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The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-09-01

n N THE peaceful and picturesque
~ shore of the River Potomac, some
sixteen miles south of our national
capital, stands Mount vernon--the
home Of The Father of His Country.
1t was so named in honor of Adj
miral Vernon Of the British navy and
II Is to the efforts of the Mount YER
non Ladies' association of the Union
that the citizens of America are in
debted for the preservation of this
national shrine.
Occupying site Of great charm,
commanding sweeping view of broad
river and pleasing landscape, is this
grand old mansion--to which the Young
officer came to live shortly after his
marriage and to which he retired from
the presidency, to spend his days in
3 manner BETTING one of his rank,
means and time. and where he died
In 1899.
The structure was built In 1743
and contains many of the original
furnishings and relics Of the family.
Clustered about 1t are the barn, coach
house. spinning house. meat house, Ice
house. wash house. kitchen and other
outbuildings Nearby is q remarkable
pld-fashioned garden, with quaint,
Oddly-designed spaces set off by box
hedges. said to be $50 years old. In
this garden is coffee tree said to
have been planted In 1924 by General
Lafayette and cuttings from willow
tree which 1t Is claimed were brought
from the grave Of the great Napoleon
at st. Helena.
Enclosed In two marble sarcophagi,
In small and simple structure within
the grounds. rest the remains Of Gen
eral George Washington and his con-
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-09-01
WONDERS
OF AMERICA
HOME OF WASHINGTON
BY T.T.MAxEY

o. Western Newspaper Union.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-09-01
Servants Of the People.

II want 70 serve my country"
"a praiseworthy ambition" COM
mented Senator Sorghum. 'But you
want to bear this in mind. A coun-
try is likely TO be tremendously fault
finding about the service and not .
bit liberal when II comes to tips"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
HIGH PRICES AND GOOD Will
Read, Reflect and Profit Thereby

The Herald Chicago Examiner of
August 2nd has the following editori-
al which is worthy of perusal by
everyone:
F. A chain of candy stores in the East
has announced SO per cent redue-
tion prices. Ccnfectioners generally,
the owners of these stores asserts,
have been making 800 per cent profit.
Candy during the war almost doubl-
ed IN price, for two reasons. One
was the increased demand which re-
suited from prohibition. The other
was the enormous increase in the
price of sugar. The cost of sugar was
cited and exploited by every manu-
facturer of9confectionery in the Uni
ted States. Sugar dropped and kept
on dropping. 1t is now lower than for
years. Did the prices of confection-
cry follow it down? From the high
point of sugar to the low point was
decrease of rs per cent. The decrease
of rs per cent. The decrease in the
price of candy has been 25 or 80 per
cent at the most. -
Wide publicity and strenuous effort
have resulted in shading the prices
of ice cream and of soda fountain
drinks in Chicago, but they are no
where near pre-war levels. Every
cut has been accompanied by pro-
test. Yet sugar is away down; milk
and cream have gone down; labor
prices have gone down; and the num-
Der of customers has gone down more
considerably than anything else.
Chicago retailers who find It simp-
Ter to sell a little at an enormus pro-
fit than a good deal at small pro-
fit are not much interested, apparent
", in the future Yet there is more
to business than immediate profit.
There is such thing as good will,
and it is a tangible asset.
The retailers who insist on high
profits are losing the good will.
People are buying candy, ice cream
soda land lamb chops because their
desires move them. more strongly
than their intelligence. But they are
buying more and more reluctantly;
and every time they buy at what they
know to be high prices their irrita-
tion increases and their confidence in
their local retailer decreases.
We do not particularly blame the
retailer. It is human nature to get
as much as you can in your market.
We do not call him hard names. But
the buying public does, and it is
precisely this attitude which will be-
fore long cost him heavily. f'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
AUGUST IS. :. !.
CRANBERRY =. I
Meeting

