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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
FOR COMPULSORY PASSES
Iowa Statesman's Bill by Which He Hopes
to End Evil Is Reported on
Favorably.

DIES MONIES, Ia, Feb. 12.-TSpe-
clal. There is so much anti-pass agita-
ton in Iowa just now that the action of
the railroad committee of the House of
Representatives in reporting favorably
on bill compelling the railroads to
grant free transportation to state off,
,clals, judges and congressman, has
caused sensation. When the bill was
first introduced by Mr.. Hanna of Kos
tsuth county 1t was not taken seriously
Now it is even predicted the bill will
pass the House.
! Mr.. Hanna declares that the bill is a
much more pleasant and equally effective
way of attaining all the good results
that would be accomplished by the anti
pass bill. If the giving of passes is
made compulsory, he argues, the recipi-
ents of free transportation will not feel
under obligations to the railroads, and
the evils now connected with the free
pass system will be done away with,
without officials and judges being de-
prived of favors they now enjoy. Nour-
ished by these arguments the popularity
Of the Hanna measure is growing.
In the upper House there are two
stringent anti-pass bills, one of which
will be favorabiy reported on the floor
by the railroad committee within a few
days.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
TROLLEY Is RAMMED.
Crossing Collision at South
Chicago.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb PA theater
train on the Pennsylvania railway, run
ming at the rate of twenty miles an
hour, crashed into a crowded street car
il Sauth Chicago last night, killing in
stantly two persons and injuring twelve;
The killed and injured were nearly all
occupants of the street car. The engine
and first coach or the passenger train
left the rails ana were overturned.
The dead:
BACON, MRS. WILLIAM, South Chicago.
WARSUEL, MINNIE, u years old, Chi
lucy, MISS SADIE.
The injured include the following:
J. c. Mack, East Chicago, engineer, Sc
verely cut about the face and head.
Edward NJ Day, motorman Of the street
car, cut about head and body.
c. r. Bollar, conductor of street car, cut
about neck and head.
Mrs. Blanche Warsuel, severely injured
about the body.
w. B. Lynch, injured internally.
The passenger train was a local, leav-
ing Chicago at II "a for East Chicago,
Ind. 1t was well filled with passengers,
who were thrown into panic by the col
lisiOn. The street car was hurled into
the air, overturned and ground to splint-
ers before the locomotive. The crash
came almost without warning and but
few occupants of the street car had an
opportunity to leap from the car before
it was struck.
The passengers of the railway train
hurried to the assistance of those i'm
prisoned in the debris and began the
work of rescue. Calls for assistance
were sent to the nearest police station
and doctors were summoned to aid the
injured.
The engineer of the passenger and the
crew of the street car were placed I'M
der arrest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
FAMOUS PIANIST TN
A CHICAGO MYSTERY.
DISAPPEARS AND REAPPEARS
WITHOUT EXPLANATION
BEGIN SEARCH.
She Suffered from Melancholia and Fam
lily Believed Harm Had Befallen
the Noted Musician.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. 12.-Mrs. Fannie
Bloomfeld-Zeisler, the world-famous
pianist, disappeared from her home to-
day.
Mrs. Zeisler has for some time been
suffering with melancholia, and the mem
bers of her family were apprehensive
that some harm has befallen her.
Police Inspector Hunt, in charge of
hyde Park district. at once ordered po-
Hcemen to assist in the search for Mrs.
Zeisler, number of automobiles being
secured by the friends of Mr.. Zeisler and
most systematic search in the vicinity
or the Ieisler residence was begun. UP
to 1 o'clock the search had been fruit
less.
Mrs. Zeisler is one of the most noted
pianists. She is a native Of Silesia and
came to this country when but Z years
old. Her early musical education was
secured in this city and she afterward
studied in Europe. She has made re-
peated tours of this country and of EU-
rope, being always received with en-
thusiasm by the public and the musical
critics.
She is member of many leading wom-
ems clubs and prominent socially. Her
husband, Sigmund Zeisler, is a wealthy
and prominent attorney.
Mrs. Zeisler returned to her home
about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. She
was greatly exhausted, and declined to
say where she had been.
The chief cause of the mental depres-
sion of Mrs. Zeisler was her fear OF be-
coming blind For more than a year
she had been under the care OF spe-
cialist, but her condition did not greatly
improve
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14

