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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
CUTlCURA SOAP BATHS
Followed by a Little Ointment for
5aby's Tender Skin. Trial Free.

They afford infants and children
great comfort, permit rest and sleep
and point to speedy healment of &c
zemas, rashes, itchings. chahngs and
other sleep destroying skin troubles.
Nothing better at any price for the
nursery and toilet.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
Why They Didn't Go.

How did it happen you didn't go
away during the summer? | thought
you were having an extensive outfit
prepared for your"
That was the trouble. BY the time
got the outfit paid for didn't have
any money left"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
Would Be a Boon.

Any guy who would invent some
thing effective to take the cut out OF
the estworm would be sure Of ever
lasting fame.-Boston Globe.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
GRADUATING by Post.

Dad, what's postgraduate"
"A fellow who energies from a cor
respondence school, | imagine"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
The Menu.

"My friend is a woodman"
Then why not order chops ?"-Bal.
timore American.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

Labor is the foundation OF many a
big fortune--but not necessarily of the
laborers.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

First Motorist-This is terrible
heat
Second Motorist-But you must re-
member we have been scorching.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16

From Mrs. Maria Irwin. Peru. NV.

PERU Ny" Before took Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Com
pound was very irregular and had auh pain had lost three
cdTen and felt out all the time This splendid medicine
helped me nohngese had DONE and thankful every day
that 4 took h"-hIs. MARLA IRwE, RED. L Peru, NY
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-16
When al others fail to please
Try Denlson's Coffee.

British India has 76,1S1 900 acres do
voted to rice growing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25

Kansas Town to Hold Election in
Which All Males viii Land
Something.

Kansas City, Mo.-The glory OF
Nickletown, Kan, is now like the
glory that was Rome's-gone. Time
was when Nickletown aspired to be
the county seat of Woodson county
and to be rated among the fiourishing
county towns of Kansas. But those
aspirations, along with nearly all of
Nickletown's population have de,
parted.
Nickletown, however, refuses to re
linquish its identity as a real town. 1t
is going to hold town election next
spring and select regular officers.
There is one cheerful feature in it
for the male residents of Nickletown
all Of them will get Offices
There are now only four families
left in the town. T. Q. Allen, Frank
Willis, George Cowles and Oscar Null
SOW are the men now remaining.
Cowles is at present police Judge. He
says that office suits him and he wants
to keep it. The other three have
agreed to let him have his little within
gratified. So the trio all plan to run
for mayor and the two losers will con-
stitute the town council It's up to
the women to cast the deciding vote.
as all three men say they will vote
for themselves. 1t is considered like
ly that the man who treats his wife
best in the time between now and
election will stand the rosiest chance
of getting to sign Mayor" after his
name.
Nickletown is in the northeast part
of Woodlawn county.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
MOST ACCEPTABLE cow FEED
Give Her What She Likes Best in
Morning and She Will Make the
Most of Her Ration.

In the morning feed the COW the
feeds most acceptable to her When
she is hungry, give her the things she
likes best and she will make the best
use of them. Her evening meal should
be of the feeds which are the least
acceptable During the evening she
will pick it over and eat of it what
she wishes. One of the chief require
ments in a cows ration is favor, and
flavor can only be had in the careful
management of the curing of the
feeds If frst-class alfalfa is stacked
outside and has no protection from
the rain, it is not very acceptable
feed Alfalfa cut wet, which becomes
a little heated and moldy, is not &C
ceptable 1t has lost its flavor. Cut
alfalfa hay when it is still on the
fresh side; cut it before any of the
heads are dead, and few days before
anybody else cuts theirs. There will
be almost as many pounds of hay as
if left longer, and there will be more
pounds of digestibIe feed Also if left
longer before cutting, one viii gain
five pounds in weight, but win lose ten
pounds real food, as this food will
turn to indigestible fiber.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25

