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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
BiIly'S BedttitOOdS.

Blessud IL thee cat what is not
black, for it is not bad luck.
Blessud IL thee snaik, for it don t
have emmy corns on its feat.
Blessud liz thee lain mann, for pee
pull can t tell whenn hee IL staggering.
Blessud is thee mann with long
whiskurz, for he don't hat to bi neck
tie.
BIessud il thee mann with short
throte, for it lint soc Eadd when it
is soar.
Blessud liz thee mann with small
ize, for not very mulch dust can get
in UNI.
Blessud IL thee mann w tn sighed
whiskurz, for he has reeched the linn
nit.
Blessud il thee woman WHO'D haz
lost her he'd, for shee don't mead to
bi a moo hat.
Blessud liz thee mann with NUT
her-in-law, for hadeez haz no terriers
or hymn.
Blessud is thee mann WHO'D il in
jale, for hee don't hat too hi emmy
cole for next wintur.
Blessud is thee woman who can cri
eezy, for verify shee alwaiz gets
whot shee goze afftUr.
Blessud il thee man WHO'D doze not
smoak, fro hee can spend hiz munney
onn sum other vice.
Blessud IL thee mann who can reed
frentch, for hee can tell whot hee il
Getting in a swell hotel.
Blessud is the old made for shee
don't hat to worry abowt whear her
husband IL att mite.
Blessud is thee mann with the bal
led he'd, for hee don't mead to waist
emmy time comeing his hare
BIessud is thee woman who choose
gum, for when she IL chooing gum
shee is not chooing thee rag.
Watertown Billy.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
PAY FOR EUROPEAN STATESMEN
Denmark is Stingiest of All to
Her Legislators.

The Norwegian member of Parlia-
ment gets only thirteen shillings a
day and if the hard worked legislator
takes a day off he loses his pay.
The same is the case with members
of the Swiss Diet. They are reward
ed with sixteen shillings a day. on
condition that they do not absent them
selves from work.
To go further East, we find that
Romania thinks her lawmakers worth
81 day. Sixteen shillings day is
the salary of those who compose the
Bulgarian Sobranje, but members who
live in the capital get only twelve
shillings daily.
Denmark is about the stingest of
all European countries, so far as
remuneratlng her lawmakers is con-
cerned. Danish members of Parlia-
ment get but six shillings eight pence
day; but, on the other hand, they
have the odd privilege of free seat
in the Royal Theatre at Copenhagen.
While the members of the German
Reichstag are not salaried, yet the
lawmakers of the various German
states do not work for nothing. Sake
Coburg members of Parliament are
paid thirteen shillings, of Bavarian
ten and of Hesse nine.
At first sight Hungary seems to do
her lawmaking on the cheap plan, for
her members get 5000 year in cash.
But they are not so badly off, after all,
for a liberal allowance is made into
the bargain for house rent. Austria
Hungary's two legislative assemblies
cost the country about el60, 900 year
in all. Both in Austria and Hungary
Legislators can travel first class with
second class tickets.
Besides the United Kingdom, Italy
and Spain are the only countries which
pay nothing to their members of Par
Lament. Nevertheless the cost of the
Italian Parliament is estimated at
eS5, 600 year.
In Portugal also the State does not
remunerate legislators, but they receive
free railway passes, and their constl-
tuenciesare legally permitted to pay
those who represent them a sum of
about fifteen shillings for each day
of the session.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY.

A
election As the
able, gentleman who
announcing said
elected promised to destroy
machine that long dominated this because promised retench
public
Office, the of the peoples rights
Nevertheless ordinary
under the last
expended nearly OO
expended expended
We the people Justify
the people have right demand and to know
They could
not been egtimatey expended
administration has mawfuy Incorporated the sacred trust
In 81 1874 900 of the school, normal
university agricultural unay directed the
general fund for the
of covering
be present administration
maeasance Office. 1t has
public establishing and
public expense, project of political machines.
with
rapdy fund another
nothing nothing show for the
expenditures While the
retrenchment practced and taxed reduced
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
THE NEW COMMANDMENTS
Gdthereu From the Cat House
Book of Wonders.