remove the bottom. Give the plant
what protection Is needed at the base
with soil heaped up and then set the
basket over it. In locations where the
winters arevery severe the plant should
first be protected by wrapping it in
straw and mounding up the soil at the
bottom so that mice can not make q
bed In the straw. Tie the straw loose
~ about each plant, then set the basket
over 1t. The illustration shows the idea
plainly, except that the artist has left
no opening at the top Of the plant,
which should be done that a circula-
ton Of air pass through. The cost Of
this arrangement is SO small there
ought to be no reason why all plants
needing winter protection can not be
given it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14

! Unfortunately great many farmers
and farmers wives are addicted to
fault finding. Nothing causes more un-
happiness in a family than continual
nagging. There is no sense in II, it
does no good and it always makes for
mischief. Fault finding turns more
children away from home than any
thing else Some men are enjoyed bet
ter out Of sight just for this reason.
Their room is preferred to their COM
pany.
Usually fault finding Is confined to
the little things-things that should be
passed over lightly. The big things are
taken philosophically enough, talked
over and remedied or borne with as
seems best. But the little petty things
are talked over and over, each one
thinking that the other should give in.
The habit grows. It has sent many a
woman to an early grave, wrecked
many mans usefulness and scattered
families that otherwise would have
lived happily in the farm home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
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HOMEMADE MOUSE TRAP.

position shown in the illustration, in
clined by means Of bricks or blocks Of
wood. Leading up to the mouth of the
bottle place a board or a piece Of card
board, and on the cardboard lay train
of crumbs Of cheese. Drop some larger
bits in the mouth Of the bottle and
the trap is set The mouse will enter
the bottle to get the bait and will find
that it can not climb out again, as the
slippery glass will afford no hold for
it's little claws.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
SHOEING OF AN AFRICAN MULE.

The picture herewith given comes
from Greytown, Natal, and shows the
method Of shoeing refractory mule
which is in vogue in that faraway re-
glon. BY means Of pulleys, ropes and
a wide leather Dand the animal Is put
into a frame, its head resting on n
padded bar, its front legs bent and
fastened to side bars, and it's hind legs
attached to a stout crossbar To pre-
vent damage from the hoofs two
coarse bags are tied about them. Thus
protected from all active interference
on the part Of the animal, the sheer
may do his duty with comparative
safety.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14

An excellent compost for pot plants
or anything else can be made by skim
ming off slices Of sods, adding some
fine stable manure and then allowing 1t
to decompose. It should be fine as pos
sible when used. Compost may be
made in various ways, however. Some
collect leaf mould, sods and dirt, add
ing liquid manure, and occasionally
fresh, solid manure, working it over
frequently, until the whole Is fine. It
should not contain too much manure,
being more serviceable in the form Of
rich dirt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
Grass Root Dfggers.

The illustration shows two styles of
grass root diggers which, according to
a recent bulletin issued by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, washington, have
been effective aids in the task Of get
ting rid of Johnson grass, and which
possibly may render the same service
in the fight against quack grass. To
clear out these creeping roots the tool
must reach down under the surface and
rip the roots out. A Mr. Clark, Of Con-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
NOTED FARMER DEAD.
Irving Smith of Madison Is. D. Was
Millionaire, but Liberal to
Tenants.

