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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
RESULTS THAT REMAIN
Are Appreciated BY Rock Island PEG.

pie.
Thousands who suffer from back.
ache and kidney complaint have tried
one remedy after another, finding only
temporary benefit This is dlscour.
aging, but there is one kidney medi.
cine that has earned reputation for
lasting results and there is plenty OF
proof of its merit right here in Rock
Island.
Here is the testimony of one who
used Doans Kidney Pills years ago.
ana now makes his testimony even
stronger
Mrs. NJ. Felix. $50 Fifth avenue,
Rock Island,> H., says: "Doan's Kid
ney Pills act just as advertised and
am glad to confirm the public state
ment a member of my family gave in
their praise in 1909. / had nervous
and dizzy spells and my back ached.
Deans Kidney Pills which | got at
the Harper House pharmacy, gave me
prompt and permanent relief. Another
member OF my family who also suffer
cd from kidney complaint, took Doans
! Kidney Pills and was relieved of his
trouble"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn company, Bgf-
, falo, New York, sole agents for the
United States.
! Remember the name-Doan's--and
I take no other.-(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
Took Wind Out Of Their Sails.

Addressing one of his southern audi
ences. Sam Jones once requested all
the husbands present who had not
spoken a harsh word to their wives for
a month to stand up. He shook hands
with those who arose and then inrrO-
duced them TO the rest OF the audi
ence as the ''twenty-seyen biggest liars
In Tennessee"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
Dame Fortune.

''Pa. why do they cali it Dame For
tuner
Because Dame is feminine. For
tune is symbolized as woman"
why do they symbolic Fortune as
a woman
Because she's nearly always late
when you have an engagement with
her."-ChicagO Record Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
Seven Hurt In Auto Crash.

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec. 26.-WilIiam
Barker is in serious condition al a
local hospital as the result of an auto
mobile accident early yesterday morn
ing With Barker were Mr. and Mrs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26

Ansell Chisam, Miss Dorothy Peacock
of Denver, Arthur Bridge and Herbert
Winchell. Bridge was seriously hurt
Other members of tie party escaped
with slight injuries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26

Just read in amount of s227.s5 be al
lowed Carried by unanimous vote.
Commissioner Rudgren offered a
list OF claims against the election &C.
count aS follows
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26

Commissioner Rudgren onered
resolution that the claims against the
election account just read in amount
Of s767.45 be allowed. Carried by un-
aDimous vote.
Commissioner Rudgren read a list
of claims as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26

resolution that Clyde Cushman be al
loved $50 for Il days inspecting and
sc for street car fare. Carried by I'M
aHimous vote.
Commissioner Hart read the follow
ing report:
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Commission, Rock Island, Ill.-Gentle-
men: In regard to the application of
the Gravity Coal Bin company, the
undersigned after investigating the
question of danger from fire OF the
structure under contemplation, upon
the recommendation of the chief of
the fire department and approval Of
the city engineer, we recommend that
the application be granted.
A HART.
]. E. WITTER.
G. w. NEWBERRY.
Adopted. Ayes, Schriver, Hart and
Bear. Nays, Rudgren and Reynolds.
Commissioner Hart offered a reso-
luton that the bill of c. ]. Smith for
s151.50 for costs in cases tried before
him from June 3, 1912 to Oct so, 1912,
be allowed Carried by unanimous
vote
Commissioner Rudgren read a COM
munication from the mayor and city
clerk of the city of Rockford asking
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26

W. ECheTHenu, nduilNS DBOLuss
SOS; box screws, 80 cents. $3.50
George w. Henry, three days
posting election notices, or
dinances. sample ballots, and
cleo ion laws at $3.50, 80. $3.50
one day delivering ballot
boxes, etc ................ $50
Andrew Peterson, coal .aad
wood used at pollingg place,
18th precinct, election day,
Dec. 10, 1912 .............. As
Trefz Express & Transfer line
hauling booths ........ $50
Eort Yoh Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Ecnry Kale ................. 1000
Gabriel Doctermann .......... 1000
Marie FrobbOes ..... 1000
William Ullemeyer ........ 1000
Normoyle Bros. .............. 1000
Trinity church .......-...... 1000
George L. Schmid ........... 1000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
Special friday and Saturday

brown and wine; splendid styles; 10 X
worth $3.50, special .OOslJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
NJ. T. RUDGREN, City Clerk.

