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The Washington times., 1912-05-30
Ranks In New York
Are Much Thinner
Than One Year Ago

NEW YORK. May 3o.-There was
noticeable thinning of the ranks OF the
G. A. r. in today's Memorial parade,
the 800 veterans in line being more than
The Washington times., 1912-05-30
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The Washington times., 1912-05-30
EDUCATIONAL

ELoCUTioN AND SINGING.
MRS. EMILY FREcH BARNES
- uth bt n. 2. - Phona Lincoln IiSA
The Washington times., 1912-05-30

Mary II. Fisher, in FRYING
PANS AND FIRES" tells a story
not for those who live the life of
folded hands. 1t concerns the fem
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
EXCELLENT POINTS
FOR FEEDING SWINE

In Bulletin No. 1913, issued by Ne
braska experiment station, the re
suits are given of hog-breeding ex-
periments extending over severaE
years. While some eight or ten diff
ferent combinations of corn and al
falfa were tried, the most profitable
consisted of corn and alfalfa hay fed
from rack. Nearly as good as this
from the standpoint of cheap pork
production, was nine parts corn and
one part chopped alfalfa hay and nine
parts corn and one part alfalfa meal.
In every case the corn fed was
ground, and all feeds were moistened
in the trough before being eaten. In
teresting single facts brought out
were that one bunch of hogs fed a
ration of half corn and half alfalfa
gained but fifty-five pounds in three
months, while another bunch weigh
ing the same at the start, and fed
nine parts corn and one part alfalfa
gained 148 each on the average. An
other important fact demonstrated
was that the cost of feed to produce
a 225-pound hog was 1885 per hun
dred pounds, while keeping the hog
until 1t weighed 325 pounds increased
the cost per hundred pounds of gain
to 1857.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
KEEP POULTRY HOUSE CLEAN
alven Plenty of Good Food and Well
Kept House Hen Will Solve the
Winter Egg Problem.

Experience has led me to conclude
that cleanliness is profitable virtue
in poultry raising. Give the hen
plenty of good food and clean quar-
ters and she will give no occasion for
worry over the winter egg problems.
We who have followed the chicken
business either for pleasure or profit,
for pin money or income, have heard
this time-old advice repeated with re-
ligious regularity every new moon,
writes Dennis H. Stovall of Oregon
In the Northwest Farmstead. When
we give it heed, we win: when we let
1t pass, we lose.
Cleanliness in the henhouse and
the poultry yard is very simple
thing, for the reason that 1t depends
upon simple things. A few years ago
experimental with fancy roosts, pat
ent drop boards. intricate nest shelves,
and various other contrivances calcu-
lated to make the hen lay, and to
make chicken raising easy. These
have all been discarded They entailed
too much care, and involved far more
labor than the simple, common sense
methods. / have found nothing bet
ter for roosts than those of the saw
horse pattern. This gives a roost
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
USE COMMON SENSE
WITH THE DAIRY cow
(By WALTER B. LEUTz.)

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Have the cows come fresh in the
fall. If this practice were followed
generally, there is little question but
that at least so pounds of butter-fat
per year would be added to the aver
age product per COW in the state.
Having COWS freshen at this time
brings the heaviest milking during
the winter, when one has the most
time. 1t brings the care of the calves
in the winter; it allows the feeding
Of the skim-milk to the calves in the
winter, while they need it; and to the
young pigs during the early summer.
when it means so much to them,
Calves dropped in the fall are ready
for grass as soon as 1t comes in the
spring. Cows freshening in the fall
will, if we'll cared for, give good
flow of milk in the winter; and
when the grass comes, good flow
during the early summer; and most
of them will be dry during harvest
and fall work, when there is plenty
to do without a lot of milking. Th6
average price of butter-fat will also
be higher, because of a larger por
ton of it being produced during the
winter, when prices are invariably
higher than in summer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
MAKING LATE MATCHES PAY
cockereIs viii Grow Rapidly and
Come In Nicely for Winter
"Springers" for Frying

