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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-10-07
THE JIGGER YOU PUSH
By Robert Toole

I have discovered the most wonder
full man!
He's mechanical geek IN a hick
town and he operates a garage. But
the qualifications which make him
great in my opinion are: He can fix
any Kind of car so it will stay fixed,
and he can think!
There you are! A man who can
work with his head and is contented
with his lot in life!
I'll say he's wonderful!
Do you recall the methods employed
by this Socrates person who earned
repute as a philosopher at Athens
four hundred years before the gentle
Christ came to earth He taught by
asking and answering questions, SO
that the most obtuse could get him.
My garage guy does it like that,
too.
He was fixing the do-funny on my
secondhand car when he beckoned me
to have look at the works. He was
grinning whimsically, just like David
Harum might do if he were in the
flesh as an automobile physician.
"What it is?" I queried
He scratched his head and pointed
grimy finger at the coils of wire
which TWISTED to Henengone on their
way from Somewhere to the spark
plugs.
+ "Take a squirt at the map of life,
you parlor Bolshevist," he suggested
CHOSE wires in there, all fused up to
Gehena, would puzzle anybody but a
man who thinks. You see some of 'em
bumped up, and some, bumped down,
while others ramble in and out and
everywhere, so that a fellow couldn't
follow one of 'em at all. To try would
be like trying to count sheep chasing
around in a field"
EYES," l remarked: "but what has
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-10-07

Burma and Reuel and her sister, Mrs.
George Barnes. They arrived here
by auto and Mr. Fleming who is
past eighty years of age enjoyed the
trip very much
Mrs. George R. Gardner. Past
Worthy, Grand Matron. Mrs. A. C.
Normington, Worthy Matron Rainbow
Chapter, No. 81, O. E. S. and Miss Ma
bel Gardner left Monday to attend the
Annual Grand hCapter of theEastern
Star which is IN session at Milwau-
kee this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Raglan of
Chippewa Falls, were house guests of
their brother and family, Mr. and Mrs.
j. r. Raglan, Eighth street north.
Gel Williams of Camp Douglas
Chief Quartermaster of W. n. G. and
Col. John Turner of Mauston were in
this city Tuesday, comforting with
Captain Wilbur Herschleb relative to
National Guard affairs.
Messrs. W. H. Carey and J. l.
Nash returned Tuesday evening
from Portage where they attended
the funeral services of the late VIM
0. Keln, state Deputy Of the Knights
Of Columbus
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-10-07

gress enforcing same. If it is rejected,
the effect viii be to reinstate the form
er law on said subject known as Chap
ter SIS of the Revised Statutes, of 1917,
with the same exceptions as above
noted
State of Wisconsin, Department of
States.
I, MERLIN HULL, Secretary of
State. of the State of Wisconsin, do
hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true copy of Chapter $50
Laws of 1919, and that same has been
compared by me with the original en-
rolled act now on file in this depart
ment.
Given under my hand and official
seal at the Capitol, in the City of Mad
ison, this Goth day of July, 1920.
MERLIN HULL,
(SeaD Secretary of State.
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S110,500 and $1,000 for the vocation
al school making a grand total of $115,
900 for education in this city was al
lowed by the council when the city
budget for the entire year was voted
at the meeting held in the council
chambers on Tuesday night. Of this
amount the city must raise by taxation
approximately $4,000. The esti-
mated receipts for the school district
for state aid for the coming year has
been placed by Supt E. G. Doadna at
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that to do with the fact that when I
push the little button l get no light?
The biased thing has disposition like
a United States Senator"
''You see this button?" he asked. I
nodded. when push this button, it
connects the current with the wire
which rambles to the lights and if
there is contact all the way along, the
little old lamp must light"
Eyes, but it don't. It's got dispo-
sition like"
1t has no disposition. You are the
party who introduces that fool thing
known as a disposition. If she's con-
nected up, she's bound to work Now
| will conect 'er up right here" He
did so. He then pushed the button.
"See?" he remarked. disposition
didn't have a darn thing to do with
it." 1t was then he calmly philoso-
phized.
THAT pesky wire could run out of
my sight dozen times-it could run
right out of this garage and go right
around the world-yet it would have
to respond when I got proper action
on 'er. And | can make it work be-
cause | know that little old secret. It's
So with every last job on earth. There
is somewhere behind every great in
dustry guy who has laid the wires,
planned, and systematized, and all, to
make everything as easy as pie for the
men on the job, if they'll only have
confidence and do their part. There's
no hocus- pocus about the operation
of this here little old world, not a blam-
ed bit. Doing the right thing to get
the right result doesn't depend on ex-
i pertness with a ouija board at all. 1t
| depends upon honest-to-GOd desire and
bit of horse-sense, plus the know
| edge that if you push button placed
- Ter your thumb by a gr9v with
ms -ou vii get the same rasul S
| he would get.
How thankful we should be for the
fellows who plan so that all the rest
of us have to do is to push buttons!"
Doesn't the world need workmen like
that garage man? I'll say it does!
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$4,000 which will bring the figure
down to the above mentioned amount.
Mrs. E. H. Ticknor, who is at her
sons residence in this city, is sick
this week with nervous trouble. Her
many friends will look for an early
recovery.
Mrs. Guy O. Babcock, Third street
south left Wednesday for visit with
relatives and friends in Kaukauna.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-10-07
"ICI EFT LA"