l. You shall sell your farm pro-
ducts for cash wherever you can, but
not to US; we do not buy from you.
2. You shall believe our statements,
and buy ali you need from US, because
We want to be good to you, although
we are not personally acquainted with
you.
3. You shall send the money in ad-
vance to give US the chance to get the
goods from the factory with your
money; meanwhile you will have to
wait patiently a few weeks because
that is our business method.
A. You shall apply to your nearest
city to aid you in building good roads,
SO you may conveniently get the goods
from the depot that you buy from US,
for we do not build country roads.
5. You shall buy church bells and
interior church fixtures from US and
forward the money in advance, for
that is our business method and you
shall collect from the business men in
your vicinity as much money as you
can for the benefit of your churches.
Although we get more money from you
than they do, still it is against our
rules to donate money for building
country churches.
You shall buy your tools from us
and be your own mechanic, in order
to drive the mechanics from your vi
cinity, for we wish it so
7. You shall induce your neighbor
to buy everything from US, as we
have room for more money-the less
money there is left in your community,
the sooner we can put your local mer-
chants out of business and charge you
any prices we please.
8. You shall look often at the beau
tiful pictures in our catalogues so your
wishes will increase and you will send
in big order, although you are not
in immediate need of the goods, other
wise you might have some money left
to buy necessary goods of your local
merchants.
g.. You shall have the mechanics
that repair the goods you buy from
us book the bill, so you can send the
money for his labor to US for new
goods, otherwise he will not notice
our influence.
10. You shall, in case of accident,
sickness or need, apply to your local
dealers for aid and credit, as we do
not know you.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
Minnehdhd'S ShiTtWdiSt.

An eastern bard inspired by the
muses., thus parahrases Hiawatha:
Then appeared fair Minnehaha,
Minnehaha, Laughing Water
She thus spoke to Hiawatha,
Thus she spoke and made him listen:
Cant you take little notice?
Can't you see | need some clothing?
Must you always spend your wampum
All on bows and feather arrows?
Will you see your little wiley
Going to luncheon party
Looking like last years bird nest?
Can you never, never, never,
Get move at least approaching
Something like a gentle hustIe?'
Up spake then the Hiawatha:
"What wouldst have, o Minnehaha ?"
Then her heart was filled with glad
"Hal" she cried, "'I'd have shirt
waist
Of the brand called peekabowis.
Thereupon did Hiawatha
HE him to the nearest knot-hole;
Cut piece from out the knot-hole;
Then he found darning needle
And constructed such a shirtwaist,
AS would make the heart of maiden
Sing for JOY to see such beauty.
Thus we see, in the beginning,
Minnehaha, Laughing Water,
Fairest maid of the Dakotas,
Made her husband, Hiawatha,
Get move akin to hustle,
And construct lovely shirtwaist,
With a needle and knot-hole,
Of the kind called peekabowis.
Mic Ehr, a prominent decorators of
Milwaukee, was in the city yesterday.
He was on his way to Clyman, where
he has the contract for doing the dec
Grating work in the new Catholic
church at that place,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
First published July 10.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

. IA Z VI WISCONSIN,
County Court, Jefferson County,
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of Au-
gust Gamm, ST., late of the city of
Watertown in said County, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the time
for creditors to present to said Court
for allowance claims or demands
against said deceased is limited to
SIX MONTHS from the 18th day CT
July A. d. 1906, and that said Court
will receive Claims and Demands pre-
sented against said deceased at the
Court House in the city of Jefferson,
in said County, on any day before the
expiration of said six months; and that
the said Court will examine and ad-
just such claims and demands at said
Court House at special term thereof
to be held at said Court House on the
22d day Of January, 1907 at the opel
ing of the Court on said day, or as
soon thereafter as the parties can be
heard.
Dated the 18th day of July, A. D.
1906.
By the Court:
George Grimm
County Judge
Skinner & Thauer,
Attorneys. st
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
AID FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
twenty-five States Aiding Districts
in Building Roads.