MADISON, S. D., Feb. 12.-Irving D.
Smith, known as the millionaire farmer
of South Dakota and famous for his
charity, died at his home here, aged 80
Possessed of $1,5OO,OOO, nearly all of
which was invested in farm lands, and
reputed to be the second richest man IN
the state, he gained an enviable reputa-
ton for kindness to tenants. In fact
he was so generous that his wife IN Sep
TENDER last year began proceedings to
have his son appointed as a guardian
for him.
Up to the date of the suit Mr.. Smith
had given to his wife, tenants and rela-
tives an aggregate of %, 72O acres OF
land, valued at $679 200.
Carriage His Office.
Mr.. Smith for years was a familiar
character to the people of Lake county,
where he made most of his wealth
Usually he rode in a comfortable car
riage and much Of his business was
transa cted from his seat.
Smith was born in Herkimer county,
New York, May 10, 1926. He was the
eldest of six children. On the death Of
his father in 1S43, Irving became the
mainstay of the family, and continued
the management of the farm on which
they lived.
In 1S49, when gold was discovered in
California, he went west, working as a
laborer at road building and at placer
mining. He was not successful, how
ever, and in 1853 he returned to the
home farm in New York state.
Soon afterward he was married, and
with his wife moved to Whiteside coun-
ty, Illinois, where he bought 240 acres of
government land at $1.25 an acre. He
70 ho
rapid increase in the value of farm prop
erty revealed to him the possibility of
acquiring wealth by buying and selling
farm lands.
Buys 5000 Acres in Iowa.
He removed to Benton county, Iowa,
and with the proceeds from his Illinois
property purchased fourteen quarter sec
tons of Iowa farm land. Two years
later he took another step westward and
IN Plymouth county, Iowa, purchased
5000 acres of land in one body.
he next turned his attention to South
Dakota, coming to this state in 1891,
when prices were low. He bought land
literally and always for spot cash. Soon
Lake county, two in Moody county, two
IN McCook county and one in Kingsbury
county. This gave him a total of 1O1
South Dakota farms. His farms in
Varlably have been occupied by happy
tenants who have never failed to receive
their just share of all that the lands pro-
duced.
Was Fond of Children.
Mr.. Smith was especially fond of chill
dren. To the South Dakota Children's
home in this city he gave two quarter
sections of land, worth $11, 200. While
a resident of Whiteside county, Illinois.
MIR. Smith adopted from New York
orphans home two children, brother and
sister, James and Justina Pike James
IS successful business man of Cedar
ried and Is a resident of Van Horne, Ia
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14

Often there are plants in the garden
placed In the cellar to winter, yet which
are too tender to leave without protec-
ton Of some kind. The plan described
will give ample protection in any sec
ton, the straw being added In loca-
lions where the winter is very severe.
Take an old splint basket, such as are
now generally used for vegetables, and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14

pound. II 1t can be disposed Of as
butter at 20 cents or upward, there Is
mint Of money in it. There is no
necessity for coloring butter, but the
dairymen are not anxious to have law
prohibiting it If it would give the oleo
man the advantage over the manufac-
turer of butter. The sale Of oleo as
butter Is dishonest It is a fraud, and
as such should be prohibited. The only
object the oleo man has in trying to
prevent the coloring Of butter is to sell
oleo under the guise Of butter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
MOTHER KILLED; FATHER DYING.
Kenosha Visitor Hurries to Connecticut
Where Train Struck Buggy.

KENOSHA, Wis, Feb. 12.-[Spe-
cial. General Superintendent Wester-
man of the Coe Brass company at An
sonia, Conn, and an officer of the Chi
cago Brass works of this city, with his
wife met with a terrible accident on Sat
urday when the buggy in which they
were riding was struck by a train. Mrs.
terman is now at hospital, and it is
feared his injuries are fatal. Miss Yves
terman, a daughter. was visiting in Ke-
nosha and left her home Sunday She
was not advised of the nature Of the ac-
cident.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
Cost OF Producing MIX.

The New Jersey Experiment Station
summarizes it's record Of the cost Of
producing milk from the college herd
as follows: THE daily cost of total
food per cow varied from 116O cents
in 1896 to 1888 cents In 1901. The
daily cost for fine feed varied from 4.99
cents in 1906 to 1852 cents in 1901 the
cost Of roughage varied from 5.23 cents
in 1902 to 6.61 cents in 1896 The cost
Of production per quart varied from
2.26 cents in 1902 to 2.49 cents in 1896,
and the average annual yield per cow
was 6,52S pounds. The study Of the
records Of individual COWS also showed
that but little profit can be derived
from cow that does not produce 5000
pounds Of milk per year, particularly if
the product Is sold at the low price Of
1 cent per pound; no stronger argu-
ment Is needed in favor Of the necessity
Of testing the animals, and thus learn
ing their exact value, than is afforded
by these records. Furthermore, the
facts brought out by the records indi-
cate that there Is but little profit from
cow that does not produce 200 pounds
Of butter per year, and point to the
necessity Of careful selection Of COWS
for the butter dairy"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
Raising Pork at Low Cost.