feathers for market fowls, but those
who do not look with this partially
on the white varieties will find an ex-
cellent choice in the Cayuga duck.
Cayugas are splendid birds for a
restricted range and breed well in
confinement. They are quiet, docile,
and form strong attachment for
their home, evincing no inclination or
desire to stray far away from the
place where they were bred. They
are hardy and profitable, producing
from eighty to ninety eggs in the
spring, and sometimes they also lay
again in the autumn. They are easily
kept in good condition, but if fed too
literally they will fatten too quickly
and will become too heavy behind.
The ducklings are hardy and easy to
raise, and attain good size and weight
at an early age.
A duck run should be disinfected at
least once a year. This is best done
by growing a green crop in it while
the ducks are occupying an alternate
run. There is very little danger of
overwhelming the laying duck. STEPPED
or cooked cut clover hay is a good
substitute for green food in the VIM
ter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
CHARITY IS REPAID
Meal for Beggar Wins Two Sis
tiers $4,000 requests.
iii Wanderer From Bohemia Rewards
Benefactresses in Chicago
Promise to Remember Them
in viii Was Laughed At.

Chicago.-Four years ago a young
man, i'll and hungry, applied at the
rear door of a house in South Marsh
field avenue for food The maid called
her mistress and the latter went to the
door.
Come in" she said. you are cold.
Warm yourself at the fire"
The young man was touched by the
woman's kindness and nearly broke
into tears.
you are Jew, are you not?" said
the woman. Don't be afraid to talk.
You are under the roof of Jewish
family"
Inc young man recovered himself.
He told story of coming to America
from Prague, Bohemia, and of finding
himself homeless and penniless. He
was too proud to let his people know
his condition.
An hour before he appeared at the
house in Marshfe1d avenue he was
discharged from the county hospital.
He had fallen in the street from ep-
ilepsy, and the hospital kept him
three days.
The woman, greatly moved by his
story, gave him a warm meal and let
him sleep that night in the basement.
An old suit of clothes belonging to
her husband was given him and he
was sent to a boarding house by his
benefactress and her sister.
His health became so bad that it
was found necessary to deport him.
He returned to Bohemia in September,
1911
The woman who was kind to the
Jewish boy received word from
firm of lawyers that by his death she
was left $4,000. The same amount
was bequeathed her sister.
Mrs. Jennie Wolf of 801 South
Marshf1eld avenue is one of the bene-
ficiaries of the will. Her sister, Miss
Bessie Gordon of 3059 Jackson boule-
ward, is the other.
They were notified by L. o. Theme
& Co., Rector building, who were
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
WATERING COWS IN WINTER
Best Results Cannot Be Expected
When Animal Is Compelled to
Drink From Hole Cut in Ice.

Cows should never be turned out in
very cold weather and forced to go to
a pond or creek for water. The prac-
tice is a costly one The extra feed re-
quired to counterfeit the effect of the
chill would soon pay for getting a sup
ply of water in the barn. When COWS
are turned out on cold days, often hav-
ing to drink from a hole cut through
the ice, they will not drink all they
need, but only enough to satisfy the
immediate thirst. The exceptionally
cold water and even the colder atmos-
phere chills them to the bone and they
will hurry bach to the barn. Often
they will not go near the water with
out being driven.
The practice not only is cruel but it
is expensive. If a production record
was kept it would be found that every
time the COWS were turned out in the
cold the yield of the milk would be re-
duced materially. 1t would be on &C
count of two reasons. First, because
best results could not be obtained
when the animal did not get a suffi-
cient quantity Of water, and second.
because of the shock and chill to the
system. Diminish the allowance of
food and the production of milk is, of
course, decreased.
A sufficient amount of water is just
as necessary as enough food. 1t re
quires a certain amount of food to
-
ally the colder the barn or the colder
the animal is kept, the more food will
be required TO keep her warm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
BEST TIME TO CUT ALFALFA
To Preserve Plant in Good Vigor 1t
Must Be Cut as Shoots for Sec
ond Crop Are Starting.

