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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
DON'T KEEP SCRUB POULTRY
Poultry Breeder Keeps Pure-sred
Stock Because of Added Enthusi-
asm and Increased Profits.

The successful poultry breeder.
whether he breeds for market or for
fancy purposes, keeps pure-bred
stock. A man who keeps pure-bred
fowls is proud of them. He takes de-
light in caring for them and grows
familiar with their needs. He sue
ceeds SO well because he has become
q real poultry fancier to the extent
that he has conceived a liking for his
stock beyond its intrinsic value as
a maker of dollars for him. His en-
thusiasm leads him to give his fowls
the best of care and attention, and as
a result his business grows tremen-
dously. Such poultry breeders induct
into the minds of others some of their
own earnestness of purpose and create
an interest in poultry raising among
them. This is one of the causes of the
Increased demand for pure-bred poul-
try.
If you visit the owner of a flock of
mongrel fowls of many colors, shapes
and sizes you will find a man who is
not enthusiastic about the poultry
business. 1t will serve as an illustra-
ton of the fact that the scrub fowl
cannot arouse permanent and abiding
interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
PREVENT HOG CHOLERA
Every Precaution Should Be
Taken to Check Disease.
Stray Pigs Should Be Looked Upon
With Suspicion-Carcasse of Dead
Animals Must Be Burned With
out Delay.

Because hog cholera is so readily
carried from one farm to another
every precaution should be taken
against its spread when it appears in a
community In Germany and other
countries where animal diseases have
been well held in check, quarantine is
strict for hog cholera and other pre-
yentive measures are largely used.
These different steps should be
taken when hog cholera appears:
Sick and exposed hogs must be kept
confined or isolated on the premises
where they belong. Stray pigs should
be looked upon with suspicion. When
pigs are shipped into herd there
should be certainty that they come
from uninfected premises and that
they have not been exposed in ship
ment in cars or public stockyards.
Carcasses Of cholera hogs must be
burned or buried without delay. Litter
and manure must be disposed of in
like way or thoroughly disinfected
All implements or wagons or carts used
III handling sick or dead animals must
be disinfected. Pens and yards must
be similarly treated whether serum
has been used or not.
Promiscuous travelling back and
forth from infected premises should
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
CULLING THE POULTRY FLOCK
Many Farmers Are Keeping Hens Long
Past Their Period of Usefulness
Give Plenty of Room.


A great deal is being said about the
advisability of keeping all of the stock
that a farm can possibly hold. l think,
however, that this advice is wrong
and that we should encourage our
farmers to Gull more closely than
usual.
On a large proportion of our farms
there are old hens that are long past
their period of usefulness, many of
these hens with long toe nails show
ing that they have not worked for
months. There are also many crow
headed, thin-breasted, weak-consti-
tutioned hens that will never be good
egg producers. Also, there are many
farms with little late-hatched chicks
that will not be a paying investment.
All of these culls should be disposed
of as quickly as possible and the feed
given to the better individuals. | adj
nit that the price Of eggs will be high,
but with our present feed prices one
cannot afford to feed the hens that
show from their general makeup that
they are likely to be poor producers.
On many farms there are 200 chick
ems with only housing room for hun
bred. If the flock is reduced down to
the hundred best ones, the result will
be many more eggs in the winter and
a much lower feed bill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES
To Get Them Fresh From, the Garden
Pays for All the Trouble Involved
Locate Near House.

Every farmer should have vege-
table garden The idea of the garden
is not to save money-though it will
do that-but rather to have the vege-
tables when you want them. and to
have them fresh, How much more
pleasant it is to go out into the garden
and get fresh vegetables than to bring
them from the market where they have
lain for two days or a week. There is
a spot on every farm that could be re-
served for a garden large enough to
produce vegetables for home use
The garden should be located near
the house. If it must be out in the
field it should not be near an alfalfa
field. for when the first crop OF hay
is cut the grasshoppers will migrate
from the alfalfa field into the garden
The spot selected should be rich. fer
tile and easy to work. If irrigation can
be practiced, the garden should be laid
out in convenient manner for this
purpose.
1t is not necessary that every kind
of vegetable be grown, but most of
the common ones should be planted.
A good list of vegetables that should
be found on every farm includes as
paragus, lettuce, radishes, spinach.
onions, cabbage, beans. peas, corn and
tomatoes. Vegetables that are not
perishable are not so important. but it
would be good plan to grow them
also.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
Wills the Use of Bathtub.

