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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
FIREMAN HAZARDS LIFE.
CAPTAIN of Hose Company Falls to Bot
tom of Blazing Lumber Kiln

OSHKOSH, Wis, Dec. ZS-[Spe-
ciaI.l-In fire in a dry kiln at the
plant of the Paine Lumber company
Monday night, Capt. Frank Revland of
hose company No. 2 was badly injured.
He attempted to inspect the interior of
the burning kiln, crawling through a
window on the second floor. He was
unaware that the second floor had been
removed to be replaced by q concrete
one and he fell to the first floor, about
sixteen feet Although stunned, he man
aged to grope his way through the smoke
Ito a door in the outer wall, and smash
ling the glass, he crawled through the
Iopening TO the outer air. One shoulder
land one side were badly bruised and he
win probably not be able to return 10
his duties for several days. The loss
WAS small
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
TODECR EASE DEFICIT,
Postmaster General Hitchcock Orders
Cessation of Accounting Section and
Plans Other Economies.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. "a
Postmaster General Hitchcock has found
one way to help decrease the postal de-
felt and incidentally the postal expendi-
lures. and will put his plan into effect
on January l.
The accounting section, division of
finance of the office of the third assist
ant postmaster general will be abolished
This action will save $4,000 wear
and the twenty-seven clerks assigned
there will so back to the bureaus from
which they were taken.
After careful investigation Mr.. Hitch
cock found that the accounting section
merely performed duplication of work
Plans are under consideration to abol-
iSh other Implications
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
MILWAUKEE,, Dec. %.
EGG AND DAIRY MARKETS

MILWAUKEE, higher
gin price of extra creamery is 36c: l0ca
price extra creamery. 36c; prints. SIC;
hrSJS, 32Q34c; seconds. 29d31c; process. ~
Q2Se: dairy fancy, soc: lines. 2603Sc; pack.
ing stock, 23G24c
tHEESC-Steauy: American full crpam
new make: twins. 15915lac; Young Ameri.
cas-; l312Q Ice; daisies. 15l2016c; ionghorns.
1"12G loo; limburger new make. 14ls015c:
OH grades. 1lQ12c; brick. 151s616c: i'm
ported Swiss, PC; block. new, 164Q11c;
round daiSys, 1Sc
EGGS-tfrm, the produce boards Of
fetal market for strictly fresh laid as re-
ceINed, cases returned. 3o634c recandled
fancy i51n extras, 35G36c; storage. April, 26@
&c: fresh seconds and dirties. 16a1Sc
receipts. 1856. Cheese-Firm unchanged:
receipts. 1913. Eggs - Steady; receipts
SS63; refrigerators 22G2J15c
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
Tobacco Barns Are Burned

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 24-Live-
" development of tobacco growing in
Southern Indiana has been followed in
the last few days by the burning of Il
dozen tobacco barns in Spencer and War
rick counties. Barns on the farms of
Rose and Edward Nichols in Spencer
county, containing many thousands OF
pounds of tobacco, were destroyed by
fire last night. The Indiana Tobacco
Growers union has opened a warehouse
and is making a strong effort to main
tain prices.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
COURT PRAISES OFFICIAL.
Judge Refuses to Remove Efficient
School Clerk

MANITOWOC,. Wis, Dec. 22.-L Spe,
cial l-"This mans record as an official
is too good to permit trifes to inter
fere His removal would be a calamity
TO the district. The petition is denied.
In this language the court refused to
remove Frank Vanish. clerk of school
district No. > of Cooperstown. Vanish
was charged with refusal to obey orders
70 discharge q teacher and the court
says maybe he did not obey the orders
strictly but declares the testimony exag
gerated and in some parts false and re
jects the complaint.
Vanish has served for years and the
trouble is said to have been due to jeal
ouSieS
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
WOMEN ASK SUFFRAGE.
tion Request Gov. Hughes for Rec
ommendation in Message.