1t is very easy, in giving advice, to
see only one or two things and not
see how the advice might run counter
to some other important things. For
instance, we notice in some of our
exchanges the advice to let alfalfa
that is jntended for hay for horses
stand till it is well along in bloom,
says Hoard's Dairyman. Now that
may do very we'll for the physiology Of
the horse but not so we'll for the phys
iology of the alfalfa plant.
If you are to preserve the alfalfa in
good vigor, you must cut it just as the
shoots for the second crop are start
ing from the crown. The reason for
this is that at that time the mower
will not clip the heads off the COM
ing growth. If they are clipped they
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
TOBACCO IN DEMAND
Cigars and Cigar ties Highly
Priced at the Front.
German Soldier Exchanges so Cigar
cites for Whole Steer-Throw Dice
to Decide Puffs of Cigar for
Each Soldier.

Berlin.-Cigars and cigarettes are
the most highly valued articles at the
front. In an interesting letter. just
received here, a German soldier tells
of a trade where he exchanged so
cigarettes for a whole steer. He
writes:
Most of our boys at the front are
inveterate smokers. They know the
value of a good weed. Sometimes a
good smoke will make you forget that
your stomach is empty.
For the last two days / have been
subsisting on bread and cigars. Our
field butcher-the goulash gun, as we
call it-cannot come up to the battle
line, and so we must live on what
we carry in our knapsacks. A heavy
black cigar will tide you over for
a day when there is nothing else to
chew
A few days ago we were all long
ing for some fresh meat. There was
none for miles around. Suddenly a
Bavarian detachment came along, with
refused to let us have any, but after
some bargaining they traded a fat
steer for so cigarettes
Every soldier in our army is sup
piled with two cigars every day at
present. Besides almost everybody
receives tobacco from home. But some
of the cigars we receive are terrible.
They were so bad we could not smoke
them. So We threw them over to the
French, who eagerly gathered them in.
They were so delighted that they gave
us some cognac in exchange. This was
before they commenced to smoke the
cigars. After they had lighted them
they got highly indignant and COM
menced to fire at us like mad.
There were days when we had moth
ing to smoke but dried tea leaves and
straw. Then again we have tobacco.
but nothing to light our pipes with.
We are not permitted to have fire in
the trenches, for the smoke would
draw the enemy's fire. Matches are
very scarce and our electric flashlights
give light, but no fire. So one of my
comrades has overcome this difficulty
by using strong magnifying glass
which he found in the pocket of
French officer killed in battle This
works all right when the sun is
shining.
'At times cigars were so scarce we
had to throw dice in order to decide
to how many puffs each one Of US
was entitled. was unfortunate enough
to get only three puffs."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
GOOD DUCK TO RAISE
Black Cayuga Considered to Be
Profitable Fowl.
Thought to Be Equal TO Pekn for
Early Market and Can Be Grown
as Cheaply-SpIendid Birds
for Restricted Range.

The black Cayuga is distinctly an
American duck, having been bred so
long in this country that all trace of
its origin is lost. It is said that ii
was first found in the central part of
New York, on Cayuga lake. By some
it is supposed TO have originally come
from the wild black duck For many
years the Cayuga has been raised in
this country and has been considered
by those who have bred it to be a
profitable duck to keep.
By some raisers it is thought to be
as good as the Pekin for early markets
and the claim is made that it can
be grown as cheaply. The farmer
who desires a good, practical duck
to raise on his farm in conjunction
with other poultry viii do well to
give this valuable bird a good try
out"
More time can be spent in dressing
it for market than is generally given
to the dressing of white-plumage
birds, but the profits will be proper
tionately as great. Duck raisers, like
broiler raisers. are partial to white
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
WINDBREAk IN AN ORCHARD
One Great Drawback Is That Unless
Watched Closely Breeding Place
Is Afforded Insects.
By [. Army. Cornell University

