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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
The Lily Eaters.

This beautiful spring weather,
said James Wilson, the secretary Of
agriculture, at luncheon in Washing
ton, "sends one, in thought at least,
back to the farm"
Mr.. Wilson smiled.
81 heard of a farm the other day, /"
he said, ito which certain congress-
man sent a gift of rare lily bulbs from
the department. The farmers wife
acknowledged the gift thus:
Dear Sir-Thank you so much for
the particularly fine onions, which
were greatly enjoyed with last eve
ning's steak"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
SYNOPSIS.

Jack Keith. virginian. now Dor
DER plainsman, is riding along the Santa
: Q tran on the lookout for roaming war
garues OF savages. He notices camp
attached to a wagon and at full gallop
pursued oy men on ponies. When keith
Isac1es the wagon the raiders have mass
acIsd Two men and departed. He searches
lne Vlctims finding papers and locket
WIN Wonan's portrait. He resolves 10
nunt down the murderers. Keith Is ar
rested at Carson City, charged with the
slack Bart. He goes to jail fully realiz-
ing the peril Of swift border justice. a
companion in his cell is a negro, who
Iels him he IL Neb and that he knew the
Keith family back In Virginia. Neb says
one or the murdered men was John
5lDiey, the other Gen. Wills Waite. for
The plainsman and Neb escape from the
CELL, and later the two fugitives become
lost in the sand desert.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
State Hotel Men Meet.

Elkhart Lake.-Sigmund Bloom
field, proprietor of the Hotel
Schwartz at Elkhart, was elected
president of the Wisconsin State
Hotel Mems association at it annual
meeting here. Walter E. Butterfield,
Amigo, Vas reelected vice-president
and Herman O. Kietzsch, Milwaukee,
was reelected secretary and treas
urer
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Fee for Hunting Licenses.

3 Madison.-Attorney General Ban
croft has ruled that a county clerk
may charge reasonable fee for cler-
ical and notarial work in making out
hunting licenses and require appli-
cants for such licenses to pay the
fees. The case came from Kenosha
county, where the county clerk has
been charging SO cents for making
out hunting license, which, with the
license fee of 81, made q charge of
81. so for each applicant.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08

frightened brown eyes, with long lash
es half hiding their depths, looking di-
rectly into his own; only now she had
slightly changed her posture, leaning
toward him across the table. Like a
flash he comprehended that this was
reality-flesh and blood-and, with
the swift instinct of a gentleman, his
numbed, nerveless fingers jerked off
his hat, and he bowed bareheaded be-
fore her.
Pardon me-" he said, finding his
voice with difficulty. Il fell over the
step, but-but l didn't expect to find
a woman here"
He heard her quick breathing, mark
ed slight change in the expression of
| Of the freight on a revolver In her
| lowered hand.
What did you expect to fnd?"
81 hardly knew" he explained lame
ly; 1--WE stumbled on this hut by acct
dent. l didn't know there was a
cabin in all this valley"
Then you are not here for any
purpose? to meet with any one?"
mo; We were lost, and had gone
into camp up above, when we discov-
cred your light"
where do you come from?"
Keith hesitated just an instant, yet
| falsehood was never easy for him, and
he saw no occasion for any deceit
now.
Carson City"
what brought you here?"
"We started for the Bar X ranch
| down below, on the Canadian; got
caught in a sand-storm, and then just
drifted. l do not know within twenty
miles Of where we are"
cealed relief.
Are you alone?"
THE negro and Yes; and you
haven't the slightest reason to be
afraid .; us-we're square"
She looked at him searchingly, and
something in Keith's clean-cut face
seemed to bring reinsurance, conf
dence in the man.
Il am not afraid" she answered,
coming toward him around the short
table "Only 1t is so lonely here, and
you startled me, bursting in without
warning. But you look all right, and
am going to believe your story
| What Is your manner"
"Keith-Jack Keith"
"a cowman?"
"A little of everything, / reckon" a
touch of returning bitterness in the
tone. "a plainsman, who has punched
cattle, but my last job was govern
ment scout"
You look as though you might be
more than that" she said slowly.
The man flushed, his lips pressing
tightly.togetber.
well, II may have BEEN he con
fessed unwillingly. II started out al
| right, but somehow l reckon just
went adrift It's habit in this coun
try"
Apparently those first words of com
ment had left her lips unthinkingly, fol
she made no attempt to reply; merely
stood there directly facing him, bel
clear eyes gazing frankly into his
own. He seemed to actually see hel
now for the first time, fairly-a sup
pie, slender figure, simply dressed
with wonderfully expressive brown
eyes, perfect wealth OF dark hair, :
clear complexion with slight olive
tinge to it. strong, intelligent face
not strictly beautiful. yet strangely
attractive, the forehead low and broad
the nose straight, the lips full and in
clined to smile. Suddenly vague re
membrance brought recognition.
"Why, | know you now"
"Indeed!" the single word note o
undfsguished surprise.
'Yes; | thought you looked oddl,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
To Make Lacrosse Bridge Free.