During the funeral services over
my corpse l desire nothing said about
myself except that / was a sinner
saved by divine grace" is a provision
in the will of Washington Frothing
ham of Fonda filed at Gloversyille, N.
Y. The will leaves from $40 to $4,000
to about one hundred relatives and
friends.
If the First Presbyterian church OF
Tribes Hill does not have any plants
or flowers in the church, allows no
children to sing there Sundays and
does not permit any prayer or song
not contained in the Bible to be used
in the church it will get $3.50 yearly.
Mary Mackay, who was Mr.. Froth-
ingham's housekeeper, gets the use OF
her present quarters in Fonda, the
right to use the front or rear door, the
use of the kitchen furniture and the
privilege Of bathing in the family bath
tub whenever she likes.
A reward of S. is offered to each
person in the town of Mohawk or Glen
who shall bring about the conviction
of any person guilty of cruelty to ami
mails
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17

strange effect Of his protest OF the
abnormal sensIbilities that her acting
had developed.
Thinking Of me-little me-" she
called back. "Of one persons COM
fort when hundreds of thousands of
other women are in terror; when the
destiny Of millions is at stake! Lanny,
you are in blue funk" and she was
laughing forcedly and hectically. I'm
going on-going on like one in a
trance who can't stop if he would.
It's all right, Lanny. | undertook the
task myself. | must see it through"
After she had hung mp the receiver
her buoyancy vanished. She leaned
against the wall of the tunnel weakly.
Yes, what if she were found out? She
was thinking of the possibility seri-
ously for the first time. Yet, for only
a moment did she dwell upon it be-
fore she dismissed it in sudden reac-
ton.
No matter what they do to me or
what becomes of mel" she thought.
I'm a lost soul, anyway. The thing
is to serve as long as I can-and
then l don't care!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
Copyright. 1914. By Charles scribner's sons
SYNOPSIS.

At their home on the frontier between
Ihe Browns ana GTays Marta GdlIand and
EeT mother, entertaining Colonel WeSLer-
ing q The GTaEs. see Captain LanstTOn
o. the Browns injured by d fall in his
Hergp.aEe. Ten years later Westerlng,
nominal vice but real chief Of staff, re-eu-
forces South La Tir and meditates on war
Marta tells him of her teaching children
the tOilles Of war and martial patriotism,
and be2s MIN TO prevent war while ne Is
chief of staff. LanstTOn calls on Marta
ct her home. She tells LanstrOn that she
believes EelleT, the gardener, to be q spy
L4anstE0n cOufeSses it Is true and shows
her telephone which Eeller has con-
Tor use 10 benefit the Browns in war
emergencies. LanstrOn declares his love
Tor Marta. WesteTling and the Gray pre-
mleF plan to use trivial international
affair t0 fOmenr Warlike patriotism ana
strike before declaring war. PartOW,
Brown chief of staff. reveals his plans to
LausrTOn made vice chief The Gray
army crosses the border line and attacks.
The Browns check them. Artillery, IN
IantTy, serDplaues and dirIglDles engage
Marta has her first glimpse Of war in It's
modern, cold, scientific, murderous Dru-
tally. The Browns fan back to the Gal
land house. Marta sees a night attack.
The GraEs attack in force. Eeller leaves
his secret telephone and goes back to ms
guns Hand TO hand fighting. The browns
fall back gain Marta asks LaustrCn over
the phone to appeal to Part0W to stop the
fighting Vandalism in the Galland mouse
#EeSteEIiug and his staff occupy the Cal
land house and he begins to WOO Marta,
the GIaEs and offers valuable information
SIZE calls up LaustrOu on the secret tele-
prone ana plans % give WosEeTLEg lnEOr-
nation tHat viii trap the Gray army.
@esterltng forms his plan Of attack upon
3 4#L he learns from her. The Grays take
BUr0ir.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
NOTHING NEW IN JOKE LINE /
Foolish Is the Humorist Who Would
Insist That This HAS Never
Been Sprung Before"