Cne-half of the st.tes of the Union
have recognized the fact that good
roads are a matter of statewide i'm
portance, not of local significance
entirely, and are aiding the coun-
ties and country districts to construct
good permanent highways. The states
pay various percentages of the cost
of building the roads, ranging from
one-quarter in Ohio to three-quarters
IN massachusetts, Connecticut and
pennsylvania, and all roads built in this
way are built under the supervision
Of the states trained engineers.
Seveneetn of these states spent all
together about five millions dollars
of state money in aiding in road build
ing in 1908.
This principle of State Aid has been
recognized in Europe for many years,
and the effect is seen in the almost
perfect systems of roads which exist
In many countries. 1t remained for
New Jersey to start the ball rolling
on this side of the Atlantic in 1892,
and since that time here are twenty
two states that have adopted the same
policy. These are New Jersey, Mas
sachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut,
New York, Delaware, Maryland,
North Carolina, Maine, Rhode Island,
New Hamshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Michigan, Illinois. Iowa, Minnesota,
Colorado. Washington. Idaho, Utah,
and California.
Although Wisconsin is entirely sur
rounded by states that are giving
money to aid in building permanent
country roads, it is doing nothing in
this line itself, and appears to be con-
siderably behind its neighbors. This
state has had a handicap in the shape
of a constitute onal provision, which
was designed to prevent the state from
running itself in debt to help build
railroads., forbidding the appropria-
ton of money for internal improve
iliSuCS. 1ulS was d WISE dCI DIT tlldl
time, but has been outgrown. The
last Legislature passed an act to amend
the constitution so as to permit the
state to aid in road building. This
must pass the next Legislature and
then be favorbaly voted on by the
people before it can take effect In
the mean time the State Geological
Survey is collecting information re-
garding the roads to find out what is
most needed in the way of state aid.
When the constitution is changed
of that state and all appropriate money
made to aid road-building Wisconsin
will be in an exceptionally fortunate
position. On account Of the new rail-
road tax the state income will be large
enough to pay its regular running ex-
penses and whatever is needed for roads
without being obliged to levy a gen
eral state tax.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
Should be a Park.

The attention of the city authorities
is called to the fact, that unless the
block between Ninth and Tenth streets
belonging to the city is looked after
there may be trouble. The sidewalk
has been torn up and the earth thrown
up so that when it rains there is a
mudhole on two sides of the block.
Only recently, woman in trying to
pass along the street, fell down an en-
bankment, but fortunately escaped in
jury The sidewalk should be replac-
ed and the property made into a park
for the benefit of those residing in that
section Of the city.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.

drifting the tendencies this
soldier Mo
at the of
to
possibly might
tending? Is
exiting deary
public control only their
Roosevelt
exing,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS.

STATE OF WISCONSIN,
County Court, Jefferson county,
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Hen
rietta Louise Riechert, late of the
town of Milford in said County, De-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that at a
special term of County Court, to be
held in and for said County, at the
City Hall in the City of Watertown,
IN said County. on the 18th day of
July, A. D. 1906, at the opening of
Court on that day or as soon thereaf-
ter as the same can be heard, the fol-
lowing matters will be heard and con-
sidered: The application of John
Riechart as administrator of the estate
of said Henrietta Louise Riechert,
deceased, for the examination and al
lowance Of his account of his admins
tration of said estate and for the as
signment of the residue of said estate
to the persons entitled to the same.
Dated this 9th day of Jnue, A. D.
1906.
By the Court:
George Grimm
County Judge.
Skinner & Thauer.
Attorneys.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20

Smoke --latest Out" SC Cigar.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
WILL BE A SPECIAL ELECTION.

governor reports special
fill the Adams
If
governor special reported
believes
more BET the time expires filing papers
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
SINGLE HANDED FIGHT.

m McGllvay a
the the machine him. although he had been
making handed McCllvay
be
lends elcome of the political affiliations.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
IS NOT A CANDIDATE.

d.
health impossible
the of a constituency like that of the
o
his the of the agricultural and aborng cas
of the people,.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

ouras ditor)
the shelf, o. and placed exhibition
Bryan expect
and n automobiles
None of manufacturers advertising the that they
Harry smoking
California I
OF % other fellows of
radical of together, although the
making
the country didn't also broke.
only York police
naturald the that leak
that a still smaller percentage is civilized
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
Asylum Earnings.

