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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
1t Should Cease

Notifying presidential party can
didates of their nomination by their
respective party conventions is as
idiotic as 1T i. unnecessary. They
know through the public press that
they have been placed in nomination
and simple notification from the
chairman and secretary Of conven-
ton ought TO be sufficient. The prac-
tice of appointing committees of mott
fication obtained way back in the
early days of the republic and it is
time that it became obsolete.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Personal Mention

Oscar Wertheimer and Leonard
Broennimann are Mayville visitors
today.
Edward Usher Of Madison spent
Sunday and Monday at the home of
NJ. J. Burke.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rogler, Mr.. and
and Mrs. F. Buechele, Misses Martha
Bramer, Emma Buechele, Ruth Nc
Intyre, Verona, Esther and Alma
Rogler, Emma and Clara Benwitz and
Raymond Rogler spent yesterday at
WaukeSha Beach.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
THE APPRAISERS
AWARD DAMAGES
FINDINGS OF APPRAISERS FOR
DAMAGES BY INTERURBAN
The Damages Awarded Are Small
Compared to Amount Asked
Apr diSerS Probably Thought
the Benefit to Property Over
balanced Damages.

The awards made by the three ap-
praisers appointed by Judge George
Grimm of the circuit court for JEFF
ferson county to appraise the dam
age to abutting property along the
Milwaukee Light, Heat and Traction
company electric line in the city of
Natertown, has been field with the
clerk of the courts of jefferson coun-
ty. The appraisers were Owen T.
Hughes, Carl Keppler, Watertown,
George Shinnick, town of Watertown.
Some of the claims made were for
amounts in the thousands of dollars
and extended from Richards avenue
on the east to West Main street on
the west and on North Montgomery
and Montgomery streets. Following
are the awards:
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
HE WILL JUST RUN.

The nomination papers of j. E.
Jones of Portage, candidate for the
democratic nomination for representa-
tive IN congress from this, the Second
congr. ssional district, have been filed
in the office of the secretary of state.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
PUNCENT PARAGRAPHS.

hoboes will be glad to learn that
SO. 720 freight cars have come off the
idle list recently.
More warships; fewer states
men, says Admiral Evans. Probably
we would have more warships if we
had fewer statesmen.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Draw Petit Jury

The Jury Commission for Jefferson
county, consisting of o. j. Kirschen-
steiner of Jefferson, L. B. Caswell Jr. -,
of Fort Atk!nso and DR.. @. R. Field of
this city, met at the court house in
Jeffers7n, Friday, to draw a jury for
the next term of the circuit court.
They will meet again on the 12th
inst, to complete their work.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Sample Copies of Leader.

We are sending out this week, quite
number OF sample copies of the Water
town Weekly Leader to people we are
confident will appreciate clean, news
up-to-date journal. If those who receive
them wish to subscribe, all they will
have to do is to drop a postal card to
The Leader, WatertOwn, Wis, request
Ing that their name be placed on the
subscription list.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

Smoke --latest Out" SC cigar.
R. Z. Hubbard of Oconomowoc,
engineer of the Silsby steamer in that
city, came over on the interurban Mon
day for few hours visit with friends
here.
James ". Moore, editor of the
Gazette, leaves tomorrow morning for
Fresnu, Cal, to accompany his two
little daughters home, who have been
attending school there the past year.
If you feel that you need a rest,
buy couch, if you want to keep cool
buy a refrigerator of The Central
Trading Go.
FOR SALE-A SIS Co.
lumbia Phonograph for
SIS if taken at once. A
large horn, records and
other necessaries go with
it. Inquire at the Leader
office.
The best that is In clear
Havana cigars you will find
in the Rosa De Ora manu-
featured bV WilkOWSkl Bios
The Milwaukee Sentinel recently ar
ranged with The Manhattan Soap Co.
of New York to give cake of Sweet
heart soap free with every copy of The
Sunday Sentinel. You can get it free by
cutting out the coupon from The Sunday
Sentinel and presenting it to the nearest
grocer or dealer. If you are not now re-
ceiying the Sunday Sentinel subscribe
at once. The offer is good for five
weeks only.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
AT THE CHURCHES.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH.

