Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-04-15

1t was the first pleasant day they have
had for long time. The usual a.
mount of buying and selling took place
and considerable interest was mani
tested.
Louis Reichel, the jeweler left Sun
day night for three weeks abbsence
to Phoenix, Arizona, and Los Angeles,
California, for visit with his son.
VIM. Gaulke, of the town of Grant,
Portage county, commissioner of the
$4,000 acres Portage County Drain
age District was seen in our city on
Tuesday, the first time since January.
He was taken with thefu last Jan
uary, followed by after complications
which made him seriously sick. He
has been confined to the house all this
time and his many friends are glad to
see him out again.
Fred Mosher, the contractor and his
wife and son, left for Greenville, Miss
issippi, where they will be employed
by the J. B. Arpin Dredging company.
They expect to leave soon.
Jos. Gazely, the genial field super
intendent for Mott & Wood, motored
20 Westfeld, Saturday and returned
reporting the roads in good condition
Geo. n. Wood and Walter L. Wood
motored to- Marshfield via Pittsville,
Saturday, April 10th. They were sur
prised to find the roads in such ex-
cellent condition. The patrOlmen were
all out on duty and they found only a
few mud holes where they expected to
find many at this time of the year.
While in Marshfield rain and snow
storm was prevailing and they found
a few bad places near the Bean place
in the town of Hansen, on their re-
turn. The main roads are very much
improved over what they were few
years ago.
Fred Raglan, of the Raglan Auto
Sales, left Saturday night for Mil
waukee for a few days business trip.
Ernest Smith, who has a position
with a paper mill in Neenah was in
the city for few days summoned here
by the illness and death of his mother.
Lawrence Brost, has accepted DO
sition with the Panser Lumber com
pany at Port Washington, and will be
manager of the concern. He was q
member of Battery D. 120th F. A.. and
IS a member of The American Legion
IN this city. Since his return from
France he has been connected with the
Marling Lumber company, and is ex-
perienced in all angles of the lumber
business.
Attorney H. E. Fitch of Nekoosa
was in the city to appear in the An
drew Zurfuh trial before Justice of
the Peace E. N. Pomainville.
Samson Tractor Company, James
vile, Wis, wants Machine Operators.
Tractor Assemblies, and Laborers:
fifty cents an hour to start: good OBJ
portunity for advancement. Trans
portation will be refunded after so
days upon presenting receipt for rail-
road fare. Apply in person or letter
at employment department. Ito
Louis Reichel left Sunday evening
for the east and south to be absent
until the first of May. He goes or
business and pleasure combined.
Reginald MacKinnon left Friday
night for Chicago where he spent
/ few days on business.
DIR. T. NJ. Mills, the dentist. with of
fees in the MacKinnon Block. during
the recent high water, secured a num-
Der of views of the Consolidated dam
taken from the T. B. Scott Free Pub
he Library and near the Municipal
Swimming Pool. They are as fine
view of the flood stage of water as we
have ever seem
Lawrence Brost, son of Anton Brost.
of Babcock, graduate of the Lin
coin High school, and a member of
Troop G. of this city who saw service
abroad, and since his return has been
employed by the Marling Lumber Co..
has resigned his position. He has
accepted a position with the Pancher
Lumber Co., of Sheboygan. He will
be in charge Of retail lumber yard
at Port Washington, Wis, town of
5000 people. Lawrence is we'll equip
ped for this position and will make
good to his new employers. His many
friends commend him as being worthy
of their confidence and ability to per
form his new duties.
Messrs. Ferdinand Link and A. B
Sutor left Wednesday for Milwaukee
to enter the Sacred Heart Sanitari,,m
for examination and treatment. There
never entered this institution two bet
ter specimens of human perfection
than these two men. They are both
husky and rugged looking, but there
turks within their anatomy some germ
or microbe that needs the attention of |
the attendants of this noted institu- |
ton. 1t may be only, political