Hughes was asked today by representa-
tives of the New York State Woman
Suffrage association to recommend in his
annual message to the Legislature an
amendment to the state constitution Civ
ing women the right to vote. The COVER
nor listened attentively to the speakers
and congratulated them on 1.-The calm,
earnest and dispassionate manner in
which they discussed such an important
question" SO far as his personal views
were concerned, he said, he had nothing
to say at this time.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
"Rat" Destroys Woman's Eye.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis, Dec. 22.-Mrs
James Dame of Ourtown, who has been
suffering from an injured eye caused by
the end of piece of wire in hair
'rat'' piercing the member, was obliged
to have the eye removed. The doctor
hopes that the other eye, the left, will
remain strong. The accident occurred
while her daughter was dressing Mrs.
DANES hair.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
EGGS at SIS Cents a Dozen

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Butter and
eggs have scared to record figure in
New 1ork's holiday market. The best
grade butter was quoted today at from
II to IS cents, retail, while 50 cents a
dozen was the price for the freshest
eggs. The housewife found some conso-
lation, however. in the fact that cram
berries are quoted at 10 cents a quart,
(which is a lower price than they have
commanded for several years. This ap-
pears to be the only Christmas dinner
dainty that can be obtained for less
money than a year ago.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
FALLS HEIR TO 5000.
Badger Man Is Named as Beneficiary in
Estate of German Relative
Will Cross Ocean

LAPORTE, Ind. Dec. 29.-[Special.l
After William Futter of GAINESVILLE,
Wis. had arrived in Fort Wayne, Ind,
to spend Christmas with his mother,
Mrs. Amelia Futter, he received news
that he had fallen heir to $4,000 from
the estate of a relative of the mother
in Germany Futter will go to Germany
to rrnYe. his claim.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
SHOOTS HIS BROTHER.
Hunter Mistakes Man for Wildcat ard
Fires-Victim Nay Die from
Exposure.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. d

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Dec. 81.
Especial. willis Bishop was acct
dentally shot by his brother Allen, while
both were hunting wildcats near Lady
smith His brother mistook him for a
wildcat and shot him through the right
shoulder. Great difficulty was expert
enced in getting the wounded man to
town. He is now at st. JoSeph's hos
pital where physicians entertain fears
for his recovery, as he suffered great
exposure.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
To Eat 6o0-Pound Plum Pudding.

NEW YORK, Dec. pa Compound
plum pudding will be the star attraction
at the Christmas celebration the brokers
On the Consolidated Stock exchange will
hold Friday afternoon. All employees will
receive as a Christmas gift a sum equal
- Per cent. Of their salaries.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
Lewis Saws He Is Elected

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Dec. 2S.-
MY majority for reelection this year is
twice as large as it was last yGar" said
Thomas L. Lewis. president of. the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America, when he
returned 20 the headquarters of the or
ganization in this city today to begin
writing his annual report to the national
convention.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
MILWAUKEE, HAY MARKET.

Choice timothy, 17.0O@175O; No. /, 1909
1850; No. 2, 16.00016.50; clover and
mixed, 14.00Q14.5O; choice Kansas, 1850
1900; marsh, 100000; pack, 5.5O06.OO: rye
STRAW, 9.50Q10O0; oat straw 750@S00.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

ItIILE-Marlet steady; butchers steers.
good to choice, 5.5@6.25; medium to good
4.3@o5o: heifers, choice to prime, 4T5@
$50; common to fair. 3.5004J0 cows.
prize, 4.50Q5.00; good to choice. 3.75d4 80;
fair to medium, 325@350; cutters, 2.750
800: Gamers. 2OG02.25; bologna bulls. fair
to good, 3.4OQ365; common light, 3.OO03 % !;
feeders, 3.75Q4.50; stockers, 3.O063.75.
Mixers and springers lower, common sold
for Gamers; good, 30.00040O0; choice 1000
055.0O.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
RAY LAMPHERE IS DYING.

LAPORTE. Ind. Dec 24-Warden
Reid officially notified Gov. Marshall
Thursday that Ray La,nphere, connect
ed with the Guinness case, now con-
Wet. is dying in prison. His relatives
are working for parole.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
SLEIGHRIDE ENDS FATALLY
Ishpeming (Mich.) Man Is Thrown Out
When Horses Run Away.

