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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25
We Congratulate Bro. Moore

Last week the Watertown Gazette
was 80 years old and is still a spry
youngster for its age. It's editor,
James w. Moore, has conducted the
paper during all these years and is
still in the harness. In speaking of
the matter, Mr. Moore says in his
paper:
Thirty years ago last Tuesday the
first issue of the The Gazette under
the editors management was issued
il it's present quarters. Great changes
have taken place during that time !;
we have seen our city gradually grow
to be one of the finest in the state, a
place where it is a pleasure TO live
and a city that is famed the world
over for good morals and wide-open
hospitality. We have enjoyed our
work in the newspaper business, and
have tried to do our duty toward the
public. We feel that our work has
been appreciated by the majority OF
our people, and though at times there
has been some unpleasant things in
our line of work, still we acknowledge
gratefully the many favors and ex
pressions of good will shown us by
our fellow citizens during the past sc
years, and we hope the mutual good
feeling at present existing will con
tinue for many years to come
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25
Wedding Bells

Wednesday evening at o'clock, at the
home of the parents Of the bride, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. O'Brien, occurred the marriage
of Miss Isabel and DR.. Oren W. Joslin OF
Milwaukee, the Rev. Ell. G. Rehm, pastor
of the Congregational church officiating.
Miss Laura O'Brien, sister to the bride,
acted as maid of honor and DR.. o. Krause
of Milwaukee as best man, and Miss
Pearl O'Brien played the wedding march
as the nuptual party and attendants en-
tered the parlOr where the services took
place, and where the words were spoken
which made them husband and wife.
The bride and maid Of honor were
gowned in yellow material which ehim-
mered like gold and the house was beau
tifully decorated in the same color,
which made the scene one of beauty
and long to be remembered by the inter
ested parties and their friends, several
being present from abroad.
After the ceremony, the bridal party,
relatives and friends repaired TO the
Hotel Commercial at $50 p. m., where a
wedding dinner and reception was held
and the happy couple received the con-
gratulatiOns Of their friends, and on
Thursday morning the happy couple
started on their honeymoon trip which
will include Portland Oregon, and San
Francisco California, and they will be at
home to their friends in their Milwau
kee home Jan. l, 1911.
Mrs. Josin is a native Of this city and
received her education in the high school
here; is popular with all her friends and
DR.. Joslin, the lucky man, is we'll liked
by all who know him and he has a good
practice in his home city.
The Leader extends its cOngratula-
tions and hope for their happiness and
we are not JOs-in either, Isabel.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25
Nightly DiSintereSted

An association composnd of the own
ers of cut-Over lands in the northern
part Of Wisconsin, known as the Wiscon-
sin Advancement association, with head
quarters in Chicago, is sending to the
papers in the state advertising matter to
be published >'free gratis, for nothing"
for the benefit Of the members of the
aforesaid association. They are abund-
antly able to pay for space to push the
sale OF their lands. and it is an evidence
OF gall to expect newspapers to do it for
the advancement of the state.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25

VALUABLE PRIZES
XMAS SEAL SALE
Anti : tuberculosis ASSOCid-
ton to Reward WillinQ
WOTkerS-Cdmpdign
for Funds

Prizes aggregating several thousands
Of dollars in value are offered by the
Wisconsin Anti-Tubercuosis association
for the sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals
this year. The campaign opens next
Monday, Nov. 28th, and will last four
weeks, closing at midnight, Dec. oath.
The list Of prizes includes a reward for
cities, towns, villages, schools, lodges,
individuals, with a special prize for
Catholic parochial schools. The awards
will be based on per capita sale, giving
everyone an equal opportunity town.
To the city above 1000 population
making the highest sale, according to
population, will be awarded a $3.50 Hen
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,

