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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
SELF-BOILED LIME SULPHUR
Expert of Alabama Experiment Sta
ton Gives Some Excellent Advice
on Spray Material.

Writing in regard to the use OF
selfboiled lime-sulphur solution to
combat the San Jose scale, DR.. w. E.
Kinds of the Alabama experiment
station says:
I'VE cannot depend upon the heat
of the lime to produce combination
that will be effective as a winter
wash against San Jose scale. i
fear that the writer's recommending
this, confuse the preparation of self
boiled lime sulphur for summer use
for brown rot with the fire-Doiled
wash for the scale. An ineffective
wash means waste of the materials,
labor and perhaps the ruin OF the or
Ghard also.
There is, of course, latitude for
some variation in the proportion of
lime and sulphur, ranging between
fifteen pounds and twenty pounds of
earth Considering the danger Of get
ting a poor grade Of lime, and the
cheapness Of that material | believe
it advisable to use slightly more lime
than sulphur. / would advise eight
cen or twenty pounds of lime and If
teen pounds of sulphur to make fifty
gallons of wash 1t is necessary to
boil this for at least thirty minutes,
and better, for forty-five or more, to
get the most effective wash
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
176J-KilE HlkE FOR HEALTH
Thomas O'Bren of Rhinelander Re-
turns Home from Portland,
Oregon, on Foot.

Rhineiander.-Thom O'Brien, a
brother of John O'Brien of the Rhine
lander police department. has arrived
in Rhinelander after walking from
Portland Ore, to Auburndale, Wis, a
distance of 1850 miles.
O'Brien, a young man, suffered a
paralytic stroke few years ago and
for long time bis entire left side was
practically useless. Medical treatment
gave him little relief and over a year
ago he went from this city to Portland
where he thought the climate would
improve his condition. Acting on the
advice of a friend that walking might
benefit him and probably restore his
former health, OBrien left Portland
March 9 on the first stage of his long
hike to Wisconsin.
His entire capital was five cents. He
carried pack containing bed cloth
ing, underwear and other necessaries,
the weight of which was about fifty
pounds. At each city visited he worked
and secured enough money to pay his
expenses.
OBrien was four months on his re-
markable jaunt. He covered on an
average Of thirty-five miles per day
and spent seven weeks in actual walk
ing.
OBrien has found that his feat of
Professionalism has almost relieved him
of his paralysis and he hopes for
complete cure.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
SUCCEEDS BISHOP SIMMER
Auxiliary Bishop koudelka of MilWau-
kee Is Placed at Head of Su-
perior Diocese

Milwaukee.-The Right Rev. Joseph
M. Koudelka, auxiliary bishop of Mil
waukee, according to a dispatch from
Rome, was appointed bishop of the
diocese of Superior, Wis. He succeeds
Bishop Schinner, who resigned several
months ago because the climate of
the Lake Superior region did not agree
with him and because he preferred, if
possible, to engage in missionary
work
Bishop Koudelka was born in Chilis-
tova, Bohemia, Dec. s, 1852 At the age
of IA he finished his studies in what is
equivalent to tile American high
school. He came to this country with
his parents when a boy, settling near
Reedsburg, Wis. He studied for the
priesthood at ST. Francis seminary,
and was ordained at the age of 90
through a special dispensation from
the pope, given because of the need
for Bohemian priest at Cleveland
He was appointed auxiliary bishop of
Milwaukee in September, 1911
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
INQUIRY ON STERILIZATION
Board of Control Receives MANY
Questions From Relatives Of :
Possible Victims.

Madison-The state board of con.
troll Of Wisconsin, which has the man
agement Of the state charitable, penal
and refOrmatory institutions, is receiv-
ing large number of inquiries from
relatives and friends of criminal in
sane, feeble minded and epileptic per.
sons confined in state and county in
situations regarding the provisions of
the new law providing for the steri.
lization Of such degenerates.
The board of control is the judge as
to the ACCESSIBILITY of sterilizing any
degenerates in the public charge, and
there is no appeal from its decision.
The board intends to begin with the
female desenerates and later take up
the males. Several hundred female
degenerates will be sterilized this
year.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
WAR ON HOG CHOLERA
Serum Developed by Department
of Agriculture Used.
Cleaning Up of infection is huge JOB,
But Believed Can Be Accomplished
Same as Eradication Of
Ticks in South.

