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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-22
CHRISTMAS
SHIP NOTICE

The agent Of the Chicago & North
western railroad in this city has no
titled this Office that his company
will receive and ship free any pack
age intended for the Christmas ship.
All such packages should be address
ed as follows: For the Christmas
Ship and Consigned to James Kelley,
CMcag H."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-22
WISCONSIN HAD BUT
i2"TRIPLETS" IN 1918
Special to The Daily Reporter.

MADISON, Wis, Oct. 20 "Trip
let's" are uncommon in Wisconsin,
according to the birth records for
the year 1913, which have just been
complied at the office of the state
bureau of vital statistics. Out of 3d.
237 born during the year only II
were triplets The records show
that 734 were twins.
The annual birth rate for Wiscca-
sin in 1913 was 229 per l 900 esti-
mated population. Of the 55,237, births
reported. % y509 were males and &c.
663 were females.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-22
NOTES REGARDING
THE POTATO
CONVENTION

The secretary of the State Potato
Growers Association has sert several
letters to potato groweIs in differ
ent potato counties of the state. urg-
| ing that growers select potato ex-
hibits stock from the field Notwith-
Standing all these letters, the secre-
tary is finding. that large numbers OF
growers are not selecting as, hiSh. a
standard OF stock as possible if they
used a little more time and. care. In
a large numker of cases, the stock
has been Gug green and run over
potato diggers and placed in cellars
before the grower has made suffiti-
ent selections on the ri5ld.
Potato growers in Wood county,
who expect to make exhibits at the
state convention should see to it
that they spend the proper amount
of time on the field in selection of
fancy exhibit stock.
Signed, J. G. Milward, Sec.
Merchants Will Give Special Prizes
The Merchants and Manufactur--
ers Association of this city is assist
ing the coming potato growers CON
vention and wish to announce to the
merchants OF this city that the State
Potato Growers Association will be
pleased to receive merchandise from
the merchants to be used as prem
iums to exhibitors at the conven--
ton. Those merchants wishing to
put up merchandise as premiums Will
kindly communicate with the secre-
tary of the Merchants and Manufac--
turers Associati Gerald Frit2singer
Special prize II be offered to
Wood county (. oitors- These spec
ial prizes will be from Wood county
sources only-that is the merchants
and manufacturers and other BUSH
ness houses of Wood county will give
special premiums to Wood county
growers.
The premium list has not been pub
lished as yet. All those who intend
to give prizes or premiums should
see that their prizes and premiums
are entered this week For further
particulars, communicate with Mr..
Fritzsinger, secretary of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton.
Competition Open To All.
Competition in this potato growers
convention is open to all, whether
members of the association or not.
However, it is expected that the
winners of premiums will become
members of the association.
All entries must be made on regu-
Lar entry blanks and be on file ON or
before Nov 10. For entry blanks and
further particulars communicate with
J. G. Milward, State Secretary, Mad
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-22

. NIItILINILNIIL ILICLANhJIJD .
0 o o o o o o o o
by the county clerk to Elmer Rausch
and Miss Helen Gehrlg of Marsh
field.
VIM. Roy Blockidge and Miss Their
esa Koderl, of the town of Lincoln.
August Brandecker, of Nekoosa,
and Miss Mary Protcrop of Port Ed
wards.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-22
Democratic Candidate for
Register of Deeds
Wood County

For over twenty-nine Years a resi-
dent taxpayer of Wood county
Never before candidate for coun-
ty office
Well equipped for the duties of
the office and will administer them
impartially.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-22

The following advertisement is to
be paid at the rate of 10 cents an
inch by F. X. erode.
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The following advertisement is to
be paid at the rate of 10 cents an
inch by John A Hoffman.
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Wise Advertisers-Daily Reporter
Advertisers.
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FOR A LIVE UP TO DATE PAPEl
TRY THE DAILY REPORTER.
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Patronize The Reporter Advertiser
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Rapids ends play spamod1c game.
At times they did excellent work, and
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10