It Is SO easy to feed corn and hogs
like 1t so much better than anything
else that it Is little wonder that most
pork is raised on corn. But as The
Farmer says:
It Is now being found that swine can
be pastured In good form on rape or
clover or both, and finished on cow
peas or soy beans. OF course, If GER
tain amount Of corn can be made to
supplement the FOODS mentioned, the
swine will do much better. This meth
cd Of raising swine can be done with
out great labor. The growing Of these
crops has tendency in itself to enrich
the land, and when they are pastured
off by swine the increase in fertility
Is just SO much greater. There is an
other very great advantage in grow
ing pork in this way. Swine are likely
to keep in condition and they will make
quality Of pork that is if anything
ahead Of that grown in the corn coun-
try. We have often wondered that this
method Of growing swine did not COM
mend itself to farmers earlier. That
it did not however, is just in keeping
with the slOwness with which many
other important crops engaged the at
tention Of those who ought to be most
interested in them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
The Nerve of Him,

"Adam-Adam," repeated st. Peter,
meditatively; 'the name seems ia
miliar, but"
81" explained the applicant, "como
from Eden. l am the progenitor of the
whole human race"
"And you," Numbered st. Peter.
''you have the nerve to apply for ad-
mission here! Front! Show the gen,
tleman below Puck.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
COIOrinE Butter.

The oleo men are trying to retaliate
by having law passed prohibiting the
coloring Of butter. The object appar-
emily Is to get oleo and butter to resem-
bic each other as nearly as possible.
It is said on good authority that oleo
can be manufactured for about cents
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
SIX YEARS AT CANANES.
tfLost Mountains" Mines Now Pro-
ducing 100000 Year.

Six years ago at Cananes, Mex, one
would have settled an irregular range
OF low mountains, eighteen miles long
-'1ost mountains" the biologists call
them, because they are connected with
no other range, says Leslies Weekly.
They are mere STUBS" the tops worn
down by the powerful action Of the
elements, and the valleys filled by ero-
sion. These ''lost' hills were barren
and bleak. Sometimes a bunch of
stray cattle would range among the
mountains, but no white man made his
abode there. Even the beasts Of prey
avoided this solitary range. There
was Eo wilder, l0nelier spot in the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
DEATH AND INJURY
IN PORTLAND FIRE.
Six or More Are Burned in Blaze Which
Sweeps Over Commercial
Section.

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 12-At least
six persons lost their lives in fire that
swept a busy commercial district at the
east end of the Morrison street bridge,
spanning the Wilmette river, early to-
day.
Ten or More Injured.
Ten or more persons were seriously
injured and were removed to hospitals
or nearby residences. The dead:
YOUNG, NATHANIEL P, Waterman.
TAYLOR. HARRY, aged u.
TWO UNKNOWN WOMEN.
TWO UNKNOWN MEN.
The injured:
Mrs. Brown, badly burned about the body.
Miss Brown, face, hands and body burned.
r. H. Babcock, Sherlock, Mich, back
Mrs. Taylor badly injured in jumping
from a window.
Baby Taylor, 6 years, burned.
r. E. Daley, burned about the face and
arms
A number CT persons are reported
missing.
The fire started in the Mount Hood
saloon and consumed that place and the
lodging house above it, in which ma
jority of those killed and injured were
sleeping. Twenty-Five horses, property
of the East Side Transfer company,
were destroyed
Waterman Young Hero.
Waterman Young met death in an
heroic attempt to save horses. He made
several trips into the transfer company's
stables and finally was cut off by the
flames. Looking from an upper window,
he waved his hands to the crowd below
and cried, 'Good-bye boys, | can't get
out this time and fell back into the
flames.
The loss is $4,000.
The district burned is partly built over
a sink, and as the planking along the
sidewalks burned, the position of the
fremen became precarious. In endeav-
oring to save some of the dodgers from
the rooming house over the Mount Hood
saloon, two fremen were overcome by
smoke and were saved from death by
their comrades.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
SfmDIe Mouse Tran.

