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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
FAMILY FRUIT GARDEN
HAVE a FEW SELECTED VARiE-
TIES AND GIVE PROPER CARE.
Dwarfs Are Excellent, as They Re-
Quire Less Room Than Standards,
and Come Into Bearing the
Third or Fourth Year.

By E. kNEELAND. Copyright, 1914
Fruit for the family table through
the growing season and a surplus to
sell need not mean large orchard, but
only few well selected varieties prop
erly cared for. First, then, for small
list o. fruits, and the dwarfs and half
dwarfs are excellent, as they require
less roon than the standards and come
into bearing the third or fourth year
and are easily pruned aid sprayed.
The trees should be set eight feet
apart, and eight trees will provide fruit
from June to November. The variety
will depend on the latitude and alti-
tude. The United States governments
Farmers Bulletin No. 20S" gives
very complete list
What 10 Plant.
Four sweet cherry trees and one
sour one will supply enough fruit for
the table and also for pies. The fol-
lowing are recommended: Goes
Transparent (June), Downer's Late
July Windsor July and Dwarf
Montmorency (June) for cooking.
Eight pears should be ample and may
all be Of the dwarf type, such as two
Bartletts august and September).
Clapp's Favorite august and Septem-
ber), Louise Bonnie de Jersey (Sep-
tember), Siekel (September), Howell
(September), Beurre d'Anjou (Octo-
ber), Vicar Of WINFIELD (winter).
Plums may be grown in the poultry
yard and the garden space saved for
other fruit. Grapes are always well
come, and one vine of each Of the fol-
lowing will provide a good supply:
Duchess, Moore's Early Green Noun
tain (white), Concord, Niagara, Della
ware. For currant bushes try eight
Fay's Prolific. There are endless va
rieties Of raspberries, but ten Her
berts, ten Cuthberts and ten st. Re
gises are recommended; for blackber-
ries, ten Fries, ten Snyders and ten
Wilson's Early. Gooseberries are as
easy to grow as currants, and FIVE
Industry and five Smiths Improved
will provide a good supply.
Prepare the land thoroughly, pro-
and keep the soil cultivated under
the trees and bushes. Set the stand
ard trees 35 feet apart, the dwarfs
eight feet, the fruit bushes six feet,
and the canes three feet. Fruit trees,
bushes, etc, live many years, but
their value depends upon their vigor,
shape and ancestry, so be sure to buy
only from reliable dealer or nursery
man and when satisfied as to his
standing, do not let the price govern
the purchase. The saving of few dol
lars may often result in much great
er loss later. Finally draw a rough
plan of the garden, marking where
each tree, bush, ETC., is to go, then set
them with a line and measure accord
ing to the nurseryman's directions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
RAPE PAsTURAGE FOR SWINE
Dwarf Essex Is Only Variety Suitable
for Hoes-One of Best Emer-
gency Forage Crops.

The grower of rape should insist on
getting the Dwarf Essex, as this is the
only variety that is suitable for hog
pasture. There is a summer or bird
seed rape found on the market which
makes a worthless pasture and should
not be used.
l have used rape for several years
as pasture for both breeding and fat
tening hogs and never experienced any
difficulty in getting them to eat it,
writes Turner Wright in Farmers Mail
and Breeze.
If hogs that are not accustomed to
rape are given no other green feed for
few days they will soon learn to eat
and relish it even though they are fed
a liberal amount of grain. 1t often
happens that hogs, after learning to
eat rape, prefer it to clover or alfalfa
that is coarse and WOODY l have often
changed hogs from alfalfa to rape and
from rape to alfalfa and could see no
difference in the way they seemed to
relish these different feeds. If the
hogs are turned on the rape that viii
cat IL uOIe IedulAy IHdu IL IL ~ more
mature.
Rape is one OF the best emergency
forage crops we have. A good rape
pasture will give practically as good
results as alfalfa. 1t can be sown in
feed yards and lots that are used
through the winter and thus not only
furnish a pasture to take the place of
shortage Of alfalfa or clover pas
ture but also provide a means of
utilizing ground that would otherwise
less weeds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
IS PLUMBERS INDICTED
BY UNITED STATES JURY
Officials of Association in Seven West
ern States Named in Indictment
at Des Moines.