An Overland car owned by Henry
Sampson was damaged to the extent
of about $500 Monday evening about
seven o'clock by fire. The dashboard
including the coils and other electri-
cal apparatus suffered from flames.
Miss Elizabeth Herschleb and
nephew John, of Fourth street south
are visiting relatives in Milwaukee
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-10-07

this week, Miss Herschleb will also
attend the Grand Chapter of O. E. S.
which is in session in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Philleo of
Rhinelander returned Sunday from a
weekend visit with relatives in this
city. They were accompanied as far
as Tomahawk by Mrs. Ethel Kruger,
Third stree south, who visited at the
DIR. Mcfarland home.
The budget Of the city schools for
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James Chamberlain; who has been
in charge of the Falk American Po-
tato Flour Co. plant in this ciyt for
the past year, has been transferred
to the Cadillac, Michigan plant, where
he will be employed. Mr. Chamber
lain will become more familiar with
the manufacture of potato flour and
with this additional experience will
be capable of managing one of the
company's plants.
R. B. Remmers, the new factory
manager for the Falk American Po-
tato Flour Co. plant in this city for
diets busy season for the Falk
Company here this year and states
that the company are already buying
potatoes to run them this year. The
present expectations are that the
company will sart operations here
about the first of November and will
continue to make the potato flour
for several months.
Don't forget to write Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin.
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(Seal)
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION

County Clerks Office, October Z,
1920.
State of Wisconsin, County of Wood
I-SS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
at an election to be held in the sew
eral towns, wards, villages and cleo
ton precincts of said county on the
first Tuesday following the first Mon
day of November, A. D. 1920, being
the second day of said month, the fol-
| lowing officers are OF be elected
| Thirteen Electors of President and
| Vice-President of the United States,
one from each congressional district
and two from the state at large.
A GOVERNOR, in place of Emanuel
L. Philip. whose term of office will
expire on the first Monday of January,
A. D. 1921.
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in
place of Edward F. Dithmar whose
term of office will expire on the first
| MONDAY OF January, 19Zl.
A SECRETARY OF STATE, in
place of Merlin Hull, whose term of
office will expire on the first Monday
of January, 1921.
A STATE TREASURER, in place
of Henry Johnson, whose term of of
flee will expire on the first Monday of
January 1921.
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, in
place of John J. Blaine, whose term of
office will expire on the first Monday
of January 1921.
A UNITED STATES SENATOR,
in place of Irvine L. Lenroot, whose
term of office will expire March 4,
1921.
A REPRESENTATIVE IN CON
GRESS for the Eighth Congressional
District comprised Of the counties of
Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wausha-
"a, Wood and Shawano.
A STATE SENATOR for the TWEEN
ty-fourth Senatorial District, COM
prised Ct the counties of Clark and
Wood
A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY, in
place of Byron Nottingham, whose
term of office will expire on the first
Monday of January, 1921.
A SHERIFF in place of Clifton w.
Bluett, whose term of office will eX-
pire on the first Monday Of January
1921.
A COUNTY CLERK, in place of
Sam Church, whose term of office will
expire on the first Monday of Janu-
airy, 1921.
A COUNTY TREASURER, in
place of Ernest B. Matthews, whose
term of office will expire on the first
Monday of January, 1921.
A CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT
COURT in place of A. B. Bever, whose
term of office will expire on the first
Monday of January, 1921.
A REGISTER OF DEEDS, in place
of Henry Ebbe, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of
January 1921.
A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, in place
of Frank w. Calkins, whose Germ Of
office will expire on the first Monday
of January, 1921.
A COUNTY SURVEYOR, in place
of G. W. Severns, whose term of Of
flee will expire on the first Monday
of January, 1921.
A CORONER, in place Of John A.
Werner, whose term of office will ex-
pire on the first Monday of January
1921.
ALL OTHER OFFICERS required
by law to be elected at such General
Election.
Dated at Wisconsin Rapids, in said
| County and State this 7th day of Oc-
tober, A. D. 1920.
SAM CHURCH, County Clerk.
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SALESMAN WANTEn:-M MIDDLE
AGED, EXPERIENCED MAN TO
HANDLE EXCLUSIVE LINE OF
ADVERTISING SPECIALTIES, CON
SISTING OF CALENDARS, LEATH-
Err GOODS AND METAL SIGN IN
NORTHERN WISCONSIN TERRI
TORY. A SPLENDID. OPPORTUN-
ITY FOR THE MAN OF BUSINESS
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.
ADDRESS APPLICATION TO THE
ELWOOD MYERS COMPANY,
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 1t.
Eight cans of black bass which
were sent to the officials of the Wis
consin Rapids Fish and Game Assn.
from the hatcheries, have been
planted in the pond above the Con-
solidated dam.
At the regular meeting of the
Nekoosa Rod and Gun Club a COM
mittee of three were appointed to
investigate the cost of erecting a
new club house for the members and
finding a suitable location for the
building. The committee includes:
Ebert Kellogg, c. A. Wiley and
Franz Rosebush.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Fuller, First
street north, entertained a number
of relatives at their home the fore
part of the week. Among them were
Mrs. Fuller1s father, Mr.. John Flem-
ing, of Pepin, her brother F. A.
Fleming, his wife and children of |
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-10-07