Beginning with a few counties In
Iowa and Indiana, the department OF
agriculture is commencing a campaign
for the eradication of hog cholera. AS
this disease is as widespread as the
hog raising industry, which covers the
whole country, the cleaning up or the
infection is a large order. 1t is be-
heved however, that 1t can be done in
much the same way that the cattle tick
is being eradicated from the south.
Before the tick eradication work
started it was feared that it was an
impossible task. The experts of the
department, however, figured out meth
DDS OF cattle dippiI G, pasture rotation
and other means IF control so that
now quarter of tho area in the south
that formerly was Under strict cattle
quarantine has been declared tick free
and released. Counties adjoining the
cleared territory haze seen the bene-
At and are taking up the work so that
eventually the impossible will be &C
complished and the whole Of the south
will be turned into a. cattle-raising
country.
1t is thought that the same thing can
be done with hog cholera. Congress
last year appropriated $4,000 to start
the work. The beginning in Iowa will
be in cooperation with the Iowa State
college. The methon used will be the
serum that was developed by Doctor
Dorset of the department of agricul-
ture.
Hog cholera is by all odds the great
est scourge of the bog-raising industry.
1t was estimated that it cost the farm
ers last year $60,000,000. Before the
discovery of the serum treatment the
toll was still larger Cholera was re-
garded as inevitable and was almost
always fatal. There was no protection
against it except segregating the we'll
hogs, and this precaution was uncer-
tain.
The injection of the serum gives i'm
munity from attack even on close con-
tact. The immunity is not permanent,
but 1t lasts long enough to allow clean
ing up an entire community. 1t was
estimated that the second year the
serum was in use it saved about SILL
100000. Now many of the states are
manufacturing the serum in their own
agricultural laboratories and distribute
it free on application.
The plan for cleaning up the country
is to commence on county areas, as Is
being done in Indiana and Iowa, and
gradually spread the work, cleaning up
in widening circles and preventing the
importation of the disease by careful
quarantine Any specific local outbreak
will be wiped out as quickly as it can
be located.
1t may be the work of years to get
all the country cleaned, but it is be-
lieved once it is cleaned it can be kept
So This will mean a great increase in
the hog-raising industry, larger profits
and a proportionate reduction In the
price of meat.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
WILL OPEN 100000 ACRES
Preside Mt Authorizes the Disposal Of
Montana Indian lands on
Registration.

Washington, Aug. president Will
son by proclamation has authorized
the disposal under the registration
plan, Of about 1.000,0 600 acres of sur
plus land within the Fort Peck Indian
reservation. northeastern Montana.
All applications for registration must
be sworn to and presented at Glas.
Cow, Great Falls, Havre or Miles City,
Mont, between September 1 and 20.
Secretary Lane OF the interior de-
partment has issued regulations au-
thorizing the disposal, under the regis
tration plan, Of about $4,000 acres of
land within the former Fort Niobrara
military reservation, Nebraska. Appli-
cations must be presented at Valen-
tine. Neb. between October Is and %.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Save the Manure.

In promptly handling barnyard
manure, the farmers can save or lose
hundreds of dollars annually A ma
nure heap is a hot bed of bacterial
activities. Some of the nitrogen is
formed into ammonia and passes into
the air; this is clear loss. Some is
transformed into nitrates, which are
soluble. These are washed out by
rains and sink into the soil or run off
into the ditch; this also is direct
loss. Some is formed by bacteria into
nitrates and these nitrates attacked by
another species of bacteria which
change into nitrogen gas, which pass
es into the air and is lost
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
PLAN BIG FARMERS PICNIC
University of Wisconsin to Be Host
to AgricuIturists on Campus
August 20.

Madison-The Wisconsin college
of agriculture will be host at a far
mers' picnic on the college grounds
on August 20. Interest is being
shown by the farmers as far north as
Brown county, but the attendance
will be mainly from the southern
counties. A basket luncheon will be
provided, and the visitors WI be
shown the college buildings and
methods, the government forest prod
ucts laboratory, and other attractions
of the capital city. Lectures will be
given in the stock pavilion on sea-
sonable topics for farmers.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Navy Head Lauds Hero's Acts.

Washington. Aug. 6.-Because Ar
thur j Hill. an oiler, showed GOODNESS
and self-sacrif1ce he will receive let
ter of commentator from Acting Sec
rotary of the Navy Roosevelt When
two trains of the Pacific Electric rail-
way were telescoped at Los Angeles,
Cal. July Is, Hill, whose legs were
pinned down by the wreckage, used
his hands in giving assistance to In
jured persons within his reach and
spoke words of encoura cement to fell
low victims of the accident
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
KLINGE WINS RIFLE HON0RS
la Crosse Man Makes Highest Score
in State Contest on Range at
Camp Douglas.