A reader of the Docket in New York
city cut out the item relating to the
dissolution of partnership, in which
one partner makes the statement that
: those who owe the firm will settle
with him. and those that the firm owes
will settle with Nose" and sends it
back to US with this notation: This
was an old chestnut when I lived in
-, which was in 1855"
To this charge we enter plea of
confession and avoidance. We con-
tend that the courts will take judicial
notice of the fact that there is nothing
new under the sun, and in our judg-
ment the jokesmith is well within
his rights in resurrecting a joke
which was old in 1855.
The incident brings to mind the fol-
lowing story: "The editor of a Mime
sofa newspaper back in the sos con-
cocted the following: TYon Yonson put
sour sticks of dynamite in the stove
last Sunday to thaw them out The
handles were nickel plated and only
cost S10.'" A professor of English
literature in an eastern university
wrote a very interesting article on
this joke, claiming that it represented
distinctly American brand of humor,
and that 1t could not have happened
in any other country or at any other
time.
But alas for the professor of Eng
lish Hterature-for there is nothing
new under the sun. Reference to II
Chronicles, Chapter 16, Verses II and
Is, produces the following:
II. And Asa in the thirty and
ninth year of his reign was diseased
in his feet until his disease was ex-
ceedingly great; yet in his disease
he sought not to the Lord, but to the
physicians.
10. And Asa slept with his fathers
Vests Docket
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
ACCOUNTS FOR OLD LEGEND
Simple Explanation of the Age-OId
Myth That Surrounds the
Golden Fleece.

In the legend of the Golden Fleece
lies hidden the record of an ancient
method of the Tibareni, the sons of
Tubal, for the collection of gold The
north coast of Asia Minor produced
large quantities of the precious metals,
as well as copper and iron. Gold was
found in the gravel, as often happens
still in streams draining from copper
regions. The gold in copper ores,
originally containing insignificant
amounts of the precious metal, &C
sometimes forms placers of astonish-
ing richness.
The ancient Tibareni washed the
gold-bearing gravel, first by booming,
which concentrated the gold into rela-
lively small amounts of sand. This
was then collected and washed through
sluices having the bottoms lined with
sheepskins. The gold would sink into
the wool, while the sand would be
washed away in the swift current.
The skins were removed from the
sluices, the coarsest gold shaken out,
and the feeces, still glittering with
the yellow metal, were hung upon
boughs to dry so that the rest of the
gold might be beaten from them, and
saved The early Greek mariners, wit
Messing this process, carried home
tales of the wonderful riches of land
where warlike race of miners hung
golden fieeces upon the trees in the
grove of Ares.
After so many millenniums the
metalliferous country of TubalCain
is once more coming into prominence.
The natives still Gull the high-grade
copper ore, and break it into smalls,
which they cover with wood and roast
to matte; they still work the matte in
forge-like furnaces to black copper,
which they ship to AIexandretta and
to Euxine ports. They still make the
famous carbOniZed iron that was cele-
brated as Damascus steel because it
was distributed through this mart to
the rest Of the world after receiving a
finish by local Damascene workmen.
These decadent methods, that give
hint of the approved practice of the
father of metallurgy, will soon become
wholly extinct, for the modern miner
is studying the disseminated copper
ores Of the Black sea coast, and
threatening to rekindle on a magnifi-
cent scale the smoldering fires of
ubalCain.-Argonaut
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
Would Handle Wheat In su,k