Midsummer chicks are as a rule
not success. The main reasons are
that the hot weather and insects are
against them. But late matches will
frequently do as well as early ones
with equally good care. For late
matches set hens or the incubator any
time in August, to have the chicks
come off in September, when the
weather is cooler and the summer In
sects have begun to diminish.
Cockerels from early fall matches
will grow rapidly and will come in
nicely for winter "springers" for
broiling or frying. Pullets from these
matches may not grow to be so large
as spring-hatched pullets, nor will
they lay this coming winter, but they
will begin to lay next spring, and will
continue to lay all next summer at a
time when other hens are off duty In
the egg business. With a good num-
Der of fall-hatched pullets contin-
uous egg supply for all the seasons
is assured +
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
.ostmaaters Ask Ralse.

Postmasters Ask Raise.
Better salaries were advocated by
delegates to the annual League Of
Postmasters of Third and Fourth
Glass Offices in Madison. Thomas Hill.
Spring Green, and other postmasters
united In this Recommendation in a
discussion on proposed legislation.
Other speakers deplored the fact that
under civil service rules the best en-
ployees were not always selected.
President William H. Froelich, Jack.
son, presided and Postmaster William
A. Devine, Madison, made the address
Of welcome The response was made
by f. NJ Griswold, Lake Mills.
The following committees were ap-
pointed: Resolutions, H. A. La Gran.
deur, Somerset; Max Ninman, Sank
City; Thomas Hill. Spring Green; rec
ommendation, ]. G. Kinsman, Mana
wa; o. A. Sells, Reedsville; Thomas
Skinner, Endeavor; credentials, Fl. G..
Gier, Mt. Horeb; E. s. Nathan, Kings
ton; George Meyer, Hubertus; pro-
posed legislation, J. G. Kinsman, Man
ava; Thomas Hill, Spring Green; au-
diting, f. NJ. Griswold, Lake Mills. and
e. T. Stoddard of Downing.
At the night session the league re-
elected all it's old officers, as follows:
President, w. H. Froehlich, Jack
son; vice-president, H. A. LaGrandeurl
Somerville; secretary, Alex Archie,
Waterloo; treasurer, w. r. Brown,
Waunaca. executive committee c. E.
King, Winneconne, and e. t. Bray
Dodgeville Vice-presidents for con-
gressional districts-First, N ID. Max
on, Walsworth; Second. F. M. Girls
void, Lake Mills; Third, H. c. Ger,
Mount Horeb; Fifth, D. L. Powell,
Dousman; Sixth, Thomas Skinner, En-
deavor; Eighth, w. Beardmore, Sheri-
dan; Ninth, G. Serrier, Underhill:
Eleventh, J. Laursen, Midtown.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
WHEN EXPLOSIVES
DO NOT EXPLODE
Ey }. F. KADoNsKY.

Misfres are due principally to the
foreign material in the cap; pulling
the fuse out of the cap; pulling the
cap out of the powder; or to a de-
fective fuse. Perhaps the most seri-
Gus accidents occur when time fuse
burns to a certain point and then ow-
ing to some defect, burns very slowly
for a few minutes. The operator after
waiting for what he considers long
time. approaches the stump, when the
explosion takes place, with serious "a
suits to himself.
A misrre should be left until one
is absolutely positive that it will not
explode. Dc not go near it until the
following day. Then it can be treat
ed by making hole or removing the
tamping toward the charge carefully,
but not coming In contact with it. A
small charge is then placed near the
first. which, upon exploding. generally
sets of the fist charge
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
Speed Of Autos In Cities.