Sunday school at 10 100 a. m. Les
son: "David and Goliath. FubIic
worshik at IL 200 a. m. Preaching by
the Rev. Edward G. Roberts Of Dart
ford. Wisconsin.
EpW"rth League at $50 p. m.
Leader, Mr.. Frank Doubleday. Topic
1.-THE Great Motive of Everyday Re
Iigion, Unselfsh for the Sake OF
Christ
7:45 q. m. Union services in
this church. Address by Revs. Rob-
erts and karnopp.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

First Church of Christ, Scientist,
services held every Sunday at 10 80
a. m. Subject: Esprit. -
Testimonial meeting Wednesday
evening at 800 O'Clock. All cordial
ly invited to these meetings. Read
ing room, Hertel & Hoffman block,
open every afternoon, except Sunday
from until O'Clock.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Orange Tree

Mrs. Fred Ohm, corner of Second
and Market streets, has an orange
tree in full fruitage, a rare sight IN
this latitude. The tree is fourteen
years old and has borne fruit for
several years.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Good Openings Here

The following manufacturing in
dustries would be profitable investment
if established in this city:
Steel Plant,
Stove Factory,
Agricultural Implement Factory,
A Packing Plant,
A Canning Plant,
A Furniture Factory,
A Sewer Pipe Plant,
A Sanitarium.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

DR.. Goddard informs Us that he has
this week discharged from treatment
Mr.. Erick Spoehr Of WATERFOWL,
whom he has cured to stay cured Of
rupture. The doctor will next visit
thl city Augut 18th. Consultation IL
free.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Story Omitted

The serial story Agatha is omit
etd from The Leader this week for
want of room. 1t will be continued,
however next week, so that those who
have been interested in the same NAV
continue its perusal.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

A bargain in millinery. To clean
up my summer stock of millinery, /
will sell all trimmed hats at cost.
Miss Mile Roller. 413 East Nam
street.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL.

Choir rehearsal Friday evening 80.
Sunday services, Holy Eucharist
7 100 a. m. Sunday school 9 80. Morn
ing Prayer ard sermon 10 80. Holy
Eucharist each Wednesday at $50
a. M
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
GERMAN M. r. CHURCH.

Sunday school at a. NJ, preaching
at 10:15 a. m. Prayer meeting Thurs
day at 80 q. m. each week.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

The Beurhaus property is situated
in Fifth street and includes three res
licences. The Damman property is
located at the corner of West Main
and Montgomery streets, the tracks
eventually going in both directions
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

Sunday, school at 10 a. m. ; sermon
at II a. Ill. !; evening service at Z 80
p. m. All cordially invited.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

PIPERSVILLE M. E. CHURCH.
At 9 a. m. Public worship. Theme:
The Heavenly Home Coming.
At 10 a. III. Sunday school.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

: James Nelllns of Minneapolis, who
had been visiting his mother. Mrs. M.
Nellns, la Warren street, for the
past week, left today for his home.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
Children Returned Home

The chill 1ren brought here from
Chicago couple of weeks ago. to
give them a respite from the heat and
unhealthfuI conditions in the slums
of that city, returned to their homes
yesterday. Their coming was
bright place in their experience and
will be remembered with pleasure.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
ALIOETON (sALEM) CHURCH.

