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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl C. Brilliant Of this
city who have been travelling through
the state of Virginia in the vicinity
of the cities Of Roanoke, Norfolk, Pc
tersburg, Fredericksburg and other
places in that state with a view of
purchasing farm lands have returned
satisfied with the Virginia farms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
ROOKIE BRINGS
own GUN
Another Carried Washboard and One
Arrives With Pumpkin.

Camp Funston, Junction City, Kan.
heard that the government
was short of guns, Polk county farm
err who arrived with the Missouri con-
tingent of the draft army, carried on
his shoulder a double barreled shot
gun with his clothing in bandanna
handkerchief suspended from it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
NAPOLEON'S
PREDICTION

A prediction of Napoleon's appica-
bic to present day conditions, is recall
ed in the Outlook, which quotes from
his st. Helena uterances:
Il made the mistake of my career
when l had the opportunity that l did
not move the Hohenzollerns from the
throne of Prussia AS long as this
house reigns and until the red cap of
liberty is erected in Germany there
will be no peace in Europe"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
Home Guard Commissions Issued.


Governof Philip has commissioned
officers in the new home guard Of the
state as follows: Warren f. Porter,
first lieutenant, Eleventh separate
company, Milwaukee: William H.
Zuehlke, captain, Twenty-seventh sep
arate company, Appleton; Maurice S.
Peerehnboom, first lieutenant, Twenty
seventh separate company, Appleton /;
William Buskie, second lieutenant,
Twenty-seventh separate company,
Appleton; Carl c. Kramer, captain,
Twenty-eighth separate company, Eau
Claire; Edmund G.. Hoeppner, first
lieutenant, Twenty-eighth separate
company, Eau Claire; Charles D.
Bengfeld, second lieutenant, Twenty
eighth separate company, Eau Claire.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
STATE AGAIN WINS
IN BARLEY DISPLAY
For the Tenth Successive Time
Wisconsin Given Worlds
Championship.
WHEAT FIRST PRIZE ALSO
State Shown to Be One of the Two
States OF the Nation Which Lead
In the Production of
Potatoes.

Observation-Disclosures has again
shown the superiority of her high-bred
and improved grains, dairy and other
farm products when they were placed
In competition with the world at the
international Soil Products exposition
at Peoria. Ill. At this exposition the
immigration division of the Wisconsin
department of agriculture at Madison
put on an exhibit in cooperation with
various exhibitors of the state.
As a result Wisconsin, for the tenth
successive time, won the worlds cham
plonShip on its barley, competing with
the best barley sections of the United
States and Canada, including irrigated
districts. The winning sample of bar
ley was exhibited by William Bell Of
Arlington, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
Want a Two Meal Day.

Green Bay-Elimination of one meal
a day, as q food conservation measure
during the war, is being advocated by
Green Bay Council 128, United Com
merciaI Travellers, for all individuals
not engaged in such strenuous toll as
farm and factory work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
To Entertain Teachers,

Galesburg, Oct. 1I.-Galesburg is
making elaborate plans TO entertain
1000 delegates to the tenth annual
meeting of the western section Of the
Illinois Teachers association, 20 be
be held October IS --i 10.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
NAV Start Another Mart.

Green Bay-After six weeks OF ex-
periment with the public market, the
city is contemplating the erection of
another market on the west side to
create more competition in the selling
field.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
Appointed Market Commissioner.

c. w. Croty of Tomah has been ap-
pointed by the state council of defense
as state market commissioner. He
Will have charge of the work Of super
vising marketing Of farm prodscts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
Sunday Schools to Meet.

Oshkosh, Oct. 1.-THE German
Methodist Sunday schools of the Fond
du Lac district will meet here begin
ming Friday, October 10, and continu-
ing through the following Sunday.
About forty delegates will attend.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
Demand La Toilette Resign.

Resolutions adopted by represen-
tatives of 800 state and county
councils of defense demand Senator La
Toilette resign. In case he refuses the
senate Is urged to expel him. There
was only one dissenting vote.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
To Form Joint Home Guard.

Neenah-Neenah and Menasha will
form a branch of the home guards Ia
the twin cities, with a membership OF
$50 men, all of whom are to be ever
the age of thirty-one years. !.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
MOTHERS
MEETING

There will be Mothers meeting at
the Edison school building Friday af-
ternoon, October 10, at three o'clock
The following program will be car
ried out:
Music Miss Lantz
Talk,-"Red Cross Work."
------------Mrs. |. P. Witter
Talk --------Prof C. W. Schwede
Refreshments will be served after
the program and every mother is re-
quested to be present.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
Must Take War Seriously.

