Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-06-21
LOCAL AND
PERSONAL

The automobile parties that go
camping and fishing along the Wiscon-
sin river report that so far this spring
there are not many mosquitoes. This
is perhaps due to the extreme cold
weather we have been having.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hess, the well
known plumber, motored to Berard's
Bayou and spent the day with friends
from Nekoosa. The many fishing par
ties along the river report the pick
erel fishing very poor,
For Rent-Six Room house near
Lowell School. Phone 903. 3twp.
Frank Ticknor and Edward A. Ar
pin spent Sunday fishing brook trout
on the Harvey and Seven Mile Greeks
They report catch of 70 brook trout
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Blodgett, Miss
Ruth Heaton and the Kisses Hoa and
Pigeon Blodgett, all of Marshtield,
motored to this city Sunday and were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Wood
for a few hours when they all made
up a party and motored to Stevens
Point. From there Mr.. and Mrs.
Blodgett and daughter Zoa went on to
Marshfeld, while Miss Pigeon Blod-
gett and Ruth Heaton returned to this
city and are guests here this week.
WANTED:-Good woman, meat and
pastry cook, good wages. Address En-
glebright Hotel, Ripon, Wis. 2tw.c
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Turbin and Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Bever and family mo-
tored together to Berard's Bayou, A
dams county, on the Wisconsin river,
a distance of Is miles, where they
spent the day picnicing and fishing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Peerenboom,
Mrs. Hoffstater and daughter Kate,
and Geo. N Wood, Mr. and Mrs. F.
L. Steib and daughter; Mr.. and Mrs.
F. D. Abel and son, were members of
a party who motored to Ostrum's
Bayou on the Wisconsin River, dis
tance of q miles, where they spent
Sunday picnicing and fishing. They
were successful in securing pike e.
nough to have splendid supper, af-
ter which they returned home highly
pleased with the days outing.
Chas. A. Natwick, assistant post
master; Sam Church, county clerk and
Doctors Carl Bandelin and George
Houston, motored to Tomorrow Riv-
er Saturday afternoon, a distance of
35 miles, where they fished brook trout
Saturday afternoon and Sunday and
report a fairly good catch.
Joseph Boose, the barber in the OPP
era house, a very successful trout
fisherman, spent Sunday afternoon on
the Lynn creek adjoining Nekoosa on
the west side, and between the hours
of and o'clock he caught four Ger
man Brown trout with angleworms
The shortest of the four fish was 1872
inches and the longest was 1712 inches.
How is that for good catch? Ger
manBrown trout have been caught in
this creek weighing as high as four
pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Jones, and Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Stamm spent Sunday
trout fishing and picnicing on Tomor-
row River, north of Omherst June
ton, a distance of 35 miles. They re
port a delightful days outing and no
many large trout.
Messrs Dean Babcock, Myron Hill
George Mullen and George Debruin
all members of the Fort Sheridan
Camp, in Illinois were in the city
from Saturday night until Sunday af
ternoon visiting with their parents
and friends. The boys all look fin
and they are feeling we'll and enjoying
camp life. They say the discipline
and regulations of the Camp are yer,
strict, but they like the life. They re
turned Sunday afternoon via Steven
Point.
Bossert Brothers are busy this wee
hawking the necessary material O
Baker street and laying cement. Tw
weeks will probably see most of tn
work on Baker street completed.
The filling in of the north end G
Seventh street is progressing NIGEL
and the extension thru to Washingto