Des Moines, Ia, June 6.-Indict-
ments were returned against SO Off
Gals and members of the National AS
ISOLATION of Master Plumbers and off,
Gals OF state organizations in Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska and Iowa by the fed
eral grand jury here Thursday The
indictments charge conspiracy in re-
straint Of trade, in violation of the
Sherman antitrust law.
1t is specifically alleged that the Ma
tional Association Of Master Plumbers
has been operating in violation Of law
ever since its organization in 1884, and
that it has continually conspired to
interfere with the business of plumb
ers and plumbing supply houses.
Among those indicted were: w. ].
Hilliard, Elmhurst, H., president aE the
Illinois State Association of Master
Plumbers and director Of the national
organization; w. c. Haviland, Aurora,
Ill; F. U. Patterson, Springfield, H.,
president of the executive committee
of the Illinois association and director
national association; E. D. Hornbrook,
director national association; J. P.
Cunningham and E. 0. Wilkerson, all
of Kansas City, Mo-; Joseph Bixby,
Omaha, Neb., national state vice presi-
dent; George E. Wentz, Lincoln, Neb.,
national state vice-president; ]. B.
Cunningham, Omaha, Neb., secretary
state association; William A. Decker,
Grand Rapids, Mich, national state
president, director national asso-
citation and secretary-treasurer Michi-
gan association; William j. Woolly,
Evansville, Ind, national state vice
president, director national association
and president Indiana association;
George F. Reeke, Green Bay, Wis,
president Wisconsin association; Louis
Sontag, Sheboygan, Wis; James A.
Trane, La Crosse, Wis, president La
Crosse association; Henry H. Niebuhr,
La Crosse, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
sILAGE GOOD FOR POULTRY
Of Material Assistance in Keeping Up
Egg ProductIon-FowIs Are Crazy
for Succuience.

Cows and sheep thrive on silage; it
Is a little too bulky for hogs to eat a
great deal; horses and mules eat small
amounts with profit, and a writer to
Hoard's Dairyman tells that it is the
best ever for poultry. He states: I'VE
have tried it for tV 70 years and find the
birds are crazy for 1t and will clean I'D
all given them. OF course, we give a
grain ration. oyster shells, grit, etc,
besides the ensilage." Since poultry
require some green food In order to do
very well and lay best when they en-
Joy their food best, 1t can be seen that
ensilage viii help a great deal to keen
the egg production up to the standard,
as well as stimulating the milk flow of
dairy cows or putting beef on steers
and mutton On sheep.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
slO7,696,7 IN
ANNUAL BUDGET
Sundry Civil Measure Reported
to the House.
S17,O00,OOO SLASHED OFF
Bill Is s16,eoo,oo0 Less Than This
Year's-Largest Item Amounts TO
S2o,718,oo0 for the Pan
anna Canal.
S17,OOO,OOO SLASHED OFF

Washington, June 6.-Chairman Fftz.
gerald Of the appropriations commit.
tee reported to the house the sundry
civil bill Thursday, one of the largest
Of the annual budgets, which carries
for the next fiscal year $107, 696, 1920
The committee slashed the est.
mates more than s17,000,000, and the
bill is approximately S16,900,000 less
than the sundry siyil bill for this year.
The largest item in the bill is an ap-
preparation Of S20,718,000 for contin.
uing construction on the Panama ca.
nal, which now is nearing completion.
For fortifcation of the canal, S1,125..
600 is appropriated.
The interstate commerce commits.
sion receives total appropriation OF
S3,65O.O00, and of this amount $780,.
600 is to be used il making the phys
ical valuation Of railroads.
The estimates for the Ellis island
immigrant station were cut 100000,
leaving an appropriation of s133, 500.
The board Of mediation and concilia.
ton receives the $4,000 asked for, and
a 100000 appropriation is allowed the
commission on industrial relations.
The customary item Of $4,000 for
the travelling expenses of the president
is included
Other items are: For rivers and
harbors, continuing work already au-
thorized. $6,900,00O
For construction Of public buildings
already authorized, $685. 900.
For continuing construction work at
the penitentiaries at Fort Leaven-
worth and Atlanta, 100000 and $751;
900, respectively.
The 100000 asked for an immigra-
ton station at Galveston, Tex, was
not allowed.
The sum of 100000 is appropriated
for construction work on the Lincoln
memorial in this city.
The sundry civil bill carries a leg
islatiVe rider providing that any rail-
road whose property is being valued
by the interstate commerce commits
sion shall transport free Of charge the
agents of the commission to the point
where the survey is being made.
The sum of 100000 is appropriated
for the customs service at the Pana-
ma exposition of 1915.
The president is given a special
fund of $4,000 to aid the states in
checking any actual or threatened cpl
demic of contagious diseases.
For infantry barracks in Hawaii,
$4,000 is allowed and there is an in
crease of $550,0O0 for accommoda-
tons for the sea coast artillery in the
Philippines and Hawaiian islands
a large item is $10,150,000 for ex-
penses of collecting the customs rev.
enueS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11