Australian wheat, at the present
time, is transported in bags, a system
which involves not only a considerable
cost, but is also uneconomical in the
use of labor. In consequence, the gov
ernments of New South Wales and Vic
toria are considering proposals for
handling it in bulk, based upon the re-
ports of engineers, who made inquiries
as to this method in Canada, the Uni
ted States and South Africa The ex-
perts also say that the change would
result in a large extension of the
growing areas. It is understood, how
ever, that the steamship lines, which
have been approached on the subject
are not agreed that under existing cir
cumstances the shipment of grain in
bulk is practicable, though it is be-
lieved that if adequate supplies were
guaranteed the necessary space would
be readily forthcoming.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
Pigs With Strong Constitutions Resist
Attacks of Cholera.

be discouraged. After men and horses
have been in infected pens or yards,
their shoes and feet should be cleaned
and even disinfected before going upon
the highways or healthful premises
Straying animals, like dogs and cats,
ought to be looked on as danger
sources. Hogs should be kept away
from streams that may run from in
fected yards.
These and other precautions that
are suggested by the extreme viru-
lence of the cholera germ should be
taken. They may seem rather far
fetched at times, but they are none
the less essential. Through wholly un-
expected means the disease is trans
mitted and makes its appearance in a
community as something of mystery
The presence'of cholera always means
that it has been carried there.
One general suggestion may be
made: Good health and strong consti-
buttons help in fighting all animal dis
eases, cholera as we'll as others
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
HONOR is FREMONT'S
"PATHFINDER" CREDITED WITH
NAMING GOLDEN GATE"
First Gave IL AppeIlation of "Chrys-
oPolas," Foreseeing That 1t Would
OutrivaI Famous Golden Horn
of Byzantium.

The name given to the entrance of
the bay of San Francisco was not sug-
gested, as is sometimes assumed. by
the discovery Of gold in California,
although its bestowaI occurred nearly
concurrently with that event.
So far as We know, the first per
sons to enter the harbor through the
Golden Gate were the crew of vessel
commanded by Lieutenant Juan Manu-
ell de Ayala of the Spanish royal navy.
says the San Francisco Chronicle.
This was on August 5, ITS. They
were shortly afterward followed by
Bruno Heceta, who was under orders
to cooperate with Juan Bautista de
ANA, who had been dispatched on the
bay of San Francisco. Heceta sailed
from San Diego, and, after protract-
ed voyage, arrived in the harbor and
laid the foundations of Fort Point.
So far as written records are con-
cerned, they are silent on the subject
of naming the entrance, and it is prob
able that no one took the trouble to
apply a particular designation to it,
although the islands and points about
the bay were promptly supplied with
appellations. De Ayala is credited with
giving to what we call Angel island
the name of Isla de los Angeles, but
he forgot to christen the opening
which gave access to it from the
Pacific
Numerous vessels passed through
the entrance during the period be-
tween the foundation of the mission
of San Francisco and the American
occupation in 1916, but there is no
intimation in the records which cap
tains or their crews have left for us
that it had been named. The opening
and the bay were described by several
shippers, and particular POINTS were
referred to in manner that makes
then recognizable, but no one seemed
to think that it was necessary to con-
fer name on the front door of the
harbor, whose beauties and import
ance they extolled, until an American
thought it worth his while to do so.
To John C. Fremont belongs the
honor of comforting the appelladon
Golden Gate, but curiously enough, in
accordance with the tendency which
had not yet run its course, he called
it "Chrysopolae." This designation
appears on the map of Oregon and
California which accompanied the
geographical memoirs published by
him in 1848.
These memoirs were written before
the discovery of gold at Suffers mill,
which was made in the same year,
and in them Fremont took pains to
make clear why he had selected the
Greek title. Like all the discerning
pioneers, he was profoundly impressed
with the belief that the harbor would
one day bear a great commerce on its
waters. and that it would outrival
Chrysoceros, the Golden Horn OF
Byzantium.
The pioneers accepted the name,
but promptly converted it into Eng
fish, and doubtlessly many of them
who had no acquaintance with the
geographical memoirs of Fremont
imagined that it was the steady
stream of gold passing through the
portal which suggested the happy
title
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17

