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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-12-27

The Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy reports a big reduction in
labor cost for conducting transpor-
tation over its lines.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-12-27

"y employees 277,619 women
'arlous industries.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09

1t was very comical sight to see the
fussy solicitude exhibited by the
pigeon for the welfare of the chicken.
which, in time, grew quite Indifferent
to its diminutive guardians ministra-
tions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
Average Yields.

The average yield of corn per acre
in the United States is only about 81
bushels.
Our average yield of wheat is only
1877 bushels per acre-and the aver
age yield Of nearly everything we
grow on the farm is exceedingly low,
compared with the yields in other
countries.
1t is high time we were waking up
and doing something.
Better Farm Management Needed.
One hundred years ago the Mohawk
valley in New York was the wonder of
Europe, was the wonder of the world
for it's fertility, and thousands of car
loads of cattle, hogs and farm crops
were shipped out of that valley until
it's fertility has been exhausted The
settlers then moved westward into the
Miami and Scioto valleys of Ohio. and
did the same thing over again. Fol-
lowing the exhaustion of these rich
valleys, the magnificent broad prairies
of Illinois and Iowa were brought un-
der cultivation, and the same process
is now being repeated. Even in the
Red River Valley of the North, where
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
"Toothache" Signal In Chile.

Drink is the curse of Chile. For
some time after our arrival" writes
Mrs. Hugh Fraser in Further Remin-
iscenses," Hugh and l used to be puz-
zled at the prevalence of toothache
in the town (Sanitiago). Every day
one would see men in the streets,
frock coated and tophatted, their
faces almost hidden by handkerchief
tied around their jaws-not one or
two or occasionally, but half dozen
at time, and on every day Of the
week. Later we found out that it was
a signal and meant: 81 was drinking
last night Do not speak 70 me-"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
Time Has Proved Truth of Claim.

Time Has Proved Truth of Claim.
After seventy years Rear Admiral
Charles Wilkes has been further
vindicated in the claim which he
made that he had discovered an ant
arctic continent. No less authority
than Sir Ernest Shackleton now fat
ly declares that Wilkes was right in
the reports of his expedition Of 1888
and 1912. The Mawson expedition
further substantiates Shackleton's
own discoveries. Leaving Sydney in
December, 1889, Wilkes discovered
what he thought to be an antarctic
continent, and sailed along icef1elds
for several weeks. Although his court
martial resulted in his acquittal upon
the charge of having fabricated this
discovery and in his being reprl-
manded only for the illegal punish
ment of men in his squadron, the dis
covery was long doubted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
BEYOND ITS MOTHERS CARE
Chicken, Adopted" by Pigeon, Grew
Indifferent to Diminutive Guar
dams Illustrations.

A Pennsylvania pigeon-raiser also
raises few game chickens every year
Some Of the birds persist in laying
their eggs on high shelf WHARF the
pigeons roost. Early last spring one
OF these eggs rolled into pigeons
nest and when it Matched out it's
chicken the pigeon promptly adopted
II. 1t fed the young chicken, lowered
1t at night, and the youngster grew
rapidly. 1t grew to be about four
times as large as it's foster-mother,
but the pigeon stuck to its adopted
bird and did her best to take care of it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09

upon those who are strangers to 1t,
and no one is more truly working for
the benefit of agriculture, the basis of
all prosperity, than he who proclaims
its excellence as the foremost forage"
Ex-Governor Hoard.
Grow Alfalfa.
An acre of alfalfa yields $3.50
pounds of digestible matter; red clio.
yer, 5000 pounds; and corn, $500
pounds.
In every dollars worth of alfalfa
there are thirteen pounds of protein
in every dollars worth of corn there
are only eight pounds of protein. The
great value of alfalfa as feed stuff is
therefore apparent.
Alfalfa enriches the soil-grain i'm.
poverishes the soil
There remains little more to he said
Every farmer who reads this should
begin Immediately to make prepara,
tons for putting in piece of alfalfa.
even though it be only one acre. IF
you can grow an acre next year you
can grow ten acres the following year
and then twenty, forty, and even
one hundred if your farm is big
enough to make so large a field prac-
ticable.
Ten acres of alfalfa on every farm
in the United States would give us in
round numbers 100000 acres of al
falfa. Before the next decade has gone
into history we would be growing
1O0,O00,000 acres of alfalfa in the Unit
ed States. If we do this we will be-
infinitely better off than we are today
our fields will be vastly more fertile
and our crop yields will be bigger and
Detter-our herds will be larger and
the quality of butter fat will be great
~ 1ncreased-we will have happier
homes-and we will be better citizens.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09

larly Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado,
California and Utah-the great alfalfa
states. We have reached the point
where we know we can grow alfalfa
in the corn belt, and it is now UP to
us to grow it.
Where Alfalfa Is Grown.
The accompanying map shows where
alfalfa is grown in the United States
today. At the present time all the
alfalfa grown in the United States is
less than the area of the little state
of New Jersey. The total area under
alfalfa in this country is 4,707,136
acres. Of this area Kansas alone has
956,962 acres of alfalfa-or about one
fifth of our entire alfalfa crop.
Nebraska comes second with $751;
282 acres; Colorado third, with 50S,S92
acres; California fourth, with 484,134
acres; and Idaho fifth, with 308,S92
acres.
All of the corn belt states are lam
entably shy in the growing Of alfalfa,
as is shown by the following rank in
which they come as producers of the
crop:
Missouri, II; Ohio, 10; Iowa, 20; ILL.,
nois %; Wisconsin, %; Indiana, "a;
Michigan, %; Minnesota, 35.
With the unquestioned advantages
of alfalfa, we should be growing more
of this great legume crop.
Advantages of Alfalfa.
AS to the advantage of growing al
falfa in the corn belt, Prof. P. G.
Holden says:
cit produces large yield per acre.
more than double that of clover.
cit is rich in protein, having almost
as high a feeding value as bran.
cit is the most enriching crop for
the ground which we have.
when a good stand is once secured
it will generally last four to six years
in the humid regions and much longer
in the west.
ct can be fed as hay to all kinds OF
animals, and has no superior as hog
pasture"
Builds Up Agriculture.
"No one more literally abets the
growth of two blades of grass where
one grew before than he who effect
lively urges the cultivation of alfalfa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
Mississippi a Costly Stream.

AS far back as 1717 attempts were
made to subdue the Mississippi.
About that time NJ. LIE Blond de la
Tour built a mile of levee to protect
the infant city of Nouvelle-O rleans,
The federal government has already
expended $7O,OOO,0OO in its attempts to
confine the flood waters to the chan
mel, and the states chiefly concerned
have, in one way and another, con-
tributed probably as much more.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
ALWAYS Out of a lob.

"You insist on telling people you
are lookin' fer work." said Meander-
ing Mike.
Eyes," replied Flooding Pete; Gin
the spring go north to say I'm pine
apple picker, and in the fall I go
south and tell 'em I'm a skate sharp
ener."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
An Awful Thouqht.

Crouch No. 1.-What women can
see in a tenor beats me-
Crouch No. 2-But that isn't the
worst of it. Pretty soon with the new
Edison invention, we'll have moving
pictures that sing tenor---Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
Food Supply and Population.

Food Supply and Population.
To make it possible for the people
of the United States to raise, clothe
and feed future generations, we must
change our system of agriculture. We
cannot depend upon Uncle Sam for
any more land, and the only method
by which we can keep the United
States on the map is to make two
blades of grass grow where only one
grew before.
During the last decade the popula-
ton Of the United States increased Is
per cent During the same period the
production of beef in the United
States fell off % per cent.
A few years ago it cost the labor
ing man $52.O5 for his yearly supply of
meat-today the same number of
pounds of meat cost $8505, an in
crease of $4,000.
In view of this what shall we do?
A careful analysis shows that we
need more fertile fields, or rather
fields with greater fertility.
We need larger and better herds.
We need better roads.
We need larger bank accounts.
We need better homes.
We need better citizenship.
How can all this be done?
Perhaps no one thing will do more
to secure these things than growing
alfalfa.
If that is true, why haven't we been
growing alfalfa?
Because we thought it was impos-
Sible.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
We Can Grow Alfalfa.