The two days conference of the de-
fense council closed with a patriotic
address by Alexander Thompson,
Westield, \. Y. More than 800 dele
gates attended the final session. Il
hate war;" declared Reverend Thomp-
son. but we must fight this struggle
to the end. There are those who say,
I have always had bread. and I will
continue TO have it There are 9TH
ers who say, with shrug Of their
shoulders, I have always had meat,
and 7 will continue TO have it. I say
us pYss aEaT The nne sA-@<4~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
Maine SNOW
BREAKS RECORD

Bangor, Me.-Maine Friday had its
earliest snowfall in forty-eight years.
The fall over the state was from three
to six inches. In Bangor the fall ham
pered car, lighting and telephone ser
vice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles c. Becker Minister

Graded Sunday School at ten o'clock
Subject at eleven "Walking with
God"
Topic for Epworth League at 500
''The Battle Against Booze, leader
Mr.. A. D. Hill.
Evening subject-'Falling Uphill" !"
or when Failure is Success"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
GERMANS OCCUPY
ISLANDS IN GULF
Berlin Announces Capture of
2,400 Prisoners.
HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED
Siavs Isolated on Peninsula and Offer
Desperate Resistance-Two Ger
man Destroyers Sunk and
Others Damaged.
HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED

Berlin, Oct. 1.-THE Germans have
taken full possession of the main por-
ton of OeSel island at the entrance to
the Gulf of Riga and have also occu-
pied the Islands of Runo and Abro in
the Gulf of Riga, the war office re-
ports. The Russians have been iso-
lated on Svorb peninsula and are of
fering desperate resistance.
On Oesel island the Germans have
captured 2,400 prisoners, 80 guns. u
machine guns and several afrplanes.
the statement says. The essential
part of the Germans task on the is
land was accomplished in four DAYS.
lAbro and RunO are small islands,
each about three miles long AbrO is
off the southern coast of Oesel island.
about ten miles from ArenShurg.
Runo is in the middle of the gulf, 20
miles east of the Courland coaStl
Foe Loses Two Warships.
Petrograd, Oct. 17-The German
landing force on the Russian island of
Oesel is developing its success, the
Russian war office announced, and the
Teutons are being re-enfOrced with adj
ditional troops.
The Germans have instituted an of
fensive against the SvOrb peninsula.
In the southwestern section of the
island, with the object of capturing
the Russian batteries at Serel. These
batteries cover the entrance TO the
Gulf Of Riga
Two German torpedo-boats were
sunk, two others were damaged and
one Russian torpedO-b0at went to the
bottom in an engagement on Sunday
in SOela sound, north of OeSeI island.
the official statement announces. The
Russian torpedO-craft sunk was the
GrOm destroyer of LOO tons, built in
1915, speed three-four knots, COM
plement 93 men).
Germans Turned Back.
More than q dozen German torpedo
boats had forced their way through
Soela sound, supported by German
battleship, when they were met by
the Russians and turned back.
Vigorous appeal to officers and men
of the army and navy 'to resist the
enemy's new blow" was made in a
formal proclamation issued by the
central executive committee of the
Council of WOrkmen and Soldiers
delegates. Equal sacrifices of all those
in the rear were promised to the men
at the front.
The appeal concluded with a state
ment that everything possible will be
done to prevent the war lasting a day
longer than it should.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18

The total precipitation (rainfall) for
the "a hours ending at 7 a. m. this
morning was twenty y-eight hundredths
of an inch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
Highway System for State.


AT the close Of this month a special
committee of FIVE members Of the leg
islature will have determined on
trunk line highway system in the state
covering 5000 miles, connecting the
county seats and all cities with popu-
lations of 5000 or over. During the
coming five year period, the amount
of federal aid granted toward the con-
structiOn of these highways will be
approximately $2,0OO,OO0. These high
ways must be kept In repair by the
state.
Indian Trails Now Roads
The Improvements that have been
made within the century in transporta-
ton facilities mark the rapid develop
ment of Wisconsin. Many of the old
Indian trails of two centuries ago,
crooked and Serpentine at places, are
to become the trunk line highways OF
today.
Along the waterways that early
came to be used by canoes for trans
pOrtatiOn, land trails were made. These
land trails were about eighteen inches
wide and were worn deep by constant
travel in single file. In general these
Indian land trails came to be used by
the white people when they came TO
settle in Wisconsin.
These routes crossed the country
along the FOx-Wisconsin waterway
and along Lake Michigan" says Emily
Alice Budd in Il recent study on early
trade routes in Wisconsin. LAS the
country developed and settlers came
into the state, we find these trails con-
Meeting with places in the interior,
such as Four Lakes, or Taych0pera:
Lake Geneva and Lake KOshkonong,
all of which were surrounded by In
dian villages In the northwest We find
trails from the CheQuamegon bay ex-
tending into the Huron, the Sioux and
the Chippewa countries, where the
woods were especially full of fur bear
ing animals.
BY 1840 There Were Many
One of the earliest roads In the
state led from Galena to Mineral Point
and Dodgeville and passed through
the townships of Hazel Green and
Smelser, Grant county. By 1910 the
Lake Michigan towns, Green Bay and
the interior settlements of GAINESVILLE,
BelOit and Madison were connected
with each other by roads and with the
lead mining region of southern Wis
consin. According to r. G. Thwattes,
prior to 1S43, there were no roads
north and west of the Fox and Wis
cOnsin rivers. In that year one was
commenced from Prairie du Chen TO
Chequemagen bay by way of the Black
and Chippewa rivers.
Since the advent of the automobile,
there again came more insistent de-
mand for better highways connecting
all population centers In the state. To
the last legislature the national gov
ernment made an offer of federal aid.
If the state would join. The legis-
lature has accepted the offer, and
work on the federal trunk line system
connecting all of the principal cities
In the state will be started In the
spring OF 1918.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
$4,000 TO
BOMB BBERLIN
Wealthy Englishman Hangs Up Prize
for Aviators.

