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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28
ECZEMA FOR 55 YEARS.
Suffered TormenSs from Bsrth-In
FriGhtful Conditton-Got No HELP
Until Caticura Cured Kim


FriEhtful Condition-Got No Help
Until Caticura Cured Him.
Il had an itching. tormeating ecze-
ma ever since l came into the world.
and | am now man So years old.
l tried all kinds of medicines l heard
of, but found no relief. l was truly
in 4 frightful condition. At last |
broke out all over with red and white
boils, which kept growing until they
were rs big as walnuts, causing great
pain and misery, but l kept from
scratching as well as | could | was
so run down that L could hardly do
my work. l used CuticTa Soap. Oint-
ment, Resolvent, and Pills for about
eight months, and l can truthfuly say
l am cured Hale BordweIl, Upton.
Ia, Aug. II, 1907"
Il cheerfully endorse the above tes-
timonial 1t is the truth. l know Mr..
BordweH and know the condition he
was in. Nelson r. Burnett, Upton, Ia"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28
FleYIhle Cline.

According to Power, flexible glue
for attaching leather to metals may be
made by adding one part of Venetian
turpentine to four parts Of glue. The
mass is heated in a glue pot as usual
until 1t becomes sticky and ceases to
give off bubbles. 1t works best when
fresh
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28
Removing saplings and StuTnps.

In uprooting young trees a team of
horses or even a single horse with
chain can do effective work. Best re-
suits can be obtained where the growth
consists Of saplings two to rour inches
in diameter and where the root system
IS lateral. The plan is to fasten Que
end of the chain TO the trunk as high
above the ground as the fexibility of
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28
Ask yourD eaIer for Aliens Foot-Ease

4 powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet, Cures Corns. Bunions, Swollen,
Sore Hot, Gallons. Aching, Sweating feet
and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens FootE
makes new or tight shoes easy Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted,
LIE Roy, n. Y.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28

The per capita consumption of spir-
ituous liquors for the year ending June
80. 1907 is the highest on record, reach
ing 1888 gallons, an increase over 1906
OF 1.27 gallons.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28

Alvey A Adee, second assistant sec.
rotary Of state, has left Washington on
his annual bicycle tour of Europe. Mr..
Adee is expected to be away from the
state department for two months.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28
Best Way to Melt Butter.

Never melt butter on the stove.
Heat your cake dish by filling with hot
water, wipe dry then put in butter
it will then melt.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for
Children teething; softens the gums. reduces In
dammatton. allays pain, cures wind cole. %
cents a bottle.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28

The population of Moscow has in
creased from about ] 100000 in 1891
to about !, 400,G00 in 1908
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28
Fence POSE Expense.

An annual fence post bill Of more
than S1.25QO00 is one item in the ex-
pense account of the farmers of 81
gle agricultural State. 1t is est"
that the farmers of low rs post
ing a value exceedin@
SuIn each year to ma
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28
WE SELL G.

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
& buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog 105
n. w. Hide & Fur Co. Minneapolis, MINI.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28

suu each year to ma
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23

Marshall Field 4 Company carry
$16.OOO.OO0 insurance, and are said to
have outstanding accounts due them on
the FIRST Of April Of each year. when
tax schedules are filed, Of 100000
In the Wholesale and 100000 In their
retail store.
Yet they are only taxed on $4,000, 900.
The 100000 insurance probably
stands for $20OO0.000 worth Of prop
erty and the 100000 In outstanding
accounts makes a total Of e2S,000,O 900.
As the firm Ii only taxed on &c..
100000 by the assessors, these figures
would show $22,O00.O 900 escaping taxa.
ton.
This go, 900. 900 has to be made up
somewhere. and It 10 made by taxing
the real estate Of the small property
owner to the limit.
Marshall Field 4 Company have ab.
sOrbed the business Sf 20 many scores
Of small dealers, and have occupied %
much alley and sidewalk space belong
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23

the following. How much stock does
he own? At all events he can give the
Board Of Review much valuable in
formation:
Union Stock Yards Company.
Fowler Brothers, Limited.
Libby, Mcneil and Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Louis National Stock Yards Com.
pany.
Swift's Refrigerator Transportation
Company.
Hollis Cold Storage Company.
Illinois Cattle Copoany.
Mechanical Manufacturing Company.
South San FrsanlsaA land and In.
vestment Compass.
Springfield Provision Company.
Swlft's Ssvulizer Works
Western Meat Company.
~A
The Beef Trus3 y worse than ever
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23
Enormous Holdings by Armour People ID
Big Concerns Outside Chicago Attract
Much Attention.
The Small Taxpayers Are Very Much In.
terested in the Developments Of
This Great Wealth.
Yet the Chicago Assessors Gould Only Find
Two and One-half Millions
to Tax.

