
the work while the pup is keeping hi
friends, the fleas, on the jump. l
has been a lonesome week for both
but it will end Saturday as Mrs. Cal
3 ter is expected home from the hosp