Wisconsin Valley Leader (Newspaper) - May 3, 1906, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin The of Opportunity hear about preparing for the rainy day but it just as Important to prepare for the day of fine business chance is lost for want of a few dollars ready money The Savings Hank provides about the only practical means of cumulating ths few dollars V One Dollar Will Start an Account v SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT The First National Bank Grand Wis OLDEST BANK IN WOOD COUNTY We have just received a bad and would be pleased to have you look them over- Hdw Co WISCONSIN GRAND RAPIDS Monthly Stock Fair i TUESDAY MAY 8 EAST SIDE MARKET SQUARE There will be buyers for all the young stock and fresh milch cows brought in All horse traders in a radius of 20 miles are especially invited as there will be something doing in the horse line i Link Werle will give SOc for the biggest sheep N Reiland will pay in the that has the Beet in One keg of beer to the smallest farmer on the Fair grounds C h a s Gouger Cohen Bros will give a hat for the biggest Rooster brought to the Fair To the lady bringing in the of eggs I will give a ing sacque suit J T will give best sample ot Early Rose potatoes Rowland will give a 50 Ib sact Garland flour to the person ing the best litter of ing pigs FOOT 100 yard dash open to over SO cash prize H SAMPSON DR HERMAN SMITH Prizes Awarded at The Scheme Meets a Chilling Frost Wbeu be lost his mileage la com- the new railroad aw he says to himself is mine I will not yet but soon he began to agitate for railway gates in Grand people wanted and the railroads must put them in The matter finally came up in the city council Tuesday night and notwithstanding the fact that the people were urged tu ask their aldermen to vote for- the gates every alderman who expressed himself said that not a man had spoken to him on the subject but a petition was presented signed by The board of supervisors met at the court bouse Tuesday and organized by electing by acclamation A E Germer of chairman Mr Germer appointed the following Hooper Chairman A E Bennett F P Hinrichsen E M W Pollard P Mulroy P Arpin Chairman 6 G Geo W C Wm P N Christensen Wm Peters Delinquent N Christensen Chairman E Ellis Geo H Conklin Jacob C I Morrison Printing and M ing Chairman J J Iverson Geo T Rowland K C Eastman J C the majority of the business men as well IG H Conklin as many private citizens asking the J council not to have gates put in so the subject lias been Indefinitely postponed He will probably seek revenge on the council not yet but soon Promotion of n Grand Sinn W A Brazeau of Port Edwards mill has been given the position of manager of the new paper mill at Merrill and will soon remove to that city to assume charge of the work there Mr Brazeau bas been connected with the Port Edwarda for the past seven or eight years and is H well posted man in the paper making in- dustry He was born and reared in this city educated in the public schools a graduate with the class of and after- wards a trusted the Wood County National Bank His many friends in this city will be pleased to dear of his deserved promotion and will join the in wishing him success In the new field of labor Hasbrouck Chairman Michael Wagner 1 C fman Joseph Kick Roads and E Bennett W F Simon lund A L Williams Ed Herman Ross J Jenkins County Poor Farm and Poor Accounts -Ed Provost Chairman Frank rock J General B Cotey man M M Lochner A J Hasbrouck Eichsteadt A F Rowland Have an Academy C N Sommers who was in the city Wednesday tells us there are very bright prospects for Sherry to get the Presbyterian academy now located at Poynette Kev W J formerly the popular and energetic pastor of the church at Sherry is now at the head of the academy and is at the present time at Sherry trying to perfect arrangements for the establishment of the school at hat place Sherry is in many respects n ideal place for such an institution he country round about is very it a mile or two off the where the fierce bustle of life cannot interrupt the quiet application of the indent and it will be a grand thing for he village of Sherry whose social and importance will be decidedly by its establishment field was another Wood county com- petitor for the school W Brown R A Connor E Oberbeck Bureau of Specht Henry Fechhelm Michael Ed John Hoffman A E Bennett Town Organization and General Chairman A B Cotey Herman Ross Wagner E R Griffith Per Diem and I Morrison William Peters E K Connor Chairman E Oberbeck J C Mercer Geo T Port Edwards and South Side Mills to Have a Resident Manager G F one of the larger owners of stock in the Port Edwards South and Nekoosa paper mills as well as in the Wood County National Bank spent Friday Saturday and day Rapids While here there were meetings of the directors of these companies at which it was positively decided to have Mr Steele take charge of Port Edwards and South Centralia mills and he will work in connection with L M Alexander in their ment Mr is now one of the officers and managers of the International Harvester Co of Chicago and before coming here he will up his work with that company but this he expects to to do during the early summer and before August 1st he will be a resident of Port Edwards la active management of these mills The old John home at the Port will be and enlarged for the use Of himself and family Mr Steele was the first manager of the South Side mill has long been intimately associated with large business enterprises and is re- as one of the most capable men who could be selected for this position which in view of the building of the sulphite plant will be more important than over before