La Crosse .-Backers of the move
ment to make the La Crosse wagon
bridge free announce all but $4,000
of the $4,000 required has been
raised. If $4,000 is raised here
and $4,000 in Minnesota for road
improvement, the city will take off
the toll on the bridge.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Life Term for Octogenarian.

JaneSTflle.-Louis Keller, aged 80
years, pleaded guilty of numbering
Mrs. Johanna Hischke on the night
of June Fl last, and was sentenced
to life Imprisonment in Waupun. The
shooting was the result of a row
over Kell.rs attention to the 1G-year-
old daughter of Mrs Hischke.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
No Deduction for Repairs.

La Crosse.-In a ruling on ths
estate of the late George H. Ray.
John Harrington, inheritance tax
collector, holds that repairs on a
homestead or taxes ON real estate
cannot be figured as an Inheritance
tax offset.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Gets Medal from Britain.

Oshkosh.-Mrs. Fred EsslInger has
received hero medal from the Brit
ish government in commemoration of
service performed by her father, J.
w. Baker of this city, who was
killed in the Boer war.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Pioneer LEGISLATOR Succumbs.

Oshko sh.-R. G. Russell, retired
banker and member of the Wis
consin legislature in 1854 and 1865,
is dead, aged 81. He had been in
terested in organizing numerous Wis
consin banks.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Loses Foot in Switch

Beloit. John Norris of Redfeld,
S. D., instructor in botany and chem
istry in the Beloit high school, had
his left foot cut off by Northwest
ern train here. He had caught the
foot in a switch point.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Honey OUTPUT Is Cut.

Oshkosh-Lack of rain during the
early summer and the consequent
scarcity of blossoms has cut the out
put of honey here 80 per cent Comb
honey, sold at 16 cents a pound last
year, now brings % cents
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
BENZ. E. Windsor Dead.

Kenosha-Benj. F. Windsor, a
well known manufacturer and prom
inent in Elks, Masonic and Mystic
Shrine circles in Wisconsin, is dead
of complication of diseases. He
had been i'll year.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Coffin Frauds Condemned.

Madison.-The state board Of
health threatens to revoke the Ii
censes of unaertakers deceiviag Gus
toners who desire to purchase air
tight collins for burial of persons
dead from contagious diseases.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08

WHY Odd Wore Overcoat

Odds face showed surprise that such
a eaestten should even be asked.
'Wh., cir he said, with patron
izing smile, didn't you notice that
my trousers hadn't been pressed fa
two days?"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Woman Gets Hunting License.

Two Rivers.-Mrs. Helen Leudke,
aged %, of this city is the first
woman to secure hunting license
in Manitowoc county in a number Of
years. She will accompany her hus-
band on a deer hunt.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Or. Buckeridge Dead.

Beloit.-DY. Isaac Buckeridge,
aged 81, is dead Of heart trouble.
He was a member Of the Beloit en-
campment, No. 6, K. T., and a leader
in the Modern Woodmen of the state,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Crushed bv Steam Shovel.

