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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
A Musing CyniC.

An acquaintance remarks that ne
observed lady of about thirty sum-
mers or Whereabouts elbowing her way
through the crowd at the post-office
not long ago and making her way
with difficulty to the delivery window.
Presently young Miss of 16 tripped
in and the men all raised their hats,
adjusted their neckties and stepped
aside to let her pass. He thought it
strange that men would tall all over
themselves to make way for jaunty
little firt, while the plain, modest
girl had to push her way.
Some time ago the cynic called at
tention to the fact of the unsightly
condition of North River street, be-
tween Rock street and the Crescent
boat house. The innumerable things
living in the street were named and
attention called to the necessity Of re-
moving the distractions. The crush
ed rock still remains in the street, the
only change being that grass is grow
ing up all around the same. Resi-
dents in that section are becoming
disguised and will undoubte dly make
complain to the common council.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
REPUBLICANS MEET;
NAME DELEGATES
JEFFERSON COUNTY SOLID
FOR JOHN NJ. NELSON.
Congressional Convention viii
Be Held at Madison This After
nOOn-WdtcrtOWn Gets Two
Places out of Three at the COun-
ty Convention.

Pursuant to call, conventions were
held for the first and second assembly
districts of jefferson county at Jefter-
son yesterday afternoon to name dele
vention to be held at Madison at 2
o'clock this afternoon, to nominate a
candidate for congress to supply the
unexpired term of the late ii. C.
Adams.
The hrst assembly convention was
organized by the election of H. j.
Grell of Johnson Greek, as chairman,
and Thomas Perry of Ixonia, as secre-
tray. Watertown Jared we'll in the
choice of delegates to the Madison
convention, getting two of the three
delegates from the first assembly dis
trict. The following delegates were
chosen: H. j. Grell Gustav Ruch-
heit and Edward F. Wieman.
The second assembly convention was
organized by electing L. B. Caswell
of Fort Atkinson, chairman, and j.
W. Puerner of Jefferson, secretary.
The four delegates chosen were L. B.
Caswell, Jr., Conrad Engsberg, George
E. Greenwood and Fred Stephan.
Some of the delegates elected at
the ward caucuses here last Saturday
evening were conspicuous by their alb
Sence FOllOwinp are those who were
present from here: Gustav Buchheit,
A. C. Huenefeld, w. F. Whyte, A.
H. Hartwig, William Gorder, Jr.,
Edward F. Wieman and John Thauer.
W. F. Gruetzmacher was present at the
convention.
While the delegates from the as
sembly districts of Jefferson county
will go uninstructed, it is generally
understood that they are solid for John
NJ Nelson for congress.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
NE|GHBORS SCRAP;
AIRED IN COURT
Result of a Remark Passed by
Young Son Of the
Plaintiff.

That children should be seen and
not heard was amply illustrated in
case aired in Justice Stacy's court
yesterday morning.
Itwas the case of the State VS.. Will
liam DUDE charged with assault and
battery, the complaint having been
made by Charles Bentzin.
DUDE and Bentzin are neighbors in
the First ward. 1t appears that
while DUDE was returning home last
Friday evening a little son of Bentzin
passed remark that failed to fall
upon the ears of DUDE, but which was
heard and fully comprehended by Mrs.
DUDE, who informed her husband upon
his entrance to his house.
1t seems that the remark aroused
the fire of DUDE, who proceeded to the
home of his neighbor with ''bIood in
his eye. Peace overtures were made
by MIR. Bentzin in an effort to avoid
hostilities, but it is alleged that
nothing short of clubbing of the
father of the boy who passed the re-
mark would satisfy him. They clinch-
ed on the lawn and in the rough-aEd
tumble that followed, clothes are
said to have been torn and faces slight
ly disfigured 1t is futher alleged
that Mrs DUDE took issues and natur-
ally sided with her better half and
proceeded to assist in the trouncing.
The up-snot of the melee was that
warrant was issued for the arrest of
Mr.. DUDE on the above charge and
the result was that he was fined 81
and costs, amounting in all to $l0.7S.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
MISS MARY DWYER
DIES SUDDENLY
Passed Away at Milwaukee.
Friddy-TO Bring Re-
mains Here.

