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The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
UPTOWN STORE
BRINGS 100000
Mrs. Reitz Pays Mr.. and
Mrs. Bucker Sum for G
Street Property.

Conrad Becker and Olivia d. Beck.
er. his wife. have sold TO Mrs. Mary
Brooks Reitz the store property 10.
Gated at 1lde G street northwest The
price paid was about Sl00.On0
This property has frontage ol
twenty feet one inch on G street and
extends hack 100 feet TO an alley. II
rs improved by a modern store build.
ing and IS now occupied by the firm
of NJ. Brooks & Co.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
Florida Ave. Property
Brings $4,000 at Saia

Elizabeth Kahlert. widow of Frrs-
erick kshlert. Sr-. has sold the prop
erty located at northeast corner =
Florida and Rhode Island avenues
The price paid was IN Tho nelshho5-
hood Of so 01o %.
II has = frontage OF IO5s - fec; "a
Rhode Island avenue and ,>.q7 feet IN
Florida avenue and is improved by A
three-story brirE building. tho lop-.r
portion of which WAS operated f--
several years as = grocery store arl
the upper floors for dwelling prrJ
poses
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06

that IL gives to the house.
While one naturally feels that this
house should be white with green
blinds and a brown roof il wou.d
be equally effective In either grey
or brown satin.
The charm of this house lies in
Its appearance of clinging to the
ground and of having grown in that
particular spot We often hear ar
guments against a low house be-
cause Of the lack of light in the
cellar This is an entirely erro-
neous idea for the reason that .the
cellar windows are placed in semi
circular areas and are much larger
than Is possible in the ordinary con-
struction.
The architects feel that this de-
sign proves the worth Of the utmost
study on even the smallest prob
lens. Because a house has a work
able plan and is easily constructed
there is no reason for an unstudied
exterior.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
7th St. Property Brings S24, 900.

A deed recorded on "Wednesday
last transferred the property located
at 1926 and 1928 Seventh street
northwest from Bertha Rice. Fam
ME Rice. Emanuel Rice. Leo Rice
and Jonas W. Hechinger and wife,
Bertha, to the Harry kaufman Cum
pany. Incorporated. The price paid
was about $4,000. This property
has a frontage of 80 feet on Seventh
street and runs back 100 feet. TO an
alley. and is improved by brick store
buildings. -
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
l4th St. Property Sold.

deed recorded on Monday 'a -
transferred property located at -'I-
and Sls Fourteenth street northv. -
from Thomas W. Stubbleheld and wife.
Emily NJ. TO Thomas r. As.niih. who
sold the same to Harry Wardmsn.
The price paid was said to have been
500, subject 20 existing encrUv-
brances. This property has a fronta-a
Of ~ feet on Fourteenth street ana
runs back 30 feet to an alley. and s
improved by frame buildings
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
Coming Motor Events.
MEETINGS.

MEEIlNGS.
Wichita. Kan. automotive COM
mittee OF National Implement AS
sociation. July IA.
Aberdeen. S. D.. sectional tractor
demonstrations, Aug. 1922.
Ottawa, Ont. Canada, inter-pro
vincial plowing match and tractor
demonstrations October.
RACES.
Tacoma, Wash. July 4: Cincinnati.
Ohio. July 8; Uniontown, Pa. July
ls; New York, July IS; Elgin, Ill.
Aug. 1929; New York. Aug. 90;
Uniontown. Pa, Sept. 1: New York,
Sept. 20; Cincinnati. Ohio, Oct. l.
SHOWS.
Indianapolis. Ind, Automobile lie
Trade Association. Sept. is.
Cincinnati. Ohio. Automobile Deal
ers' Association. Sept, 1920.
New York. N. A. c. c.. Jan. $40.
Chicago, N. A. c. C.. Jan. 24-s1.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
PLACE FOR LUGGAGE.
Present Series Provides for Camp.
ers' Needs, SAYS Official.