Sunday school at 100 p. m. and
preaching at 2: 100 o. m. All are well
come.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

Smoke "Sea Rose" Sc.
Smoke --latest Out" Sc cigar.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

Smoke --latest Out" Sc cigar.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

Sunday school 2 p. m.
ST. HENRY'S CHURCH.
Low mass at z 100 a. m. High mass
at 10 100 q. NJ. Vespers at p. m.
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN.
Rev. Otto Petit, pastor. Sermon 10
a. m. Sunday school 9 a. m.
ST. MARKS LUTHERAN.
Rev. J. klingmann pastur. Sunday
school at 8 a. m. Sermon 10 a. m.
ST. BERNARD'S CHURCH.
Low mass at 500 a. m. high mass
at IL 80 a. m, vespers at 8 p. m.
EVANGELICAL PROTES FAINT.
Rev. Herman Sterz, pastor. Ser
vices 10 a. m.: Sunday school 9 a. m.
REFORMED CHURCH
Morning services 10 a. m. Sunday
school II 100 a. m.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN.
Rev. H. F. Eggers, pastor. Ser
vices 9 80 a. m. and 1880 p. m. !;
Sunday school 2 p. m.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07

Entered as Second Glass matter May 4, 1906 in
tbs Postoitice at Waterfowl. Wis, under the act
Of Congress March 3, 1879
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
Death Of Captain Boyd.

Greeley, Colo-Capt. David Boyd. an
original UNION colonist and one of
the best known of the early Greeley
settlers, died at the Boulder sanitar-
ium on the 2Sth ult., after an illness
of several months. Captain Boyd was
one Of the earliest irrigationists of this
community and his history of Greeley
and Union. colony. published in 1888,
is one Of the most authentic written on
the settlement of Greeley and the de-
velopment of agriculture in the Poudre
valley. He also wrote for many maya
zines and periodicals.. was an intimate
friend Of N. G. Meeker, founder of
Greeley, represented Weld county In
the legislature in the early nineties,
was superintendent of schools OF Weld
county and held many positions Of hon
or and trust.
He was a graduate Of theUniversity
of Michigan. and twelve years ago,
thirty-five years after his graduation,
returned to his alma mater to take a
post graduate course.
Captain Boyd was born in Scotland
and came to this country at the age
of nineteen. He served in the Union
army during the Civil war and was a
member of the G. Al
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
TEN MILLION DOLLAR FUND WILL
SOON BE TURNED OVER
TO TRUSTEES.
ESTATE is INCREASING
PRACTICALLY ALL LAWSUITS
HAVE BEEN WON BY EXEC
UToRs OR SETTLED.

Denver-Executors of the will of
Winfield Scott Stratton are making ev-
cry endeavor to close up the affairs of
the estate by Jan. LIST in order TO turn
it over to the trustees, who will then
carry out the original tenets of the
will, which are the building of home
for aged and INDECENT men. From the
statements made by Tyson S. Dimes,
one of the executors, it is understood
the estate, when turned over to the
trustees, will approximate s10.0OO.000,
considerably more than the value when
Stratton died. Included in the estate
is some of the choicest Denver realty.
When Stratton died he left practi-
cally his entire estate to be used as a
trust fund for the erection and mainte-
nance of home at Colorado Springs
for the aged and INDECENT After le-
gal battle the son was given $35O,OOO.
Other legacies amounted to 100000.
An inheritance tax of $1SS,0O0 was paid
the state. 1t was estimated that the
Stratton estate was worth about ST.
100000 when Stratton died. I.egacies
court costs, taxes and legal fees
brought the value down to about &c.
100000. BY the statements of Execu-
tor Dimes 1t is learned that the estate
has increased about 100000 in value
i'm something like five years.
At present there are suits pending
against the estate and these will, &C.
cording to report, be settled in a short
time. One of these suits is for $4,000
and the other for 100000 There have
been filed against the estate suits ag-
gregating in value $24,OOo,OOO. All of
these contests have been either won or
have been settled by the executors.
Efforts are now being made to sell
the mining property or the estate To-
Gated in the Cripple Creek district.
These mines will not be disposed Of I'M
less fair price can be obtained for
them.
The trustees who will have charge of
the construction and management Of
the home are d. II. Rice, Colorado
Springs; Tyson s. Dimes and Moses
Hallett of Denver. Mr.. Hallett is in
charge of the Clayton estate, the prop
erty of which was left for the building
of boys home in Denver
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
OIL Strike at Lamar.