A delegation of Jefferson county
boys are planning to enter the short
course in agriculture, which opens
December 3 at the College of Agricul
ture Of the University of Wisconsin
at Madison. Those who will attend
for the second year are: S. P. Mere
Watertown; R. Schultz, Lake Mills;
A. c. Violin, Johnson Creek; E. C..
Froeming, Lake Mills; M. B. Hetts
Fort Atkinson. G. H. Leonard, Jeffer
son, will attend this year for the first
time.
The studies in the short course Of
fered this year are better than ever
jects will be given. The principal
courses in live stock husbandry, farm
crops, soils, horticulture, farm dairy
ing, veterinary science and chemistry
will be given much the same as in pre-
vious years. The new courses in poul-
try raising will be better than first
given last year owing to the increased
equipment and focks of the poultry
department. The courses in farm
management and farm accounts will be
much improved and will include much
new material. A feature of the short
gymnastic exercises, which will be
conducted regularly under an expert
Instructor, 10 provide the needed ex-
ercise to keep the farm boys, used to
outdoor work, in good physical condi-
ton.
A short course graduate Of the class
of 1896 visited the college the other
day. When he completed the course
he went to Pennsylvania to work in a
big livestock breeding establishment.
At the end of the first week the pro-
prietor told him that his services were
worth $25 a month with board. The
practical training secured in the
short course enabled him to advance
readily as a stOckman until now he
is superintendent of one of the larg-
est estates in the east at salary Of
S265O a year, with house, garden and
driving team furnished.
Wisconsin is full of boys who found
the short course the opening to great
er success in farming. One graduated
ten years ago and is now seed grain
grower of national repute, handling
over $4,000 worth Of seeds a year.
Another was a farm hand at $40 a
month five years ago and now oper-
ates a stock farm with a net income
Of over $4,000 a year. Many others
have returned to their home farms to
put the old place on a paying basis.
1t pays to study how to farm right.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25
The Youths Companion Cal
enddr for l9Il

The publishers Of The Youths Com
panion will, as always at this season,
present to every subscriber whose sub
scription (s1.75) is paid for 1911 a beau
tiful Calendar for the new year. The
picture panel reproduces water color
painting of an Old-time garden in a
flood of summer sunshine, with back
ground of Lombardy poplars through
which one catches glimpse of distant
hills. The picture being in II colors,
the tones of original are faithfully re-
produced. 14-1
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25
Probate Court Proceedings

At special term Of the county court
for Jefferson county, held in the city
hall at WatertOwn, Wednesday, Nov. 16,
1910, Judge G. B. Rogers presiding, the
following matters were considered
In the matter of the estate of Joseph
Radle. deceased. Hearing on claims.
Matter adjourned to December at Wat
ertOWn.
In the matter of the estate Of Thomas
Griffith, h,deceased. Adjourned hearing on
petition for administration. Bond Or
dered, approved and filed and letters of
administration issued to C. A. Skinner.
Time for filing claims limited to May 1,
1911, and hearing set for May II, 1911, at
WatertoWn. Warrant issued to apprais-
ers.
In the matter of the estate of Louise
Pohlmann, deceased. Adjourned hearing
on claims. Witnesses sworn and testi-
fed. Decision on claims made.
In the matter Of the estate Of DOrOthea
Louise Mueller, deceased. Hearing on
final account. Proof of heirs taken.
Proof of publication filed, account allow
ed and residue assigned.
In the matter of the estate Of Christian
Becker, deceased. Petition to amend
final account filed. Set for hearing at
WatertoWn, December 81.
In the matter of the estate of Cath
crime Bulger, deceased. Adjourned hear
ing ON final account. Account allowed
and residue assigned.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25
NUMBER ID
The Markets.
RETAIL BUTTER AND EGGS

RETAIL BUTTER AND EGGS
Eggs-Strictly fresh, 90 cents
Butter-Dairy. q to % cents; creamery
35 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, Is cents per peck; 60 per
bushel.
Cabbage cents pound
OniOns-3 cents pound
FRUITS
LemOns-DOzen 35 cents to 40 cents
ngeS-DOZen 20 cents to so cents
FARM PRODUCE
The following quotations are reported
by E. Graeszel. 800 West Main street:
Beans-$2OO
Eggs-27
Live Chickens Z to Scents
Spring chickens &c to Sc per pound
Ducks-15 to 16c pound
Geese-14c pound
BUTTER
Chicago, Nov. 23.-Steady. Cream
ery-Extra, 81 cents; Print SO cents.
hiopo, 80 w oo OCHtS, ScCOHuS, 30 bO 20
cents; dairy, % cents
CHEESE
Chicago, Nov. 23.-Steady Daisies
10 to l5H cents; twins, ID to 1416 cents;
young Americas, l419 to Is cents
BARLEY
The following quotations for barley is
reported by Ii. ertheimer, Barley Head
quarters, Main Street -
Barley-75
GRAINS AND FLOUR
Red winter wheat 88c
White winter wheat-S8c
Spring No. 1-8Sc
Spring No. 2-S6c
Spring No. 3-84
COrn-53 cents
Rye-74 cents
Oats-34 cents
Patent Flour-$1.50 sack; $500 bbl.
Straight Flour-s470 per bbl; $1.35
per sack
Middlings-Per cwt., $1.OO
Bran-Si.20
Rye Feed-$1.15
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25