Many farmers in the corn belt do
not believe that they can grow alfalfa.
They are under the impression that it
requires peculiar climatic conditions,
and peculiar type of soil, such as is
found in the western states, particu-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09

Eleven pounds of alfalfa is worth as
much in feeding value as ten pounds
of bran. and it costs but half as much.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
Bv 4 e BUCK.

We have come to the dividing of the
ways-we have reached a critical
point in the history Of our agricul-
tural development. Aside from the
35,000,00O acres in the United States
that can be reclaimed by irrigation,
and the 100000 acres of farm lands
that can be made available for Guilt
walton by means of drainage, no very
large areas of virgin soil remain to
be brought under cultivation in our
country. In time, of course, these
barren lands will be made to yield
abundant harvests-but for the pres
ent we must look elsewhere to find a
solution of the problem with which we
are confronted. If we are to keep
on going forward it will be necessary
for us to secure larger yields from the
fields that are already under cultiva-
ton. That is to say, our problem is
not SO much how to increase the popu-
lation in rural communities as it is
to increase the producing capacity of
the people already on the farm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
ON EVERY FARM IN THE
CORN BELT OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
H c Agricultural Extension Department Makes
Preliminary Announcement

KNOW OF NOTHING WHICH
DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE MORE TO ITS WEALTH
THAN A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF
ALFALFA-GROUT
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09

henoers glassware Less Brittle.
Boiling a. piece Of glassware in a
weak solution of salt in water, and
allowing it to cool gradually will
make it less brittle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09

fifty bushels of wheat to the acre was |
not unusual, today not more than fif- |
teen bushels is grown.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-02-27
HITS MARRIAGE INDUSTRY.
Legislature May Repeal the Law Pro-
viding for Waving Five Day Wait

There are a lot of Kenosha people
who are eagerly watching the action
of the Legislature at Madison in rela-
tion to the bill which will do away with
the privilege of Judges of Courts of
Record to issue permits for the marry
ing of couples without the delay of five
days demanded by the license law. If
this bill should be passed the marriage
industry in Kenosha would receive a
black eye, as it is thought that it would
do away entirely with the marriage of
Chicago couples in this city. The judges
who are directly interested decline to
discuss the bill, stating that they are
not urging the action one way or an
other. tits an open secret that this
provision of the law has resulted in a
considerable increase in the salaries of
clergymen and judges in Kenosha, but
if the Legislature sees fit to take the
right of issuing "court orders from
the judges there will be no great COM
plant from this section of the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-02-27
SPRING MAID MAKES BIG HIT.
Tuneful Opera Pleases Capacity Au-
djence at the Rhode Last Night.

The Spring Maid sprightly
rafting musical comedy which has
had tremendous vogue in the larger
cities, held the boards at the Rhode
Opera House on Tuesday night and
pleased a crowd which came near test
ing the capacity of the theatre. The
Spring Maid' has all the clemens
OF a successful musical comedy, includ-
ing a real plot, melodies that charm,
clever acting and scenic. Investment
as beautiful as was ever, staged in Ke-
nosha. The interpreting company was
headed by Marguerite Wright and
Charles McNaughton. The big chorus
was one of the best singing choruses
ever heard in Kenosha. Miss Anna
Orr divided the honors of the evening
with Miss Wright and the two young
ladies were the big feature of the per-
formanee. McNaug hton as Roland
the tragedian, furnished comedy that
kept the audience in an uproar all the
time he was on the stage. 1t would
be unfair to fail to mention the "rab-
Bit and in the words of Roland she
was some rabbit
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-02-27
SEARCH MANY SUSPECTS
Two Men Who Had Been in the Saloon
Few Minutes Before Robbery was
Discovered Made Good Their Escape
and Cannot Be Located by Police,