Denver. = The News Wednesday
morning says: Oil of the highest quail
ity was struck yesterday afternoon in
the second we'll Of the Lamar Gas and
Oil Company, one mile east of Lamar
on the Santa Fe railroad. While it is
yet early to tell definitely the volume
or the value of the find, it is believed
by conservative oil men that the strike
is one Of the greatest ever made in
the United States and that 1t will
mean C. general oil boom in that part
Of the state.
The pay streak of sand containing
the oil was struck at depth of 1885
feet, nearly 500 feet nearer the sur
face than the company expected to
discover 1t. The fluid was discovered
in the second we'll dug by the COM
pany, and it flowed so freely yester-
day, and apparently was of such good
quality, that the company, which is
financed by Lamar men, feels conf
dent that they have a bonanza.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
BAD ITCHING HUMoR.
Limbs Below the Knees Were Raw
Feet swoIlen-sIeep Broken
Cured In 2 Days by cutlcura.

Some two months ago 1 had a hui
NOR break out on my limbs below my
knees. They came to look like raw
beefsteak. all red, and no one knows
how they itched and burned. They
were 80 swollen that could not get
my shoes on for a week or more.
used five or six different remedies and
got no help. only when applying them
the burning was worse and the itching
less. For two or three weeks the suf-
fering was intense and during that
time did not sleep an hour at time.
Then one morning l tried a bit Of
Cuticura. From the moment 1t touched
me the itching was gone and / have
not felt bit of 1t since. The swelling
went Gown and in two days had my
shoes on and was about as usual.
George B. Farley. so South State ST.,
Concord. N. H.. May IA. 1907"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
STOCKS OF SILVER PRODUCING
COMPANIES ARE SERIOUSLY
AFFECTED.
OTHER METALS SUFFER
BUYING BY CHINA AND MEXICO
MAY POSSIBLY STlFFEN
PRICES.

New York.-Shares in metal stocks
slumped somewhat Tuesday, due, it is
believed in many quarters, to the de-
cline in the price of commercial silver
bars.
Stocks of many silver producing
companies were affected and closed
with losses. Lack of demand and the
necessity for working off the present
rather large stocks on hand is believed
to account for the lowering of the price
of silver. The commercial bar quota
ton was AIS cents, decline of half
a cent. Mexican dollars were As
cents, unchanged.
In London bar silver was uncertain
at 221sd, decline of 1-16 from the
closing price of the day previous.
When the decline in silver attracted
attention last week the low price was
attributed to selling by India and
China. At that time commercial bars
went to 49A cents an ounce, decline
of q OF cent, the lowest mark
reached since 1908.
Mexico has been the chief buyer of
silver, having purchased lately at the
rate of 10000 ounces a week. The
United States government has been
taking silver at the rate Of $4,000
ounces weekly.
Tuesday it was declared that China
is now buyer of silver and that there
may be stiffening in prices.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

According to the Railroad Gazette
the mileage OF railroads in the United
States In 1907 was increased 5,212
miles. This does not include electric
lines. The increase was eight per
cent. ISIS than in 1906.
At a banquet to be held in New York
City under the auspices of the Aero
Club OF America early next year, gold
medals will be presented to the Wright
brothers, Orville and Wilbur, in recog-
milton Of their achievements as avia-
tors.
On November oath Gov. A. B. Cum
minis was elected by the Iowa Legisla-
ture United States senator, to succeed
the late William B. Allison. The vote
stood: Cummins LOG, Porter Demo
craft 35. Three Republicans did not
vote.
At Philadelphia November Goth, AL
fred Shrubb OF England, champion
distance runner Of the world, defeated
a relay of four men defeated relay
Of four men in an eight-mile race at
Central Park. Shrubb covered the dis
lance in 42:14.
Advices from Edinburg, Scotland,
state that this has been an extraor-
dinarily mild autumn throughout the
British Isles. Strawberries were gath
cred in November, something the old
est inhabitant does not remember
Many garden and wild flowers
bloomed in October and even in No
vember.
John Wanamaker has placed &c.
100000 mortgage on his Philadelphia
store property as security for bond
issue with the proceeds of which the
fifteen-story building erected two
years ago will be extended over the
entire Wanamaker block. When COM
pleted 1t will contain forty-five acres
Of floor space.
The terms of the Acknowledgements
agreement regarding the integrity of
China are received with satisfaction
in governmental circles at Paris. The
last clause of the agreement, which
pledges the two governments to COM
municate with each other for the pur-
pose CT arriving at a mutual under
standing before adopting any measures
in the event Of the status quo being
threatened, ~ considered of immense
Importance.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
Blue Ribbon for Colorado.