The Thirty-fourth summer meeting
of the Wisconsin Cranberry .Associa-
tion will occur at Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin, on Tuesday, August 9,
1921. ' ie
The forenoon is given over to OPP
portunity to visit Cranmoor and other
nearby marshes. The afternoon ses-
sion will again be held at the Street
Car Pavilion. midway between II Ne
koosa and Wisconsin Rapids, and will
convene at 80 P NJ. 'sz e'1f IS
AS this year large number of
Growers have suffered partial. or to-
tai loss of crop, considerable time
will be, devoted to a consideration pf
the causes of these failures and sug++
gestions for remedial measures to
avoid future repetition. To this end
a most urgent call is made for full
attendance from all districts, so that
we may be helpful to each other.
Come one, come all-for together we
standardized we surely fall
Unpaid dues ymay be rendered at
this meeting or sent to the Secretary.
....a Mrs. S.. NJ hittlesey,Ya
sons { n5la 10 sdal La Secretary
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
BONUS in
DISCARD

/. .Afew years ago the bonus system
was, the approved plan to bring new
factories to communities. Industrial
history proves that bonus hunting
factories leave just as easily as they
come. Today bonus giving is not ap-
proved by progressive communities.
Cities are built by men, Industrial
development is under the hats of men.
A concern that is substantial and
means business will usually pay its
own way. If itewants factory build
ing, it should either pay moderate
rental or pay installments on the
building, SO as to acquire it in time,
1t is the opinion of men with ex-
perience in this line of work that al
most any town having reasonably
good transportation facilities can get
new industries if it will put forth the
proper effort.
Factories frequently locate in coun-
try towns simply to get cheaper labor,
but if the concern is not adapted to
that particular locality and has to
move on, it hurts the reputation of
that town as a business center. It is
really worse off than it was before
the factory located there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
MIR. WOOD
ST STILL BOOSTING
...... !. .. SHADE TREES

From Pittsville Record-Geo. N.
Wood, Of the county seat town, was
a visitor in the city Saturday. He
has, a host of friends wherever he
goes and is always kept busy shak-
ing hands while in Pittsville.
Mr.. Wood is still boosting shade
trees. for beaufitying the roadside
and the farm homestead. Mr.. Woods
idea is an avenue of shade trees along
every road in Wood county. He does
not specify the kind of trees, although
he is partial to elm and maple.
He is interesting himself also in
the beautifying of the farm home by
and patiently cared for. He calls
especial attention to the grove of
shade trees Systematically set out
cedars, double row at the west and
north sides of the house on the John
Bucknell farm northeast of the city.
Another example of the evergreen
tree is at the farms of E. S. Kribel
and w. S. Moerke, west of the city.
Not only is the evergreen with foil
age all the year round but it makes
a very good wind break on the north
and west sides of the farm house
! during the winter months.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
CREDIT VS.. CASH.

= 4. .
Did you ever go to your local mer-
chant and ask him to give you a
quotation on a $50 or $50 order of
merchandise Try that stunt once.
1t will be 100 to shot you get con-
cessions you will be surprised at. I'm
derstand, this means S25 or $50 cash
in hand, just as you would send your
money to a Mail Order House. The
chances are than your local merchant
is often times handicapped in pur-
chasing power by the. fact that he
has all his money tied up iii giving
credit to the people that will come in
to his place, order a weeks supply on
credit and when the wages come in
at the end of the month send the bulk
of it to Mail Order House. That's
hardly square deal, is it? f
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
WAR RISK BUREAU EXTENDS
} PERIOD FOR REINSTATEMENT,