Chairman Griffith Special State A Brand Rapids ami the ireen Bay Road W C Modisett G F and P A of he Green Bay road was in the city Monday looking after the Interests of he road He informs us the road bus added some first class new passenger coaches which will be a great ment to their passenger service He also tells us there will probably be a ew excursions over the road to Grand Rapids this year as well as the regular excursions starting from this place There has been some call for this which the road is inclined to recognize Tho Bay was our first railroad and isj our only direct east and west road and there is almost a sentimental attachment the city and the road for each other Outside of their terminals Grand Rapids is the largest city on their line and the officers of the road are appreciative of that fact Keddy Bryant Goes Wrong Moat remembers Keddy Bryant and his impulsive and generous nature He was a favorite in Grand when he was manager of our telephone exchange The Merrill News has the following item regarding Mr Bryant that will be read with regret by his friends in this Alvin H Bryant formerly employed in this city as an electrician was exa- mined Tuesday at Oshkosh as to his sanity and pronounced insane Bryant is an expert and it is believed his condition was caused from Kurtz Travel Class Close Year's The Travel Class held the closing meeting of the club year at the home of Mrs J D Witter Tuesday afternoon ing had a most satisfactory year's work studying Scotland and Wales They will confine their attention next year to the study of Greece The following officers were elected for the I.E Vice Geo P Hambrecht and 0 T Hougen Secretary and L J DeGuere Birthday Barty Last Saturday evening about thirty of the friends of Mrs F Vandenbrook gave her a surprise party in honor of her 80th birthday The party amused by dancing and later re- in the shape of supper were served during which an elegant day cake bearing Mrs age in sugared letters was presented her It was a delightful evening for all especially for Mrs Vanden brook Womans Elect Officers The annual meeting of the Woman's Club was held Monday even School Exhibit The school exhibit in Wood Co Bank block opened Tuesday on schedule time and has since enjoyed a fair patronage from tho citizens interested In school work Besides each day students in a body from the different school rooms have visited the exhibit and admired the work of their school males The exhibit consists of free hand drawings of from the first to the ninth grades basketry from the fourth fifth and sixth grades sewing of the girl pupils from the third to the ninth grades the seventh grade exhibit being suits of underwear made entirely by the hands of pupils The dressmaking dose br the eighth and ninth grade Is as good or better than the average professional work The cabinet and carpentry work in the manual training department under the super- vision of V E Thompson instructor speaks more effectively than we could for the usefulness and practical value to the student of this department in our schools attention Stevens roint Normal President Down and Out The board of normal school regents which met in La Crosse Friday passed the following Resolved That a vacancy be and is lereby declared in the presidency of the Stevens Point School to take effect at the end of the school year Jane 15 1900 In answer to criticism of their action in calling for President resignation the board makes the fallowing Members of the board have been frequently annoyed and irritated in their dealings the president of the Stevens Point school by reason of his slowness in action and his prolixity in words Criticisms in these directions have been administered to him repeatedly by committees aud by individual bers of the board Frequent criticisms of the same general nature have been voiced by graduates of the school by city and county superintendents and by others Many times his judgment con- the ability of his graduates has been called in question Graduates others have repeatedly stated that the president does not himself properly for his class work We are Inclined to think from all have heard in this case that there are at least two sides to the question That being the case it is better that President Pray should go The board of regents and the president of that school most work together or the school prosper cannot brown For Sheriff Geo W Brown of Pittsville Is ing the session of the county board of supervisors Mr informs ua that he intends to make the race for sheriff in the primaries this year Nearly everybody In Wood county knows Brown and mearly everybody likes him lives at on the west s county which hasn't had way of county office for a long tln besides admittedly the Bright kind of a man for the office He la bold and clever and withal a level-headed practical man of tho world He one of the best game wardens in the state and if the people for a good man for the position coming from a section of the county that would add strength to the republican ticket they could not go amiss in selecting Geo W Brown for sheriff Wo want to call nil visitors to this feature of the exhibit Miss Estella Haley supervisor of Ing and construction has been with the schools for the past three years and the exhibit is iu her charge and is the best commendation of her value as an tress Another feature of the exhibit that attracts attention is the work done by the teachers class in tooled and cut leather work consisting of card cases opera bags magazine covers etc The exhibit will be open until day night and if you seen it you are invited to call OBITUARY HERMAN ing and the following officers elected for the ensuing year