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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
TO CUT SCHOOL BOOK COST
Arguments on Ways of Saving Money
Are Heard by Special Legisla-
tive Committee at Madison.

Madison.-At the first session of
the special legislative committee APP
pointed to investigate the school text
book situation, which was held in the
parlors of the assembly chamber in
the capitol, H. H. Hilton, represent
ing CHM & Co., Chicago, told the
committee that he believed Wiscon-
sin should have law similar to that
of Ohio, which provided for the pur-
chase of text books by the state,
which turned them over to school
boards and local dealers at cost.
He said that about $300, 900 was
annually spent in Wisconsin for
school textbooks and that he believed
from $4,000 to 100000 could be
annually saved to the people of the
state on these books if proper legis-
lation were enacted.
1t was brought out at the hearing
that certain textbooks are being sold
in Wisconsin for 25 per cent more
than in some of the other middle
west states. 1t was also shown that
some school districts use textbooks
published thirty years ago.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
PLAN A BIG POLISH COLONY
10000 Acres of Land in Marathon
County Purchased for Settlement
by 500 Families from East.

Stevens Point.-A land deal which
ultimately will result in increasing
the population of Wisconsin many
thousands, was consummated here a
few days ago when a tract of 20, 900
acres in Marathon county was sold
to colony of Poles. About 500
families viii settle there early in the
spring and soon 5000 more families
viii come.
This big sale of northern Wiscon-
sin land is merely the beginning of a
big plan by Polish farmers in Ohio,
Pennsylvania and New York, who
have realized that northern Wiscon-
sin is rich in agricultural possibili-
ties
The purchase of that tract of land
in northern Wisconsin is a scheme
evolved by Polish farmers in the east
who are looking for better lands. .
said John p. Hume of the Wisconsin
Advancement association. There are
about 100000 acres of undevel-
oped land in the immediate neigh
borhood and as | understand it. most
OF that land will be settled by de-
sirable class OF people. One thing
which is most noteworthy is their
thriftiness and therefore they will be
an acquisition to the state"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
Correction of Acidity in Soils
by Use of Ground Lime
stone or Merl

By PROF. A. r. WHITS0N
Wisconsin College of Agriculture

Large areas of soils in Wisconsin
are acid Sandy soils are almost uni
yersally acid and the clay loan soils
of the northern part of the state are
also very generally in the same con-
dition Acidity has developed in
patches in the southern part OF the
state on soil derived from limestone
rock and which was originally not all
acid. In these latter places the sur
face soil is often somewhat acid while
the deeper subsoil still contains con
siderable lime.
The presence Of sorrel or horsetail
rush is a good indication Of acidity.
but very simple and reliable test can
be made by the use of blue litmus pa
per. which can be secured Of any good
druggist. When the soil is naturally
moist from rain. make a slit in II with
clean knife blade and insert one end
of the strip OF blue Iitmus paper clos
ing the soil over it and allowing 1t TO
stand for fully five minutes. II 1t be-
comes pink I'm spots or over the whole
end it shows acidity. Care must be
exercised not to touch the end OF the
paper put in the soil with the fingers.
as many persons exude uric acid from
the skin, which would turn the paper
red.
The most important objection TO
acidity in soils is that the best le-
enmes, medium red clover and alfalfa,
will not do wen on acid soils. ana
since these and other leguminous
crops are necessary to increase the
organic matter and nitrogen OF the
soil as we'll as for the best feed, IL IS
extremely desirable 10 neutralize me
aciditv of the soil on which they are
to be grown.
Several forms Of lime are available
for this purpose. Fresh, watersiacked
lime NAV be used where this is the
most available and cheapest form by
uniting # I'm piles Of about one bushel
each on the ground and pouring lit
tic water on it gradually, so as 10 re
duce # to a fine. fourlike condition
for snreading. From ten 70 twenty
bushels per acre may be used, less on
ANDY than on heavy soils. However
the other forms Of lime are usually
better than this fresh lime, when
available. These are ground natura
limestone. ground mari and refuse
from sugar beet factories. Ground
limestone is offered by the following
/ companies: Biesanz Lime & stone
company, Winona. MINI; Eagle Lime
Products company, Dousman. Wis
! Waukesha Lime & Stone company. Ra
[ cine. Wis; Western Lime e Cement
company, Milwaukee, Wis; Wisconsin
Sugar company. Milwaukee. Wis Verl
finely ,ud mari is offered By the
Eagle Ia - Products company a
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
MADISON is RICHEST CITY
Tax Commission Expert Places CAPT.
tai as First in State on Basis
of Assessment.