The question of where to carry
the extra luggage on touring and
camping trip is usually an annoying
problem for the average motorist
to solve" says a Hupmobile official.
Owners of the present Series r.
Hupmobiie have such space provided
for their temporary need. without
decreasing the permanent useful
ness of the body for other purposes.
Extra long and unusually wide
running boards. free from incum-
brance, and fastened rigidly to the
frame, furnish an ideal resting
place for your kit box. tent. beds
and the other modern paraphernalia
which have made long trips and
camping the ideal picnic"
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
Property on H Street
Brings Owner $4,000

Henry s. Matthews and Mary y.
Matthews. his wife. have sold to
Ralph a. Graves and Frank p. Morse
the property located at 3Ol5 snd> 2Ol7
X street northwest The price paid
was in the nei-nhorhood Of SI3.o0D IL
has frontage of forty feet on II
street and runs back l49.23 feet-2Ul.
II street is improved by a brick resi-
dence
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
Conn. Ave Property Brings S2l, 900.

Mary +. Pitcher OF Indiana ard
Emily =. Robertson Of Illinois hs a
sold to William +. McReynolds TIE
property located at 1907 and l3p Cor
necucut avenue. The price paid VI,
about S2l.ooa. II has q frontage ~
forty feet on Connecticut avenue. and
the plot contains s.77o square feet
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
Connecticut Ave. Property Sold.

william y. Cresson has sold to sarah
G. Thompson his one-half undivided
interest in and to the property loca feG
at 1919 Connecticut avenue northwest
The price paid being about Sla"0
This property has a frontage Of o
feet on Connecticut avenue and runs
back s. feet to an alley. II ~ I'M
proved bS a modern brick and stone
residence
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
Jordan Plans Large Increase.

Inc Jordan Motor Car Co. has
awarded the contract for additional
construction costing $4,000 designed
to increase the capacity $50 per cent.
Five additional units are to be con-
structed. There will be a new two
story ONCE building. go by 100 feet;
an assembly room. 100 by 800 feet; COM
riete new power plant. 40 by-so feet;
j.lpanning building. 80 BY, 100 feet. and
engine testing.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
Eighth Street Property
Is Purchased for S41,500

Fsyette T. Moore and NetGe Irene
Moore. his wife. sold the property
located at Az and 10 Eighth street
northwest to Harry NJ. Henderson.
The price paid was about sn.5o Tits
property has a frontage of 81, feet on
Eighth street and runs back 100 feet.
and the plot contains 5.lo0 square feet
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
Z. Capitol St. Property Nets $500

Emma H Gelston has sold prens
ises 636 East Capitol street to WIZ
lam E. Evans and Minnie A. Evans.
of Brunswick. Mo, The price pa a
was about $500. The property has
frontage OF twenty feet on Es q
Capitol street and extends back l2s
feet to an alley. II is improved By
Is brick residence,
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
Seventh St. Store Property Leased,

Edward kohner has leased premises
7Si Seventh street northwest to lSe-
man B. Hartz for period of two
years at a rental OF S31S per mon n.
The Hsrtz firm has occupied iHIs
property for some time.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
MOTOR TRUCKS
ARE ECONOMICAL
Save Much Time and Labor
For Employer, Says
c. H. Pardor.

ANY mechanical device which will.
even in part, take the place Of man
or men," says G. H. Pardor. of the
General Auto Truck Company, local
distributor of the made-in-C -Chica &c
Master trucks, should be much
sought after by employers OF labor.
THE motor truck as a time saver
and economizer In labor is applicable
to every line OF business, and espe-
| cially agriculture. Securing enough
farm labor to meet the demands of
feeding the worId-for that Is what
America has been doing, and Is ex-
pected to do until normal conditions
come abroad-has been difiicult task,
but one of the greatest factors In
relieving this situation has been and
will be the motor truck.
1T Is an established fact that one
man driving a 5-ton truck can haul
more produce to market in a given
time than can three teams. three men
and three wagons. and besides IT can
cover three times as much ground.
This proves that one man with a
5-ton truck can do the work Of eigh-
teen horses. nine wagons and nine
men. 1t does not require any consid-
cradle amount Of figuring to tell how
quickly a truck can pay for itself II
we compare the increase In work and
the decrease in help which is possible
by substituting trucks for horse
drawn equipment.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
De Sales ST. House Brings $1,000

HaTrington Mills has sold premis, .
11l5 De Sales street to {. Phillips HiL
The price paid was in the neighbor-
hood Of sl0.ooO. II has a frontage of
Is feet on De Sales street and runs
back 100 feet TO an alley.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06
Truck Costs Less.