The horror of it all rests upon tho
vast majority of thoughtful Ameri-
cans as an appalling shadow. tn
heart grows sick at the thought of
that death grapple Of mighty powers.
equipped with all the hellish devices
of present warfare. The possibilities
of suffering that the days before us
seem to hold for hundreds of thou
sands, the vision CT the wounded, the
dying, the dead, of the desolated
homes and the anguish Of fathers
and mothers, of wives and children,
sadden the souls of men as nothing
that has occurred fer generations.
Perhaps only this way lies ulti-
mate peace God alone knows. He
moves in mysterious way His Won
ders to perform. That He lives and
reiSns-of this eternal truth we are
confident. The issue is with Him.
CLOUDS and darkness are round about
him: righteousness and judgment ara
the habitation of his throne"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10
THE INCREDIBLE

Such is the war that, at the time
Of this writing, has surprised and
Mortified the civilized world. That
some day all Europe might be in
volved in gigantic struggle into
which practically every great ma
ton would be drawn, we have been
told by those who have had little
faith in the success of the modern
peace movement Multitudes have
refused to believe the prophecy. It
seemed nothing less than Incredible
That nations already taxed to the
limit of endurance and staggering un-
der financial burdens that threatened
bankruptcy should undertake anything
so suicidal as this awful conflict in
which they have engaged, was be-
yond belief. One can but wonder
if it is not another Illustration of
the ancient saying that whom the
gods would destroy they first make
mad.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10

or1pped on my exposed flesh. aud
struggled desperately to sit up. Sh4
helped me, dropping the pannikin OF
water to the floor. For a second shs
looked straight into my eyes.
Il am so sorry, monsieur she
faltered. But you must hold out-you
must!'
is 1t any farther? What do you
want me to do?"
No, no-only you will need
strength; it will only take a minute
now. See, monsieur"
She gripped the fiat stone against
which had fallen, prying it with the
broken blade of an Indian knife that
lay on the floor, until her fingers
found hold, and ended it up against
the chimney. A narrow black opening
was exposed. stared down with lack
ulster eyes, startled, but unable to
realize the purpose. Driven by fear
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10
Sugar Factories
Will Be Closed

The big task of taking care of
Idaho's sugar beet crop this year
will be started this month. Word has
been received in Boise that the
Blackfoot, Idaho Falls aud Sugar
City factories will start operations
Sept. "a, opening en- that date. These
factories are owned by the Utah
Idaho Sugar company. Acc crding to
L. r. Cutler, manager of the COM
pany, banner year is predicted for
the sugar industry in the inter-moun-
tain country. The average is larger
than usual, the yield is above normal
and the quality Of the bects ex-
cellent
But according to reports received
by Mr.. Cutler, the sugar beet crop
in the Unit States this year will
be about 10000 tons short of last
year, and the cane sugar crop about
10000 tons below the average. Tn,
reason fer the best sugar shortage,
he said, was due to tariff influences.
Seventeen cut of II beet sugar re-
fineries in this country have been
closed since the reduction in the
tariff. Tie cane sugar Industry in
Louisiana has suffered in like man
ner and it is estimated that this
years output will DO approximate
100000 tons, or 10000 tons below
the average. The drCuth in Cuba
has affected the sugar crop to a GER
tain extent, but just how much has
not yet been determined. Last yea
CuLa produced 2,7O0,OGO tens of sugar.
The largest recent sale of sugar h;
been announced from New York. A
cording to a telegram received b.
Mr. Cutler, the British gcvernmcr
has purchased 500 900 sacks of Gu.
ban sugar for January delivery. The
Cuban sacks OF sugar run about 800
pounds each, equaling three and one
fifth of the American sacks. The
Cuban crop is harvested later than
the American crop AID the date OF
delivery has been set we'll along in
the season in order that the new
stock may be applied on the order.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10