Waukesha.-Otto A. Gunderson
of Clintonville, employed on the ex-
tension of the Northwestern road,
was instantly killed here by. having
a steam shovel fall on him.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Lease Fon.s du Lac Theater.

Fond du Lac.-The Henry Boyle
theater has been leased for six years
by the Wisconsin Hotel Company,
which conducts the Palmsr House in
this city
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08

Her face, which had been so white,
flushed to the hair, her dark eyes soft
ening.
why, of course; sit down. | ought
to have known from your face. There
is plenty here-such as 1t ts-only you
must wait 8 moment
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Farmer Killed in Runaway.

Appleton.-Thomas Thompson,
wealthy farmer of Outagamie coun-
ty. was thrown from his wagon in a
runaway at Dale and killed, his skull
being crushed under the wheels.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
"a 7oe esLoe in State Treasury.

Madison.-The treasury balance of
the state at the close Of business,
August 81, was $3,706, 981.09, as
compared with a balance of 1885,
928.01. August 81, 1910.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
German Editor Die

Appleton-H. w. Meyer, editor of
German newspaper and well known
throughout the state, is dead here
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Criminal Instinct.

Crimes lead into one another. They
who are capable of being forgers are
capable of being incendiaries.-Bur
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-08
Burned by Exploding Paraffine.

Neenah.-Joseph Weber, drug
clerk, was terribly burned about the
face and arms by an exploding can
of hot paraffine 1t is feared his eye
sight may be injured.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-06

Executive Commlttee-w. or
ham,. chairman ex-officio: r. w. Scot,
r. l. Woodland. ]. p. NcRae. A can
non.
Finance COnamittee-A. + MrCs,-
lum, chairman: w. J. Shuford. =
McRae. 1. H. Kearney. II. G Carte
Test Farm Committee-R W sco,,
chairman: A T. AcCalluru. -
Kearney, William Biedsoe.
Police COmmAttee~W. ]. Shufori
chairman: X. l. Woodland. William,
BIedsoe, ]. X. w. Barnes.
Quarantine COmmi0ee~A Canno,
chairman: w. J. Shuford. H. {. car
ter, X. w. Barnes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-06
away WITH FEE SYSTEM
Saving to State by Salaries in
the Supervising Of Insurance
Advance sheet Of Report of Insurance
Commissioner Shows That Under
the Fee System There Would Since
1899 Have Been Paid Out Over
$4,000 q Year In Fees.

State Insurance Commissioner J. K.
Young is now preparing his report.
and in it he treats Of the matter OF
In his report. an advance
sheet Of it given out yesterday, it IS
shown h a since the Department was
formed in 1898 here has been coli
lected and paid into the State Treas
ury a total Of s2,237, 256.25.
But the point in his report that is
more striking than this. is that it -
wn that great sums have been say
ed to the State by the salary system.
which would otherwise have gone To
ndivid uais by h fee system. In
the report the astonishing statement
is made that since 1899, under the fee
system, there would have been paid
out $171,875.94 for the supervising OF
insurance companies, or an average
Of $14,322.S6 each Commission
er Young in his report says that thi,
amount, before the salary system sup
planted the fee system would have
gone into the office of the Secretary
of State and that it would have paid
in more than the total cost of the de-
partment, including all salaries ana
other expenses.
The eVenue section Of the report
shows to what q large amount the
supervising of insurance companies ia
North Carohan has grown. In 1899
1900 the receipts were $91,913.49. In
they had been multiplied
800 per cent, showing a total Of SEQ
3OO.OS. And without the fee system
there would each ear have gone great
sums for transScting the business. This
is a concrete e that shows that
the fee system ought to go wherever
1t is hanging On.
The extract from the report OF tho
Commissioner of Insurance is as fol-
oWs:
Revenue.
LAS has been stated frequently by
the Insurance Commissioner in his
reports and recOmme ndations. he has
not undertaken to run the depart
ment for revenue. The Commissioner
and those who have had occasion to
look into the matter are satisfied that
more good is accomplished for tho
state and her citizens by a proper su-
perv1sion OF the business than by the
Of revenue: but it is OF in
terest to note the collected
by the department and paid into the
state Treasury each year since its
formation, as follows:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-06