City Council Chamber, Rock Island.
Ill.,, Dec. 16, 1912.-The city council
met in regular session at clock y.
m, Mayor Schriver and all commits.
sionerB present
The minutes Of the regular meeting
held Dec .. 1912. were read and ap-
proved.
Commissioner Rudgren read a com
munication from +. w Thompson rel
alive TO damage doIe TO his home on
account OF water being shut of
Commissioner Rudgren offered a
resolution that f. w. Thompson's claim
be referred to the board OF local i'm
provements and Commissioner Bear,
10 report. Carried by unanimous vote.
Commissioner Rudgren submitted
the weekly pay roll for week ending
Dec IA as follows.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
BELOIT OFFICIALS CLASH
Movement TO Pave AIIey on School
Land Results in Injunction to
Restrain Work.

Beloit.-A legal battle was begun
with the council and the school board
opposing parties. West of the high
school grounds is a lane and facing it
IS the residence of e. Lipman The
council at a meeting voted to have
the lane paved, and Mayor Cunning
nam, who is also a member of the
school board, vetoed the resolution
HIS grounds are that the alley is not
intended as a thoroughfare, and that
the school board does not approve of
the Improvement and wants to close
the lane entirely.
The school board began to grade
and fill the slley. Mr.. Lipman Sc
cured an injunction restraining the
BOARD from continuing the work
inns VIII bring the case into court
ana decide whether the lane is I'M
DER the control of the school board,
LOT IL is on school land, or whether
the council can declare it thorough
lGTc ana improve it. Under the city
charter the school board is elected
DIS an entirely distinct body from the
council, and conflicts of authority
nave not been a few
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
RULES FOR BETTER BREEDING
Modern Improvement of Draft Horse
Brought About by Observance
of Principles Given.

Considering what has been said we
may next set down some simple
rules for the conduct of our breeding
operations upon sensible, scientific
and successful lines. 1t may be said
too, that the modern improvement
of draft horses is being brought about
by the following of these rules, and
their observance has led to the sue
cess achieved in foreign countries
The mares chosen for draft-horse
breeding should be draft mares in
size, weight, character and tempera-
ment. They should be sound, work
ers, over Is hands in height and not
not less than 1900 to $500 pounds
weight IN work condition. 1t would
be best were they 1900 pounds and
up in weight. The sire should be a
sound, prepotent, muscular, thorough
ly worked or exercised, pure-bred
registered stallion of draft breed. The
resultant progeny Of the first cross
If a male, should be castrated; IL a
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
BIG LAND DEAL PENDING
ing Selling a Tract of 81, 900
Acres In Bayfield, County.

Washburn.-One of the biggest
land deals ever made in Bayfield,
county is said to be pending, whereby
the Edward Hines Lumber company
of Chicago will dispose of its hold
ings in Bayfield, county, known as the
White river tract of lands and con-
sisting of $1,000 acres, 10 a syndi-
cate Of Chicago men. The rumor is
that the consideration will be nearly
100000.
NJ. l.. Hudson, land agent for the
Hines Lumber company, an6 Dayton
Filter, also a representative of the
lumber company, have been here dur
ing the last week making abstracts
OF all Of the lands contained in the
immense tract.
Inc White river tract of lands lies
IN the middle and western part of
bayfield, county and is what is known
as cut over timber lands. Some very
nhe pieces of land are to be found
IN the tract and the greater part of
the land is fit for cultivation.
IL Is said that it is the intention
OF the purchasers to place the lands
on the market to settlers.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27