good health and about all the blessings
vOuchsafed to man.
Chas. J. Wenck-That his heart does
not grow old with the years; that he en-
joys life, has plenty Of the good things
that makes life worth living.
Rev. Father Hennessey-That he has a
large congregation; that the church is
growing under his ministrations, and
that the church has fine heating plant
which keeps it comfortable.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25
All Right. Except

B. M. Jostad, field probation officer for
the State Board of Control, was in the
city Monday and examined our lookup
and pronounced it all right, except, that
it should be furnished with spring beds
for the comfort and pleasure of the no.
boes who lodge there. Our prisons and
iails should be made comfortable and in
viting, SO as to encourage the hoboes and
the criminal class to tarry longer in
them and be satisfied.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25
Gentleman and Christian

An exchange says: "a man that's
clean inside and out; who neither looks
up to the rich nor down on the poor; who
can win without Dragging; who is con-
siderate of women, children and old
people; who is too brave to lie, too gen.
erous to cheat and who takes his share
in the world and lets other people have
theirs, is about the only real gentleman
on earth"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25
r. R. TIME TABLES

CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
GOING SOUTH
Chicago Passenger. ................ ~ 5.45 a m
CnlcdgO passenger. er.....................1 10 :5S IN
Both 40 m and 0:58 m trains make close
connections at Jefferson Junction for Madison
and all points west.
65e. 30 trGasiI.s makes close connections for
east and west at Jefferson Junction.
GOING NORTH
Lake Superior passenger 8:Nam
Menominee passenger :35pm
Rockford Passenger DRIVES WatertOwn 9:SC
M departs |: :3O pm
Passenger from Chicago arrives at 9:45 pm
ana goes no Iurther. PAUL KOHLER Agent.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, q ST. PAUL
GOING EAST

Train No. SO arrives from Milwaukee and
departs for Madison at s 40 except Sunday.
Train NO: 222 arrives from Madison at 9:20
a. m, except Sunday.
Train No. z arrives from Chicago and departs
for Madison at 1902 p. M, daily except Sunday.
Train No. 23 arrives from Chicago and departs
for Madison at g rs p. m, except Sunday.
Train No. 214 arrives from Madison at 1882
p 10 daily except Sunday.
Train No. 80 arrives from Milwaukee at 7:45
p m daily.
Sunday Excursion Train arrives from MIL
wauk9e at $50 m, and goes through to Madi-
son, returning at :02 p. m.
fCarries sleeping car passengers only.
*StOps at WatertOWn Junction only.
g. w. WEBB, Agent.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25
Jaeger RedppOinted

AT the meeting Of the county board
in Jefferson Monday afternoon, Robert
Jaeger of this city was re-appointed
poor commissioner for the Watertown
district which includes several other
towns.
Sroke ST oteSt Ont to Sc cigar
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25

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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25

MAILS CLOSE.
Mails close at the Postoffice as follows:
EAST WEST NORTH SOUTH
800 mt 1915 mt 200 D mt 1880 a M
20Opmt 9O0pm 900 PINT 5:35 a m
5:25 mt
9:C0 pm
WatertoWn and Madison, 8:15 m sos pmt
Mail for all Rural Routes close at Tbs I'm
Except Sundays.
Fl. T. EBERLE, P. M.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
BY HON. W. H WORKMAN, FORMER MAYOR OF ANGEL CITY