su,l3 ust lsig z .l.,e} :ss
Washington.-The Bureau of War
Risk; Insurance has just issued new
rulings liberalizing regulations un-
der which 1apsed or cancelled war
risk term INSURANCE may he reinstat-
ed or. converted, After being muster
ed out Of service, thousands of sol
diers permitted their war risk insur-
ance to default. Anyone who did so
may have, his policy reinstated any
time before january l, 1922. If the
reinstatement is sought. within 90
days after the insurance has lapsed,
no new medical examination is nee
essary. If the insurance has slapsed
a longer period, the applicant must
present medical certificate from-a
repnf fablesphysisia1I All wishing to
be reinstated must tender two month
ly payments on the insurance at the
time 'of, ,reinstatenients3 -9auI l1s
lie pEOSGliI dU1IllillS La IlOn OI ttllc
War Risk Insurance Bureau has taken
this step with the approval of }Secre-
tary, Mellon, It is, generally believed,
that ex-service men who have per-
mitted their insurance to lapse will
avail stHenselyes of The opp orttnity
Under the ., previoas,- adlniinistra-
ton, the management of the war
risk bureau was such as to cause ex-
service men who had business with it
to become disgusted and discouraged,
owing to their inability to get either
prompt or satisfactory consideration.
Since the appointment of Col. c. R.
Forbes, as Director Of the War Risk
Insurance Bureau, things are being
very radically overhauled in that
bureau. Red tape is being cut right
and left and ex-service men who ap-
ply to that bureau for aid or relief to
which they are entitled under the law
are receiving prompt and courteous
consideration.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
CONFIDENCE
IN THE Town

More towns die for want of confid-
ence on the part of its inhabitants
and lack of proper cooperation than
any other cause When a man in
search of a home or a business loca-
tion goes into a toE,n and finds every
thing brim full of hope and enthusi-
asm of the prospects of the place, and
all earnestly at work to build it up,
he soon becomes imbued with the
same spirit, and as a result he drives
stakes and goes to work with the
same interest. When, however, he
goes to "a town where everyone ex-
presses doubt and apprehension for
the future prosperity of the place,
moping about and indulging in
mournful complaints; he naturally
feels that it is no place for him, and
he at once shakes the dust off his
feet while he pulls out with all posi-
BILE speed for some other place. There
fore try and make live, enterpris-
ing town out of the town in which
you live When you are working for
or saying a good thing for your town
you are accomplishing all the more
for yourself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
SCHOOL EXPENSE IS
WITHIN. THE BUDGET


A statement issued by E., G. Doud-
ma, superintendent of schools and
clerk of the Board of Education on
the amount of money spent for the
fiscal year June 80, 1920, to July. l
1921, indicates that the. business
management of the city schools, has
been excellent. Costs for, the year
are given as s107 ,156.00 while the
income for the year was S110,917 .83
The estimated cost of operation of
the school on the budget was s110,-
500, and the estimated income was
the same figure. The careful man
agement within the budget figure. :
The vocational school shows an
other year of progress. Two years
ago the vocational school showed an
Indebtedness of $4,000 while this year
it is only $3.50 the affair of the voca-
.tional schoolt here have FbeenE ably
managed. and the expenses for con
dueting the schooI has, been reduced
to the minimum. At Stevens Point
it is said they are asking for s13,5oC
to conduct the vocational education
while in Wisconsin Rapids a sum less
than half that amount will be all that
is needed.
The school census just completed
shows 1856 children between the ages
of and 20 years in this city. OF
this number 1928 are boys and 1875
are girls. This is an increase of only
35 over last year. Census reports
uses the ratio of 31a to / which would
with the above figures make the pop
ulation of Wisconsin Rapids 9,O4F.I
Stevens Point estimates population
states that he believes the correct
with 4 to l ratio. Supt. Doudna
ratio is three to one thus fixing the
population at 7755.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
WHAT THE
TOWN NEEDS

There are two very important
things that go toward making good
live town-one is persistent thorough
and attractive advertising and the
other is backing up the advertising
with performance. There is. no use
advertising if you haven't the goods
and there is no use having the goods
if you don't advertise them. No town
was ever benefited by the man who
sits down and waits for more enter
prising and public-spirited persons to
bring trade to him, and neither is he
by the man who fails to deliver the
goods when called upon. The first is
a leach and the second an oyster,
and both help make cow pasture
out of a town. ft
When the business houses of a
community know how to advertise
and how to follow up the advertising
by giving good service, the communi-
ty1 is sure to grow, and that helps all
the people, for part of every dollar
stays in town. A part of every dol
lar spent in a town goes to taxes,
churches and charities to public i'm
provements- and, in fact, the portion
of the dollar that remains in. the
town stays right there and is passed
around until some local citizen takes
it away and spends it elsewhere.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
ARE
ftgaEif+a ~tstf 5iAi@1 -[r4t
:. :. T. A NUISANCE