That city or village may not pass
an ordinance limiting the speed of
automobiles within such corporation
to eight miles an hour, or to any other
speed less than prescribed by the gen.
eral law of the state, namely Is miles
an hour, Is held in an opinion by At
torney General Bancroft to Secretary
Of State Frear.
ut is well established" says the at
torney general, that common coun-
Gil of a city cannot, in the exercise Of
its legislative grant, enact ordinances
which are In conflict with the laws OF
the state"
Then, too, it is pointed out that the
law regulating the speed of automo-
biles specifically provides that the pro-
visions of the law shall be uniform
in operation throughout the state, and
no city, village, county, town, park
board or other local authority shall
have power to enact, pass, enforce or
maintain any ordinance, resolution,
rule or regulation requiring local reg
istration or other requirement incon-
sistent Herewith"
The question arose out of the desire
of the city of GAINESVILLE to pass an
ordinance limiting the speed of auto
mobiles in that city to eight miles an
hour.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
CURE FOR DR00PY POULTRY
Dip Made of Strong Bacon Grease
and Warm Water VIII Cause
Feathers to Drop Easily.

Save all the strong bacon grease,
especially the grease from fried bacon.
When your fowls sit around picking
themselves and looking droopy and
shabby, get a large deep can or buck
ct; from it's shape a large candy buck
ct is best; fill it nearly full of warm
water; on this pour melted grease I'M
til it forms thick scum over the
water; catch your fowls, take them
one by one, by their wings, and with
the head held straight up, dip them
down, pretty hard, two or three times
into the water; let the head go COM
pletely under once; do this quickly
to avoid strangling the fowl; then
turn it loose.
After waiting few hours for the
water to drip from the feathers, drive
them into the shade, so the sun will
not blister them For q short time
they will be sorry looking lot of
fowls.
This treatment causes the feathers
to fall apart, SO the body OF the fowl
is cool, the water softens the skin;
the grease-laden feathers fall out cas-
lily and the new ones push their way
through the skin and grow in masses
instead of one or two IN a place; the
time of moulting is shortened; the
fatty grease kills all vermin on the
fowl, while the grease-saturated feath-
ers are death traps to any vermin that
may get on them.
Keep the bucket filled with water
and pour more grease on the water
from time to time.
The fowls should be dipped early in
the morning and made to roost under
shelter for several nights.
BY dipping fowls in the early fall
they become healthy and free from
pests, hence stand the winter better,
and in the spring have little or no
vermin to annoy them and get on and
kill their little ones.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
STATE FIRE LOSS
EXCEEDS 100000
City of Milwaukee Suffers Most
During Year.
go PER CENT. PREVENTABLE
Fire Marshal PurteII Recommends Leg
islation Which viii Tend to Re-
duce Waste-Twenty Con-
victed for Arson.

Madison.-"Fully so per cent. OF the
IRE waste of this state is due to easily
preyentable causes" says State Fire
Marshal T. M. Purtell in his fifth an
nual report.
More than $500 inspections were
made during the first six months of
this year in nearly $50 different cities
and villages. In most cases 1t was
only necessary to point out the ire
hazards, according to Mr.. Purtell, and
the owner OF the premises had them
corrected promptly. The department
also has prepared fire prevention or
dinances and sent them to cities and
villages in the state.
Mr.. Purtell requests that the COVER
nor incorporate recommendations
along the following lines to the next
legislature:
Adoption of uniform building code
which shall contain regulations for
electric wiring, appliances and de-
vices.
Requiring the storage Of gasoline,
dynamite and like combustible and in
HdmMdDle SuD5LduCGo oAlu hN1u0.
Prohibiting the use and sale of so
called parlor matches.
Making it the duty of officers and
members of paid fire departments to
inspect the buildings and premises In
the business districts monthly and en-
powering them to enforce the correc-
tion of hazardous conditions.
Providing for the giving Of at least
one lesson each week in all public
schools on fire waste and fire proven
ton.
Repeal of the valued policy law"
section 1893 of the revised statutes.
Amendment of subsection of sec
ton 1946k SO as to provide but one
procedure for holding in contempt, and
that on complaint in county court
Amendment of subsection 2 of sec
ton 19461, providing for an appeal to
ton 1851, providing for an appeal to
county court on orders issued by the
state fire marshal and his force.
Amendment Of subsection of the
aforementioned section. to provide that
actions to enforce the penalty for not
complying with orders be brought in
county court.
The disbursements for the eighteen
months were $44,1O9.17, leaving bal
ance of $17,14891 on July 1, 1912. The
largest item of expense was the pay
roll for eighteen months, including
fees for reporting fires, the total
amount being $29,272.38.
During the fiscal year ending June
30. 1912, the department prosecuted
80 cases of arson, involving forty-four
defendants. Twenty defendants were
convicted, two were sent to hospitals,
one Is a fugitive from justice and in
two cases the jury disagreed. Five de
PENDANTS were discharged after the
preliminary examination and two were
acquitted upon trial. Twelve defend
ants are still awaiting trial.
During the fiscal year ending June
80, 1912, there were 1920 fires in the
state. The value Of the buildings and
contents involved was $27,25S,895.
The damage to buildings and contents
aggregated $4,012,080.
Milwaukee suffered the greatest
damage from fire, the total amount
being $795.7O5.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
Fair Judges Arc Announced.