My father and mother emigrated &c
Missot in 1919, when Missouri was
frontier state and the people of the
settlements were obliged to protect
themselves against the Indians who
Ioamed about the country. My father
DaNld Workman, had come from Eng
Iand and my mother, Nancy Hook,
from Virginia, and it AS in Boonville
Missouri, they met and were married.
very soon my father went into the
business of Transporting general merch-
andise to Mexico by ten and twelve
mule teams The goods were pur-
chase in st. Louis whence they were
shipped to what is now Kansas City,
Where the teams were loaded. These
goods were exchanged for cash or for
hides and tallow, throughout the ter
ritory which is now New Mexico, and
as far south as chihuahua.
Upon his return fro-n one of these
trips In 1849 by father came to Cali
fornia attracted by the gold discov-
cries, and engaged in mining and mer-
ehandsing in Sacramento. In 1852,
sacramento was destroyed by fire, and
lathers business place was also
burned. He had a brother, William
workman, living at that time in Los
Angeles county, where he owned
large ranch, and he concluded to visit
souri,. William Workman, however,
persuaded him to bring his family,
consisting Of his wife and three sons,
to Southern California to live. SO
our coming to California was ultimate
ly as homeseekers, not in quest of
gold, and we meant to stay My faith
er returned to BoonVille, fitted up a
wagon train, consisting of three coy
cred wagons drawn by oxen, and n
81 fAr 4
On April II. 1854. we started from
Boon lie. Some neighbors came with
u.s. the party numbering twenty-one
IN al. We passed through Westport
Landing, now called Kansas City.
which consisted of a few warehouses
under the bluff and was on the from
tier of civilization. We next passed
Fort Leavenworth, a military post.
and from there we found a barren will
derness. We followed the North Fork
OF the l'latte river as there was good
grazing, and at last we came into the
vicinity of the Black Hills and
after many days approached the Rocky
mountains.
ADVENTURE WITH THE INDIANS
one morning in late spring, about II
CLOCK, we were surrounded by a hand
OF Duo SIOUX and Cheyenne Indian war
1lors on horseback. They were a mag
nlficent sight, all decked in war paint |
ana feathers, but were very savage and
herce. Fortunately my father could |
speak Spanish because of his experience |
IN Me:fco, and the chief also, bv a |
happy coincidence, could speak the ian
guage. 1t was probably owing to this |
1act that our lives were saved, for after |
II parley the chief agreed to let us 90 |
on condition that we surrender our nro.
visions to his hungry men. There was
no alternative. The Indians outnum-
bered us overwhelmingly. and NV IA
ther yielded. We boys rolled ont the
barrels of provisions, hams, bacon and
al except one ham which nv
mother hid. The Indians fool, al nItr
food, but, true to the chiefs word we
unmolested on our tourney,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

Of Charity arrived, and opened their
school at Macy and Alameda streets.
Sister Angelta Of the pioneer band of
sisters, still lives, and Is now in FL
Paso, Tex. There were two public
schools in those days, the Bath Street
Street school, at Second and Spring
Street school, at Second and Supring
In 1865, st. Vincent's college was
founded.
The social life Of Los Angeles Of fifty
years ago was a most agreeable fea-
ture of it's history. Neighborliness and
good feeling prevailed, hospitality was
not a mere name but an actual fact of
daily experience. The charming well
come assured a guest in the homes of
the old Spanish families has become
prOverbial. ! recall with distinct ap-
probation the good times | had in the
homes Of Mrs. Abel Stearns, now Dona
Arcadia de Baker, Don Alexandra Bell,
Don Jose SepulVeda, father of Mrs. T.
d. Mott, Don Ignacio del Vaile, Frank
Melius, at the Dominguez rancho and
in many other early homes of Los
Angeles and the surrounding country.
One of the most brilliant events, one
which would compare favorably with
such a function gi.en at any period,
was a charity ball which took place
upstairs in the old county court house
where now stands the Bullard block.
The whole town turned out, the Co.'S
tunes were beautiful and the affair
was a great success though we danced
by candle light.
The old court house was originally
built for a market house, and for sew
eral years furnished the most avail
able hall for many social purposes.
The pioneer days of California are
receding further and further as the
years go by A new and vigorous pop
ulation is coming daily to people the
hills and valleys and to develop the
wonderful resources of this chosen
land. Southern California has not be-
gun to realize its marvellous possibiIi-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