Transit House, U. S. Yards, ILL.,, Chi
cago.-The great international live
stock exposition opened Monday, and
as usual Colorado cattle were in front,
the blue ribbon for the best two-year-
old Hereford steer being awarded to A.
L. Weston on his Colorado-bred steer
'Durbar." This steer was raised near
Denver by Weston and was shown at
the Western Stock Show in Denver in
January last, he was grand champion
at the Kansas City show in October
and will go from here to the Denver
show in January.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD,
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, NGs. ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERiNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

The flood in the Cottonwood river
In Oklahoma Sunday is estimated to
have left 5000 people homeless.
The report of the state mine inspec-
tor shows South Dakota's gold produc-
ton fol last year to have been $780,
900, which is the highest in the history
of the state.
A Los Angeles paper says that DR..
D. X. Pearson, the noted philanthro-
pist, is not in straitened circum-
stances, as was reported, but still has
100000 to give to educational insti-
tutions.
Fred Huyck's motor cycle turned the
Ascot Park oval at Los Angeles Mon
day in fifty-three seconds for one mile.
which is one second faster than the
worlds record of fifty-four seconds
that he already held
Ray Lamphere was convicted of ar
son in setting fire to the building in
which Mrs. Belle Guinness and her
three children were burned at La
Porte, Ind, and within five minutes at
ter the verdict the judge sentenced him
to twenty-one years in the State Pen
itentiary at Michigan City.
Attorneys for Ray Lamphere, who
has begun his term of imprisonment on
conviction of arson in connection with
the burning of the Guinness house, in
which Mrs. Belle Guinness and three
children lost their lives at La Porte,
have taken an appeal to the Indiana
Supreme Court, motion for new trial
having been denied.
At Seattle Friday, Hugh Mcmahon,
manager of the American cafe, and a
we'll known business man, was muir
dered In the front yard OF residence
next door to his own home. His face
had been battered to pulp. his skull
fractured, and finger nearly torn off
from which $500 diamond had been
wrenched. The police believe the MUIR
der was the work of thugs.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
Chief Of Police Drowned.

San Professionalism j. Buggy
chief of police, was drowned late MOI
day night, while returning across the
bay in the police patrol launch. Only
Engineer Murphy was with him and
he did not see him fall into the water.
Ever since the suicide of Morris Haas,
the man who attempted to kill Assist
ant District Attorney Heney and later
took his own life at the county jail,
the relations between chief Biffy and
the graft prosecution have been
strained to the breaking point.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

A man who does not use his con-
science often has terrible paroxysms
of it; but a man who uses 1t all the
time never comes into what is called
Q state of conscience. 1t comes on
him as dew on flowers, and falls on
him gently as rain on the ground. He
is full Of conscience, but it is not con-
centrated at any single point. 1t y
distributed through the brain, Y
nerves, the muscles and the skin. Il
is in every part of him. 1t pervades
his life. 1t does not, therefore, rise
up into a freshet.-Henry Ward
Reecher
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
Cripple Creek Gold Output.

Cripple Creek.-The output of the
district for November has totaled 65,-
1927 tons with gross bullion value OF
$1,317, 096.
AS compared with the October fig
ures an increase is shown in the ton
mage treated at the local cyanide
plants. with a decrease In valuation
OF ore treated at the valley plants of
approximately $150,000.
The tonnage and value Of the ore
treated at the different plants, as
given out by the accredited agents of
the smelters and mills was as follows: