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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
Items of Interest

Forty per cent Of all the years deaths
in London occur in December, January
and February.
Fifty ton loads of coke can be dumped
from up-to-date steel freight cars in less
than two minutes.
Lucknow boasts of the largest room in
the world without columns. It is built
of kind Of concrete.
British military commanders are be-
ginning to prohibit excessive cigaret
smoking by young soldiers,
The perquisities allowed officers in
the navy will aggregate nearly three
quarters Of million dollars in 1911.
Lettuce as food plant has record
of being eaten by Persian kings more
than two thousand years ago.
The aggregate value of the mineral
production for British Columbia for the
last eleven years was $350,0O0,OOO.
There are about three thousand we'd
dings every twenty-four hours, taking
the entire world into consideration.
Any child over seven can be prose-
cuted as a criminal in England, but in
Germany twelve is the limit of respOn-
sibility.
An elephant in the wild state has such
delicate sense of smell that it can de-
tect an enemy nearly mile away.
The most valuable leather belt ever
made sold for $1,000. 1t is 243 feet long,
II inches wide, and three-piy.
Sixty-five hundred inventors were too
poor to make the final payments on their
papers during the last year, and for this
reason forfeited them.
A recently invented rescue stretcher
for mines has oxygen tanks at one end.
opening into bag in which a mans
head and shoulders may be placed.
The sticks Of dynamite used in a year
in building the Panama canal, if placed
end to end, would reach in a straight
line from Boston to Spokane.
The sea kale used as food in China
comes largely from the coast Of Sagh-
lien, where the leaves average one foot
in width and 45 feet in length.
In japan day labOrers receive 20 cents
day, women servants "a cents month,
men servants $1.36 month, women
farm laborers $3.50, men farm laborers
1886.
Aluminium, combined with other ma
terials, is appearing as textile, neck
ties, shawls, hats and lacings for shoes
being among the newest productions.
The sudden demand for popular educa-
tion in China is shown by the fact that
the school attendance in one province
has increased 5000 per cent in five years.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
Case Goes to Supreme Court

Clerk of Courts w. Fl. Rohr certi-
fed last week to the supreme court
the appeal in the case OF Thomas H.
Gibson VS.. The Milwaukee Light,
Heat & Traction Co. The plaintiff
brought suit against the company a
couple of years ago asking damages
of $4,000 for the loss Of his eyes in
an explosion of dynamite while blast
ing on the right of way OF said COM
pany between Ixonia and Watertown.
The suit was dismissed in county
court about a year ago on the ground
of contributory negligence on the
part of the plaintiff-Jefferson Ban
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
Will Erect New Building

Gus Neumann, the barber, will
shortly let the contract for the erec-
ton of a new building in Second
street, south of Market street, on a
lot recently purchased by him. The
building will be of brick, two stories
in height with pressed brick front.
It will be 25x55 feet in dimensions.
The lower floor will be used for bar
Der shop and grinding End the Sec
ond floor will be fitted up for living
rooms. The new structure will be
quite an Improvement to that portion
of Second street.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
Roller Towel Must Go

The travelling mems organization OF
Wisconsin have taken up the Wisconsin
Anti Tuberculosis campaign to Danish
the deadly public roller towel and are
agitating its abolition by hotel and inn
keepers. While it may not be as deadly
as claimed in spreading disease, it is
certainly unsanitary and unwhOlesome
and every guest should be furnished
with an individual towel, if he performs
his absolutions in public wash room.
Smoke 81 atest Out" Sc cigar.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
NUMBER 80
The Markets.
RETAIL BUTTER AND EGGS

ne lAiL bU AMI EGUS
Eggs-Strictly fresh, 19 cents
Butter-Dairy, rs to 27 cents; creamery
81 cents
The following quotations on butter,
eggs, vegetables and fruit are up to-date
and furnished the Leader by the best
local authorities.
VEGETABLES
Potatoes, II cents per peck; 4O-5Oc per
bushel.
Cabbage-5 to cents pound
Onions-7 cents pound
FRUITS
Lemons 25 cents to 35 cents
Oranges 20 cents to so cents
FARM PRODUCE
The following quotations are reported
by II. l.. Kerr, 800 West Main street:
PotatOes-4Oc
Beans-$2,OO
Eggs-17
Live Chickens to 10 cents
Spring chickens IL to 13}5 C per pound
BUTTER
Chicago, May 13.-Steady. Cream
ery-Extra, q cents; Print % cents.
firsts, "a to 25 cents; seconds, 81 to %
cents; dairy, "a cents
CHEESE
Chicago, May 13.-Steady Daisies,
10 to le cents; twins, Is to 151a cents;
young Americas, Is to l519 cents
BARLEY
The following quotations for barley is
reported by H. Wertheimer, Barley Head
quarters, Main Street
I Barley-64
GRAINS AND FLOUR
Red winter Wheat-LOO
White winter Wheat-1.OO
Spring No. LOO
Spring No. e 90
Spring No. g. so
COrn-58 cents
Rye-72 cents
Oats-35 cents
Patent Flour-$1.55 sack; $500 bbl.
Straight Flour $3.50 per bbl; $1.44
per sack
Middlings-Per cwt., $1.25
Bran S1.15
Rye Feed-$l.O5
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
Should Be Stopped

The speeding of autos within the city
limits should be stopped. A speed of
from 20 to 80 miles is not unusual and
it has become dangerous for aged per-
sons or children to cross the streets
without being in danger of being killed
or manned. If the owners of autos wish
to go faster than is lawful within the
city limits they should 90 out into the
country
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
Advertised Letters

Following is a list Of letters remain
ing uncalled for at the Watertown
postoffice for the week ending May IL:
Blank, August
Goetsch, Alex
Miller, Hubert
Oanns, John
Robinson, Miss Vivienne
Runge, Miss Isabel
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20

Asparagus has been cultivated for
more than 1000 years from wild varie-
ties found in Natal, Siberia and Persia.
The University of Calcutta is probably
the largest educational institution in
the world. It has about ten thousand
Students.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
Passed Through the Comet

Well, we passed through the comet
Wednesday and the following morning
we noticed the same old familiar faces
on the street. If fear of terrible catas-
trophe caused few to mend their ways
and prepare for the future, good has re-
suited from the "scare," and the comet
should visit us more frequently.
Smoke atest Out" SC ci1ar
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
Address BY .McGOvern

Hon. Frank E. McGoyern Of Milwau-
kee, will deliver the Memorial day ad-
dress in this city on the 3Oth inst. Mr..
McGovern is an eloquent talker, and
Turner hall should, on that occasion, be
crowded to its utmost capacity.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
Clover Club Elect Officers

Gerald L. Booth, Oregon, Alice M.
Penn, Lake Mills.
Walter J. Powell, Whitewater, Lii
liam l.. Keller, Jefferson.
James A. Mccormick, Milwaukee,
Irene F. Doering, Waterloo.
Edwin Behling, Meta Pollex, Wa
tertOWn.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20

mike is lobster p announced Pat
bringing his fist down on the table.
"Now, Pat" we expostulated, "why
call him such name as that?"
Il name exactly phwat [ say. He's
nayther more n'r less thin lobster. He
STARTS out green, all roight, but tn
mint he gifts into hot Wather, he turns
red w
"Why are you so sad, my poor MANI"
asked the housewife, pausing moment
from her housecleaning.
"Ah, num-" sighed the tired tramp, Il
can't help being sad when I think of dis
cold, cold world. I asked the woman
down de street for nights lodging, and
she says | could sleep in her bin of an
thracite. You wouldn't be 80 cruel
would you, mum?"
"NO, indeed, my poor man. If you will
shake these two rugs I'll let you sleep in
my bituminOus bin. That is soft coal,
you know"
He was sturdy Scotchman, with no
education and no vestige Of a shred Of
humor. He stood before the new city
hall, gazing up at the simple legend
over the portal. Then he turned to his
wife.
"Annie," he said, "dye see hoo the
Scots will be iver cappin' them a? I
dinna ken who this mon McMix may be,
but his name above the door yOnder
makes my heart leap with pride"
A passer-by, happening to overhear the
worthy labOrer's remarks, could not re-
frain from smiling. The building bore
the date, MCMIX.
Louis Pierre was one Of number of
Canadian immigrants VINO settled at
Fitzgerald, Ga. AS he spoke both French
and English he rapidly became man Of
Importance and was successfully elected
to the offices of city marshal, coroner
and justice Of the peace. A dispute
arose between the French and the Eng
lish settlers as to the superiority of the
United States over the Canadian prov
inces. They finally agreed to leave the
decision to Judge Pierre, who handed
down this decision:
"YoOst tage loog at me. Ferst dey
mage me constabul, den coroner, und
now joostis of de pees. Soon be re gov
ernair, den senator, den president. |
would be re long time in Canadaire
fore dey mage me queen.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
For An Idle Moment

You were long time getting me.
John, dear p
"And you were long time waiting,
pet p
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
THE DIFFERENCE

THE DIFFERENCE
When fighter strikes hard blow
He grows bold as seven whales;
When sailor strikes hard blow
He gets scared and reefs his sails.
-O-
PEACE BE STILL
peace be still Oh, be still !
Only rest upon My will
And the earth shall be unrOlled
Like garment that is old,
But My Word shall stand forever,
THE VISITOR
Said little tot,
As she chewed her mittens,
"Ma says you're cat
Have you any kittens?"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
CLEANED AND GARNERED

TWO POINTS OF VIEW
What others think Of us is far
From what we think, because, you see,
They think of what have been or are;
We think of what we're going to be.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20

Those who believe that man descended
from the monkey should remember that
it's a poor rule that won't work both
ways.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
A PARADOX

Dan Cupid is a marksman poor.
Despite his love and kisses,
For while he always hits the mark,
He's always making Mrs.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL

Train No. 33 arrives from Milwaukee and
departs for Madison at 8 40 except Sunday.
rain No. 222 arrives from Madison &. 9:2O
a. M, except Sunday.
Train No. arrives from Chicago and departs
for Madison at 1902 p. m daily except Sunday.
Train No. % arrives from Chicago and departs
for Madison at 6:28 p. M, except Sunday.
Train No. 214 arrives from Madison at 1882
p M daily except Sunday.
Train No. SO arrives from Milwaukee at 7:45
p m daily.
Sunday Excursion Train arrives from Mil
waukae at 9 80 a m, and goes through to Madi-
son, returning at 5:G2 p. m.
tCarrieS sleeping car passengers only.
*StOps at Watertown Junction only.
G. w. WEBB, Agent.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20
CONuNDRUMs

When is a doctor most annoyed?
When he is out of patients.
What man invariably finds things
dull? rhe scissors grinder.
When is it easy to read in the woods?
When autumn turns the leaves.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20

Smoke --latest Out" Sc cigar.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-20

MAILS CLOSE.
Mails close at the Postoffice as follows:
EAST WEST NORTH SOUTH
500 amt 1876 mt 200 pint 1850 am
200 mt 9O0pm 900 pint 6:35 m
5.25 mt @@e 90
9a0 p In
WatertOWn and Madison, 8:15 m :05 pint
Mail for all Rural Routes close at 7:15 m
Except Sundays.
81. T. EBERLE, P. NJ.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-17
Notice Of Sale.

In the District Court Of Carter County,
State of Oklahoma.
Ardmore National Bank, plaintiff, VS.
Mary r. Whtten and Thomas G. Whit
ten. defendants.
Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue of an order of sale issued out OF
the district court Of Carter county,
state of Oklahoma, in the above styled
cause, directing me to levy upon and
sell lots One, two, three, four and five
in block thirty-seven, according to the
official plat of the City of Ardmore,
Carter county, Oklahoma, to satisfy
said execution or order of sale which
said execution or order of sale was
duly levied upon lots one, two, three,
four and five in block thirty-seven IN
the City of Ardmore, Carter county,
Oklahoma, owned by the defendants
/ herein.
| Now, therefore, by virtue OF the
| power vested in me as sheriff of Car
ter county, Oklahoma, and by reason
of the levy of said execution, or order
of sale, notice is hereby given that l
/ will as the Sheriff of Carter county,
| Oklahoma, on the 31st day OF October,
| 1910 between the hours of O'Clock
and o'clock p. m., at the court house
door in Ardmore, Carter county, Okla
homa. expose to sale, for cash in hand
to the highest and best bidder, the
| following described real estate:
Lots One. Two, Three, Four and
Five in Block Tnlrty-seven in the City
of Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma.
Said real estate has heretofore been
duly appraised by thre. disinterested
free holders of Carter county, Okla.
Given under my hand. this the 3Oth
day of September 1910.
J. II. AKERS,
Sheriff Carter County. Okla.
2-9-l6-23-30.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-17

they have entered into the arena,
they have shown themselves mas
ters. II is true, that as yet they
have tried but little except in the
art of war In this, they have mede
a great success. The names of King
Philip. Powhatan, and Tecumseh.
have shed lus,cr on the history Of
this country. And a few weeks ago,
there died in the southwestern Part
of Oklahoma, an old man, who while
his operations were on a small scale,
was yet the equal Or Won Moltke,
Wellington, or any Of the great mil
itary men of modern tines. In point
of skill strategy and daring. few
equaled and none surpassed the last
of the great warriors of the plains,
the aged Geronimo For solid literary
merit. when Environments were con
sidered. our own Sequoyah stands
with the foremost.
Snch a people, II properly cncour-
aged ought not. ana will not he
drones in our industcial life, nor in
any other department of Caucasian
activity. True the Indian, like all
other peoples emerging from dark
ness, shows a greater aptitude for
assimilating our vices, than our vir-
tues. This We can remedy. And here
is where our first great duty lies
We can let our Indian citizens go
TO ruin and oblivion, or we can make
of them useful and enterprising cit
liens. If we fail to do the latter
We will have saddled on us a load
of pauperism and crime thai %ill be
a heavy drag on our new common
wealth. viii our people see their
duty and do it, or will they pursue
the policy inaugurated by the first
white settlers until the Indian as
race disappears from the CONT
nent?
Are not our people big enough,
and grand enough, TO rescue the
remnant of this, in many respects
noble race, and let them enjoy to
the fullest extent the civilization we
brought to this continent?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-17
* Stamp Here
State.

Governor-Lee Cruce, OF Ardmore
Lieutenant Governor. J. McAles-
ter, OF McAlester.
Secretary of State-Ben +. Harri-
son.
Treasurer-Robert Dunlop OF New
kirk
Auditor-Leo Meyer, of Sayre.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion-R. II. Wilson of Chickasha
Attorney General-Charles West, OF
Enid.
Commissioner of Charities and Cor
rections-Kate Barnard, of Oklaho
ma City.
Labor Commissioner-Charles h
Daugherty, of Oklahoma CITY.
Corporation Commissioner-George
A. Henshaw of Madill.
President Board OF Agriculture -
Thomas Bryan of Perry.
State Printer-Giles Farris OF
Mangum.
Inspector and Examiner-C. A. Tay-
lor of Pond Creek.
Mine Inspector-Ed Boyle OF Chant.
Insurance Commissioned A. Bal
lard of Coyle.
Supreme Court.
Clerk Supreme Court-W. II. l..
Campbell of Ada.
For Associate Justice-M. J. Kane
of Kingfisher
For Associate Justice. ]. Dunn
Of Alva.
Criminal Court OF Appeals.
Northern District-Thos. II. Doyle
OF Perry.
Eastern District-Jas. r. Arm
strong of Boswell
Southern District-Henry NJ. Fur
man of Ada.
Congressional.
First District-N. f. McNeal, Of
Pawnee.
Second District-E. L. Fulton, Of
Oklahoma City.
Third District-James Davenport,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-17
RESOLUTION NO. 41.

\ RESOLUTION DECLARING THE
NECESSITY OF IMPROVING POR-
TIONS OF STANLEY BOULE-
WARD, d STREET, SOUTHWEST,
A STREET, SOUTHWEST, B
STREET, NORTHWEST, SEVENTH
AVENUE, NORTHWEST, THIRD
AVENUE, NORTHWEST, SECOND
AVENUE, NORTHWEST, FOURTH
AVENUE, SOUTHWEST, WEST
MAIN STREET, f STREET,
SOUTHWEST, + STREET, SOUTH
WEST, THIRD AVENUE, SOUTH
WEST AND FIRST AVENUE,
SOUTHWEST, IN THE CITY OF
ARDMORE, STATE OF OKLAHo-
MA, BY GRADING, PAVING, GUT
TERfNG. CURBING, DRAINING
AND OTHERWISE IMPROVING
THE SAME:
BE II RESOLVED BY THE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR
THE CITY OF ARDMORE, STATE
OF OKLAHOMA:
Section /. That it is necessary to
improve the following streets and
avenues and parts thereof in the City
of Ardmore, Oklahoma, by grading,
paving, guttering, curbing, draining
and otherwise improving the same, to-
wit
Stanley Boulevard from the West
line of South Washington Street to
the East line of G. Street, Southwest:
D Street, Southwest, from the South
line of West Main Street to the North
line of Fourth Avenue, Southwest;
4 Street, Southwest, from the South
line of First Avenue, Southwest, to the
North line of Stanley Boulevard:
B Street, Northwest, from the North
line OF Broadway, Northwest, to the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-17
Notice of Sale Of Real Estate by
Guardian.