the Sea Bird, the Goliah, the Ohio
and fhe Senator, all of which have
long since disappeared.
RIVAL COACH LINES
Steamer day in Los Angeles was the
great event. Gen. Banning and A. w.
Timms We're rivals in carrying passen-
gers and freight from San Pedro to
Los Angeles The competition was
very keen. Great excitement prevailed
and the whole town would turn out to
witness the arrival of the coaches.
Gen. Banning and Mr.. Timms fire.
quently drove their respective coaches
into town. Gen. Banning's terminus
was the Bella Union hotel now the
st. Charles on North Main street, and
Mr.. Timms landed his passengers just
across the street at the Lafayette no.
tel, now the st. Elmo. Sometimes one
side and sometimes the other came in
ahead.
At that time, there were no telegraph
lines, no railroads, no banks, and there
was almost complete isolation from the
affairs of the outside world. The in
terest of the people was therefore very
keen for news when the stage coaches
came into town.
VINEYARDS AND HOMES
There were beautiful and extensive
places among the vineyards along the
river Don Mateo Keller, Don Louis
Vignes, Don Jose Sepulveda, Don Louis
Sansevain Don Juan Domingo, Paul
Pryor, Don Tomas Sanchez, A K.
Messer, Don Tomas Loughlin, William
Wolfskill, DR.. Halsey, Don Jose Ru-
bio, the Reyes family, Don Juan War
ner, Don Eulogio de Cells, and Don
Manuel Requena were among those
who owned and cultivated the luxur-
liant vineyards and orchards Of that
day. Outside of the present city, there
were few vineyards and orchards, and
these were located at San Gabriel mis-
sion, Cucamonga, Ell Monte, Downey
and Anaheim. The rest of the country
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
UNIQUE VEHICLE IN
USE ZOO YEARS AGO
Story of the Old Indian Carreta
Shown in Many Cities
Up to 1896

The ancient carreta, now in the ex-
hibit room of the Los Angeles cham
Der of commerce, has hau al eVentful
history as wagons 60. 1t was the
property of Alfonso a Tesuque Indian.
50 years old. Alfonso sand it had be
longed TO his great grandfather, and
that it had been exhibited at a local
fiesta years before as the oldest car
reta in the neighborhood. From these
facts, well suhstautiated, aud the great
age to which Indians live, as a rule,
this ancient carreta is estimated to be
much over 200 years old, It was pur-
chased by Capt. Newton Chttenden,
a noted Indian explorer antiquarian
and ethu0I0gist, u05F living in Pomona,
Cal. AT tine gEpJsitiOus held in Chi
cagO, san Francisco and Atlanta, Ga,
it was exhibited ia the SiouX-Ameri-
can village. Capt. Chittenden later
brought it to Southern California and
in 1895 presented il to the Los Angeles
chamber OF commerce, i'm token of his
conviction that the election Of Pre5i-
dent Mckinley Was the most important
moral victory in the history of the
United States since the administration
of Lincoln.
on November 23, 1896. this old-time
cart left Redlands. Cal, ON it's own
wheels and reached Los Angeles De-
Cember Is, a distance Of over sixty
miles. Capt. Chittenden accompanied
It, camping on the way and walked
most of the distance, watching with
anxious eyes to see that it did not fall
to pieces, like the 'deacOns wonderful
one-horse shay" from it's great age
But it survived the journey in good
shape, and being on exhibition in the
window of a local carriage dealer, was
hitched behind an up-tC-date wagon
and hauled to the chamber Of COM
rnerce exhibit room January 8, 1897,
+,
er, it may remain possible 200 years
more.
The wheels are made of cross sec
tions of a sycamore tree, thirty-eisht
inches in diameter, and about six
inches thick at the outer rim. The
hubs are of one piece with the body of
the wheels, and are roughly extended
out to a length of eighteen inches.
Wooden pins through the axle secure
the clumsy wheels. The body is made
of cottonwood, excepting the tongue,
which is twisted and gnarled stick
of mesquite four feet long. 1t was
driven by oxen hitched to the horns
with thongs of raWhide. Its counter
part may be seen in the country dis
trfcts of Mexico today, drawn in a
similar manner, as this was when new
200 years and moro ago: go:,.
ties, which equal the charm Of its sun
shine ana the DdIu OL It's di' IilC lily
of Los Angeles, which has grown, as II
by magic, from the quiet pueblo of 1850,
has a more wonderful growth in pros
meet than the one which we have seen
accomplished in the fifty years gone by.
And yet, though our hope is in the
future. let us not forget the past. Let
us not forget the men and women who
laid the foundations of our city. Be
cause of these sturdy pioneers and
their struggles many of us are enjoy
ing a life of ease and happiness IN the
sunshine Of California LeI
courage and sacrifice in men and
women of all ages.