"Chicago Securities for 1907 gives
the following facts about Armour 3
Company, on page $50.
Armour 4 Company, organized un.
der the laws Of Illinois, April IA, 1900.
Capital stock, $2O.O0O.OOO.
property-The plants controlled by
the corporation are the packing houses,
fertilizer works, glue factory, soap fac
tory and hair factory In Chicago, and
the packing houses In South Omaha,
Sioux City, East st. Louis and Fort
Worth. The Importance Of the pack.
Ing houses and plants controlled BY the
organization IL known all over the
civilized world. The glue factory ID
one Of the largest In the country. The
soap factory 10 also operated on q
urge scale.
Although the capital alone Of this
great concern 10 $4,000. 900 the asses.
sors could only ind $2,5OO.OOO Of per.
sonal property belonging to It.
The legal tax on $2O.OOO.OOO 10 $780,
The tax on S2.5OO.O00 10 $4,000.
SO the people lose In taxes on the
capital Of this concern alone $2a6. O00
every year.
This makes q total Of back taxes due
for I've years. according to Supreme
Court rulings In other cases, Of $1,225,.
600.
This does not include the amount Of
taxes due present and back on the
stock Of Armour 4 Company Of New
Jersey,
Armour car hines,
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company,
Union Stock Yards Of Omaha,
And q number Of other equally val
liable concerns owned BY It
The personal property Of Armour 4
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23

fresh water commerce. It II the big.
gest and best dock In the greatest city
on the whole chain Of the great lakes
What do you suppose the Goodrich
folks pay the city for this valuable
property
Only 5000 year rental!
From period to period the lease has
been renewed. WITHOUT ADvER.
TIsEMENT. and always at the same
old figure.
The last lease or agreement" was
drawn up by the city bureau Of com.
pensation. It Is Of date Of May J.,
1906, aud runs for three years, or until
1000.
%>
The leasing by the city Of tie great
Goodrich dock. east Of Rush street
bridge, for the paltry sum Of 5000
! per wear. without advertising for bids,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23

Company, outside Of " capital stock
mounts up towards $oO,OO0O00 and
may exceed that sum, as this Corpora
tion, unlike Swift & Company, doeo
not furnish it, figures to Chicago %.
curities." Armour & Company owns
a great deal Of stock In outside COT.
porations, every dollar Of which -
taxable here In Chicago. Among others
Armour 4 Company, Of New Jersey.
The following taken from pages 20l
and 202 Of the report Of the Unitsd
States Commissioner Of Corporations,
tells US something upon this subject:
''rhe New Jersey corporation Wa
formed for the purpose Of transacting
certain business which the Illinois COZ.
poration was not authorized to trans.
act. Armour & Company, Of New Jss.
sey operates practically all the branch
houses for the sale Of beet and othse
packing house products supplied By
Armour 4 Company, Of Illinois. It also
owns the Armour packing houses q
Sioux City and Fort Worth. For con.
venlence the accounts Of Armour 4
Company. Of New Jersey are carried
on the books Of Armour 3 Compaav,
Of Illinois. To ascertain the business
transactions Of the New Jersey CO.
poration, It 10 merely necessary to taks
the accounts relating to the branch
houses and those relating TO The Fort
Worth and Sioux City packing houseA
hns u
one, having large actual assets Of ~
own, not q mere paper name. Il be-
no separate books and no profits ~.
arate from those appearing In the -.
counts Of Armour 4 Company. Of I'M.
nois."
How long the people Of Chicago van
continue to pay high taxes while coa.
Germs like this escape % they Do. y
problsmatical.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23
new YORK HITS THEM