The ton-mile costs for horse-drawn
equipment during 1918. according to
the Department Of Agriculture. av-
erages 30 cents for wheat, 50 cents
for corn. and IS cents for cotton,
as against -motor-truck ton-mile costs
OF Is cents for wheat and corn and
Is cents for cotton.
''In addition to the marked saving
The Washington herald., 1919-07-06

FLOOR. PLAN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-11-20
DRAINAGE CONGRESS MEET

Attorney B. NJ Vaughan returned
from the meeting of the National
Drainage Congress at st. Louis, Satur-
day morning.
He reports that the Congress was in
session three days, and that there
were present 430 members, and dele
gates representing all but three states
of the United States.
Statistics here presented showed
that there are more than sixty million
acres of land in the United States that
need draining to produce maximum
crops.
Reports showed that drained lands
were producing much better crops than
undrained highlands surrounding
them.
Reports from the irrigated lands of
the west showed that much irrigated
farming land has become so wet, from
the irrigation and so poisoned by the
irrigation water bringing the alkali
20 the surface, that it will no longer
produce crops, and must be drained
before it will have any value.
The owners of much of this land
have spent from $4,000 to $4,000 an
acre to perfect their irrigation works.
The congress went on record against
revolution or radicalism attempting to
overthrow the government, and in IA
vor of the deportation of all non-citi-
zens who talk sedition and advise vi
olence against the government, and
severe punishment of citizens guilty of
like offenses.
The-next session of the congress will
be held at Atlanta, Ca, in 1920.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-11-20
w. ]. TAYLOR, CASHIER

Grand Rapids, Wis.-The appoint
ment of w. J. Taylor as cashier of the
First National bank, which will short
ly merge with the Bank of Grand Rap
ids, is announced here. Mr. Taylor,
who will assume his new duties
here on Dec. Is, has for the last nine
years been cashier of the State bank
of Kiel
The merger of the two banks here
will give the new institution aggre-
gate deposits of close to $2,000,000.
The two banks will be housed in new
home, which will be built in 1920
The change in the cashiership is ne
cessitated by the departure of Earle
Pease, who leaves the local bank to
take up the work in Milwaukee of H.
A. Moehlenpah, who quit the presi-
dency of the Wisconsin Mortgage
and Securities company to become a
member of the federal reserve board.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
IL the ABOVE dTtICle puUllSIleu III Iil@
Milwaukee Sentinel on Monday is cor
rect, the new bank cashier w. J. Tay-
lor, of Kiel, Wis, will be here Decem-
Der 18th to take charge of the new
merged bank He will be cordially re-
ceived in the business circles of Grand
Rapids. He will find Grand Rapids
| and Wood county an excellent field to
work in.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-11-20
NEW COUNTY HIGHWAY
cor NJ MI SION ER

At a session of the Wood County
Board Tuesday morning the County
Highway Commissioner salary for the
ensuing term was fixed at $4,000 per
year. This is an increase of 5000 per
year. A vote on commissioner for
the next two years resulted in Edward
Morris receiving thirty votes and the
present incumbent, L. Amundson, re-
celvlng only twelve. Mr.. Morris hav-
ing received a majority of all votes
cast was declared elected Highway
Commissioner for Wood County for
the ensuing two years. The change in
this office takes place December 81,
1919.
Mr.. Amundson leaves the service of
Wood County as Highway Commits
sloner after eight years of faithful,
conscientious service to the people and
leaves many excellent pieces of road,
culverts and bridges to his credit
during this service. We understand
his successor is one of his faithful and
efficient deputies who has rendered ex-
cellent service and therefore is pro-
baby well equipped to go on with the
work which has been so we'll begun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-11-20
THANKSGIVING
DAY NOV. q