THOSE wheown Underwood machines
or wish to rent an Underwood should
call up the local Office of the Under
wood Typewriter Company, where
they can obtain the best rental or re-
pair service. Underwood experts
guarantee this.
UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO., INC.
201-207 Newton Bldg.
359 Minnesota st.
ST. PAUL, MINI.
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is My Light Marsh. with violin ebl!-
Sato: postlude. Temple March, Nm
cent; evening prelude, "Cavatinn.'
Raft; solo. Abide With Me-" Ash
ford. and postlude. "Festspeil,'' Volk
mar
At Ascension Church II o'clock
service this morning the music will BE-
under the direction Of George r. Bay
iiss who has recently been appointed
director and tenor soloist. II has q
quartet and chorus choir.
The music today will he "Cornmu-
Mon Service" Tours: anthem. sweet
Is Thy Mercy" Barnby: incidental
solo and obligati by Mss Virginia
Webb; evening. O'Clock, offertory an
them. SAVIOUR, When Night Involves
the Sky" Shelley; quartet. Mrs Will
liam c. Corbett. soprano Miss Louise
NJ. Wood. contralto: George F. Bayiise,
tenor. and l.. +. Murray. basso At
both services II. c. Tinsley will be at
the organ.
The music at Trinity Episcopal
Church this morning will include
Communion Service" by Garrett;
anthem. Holy Art Thou" by Han
del: postlude. "Peergynt." Griee. by
the organist. Miss Helen Calhoun
Crouch; evening. Shadows of the
Evening Hour by Shelley: inciden-
tai solos by Miss Nancy Stillwell.
contraito, and George II. Lambert.
baritone.
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FIND JAPANESE
COvET RAILWAY
Investigators Report Cond.
tions Along Chinese East
ern Rail Line.