CLARK COUNTY VILLAGES SUI.
FER AS SWOLLEN TORRENT
BREAKS ITS BOUNDS.
DAMS AND BRIDGES GO OUT
5uiioin9s at Greenwood and HemIoch
Faii Into Strean-Great DAMAGE
Along Big Eau Claire
RIVER.

Neillsville.-Swollen from heavy
rams, the Black river became a raging
torrent and there was fear in towns
along the river, both north and south
OF this city, that a repetition of the
Black River Falls disaster of three
years ago might be repeated.
At the village of Greenwood. thirty.
i've miles north of here, the Municipal
Light and Power company's dam is
reported to have been swept from its
foundation and 250 feet of reinforced
concrete levee torn away. The water
was several feet deep in the streets
ana small buildings near the shore
OF the river were washed away and
Wh1rled down the stream.
At Hemlock, forty-two miles north
OF here, much damage was caused by
the food The sawmilI and roller mills
OF the I. o. Withee Lumber company
are reported to have been washed
down the river through the bursting
OF dam higher up the stream.
Sawmiil Dam Goes Out.
Marshf1eld-March RAPIDS. 2. saw
mill settlement in Marathon county.
ten miles from MarshfieId, has sus,
tanned heavy loss by flood. The
Big Eau Claire river overlooked and
carried out the dam and bridge of H.
Doud & Sons company, sweeping the
yards clean Of heading slaves and
lumber and carrying away 100000 feet
of logs, 100000 of which BELONGED to
farmers and the rest to the Doud com
pany. Logs are scattered all along.
the banks from Stratford to Grand
Rapids, on the Wisconsin side of the
river.
Great damage was reported by far,
mers throughout western Marathon
county. Train service to the north of
the 500 line was resumed after thirty
six hours interruption, during which
all 500 line trains have detoured via
Eau Claire and MarshfeId over the
Omaha. The Northwestern line from
Marshfield to Wausau has been
closed for two days.
High Water in Chippewa.
Eau Claire.-High water mark was
reached in the Chippewa river here
owing to cloudburst over the Yellow
river near Cadott At Owen the
streets were flooded and citizens
forced to use rowboats.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
RAIL CHIEFS OPPOSE
ANTITRUST MEASURE
Robert s. Lovett, Ripley and Harris
Protest BiII-8ankruptcy Seen
for Lines.

Washington, June 5.-Bankruptcy
for many of the solvent railroads of
the country would follow the enact
ment Of the Rayburn antitrust bill as
it now stands, Robert S. Lovett, pres
ident of the Union Pacific railroad,
told the senate interstate commerce
committee Wednesday.
A. H. Harris, general counsel for
the New York Central and Edward P.
Ripley, president Of the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe railroad, took sub
stanttally the same view.
Mr.. Lovett objected to the section
which profits a person serving on
more than one railroad board, whether
there is any competition or not, with
out the consent of the interstate com
merce commission.
Take the case Of the road l know
best, the Union Pacific" he said. eve
own every share of the stock of the
Oregon Short Line, by which we get
to Portland from Salt Lake City. In
der the terms Of this bill we could
not have the same traffic officers, we
could not have the same president,
the head of the whole system could
not unity his management.
Tt would prevent the standardizing
Of equipment of maintenance and op-
Grafton. 1t would mean the turning
of the wheels of progress backward
and destroying the continuity of man
agement
The Union Pacific is not peculiar
In this respect. Should this bill pass
and be enforced, the New York Cen
trail would terminate at Buffalo; the
Pennsylvania would be cut in two at
Pittsburgh and the Baltimore & Ohio
would terminate at Parkersburg, W.
Va"
Mr.. Lovett added that similar stu
attons would result In other parts of
the country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
NOT HER OWN BAKING
MRS. NEWLYWED HAD TAKEN
NO CHANCES.
Biscuits That Pleased Hubby So Much
Were Not the Production of
His Adored One, as He
Had Supposed.