Six years ago Chicago paid taxes on
25,OOO.OOO personal property.
This sum has dropped $27.0OO,O00 In
six years.
The Chicago Assessors can only And
ninety.eight millions Of personal prop.
erty. In Chicago, according to their as.
sessment Of 1907.
In Chicago the real estate pays al.
most the whole tax.
In New York the Assessors tax seven
billions Of personal property.
In New York the rich personal prop
erty owner pays most Of the tax.
The total assessed valuation Of Chi
cagO Is as follows:
Real Estate ..............S3i O,S4l,IOO
Personal Property ........ oS,343 100
In contrast to this are the figures
for New York city, which are:
Real Estate ........... So 4O, 4S0, GOO
Personal PROPERTY ...... 7,112,2OOOOO
The following table of New York
taxes Is interesting In view Of the fine
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23

Review, II 1t wishes, can ascertain how
much stock he owns In each, or what
Chlcagoans do own 1t, as 1t 10 taxable:
Armour car lines,
Armour Grain Company,
Central Leather Company,
G. II. Hammond Company,
Hammond Packing Company,
National Packing Company,
United States Leather Company,
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St Paul Rail.
way Company,
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company,
Fort Worth. Texas.
Hutchinson Packing Co.. Hutchinson,
Kansas,
Northwestern National. Fire Insur-
ance Company, Of Milwaukee. Wis
Omaha Packing Company.
Prussian National Insurance Com.
pany, Of Stettin Germany.
Mr.. Louis r. Swift u . Director In
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23
HERE'S The RESULT.

100000 more than Swift L. Company
alone had on hand on January I, 1907,
according to "Chicago Securities."
pages $50 to 34l.
The poor real estate owner has to
bear all the burden of supporting the
government, of making improvements
and of protecting the property and In
,cvtst Of the tax.dodging rich!
Talk about q "single tax" The real
estate owners of Chicago are the VIC
tions Of the most ubiquitous single tag
In the world.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23
STATE STREET STORES

ment, $l,9S3,746; insurance, $2,450. 900
Mandel BrOthers--Assessment, $780,
600; insurance, S1,050,OOO.
Slegel, Cooper & Co.--Assessment
$0OO,OOO insurance, $1,O5O,OOO.
Rothschild & CO.-Assessment, $425,
600; insurance, $685., 900.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., $25O,OOO; In
surance, 100000.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23
Il. Wilson, Arthur Meeker, q. Nc
Roberts and L. A. Carton.

Il. Wilson. Arthur Meeker. 8. Nc.
Roberts and L. A Carton.
The Board Of Review should sum-
mon the following well'known citizens
and interrogate them with reference
to the amount Of stock In foreign cor
porations owned In Chicago, which
they have knowledge Of:
]. Ogden Armour.
Louis +. Swift
John A. SpOor.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Meeker.
Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Armour are both
reported to be public-pirited.
They should both be willing to help
In this matter.
They can, II they will, help a great
deal by telling the Board Of Review
what they know.
Mr.. Armour 10 director IN the fol.
lowing corporations and the Board Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23

In order to show the favOrltism
shown to Marshall Field 4 Company
In the matter Of personal property as
sessment, The Eagle subjoins a state
ment Of the personal tax assessment
of that firm and that of other dry
goods houses, together with the insur-
ance carried by each on their personal
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23
GOODRICH TRANSIT co.

astounds everyone. In the opinion If
able lawyers, the very fact that bids
were not advertised for invalidates the
lease. This lease IL worth from
$4,000 to 100000 year to the city.
Us 1t is the very best dock property on
the whole chain Of lakes. Several people
would gladly bid $4,000 for It II they
were given O chance. This sort Of
business Is played out with the public
and the facts once understood will
arouse q storm Of Indignation.
The Goodrich gang have oil their
steamboats, registered from Duluth,
Minnesota. from which port they
"hail." although they do not run to It.
1t IL alleged that this crowd "hail'
their vessels from Duluth to escape
taxation In Chicago, and vet Chicago
furnishes them with police. IRE and
other protection.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23

property. The reader will note the
difference between the Field assess
ment and the insurance carried, and
then figure out how much taxation this
public spirited concern escapes:
Marshall Field 4 Company-Assess'
ment Is addresses), $5.35O,OOO; insur'
ance, $16.OOOOOO.
Carson, Prize, Scott & CO.-Assess.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23