half our own, imported 1864, 900 900
pounds in 1912, against our import of
4,317, 100000.
| What are tho worlds great cana
sugar producing areas? Cuba, Java,
Hawaii. Porto Rico and the Philippines
stating them in the order of their
magnitude of production in 1913. True,
India is also a largo producer, larger
than any of those named except Cuba,
but she does not produce enough for
her own enormous population, and
therefore may be omitted in a. calcu-
lation of the area on which the world
may now rely for sugar.
May Meet the Shortage
Cuba's production last year was g.
$4,000 tons, Javao 1,45S,OOO, Hawaii
4SS,OOO, Porto Rico 100000, Philip
pines 100000 and Louisiana 1877 900.
These five islands, three of them
under the American flag and another
under American protection, produce
practically all of the cano sugar
which enters international trade. And
upon them will fall the chief rcspon-
s1bility Of meeting the shortage to
come from war conditions in the beet
sugar fields of Europe,
They will all of them want to in
crease the product and thus their
area of production. This will be EN-
tircly feasible except perhaps in Ha-
wall and they will therefore require
capital for the enlargement CT area,
construction of new works, Eanufac-
lures of all sorts, food for their
workmen. ships to carry their in
creased product and miscellaneous
merchandise for their increased work.
ing forces and activities.
They are all of them especially coed
customers Of the United States, since
our products of all sorts enter their
markets free of duty, in the case of
the Philippines, Hawaii and Porto Ri
co, and special reduction in the
case Of Cula We now supply At
per cent of the imports of the Phil
1ppines, SO per cent of those of Cuba.
90 per cent of those Of Hawaii and
W per cent Of those o. Porto Rico.
and their total imports aggregate
$26O.O0O,O00 per annum, of which we
now supply $3.50, 200, 900.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10
Observation-Disclosures
lCopyright. 1913. by A. c. Mcclure & Col
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Joseph Hayward. an on
sign IN the United States army on his
way TO Fort Harmar. meets Simon Girty
a renegade whose name has been con-
nected with all manner of atrocities. also
headed for Fort Harmar with message
from the British general. Hamilton. Hay
ward guides him 70 the fort and protects
MIN from number Of scouts who tried
to kill him.
CHAPTER II-At General Harmar's
headquarters Hayward meets Rene D.
Auvray who processes to recognize him.
although he has no recollection Of ever
having seen her before.
CHAPTER III-Hayward volunteers to
carry a message for Harmar to Sandusky
where Hamilton is stationed. The north
west Indian tribes are ready for war and
are are only held back by the refusal of the
demanding the return Of Wa-pa-tee-tah.
religious teacher whom they believe to
De a prisoner Haywards mission is to
not held by the soldiers Harmar i'm
presses on Hayward the necessity OF
reaching Hamilton before Girty.
CHAPTER v-They come on the trail
OF a war party and. to escape from the
island. Hayward finds a murdered man In
the hut.
CHAPTER Wilt proves to be Racel
D'Auvray, a former French officer. who
Is called by the WyandOtS white chief"
Rene appears and Hayward Is puzzled by
her insistance that they have met be-
fore.
CHAPTER X-FlndIng escape rrom the
island cut Off Hayward and his compan-
Ions prepare to resist an attack from the
Indians.
CHAPTER VII-Rene recognizes the
murdered man as her father. who was
known among the Indians as Wa-pa-tee-
tah
CHAPTER XI-Reconnoiterine around
the cabin at night Hayward discovers a
white man in a British uniform and
leaves him for dead. after a desperate
fight.
CHAPTER V1TI-She tells Hayward her
father was eXiled from the French court
and had spent his life among the Indians
converting them to Christianity.
CHAPTER IX-Brady reports seeing
band of marauding Indians in the vicin-
ity and with them Simon Girty. Brady's
evidence convinces the girl that there is
a British officer by the name of Hay
ward who resembles the American.
CHAPTER IV-Eene asks Hayward to
let her accompany him. She tells him
that she is a quarrcr-olood Wyandot and
a missionary among the Indians. She
has been in search of her father. She
insists that she has seen Hayward be-
fore. but in British uniform. Hayward
starts for the north accompanied by a
scout named Brady and a private soldier.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10
Acute Indigestion

Il was annoyed for over year
by attacks of acute Indigestion, fol
lowed by constipaticn," writes Mrs.
NJ. j. Gallagher, Geneva, N. Y. 81
tried everything that was recon-
mended to me for this complaint but
nothing did me much good until about
four months ago l saw Chamberlain S
Tablets advertised and procured I
bottle of them from our druggist. l
soon realized that l had gotten the
right thing for they helped me at once
Since taking two bottles of them I
can eat heartily without any bad ef-
fects." Sold by all dealers. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10
WHAT is A PROGRESSIVE?