! PICKING, September 30.--The Jnpa-
lnesc hetray an ambition to monopolize
1.-THE operation of the Chinese eastern
railway. in the opinion of a commits
sion consisting of an American, a
Frenchman and an Snglishman which
was sent by the Chinese government
ito Manchuria and eastern Siberia
this summer to inquire into political
conditions there. particularly as they
affected the railway.
! The commission was composed Of
DR. J. c. Ferguson. American adviser
to the President of China: NJ. Padoux,
1 French financial advisor to the Chi
nese government. and L. I.enoI-
Simpson, British. whose official title
! is statistician to the president.
/ They left Peking June 16 and in
spected the whole line of the Chinese
| Eastern and later continued their In
designations in Vladivostok. In q re-
port to the Chinese government the
commission states:
Japanese Seek Control.
, THE japanese attitude toward the
lChinese Eastern railway today is cor
Irect in outward appearances; never
itheless beneath the surface are to be
iaeen numerous Indications Of their
deep desire to dominate. II not to con-
Itrol. it's administration.
They overlook no opportunity to
interfere with the working of the
line: they constantly watch the move
Iment of traffic. and they have made
every possible attempt to install them
selves in commanding position. both
along the railway and in buildings be-
longing to the company. Last year
they made deliberate attempt to
seize the section south OF Hardin
! (Changchun-Har by moving up
=, to Hardin all material necessary to
lconvert the line from Russian broad.
Igause to standard gauge (South Man
churian sytem), an effort which was
successfully resisted by the agents Of
ithe allled powers.
Since then they have attempted to
cover this failure by offering to lease
iof years all the freight space on the
iChangchunH Hardin section and thus to
Establish an effective Japanese mo-
inopoly, an effort which also has como
ito naIght."
Chinese Bandits Are Active.
| Under the head of criticisms OF Chi
nese policing. the commission report :
ed that country districts, particularly
| the Sungari valley and the sections
of the railway in the mountainous dts.
tricts of eastern kirin. are full! OF
bands of hunghutze Chinese bandit)
lpreyjng upon the country and fire..
quently plundering steamers and
IjunkS. =.
The territorial officials maintain"
the report continues, that once Japa-
nese evacuation is carried out this
danger will disappear They point to
the great number of Meiji rifles cap
tured and the arming Of the bands
with Japanese machine guns as proof
THAT foreign nations have assisted
Ibrigandage in order to break down
iChinese control At the station Of
Imianpo, 100 miles east Of Hardin. z
car full of hand grenades was seiSed
by the Chinese garrison q few days
lprior to the commissions visit, evil
Identity consigned to brigands, who are
isaih to nurh~~ COCO to 1000 in this
Al -r.ct alcEa."
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styles Prominent in Recent Big
Displays Of the Paris Designers

shoe that has thrown our bootma kers
into Mysteries
about seven inches from the floors
which makes them about ten inches
longer than they were through the
winter.
Renee, who has made strong i'm
press on the seasons fashions, put long
tight sleeves in coats. All the houses
accentuated the chemise frock made
very much like monks robe ana
discarded any embellishments or wild
ening of the frock at the hips. The
reversal TO the chemise type of gown
was not expected.
Two styles in coats were accentuated
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At the lexington Presbyterian Church
today the music, under direction of Ger
trude Lyons. who is also soprano soloist.
will consist this morning Of the organ
prelude. "Chorale," by Bennett, played
by Carl F. Stuhler; tie Deum." Buck;
quartet. "Hosanna.' Granier- Martin !;
o1ertory. Sketch" Westbrook; post
l,lde, March" Siias. Evening: Organ
solo. Prelude Frost; fifteen minute
praise service by the young people of
the church, augmented by piano. organ,
vioiins, cello. cofnet and flute; anthem,
chorus. with soprano and tenor obligato.
"I'he Day is Past and Over Marks
quintet. Soft in the Distance" Mason
Hurnett: offert0ry, "Canzonetta," Scam
meff: "Hevenfoid Amen" Stainer; post
hide, Meditation Cressey.
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of gowns put out by Jenny which have
no waist line. The idea is not
new. callot Mas been doing if for -four
years. But Jenny makes the idea more
practical. more conformable to the
American needs than did Cabot.
These frocks ignore the hip sgirdlf
that dominates the popular gown OF
the hour. 1t gives the suggestion OF
waist lire through bias drapery OF
the material as it lifts and falls i'm its
passage from shoulder TO ham. 1t is
in direct contrast to the chemise frock
the monks robe. the Moyen age.
1t is thought by the shrewd ones
that the frock with the hip girdle will
become too common for conservative
tastes. There is wide field for ths
treated with drastic severity. they
think. The aim of three of the French
designers. Jenny, Chanel and Vionne,
is toward simplicity that presents q
vital contrast to other clothes in mass.
The American woman will have hel
this month: She can be draped ir
crepe de chine merely finished with g
picot edge. or she can look like 3
queen of the Romany Rye. There il
sons output that 1t may not be posi-
bic to avoid it.
Those bright patches of cloth EN-
broidered over the surface of oul
clothes will be sprinkled over the con.
tinent. undoubtedly, with the lavish
confusion of confetti over the masker.
on Mardi Gras night.
The queen OF Rumania, visiting In
Paris, writing play, watching tht
races In her spoftsmanlike British
way. surely turned the fashions o.
the world toward her rugged, colorfu
land. Will the death of the ex- En-.
press Eugene swing France toward
the styles of 1860? Or will the pill
srimage to Mecca give the keynote
of new inspiration?
There is food for thought in The
suggestion that the pilgrimage t.
Mecca may have inspired the French
designers in their leading silhouette
and treatment in cloth. If any one
picture is stamped in the mind by tn.
parade of frocks that absorb the at.
tention of those who deal with fash
ions, it is the long kind of simple
wooden gowns girdled at the hips o,
rloaks with cowls hanging down the
back. The embroidery is of Nortf
Africa.
Was not the procession of those de,
vout souls the Pilgrims. in their
monastic wooden rohcsS in brown ant
other dull colors. in the minds of the
French. who grasp at whatever the
world does AS inSplra tlonfor the mod
ern woman's clothes? Very proba bly,
Such inspiration would explain mucl
that causes wonderment in the Ameri
can mind. Yet as soon as the memory
Ats back, say. to the pilgrimage In
Tannhauser. with the great organ
tones of the men in their brown wors-
ted robes swelling over the audience
one leaps to the conclusion that IN
such professions is the kernel of the
idea that permeates the thousands OF
new frocks.
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Wedding Kings