Manchester, England.-W. H. Veno,
a wealthy resident, has offered $4,000
to the first British aviator who drops
a bomb on Berlin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
THE WEATHER

The following is the list of tempera-
lures for the week ending Oct. 10th,
1917
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
boy GONE
. FIVE MONTHS

Stevens Point, Wis.-Alex Mucha,
aged II, started to take his sister her
lunch on May g. He hasn't got there
yet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18

Saratoga services at three o'clock
p. m.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-18
CHURCHNOTICES
Scandinavian Moravian Church.
Rev. Theodore Reinke, Pastor.

Sunday School $50 a. m.
Scandinavian services 1890 a. m.
English services morning and even
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-01

htions in the United States and the
West Indies" he said. has brought
me to that. conclusion. American and
colonial politicians and public men
are not Exeter Hall abolitionists nor
evangelical Christian missionaries. I
do not expect them to adopt the meth
DDS of missionaries, nor do sympa-
thize with all their programmes. But
it cannot be ignored that it happened
that the faiths of the men who laid
the foundations for the peaceful de-
velopment of the mixed community in
Jamaica were democratic and human.
1tarian and, above all, uncompromis.
ingly Christian.
Were race differentiation held to it
must increase civil discord. When the
balance Of numbers is as it is in the
South in America it must tend to
foster obscure preparations for civil
war and rebellion. If statesmen and
citizens face in the contrary direction
I do not say that they will attain i'm.
mediately civil peace, but I am conf
dent that they will be travelling the
only road toward it.
II do not suggest that race does not
greatly affect facilities for combinar
ton between humans in healthy
national life, but race difference is
only one of many schismatic agencies.
The solution Of the difficulty involves
discipline for the white man as well
al the black" .>
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-01
Two Days Will Be Turned Over
to Daredevil Demons of Dirt
Track at State Fair-Prizes
Amounting to $4,000 to Be
Awarded.

Two afternoons, Wednesday, Sept
s, and Saturday, Sept 8, will be de-
voted to thrilling automobile races al
the Minnesota State Fair this year
and lovers of the sensational sport
look for the greatest racing ever seen
on the big dirt track.
Prises amounting to $10,500 have
been offered to the speed demons this
year and many of the best known
drivers in the country are expected to
participate in the races.
An effort was made at the state fail
last year to hold mid-week program
Of races, but the weather interfered
with the plans and only the Saturday
events were held. These, however,
proved intensely interesting and the
thousands who attended were given
plenty of excitement and some rare
sport. Fhts year, it is hoped that the
weather will not cause an alteration of
plans.
Although the complete program and
list of drivers who are to take part
have not been announced, race fans
are assured of the best in the game,
as the state fair management will
make every effort to secure drivers
who will lower the existing records If
that is possible.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-01

lister, which follows, is not so long as
some of the articles which have ap-
peared in the daily papers,, but it is
evidently the most sincere which THE
APPEAL has seen:
The hideous outrage against law
and humanity in East st. Louis, ILL.,,
makes us turn again from the barbara
ties of war to the ferocities of peace,
from crimes against civilization abroad
to crimes against civilization at home.
The testimony of eye witnesses shows
that nothing is to be learned among
white people of this city from the cru
elites and brutalities of foreign con-
quest. No tribes of any name or time
have ever outdone the white men and
women who burned colored men,
women and children the other day in
this American city, Nothing more re.
voting was ever charged against Ne
groes than was done by these white
people. The organization of the man.
hood of the nation for the protection
of human life and liberty on the seas
and for the deliverance of democracy
in the world will be needed at home
after it's task abroad is done. While
our fellow-creatures in: the United
States are hunted apd tortured as ii
they were wild beasts, government can
scarcely be called democratic. So long
as colored people are prescribed, dis.
eliminated against, segregated and
despised, ill-will and antipathy will
furnish fertilizers of hatred and muir.
der.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-01
MACHINERY SHOW GROWS
Exhibitors Flock to Show Their Wares
at Minnesota State Fair.