The Milwaukee Sentinel of yester-
day morning announces the death of
former resident of this city. The ac-
count reads:
"Seized with a sudden attack of
paralysis while at work in the Palace
laundry on Reed street, where she
had worked for seven years at an IRON
ing board, Miss Mary Dryer, aged 43
years, was taken to her boarding house
at Alb Florida street and without re-
gaining consciousness, passed away.
Yesterdays tragedy marks another of
series of misfortunes IN the family
Of which Miss Dryer was member.
"Miss Dryers sister Alice, who
had lived with her on the south side
for eleven years, during which they
worked together for a living, died
only little less than a year ago.
Several years ago Miss Dryers father
died suddenly at their former home in
Watertown. At Trinity hospital Miss
Catherine Dryer, aged So years, is a
patient.
'The death of my sister came as a
sudden shock to US, said Mrs. Michael
j. Reedy, 374 Florida street, a sister
of Miss Dryer. "While she had been
in rather poor health we did not fear
that she wuold be the victim Of SO
sudden an attack as this. She had
worked in the laundry for several
years and boarded with Mrs. Connors
on Virginia street. AS soon as she
was taken i'll at the laundry she was
taken to her boarding house and DR..
T. G. Walsh was called. He said
that her left side was paralyzed. My
sister did not regain consciousness
after the shock. She died at about
O'Clock. We have been momentarily
expecting word from Trinity hospital,
where my sister Catherine is suffering
from Bright disease. She has been
there fcr two months.
"Beside Mrs Reedy and Miss Cath
crime Dryer, the dead woman is sur
vived Mrs. Charles Belan, another
sister, and by Philip Dwyer, a brother,
both of Milwaukee. The funeral will
be held on Sunday from st. Patrick S
church. Following the church service
the body will be taken to Watertown
for interment in the family lot.
"Miss Dryer has worked in the
launrdy for several years, SAID C. E.
Hoyerson of the Palace laundry last
night, and she was one of our most
faithful employees. She was popular
with the other workers and they prob
ably will attend the funeral"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
WHICH WAY ARE
YOU TO VOTE?
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW?
Have You Picked Your Cdndi-
dates Yet?-HOW Will You Pre-
Dare Your BdllOt?-QueStiOn-
Question? ?-The New SyS-
tenn.

Samples of the new primary ballots
have been on file at the various county
clerks offices for several days. The
ballot is in six sections, perforated
and stapled at the top ticket each
for the democratic, national republican
republican, social democratic and nom
partisan parties. Each booklet is 20a
inches long by 62 inches wide, with
departments provided for state, con-
gressional and county candidates, allow
ing four candidates for each office and
then an extra line in each for those
who choose to write the names of their
favorites instead of marking the reg
fulation "(x) opposite the names of
the candidate for whom you desire to
vote.' Each ticket is divided in two
columns and at the bottom of the right
hand one are three pigeon holes ar
ranged for the party committeeman.
And the ballot commands you in no
uncertain words: "Vote for three.
These committeeman. must be origi
nally of your own choosing, as there
will be no names of candidates printed
on the ticket. They are just as i'm
portant as the candidates themselves,
for upon this committee rests the
management Of the campaign. Col
lectively, they compose the county
assembly, senatorial and congressional
committees.
Many inquiries are coming to the
clerk and other officers with reference
to the application of the varied clauses
of the new law, such as: May the
voter pick his men from all the tick
cts, say democrat here, a republi-
can there. the next man prohib-
Zionist etc., and so on. But the
voter will remember if there are any
questions unsettled in his mind, that
the law itself says that: 'This
statute shall be literally construed,
so that the will of the electors may
not be defeated by an informality or
failure to comply with all provisions
of law IN respect to either the giving
of any notice or the conducting OF the
primary or certifying of the results
thereof.
The Leader will be glad to answer
any questions on doubtful points of
the law if inquiries are addressed to
PRIMARY Problems" care of Leader.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
RUSHING WORK ON
CUTLERY FACTORY
WILL BE READY FOR OPERA
TON BY OCTOBER FIRST.
Contractor Nelson Giving Work
His Personal SuperviSion-Sup-
erStruCture is Now Well Under
Wdy-Will Give Employment to
Sixty Men to Start With.

