Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Madison.-FarmerS all over the
world will be interested in learning
that E. T. Bartholomew Of the uni
versity discovered the cause of black
heart in potatoes. This is the disease
which causes the interior to show a
black spot which becomes hollow and
spoils a large part of the interior Of
the potato. Experiments made with
potatoes shipped from Wisconsin to
Chicago and Kansas City, and found
upon arrival at destination to be af-
fected with black heart, shows that
this condition was caused by artificial
heating. In order to ward off danger
of, frost, the potatoes were closely
packed in a car which was heated by
a stove in the center. Mr.. Bartholo-
new states that black heart is also
caused by covering potatoes with ma
nure in pits or by storing them in
warm cellars.
on.-Approximately 1000 dos
es of tuberculin were furnished the
livestock sanitary board by the bac-
teriOlogists of the College of Agricul
ture of the University of Wisconsin
during the three months period end
ing on Oct. l. This amount exceeded
by 1000 doses that supplied during the
same months in 1912. 1t is possible
for the psychologists at the college
to manufacture between $4,000 and
10000 doses Of tuberculin per year,
very much of the output being pro
duced between Oct. and Feb. 1, when
conditions make it possible for the
work to be done best.
Eau Claire.-From indications the
logging operations in Sawyer county
for this season will exceed the usual
cut, and will be the largest for years.
All the lumber companies have opened
up their old camps and started to erect
new ones. The larger companies ex-
pect to operate about seYenty-five
camps with increased capacity and
will employ over 5000 men during the
logging season. It will tax the rail
roads to handle the estimated cut o,
120, 100000 feet of logs.
La Crosse.-Changing their wedding
garments for travelling clothes benin,
the drawn curtains of an automobile
speeding forty miles an hour between
Sparta and La Crosse, City Atty. an6
Mrs. z. S. Rice of Sparta reached here
after Outwitting a party of strenuou-
hazers.
Green Bay.-August Allen, propri
etor Of a Main street saloon, was
awakened to find the bed he was sleep
ing in was surrounded by flames. He
succeeded, however, in getting out o.
the burning bed before his garment
were ignited
Stoughton. - Dane county win
spend $4,000 for road oiling next
year, according to Highway Commits
| sioner W. H. Sommers. All improv.
ed roads in the entire county will be
treated with oil next spring
| Green Bay.-Fifteen druggists in
this city have agreed to close their
stores at 9 o'clock each night except
Saturday, from Nov. to June l.
Green Bay-Allen w. Peaslee, for
| the last fourteen years coroner of
Brown county, died from injuries re-
ceived when he fell down stairs.
| COuderay.- wardens have
made several arrests at Radisson,
Winter and Draper for the killing of
| deer out of season.
| Racine-The Racine branch of the
Young Women's Christian association
has negotiated for the purchase of a
lake front lot on which club building
| will be erected at a cost of about
| SAC, 1000.
| Standardization Wangard re-
ports yield of 500 bushels of pota-
toes on one and one-half acres at his
farm near Gilberts. The variety was
Rural New Yorker.
| Madison-A committee of the State
| Historical society, consisting of Burr
! W. Jones and five others, has been
! named to prepare memorial to the
late Reuben Gold Thwaites
| Racine.-The electric gasoline car
| which was placed on the Corliss-Ra-
cine line of the Chicago and ST. Paul
! road, has been taken off. The COM
| pany found the new car more expen-
/ sive than regular trains.
Appleton-The assessed valuation
/ Of property in Outagamie county has
been raised $685. over thataof last
year. The amount this year is S14.-
D48,915.
! Oshkosh.-Oshkosh has had a very
small loss by fire during October
/ There have been only seven alarms and
the entire loss sustained has been less
| than $500.