The earnings for the Dodge County
Insane Asylum for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1906, are as follows:
Due from state for hoard of
The Dolores star., 1906-11-02

silver for Denver Mint
Washington.-The director of the
mint Monday purchased O0.0OO
ounces OF silver at 70.977 per fine
ounce to be delivered at the new mint.
The Dolores star., 1906-11-02
LITTLE H.IiopICEFT..' r.
General PaIner's Condition Considered
Very Dangerous.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-Although
the utmost reticence is being main
tanned by General Palmer's household
in regard to his condition, close per
sonal friend of the sick man Monday
night admitted that death was mat
ter of but few days, judging from
present indications.
The four physicians in attendance
Monday night issued the following bull
letin:
General Palmer has passed CON-
Portable day and shows a slight gain in
strength; otherwise his condition re-
mains practically unchanged"
1t is understood that the physicians
Monday confirmed the previous dag
nosis that the spine was fractured in
the cervical region and that the spinal
cord was seriously injured. They are
unable to perform an operation, owing
to the critical condition of General Pal
mer.
1t is known. however, that his family
Is prepared for the worst and believe
death will ensue unless an unexpected
change for the better should occur.
The Dolores star., 1906-11-02
DOLORES STAR
Published Weekly.
cterves oass, Editor end Prop.
DOLORES. COLORADO
Terms: 500 Per Year.
The Family ps.v.
Punllahed Week.


9Dme Of the most vivid Of the emo
tions which thronEed upon the sum.
mer plIgrim to the old home were
those which awaited him, in the fam
lily pew OF the old meeting house. AS
he took his seat there. and heard the
familiar note Of the organ and the
clear. thin voices Of the choir. the
years melted away. the faces changed.
the new carpet faded into the well-re-
membered colors Of so years ago
and he was In truth child again. His
thought went back to the time when
he was allowed TO sit on the footstool
n = concession to his short. restless
IegM He tasted again the luscious
rsisIn which found its way from
grandmother's pocket to his mouth.
and sniffed the pungent southernwood
of the Sunday nosegay In neighbors >
siIk-mitted hand. It was in that pew
that he first realized to the full the
dignity of trousers. 1t was there that
he was proudly conscious OF the APP
proving glances Of his friends on his
first college vacation. He recalled in
ia flash the intolerable length OF the
sermon on that Thanksgiving day.
The pew has sad memories as well as
sweet ones. Most poignant OF them is
that Of his mothers funeral and the
awful Sunday after 1t. when no one
could bear TO take her empty place
and the emptiness OF It seemed unen
durable. Close upon that IT, fol-
lowed the Sunday when he made sol
cmn profession there OF the faith she
had loved 30 well. Then come the days
of the great war. when the meeting
house blazed with flags and thrilled
with the music OF bugle and drum.
The blessing OF the volunteers, the
prayers for their safety, and the sad.
sad series of soldiers funerals-all
these came up to the mans memory
I'm the old pew. Suddenly out OF this
.dreamland' he is called by the stir of
the congregation--and is conscious
that he has missed the good pastors
sermon. But perhaps. says the Youths
Companion. God Himself has preached
to him out OF life's grim struggle-in
the vision Of some of his own deep ex.
periences and the discovery that they
are still potent to arouse, the will and
confirm the faith with their rich and
tender memories.
The Dolores star., 1906-11-02
STANDARD OIL FINED.
ohio Judge overruies Motion for New
Trial.