1bslI "
I'm the matter of the estate of Sim
Pickens eJ al.
Notice is hereby given in pursuance
of an order Of the County Court of
the County OF Carter, State OF Ok
lahoma. made on the 18th day of
October. 1910, the undersigned Guar
dian of the estate of Sim Pickens,
Surrena Pickens and Robeta Pick
cts. will sell at private sale to the
highest bidder. subject to confirma-
ion by said Court on Monday, the
7th day of November, 1910, at 10
o'clock a. m, at ArdmOre, Okla, ali
the right, title and interest of said
Sim Pickens, Surrena Pickens and
Robeta Pickens in and to the follow
ing described real estate situate in
Carter County, State of Oklahoma, to-
wit:
The NJ of the NE14 of the NWA
of Section 9, Township 3 South, X. !
e and the SA of the SEA of the
MEL of Section %. Township
South. X. ! West, the same being the
allotment of Sim Pickens, and the
NEA of the SWA of the SW14 and
the SiA of SEA ofo the SWH OF
Section 4. Township 3 South, Range
/ f., the same being the allotment
of Surena Pickens, and the SEA OF
the SWA of the SWA and the VIZ
of the SWA of the SWA of Section 4,
Township 3 South, Range l f, the
same being the allotment of Robeta
Pickens
Said real estate will be sold on the
following terms and conditions, to-
wit. Cash in hand upon execution,
approval and delivery of deed.
Bids for the purchase thereof must
be in writing and must be filed in
the County Court or delivered to the
undersigned at the law office of Cole.
man & Rogers al Ardmore. Okla
homa.
Dated the 18th day of October. 1910
BEN PTCKENS,
1924 Guardian
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-17
PEOPLE'S.FORUh
LATENT POSSIBILITIES OF
RACE.

To the ATdmoreite:
The sight of an Indian managing
an enterprise OF considerable import
ance. and working white men, ne
groes and other indians. the other
dav was a surprise to the writer.
Yet The most surprising thing about
il is. that it should ne a surprise.
IT is true that we have come to
believe that il takes many genera
tions for one of the inferior races,
as we are pleased to term them, to
reach our plane We trace the
evolution of the proud Caucasian
through thousands OF years. from the
barbarous Germans of Caesars day
to the present rulers of the world,
and we think of how long it takes
the common Hindu, the Egyptian, or
the African to reach even a half
civilized state. and We consider that
our American Indian, with his thous-
ands of years of savage life behind
him has no chance whatever in this
generation
But if we will think closely. we
Will see that his case is not at all
analogous to that of the people s
named. He has led a life of saw
agerv. it is true for unnumbered
ages, and made no progress, until he
came i'll contacl with our race. But
his surroundings were entirely diff
ferent.
Those people were Kept in abiect
slavery. the tools of despotic and
ambitious warriors and rulers, who
crushed out all semblance Of free
dom and ambition. Like the famous
painting of The Man with the Hoe,
the woe Of ages was stamped upon
their very souls. and bred into
every fibre of their bodies. Not
so with the Indian. Savage he was
but he was free. No head of a vast
empire ever taxed iis energies to
build a pyramid to make his ruler
immortal. No naughty nation made
slave of him that its own favored
citizens might degenerate by luXu
rious living. No avaricious trades
men. ever sold hm into slavery tc
develop the resources of other ma
tons. He lived in small tribes, witt
kind of socialist government tlia
left him free to do almost as ht
pleased, and to develop his individu
ality as he saw fit. His love o
freedom was not crushed out. nor his
energies deadened by ages of slavery
that would require generation aftel
generation of independence to re
store
Such a people ought readily to as
si.nilate with onr social and indus
trial systems. They have no NEAR
ability, and they are proud self
respecting race. In those arts where
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-17

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