MARQUETTE, Mich, Dec. 23.-TSpe-
cial. Jonas Hansen of Ishpeming was
thrown from his sleigh when his horses
ran away Wednesday and was fatally
injured. He was aged 45 and married.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
MILWAUKEE, sToCKYARDs REPORT

HOGS-Steady at Yesterdays average.
close easy; prime butchers and heavy, s. 50
QS.1O; shipping, 100 to 200 lbs. S30aS. 40:
talr TO best lights, S00dS.25; fair to best
mixed, S:00as. 40: fair to best packers SIS
QS.5o; pigs, leo to 125 lbs. 7.50d7.S5 gov
eminent and throwOuts. 2.0O65. so.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
MuzZl2d.

"You are an American, and yet you
don't believe in free speech. How's.
that?"
Pm in the state department. New
ark Evening News
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

Mrs Fannie Fern Andrews of Bos-
ton has been appointed to take charge
of the prize contest of the American
School Of Peace league.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

When completed the new White Star
liners will be the largest vessels afioat,
being 600 feet over all by 90 feet beam.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

Germany produces 100000 bottles
of champagne year. She imports Il.
500. coo from France.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLEE
an enYiable reputation of over seventy years
aIiable remedy FOR mbago, sciatica. pleurisy
titcbes. etc, 25c, 35c and 5Uc. At all druggists
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

Nitrogen iodide is so sensitive that
the touch of a dy's foot would explode
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

CALYES-Steady; choice S.00090O: fair
to good. I00d7.50; light, 5.50@6.50; throw,
outs, 4.5005.O0
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

Z .O09sOO common to fair, 5.5O06.75; year
llings, good to choice, 5.5o@65u;, common to
fair, 4.5o@5.25; ewes, good to choice, $500
800; common to fair, 3.O004.25.
-SHEEP.-
No ;on,,. Wg5 = Price ie No , Wgt Price de
. i buck. 40 $50 $50 Sheep Sheep. 60 60 $50 $50
CUDAHY; Wis, Dec. 28.,,Receipts, 5000
S.20QS45 poor to good heavy packing, $50
as. 55; medium and butchers, S45QS. So; Sc
lect packing and shipping, S.400S75 fair
to |, ,o good light, 79oas.35; pigs and rough,
2.00QS.O0. Representative sales: 63 hogs,
average POI at $50; 80 hogs, average pa at
$40 40 hogs, average 293 at 500: Il hogs,
average 229 at $50; 80 hogs, average 2S4 at
SO; II hogs, average 1915 at S.35; rs hogs,
average 1856 at $50; 66 hogs, average 167 at
$50; 50 hogs, average ia at S.25; 81 hogs,
average 156 at SIS; 90 hogs, average lab
at 500.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec -Cattle-Receipts
estimated at 1000; market weak: 5eeves,
420QS.OO; Texas steeds, 4.10GD4.90; western
steers, 4.100623; stockers and feeders, 3. 10
$3.50; COWS and heifers, 2.1000.60; calves,
7.00@925. Hogs-Receipts estimated at 70
900; market &c higher; light, S.O00S55;
mixed, S.20QS.70; heavy, 8.35QS.75; rough,
S;35@S. 30; good to choice heavy, S.500S.75;
pigs, Z 15GDS65; bulk of sales, S.400S. 60
Sheep-ReceiPts estimated at $4,000; market
weak native, 360@5.65; western, 3.S010
5.65; yeariings. 6.5007 40; lambs, 5.75G0S.3 80 !;
western. 5.75GS.3O.
OMAHA. Neb., Dec 2s.-C attle-Receipts,
1900; market steady to stronger; native
steers, 4.O0QS.0O; range COWS and heifers,
3.O0Q5.25; western steers, 3.500625; cows
and heifers, 2.S5@4.35 stockers and feeders
3.00@5.75. Hogs-Receipts, 300; market Sc
higher; bulk, S.30@8.40 Sheep-Receipts
1900; market steady to easier; sheep, 4.2J6g
700; lambs, 7.25@8.25.
: KANSAS CITY, Dec. 2S.-C attle-Receipts,
5000; SLOW, steady; native steers, '4.80a
$50: native cows and heifers, 2.500625;
steers, 4.O006.5O. Hogs-Receipts, 5000;
market sc higher; bulk of sales, S25@8.50
iSheep-Receipts, 5000; market steady; NUT
tons, 4.50Q5.75; lambs, 6250l790.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

SEEEP-Steady; lamDs, good to choice
7O0@s.Oo; common to fair, 5.50Q6.75; year
ilings, good to choice 5.50065u; common to
fair, 4.50@5.25; ewes, good to choice, 1900
500; common to fair, 3O044.25
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-12-09
THE MARBLE CREEK LANDS.