Madison.-Tables on taxation in
Wisconsin prepared by A E. James,
statistician for the state tax commits
sion, show that, per capita, Madison
is the richest city in the state, on the
basis of tax assessment, with Apple
ton second and Milwaukee third;
that Madison is the richest in the
amount of assessable property, Mil
waukee alone excepted; and that, in
the ratio of assessed to true value,
Madison stands fourth While Madi-
son expends more tax money than
any other city in the state except
Milwaukee, Superior, Racine and La
Crosse, it's valuation is not only
higher than any other city except
Milwaukee, but is more than $1,000
600 higher than its nearest COMPETE
tor, Racine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
WOULD GUST WIRE COMPANY
Madison Attorney Asks Revocation of
Western Union Franchise Says
Charter Is Forfeited.

Madison. Attorney r. w. Jack
man of this city has requested Secre-
tary of State Frear to forfeit the
charter of the Western Union Tele.
graph company for reason that the
company has removed state cases
started against it from the state
court to the federal court. Secretary
Frear has submitted the matter to
Attorney General Bancroft for an
opinion as to what action he shall
take.
Mr.. Jackman said that if Secretary
Frear fails to comply with his re-
quest he will start mandamus pro-
ceedings against him. According to
the statutes, all corporations licensed
to do business in this state shall for
felt their charters when they remove
state cases from state courts to fed
eral courts.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
COLD WAVE CAUSES DEATHS
Two Persons Succumb in Columbia
county-Rail Traffic ParaBzed
by Inc FrIgid Weather.

Milwaukee. - Continued cold
weather, with the temperature rang
ing from 10 to 16 degrees below zero,
Tor twenty-four hours. has pyralyzed
business and freight traffic and
caused intense suffering throughout
the state. Several deaths from freez-
ing are reported.
Mrs L. Collerhan of Doylestown,
Columbia county, was found in her
home frozen to death.
Lewis Stebbins dropped dead or
the public highway in the town of
Buffalo, near Portage, while return
ing from visit with his son. He
was overcome by the cold.
Very low temperature was report
ed throughout the state. At James
vile 20 below zero; at Appleton 25;
at Portage 16; at La Crosse %; at
Green Bay 20; at Madison 10.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
Selection of Breeding Stock

swine offer greater opportunity
for improvement and upgrading than
any other class Of live stock. There
is no reason why any farmer raising
hogs should have a herd Of scrubs and
inferior individuals. Starting with a
pure-bred sire and continuing to use
a sire Of the same breed, bat n few
years are required to establish. at lit
tie expense. a grade herd equal to
pure.breds in every way for pork pro
ductlon. No class Of animals increases
so rapidly and none 50 readily retains
acquired characteristics. Even when
starting with an inferior lot of sows a
uniform herd can be developed. by
using a good bear and each succeed
ing year rejecting all inferior animals
from the breeding herd-Prof. }. J.
Fuller. Wisconsin College Of Agricul
ture
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
RAISES LARGE POTATO CROP
Wisconsin Retains Third Place in
Both Acreage and Production of
Tubers, Says Census Bulletin.

Washington.-W wisconsin is shown
as standing third among the states
in potato production by a federal cen
sus report for the year 1909. Dur
ing that year the acreage in the state
was 290,1S5, and 31,96S,195 bushels
valued at $7,917,754 were produced
The increase over 1899 was 1919 per
cent in acreage, 29.7 in production
and 35.9 in value New York and
Michigan were the states leading
Wisconsin, the former producing 49,
597,701 and the latter 3S,243,S
bushels. These three states, with the
addition of Pennsylvania, which
stood fourth, had a combined potato
acreage of more than one-third of
the total land planted to that crop
in the United States in 1909
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
BANKS RESOURCES
SHOW BIG INCREASE
State Commissioner Reports {
Gain of S13,95i ,289 in Year.
TWENTY-FIVE RAISE CAPITAL
Condition of Wisconsin Financial in
sti,utions Declared TO Be Good
Charters Issued to Fifty-Six Banks
Organized During 1911.