Since the time of the Pilgrim Faith
ers America has celebrated this day.
Sometimes, in our prosperity, our
feastlng and our nlerrymaking, the
day loses its significance and we for
get the conditions under which this
holiday was initiated. This year, par
ticularly, when most of us are inclined
to find fault with world conditions.
with the government, and with things
in general, we should draw a COM
parison between our Thanksgiving
Day now and the first Thanksgiving
Day on that bleak New England coast
What did that remnant of the Nav
flowers passenger list have to be
thankfdl for? 1t must have been a
great deal to them for it served as an
impetus for them to start this nation
al holiday. Why were they thankful
to their Creator? For just two things;
namely, that some of them still sur
vived the rigors of that climate and
that they had managed to wiring a
scanty harvest out of that stony soil.
How little satisfied we would be with
the conditions as they found them
we who fuss about the high cost of
living when most of us have COM
Portable homes and plenty of clothing
we who worry and fret about the
future with our granaries and bins
full. We could indeed take an object
lesson from our Pilgrim forefathers.
Aside from the blessings on every side
of us we should be filled with graft
tude that our magnificent young man
hood is no longer a prey to the hor-
rors of war. That blessing, at least.
we have gained over last year, and
many more, would we but take time
m the daily rush of life to hunt for
them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-11-20
~SERMONETTE OF TODAY
A Series-Number Three
SEEING THE GREAT LIGHT

gded thought of the Years that had
hoWn Memory went back to the time when he
and when each toll
which he had the
recalled the ruhessness with which in his dav If oer tho NO.
fortunate had
the of soul when of
Opportunity has his He becoed he grasped and he
with the of death He
reached the top became of Millions
affairs.
his wake had destroyed others
the gories of wealth.
The
cheeks of the
their
bowed his head
menfor with all of his millions
ed and wthed forms of these dels became which troubled
by day and haunted him by night.
heart of this
He was seeing the great light
Another picture.
a eyes
ed his thoughts the realm of the recalling the
He a chief in the of toll.
years adversely
sheer strength dominating position the ranks of his
Opposition had been senced opposing forces had been crushed
his command the wheels of his will
ad of night bread for their children but feared
to incur the penalties of his wrath truth
he his that affiliated
his organization should be denied their constitutional right livelihood
all they might enjoy additional dght
the wheels of industry others the right work. keep
food from the mouths of hungry babes he doing unto Others ne
would have them do unto him?"
God ali them the right honest livelihood
unhndd by other Was than God that he should deny them
this right?
gazd into nothing
Conscience at last at work
Was this man. too, seeing the great light?
there Coda Godwho all they
would be God who rewards and Furnishes the
world without prejudice, without fear, and without favor
God at least is just -==-a-z4-----.--4
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-11-20

Since the bond issue of $4,000 was
voted by the city, the county of Wood
followed suit this week by voting the
county's share of $4,000. All is left
now is for the state to do it's share
of $4,000 and the new bridge can be
erected. 1t is expected that all the
preliminary steps will be taken that
are necessary SO that the work on the
new concrete bridge can be started in
the early spring. Before this is done
the city or Geo. W. Mead, while he is
IN the hunor, should buy and raze the
two buildings now occupied by M. Le-
vim and Gleue Bros, so as to widen
Vine street to receive the new bridge
and make plenty of room for the
street car line to make the turn on
Second street north. This will be the
only way that it will be possible to
care for the street car line on Vine
street. This suggestion is not so bad
when you think it over carefully.
We are now all glad to know that
we are going to have a good bridge and
may it be made roomy and large e.
nough to care for all the traffic that
is necessary until the city grows to
such magnitude that another bridge
Will be absolutely necessary farther
up the river. Until then $50 Mote 1t
Be-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-11-20
JOHN B. RATIO
I'm MENSE

John B. Ratio, was greeted with a
capacity audience Tuesday evening, at
Daly's opera house, the opening num-
Der of the Community Entertainment
Course. In his character sketches he
has no superior and kept his large au-
dience in good humor all the time. He
was immense and must be heard to be
fully appreciated, you can't describe
his perfectness in character sketches
In his historical review of Public men
he was equally good impersonating
them in looks as we'll as voice and
dress. If the balance of the course
holds up the high standard of the first
number there will be nothing in max
ing it greatly appreciated. We un-
derstand the sales have already beer
sufficient to guarantee the expense
entailed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-11-20
ssTHE COURTS AND
TIL E P EOP L e.