One of the biggest robbories ever re.
ported to the police of the city is al
legged to have occurred at the Krisor
saloon at the north limits of the city
on Milwaukee avenue just about six
O'Clock Tuesday night when Joseph
Weddlestedt was robbed b. pickpock-
cts. The men secured wallet contain
ing $500 in cash and 5000 in checks.
Weddlestedt, in his capacity of
agent for the Cream City Brewing Com
pany, had been busy during the entire
day making round of the various sa.
looms using the beer of the Milwaukee
brewery and his collections amounted
to 500. Most of this money was car
ried in cheap wallet in his overcoat
pocket. Weddlestedt had been decided
ly busy during the day and he had not
been any too careful in handling his
money. The wallet was in his outside
pocket and he had been in the saloon
for some time before the robbery was
discovered. Krisor, the proprietor of
the saloon, was taking no chances, and
as soon as the robbery was discovered
he notified the police and locked the
doors of the saloon to prevent the es.
cape of any one in the building. Police
officers Wade and Newhouse hurried to
the saloon and searched everyone in the
building, including Weddlestedt, but
they found no trace of the money. 1t
was learned at this time that two men
had slipped out of the saloon Just be-
fore the robbery was discovered and
third had left half an hour earlier. One
of these men was known to the men
in the saloon but the other two were
complete strangers and they are sup
posed to have taken an electric car out
of the city. Efforts were made to find
the men in Racine and at other points
along the electric railway, but no one
answering the description could be
picked up. The one local man who had
been in the saloon just Before the rob-
berry was discovered has not as yet
been found by the police officers. It is
said, however, that he has been about
the city and that to friends he has in
sisted that he knew nothing of the rob-
berry. The police kept busy Tuesday
night making an effort to get some peo-
pie who had an over-supply of currency,
but not a single suspect was arrested.
The money taken was largely in cur
rency of small denominations.
Late this afternoon the Racine Do.
lice arrested man known as "Mike.
the Bum when he attempted to pass
one of the. checks taken from We'd
dlestedt in that city. The suspect hid
ninety dollars in currency in his
clothes when taken into custody ard
is unable to explain where he got it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-02-27
ENDS OLD COURT CASE.
Suit of G. Lathrop Against J. Millar
Decided IN Favor of Defendant

Judge Chester A. Fowler of Fond dli
Lac this morning fled with the clerk
of the circuit court his decision in the
long contested case of Charles Lath-
rop against James Miller The de6-
sion holds for the defendant AMI di-
retcs that the action be dismissed
The case is one of the old landmarks
of the calendars of the Kenosha cir
cult court. 1t was started years ago
and arose over contract between the
late Jason Lathrop and James MilIal.
1t was tried in the circuit court ali a
decision rendered in favor of Miilai
after which it was taker to the SUI
preme court of the state and the de-
cision of the lower court affirmed. 1t
is not expected that there will be any
further action taken in the case.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-02-27
FRITZ RUDY MAKES GOOD.
henosha Boxer Gets Under Wing of
Jack Dillon, indianapolis Promoter.

Fritz Rudy Of Kenosha, who has APP
peared in several preliminary boxing
contests in Kenosha is getting into the
game right. He is now under the man
agement of Jack Dillon Of indianapolis,
and on last Thursday night he put up
great bout against Kid Ashe at
Cincinnati. The Cincinnati boy got the
decision over Rudy but the showing
made by the Kenosha boy was such
that he is regarded as one of the best
boys connected with the game in In
dianapolis, and Indianapolis is some
boxing center. Rudy showed that he
could stand up for fifteen rounds and
conceded weight to an opponent. The
referee declared that the decision
against the Kenosha boy was the hard
est decision that he had ever made.
Rudy plans to make his home at Indian
apolis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-02-27
NEW MAIN STREET STORE.
Louis Plous and David Korf to Embark
in Cloak and Suit Business,

Kenosha is to have new store given
over to the sale of women IS wearing
apparel and in the near future Louis
Plous, one of the partners in the Union
Dye Works, and David Korf, of the
Fair Store, will open new store in the
building now occupied by the L. M.
Eichelman Store. Mr.. Eichelman is tn
retire from all lines of business except
that of the merchant tailor and he will
seek new location for this business.
Plous and Korf are completing negotia-
lions for lease on the Eichelman store
today and the new store will probably
be opened in the early spring. Both of
the young men are well known in the
mercantile life in Kenosha and their
long experience in the line of trade
selected gives assurance that the bust
ness venture will be a successful one.
More formal announcement Of the plans
of the company will be made within a
short time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-02-27
POLITICIANS At SEA-
Result Of the Elimination Of
Voting on First Papers
Cannot be Forecasted.
MUST REGISTER IN PERSON