No man can define a progressive,
any more than he can explain why is
a hen. All men are progressive and
no man is progressive. 1t is all a
question Of degrees and is governed
entirely by the point of view.
There is no word that has more
elastic meaning, as politically ap-
piled these days, than the word
progressive" Every man will
stoutly maintain that he is progress.
sive. and yet in each case there is
some other man ready to deny the
claim.
From the standpoint of Eugene
Debs, Roosevelt is reactionary;
from the standpoint of Roosevelt,
Taft is a reactionary; from the
standpoint of Taft, Rockefeller, per-
haps. is a reactionary; from the
standpoint of an anarchist, even
Debs is a reactionary
Yet all of these men claim to be
progressive, and all actually are pro-
gressive, as they understand the
term. What right has any one of
them to say that the others are not
progressive? What right has any man
to say that no one can be progress
sive unless he subscribes to some
particular set of fads.
We are all progressive in the
sense that we believe in progress and
that political policies and methods
should keep pace with the changing
conditions of the times, but We diff
fer in our views as to the policies
and methods best adapted to the
new conditions. That is all there
is to it.
1t is net right to say that a party
is not progressive because it cannot
swallow all of the reform nostrums
offered by some other party. Be-
cause man cannot endorse all OF
the wild schemes proposed by light
headed reformers, it does not follow
that he is not progressive.
The upskot of all which is that it
is not necessary to be freak or a
lunatic in order to be progressive.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10

constructed 1t, then he must have
known something of engineering, and
been In possession of instruments. The
work could not have been done by
blind digging. Still. It might have been
originally an open ditch, banked and
lined with timber, and then covered,
and the earth tamped down.
l stopped to rest a moment, sitting
cross-legged, my head barely escaping
the roof. Suddenly from out that in.
tense darkness before me, came a pc
culiar sound. Intensified by the long
silence, and the contracted walls,
could not tell whether it was cough
or groan, gruff exclamation or growl.
PerspiratiOn beaded my forehead, my
hands like ice, as l stared ahead lis
tening. There was no repetition, no
movement. Could have dreamed the
thing? Could it be delirium from the
fever Of my wound? No! Surely not;
l was sane enough; my ears were not
deceived. SOmething-man or animal
was certainly there in the tunnel
hiding. crouched in the darkness, I'm.
o"UiC 90 CT VI NY plCScuCc. uou
would not be an animal; it must be a
man.
l got upon hands and knees again.
slowly and with utmost caution, aware
that IL | was to escape notice l must
advance as stealthily as a wild cat, the
slightest sound would carry far in that
gallery. | moved forward a yard, two,
three yards, extending one hand out
into the dark and feeling about care
fully, before venturing another inch
Mine were the movements of snail.
l had almost convinced myself there
was nothing there, either brute or hui
man; yet some instinct continually
told me there was. l felt an uncanny
presence, and an ill-defined sense Of
danger | could not cast off. | came to
pause, actually afraid to go on, my
flesh creeping with strange horror. l
rested on one knee, my face thrust for
ward as stared blindly into the awful
blackness. | even held my breath in
suspense, listening for the slightest
movement. Merciful God, Some one
-something-was actually there! |
could hear now the faint pulsing of a
breath, as though through clogged nos
trils; yes, and meaningless mutter
ing of the lips.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10
WORLD SUGAR SUPPLY
is CUT SHORT BY WAR