emale, it should, when the time
comes, be bred to a pure-bred sire of
the same breed as the original sire,
and this plan of breeding should be
continued, cross after cross, until five
or six tOp-crosses of the same pure
draft breed blood having been put on
the progeny Is practically pure bred
of the breed used in it's making.
There should never be the slightest
deviation from this plan of breeding.
Had there been in France we would
not have the modern Percherons of
today; and mixed breeding, such az
has characterized American opera
tons, would have absolutely prevent
ed the oHgination and perpetuation of
the Clydesdale, Shire, Suffolk or Bel
gian breeds. Selection and some mix
ing IN blood had to be followed in the
early origination Of these breeds, but
1t is no longer necessary and now
would be ruinous. Then, too, the sire
must be sound, and throughout the
entire operation of horse breeding, as
we. have seen, adequate feeding must
be the rule.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
CONTINUANCE TO SAVE LABOR
Excellent Device for Harvesting and
Embarrassing Horse-Prevents
Straps From TangIing.

A device for Harvesting and I'M
Harvesting horses is described and
illustrated in the Iowa Homestead by
J. F. Forest and which he has in use
on his own farm. 1t consists Of a 81
inch rod threaded and frightened with
burrs and inserted between the joists
above the horse, similar to a manure
carrier cable. There are awning pull
legs fastened together in a pair so
that one pulley runs on the three
eighths rod, and the otheE~has a rope
run through it with two hooks tied
In so that there is an end of rope
hanging below each hook. These
hooks are tied in according to the
height of the horse, one hook being
clear up to the pulley and the other
to hook into the hame ring or strap
pull the other end of the ropes which
lifts the names clear of the horse and
hook the other hook in hame ring or
strap. The back pad and breeching
are lifted in the same manner, one
hook to lift the back pad and the
other can be used above the breech-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
FIRE DESTROYS FLOUR MILL
Serger- Crittenden Plant, Including
warehouse, Completely Destroy
ed Following an Explosion,

MIlWaukee.-Fire following an ex-
plosion in the basement of the Ber-
8er-Crlttenden flour mill, Cherry and
commerce streets, completely de-
stroyed the structure and a ware
house adjoining.
The loss, it was said, would be be-
tween 100000 and $4,000.
In the mill at the time the blaze
started were fifteen men, EMPLOYEES
Oh the company. All succeeded in es-
Gaping uninjured
Despite the quick response of the
department the blaze gained head
way so quickly the fire fighters were
powerIess.
In the mill at the time it burned
there were upwards of 100000 bar
rels of -four, which were DESTROYED
with it.
A big Lehigh Valley road freighter
locked at the ELL to take on a load
narrowly escaped destruction as the
flames spread, but was towed away
before becoming ignited
The building is a total loss, and
with its contents was fully insured
1t was one of the largest flour mills
in the city and it was working three
shifts of men, running night and day.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
LIVE STOCK
4 @fTyRf@0 0 I Is 81

Keeping the colts feet trimmed pre-
vents large and ill-shaped ankles.
Remove the hot, sweaty harness
from the horses while they rest at
noon.
It is a mistake to keep a monde
script bull simply because he cost
little money.
Hogs follow the rows and tramp
down less of the rape II 1t Is drilled
instead of broadcasted.
For sheep the silage should be cut
very fine Otherwise they leave the
butt sections Of the stalks.
With the silo five steers can be fed
as cheaply as four without. That
gives you the gain Of one steer free.
Aside from the feed problem, sheep
cause the flock master little trouble
in summer, unless we except the
parasites.
AS general proposition it may be
said that the SOW that has pigs be-
fore she is a year old will disappoirt
her owner.
Glover silage makes excellent hog
feed in winter They eat every bit of
it. Some waste IN feeding corn
silage to hogs.
When you turn your team over 70
a hostler at the feed barn be sure to
see that they get the water, oats and
hay you pay for.
In hot weather horse should not
be fed much corn. Oats and bran are
much better The more work the
more feed Of course.
Live stock husbandry will postpone
soil depletion for longer period Of
time than grain farming, but It win
not prevent depletion.
Green forage must be fed with dis
erection and sparingly at first or pro
fuse sweating will result and some
times collie and weakness.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
POSTPONE AUTO RACE DATES
Speed Meet Is Put Over-DriVers
Are Satisfied With the Change
ana All Will Compete.