Madison. The aggregate re-
sources of the 573 state banks and
trust companies of Wisconsin on De-
cember 5, 1911, wore $1S6, ,546.-
"a. gain of $13, 1,2S9.97 for the
year, according to the annual report
Of Commissioner of Banking Kuolt
The aggregate capital is SIC, $751;
ESQ, net gain of S1,499, 900 for the
year. Twenty-Five state banks have
increased their capital, the total in
crease being from $613,500 to ST.
$4,000.
The report says the banking insti-
tutions under the departments SUI
perVision are, on the whole, in excel
lent condition.
The commissioner says the num-
Der of new banks. fifty-six, organized
during the past year, is of proportion
to the present needs of the state
He recommends that the authority
to disapprove certificates of author
ity to commence the banking bust
ness be amplified so that harmful
competition may be prevented.
More taxes or an annual fee in lieu
thereof for foreign trust companies
are proposed by the commissioner.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
Divorce Decree AnnulIed.

Waukesha.-Judge Agnew has va
Gated the divorce of John ]. and
Jane MCGOWAN of New Berlin, who
were separated in the same court
Dec. 4, 1911, upon charges of cruel
treatment, preferred by Mrs. Nc
Cowan. This is believed to be the
first case in the state in which a di-
vorce has been vacated under the
law of 1911 which requires that di-
vorced couples wishing their decree
vacated must apply before the close
of twelve months or they must be
remarked.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
Woman Rrutallu Assaulted.

Wauwatosa.-M Mary Brew, 20
years old, was brutally assaulted in
her home here by an unidentified
man who asked to be allowed to en-
ter the house to warm his feet. After
being terribly cut and scratched, she
escaped by jumping through the
glass of a second story window to a
porch below. Her assailant made his
get away. 1t is thought the man is
insane and may have been an escaped
inmate of the county asylum here.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
TEACHERS MEET MARCH 8-9
Prominent Educators Will Address
Southern Wisconsin Convention
to Be Held in Madison.

Madison.-The Southern Wiscon-
sin Teachers association will meet
in Madison March and 8. Among
those who will speak are the follow
ing from out of the state George
E. Vincent, president of Minnesota
university; w c. Bagley, head of
the department of education, Uni
versity of Illinois; H. w. Shyrock,
Normal university, Carbondale, ILL., :;
Joseph Turck Baker. editor of Cor
rect English; Elizabeth Gregg, Nor
NAL university, Cape Girardeau, Mo-
Besides these, many prominent
Wisconsin educators have been en-
gagged. including L. d. Harvey and
c. P. Cary.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12

where she can be watched until the
foal is born.
After foaling leave the mare alone
for time, il she Is lying down. II
she does not expel her afteroirth
promptly when she rises from resting.
inject into her womb one-half gallon
of lukewarm 1 per cent solution of
coal tar dlsinfectant, or other mild
antiseptic. II the afterbirth then does
not come away within an hour or two,
ii should be removed by hand An
expert should be employed for this
operation and when il has been per-
formed the womb should again be
flushed out with an antiseptic solu-
ton Half an hour after the birth of
the foal, or about that time. offer the
mare a pailful of lukewarm water and
again at intervals of two hourB.
Mares are thirsty at this time and
should be abundantly supplied with
water An hour after foaling the
mare may eat mash Of steamed oats,
and bran, if she has been accustomed
to such feed; otherwise give her a
small feed of her ordinary grain ra-
ton. In a few days. If the weather
is fine. the mare and foal may take
some out door exercise and In two
weeks or thereabouts, she should
have recovered from foaling and be
taking her usual feed, grazing grass
and getting ready to resume light
work in harness.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12

Dousman and equally fine ground
refuse lime is usually to be had from
the beet sugar factories at Chippewa
Falls, Menominee Falls. GAINESVILLE and
Menominee, Mich There is consider
able difference in the price asked for
the ground limestone and mari. which
is chiefly due to the fineness to which
it is ground Where IL has to be
shipped by rail and the wagon haul is
some distance. 1t would probably pay
to use the finely ground material In
relatively small quantities, say one
half ton to the acre, repeating the APP
plication each time the land is seeded
to a legume. Where the more coarse
ly crushed material can be gotten to
The land, either directly from quarrtes
or 1t is sfted out OF road material, or
the wagon haul Is short it will prob
ably be found more profitable to use
two or three tons of this to the acre,
which VIII doubtless last from six TO
eight years.
There Is relatively little choice as
10 the Tune lOI dlstjbutlHb lbe iiiuS
or limestone. but it should be thor
oughly worked into the soil In prepar-
ing for seeding and the more evenly
it can be spread the better Where
considerable land is to be covered, 1t
will pay to use a special lime distrib-
utter such as are advertised In agri-
cultural papers When only a few
tons are to be applied it can be done
very easily by spreading with shovels
from a wagon box After a little skill
Is acquired in the use Of the shovel 1t
can be done quite rapidly and evenly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
butchers Fight Living Cost.