Was the subject of Attorney Theo
w. Brazeau's address at the Sunday
Evening Club at the Congregations
church Sunday evening, November 16.
An appreciative audience greeted him
as they knew he would have some
thing interesting to say. His audi
ence was not disappointed. He de-
Tended the Courts in State and Ma
tion and made it very clear that our
courts were greatly misrepresented by
certain radical classes who had method
and design in SO doing. He took the
ground, and supported it ably, that the
Judiciary of our land was the stabil-
ity and foundation of our Government
and Democracy. Without it every
thing else would fail. The sacredness
of the Judiciary must be sustained by
the people if they desired to protect
and defend the constitutional rights
of our American Government. The
present attacks made against the Ju-
dietary of this country by the [. w
W. and anarchists of this country was
a shame and disgrace. He sustained
his position by quoting several cases
similar to the Mooney case in Cali
fornia, which is quite we'll known tc
the people who read.
Mr.. Brazeau is purely Grand Rap
ids product, born, raised and educated
IN Grand Rapids. Also a graduate OF
the State University and Law school
Since his graduation he has been q
member of the prominent law firm
of Goggins, Brazeau & Goggins and is
recognized as one of the strong triaI
lawyers of the Seventh Judicial Cir.
cult. The people of Grand Rapids anC
Wood county are proud of him and are
always glad to give him a cordial wei
came upon the public platform where
he never fails, but always performs
creditably upon himself and his friends
He is ever ready to give of his time
and talent in the interest of the pub
lie welfare.
He was cordially greeted upon this
occasion and proved himself master OF
his subject and a great credit to the
Sunday Evening Club and we are
proud of him as a home product. We
delight in congratulating him upon
this last address.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-11-20
HANDSOME new
BANK BUILDING

The new home for the First Ma
tlonal Bank will be built on the south
east corner of Grand Avenue and
Third Avenue, on the property known
as Witter Park. The decision was
reached by the board of directors of
the First National bank on Tuesday
of this week.
Childs & Smith, we'll known Chi
cago architects have been secured to
design the building and superintend
construction. The selection of the
new site for the bank was made up
on the advice of the Chicago archi-
tects who were here the past week
looking over several proposed sites.
1t is said the new structure will cost
about 100000.
Work on the building will start
early next spring and it will take q
years time to complete the building,
thus delaying the actual eonsolida-
tion of the First National and the
Bank of Grand Rapids until the
spring of 1921. The Chicago firm are
we'll known bank builders in this
state, having designed and built the
First National bank buildings OF
Appleton, Neenah, Menasha and sew
eral other cities. They are to decide
on all parts of the building both ex-
terror and interior, including the
safety deposit vaults, fixtures, etc.
1t is understood that the new
building is to be one of the hand
soonest and most modern in Wiscon-
sin and will be great Improvement
to the city. The design and archi-
lecture are to be described later by
the bank.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-11-20
THE
PRODUCER
PRODUCE

Greater production is crying need
of the day, and because of the devas-
tation in Europe the bulk of this bur
den falls upon America.
We must increase our production.
We must feed the world and we
must eat at the same time. We must
furnish the implements of cultivation
and manufacture, and we must have
them for our own use. Greater pro-
duction alone can do this.
Future disagreements between cap
ital and labor should be settled "out
of court"-in other words, without re-
course to the paralyzing results of a
strike.
Surely the government and con-
gress can devise some tribunal which
will have the authority to settle all
disputes and enforce its decisions on
both sides alike, doing equal justice to
all and injustice to none.
Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
Let Washington cease piddling or
history may repeat itself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-11-20
REDCROSS
MEMBERSHIP

Nearly everyone in Grand Rapids,
we believe, have subscribed to the Red
Cross fund, and if any have not, we
hope its not because they don't want
to, but rather that they don't feel able
to spare the money at the present time
We would be sorry to know of anyone
who had the amount to spare and
would not gladly part with it for Red
Cross service. Everyone knows that
any money given to the Red Cross
Fund is always well used and account
ed for. Every person should be judge
of their ability to give, and the solici-
tor should not guess at TIE reason why
the person approached does not con-
tribute. The reason is theirs, how
ever, and ought not be misiudged. We
can very easily do. one great injustice
by beng careless in our judgment.
Every person who can afford to give
and does not for a worthy cause is
truly selfish. Their conscience should
prick them if they have any, if not
then they are excusable anyhow.