The state legislative committee that nvesti-
gate the Marble Greek lands north Idaho, have made their
report favorng of the settler claimants for the full
amount Of their claims part and others being rejected
The land squatted upon by the settlers at least
OF them, prior to It's being claimed by the states though the
state had filed notice of intention to select land there 1t
timber land mostly and valuable The value Of the lands
that the committee has voted to award to the settlers well
up towards a million dollars
VIM Baderson of Boise has filed notice Of appeal and
he will fight the award citizen of the state claiming that
the state should hold all the lands and that the settlers
had the rights they claim but have time give
them kind Of right that the public would recognize If
they had rights there in the beginning they could have
though they had camped the land for five years.
fifty Mr. Baderson who for Is years the editor Of
the Statesman and of the best posted public af
fairs in the whole West able to Judge fairly Of the state
rights IN the matter and his protest will be watched with much
interest Whoever has right to the lands where he has made
his home ought to be given his land and questions asked
But it current belief that many Of the settlers
ers in too late to have shadow of a valid
claim; and that the state allowing itself to be talked Of
an immensely valuable holding If Mr. Balderson show
through the courts that the land really belongs the
Idaho will owe him million dollars worth of thanks.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-12-09

nonsm He the insurgents they called standing
out until they win victory which may come through the
deposition Of the republican party it continues to be ruled by
Cannon and what he represents Here Of his obseva
tons:
winter and the end Of the session coming in cloud Of inactive
pickering and discomfort
''SecondThe Taft administration which is still trial
before the country falling into the slough Of donotngis and
dissatisfaction and failing achieve the and popular
ty at which it aims, looking to 1912
Ihird-Popular disgust with ineffective party organi-
aton and III consequence opposition majority the next
house Of representatives. which will continue the failure of the
Tart administration SO far any constructive remedial
glslaton is concerned.
FourthA general turning of the dissatisfied people to
% ba % ~ f Original picturesque ana interesting
President Taft is determined to maintain a nueral a
tude between the two wings Of his party He does not wish
now or at any me to be drawn quarrel the oicio
head OF the party he will assume that both reormers and
bons good Republicans and while telling them 10 SETTLE
their differences among Themselves he will urge them not to
block the wheels OF legislation not to bring about deadlock
and period stagnation and discomfort The president ac
corng to his friends and condantes worried over
the situation lie perceives the dangers Of it. He realizes that
state secret that President Taft eager be his own sue
cessor"
The country ready just yet to return to Roosevelt
hunter trust buster cowboy and Of Tadimn like activity
that through anything and everything President Taft
one OF the biggest most capable the country has ever
IS not ecptae lover that he still has abundant chance
become the popular ideal He own successor if he
SO desIes no man. no three combined would dispace him
IRON tae people rst regard he gets down to the popular
ideal OF the man who wants to please the majority But he
nhS some ell0us Alliances or at least perilOus
lvites The people don't Cannon; they won't have him
much longer another Of his kind and thew would take
taft down with him, # necessary
1t would be the counsel Of friend that Congressman
ne ana lot OF other congressman WELL study the sit
laon as is viewed by the common people, It NAV be
rue that the rules OF the House voted accepted by
majority of the body But under the Cannon conditions
nan must Go that or be left out in the COLOR else he must
ght hard enough to break the gang Idaho would be
Pleased to see her gallant place
the fight and not shift the responsibility the next year
or some OF these times there going be general house
eang and the tariff revsonss who won't revise and the
angIne politicians who things according 10 CON A
eryasm that not what the people want are going to Get
heir flnal quieus And Idaho doesn't want to have to 90
Democratic to make the change
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-12-09
"SHOOT" CANNON.