Work is progressing rapidly on the
construction of the plant for the
Washington Cutlery company OH South
River street. Although work was
started only aweek ago on the super
structure, the frame work is well
under way and the work is being push
ed by Constructor L. j. Larson of Mil
waukee, VINO is on the ground giving
the work his personal supervision.
The plans for the new factory build
ing were drawn by o. G. Uehling of
Milwaukee. The building is to be
6OxI44 feet, the front end and main
portion, 60x36 feet to be two storis.
Contractor Larson stated yesterday
that according to the terms of his
contract, the building is to be COM
pleted by Oct. LIST, but he assured
representative of the Leader that his
labors would end before that time.
This new addition to the industrial
activity of WatertOwn comes from
Milwaukee principally for the reason
that the concern found it impossible
to secure space in the Cream City to
expand its business. The factory, it
is expected, will begin operations at
least by the 18th of October and will
give steady employment at the start
to about sixty employees, which num-
Der will be augmented from time to
time, as the demand of the business
will warrant
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
MANY WERE KILLED
TRYING EXPERIMENT
While Shaking Dice With
Death on a Dare Devil
French Invention

A few years ago noted French
inventor cnceived the idea of building
an inclined platform about 100 feet In
heighth and connect with it at the
base perfect circle about 60 feet in
diameter and construct same that a
rider, mounted upon an ordinary
bicycle could decend the incline at d
terrific rate of speed, ride around the
circle and out to the GROUNDS below.
This complete mechanism the inventr
was pleased to call "The Death Trap
When entirely finished he set out to
find a man of the fearless dare devil
type who had the iron nerve to attemt
such a dangerous ride. After con-
siderable effort he succeeded in finding
his man. All things made ready, the
rider started but before reaching the
top of the circle, he lost his balance,
fell to the bottom of the structure
and was so badly injured that he died
a few days afterward.
So many riders, in attempting to
ride "The Death Trap Loop have
been killed outright that it is diff
cult to find man who will make the
venture.
Today there is but one man in the
United State who will shake dice
with death in daring to make the rice
and that man is "Devilo' who will
be seen here twice daily in the SEN
sational act, the week of August 9th,
when The Great Mundy Shows will
open for a weeks engagement II
Watertown under the auspices and di-
rect management Of the Maccabees
The dare devil trip around the DeatE
Trap Loop is conceded by all to bf
the most daring and dangerous acr
ever attempted and accomplished by
mortal man and must be seen TO bt
fully understood and appreciated.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
TH|RTY-SEVEN MEN
FOR STATE OFFICES
According to Primary Peti-
titiOnS Now on File at
Madison.