The Vanderbilt auto classics have
been postponed until the first week
in October. The Vanderbilt cup
event will be run off on Oct. 2, the
Pabst blue ribbon and Wisconsin
challenge trophies on Oct. 3, and the
Grand Prix on Oct. 5.
The decision to change the dates
was reached after a prolonged ses-
sion of the officials, drivers and mem
bers of the Milwaukee Automobile
Dealers association.
When the Vanderbilt cup race was
called off word was passed around
to the dealers and drivers to be on
hand for the meeting, when plans
would be discussed. 1t was apparent
that it would be impossible to hold
the races under present weather con-
ditions, and the dealers left it to
the drivers to name the date on
which they would be held. After
conference, the drivers chose the
dates, afterward selected. These
were agreeable to the dealers and
officials.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
SOME FACTS ABOUT TURKEYS
Birds for Breeding and Send
Others to Market.

Turkeys kept for breeding stock
should be the best that there is In the
flock 1t is difficult for some people
to keep their best turkeys and
send the others to market, but it's the
only sensible way to do. The habit Of
selling the best is not characteristic
of only the least intelligent people; 1t
Is common with the people who have
raised turkeys all their lives, and
people who would not think of
breeding other stock Of the farm
In such careless way. These
people have attained the success
md profits in turkey raising that are
enjoyed by the man who handles them
as fairly as he does his COWS and
hogs.
The best care In the world can do
little with poorly bred poults and
turkey chicks. You cannot expect
large turkeys from small breeders.
Size is not the only thing to be con-
sidered in selecting the stock; thrift
and firmness have as much to do with
the choice az the size; big, well-built
bodies and legs to be desired
also.
And on top of ALL do not ruin the
rigor of your strain by too early
breeding
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
Northwestern Nav Build.

Fond du Lac.-The visit of a party
Of Northwestern railway officials
from Chicago and Green Bay at Calu-
met Harbor and other points along
the east shore of Lake Winnebago
has given rise to reports that the
Northwestern road contemplates a
belt line around the lake and that
the purpose of the visit was to pass
upon the feasibility of the project
In the event that the Northwestern
decides to build. it would require
thirty-fve miles of track, which.
though paralleling the Milwaukee
road for some distance in Calumet
county, would tap rich farming ter
ritory now without railroad facilities.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
Cherry Cake.

Quarter cup of butter, quarter cUp
of sugar, one egg, one cup of flosr,
one heaping teaspoon of baking pow
DER two tablespoons Of brandy.
Spread in a form or tin, put on the
pitted cherries and sprinkle with
zwieback or cracker crumbs. B AXE 20
minutes.
Filling Of three eggs, one
eighth of pound of grated almonds,
three or four bitter almonds, one
eighth pound of sugar, rind of lem
on
Beat the yolks and sugar fifteen
minutes, add almonds and rind of lem
on and the beaten white of three eggs.
Return to the oven until light brown.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27

ject of the poultryman to breed and
build up the strain which lays the
heaviest, by breeding to the heavy
producers.
For fanciers, the trap nest is indis-
pensnble on account of the fact that
IN the ordinary pen there are from six
to twelve females to one male If
trap nests are used, and there are
rs many as there are females in the
pen, it is possible to distinguish each
hens eggs, while If the trap nests are
not used, this is impossible.
The use of trap nests goes far to
prevent the hens forming the habit of
egg-eating. They are likely to form
this habit if kept In limited quarters.
If SO kept, they are probably not given
the very best food, and probably not
enough Of it, especially animal food.
The accompanying drawings of a
bank of trap nests are almost self ex-
planatory. The nests are built with
out any top or bottom. The hen en-
ters through the back of the nest,
brushing under the hanging wire,
which releases the door. She then
passes on to the next compartment
toward the front end. To inspect the
nest and to remove the hen, ascertain
her number, and secure the eggs, the
front door is simply unbuttoned and
let down. 1t will be noticed that the
two doors are fastened together with
a cord, SO that when the front door
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
Salad of Tomatoes.

