Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-05-13

these plscatOrlal adventures will be
followed with as intense an interest
as those of his characters in his novels !;
for these are all true and are, more
over, woven around an author who has
woven so many fascinating tales
round other people"
The May issue of the NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC is a mushroom num-
Der and contains SO illustrations of diff
ferent varieties of mushrooms. Six
teen of these are in color and "the
delicacy of coloring and variety of
hues, the curious forms and astound-
ing fertility of mushrooms, will amaze
the reader"
Ercm the American Library Associa-
tiOn
has caused enormous losses in the last
few years, is being checked not only
by Investigations conducted by munici-
pal chambers of commerce and kind
red organizations, but by public Ii
braries. Thousands Of dollars have
been diverted from spurious or doubt
full enterprises and much misery spar
ed by informal tion obtained from books
on library shelves dealing with the
fundamentals of the proposition which
promised" large and quick returns
on the investment.
A man in middle western city re
Gently lost a large sum by investing
in a gasoline producing proposition
without informing himself in it's feast
bility. Another saved himself thous-
ands by going to the public library and
reading about the technology of gaso-
line making. Enormous amounts of
money could be saved daily by persons
in every walk of life if they would OBJ
tain authentic information before they
undertake the particular proposition
in which they are interested.
A vast store of technical informa-
tion is available at the public library
and it's widespread use will tend to e.
Intimate many sources of waste and
useless effort in the industrial and bu-
einess world. The Enlarged Program
of the American Library Association
purposes to promote good reading and
universal self education through books
and libraries and create public sentl-
ment that will adequately support ex-
ieting libraries and cause libraries to
be created where they do not now ex-
ist. To carry out the provisions of
this program, a fund of $2,000,0OO is
now being raised by Librarians, libra
ry trustees and friends of libraries
without recourse to an intensive drive.
New Boeks-Books for Camp Fire
Girls.
Air Pictures.
Book of Symbols for Camp Fire
Girls.
List Of Indian Words from which
Girls can derive Camp Fire Names.
Manual of Activity for the Girls of
America
Shulutamna Tin full dress, with all
beads on of the Camp Fire Girls.
Plays for Camp Fire Girls.
Songs for Camp Fire Girls.
Vacation Book Of the Camp Fire
Girl.
Camp Fire Girls on the March.
Camp Fire Girls in the Mountains.
Camp Fire Girls at the Seashore.
Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake.
Camp Fire Girls in the Woods.
Camp Fire Girls on the Farm.
Yellow Star
Non-Fiction.
Leitch-Man to Man.
Phelps-Reading the Bible.
/ Quinn = Representative American
Plays.
Reed-Bird Guide-Land Birds East
of the Rockies.
Reed-Bird Guide-Water Birds
Game Birds and Birds of Prey.
Rogers-Guide to Trees.
Sampson-Advertise.
Street-Abroad at Home.
Tufts-Our Democracy, It's Origin
and Tasks.
Wilmot- Stories from Ok
French Romance.