The following list of experts eligible
to judge livestock at Wisconsin fairs
this fall has been made public by Prof.
Humphrey of the university college OF
agriculture:
Horses and beef cattle-O. J. Del
wiche. Madison; e. Hughes, Rewey ;
r. A. Jones, Mineral Point; Charles
Keyes, Richland Center; r. A. Kolb,
Manitowoc; A M Kuhlman, Lowell /;
Peter Lee, Deerfield.
Horses and dairy cattle-H. P. Gid
dings, Sheboygan Falls; G. A. Linton,
Fort Atkinson.
Dairy cattle and swine-A. G. Aus
tin, GAINESVILLE; George Beirns, Oak
field.
Sheep and swine-Frank Kleinheinze
Madison; J. H. Accola, Sank City.
Dairy cattle-Robert S. Baird, Wau
kesha; P. Banker, Fort Atkinson.
Horses-J. G. Boyd, Milwaukee; e.
A. Booth, Cuba City; w. K. Caldwell
Morrisonville.
All classes. G. Fuller, w. E,
Marley, A. C. Osterhuis and ]. L. Tor
ney, all of Madison; George Dacyl
Woodstock. Ill.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
Why Eggs Don't Hatch.

There are two main reasons why
eggs do not hatch. One reason is
too many hens with one male bird.
Another reason, keeping the eggs too
long time before setting them, eggs
being too old. The yolk of the egg
softens and when they reach that
point the egg will not terminate. In
sending eggs by express the germ
of the egg is started by the heat Of
being closely packed and kept in hot
express cars too long, also by being
kept too long in very warm express
offices.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
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Carpenters Horse Poultry BOOSTS.

about three feet high, and each one
long enough to accommodate at least
dozen fowls without crowding.
Placed side by side, rather than one
above the other, they assure perfect
cleanliness. They can be easily re-
moved from the house for cleaning
and treatment with lime, emulsion or
I've. With smooth board floor this
allows chance for cleaning the hem
house perfectly; and have found 1t
a good plan to give the house such a
cleaning twice a week.
The next boxes are also removable,
SO as to allow a thorough cleaning
and change of straw, the old being
burned.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
Motorcycle Race Feature.

Interest III the motorcycle races to
ha held at the state fair is far exceed
ing az expectations. Inquiries are re-
ceived from speed bike" riders from
all parts of the country, and the card
Is certain to be we'll filled.
Indications are that in the future
the motorcycle program will be reg
ular feature of the state fair speed
card and not be considered as a spe-
cialty. Public interest alone is work
ing the Transformation and the board
of agriculture has observed the writ
ing oI the wall"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

In market fowl, the breast is the
main thing, but in order to obtain
desirable breast it is necessary to
have a good body first. So far as ac-
tual quality is concerned, the color
of the skin Is of no importance. But
when the market calls for a yellow
skin, it Is important that only such
be served. Poultrymen can neither
afford to quarrel with the demand,
nor try to reform 1t.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
WATERING TANK FOR FOWLS
Automatic Opening and Closing
Valve for Supply.