La Crosse Retail meat dealers
have plan to reduce the cost of
living. Their supply of meats is put
in three lots of equal quality, but
priced in three grades. One is for
the buyer who pays cash and takes
his purchases with him, another for
the cash customer who wants his
meat delivered and the third for the
customer who wants his purchases
charged and delivered.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
Oil Inspection Progresses.

Madison.-The annual report of
the state supervisor of inspectors Of
Illuminating oils. Louis f. Meyer, de-
eiares the department to be more eff
Iective than ever before. The re-
port shows that 164 barrels of oil
were rejected. 355,75l barrels of oil
and 351,779 barrels of gasoline we're
Inspected. The total receipts for the
year ending Sept. 80. 1911, $780,
75S.O9, exceeded the total disburse-
ments by S23,36391.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
VIII Let Book Contract.

Madison.-The state department
of education will soon let contract
for years supply of school library
books, involving over 100000 vol
umes a year, to cost 100000 The
department has compiled a revised
list from which superintendent must
select books The new list contains
between 1900 and 1900 titles of
books suitable for use in Libraries
and elementary schools.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
News Notes of Wisconsin

Madison. The western district of
Wisconsin produced 2,94S,510 cigars
in November, according to figures of
+. l.. Gilbert. internal revenue coll
lector This represents an increase
OF 6430 cigars over the same month
in 1910. For the Ave months ending
November 80, 1911, the district pro-
dueed 5,537,940 cigars, a decrease
of LOT $50 over the same period the
year before, or manufactured to-
baeco the district produced 16,403
pounds in November, an increase of
1877 pounds over the same month
in 1910, and 79,147 pounds in the
five months ending November 80, an
increase of 1880 over the same
period in 1910
Chicago, Ill.~-Dreams of a stage
career in Chicago had faded before
a few weeks actual work, when Anna
Laperriere. Marinette, Wis, took her
life in a West Adams street room
ing house. She was 81 years cid.
She rented a room as her death
chamber. calmly wrote letter to
her parents and then swallowed car
bolic acid. On a dressing table was
this letter from Miss Laperriere to-
her parents: Dear ones at home:
will say good bye to all until we
meet in another world. | have work
cd until | can work no longer and
/ am Disguised with life. Good bye
to all With love from daughter and
sister ANNA"
Madison. Representatives OF the
Milwaukee commission merchants
came to Madison to confer with Gov.
McGoyern and Dairy and Food Com
missioner Emery upon points in the
new weights and measures law that
operates to the disadvantage of the
Milwaukee dealers, particularly an
the law has been interpreted by the
attorney general and the dairy and
food commissioners. Uncertain and
conflicting provisions of the law
place Wisconsin commission men at
a disadvantage, it is said, and It is
desired that tho matter be taken M
in the light of the situation as pre-
scented at the conference to secure a
new Interpretation Of the law.
Madison.--The record of new rail
way mileage added during 1911 in
the United States includes 209.13
miles built in Wisconsin These ex-
tensions were made by four roads, as
follows: Chicago North Western,
161.71 miles. from West Allis to
Sparta: Minneapolis. St Paul &
sault Ste. Marie, between Frederic
and Superior, 33.42 miles: Superior
& Southeastern, Wisco to Nameka-
gon Lake, S miles. Wisconsln-North-
western, logging branches miles.
This mileage is exceeded only by
Texas and Oregon and equals that of
North Dakota.
Oshkosh. e. r. Farrin of
Kenosha, president of the state or
ganization of Christian Endeavorers,
is said to have stated to local En-
deavorers that the state convention
of the organization next spring will
be held in Oshkosh.
Milwaukee.-M Victor l.. Ber-
ger has been appointed a member Of
the committee Of seven to present
the suffrage movement before CON
gress, in behalf OF the National
Woman Suffrage association. Other
members Of the committee are Mes
DANES William Kent, Robert II. Ia
Toilette, II ". Wooley, Robert L.
owen, Miss Mabel Foster and Miss
Emma II. Gillette.
Ripon Michael Zweiger has been
missing from his home since the eve
ming of Dee. 81 zweiger is about
co years of age and it is feared that
he has died from exposure
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
By DR.. A. S. ALEXANDER
Wisconsin College of Agriculture