are doing and we don't know what
they are doing!" said the tactical ex-
pert.
There the chief of the aerostatic di-
vision took the defensive
They certainly don't learn our plans
with their planes and dirigibles!" he
declared energetically.
Hardly, when we never see them
over our lines"
THE Browns are acting on the de-
fensive in the air as well as on the
earth!"
But our own planes and dirigibles
bring little news" said Turcas. 'I
mean, those that return" he added
pungently.
"And few do return. My men are
not wanting in courage!" replied the
chief aerostatic officer. Immediately
we get over the Brown lines the
Browns, who keep cruising to and fro,
are on US like hawks. They risk any,
thing to bring US down. When we de-
scend low we strike the fire of their
high-angle guns, which are distributed
the length of the frontier. I believe
both their aerial feet and their high
angle artillery were greatly under
estimated. Finally, I cannot reduce
my force too much in scouting or they
might take the offensive"
Another case of not being in
formed" concluded Turcas, returning
grimly to his point
He looked at Bouchard, and every
one began looking at Bouchard. If the
Gray tacticians had been outplayed by
their opponents, if their losses for the
ground gained exceeded calculations,
then it was good to have a scape-
goat for their professional mistakes
Bouchard was Westerling's choice for
chief of intelligence His blind 10y
atty was pleasing to his superior, who,
hitherto. had promptly silenced any
suggestion Of criticism by repeating
that the defensive always appeared to
the offensive to be better informed
than itself But this time Westerling
let the conversation run on without
word of excuse for his favorite
Each fresh reproach from the staff,
whose opinion was the only god he
knew, was a dagger thrust to Bou-
chard. At night he had lain awake
worrying about the leak; by day he
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
Keeps Hogs Well.

Less grain, more pasture, less con
fnement and more exercise In the
pure air of the alfalfa, clover or blue
grass fields will tone up the system
so that disease is not readily contract
ed Yet with the best Of care and feed
disease in new forms viii appear to
battle US, and when it comes, it is not
safe to daily with it, especially if it
seems infectious. Letting sick hogs
have the run Of the herd is sure to
spread disease, therefore it is a safe
rule to lose no time in removing the
first sick hog to some remote lot where
it cannot infect the herd as its dis
ease progresses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
Any EXCUSE Etc

Margaret was fond of eating at her
Aunt Daisy's, but had been told not to
go there too often for her dinner after
school. When one excuse didn't work
she would try another. SO one day she
thought she would stop and borrow an
umbrella as it looked a little rainy. OF
course she accepted Aunt Daisy's inVi-
tation to dinner. The next noon, how
ever, when she called her mother on
the phone and said she was going to
stay to dinner her mother remon-
strated. why, you were just there
yesterday" To which Margaret re-
piled, Il know, but, mamma, l forgot
to thank them for the umbrella l bor-
rowed yesterday and / came this noon
to do IT."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-12-17
Writers of War-Past and Present.

writers OF War-PaSt and Pre- sent
What wars l have seen have taken
place in spots isolated and inacces-
sible, far from the haunts of men. BY
day you followed the fight and tried
to find the censor, and at night you sat
on cracker box and by the light Of
candle struggled to keep awake and to
write deathless prose. In Belgium it
was not like that. The motor car
which Gerald Morgan of the London
Daily Telegraph and l shared was Of
surprising beauty, speed and comfort.
It was as long as a Plant freight car
and as yellow; and from it tapped in
the breeze more English, Belgian,
French and Russian flags than fly
from the roof Of the New York Hippo
drome. Whenever we sighted an army
we 1ashed the flags of it's country to
our headlights, and at so miles an hour
bore down upon it.-Richard Harding
Davis, in ScribneT's Magazine