Chop up some tomatoes, small, fla
vor them with a bead of garlic and r
shalot chopped up and rubbed through
the sieve; add four tablespoonfuls Of
whipped aspic jelly and mayonnaisA
sauce, and mix into the PURGE. Deco.
rate mold with hard-boiled egga
stamped out in rounds or stars, ana
arrange them in tiers one above tho
other Between each layer of egg
place a little chervil leaf and a spris
of terragon alternately; fill the mold
with the tomato PURGE, place on ice,
and when ready, turn out. GarnisS
with small salad mixed with mayon-
naise sauce round the base.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
LANDMARK PASSES AWAY
Modern improvements Destroy His
toric Value OF Eusts Castle
Built in Territorial Days.

Fort Atkinson-The modern spirit
of progress and thrift is responsible
for the destruction Of the historical
value Of one of the most interesting
landmarks in Jefferson county. Inc
owners of the 'Eustin Place. the old
octagon shaped stone house winch
has stood on the prairie some eight
miles west of this city for nearly
three quarters of century have COW
cred its historic wall with coat or
fiat gray. cement, and now instead
of an old baronial castle standing
among green fields of grain, which
it formerly had the appearance OF,
we see huge eight sided box, with
glazing white window castings and
modern style porch. All there is lett
resembling the old house is its shape
and the battlemented roof.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
WHEN TO SELL FOR PROFIT
With Money Returned-Seven
Months Is Best Age.
(By w. c. HOSTAND)

(By w. C. HOSTAND)
l write only from my own expert
ence of over 20 years in raising hogs
for the market.
Different localities and different
feeds make a great deal more or less
profit in the keep of the hog. Some
feed too long and consume part Of the
profit, while others feed not long
enough or literally enough to make
what they ought to make
l run ali my hogs on alfalfa from
birth until sold, either for breeders or
for the packer, and as soon as they
weigh 200 pounds each, or about that,
l sell or kill them.
If you are feeding pure-biooded
hogs Especially if the blood Is red.
they will weigh from IT'S to 225
pounds each at six or eight months
of age. l think seven months old is
the best age, and the most profitable
hog we can sell.
The younger you sell, the less risk
Of disease, the less trouble, time and
feed it takes. The sooner you sell,
the more room and the better care
for the lext litter.
The cheapest gain is made while
the pig is small A pig weighs about
three pounds at birth. With reason
able care it will gain on an average
one-fourth pound day for the first
10 to 20 days.
So you see it doubles its weight in
II days, and at IS cents per bushel
for corn, and $3.50 for 100 pounds
for shorts the first three pounds Of
gain cost about three and ene-fourth
cents per pound, allowing eight pigs
to the litter for each SOW.
Don't try to get the market ready
for your hogs, but gee your hogs ready
for the market. Sell them when they
are fat and not before. Keep the kind
that top the market and you will make
money if feed is high.
Registered hogs gain faster, bring
more money for the feeder, and make
more pounds Of meat out Gf the grain
fed them than any other animal on
earth
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
JUDGE ISSUES INJUNCTION
Madison Jurist Grants Application to
Milwaukee Street Railway
Suit to 6e Pushed.

Madison.-Judge E. Ray Stevens
Of the Dane county Circuit court
granted the application Of the Mil
waukee Electric Railway and Light
company for an injunction to restrain
the enforcement of the order of the
state railway commission which pro-
vides for the sales of thirteen tickets
for so cents and which extends the
transfer zones.
The court, however, ordered the
street railway company to issue GER
tificates with each sale of tickets so
that in case the court Sustains the
decision Of the railway commission
that the purchasers of tickets will be
able to redeem the certificates secur-
ing an additional ticket for each pur-
chase of fifty cents worth.
The railway commission will push
the suits brought by the railway as
rapidly as possible. They will be
heard in the Dane county circuit
court.
The restraining order will not af
feet the extension of the single fare
system ordered by the commission,
which will go into effect at the time
set by the commission.
The judges ruling regarding cou
pons is of the greatest moment, as
the company has introduced consti-
tutional questions in the case, evil
IDENTIFY with the purpose of carrying
it to the Supreme court of the state
and, if defeated there, of carrying it
TO the Supreme court Of the United
States