Earle M Pease Vice J W Rockwell Jessie Stetzer Hamilton W A Drumb The club will their the coming year Experiment Station Open The cranberry experiment station at which has been closed all winter is again in operation O G Halde who has charge of it for the state from Madison where he spent he winter on Tuesday Later in the summer he will probably have an but the present he is attending to all the work himself overwork He 111 became irrational in The young man has A j been working on patents and inventions and it is believed that the nervous strain of this work coupled with his regular duties was responsible for his condition and that a complete rest will restore him A quiet wedding took place at the German Lutheran church on Eighth street Saturday afternoon when Miss Olga Reinhardt a popular young lady o the city was married to Mr Walter Blish of Racine Rev Maack officiating Thi wedding party and a few relatives entertained at supper that evening at tin home of the bride's parents Mr and Mrs Mr and Mrs have gone to housekeeping in the Second ward at Merrill Settled Christian U Johnson of Merrill has been recommended by President Roosevelt to the U S Senate for re- appointment as postmaster Iu Merrill This is said to be the result of a clash between Senators Spooner and LaFollette and incidentally the turning down of Congressman Brown of this congressional district From a party standpoint frequent turning out of the rascals is good politics It brings new blood into the party and creates new friends and adherents but Roosevelt like Cleveland poses as a man superior to his declared policy is postmasters only for cause If Forest Hill Cemetery Meets postmasters receive their appointments under the civil service law this might be good policy but as the whole hunch hold office by virtue of political dirty work the oftener the rascals are changed the better both for the service and for the party A funny thing in connection have lola in the cemetery that they wish cared for should in their dollar at once to Mrs 0 Denia or Mr Hooten as it is desired to have as much work as possible done bufore Decoration Day tUC During the past week the Forest Hill with this appointment is that Johnson Cemetery association met and prepared to continue their work of improving and caring for the cemetery by hiring John Hooten for the coming season Those until the last election one of La bitterest political opponents but be flopped in time to get the benefit of La honor and power in this administration illustration of the fact thar makes queer another politics Of 445 Fourth avenue north died his home Tuesday May 1st from con- sumption 38 years 3 months and 13 days old and had been sick for the past year He returned about three weeks ago from New Mexico where went In the hopes of getting some relief from his ailment but all to no purpose He gradually grew worse until death relieved him of his suffering He lenves a wife and babe three sisters and one brother The brother and sisters are Mrs Win Misses Bertha and Amelia and Fred Yandt The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon at the Lutheran church east side Rev Maack officiating MIIS MARGARET HOWES One of the pioneer residents of the city died Wednesday morning at the nome of her daughter Mrs Lucian Berard on Law street of paralysis after eighteen months of illness The funeral will be held Friday morning at 38 Peters and Pauls church roth officiating and interment will be made In Calvary Margaret Corwin was born in 1828 as Manchester England came to York at an early age and ago was married to George Howes Shortly after their marriage they moved west and at last located In this city where they have resided for over forty years Her died two years ago and since that time she has resided at the home and lor the past six months has been a helpless invalid The following children survive Mrs Lucian Berard and Mrs Mike McCarthy ot this city Mrs II G Smith of Pierre 8 D and Cbas Ballon Mont Mrs Howes Society Notices The east side ladies aid society of the M E church will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs M J Feavel The west side ladies aid society of the M E church will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs T L Cooper Wednesday afternoon May 9th the Glad Tidings Circle of the Baptist church Coining One of the best attractions booked to appear here this season is Holden Bros Beautiful production What Women Will do which cornea to the opera house will meet with Mrs Everyone welcome 0 E For Sale Monday May Judging from the An eight room houie on Wylie street at a bargain Inquire at First National Dank for further particulars unanimous praise this charming play has received from all sides enormous support and patronage ed it the above statement seems un- necessary There has never been a love story more beautifully told or delicately worked out and coming the pen of such a successful as Harry Jackion the well known author places tbe play far above the average melodrama Prices 26 35 and 50 Howes of was of a kindly disposition and greatly beloved by her children and a large circle of friends JOBS MANS On Tuesday morning John Mann died at his home in the Fourth ward after an illness of a couple of weeks caused blood poisoning originating from a slight injury to his foot while engaged in moving a house today and will home Rev Dean of the Christian church officiating Mr Mann was 66 years ot j age of the state of New but for the past 25 years resident of t Grand Rapids He Is survived by wife and 8 Urge family of children u several of whom are Mr Maim was an citizen and enjoyed t the respect of nis neighbors S The funeral occurs be held from his