Local politicians are eagerly await
ing the outcome of the registration of
the voters under the new state law
which goes into force this year.
For under the rulings of this law
every voter will be compelled 80 regis
ter in person and many persons not
having second papers, but who have
voted in the past, will not be allowed
to dc so this year.
Politicians are predicting that the
vote this year will be cut down nearly
one-third because of these provisions
Many of the alien residents, who have
taken out first papers and voted N the
past, cannot do SO this year. Outside
of the foreign clement, it is also ex-
pected that many persons who have
east their vote for years and only
taken out first papers, will also be
disqualified.
Because of the provision which
makes 1T necessary for voters to regis
ter in person, the percentage of those
who fail to become properly registered
before election, is expected to be great
er than ever. In the past all that it
has been necessary for the voter to
do was to telephone to the polling
booth and have his name placed on
the registration list.
What effect this decrease in tie
number Of votes cast will have on the
coming municipal election, politicians
have as yet been unable to figure out.
Monday, March 3, is the last day
for candidates for city offices to file
their papers with the city clerk.
Comparatively few nomination papers
have been received by the clerk so
far, so a rush at the last minute IS
anticipated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-02-27
FIRST LECTURE ON THURSDAY
State Commission in Charge of Voca-
tional Education to Cooperate with
the Local School Officials in Working
Out Valuable Course for Statesmen.


Kenosha schools are to have another
wrinkle for in the near future
working in connection with the state
board of industrial education it is
planed to organize classes in sales
manship in connection with the con-
tinuation schools Of Kenosha Thes J
classes will be under competent in
structors and no charge will be made
for tuition. The movement is along
the lines being pursued in several OF
the larger cities of the country and it
is planned by it to give the men and
women who desire to be active in the
retail business to have chance to
lay some foundation for this sort Of
a life work.
The movement is expected to appeal
greatly to the merchants and clerks of
the city and it is expected that it will
attract to the schools at least humid
red new students.
Mrs. Lucinda V. Prince, head of the
Union Schools of Salesmanship of Bos-
ton, has been engaged by the state com
mission to give a number of lectures
in Wisconsin cities and she will open
her work at the Y. M. G. IA. audi
forum on Thursday evening and give
a preliminary lecture on what is plan.
ned for the new addition to the Keno
sha schools. The state commission
plans to secure a number of lecturers
along similar lines and these will al
s2ress the various classes III Kenosha
later in the year.
More than thousand men and won
en- are now employed as sales people in
the retail stores of Kenosha and MANY
OF these people have gone to work at
an early age and have had little op-
portunity to get an education salong
the lines of craftsmanship. Recently
the Sheldon School has conducted a
series OF lectures in Kenosha and this
has attracted many Kenosha people.
1t has shown the demand for this sort
Of training among the younger people
of the city and it is held that the sub
ject is one which can be well taken
care of in the vocational schools.
Plans for the course to be offered
in the schools of Kenosha will be dis
cussed in detail at the meeting On
Thursday night and shortly after this
meeting the regular work of the course
will be arranged. 1t is planned 70
have the course open for both day and
night students.
The matter has been taken up with
the merchants Of the city and they
have shown willingness to give every
possible support to the new course.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-02-27
FRED j. WILKE DEAD.
Former Auditor of Simmons Mfg. Go.
Died at Indianapolis Sunday.

Fred J. Wilke, aged 81 years and
formerly general auditor for the Sim.
mons Manufacturing Company, died
very suddenly at his home in Tnl;.
annapolis, Ind, on Sunday. Mr. Wilke
had not been in the best of health for
some time, but letters gave no indica-.
tion that his condition was critical
Mr.. Wilke resided in Kenosha for
some time and was an active member
of several of the organizations of the
city. He was one of the officials of
the Kenosha Tennis Club and was ac-
tive in advancing the sport in Keno
sha. He left Kenosha in the late sum
mel of 1912 to accept position at
Indianapolis. He is survived by his
widow. The funeral was held at III
dianapolis on Tuesday afternoon.