Thirty-seven men are candidates
for state offices, according to the pre-
liminary petitions on file in the office
of Secretary of State Houser. The
candidates are as follows:
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
Republican ticket-James o. David
son, Soldiers Grove, and |. l.. Len
root, Superior.
Democratic ticket-Ernst Merton,
Waukesha, and j. A. Alyward. Madi-
son.
Prohibition ticket-Ephriam Eaton,
Madison.
Social democratic ticket-Winfield
R. Gaylord, Milwaukee.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Republican-W. D. Connor, Marsh
field and John Strange, Oshkosh.
Observation-Disclosures Blenski, Mil
waukee, and John O'Meara, Milwau-
kee.
Prohibition-August F. Fehlandt,
West Salem.
Social Democatic-William Krauf-
man, Kenosha.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Republican-Walter l.. Houser,
Mondovi, James, A. Frear, Hudson,
and William H. Froehlich, Jackson.
mocratic-ClarenceJ J. Noel, Mari
nette.
Prohibition-Joh E. Clayton, MI
waukee.
Social democratic-Charles v.
Schmidt, Milwaukee.
STATE TREASURER.
Republican-John w. Thomas. Chip
pewa Falls; A. H. Dahl, Westby; J.
]. Kempf, Milwaukee; Julius How
land, Stanley, and Henry James,
Dodgeville.
Democratic-Andrew Jensen, Edger-
ton.
Prohibition-David w. Emerson,
Emerson.
Social mocratic-J oseph Amman,
Kiel.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
RepubiIcan-Frank l.. Gilbert, Mad
ison; C A. A.. MCGEE, Milwaukee,
and Wallace Ingalls,, Racine.
Democratic-Martin L. Lueck,
Juneau.
Prohibition-Byron E. Van Keuren,
Oshkosh.
Social democratic-Richard Elsner,
Milwaukee.
COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE
Republican-Thomas M. Purtell,
Madison, and G.. E. Beedle, Embarass
Democratic-Henry j. Neuens, She
boygan.
ohibition-Lincoln Abraham
B bennington.
Social emocratic-Herman w. Bis
torius, Milwaukee.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
Dangerous Fakes.

There has recently been attempted
at some of our grocery stores. and
also at dwelling houses, by agents
who are trying to sell alum baking
powders, what the exhibitor call a
baking powder test. They pretend to
show by some boiling test that pure
cream of tartar baking powders contain
something which every woman of in
telligence knows they do not.
1t does not need a chemist to expose
this trick. Cream of tartar, which
is the chief constituent of the best
and most wholesome baking powder,
is originally a clear, white crystal.
This is ground into fine, creamy
-four, in which form, mixed with bak-
ing soda, it is present in the baking
powder. Cream of tartar, when mix
ed with water and boiled, simply re-
turns to it's crystalline form, and that
is all there is to the so-called test.
The matter of special interest to
the public is to know what these
people offer in place of cream of tar
tar powders of well-known purity and
established reputation against which
these ISLANDERS are directed. They are
offering baking powder which official
analyses have repeatedly shown is
made from alum. drug so we'll recog-
nized by physicians and scientists as
injurious to health that in many coun-
tries it's use in bread is entirely pro-
hibited! So cheap and inferior are
the ingredients of this powder that il
costs to make less than three cents
a pound. No prudent housewife will
knowingly put such stuff as this into
her food.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
SPRY AT AGE OF
N|NETY-E|GHT YEARS
MRS. ADALINE FORD CELE-
BRATES ANNIVERSARY.
Former Resident of WdtertOWn
Now Resides at Minnehdhd Falls.
Minn.-PiOneerS Here Will Re
member Enjoyed Drive and
Attended Family Picnic.