The Mount collected for the year
prior to the organization Of the de
partment G899) was s~84,819.28. Il
Is also worthy of note. as of interest
In showing one of the advantages OF
the department, that there has been
collected and paid into the State
Treasury of the amount that would
nave under the old law gone TO the
Secretary Of tSate as his fees or com
p~ensation for supervising insurance
the sum Of s171.875-94
This shows an average OF s14.322.S6
annually and more than the total cost
OF the department. including all sala-
ries and other
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-06

The longer a man goes without pay
ing a bill the more ne gets to think
never really owed it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-06

At Annual Meeting OF the Board of
Agriculture 1t Is Set Out That ii
Farmers Are Prosperous as Never
Before and That in Ten Years There
Has Been an Increase in Value of
Farm Products of 129 Per Cent,
Reaching Now $122,OOO, 600.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-06

For the oil division the report Is:
On hand Dec. /. 1910. $2,1S9.S7. SIX
months receipts to May 81, 1911, $2t,-
1896. Total $2S.352.S2 The ex-
penses for six months to Mag 81 were
S12.216.09. To State Treasurer for
general fund, $4,000. alamo on
hand, $2,13S.83..
The total amount paid out on the
agricultural building at the A. & NJ.
College is $126,77S.43. principal and
interest.
Besides the appropriations made
for the six months in the budget. the
following special payments have been
The Bryan eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1880-1913, 1911-03-09

The court of criminal appeals has
declared the referendum unconstitu-
tional excepting specific provision
that has been made for local option
in regard to the sale of intoXicants and
10 livestock running at large. The
initiative is also declared unconstltu-
tional, except in the matter Of petit
lions. If the supreme court sustairs
the decision there will probably be
demand for a constitutional conyen-
ton to remove these obstacles to di-
rect legislation by the people.
The Bryan eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1880-1913, 1911-03-09
SENATOR BAlLEYS RESIGNATION
WITHDRAWN.

The announcement of Senator
Bailey's withdrawal of his resignation
was not in Saturdays Eagle because
it was not sent to Governor Colquitt
until few minutes before o'clock,
which was after the paper was printed.
We do not share in the opinion of
a good many that in Offering and with
drawing his resignation he was max
ing a grandstand play for the sake Of
spectacular effect 1t is our deliberate
conviction that he was sincere in both.
There are excellent reasons for bellev-
ing that he would like to retire from
public life. In the legislative investi-
CATION in 1907 he said that he had
been offered $4,000 a year by cor
poration to take charge of its legal
business and he sometimes wished he
had accepted it. He has disposed OF
practically all his interests in Texas,
except his home in Gainesville. He
has gotten all the glory he can ever
hope to get out of politics. He is con-
fronted with a hard fight for re-elec-
ton to the senate. BY his course in
the late session he has alienated him.
self from the progressive democrats,
who are in a majority in both bracnhes
Of congress This is evident from the
fact that of the eleven senators who
protested against his resignation all
were reactionaries. Senator Cplberson
nor any of the Texas congressman
Joined in the protest
There are widely different opinions
among both Senator Bailey's friend )
and opponents as to the effect of the
incident on his political future. Some
think it will strengthen him, others
that the effect will be unfavorable. IT,
as many of his friends say, he acted
hastily and in a fit of anger, it will
certainly injure him; but If, as we
believe. he really desires to retire and
took advantage of circumstances which
offered a plausible excuse for so doing
and yielded his own wishes to crafty
his friends, the effect will not be to
his INJURY. Time will show whose is
the correct opinion.
The Bryan eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1880-1913, 1911-03-09