Just as he knows the
money received from a
bank is genuine, SO the well
informed man knows the
quality of merchandise pur-
chased at Schmedtie's is
genuine. There is no more
reason to question one than
the other.
Therefore, when the oc-
cas:cc crises, he naturally
comes to Schmedtie's for
the wedding ring, knowing
that whether the brides
preference is a plain gold
band, a beautifully carved
ring Of gold or platinum or
one paved with diamonds,
he will find here selection
which assures her having
exactly what she desires.
Plain Band Rings, $500 to $500
Hand-Carved Rings,
$500 to $500
Diamond Set Rings.
$4,000 to $4,000
JHDtTHsisC. Paes
SCHMEDTlE BROS. CO.
eWe ReAa6ie cLmelexs
200 g Street Northwest
sSMA; zzz;z,Isl1
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after they had been introduced by
most of the designers at the same
time. One was the long redingosc,
taken from the Polish wife of Bour-
bon king, along with many other mi
nor features of that epoch: and the
mad something in common with the
new blouse. worn beneath it.
Both coats are made of fur, also Of
supple, wooden cloth, such as camers
hair Fabricated fur. as Rodier In
vented. was taken up with enthus;-
ed in this country in New York by
American looms the public would do
we'll to watch for it's success.
Premet makes a gown of two kinds
through it's name. '.The Wolf and the
Lamb" The polonaise is a genuine
bit of economy for the American
woman. She can utilize her one-piece
frocks under it. The box coat, requires
a smart skirt. but It does not require
may be used, provided it is of heavy
soft wool. plaid or plain, and to the
skirt may be added the hip length
blouse of velveteen or the new felt
satin. These blouses have no belts.
They are not confined by a sirdle.
shoulder to hips and end there.
The cape is the thing in the new
Paris fashions. The evening gown does
not escape. 1t comes into being
through the recrudescence of Louis
XIII and Puritan fashions which tele-
scope each other. James J. staggered
about in the short cape that nearly
every American will Wear if she fol-
lows the flag of fashion. Miles StanC =
ish and William Penn wore the capes
that the youngster of this modern
epoch will fiount on Main street to-
morrow.
There are capes Of fur of satin. of
Moroccan crepe, of tulle, of Is
hair, of duvetyn, of velvet. They are
short and long. they are somber or
brilliant. they are romantic and prac-
teal They might be used to cover
the face of a loyelorn Romeo. or pro-
tect the shoulders when motoring to
the country club. They may cost a
pretty penny or they may be fash
toned from an old army coat OF a man
in the family.
Whatever they are. however they
are cut, they must be capes that are
no older than the seventeenth century.
no younger than the fourteenth CEN
fury. They do not differ as widely in
ago as the gowns that France showed.
One house alone named three of her
frocks Ali Baba, Sforza and Jeanne
d Arc. Surely one gets variety there
l. is not wise to ignore the group
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Charles T. Tittmann. solo.st of the
All Souls Unitarian Church. will sing
this morning Trust in the Lord" by
Handel, and Though I Speak With
the Tongues Of Men and Angels" by
Brahms. and Lewis Atwater at the
organ. will play for the opening VOL
untary the prelude to "St. Mary Mag
daien." by Sta!ner; offertory, An
dantino." by Chauvet. and postlude,
Festive March," by Rogers.