The following account of former
resident of this city will be of inter
est to the pioneers of WATERFOWL who
no doubt will remember her and her
husband, when they resided here IN the
early days of the city.
Reference is made to Mrs. Alkaline
Ford now a resident at Mlnnehaha
Falls, Mimi. who on the 18th day
of July last celebrated the ninty eighth
anniversary of her birth.
In the morning she was taken for
drive through the park and grounds
of the Soldiers Home, afterwards
attending family picnic in the park.
She walked about the park to many
points of interest, enjoyed the sight
Of the falls from different positions,
visited the zoo, and was much inter
ested in the Improvements and changes
made about the grounds since her
last visit there, returning home in the
afternoon less fatigued than many of
the younger members of the party.
She enjoys excellent health and is
active to an extraordinary degree for
a person of her age.
Mrs. Ford was born in Seneca,
Seneca County, N. Y, July q, 1903.
In 1918 her father, Sillimon Wake
man, moved with his fanny to Ohio,
where they settled upon the battle
field of Fort Meggs. Her father was
stricken fever and died on October 5
of that year. Her mother then re-
turned with the family to New York,
locating at Lockport. On this trip
they took the first steamer ever run
on the Great Lakes, and this was but
it's third trip.
Mrs. Ford was born during the ad-
ministration of the third president of
the United States-Thomas Jefferson.
The first of the presidents that she can
remember was Monroe, and she re-
members hearing the people shouting
his name during the campaign of 1916.
During the war of 1872, while play
lDR III Luc hCluS Will othCI ShiioA gil
they heard the roar of cannons at the
battle of Queenstown, and thought 1t
was thunder.
On November 2 1928, she was mar
ried at Lockport, N. Y, to Simeon
Ford. Her husband build and opera
ted wooden mill at Lockport. In
1s43 the mill was burned. and in June
of that year they moved to Canada
where they remained two years.
In 1916 they settled in the Terri
tory of Wisconsin, and Mr.. Ford built
the first wooden mill ever established
in the territory, at Watertown. For
more than thirty years mis- was one
of the leading mills of that section of
the country. He died in Watertown
about thirty years ago.
Mrs. Ford lived for few years at
La Crosse and went to Minnehaha in
1888. She has one son and three
daughters living: Capt. E. w. Ford
of La Crosse, Wis, Mrs. Jane Clark
and Mrs. l.. f Owen of Minnehaha,
and Mrs. ]. P. Nichols of Los Ange.
les, Cal.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17

1897 for disability incurred
in line of duty. He has always been
a Republican and for the last six
years an active administration Repub-
lican.
He is well qualified to fill any office
or position in the gift of the people.
He was appointed Normal School
Regent by Gov. La Toilette in June
1905.
He is paying his own expenses and
resting his nomination with the people
of this Senatorial District. If nomi-
mated and elected he will give to all
classes a "square deal.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
j. O. Green for State Senator.

Mr. Green was born in Hudson, Wis.
June, 3, 1859. He was page in the
Assembly of lSGS-69 being appointed
by speaker Bingham; graduated in
the first elementary class of the State
Normal School at Whitewater, Wis,
in 1875; taught school IN Whitewater,
Oakland, Milwaukee Academy and for
four years was military instructor at
Lawrence University at Appleton.
He graduated from West Point in
1882, serving fifteen years, twelve of
which were in frontier service in Mon
tana and the Dakotas; was retired
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
Will Be Teachers.

The following named residents of
this city and adjacent villages took
the examination at Juneau this week
for certificates to teach in the common
schools: Goldie Beisner, Maude Beis-
ner, Marie T. Eagen, Mayme I. Roch,
Louise Kochler, Grace Manning, Ger
trude Dahl, Margaret Fitzpatrick and
Henrietta Kabot of WATERFOWL; Emily
L. Joice. Maude M. Hatley, Nellie
B. Mccormick and Anna M. Sheridan
of Waterloo; Joseph B. Quinn of
Redwood and Elizabeth Agnew of
Ixonia.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
To Hold Medal Shoot.

The Watertown Gun club will hold
it's ninth semi-annual medal shoot and
target tournament, open to amateurs
only, on Sunday, August &c. Shoot
ing will begin at 80 a. m. rain or
shine. The successful contestant will
be presented with a diamond medal,
valued at $40, to be held until the
next semi-annual tournament and to
become the permanent property of
winner after having been won three
times.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17
IN SELF DEFENSE

Major Hamm, editor and manager of
the Constituencies, Eminence, KY,
when he was fiercely attacked, four
years ago, by Piles, bought box of
Bucklen's Arnlca Salve, of which he
says: cit cured me in ten days and
no trouble since" Quickest healer
Of Burns, Sores, Cuts and Wounds.
Csc at r. H. Rrannecke's drug store.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17

If your are troubled with dizzy
spells, headache, Indigestion, consti
patton, HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea will make you well and keep you
we'll. If it fails get your money
back. That's fair. So cents. Chas.
A.. Gamm.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-17

1t will wash and not rub off
This complexion all envy me,
It's no secret so I'll tell
Take thou Rocky Mountain Tea
Charles A. Gamm.