CBy L. ARNT. Cornell University
The important point is to place the
tree in such place that it will have
the advantage OF high altitude, which
means good air drainage, but at the
same time that it viii not be exposed
to high winds, which means quick
evaporation. The best means Of &C
comprising this IS to provide the
orchard with a windbreak.
Windbreaks should be planted with
care and judgment, since they often
become a hindrance instead of a help
IN places where they are wrongly
planted. The one great drawback to
them is the fact that unless watched
very closely they may become a breed
ing place for dangerous insects; but
II care is exercised in this direction
the good effects of them viii over
balance this point. That is, if the
orchard is regularly and inteIligently
sprayed, the insect problem is not an
economically serious one.
Windbreaks should contain both
evergreen anC deciduous trees. The
object is not to stop the wind, since
that would be almost as harmful as
having too much, but it is simply to
check it SO that the force will be
broken by the time it reaches the
trees. To this end the evergreens will
check the wind during the winter and
the deciduous ones will help during
the summer. Aside from this point,
the break made from the mixed types
OF tree will be more efficient than the
one composed of all evergreens, al
though the latter will check the winds
both during winter and summer.
The spruces are probably the most
common evergreen trees that are used
for this purpose, because they are com
paratiVely quick growers and make
good growth on a wide range of soils.
Among the deciduous trees the naples
and the birches lead, and both do we'll
under varying conditions. The trees
are planted closer at first than they
are wanted, so that an immediate eff
feet can be gotten, and as soon as they
begin to grow or so make the break
too dense, enough are taken out so
that the break will not be a barrier
When properly placed, the wind
break can be one of the greatest as.
sets the fruit grower can have. This
fact is just being realized, and has
been brought to light by the large
amount of injury incident to exposed
and unprotected orchard sites.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
INITIATION FEE is ONE HOG
Knights of Pythias Lodge Now Has
New Member and Fine
Porker.

Albany, Ore.-A pig was the unique
initiation fee which Walter Miller, Jr.
paid to join the Knights of Phythias
lodge. So, as the result of an offer
and an acceptance in a joking spirit
the lodge now has a good hog which
is worth more than the customary
initiation fee.
Miller had expressed a desire to
join the lodge and was signing an ap-
plication for membership when he
asked the amount of the initiation
fee
Tive got lot of good hogs and will
trade you one of them for my initia-
ton fee," he remarked jokingly, and
members of the lodge promptly ac-
cepted the offer. He volunteered later
to keep the hog and feed it free of
charge until the lodge desired to sell
it, and this he is doing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25

this would end speculation and would
cause the price to rise much more
slowly.
Every telegram from Chicago has
new tale of fortunes made by the
traders in wheat. Killings unequaIed
for many years are reported. Joseph
Letter. famous for his attempted cor
ner of 1893, is again |'in the market"
and is said to have made $4,000 al
ready, with prospects of much more
He bought heavily when wheat wos
around SIPS, May option, in Chicago
Z. b. Livermore, a New York stock
trader, has turned to wheat this winter
and made great winnings, It is said
and G. w. Partridge, a Chicago mer-
chant, has amassed a comfortable for
tune. A. J. Lichstern and John Bar
rett are others who have profted ex-
ceedIngly. These successful traders
nave believed firmly from the first that
the great war meant high prices for
grain. They have history to back
them. During the American revolu-
ton wheat selling at SO cents in 1875
gradually rose to So a bushel. High
prices continued because of the Ma
poleonic wars in Europe. When the
Crimean war broke out wheat went
kiting. 1t had been SO cents in 1854
and by 1855 it was $1.85. Wheat was
81 cents In 1851 and it climbed to
$2.S5 in 1867. The Franco-Prussian
war of 1870-1871 saw prices go from
"A cents to $1.60 and then crash to 90
cents.
In 1876, when the Russo-Turkish war
began, wheat brought SO cents. It
went to $1.76 and broke to II cents
when peace was concluded. In the
course Of the Russo-Japanese struggle
of 1094-19O5 wheat went to $1.21 and
then Stunned to So csnts in 1905
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
GIVE HIM A GOOD SPANKING
Chicago Official Advises Mother of
Fifteen-Year-OId Boy Who
Got Married.