s4s.E. ~
:, The local Elks are an organization
in which Wisconsin Rapids as a whole
are proud of and perfectly willing to
do everything within reason to help
them. We believe however, they are
tresspassing upon the good nature of
the business men located upon the
east end of First and Second streets,
by blocking these streets complete
ly for the period of a week with
Carnival that is an injury to the com
munity as a whole. The, paltry sum
that the Elks Club will receive as
their share of the receipts. will not
equal tie Inconvenience that the busi-
ness men must suffer to say nothing of
the. debasing effects which is brought
into the community thereby, Nothing
elevating about a Carnival and much
worse than a circus. We believe
every business man facing on, the
streets where the Carnival is located
are disgusted with it and opposed to.
the administration granting them the
privilege they, have. If they are to
be tolerated at all they should be
located off the principal thorough
fares.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04

On the evening of November 13,
1920, there passed to his eternal rest,
one who had grown tired and old in
the practice 2of medicine Or. A. L.
fRidgnan, ,one''of the oldest Physicians
in years Of service in Wood County,
had served the Community in which
he lived "a years and served it
through the most trying period Of its
existence, a period in which the work
was extremely arduous and the re
wards extremely small. Through the
early years of his Service, the main
roads were the remains of old log
ging roads, and the side roads, simp-
|1y wagon tracks. '''''' i'''''' ''*''' s'',
Afflicted for twenty-five years with
a severe physical disability, such as
would have excused most men from
working, this man continued to work
cheerfully and duncomplainingly re
spending at any hour and in any con
dition' of the weather to the call of
the sick and $ suffering, through
radius Of twenty five miles Through
the Influenza epide1fiics Of 1918, 1919
and 1920, this heroic coul ageous man
bore his Share Of the burden, respond
ing: to calls in the country in the win
ter of 1919 and 1920 that many Of us
refused, and this while his strength
was fast failing. 1t can be truly said
of hinns that she gave .hisslife for his
friends"
. Dr. Ridgman died. at theidage, of 63
years, a tired and worn-ott ,,o1d man,
she .had. given himselfsto his sCommuni-
ty: Let <us. not forget that his was
heroic soul and that we, had, the, honor
of knowing him and. having him for: a
member IN the Ninth, Councillor. Dis
ytrict4 Medical Society s,,A..s Y.oH
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04

crete sc by 125 ranging from 2 feet
deep at one end graduated on to 61a
feet at the other. "A guard sis# on duty
from s a. M to 6 p. IN. Everything
free to- everyone. All these convent
ences have been made possible by the
Nsseelkseosa-E sselk g Edwards Paper Co., the
Nekoosa Chamber of Commerce and
the public spirited men of Nekoosa
zofswhich, they have many seq
81 The. blue prints and surveys of the
largest land emost.acon,plete aeroplane
field .ins the-..aorthwest have been
COMPLETED by -the,ts Nekoosa Edwards
Paper Co., and work will commence
as soon as sthe,wea ther conditions are
favorable Thisssfelds will consist of
about LOO acres and is located at the
east end Sefs the wagon bridge on
Route Is. nyf5S .ae3ass.. -tsI He s5fe'A
community is to be congratu-
-latedaon its .publieaspirit and disposi-
ton. The public spirit of the Ne.
koosa Edwards Paper Co., s is moi
limited. WHENEVER it comes to- the
notice of L. M: Alexander, or anyone
of his associates, that something is
needed to add to the pleasure, com
fort ors progress of. the people wht
reside, in 5.Nekoosa; Port Edwards, @,
South Side,. its forth coming. Thes,
/ communities are fortunate. y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
OPENS DOORS TO .
WORKING women