The newly married man was at
home at last 1t was a coy fat, not
mere kitchenette cut off by a screen
or curtains and interfering with the
ostepsible purpose of the room. Still,
1t must be written IN truth that the
kitchen was not large. Two persons
might occupy it at once, unless they
were engaged in a conversation that
required Delsartian gesture.
The newly married man had tele-
| phoned repeatedly since 500 o. m.
correcting the time he would arrive
TO minute, as nearly as he could
calculate 1t, allowing so many minutes
for the movement of the train between
the given points. He lived near the
elevated and knew he could make the
distance from the station to the fat
in 81 seconds by his watch, as he was
a sprinter
He found his bride blushingly hap
py, with pretty apron covering her
elaborate house gown and just a hint
of perspiration on her brow. Running
to the telephone now and then while
preparing dinner had conspired with
her natural enthusiasm over her first
real meal at home to induce perspira-
ton, even though the weather outside
was not warm. In addition to the
calls from the bridegroom she had in
simulated several to this tradesman
and that for edible things forgotten in
her hasty though dreamy marketing.
The bridegroom, after the ardent
and prolonged greeting usual in such
cases ever since primitive man
brought home his grub on his back
or IN one hand, while the other carried
his rude weapon, inspected the dinner
table with something that resembled
hunger, superficial as hunger COM
monty is in the honeymoon. The table
was bright with new silver and enti-
cling with fresh napery-loot saved
from multitude of wedding gifts,
many Of which, redundant or lacking
utility, had been piled away in one of
the tiny closets of the place.
Hunger was forgotten for the mo-
ment while he again took her in his
arms and told her how happy be was
that he had won such prize
AS he sat down he noted with no
misgiving various dishes which in
substance and garnishing spelled the
word 'idelicatessen" almost as plainly
as it was spelled on the windows on
the avG1ue. But he loved his bride
and was proud of her and knew she
would be equal to any domestic emer-
gency that the future might hold
His love was spurred as he picked
up a warm biscuit and, parting it,
spread golden butter between the sec
tons. Darling" he cried, as he
tasted the biscuit, this is even better
than the biscuits mother used to
makel"
rs it, dearest?" the bride happily
exclaimed. Tn so glad! l got them
at the s!"-Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
Nitrate of Soda.

One of my neighbors lost a good
COW because she ate quantity of
nitrate of soda. Last summer he left
his barn door open and nearly lost a
horse, but someone saw it in time
and dosed the animal 1t was close
call, for the horse was more than a
week getting over the trouble, says a
writer in an exchange. This suggests
that it is easier to prevent such things
than It is to cure them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
KEEP DAIRY PRODUCTS FRESH
Large Barrel Sunk in Ground VIII At
ford Convenient and ServiceabIe
Place for Summer.

A very convenient and serviceable
place to keep dairy products may be
made by sinking a large barrel in the
ground. A shady spot should be
chosen, writes G. G. Amb Of Beatrice,
Neb., in Missouri Valley Farmer. Fill
in around the barrel with small stones,
gravel and sand, and dampen. Put g.
box over the barrel and bank up with
solid earth, preferably clay. This
drains off the water when it rains and
also puts the barrel further down,
which tends to make it cooler. Make
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
Biblical Proof.

An old negro, who was the only
Baptist in the neighborhood, always
stuck up for his own faith" and was
ready with reason for 1t, although he
the way he put 'em down" "Yo' kin
read, now, KANT your" Yes" We'll,
/ s'pose yo' read de Bible, haint your"
yes" "Yo' read bout John de Baptis',
haint yo'?" yes" well, yo' never
read bout John de Mefodis', did yo'?'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
BIG LOSS BY RAIN STORM.
Crops and Property Damaged in Wis.
consin.

consin.
Oshkosh, Wis, June 6.-The most
severe rain and wind storm in many
years spent through the Fox river
valley The damage to crops and
property viii reach many thousands
of dollars. Gardens were destroyed.
Farmers in the surrounding country
sustained great loss.
Appleton, Wis, June 6.-More rain
has fallen in the last twenty-four hours
than during the entire month of May.
The rainfall amounted to four inches.
Trains are blocked by wasnouts.
Grain fields are flooded and culverts
are washed out.
Green Bay, Wis, June Damage
that will amount to many thousands
Of dollars was done by q rain and cleo
trical storm in this city. Scores of
families we're driven from their
homes when the water rushed in and
were saved only by the efforts Of their
neighbors.
Wausau, Wis, June 6.-The heavy
rainfall stopped all train service into
this city. A bridge was washed out
at Edgar. Other washouts have been
reported
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
ILLINOIS BANKER Is DEAD.
7. 3. Needles, Prominent Republican
Dies at SeVsntY-Six.