The Goodrich Transit Company 10 q
corporation organised under. the laws
Of the state Of Maine. Capital stock,
100000.
Every dollars worth Of this stock
owned In Chicago 10 taxable here. The
Reviewers should call A. w. Goodrich
and ask him who owns It. Mr.. Good.
rich ought 10 know and the people want
to know.
%e
Who does the fine work for the
Goodrich Steamboat gang at the City
Hall?
1t IL not generally known that the
dock used by the great Goodrich inter-
ests Is city property. 1t Is at River
street. with a dock frontage Of 3o2
feet. with depth ranging from rs 10
43 feet.
This dock Is the very State street Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23

The Beef Trust Is doing business Mt
the old stand and Is fixing and main'
tanning uniform price for meat In de-
fance of the Injunction Of the Unsted
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23
THE PUBLIC BE Dbl
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY.

Ing to the public that the concern Ii
really q great public institution-of q
certain kind.
Then again, Marshall Field 4 Com.
pany are In favor Of high pressure
water system which will cost the tax.
payers millions Of dollars to install.
But we do not hear Of small mer.
chants shouting for high pressure water
system.
The collection Of over 100000 al.
legged back taxes against the estate Of
the late Marshall Field was urged
upon the Board Of Review by the iii.
nois Tax Reform Association.
Marshall Field, the association in.
sIsts, never paid more than 10 per cent
on his fair share Of taxes on bis per-
sonal property. He was, It Is further
charged. permitted to evade the pay.
ment Of over 100000 taxes during
the Inst eight years Of his life. "All
Of this" the letter says, "was made
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23

As a result Of successful tax.dodging
by rich corporations, Chicago real e.
tete pays nearly all the taxes.
A summary Of the 1907 real estate
and personal assessments, assessed val
nations, Ia as follows:
Real estate ............. .$S48, s4l, 200
Personal property ....... 9S,3S'loo
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23

States Supreme Court. When will the
Trust magnates be sent to Jail for this
contempt Of the highest tribunal In the
md? III
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23

good by the smaller taxpayers Of Chi.
cago to their great loss and injury"
~6\
Marshall Field & Company are only
valued at 100000 by the assessors,
and taxed ON one.6fth Of It. In view
Of this fact, II IL interesting to note
the insurance carried BY this nrn,
which IL as follows:
State street section ....... $4,000 900
Wabash avenue section go. 100000
WnONS0G ...ssss..s..ssss O,UUUUUU
Madison street ............. 10000
Fixtures ......... OU,WU
Warehouse, Polk street and
the River ................ 8OUO.OUO
| IOtul sssss sssssssssss s*NO,UOOyOUU
These figures take no notice Of The
fat that the insurance IL supposed to
cover but so per cent Of the real value,
v h.ch would make the assessors val.
uation appear about $14,O00,O0O shy Of
tho true figure.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-23
$ii5,lSt,015

$445,1Sf,015
The Assessors and Reviewers could
only find $9S,OOO 900 worth Of personal
property in Chicago to tax, or only &c.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

and his law to the jury If he went beyond
this, his acts may constitute irregularity; but the
must be extreme before the court will try the
district attorney the grand jury both in order
to determine whether it will try a defendant In
stead of conclusions and opinions, there must be
something tangible justifyng a presumption of in
jury to the defendant in substantial right, before
the court will Interfere assuming that it ought to
do upon any state of facts of the character in
Dictated
Thus the judge in the Oregon court disagreed in
every material particular with the judge in the Idaho
court, the former refusing to quash the Indictment
while the latter consented
1t will be remembered further, that a grand jury
was assembled to enquire into the alleged trans
gressons of District Attorney Ruick in connection
with the cases under discussion and a federal ator-
ney called in from neighboring state to direct
the investigation. Also that the grand jury exoner-
ated Mr.. Ruick and that the two men making the
charges on which the investigation was based were
indicted for perjury and still held for trial
The action of the grand jury that re-indicted the
defendants last Tuesday adds to the vndication that
had already been bestowed upon Mr.. Ruick and will
probably render ineffective the efforts of political
machine to his removal from office, basing
their action the opinion of the Idaho Federal
Court
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
Protecting the Tariff.