Chicago.-"Madam just take your
son home and give him good spank
ing; then send him back to his wife"
advised Juvenile Officer Michael
Lotus to a mother who complained
that her son, James O'MaIley, fifteen
years old, had without the knowledge
or consent of his parents acquired a
wife seven years older than himself
1t was related that Master James
had married Miss Selma Arndt in Man
itowoc, Wis, last September, and
broke the news when he came home
for the holidays. His mother desired
to keep him here, but he protested that
he could not desert his wife.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
SOLDIERS SEND MONEY HOME
Amounts Handled by the German
Postal Authorities Are
Very Large.

Berlin-The soldiers in the field are
sending home all the money they can
spare, and the amounts handled by
the postal authorities are in the aggre-
gate very large. According to state
ment of the postmaster of Dresden,
one single division of the Saxon re-
serve sent home during one month 90
00C postal orders amounting to 800,-
900 marks ($200,000), The same au-
thority computes the amount paid out
on such orders during that month by
the various Offices within It's district
at 100000 marks, which, at the same
ratio for the whole empire, would give
a sum approximately 100.000,000
marks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
JOKE ON DOG THAT BIT HIM
Leg Was Wooden, but Beast Tore
Mans Trouser-Then Man
Is Arrested.

st. Louis.-When Mrs. Rosie SLIDER
mans dog bit Michael Ehrhardt's left
leg the other day in East st. Louis,
Ehrhardt thought the joke was on the
dog until he looked down and saw
that his trousers were torn. This
made him angry and he drew his rs
4olver and frt.5 two shots at the dog.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
Wholesale Ventilation.

A few days ago was in a downtown
building in which one Of the largest
corporations in the country has its Of
fees. The hall on that floor was crowd
ed with men and girls, chiefly the lat
ter, without their hats and outside
wraps What is going on?" / asked
the elevator nan, "a fire or a striker"
Neither" he replied The com
pany turns all its employees out Of the
offices for five minutes each hour of
the day and opens all the windows to
ventilate the rooms. Boston Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
MISTAKES IN RAISING CAPONS
One Great Error, Says an Expert, Is
That of Marketing Fowls Before
They Are Fat.

An expert says that one great mis-
take in raising capons is in marketing
them too soon, and not having enough
fat on them. After caponizing, keep
them growing until they reach full
size, which will take from ten to
twelve months, then fatteD them. This
can be done in two weeks by shutting
in small, dark coop and feeding
three times day all they will eat of
corn meal and middlings, mixed with
milk
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
BIRDS MAKE NOISE LIKE WAR
Initiate Whistling of Shells and Bull
lets in Northern Pat of
France

Paris.-A letter from a soldier in
the trenches In northern France con-
tain8 the following:
"The starlings in thi5 wretched
country from hearing the whistling OF
shells and bullets have learned to imf-
tate their sound. So thanks to them,
we have no more peace even when the
Germans are silent"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
"COFFEE AND" CHURCH LURE
Topeka Baptists to Provide Rockers
in Addition TO Lunch at
Prayer Meetings,

Topeka, Ksn.-Coffee and dough
nuts will be served after all weekday
prayer meetings of the North Topeka
Baptist church, it was announced.
Also rocking chairs viii be provided
that members might be comfortable
during services, and motor cars viii
carry cripples and invalids to and from
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25

often make but poor, sickIy growth.
There is always great danger of injury
in cutting alfalfa too late, for the next
growth has gotten such start that
it is badly clipped. There is a right
time to cut alfalfa to avoid the dam
age of cutting too early before the
shoots of the next crop have formed
and cutting too late after they are
well along in growth.
We must handle our alfalfa wisely
in order to maintain a good stand, as
blue grass and other enemies will be
all we need to contend against.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
AT LAST THE RABBIT CAT
They Hop Like Rabbit and Their
Cry Is Something Like
Cats

Bay Minette, Ala.-Two freak kit
tens belonging to the home Of John
Mann who resides a short distance
west of this place, are attracting con-
siderable attention. The kittens have
many characteristics of the rabbit and
appear to be a cross between a cat
and a rabbit. They have front feet
with claws of a cat and hind feet
with those of a rabbit. In moving
about, they hop as does a rabbit, and
their 'meouw' is more like a grunt
or a faint bark.