The mare in foal should be worked
lightly or abundantly exercised every
day. Exercise is absolutely necessary.
She should occupy roomy box stall.
Here she will take some additional
exercise and will not be afraid to lie
down. She will be less likely to be-
come cast" and escape having
stocked" legs and dropsical swellings
of the udder and abdomen. The bed
ding should be kept clean and dry.
Feed the mare sound, whole oats.
bran and mixed or timothy hay. Avoid
moldy hay or silage, damaged grain.
woody, weathered fodder, dusty or
rusty straw, or nay containing ergot.
Keep pregnant mares out of corn stalk
fields. Provide them with plenty of
pure, clean water. In working mares
avoid jerking, severe pulling, wading
through deep mud, manure piles or
snow drifts. Let the work be light,
easy and steady. Keep the bowels ac-
tive by feeding bran and a little flax
seed meal. carrots, or some sweet
silage.
The mare goes As weeks, or about
$40 days with foal AS foaling time
approaches decrease the grain ration
and increase laxative foods to keep
the bowels acting freely. Constitpa-
ton is dangerous When wax forms
on the teats, about three days before
foaling, stop working the mare and
place her in prepared box stall
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
Bic State Poultry Show.

Madison.--About 1000 birds are
entered in the eighth annual show
of the Wisconsin Poultry association,
which opened in the big livestock pa
Wilton of the state university. Lead
ing poultry breeders of the middle
west are represented. The judges
are james A. Tucker, Concord, Mich,
George w. Hackett, North Freedom,
and George Wells, Oshkosh
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
Attacks Rate Disk Books.

Madison.-Insuranc Commission
er Ekern has asked foreign liability
insurance companies operating in
wisconsin to withdraw their books
of rates and instructions to agents.
He sent a copy of a letter from C.
H. Crownhart, chairman of the state
industrial commission. stating that
the companies have misrepresented
the law and that employers possess
wrong ideas as to it's intent
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
M A r K
Milwaukee. IAN. 1O. 1912


Butter Extra creamery, S6c;;
prints. 37c; firsts. 3203 sac; seconds,
20 a soc; process, 25m25c; dairy,
fancy. soc.
Cheese-American, full cream,
Twins, Is &c; daisies, new, 10 y @
Ice; Young Americas, Is y @ Tic;
longhorns. Ice; Swiss, IA a Ice.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality. 25029c; recandled, ex-
tras, "a a S5c; seconds. 10 a 15c.
Live Poultry-Fowls. lie; roost-
ers, SC; springers, IL re.
Potatoes--Wiscons sacked, on
track. So Q9Oc.
Hay-No timothy. 1880: elo-
yer, 1890; No. prairie. 1900.
Wheat-No. northern, los a
Ill; No. northern, 107@1.09;
No. / durum. 1.02 a 1.04; No. z
durum, sSc@1,00.
Corn-No. yellow. 62e.
oats-No, white, ACC; standard,
491sc.
Wisconsin. LIS; No. 2.
1.24; medium. 1.2S.
Cattle Butchers steers, 4.5o@
6.S5; heifers, 310@5.60; cows,
3,600 5.25; feeders, 3.60@ so;
calves, 675@S.00,
Hogs Good heavy butchers, 6.l5
@6.4O; fair to best light, $50 q
els; pigs. 5o005.s0.
Sheep-Lambs, 1900 600; ewes,
3.2503.75.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
Company PAYS Big Fee.

Madison.-State Treasurer Dahl
has received s. 900 as fee for fl
ing an amendment to their capital
stock from the ]. |. Case Threshing
Machine company of Racine. The
company recently increase the capital
stock from s5.O00,0OO to 100000
600. The rate is / per cent per
81 600
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
KEN Animals comfor.able.

As God is merciful TO ms, let us be
merclful to the dumb beast unde' eur
care. II is downright cruelty to allow
any animal on the farm to be unpro
vided with comfortable quarters
during the winter and to suffer FROM
lack Of feed and water at The p.ober
time
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
Ashland Trainmen Go Free.

Ashland Judge McCully dis
charged Conductor Wilcox and
Brakemen Hanson and McDougal
today, holding that insufficient evil
dence had been produced to hold
them responsible for the death OF
Carrie Dillon of Glidden.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-12
Rreaks Meek on Icx Wax

Wauwatosa.-Wo his first
night as operator for the Milwaukee
road here. 7 H. Stillane of Bangor
was instantly killed when he fell on
an icy sidewalk and broke his neck
while Transporting mail from the de.
pct iS the postoffice.