I. 3. Needles Prominent Republican,
Dies at Seventy-Six.
st. Louis, June 6.-Thomas B.
Needles, seventy-six years old. presi-
dent of the. First National bank of
Nashville, H., died at ST. Johns hos
pital, where he had been i'll three
weeks of a complication Of diseases.
The body will be sent to Nashville
and the funeral probably will be held
Saturday. Mr.. Needles was formerly
a member of the Illinois legislature,
a member of the Dawes Oklahoma
commission and for 81 consecutive
years was grand treasurer of the Odd
Fellows. For more than thirty years
he was prominent in the Republican
party of Illinois.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
GOOD HITCH FOR TWO TEAMS
One Shown in Illustration Has Been
In Service Twelve Years and
Proven Satisfactory.

This sketch shows my four-horse
evener. which I find hard to beat.
have used it for twelve years and it
has proven particularly satisfactory
for wagon, as both teams must pull
their portions, writes Ed Kraus of
Hays, Kan, in Farmers Mail and
Breeze. However the evener may be
used anywhere that a lead team is
needed. To make it, take two pieces
OF iron feet long and 215 inches wide
and drill two as-inch holes % inches
apart through both pieces. Drill an
other through the center for the
wrench bolt. These two pieces are
marked A in the drawing. The pieces
BIB work between them. Use heavy
washers on either side of the pieces B
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11

so as to make them work freely back
and forth. Each piece B is IS inches
long with the outside holes 16 inches
apart, and a hole in the center Of each.
The four pieces are &C, about 10
inches long, with holes drilled in each
end, then riveted to D. at one end and
BIB at the other, one above and one
below. These pieces are strapiron IA
inches wide and Il inch thick. D is
a triangular plate about g inch thick
and the holes are about inches apart.
Use a 12-inch rod with link for the
lead team.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11

a light lid for the top of the barrel,
and strong lid for the outer covering
Of box. Fit the box as near alright as
possible. Sprinkle a little dampened
sand over the bottom Of the barrel and
the little cellar is finished. Pals of
cream, milk and butter may be hung
from nails on the sides Of the barrel.
Air the barrel out occasionally to pre-
vent odors from collecting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
WHY SOME FAIL AT POULTRY
One Reason Is That Some Have At.
tempted Too Much Before Acquir-
ing Needed Experience.

These are some reasons advanced
on why SO many people have made
failures in their attempts at poultry
keeping:
They are untitled by their tastes
to succeed in an enterprise of that
sort.
They have attempted too much be-
fore acquiring experience.
They have invested too much capital
at the start
They lacked business training in
disposing Of their products.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
CELL FOR I. w. w. MEMBER.
Jack Butler Gets six Months, But
L.

Jack Butler Gets Six Months, But
Is Paroled by Judge.
Tarrytown, n. Y, June 6-There
was a break in the ranks of the l. W.
W. agitators when Jack Butler, who
at first gave his name as Jack Britton,
sent word to Sheriff Doyle that he
was tired Of playing the martyr part
in the county Jail at White Plains
and asked to be taken before Justice
Moorehouse for trial. Butler was
brought here by the sheriff, pleaded
guilty to the charge of disorderly con-
duct and was sentenced to the Kings
county penitentiary for six months.
Justice Moorehouse then suspended
sentence and paroled him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
ONE DEAD IN BLAST ON SHIP,
Explosion Occurs on Board U. S,
Cruiser Salem

Washington, June 5. = Bernard
Glomset, coal passer on the cruiser Sa-
lem, died Of injuries received when a
boiler tube blew out while the vessel
was off Puerto Mexico, according to a
report from Rear Admiral Badger to
the navy department. He came from
Carbury, N. D. Admiral Badger added
that those seriously injured in the ex-
plosion are Robert Anderson, fireman,
whose next of kin is an aunt, Mrs. Ma
5ilda Himber of Philadelphia, and Pc
ter J. Patrick, coal passer, whose
father is Alexander Patrick of Copper
City, Mich