Speaker Cannon, unable longer to stand against
the opportunities of the National Publishers Asso-
citation, has caused resolutions to be adopted by the
house directing the Attorney General and the Sec
rotary of Commerce and Labor to furnish informa-
ton in relation to the International Paper COM
pany.
The publishers al1ege that the International is
trust that is reeking with wickedness and that it was
built up and is fostered by the tariff white paper
and wood pulp. Mr.. Cannon still standing pat
alleges that the duty has nothing to do with the
monopostic characteristics of the memorable
bination in the paper trade.
He has therefore called on two of the departments
of the Government to show him whether or not the
newspaper publishers know what they are talking
about If they do it will become patent to Mr.. Can
non that the paper trust should be proceeded against
by the Department of Justice, rather than that
gress proceed against the esteemed tariff paper.
ut was only two three years ago that the paper
trust was placed in bag and thrown in the river
by Federal Court, but, like the nine-lived cat, it
came back and began business at the old stand. 1t
is therefore demonsrable that the laws for the dis
solution of combinations in restraint of trade are
not sufficient to render the dissolution permanent
Mr. Cannon is not giving the publishers associa-
ton much in commencing its anew to the De-
partnent of Justice when it asks for relief through
the reduction of the duty paper and pulp He is
questioning the publishers knowledge of their
business affairs and then directing them into the
channel of useless litigation
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
Since the Manifesto.

The following named apostles of the Nor
mon church have been polygamous1y married
since the Woodruff manifesto of 1890, although
all members of the Mormon church continue
to assert that there have been no poygamous
marriages since that date
Apostle Abram H. Cannon to Lillian
Hamlin in 1896.
2-Apostle George Teasdale to Marian
Sco1es in 1896
3-Apost1e John W. Taylor to Rhoda and
Roxey yelling in 1889.
Apostle Brigham Young, Jr., to Abbie
Stevens in 1898.
Opposite Owen Woodruff to Avery Clark
in 1900
Opposite NJ F. Cow1ey to Hattie Harken
in 1900.
When one-half the membership of the ap-
ostolic body violated the manifesto within a
decade of time, how many members of the
church may have done the same thing? Only
the cases of those violators of the law and
the manifesto who are found out are made
public.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

The naval appropriation bill reported from the
house committee provides for the construction of two
battleshps, instead of four that asked for by
the navy department. Seven battleships and four
armored cruisers are under construction. Five bat
teships and four armored cruisers, vessels, will
be put into commission as as they can be given
their complement of
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Some of President Roosevelts party associates will
experience sensation of relief his statement
that he is going abroad for year after the expiration
of his term of office An interval of that length will
give the Forakers, the Aldrichs, the Morgans and
the Rockefellers time to get their second wind
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-06
PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSE

The public schools closed the work
of the year Friday morning. The
children were all promoted to the
grades to which they are to belong
next year and given their final re-
ports. Miss Perrill has left for her
home in Ohio, Miss Dunning has
gone to jamestown and will take a
commercial course for the next six
months Miss Kirkland left for Min
neapolis and win attend the Chicago
Art school, beginning term June 20.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-06
READY FOR THE TOURNAMENT

\ 49, y - .tN
The several fire companies Of the
city have elected their delegates to
the State Firemen's association meet,
which is to be held at Mandan begin
ming next Tuesday. They are as fol-
lows:
Pioneer Hose Co. No. Geo. Will,
Chas. Carlson and Ed Strock.
Banner Hook and Ladder Coco.
White, Derrick White. Fred Roberts.
Pioneer Fire Goa. F. Marquett,
VIM. Couch, Frank Scott.
Chief Mcdonald and Assistant Chief
Laist are also ex-officio members Of
the convention and will attend. ~
In addition to the meeting of the
firsnlen there will be tournament in
which teams from the several towns
will participate in the various kinds
of races. Bismarck is sending over
q hose team which is said to be a
crackerjack and quite bunch Of root.
ers will go over to help them out all
possible.