Bryn Mawr College is one of the
wealthiest schools in this country.
Enrolled in it's classes are the daugh-
ters of millionaire statesmen and
men of prominence from all over the
country.
Mr.. Rockefeller has endowed it
heavily and its connections with
other institutions of learning give it
prominence.
The latest venture of Bryn Mawr
college is a summer school for work
ing women. DIR. Susan Kingsbury of
the institution has ever shown in
tense interest in this class and the
purpose of this summer assembly is
to give the working women chance
to obtain the education which they
had been unable to obtain in early
life.
Eighty-three women and girls are
enrolled in the two months course
whici, opened in June, and the venture
IS proving a great success.
It is hoped the plan will influence
other colleges to open their doors
during the summer to working wo-
men who wish to add to their store
of knowledge.
The girls who spent the summer
at Bryn Mawr are enthusiasts in the
venture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
- National Buy-At.Home Bulletin
These Special Articles Appearing Weekly
+ 1a OrganOf The NationalBuy- Home Movement.
Hadquart trsEx es For Wayne nd.
OUR Town


The men and women of our town,
Don't think just like they useter,
But trade at home now all the time,
They read The Home Town Booster.
The farmers, for miles, are loyal,
They all wear a CHEEKY smile,
Public improvements are under way,
Life seems once more worth while.
Farm lands have raised in value now,
Home seekers are settling down,
The banks have plenty money to loan
Cause this is a prosperous town.
The churches, too, are bracing up,
The gloom has passed away,
Social attractions, kept the young
From wandering off to stay.
Wherever the M. O. Octopus plants
His tentacles; there you'll find,
Instead of good live fiourishing towns,
Only graveyards, left behind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04

You'll actually be surprised how
every one will strive to live up to the
good opinion you have of your town
and fellow townsmen. ~
Right now is an opportune time to
lay aside petty jealousies, personal
grievances, prejudices, grudges, sell
fshness and all narrow -mindedness
and boost the old home town at every
opportunity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04
CUT PRICES

: Cut prices are alluring only on
goods of known value.
Without the previous establish
ment of standards, cut prices would
not be seductive.
An excessive cut price. on -advertis-
ed good of known value is a bait
A very wise and cynical fish would
swallow the bait and avoid the hook
because, of course, there's hook.
When a mail order house offers
sugar or any we'll known advertised
article. for less than cost it, is not
for. love that they do it.
Don't be sucker -or for that mat
ter a fish of any kind-for a mail or
der house.
- Steer clear of their bait and hook
by patronizinig your home town
merchants.
praise it's greatness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04

There are three. classes of citizens
in most every community-those
who are not only in the current but
are making the current-those who
are carried along by the result of the
efforts of those around them and
those who do not even want to be
carried, but try to trip those who
carry them. It is criminal to belong
to the last class and uncomplimentary
to belong to the second class and any
town should consider itself mighty
fortunate in having no one who does
not belong to the first class.
Instead of finding fault with your
,neighbor's mistakes or weakness,
forget them and praise his goodness.
=.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04

Many man today holds the same
position he started with, simply be-
cause through selfshness and mar
row -mindness he was afraid to
teach. some one else the work, and
consequently, when better job. was
open he, didn't get it, because the
boss had no one to take his place.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04

was I ,656, ,267 200 dozen as compared
with / ,574, 1919 ,416 dozen in 1909, re-
presenting an increase of 8f,2S7 ,784
dozen or 90 per cent. The figures
for eggs produced and chickens rails
ed in 1919 and 1909 afford fair basis
for comparison, since they relate IN
each case to the, production for a
calender year. The egg production
given above includes estimates for
farms which reported chickens on
hand but no.eggs produced: the 1909
figure was obtained by deducting from
the total number of eggs produced by
fowls other than chickens.
Chickens Raised
The number of chickens raised in
1919 was s473, ,923, ,935; as compared
with 4s0,6o5,7O9 in 1909. This re-
presents an increase of 1913, ,226, or
20 per cent Chickens raised do not
Include those Matched and sold as
.sbaby chicks" but do include 'sba5y
chicks purchased and raised, as well
as all other chickens Matched and
raised, even though they may, have
been consumed or sold before the end
of the. year.( Estimates for inconl-
splete reports have been made ior
chickens raised, IL, the same way for
eggs produced.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04

Every dollar you send out of your
community makes it just that much
harder for you to earn another dollar
in your community. 7j
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-04

If you have fault to find with the
old home town, don't start knocking
but overlook it's shortcomings and