From tank placed on bracket
shelf near the ceiling of my chicken
house ran one-half-inch pipe down
and into the water dish, writes p.
D. Merrill of Chicago in the Popular
Mechanics. / then made float of a
tin can and attached it to the end of
a lever with the float resting in the
dish in such position that an in
crease of the amount of water would
cause the float to rise and produce
downward motion of the opposite end
of the lever To this end l attached
a cord which extended to a lever
above the water tank, operating a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
Killed Ey Kindness.

More brooder clicks are killed by
kindness than die OF any other COM
plant. A chick that is little hun
CRY will take exercise sufficient to
keep in good health. Make your ra-
ton for chicks about one-third
cracked cane seed, and you will not
have much bowel trouble, and sprinkle
the floor Of the brooder with good
clean sand every day or two.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
Melting season is at hand.

Noting season is at hand.
Pullets Matched in March should be
laying now.
Vermin breeds much faster in warm
weather than in cool.
Filth and vermin are the great
profit killers and yet good remedies
are in reach of everyone.
II our chicks or older fowls are not
thrifty, let us look into our methods
and find out where we are to blame.
When the hens begin to climb trees
to roost, it is time to look to the venti-
lation and cleanliness of the houses.
Hen afflicted with scaly leg cannot
possibly give the best service in egg
production, and rough shanks look
bad.
Do not use harsh methods In break
ing up the broody hens. Remember
that broodiness is natures provision
for rest
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
The Picking Duck.

The Peking duck is of Asiatic orig
in and was imported to this country
from China 80 or more years ago.
Hudgens says traveller who saw
them about the street of Picking mis-
took them for small white geese at
first, but upon finding that they were
ducks was SO greatly impressed with
their snow-white plumage and noble
carriage that he secured some of their
eggs. They were brought to Hong
kong and Matched and in due time
the birds we're shipped in vessel
bound for New York. A number of
the ducks died during the long sea
voyage, but from the rest has sprung
this popular breed that is now met
with in nearly every state in the
Union.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
Appoint Game Wardens.

Twenty-Five 90-day appointments as
deputy game wardens to serve during
the fall hunting season were made by
the state department, as follows: B. J.
Shaver, Superior; B. A. Dunseth, In.
gram; Peter Smonjesky, Green Bay;
William F. Tonne, Shawano; J. L. Fa-
Der, Spring Valley; A. F. Peterson,
Stockholm; G. M. Clark, Stoughton;
S. ]. Williams, Merrill; Edward Hand.
ley, Hackley; s. L. Novee, La Crosse;
]. B. Busch, Madison; John Egan,
Cleveland; George A. Willard, Bag.
ley; G. A. Miller, Boscobel; George
DeKoeyer, Baraboo; Alfred G. Becker,
Allentown; William H. Davis, Pardee;
S. NJ. Sayner, Sayner; L. e. Schreiter,
Darlington: c. A. Follett, Oshkosh; ].
v. Kelsey, Stevens Point; ]. NJ. Lowe,
Bancroft
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

take pride enough in his business ano
in his own self-respect to abandon
the habit of housing the cows In a
dirty stable. His regard for his fam.
lily and the good name of his chill
dren should induce him to reform in
this line. But the real menace is the
danger of the product from such
stable. 1t Is a crime for any man to
defile food product whatever the
law may say.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

In an opinion transmitted by Secre-
tary of State James A. Frear Attorney
General Bancroft ruled that the consti-
tut;onal amendment granting the right
of suffrage to women must go to q
vote of the people on separate bal
lot, and that all other amendments to
be voted on at the November election
must be placed on the general ballot
below the names of the candidates.
The ruling is based on chapters 68S
and 665, laws Of 1911.