For simple mouse trap all you need
is an old bottle with mouth or open
ing in the neck about one and one-half
! inches in diameter. Place this in the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14

The wise old hen chuckles to herself
when she sees a man trying to make a
fortune with an incubator
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14

Some men are such home bodies ;Lat
the look as out Of place in a restau-
rant at noon as housekeeper does
on the street at meal time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
About the Cooling Moth.

At the Ohio station, in studies made
By Professor W. J. Green and ]. S.
Houser on the codling moth, it was
found that II per cent Of the worms
left the apples before they fell. The
destruction of windfall apples, there
fore, seems to be Of little avail. About
16 per cent Of the worms were caught
throughout the growing season until
Oct. Is. The evidence obtained by the
experts indicated two annual genera
TONS In spraying experiments 81 per
cent OF the apples from sprayed trees
and 81 per cent Of those from unspray-
ed trees were free from worms. Arse
nate of lead proved superior to arsenite
of soda, and was not affected by mixing
with Bordeaux mixture. This combi-
nation is recommended for controlling
apple scab and cooling moth.
Points I'm Caring for an Incubator.
Study your incubator.
Acuuaint yourself with all its parts.
Read the manufacturers directions
for setting it up
Set it up carefully and according to
instructions.
Never try to run an incubator in
drafty place, nor near stove, nor
where the sun shines upon it.
Set fertile eggs only. Waste no eff
fort upon those that are doubtful.
Learn how to trim and clean a lamp.
Keep the lamps full and the wick
and tube clean.
Avoid smoke.
See that the eggs are clean and dry
before setting them.
Balance all eggs, large end up, few
hours before placing them in the tray.
Do not overfill the tray.
Turn every egg the third day.
Cool the eggs every morning.
Be sure your hands are clean when
handling eggs.
Test all eggs by the seventh cay.
Test again by the eleventh da,.'.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14

Size Of woman's hat has nothing
to do with the price.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14

necticut, uses the upper one like a one
horse cultivator in preparing old sod
land for reseeding to grass with good
effect
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-02-14
Ten or More Injured.

Ten or more persons were seriously
injured and were removed to hospitals
or nearby residences. The dead:
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-03-08
Special Notice.

We, the undersigned black
smiths OF Minot, wish to notify
ourpatrons that we have become
members OF the Mouse River Loop
Blacksmith's & Wheel Wrights
Association OF North Dakota.
The association is for heprotec-
ton OF blacksmiths and wheel
wrights. The main feature OF the
organization is that nobody can
get any blacksmith work done at
any one Of the shops belonging
to the association for cash or
otherwise il their name is on the
delinquent list for laborpastdue.
This has become a law and will
be in effect April LIST, 1906.
Signed,
ID. A. all.
f. NJ. yaynes.
-Sundb & Sailing.
3-22 y. s. unit.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-03-08
Hlehau A!ercbaat Returns.

For some weeks the citizens oi
Aohall missed one OF the most
prominent young merchants,
Julius Neist, and the papers con-
tanned advertisements, Offering
I rewalu for information lead
ing to his discovery. His book
accounts were found to BE- in ex.
celient shape, in fact he was 80
industrious and did such q fine
business last year that it was
hardly believed that he had TAX
en- French Leave. But such was
the case, but he had q good ex-
cuse. He hied himself away to
Minnesota where he married one
OF the sweetest and most beauti.
full girls in the land, and arrived
in Minot Monday with his bride
on his way home. He encoun.
tered in this city, $. IL. Sleeper,
q prominent banker from Mohall.
This man Sleeper caused bills to
be struck OF at a print shop, for
distribution on the. train. The
bill read as follows: Julius
Neist has just got married. He
is on this train and has q box OF
cigars. Julius, may all your
cares be little ones. 1t is said
that Julius had a stand in with
the conductor and had the
Mohall sCannon BALI stopped
q mile out OF town, and he and
his bride under the cover ofdark-
ness, ventured into the little city |
unmolested.