There may be a difference of opin-
ion as to which Texas city has the
largest population or the most bust
ness. but as to which has the most
politics there can be no sort OF doubt.
Dallas has five municipal tickets in
the field, and the slogan of each is
"Hurrah for the people and reform! y
Nor has the decision of the court of
appeals knocking out the referendum
and recall lessened the ardor OF the
patriots, which it evidently would have
done had this feature of the charter
been responsible for the mixup. The
explanation of the political phenom-
enon lies in the fact that Dallas has
a we'll stored pie counter.
The Bryan eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1880-1913, 1911-03-09

Something ought TO be done to re-
awaken the interest in the boys corn
clubs. Brazos county was one OF the
first to take up this movement and
won great honor as result. Now that
the movement has become general and
interest greatly increased, 1t would be
pity for the Brazos county boys to
lie down. The prizes offered this year
are larger than ever. VIII not ambi-
tious sons OF old Brazos win honor for
themselves and their county by trying
to capture some OF them? Will not
the Commercial Club and the Farmers
Union do something to encourage the
hnYs?
The Bryan eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1880-1913, 1911-03-09
THE MEN THAT ARE TO BE.

We don't know who is the author of
this soul stirring stanza. II is clipped
from an exchange that printed 1t in
the editorial column with quotation
marks. It should have a place in every
scrap book and every teacher should
use it as memory gem:
Mourn not for the vanished ages,
With the great heroic men
Who dwelt in history's pages
And live in the poets pen;
For the grandest times are before US,
And the world is yet to see
The noblest worth of this old world
In the men that are to be"
The Bryan eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1880-1913, 1911-03-09

Opponents of the initiative end ref
erendum are Growing over the adverse
decision OF the court OF criminal ap-
peals. The supreme court has not
passed upon these questions yet, and
even if its decision should be against
them, it would be no worse barrier
to their ultimate triumph than the
bred Scott decision was to the aboli-
ton of chattel slavery. The people are
beginning TO realize that government
by representatives is not government
by the people and never can be, and
are determined to establish real gov
eminent of the people, for the people
and by the people. The initiative and
referendum will bring the government
much nearer to the people
The Bryan eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1880-1913, 1911-03-09

The Eagle has received a copy OF
the New State Tribune, edited by for
mer Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma,
in which the leading editorial boosts
Governor Colquitt, of Texas, for presi-
uent of the United States. The article
is a glowing tribute to Texas as we'll
as to Governor Colquitt. Considering
that Mr.. Haskell is an ardent prohi-
bitionist and one of the most radical
of progressives, this endorsement OF
Governor Colquitt is surprising.
Charles n. Haskell is not the man to
do such a thing without an object.
There is probably more in it than ap-
pears on the surface.
The Bryan eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1880-1913, 1911-03-09
CONTRIBUTED EY
COMMERCIAL SECRETARIES.

During the last decade we have built
eighty-nine now cottCnseed oil mills,
making an increase CT 81 per cent in
establishment and Gtowing a total Of
191 mills to date Of last report, Feb
ruary 2S, 1911. The rapid growth of
the industry is attributed by the fed
eral department Of commerce and n
Dor to improved machinery. improved
methods CT refining and high price Of
cottonseed compounds. 1t is fortunate
for Texas that the cOttonseed is so
bulky that it can not be shipped across
the ocean with economy. as is The case
with the cotton lint, leaving the man
ufacturing field non-competitive for
T. Xas industries. Nature has favored
Texas with a tariff of bulk and dis
lance that England can not overcome
Property is the basis of all pros
perity. We may increase our wealth
by creating property, adding value TO
property and by>moving property into
the community. The farms, mines and
fisheries are the natural producing
lines of industry and increase wealth.
The immigration movement toward
Texas is assuming larger proportions
every day, and practically every in
portant railroad whose lines extend
into Texas are running special eXcur-
sion and homeseekers trains into the
state. A pleasing feature of our i'm
migration is that it is composed of a
class of prosperous, substantial men
and women who are turning their
faces toward Texas with the view of
making permanent homes in the state.
The factory takes the products of
the farms and mines and by changing
either their form or appearance adds
value to the article; the factory there
fore increases wealth. Build factories
and add value to our property.