The people Of Idaho do wish disagree with their rep
esentave in Congress- who has proven be capable indus
rous worker for the good the nevertheless they
not to be argued coerced III led into belief in
Speaker Cannon whom they with the rest of the PEG
pie Of the United Safes believe be necessary
to be supporter OF his to recognon Idaho got
tariff concessions last not because any pretended
that Cannon beeved them especially desirable
but because the Idaho congressman personal friend
the speaker The idaho representative did his duty the
state in getting of the things Idaho wanted but was at
The cost OF sacrificing the personal feelings of the
tinung in power Speaker Cannon
Walter Welman, explorer, novelist editor and of
most gifted of newspaper writer's students before the
American people today writes quite fully the subject of
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-12-09

idaho about the whole show III the irrigated and farm
lands exposition at Chicago the last ten days. There
enough of the other states to make good second all put
gether This WASH necessarily because there good land
good climate any of the other states for there
goodszed patches of abe soil that have Tapped
Idaho and been included in other western But-Idao
did it, like the scoer who said when it told that General
Grant had been gallant enough help poor old
crowded and dangerous street. Why any could do
that said the scoffer Eyes but General Grant did do it,
was the reply And just So Idaho did do it.
Idaho is live The soil here has lain idle for mil
lion yearsbut it hasn't been breeding insects miasma all
that time 1t has been outstanding energy and prosperity all
that time and gold mine opportunity of every
kind Idaho win these prizes anywhere the world Like
Sir Gaahad My strength the strength of because
my heart pure The Idaho heart in win and the prizes
can stay out Of our reach
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-12-09
Jim Crow.

The crow is the enough and daw OF
Shakespeare, the raven Of Poe. and tie
jackdaw, maybe and rock of English
story writer's His inky highness is a
remarkably cunning bird, and an ar
rant rogue, but superstitious withal.
for, great corn thief that he is, a com
mon white string strung on poles
around a field Will keep him out better
than would tight fence a mile high
If you have a gun you can't get near
him; otherwise you can. l have seen
him steal hens egg out Of a nest and
fly off with it, and he did it by run
ming his beak through the shell at one
end, and holding the delicious morsol
close to his breast by bending his
neck, and so flying away"-New York
Press.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-12-09
When washinnton smore.

1t was at the battle of Monmouth
that Washington aroused the admira-
ton of an officer who overheard a few
pungent and suphurous EXPLANATIONS
from the father of his country Yes
sir; he swore on that day till the
leaves shook on the trees-charming,
delightful Never have | enjoyed such
swearing before or since. Sir, on that
ever-memorable day he swore like an
angel from Heaven. Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-12-09
Germs.

"All our diseases are due to micro.
scopic germs" said doctor
Every man Jack of us is living
world, inhabited by millions of races
OF germs, some harmless, some
deadly
Medicine used to be a crazy, guess
work trade. You gave a drug-it did
this OF it didn't do that-nobody knew
why But medicine is now as exact
as gardening. As the gardener treats
his plants, killing off this insect with
a spray and that parasite with a pow
der, and generally keeping the garden
healthy, so the doctor does with his
patients spraying them, so to say,
and killing the harmful germ para
sites that swarm in their blood"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-12-09
Not New. Just overlooked.

We have every reason to believe
that the statement that a rev planet
has been discovered at Harvard is
untrue All the indications roint to it
having been there for some time,
though in the hurry of modern asron-
omy it would appear to have been
overlooked.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-12-09

A good mixer" socially is one who
takes other people at their own esti-
mates and lives and let's live. He
avoids hurting their vanities and tres
passing on their preserves, and looks
upon human nature with a kindly eye.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-12-09
Curious.

It's curious, . said Uncle Eben, dat
lot O folks viii hardly notice de
speeches of de country's brainiest men,
an dat dey'n read every word Of what
an ex-champion Of prize fshtin' has to
say Washington Star.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-12-09

colored Subjects of British kino
With all its possessions considered
there are six colored persons to every
white in the British empire.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08

IT is the custom for the senate pages
l to hold two or three mock senate
sessions every winter. These sessions
are held on afternoons when the SEN
ate is not sitting, and are conducted
with all the solemnity and poise of
regular meeting.
One day the youngsters were con-
Quoting a mock trial of the Swayne i'm
parchment case. BILLY" Amin was
presiding. Another youngster was pos
ing as Anthony Higgins, counsel for
Judge Swayne, and was interrogating
a witness. Senator Spooner of Wis
consin, came into the senate chamber
Unexpectedly, and, seeing what was
going on, took a seat near the entrance
to the cloakroom.
Presently an intricate parliamentary
question arose, and half a dozen pages
were on their feet asking for recogni-
ton. Mr.. Spooner thought he might