While all of Latin America has
suddenly become an attractive field
for our commerce and Investments,
the one which promises extremely ra-
pid development by reason of present
conditions in Europe las received
little attention in our studies of new
trade opportunities.
The worlds demand for sugar as :.
food has developed with wonderful
rapidity in tho last few years, The
otal production and consumption of
sugar in the world has actually dou-
bled in the short period since the
beginning of the twentieth century.
1t is difficult to realize that the
worlds consumption of sugar has
doubled in1fourteen years, but tho
statistics of sugar production sustain
the assertion
Official figures just issued by the
Department of Agriculture put the
worlds production Of sugar in the
crop year 1S99-19OO at $751; 900 long
tons, and in the crop year 1912-1913
at 17,9S3,OOO long tons, the total pro-
duction of the latest crop year being
little more than twice that of the
closing year of the last century
From Countries at War
When it is remembered that nearly
half of the enormous output of this
important food requirements is the
product of the countries now at war,
1t will be seen that there will be ?
tremendous increase in the demands
upon the other sugar producing areas
of the world and that they will re-
quire vast sums Of capital for that
development and of merchandise and
material with which to meet these
new demands for production.
The worlds sugar production has
been in recent years about evenly
divided between beet and cane sugar.
The beet sugar crop of 1928 was
8, 43S, 900 long tons and the cane SUI
gar crop 9,545,OOO tons. OF this
beet sugar over so per cent is pro-
duced in Europe, and nearly all of it
by the countries now at war. Ger
many's production last year was g.
$4,000 long tons; Austria Hungary,
$4,000 tons; Russia, 100000
France, $4,000, and Belgium, 276,OOO.
Thus, 81 per cent of the worlds beet
sugar, or SO per cent of the entire SUI
gar crop, cane and beet combined, is
produced by the countries whose work
men are now at war and their fields
abandoned or perhaps ravaged and
left unproductive.
World Must Have 1t
This places a tremendous RESPONSE
bility upon the canc sugar producing
area of the world, for the world
must have sugar, both for tho armies
In the field and tho people in their
homes. The growth in demand for
sugar Us food and a requirement
IN manufacturing has been general, but
the market among the oc-
cidental people. In our own coun-
try, for example, the consumption has
grown from 4,477, 100000 pounds in
1900 to 1882, 1000, 900 in 1918, while
The demands OF other countries are
suggested by the fact that Great
Britain, with population less than
II then ha must haxa |
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10
Balances in the
Funds of State

Tho balances in the vaults Of the
state at the close of business Aug.
31st and the opening of the new
month Sept. LIST is shown to be ST.
255, 9S3.97 by the report of state treas
urer 0. V. Allen, issued Sept. list in
recapitulatiOn form. This report
shows the balances carried in the
several funds of the state and covers
only the month of August Up to tho
opening Of business Sept. LIST:
The mere important funds show
the following balances:
General int and sinking j.. 1851 1856
Capital bldg. and sinking. 1913, S9S.S4
state highway :. :. ... 43,S53.15
Carey act trust =. :. :. 2,4O6.S1
came :. :. 1,746.66
soldiers home =. =. =. IL ,497SS
PREDATORY animal .... E. :. 7,313.61
charitable institutions E. :. 2,175.67
Homesteaders go. 80. 201.S5
common school 80. go. :. 26163.10
General school .... 80. =. 5S,173S3
livestock sanitary =. :. e. 21,1OO.4S
General -. -. So. 5,79566
Candidates fees 80. :. :. 1,17OO3
inexperienced -. :. 80. 25S,O39S6
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10
THE BEET INDUSTRY
MAY BE WIPED OUT

Fear is being expressed on all
hands that the sugar beet industry
of the country may be wiped out
with the close of the present season,
because of war in Europe. The rea-
son for this fear lies in the fact that
practically all of the sugar beet seed
planted in this country is grown in
Germany and reports to the depart
ment of commerce from our consuls
in Germany indicate that there will
be NO beet seed for export next win
ter The war threatens to wipe out
the crop, or so reduce it to shut
off the supply OF seed for the Ameri-
can market
Little Seed Grcwn Here
The department of agriculture has
sought for a number of years to en-
courage the growing Of beets in this
country for seed but the sugar beet
seed industry in the United States is
very small and the seed produced in
this country fails to give the results
that can be obtained with seed i'm
ported from Germany. While there
will be some seed produced locally,
the supply will not begin to equal
the demand, and tho result will be
that the beet crop of 1915 will Of ne
cessity, be way below normal, unless
the government experts abroad arc
successful in finding some new source
of supply.-Ex
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-10
BlNGHAM'S VALUATIONS

Real property, SS,S7S,672; private
car companies, s21,736.64; railway
companies, s17S,S00; telegraph COM
panies, $47,S16; telephones, $4S,S25;
Total, 81, 695, 669.64.