Findlay, Ohio.-In Probate Court
here Monday, Judge Banker overruled
the motion filed by the attorneys of
the Standard Oil Company for a new
trial and imposed a fine Of $1,000 and
costs of the prosecutions in the recent
suit against the Standard OIL Company
here.
On motion of the, defense. the court
ordered that the defendant company
be allowed forty days In which to pre-
pare and file its bill OF exceptions in
the case, and on another motion by the
Standard Oil attorneys, Joseph O.
Troup of Bowling Green. Ohio. and 8.
H. Tolles of Cleveland. the sentence
imposed was ordered suspended for a
period of sixty days for the purpose Of
Ming . petition OF error in this case.
II was also ordered that the criminal
informations pending against John d.
Rockefeller, the Buckeye Pipe Line
Company and the Manhattan Oil Com.
pany be continued until the next term
OF court.
The fine imposed by Judge Banker
was the limit for one offense, though
the law stipulates that each day that
the illegal combination business Is car
ried on constitutes q separate offense.
Taking this view OF the statutes, 1t
was possible for the court to impose
an aggregate Of fines amounting to
over 10000.
The Dolores star., 1906-11-02
W. C. T. U. Resolutions.

Hartford. Conn.--Resolutions de-
nouncing King Leopold II. of Belgium
as the author of conditions In the
Congo Free State which are character
lied as atrocities; calling for the
exclusion Of Reed Smoot from the
United States Senate because of his
relations with the Mormon Church;
opposing the sale of beer or other In
toxicants at army posts: advocating
the making of permanent of the tenn
porary prohibition of the sale of beer
at national soldiers homes: protest
ing against the issuing of liquor tax
receipts in prohibition territory; de-
claring for the highest standards of
purity for men and women alike, and
declaring in favor Of the right OF suf-
frage for women, were adopted Mon
day by the National Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union. A resolution
was also adopted urging that state Leg
islatures demand an "anti-polygamy"
amendment to the constitution of the
United States.
The Dolores star., 1906-11-02
FROZEN TO DEATH
YOUNG LADY TEACHER LOST IN
the LATE STORM.
ON PLAINS NEAR PARKER

Miss Laura Scott Of Denver, Teaching
in Douglas County, Loses Her Lite
Going From Her School to Parker.
Denver-Miss Laura Scott. aged 1s.
Of this city. teacher Of Plainheld dis
trict. No. 20, four miles from Parker.
Colorado. was found dead Sunday
evening on the Charles Everett ranch.
She evidently became lost on the prai-
rie and after hopeless efforts to reach
home, fallen and frozen to death.
Miss Scott was stopping at the home
OF Fred Parsons, near her school, and
Friday evening, after dismissing her
pupils, she went home, but was there
only a short time when she left the
house, stating that she was going to
Parker. Instead OF going there, how
ever. she visited the home Of James
Bolthof, where she stayed a short
time, starting home about dusk.
When leaving Bolthofs they d.
rected her as to short route home, as
she was a stranger in this district. IL
Is supposed that she started to take
the short cut, but became bewildered,
wandered OF in the wrong direction
and finally lost her way completely.
Her track showed that she had wan
dered around for about fifteen miles.
From her appearance when found 1t is
Judged that she fell unconscious in the
snow after terrible struggle among
the drifts. with the realization that
terrible fate was assured. Her clothes
were torn and her face badly scratched
and bruised. 1t Is supposed, by her ef-
forts to push her way through the deep
underground and from falling in the
SNOW.
Mr.. Parsons came to Parker from
his ranch Saturday morning and i'm
mediately made inquiries to ascertain
if the young woman had been there.
He was informed that she had not, and
finally learned that she had visited the
Bolthoi ranch, but had left for home.
Mr.. Parsons Immediately suspected
that the young woman had become
lost in the snow and organized
searching party party.
After a hunt of over twenty-four
hours they discovered the body lying
in a three-foot snowbank in remote
corner of the Everett ranch. They
turned the body over to Coroner Hack
EFT of Castle Rock. who held an in.
quest. the jury deciding that death
was due to exposure and exhaustion.
No suspicion of foul play exists.
The parents of the dead girl, resid.
ing at 1879 South Logan avenue. in
this city. were notified of the tragic
end of their daughter and the remains
we're brought here Monday night for
burial.
James H. Scott, father of the dead
girl, arrived in Castle Rock Monday
afternoon and accompanied the body
back to Denver He is brOken-hearted
over the tragic affair.