Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-08-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy o. Babcock, are
back home after three weeks visit
in Colorado, with Mr.. Babcock's mo.
Their. They report delightful trip
but very hot weather on their return
home coming thru Kansas. They both
spent Sunday with their sons Harold
and Dean at Fort Sheridan and re-
port that the three months camp pc
Rod at Fort Sheridan will be up in two
weeks. Whether their sons will be
commissioned is rather doubtful of
which both Mr.. and Mrs. Babcock are
pleased.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Larry and Geo.
Fox, motored to Camp Douglas Sun
day and report fine outing. Mr..
Larry was a member of the National
Guard at Sparta for five years, and
therefore took great interest in his
visit there now.
Louis Schall, city treasurer drove a
party to Camp Douglas Sunday, and
had many interviews with Troop G,
from this city, and found they were
all we'll satisfied, but anxious to go to
Texas as they did not think the eli
mate there will be any hotter than in
the sands of Camp Douglas.
Geo. W. Mead and family, Senator
Isaac P. Witter and family, and Geo.
Gibson and family, and Mrs. Richard
Gibson and children, were all mem
bers of an auto party that drove in
three cars to Camp Douglas with NAL
colin Johnson, Walter Mead and Jerry
Witter as chauffeurs, leaving here on
Sunday morning at 8 o'clock and spent
the day there, returning the same ev-
ening. Capt. R. NJ. Gibson came home
with the party and spent a few hours
here and returned to Camp on the GAL
G. NJ. & st. Paul. They all report a
delightful days outing in spite of the
intense heat prevailing that day. 90
IN the shade.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers Mott and Miss
Helen Carol motored to Camp Doug
las Sunday and spent the day there
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Eron and Mr..
and Mrs. William E. Warren, of the
Commercial Hotel, motored to Camp
Douglas Sunday, sight seeing.
Among those who visited Camp
Douglas on Sunday from Grand Rap
ids, Stevens Point and Merrill, they re-
port that there was not near as many
visitors that day, that motored to
Camp, as did a year ago, when the
boys were in camp there. This may
be accounted for because of the in
tense heat that was prevailing that
day.
DR.. Geo. Houston left Saturday
noon for La Crosse to take examina-
ton for the Medical Reserve Corps.
He returned home Monday.
Matt Carey Jr., left Sunday night
for La Crosse to take the necessary
examination before the Reserve Corps
and returned home Tuesday.
Clark Lyons and Mrs. Shellharmer
and son of Port Edwards, and DR..
Carl Bandelin spent Sunday fishing
and visiting friends on Rock Creek
near Scandinavia. They met with
poor success.
The town Of Rome in Adams county
is to be congratulated on the good
work and improved condition of the
road from the Wood County line south
across the Mobiles creek and around
the horseshoe bend as far south as the
Chester school house. This horseshoe
bend heretofore has been a night
mare to the automobile owners and
they have avoided this part of the coun
try on account of the roads at this
point. Being very narrow, sandy and
dangerous, but now it is a state road
and very much improved and will be
greatly appreciated. 1t is we'll guard
ed by the white state guard rails.
Mr.. Andrew Odegard landscape gar
dener on Belle Isle for Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Pease recently captured a large
eighteen pound swapping turtle. Mr..
Odegard tied rope to one of it's hind
legs and drove Mr.. Turtle to the home
of his grandson about one-fourth mile
distant. But the denizen of the deep
while unguarded got loose and soon
disappeared in the river.
Roy H. Kluge now in his seventeen
tn year is the capable and efficient
night operator at the exchange having
taken the place of Mr.. Arnett who is
a Corporal in Troop G, First Wiscon-
sin Cavalry at Camp Douglas.
In Wisconsin in June the greatest
amount of precipitation (rainfall) was
at Portage, Columbia county, 11.24 in
ches. At Milwaukee the June rainfall
was 1908 inches. 5.76 inches fell at
Milwaukee in "a hours on June %. At
Norfolk, Virginia on July "a, 2.48 in
ches of rain fell in five minutes.
J. B. Null and family have moved