Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-06-15

local and small parks about the city
have been added and through Mr.
Mead and his company, the city has
free use of the park about the Con.
solidated Office, which is a favorite re-
sort in the summer.
Grand Rapids gives its citizens and
visitors musical band concerts once
each week during the summer and
Grand Rapids band has quite repu-
tation in band circles for good music
The schools of Grand Rapids are a
mong the first in the state and the city
has larger registration in it high
school than a large majority of the
towns in the state of its same size
and in many cases Of those much larg-
er.
Grand Rapids courts the auto ira
velers and great care has been taken
to blaze the auto trails in and through
and out of town.
The "Red Circle" trail leads from
Madison through Baraboo to Kilbourn
up the Wisconsin river and one branch
leads by way of Necedah and Nekoosa
and Port Edwards on the west side
and the other direct from Kilbourn
to Grand Rapids following all way the
east side of the Wisconsin river. This
"Red Circle" trail passes through the
main dwelling and business streets of
the city and out of town north to Mo-
since, and Wausau to Merrill, Rhine
lander and north.
The "Red Square" trail will conduct
the traveller from Eau Claire to Neills
vile south to Pittsville to Grand Rap
ids thence east to Waupaca where it
connects with the Yellowstone trail.
The county is completing very fine
auto trail from Grand Rapids to Marsh
field by way of Pittsville that gives
the western connection with the Vel
lowstone trail.
The Elks club, located on the east
side, is unique in it's operation and ap-
pointments.
This club is the home of the bust
ness men of the city and adjoining
towns. 1t has membership of 24O
nearly all business men and the most
progressive lot of members ever as
sembled under one roof. This club
is open at all times to visitors and
their friends.
Grand Rapids is as we'll supplied in
the spiritual way as any self-respect-
ing city and many fine churches of the
different denominations beautify the
town. In banking circles, Grand Rap
ids stands up with many towns much
larger having deposit account of
close to 100000 under the guidance
of the Wood County National Bank,
The First National Bank, the Bank of
Grand Rapids and the Citizens Nation
al Bank.
Paper industry stands foremost in
this town and vicinity and this is the
home of the Consolidated Water Pow
er & Paper Co. as near neighbors only
four miles below us with mills at Port
Edwards and Nekoosa. These towns
are feeders to Grand Rapids and are
connected by an interurban electric.
The E. w. Ellis Lumber Company is
the last of the numbering interests and
have very large plant consisting of
a saw mill, dry kilns, box factory, lum-
Der yard and sheds and furnish en-
ployment to great many men.
To the Roenius interest they are in
debted for very distinctive manufac-
turing plant making cold storage ap-
paratus for all kinds of institutions
and have the distinction of having
their apparatus in the government arm
ed Cruiser Tennessee, the new Morri-
son Hotel of Chicago, and many 9TH
er we'll known places.
Like it's big sister, Grand Rapids
Mich, they can boast of bed room
furniture manufacture that turns out
as fine bedroom suit as would be an
ornament to any correctly appointed
residence. The Ahdawagam Furni-
ture Company, makes as beautiful a
line of bedroom furniture as is shown
in the annual show rooms in Gran0
Rapids, Mich, and is worthy compe,
titor to the factories. It takes it.
name from the Indian for "Grand
| Rapids"
The Rood Construction Company
build dry land dredges that are help
ing to reclaim many states.
The Prentiss Wabers Manufacture
ing Company make the most unique
article of all the mills there 1t is
sheet iron stove burning gasoline fol
fuel and tested and proven to cool
| out-of doors in a 30-mile wind 1t is
the joy of the auto tourists and camp
ers and hunters.
The MacKinnon wagon is local pro
duct of great merit and this is the
home of the MacKinnon Manufactur
ing Company, which makes this farm
wagon of unequaled construction.