Both Curtis NJ. Johnson, superinten-
dent OF the machinery department, and
Raymond A. Lee, assistant superinten-
dent, have been working over time
during the past month planning and
completing arrangements for the ma
chinery show, which for years has
been one of the leading features Of
the Minnesota State Fair.
Manufacturers have flooded tho dc.
partment with requests for space on
MACHINERY Hill" and also In the
buildings devoted to machinery OK.
hibits and the seventy acres devoted
to these exhibits and demonstrations
promise to be the busiest section of
the grounds during the week of Sept.
3 to 8.
One thing that leads those in charge
of the machinery department to b.
lieve that records for the machinery
show may be broken this year is that
considerable interest is being taken
by manufacturers in the food conserva,
ton movement and they realize that
they can play an important part by
supplying machinery which will assist
In the production of more food.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-01

have made in failing to fight for their
rights that we reproduce it. We trust
that every reader will read it care.
fully and ponder over the truths ex-
pressed. -. ...-
1T has not been so very many years
since the adoption of the war amend
ments to the Constitution and the be-
ginning of systematic effort on the
part Of our enemies to nullify the ef-
feet they were expected to have and
its subsequent good. Since these ef-
forts at restriction began, they have
grown and multiplied rapidly and
much of it has been due to our refusal
to fight the issues raised with all our
resources, before they became opera
tive. In the South DISTINGUISHING
constitutions have come, separate or
"jim-crow" railroad and street cars,
peanut" galleries in theaters Tor our
men and women, separate bars in
saloons, "jim-crow" city parks, swim
ming pools, schools, "jim-crowism" in
dental Offices, churches, Y. M. c. AS,
etc. Indeed, there is apparently a. de-
sire for a segregation Of the races in
j; Heaven, if some of them ever get
there. These things have all crept
upon us since emancipation and the
elevation to a citizenship supposed to
be equal to that of all other Ameri-
cans. We have lost ground, South
and North, because we have not
fought, and when we have resisted,
have lacked leadership, while other
supposed leaders have played into the
hands of our enemies As a race, we
have been burlesqued, abused and hui
inflated by the thoughtless (some,
members of the race), as we'll as by
those hostile to our interests, simply
because there was lacking proper re-
sentiment on our part and determi-
nation to take a stand for our rights
with all the power at our command.
The world loves a MAN, a fighter!
on who thinks as much of himself as
any other like creature on earth. To
such aggressive MEN, unjust restric-
tons will in the end yield and break
down, because they will ever refuse
to recognize them: In cases of lux
uries of life such MEN will not &C.
cept the limitations though they
greatly desire them and have the price
demanded. In the case of necessities.
they will fight restrictions and limit.
as far as is within their power, the
demand for them.
A MAN CAN BE FREE IN A FREE
COUNTRY ONLY WHEN HE RE-
TA1Ns THE RESPECT OF HIS FEEL
LOW CITIZENS TO THE EXTENT
HE RECEIVES THE SAME TREAT
MENT FROM THEM THEY EXPECT
FROM HIM."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-01
WARNS AGAINST RACIAL HATRED

1t is so unusual for a Christian
minister to preach against racial hat
red that THE APPEAL is pleased tt
note that one minister has the cour
age of his convictions.
In his sermon last Sunday, Rev. H
b. Peabody, pastor of the South Con
gregational Church, in Chicago, said
that racial hatred within the United
States is more dangerous than all Ger
mans outside this country.
DR.. Peabody likened the East St
Louis massacre to the "atrocities OF
the unspeakable Turk in Armenia"
The countrys perils are not all on
the sea and beyond" said DR.. Pea.
body. Think of the moral earthquake
and volcano that has burst in the
midst of the land, in our own state
since last we met.
who would have believed that a
massacre that reminds one of St.
Bartholomew night and of the atroci
ties OF the unspeakable Turk in Ar
menia, could occur among our own
fellow-citizens in East St. Louis?
But, beware! The peril is nearer
than that. The mutterings of the vol
cano are felt in Chicago. The single
explosion is not the most significant
thing. The race prejudice, contempt
and hatred, Notwithstanding be-
neath-these are the hell below-and
they find some Judgment in all GU,
hearts; God help US.
There is far more danger to the
republic from race hatred within ,ou1
borders than from all the Germans
put together.
christian citizens of Chicago, think
this thing through. Try to make ur
your mind beforehand what you will
do and say when the earthquake and
the volcano shall be around you. Gu,
country is in dire need of clear heads
and stout hearts-Christian hearts
both within and without"