Camp Douglas.-To Sergt. Maj. John
F. Klinge of La Crosse go the honors
and prizes of the military rife cham
plonship of Wisconsin He is the win
ner of the gold watch presented by the
ofilcers' association of the w. N. G.,
and he will also hold the championship
shield presented by S. A. Cook of Nee
nah, which is shot for annually. Sergt.
Mueller of Marshfield gave Klinge a
great run, the latter winning out by
the margin of three points.
In the final days pair shooting
Klinge and Gay had a decided slump
and were. passed by the two Shells
brothers of Milwaukee. Gaartz and
Hoey were second for the day and
moved up in fourth place. Bailey and
Lund started off at a great pace, get
ting 1877 out of possible 200 at sur
prise fire, the best record of any pair
for the last week
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
MOTHER Jones ARRIVES
Noted Worker Reaches the Cop
per Mine District.
Big Turnout of Strikers Meets Woman
at Opportunities an Address
AfterWard.

Calumet, Mich, Aug. 6.--Mother
Jones, noted worker among mine
strikers, arrived here and was met
by a delegation representing the 49,
600 copper strikers of the Calumet re-
gion. Twelve hundred strikers and
several hundred wives and children of
the union men paraded from the train
to the unions headquarters. Mother
Jones refused to ride in an automobile
that had been provided for her.
mo, sir" she said to the chairman
of the delegation. "Ill walk, just like
the rest of you folks"
At the headquarters Mother Jones
addressed the strikers, and said she
was here to cheer them and to aid in
winning their fight against the mine
operators She told few Of her ex-
periences in the West Virginia mining
districts where she was arrested on
charge of melting riots and tried be-
fore court martial
General Abbey. commanding the
state troops in the strike district,
wired Governor Ferris asking him to
visit Calumet and inspect the troops.
The governor, If he comes, will be
asked to try to adjust the strike diff.
ferences
Civil and military authorities were
seeking the copper strike sympathiz-
ers who were connected with the
theft of dynamite from the Ahmeek
and Mohawk mines, and a reported
plot to destroy the Calumet dam and
cut off the city's water supply. AS
soon as the dynamite theft was dis
covered a heavy guard of troops was
thrown around the dam, and no efforts
were made by dynamiters to approach
the structure.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
FORAKER MAKES
STRONG DENIAL
Ex-senator Says He Didn't Aid
to Keep Up Tariff On Philip
pine Sugar.
OU1S Null HALL VALUABLE MAN
Had Known Lobbyist Since 1888
Had Never Solicited His Aid but
Did Not Recall Ever Having
Refused IL.

Washington, Aug. 6-Former Sen
ator J. g. Foraker, OF Ohio, prefaced
mis- statement regarding Mulhalps
charges at the senate lobby commit
tee session by denying testimony Civ
en- by Truman G. Palmer, the beet
sugar lobbyist, who said Foraker had
aided Wilbur F. Wakeman of the tariff
league in keeping up the tariff on
Philippine sugar. Foraker said he
was In favor OF reduced rate. He
explained at length his connection
with David Lamar.
He met Lamar seventeen years ago
when the Union Pacific railroad was
about to be sold. Lamar represented
himself as the agent OF Russell Sage
and said that the government was
about to be defrauded by the sale of
the property for s28 100000.
Foraker Makes Denial.
Foraker denied that Governor
Headley, referee in the disposition OF
the railroad property, had ever offered
to sell the road for $28,000,000.
Lamar wanted Foraker to accept
employment in holding up the sale OF
the property at the low figure. For
aker refused employment, he testi-
fed, but said he went to Washington
from New York, "as a matter or
duty" to see Attorney General Nc
Kenna. now associate justice of the
Supreme court, and lay the facts be-
fore him AS a result, said Foraker,
the property was sold for $58,0OO0
and the interests of the government
were conserved. Foraker said that
the increase in the price was $50,0OO,-
900 instead Of s28.0O0,000.
Employed by Lauterbach.
Foraker admitted he was employed
by David Lauterbach, the associate OF
David Lamar in New York, in the suit
TO restrain the Union Pacific from
voting the Southern Pacific stock it
owned A temporary Injunction was
granted by Judge Lurton, now asso-
cIate Justice of the Supreme court.
and later was dissolved. resulting, &C,
cording to Lamar's testimony a month
ago. in the practical ruin of James r.
Keene
Foraker said he had known Mulhall
since 1883. when Foraker first ran for
governor of Ohio.
"Mu!haIl was a valuable man. said
Foraker, Fin a state like Ohio, where
twenty years ago Shift of two or
three per cent in the vote meant po-
1fticat victory or defeat ] never So
1icited his aid nor do l recall that |
ever refused it,"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Money Coming In.

While fruit growing brings the mon
ely in chunks at certain seasons of the
year, dairying Is the only branch OF
farming bringing in money every
month of the year. The dairyman
who knows his business will have
check going into the bank every month
and need never be short for cash, pro-
vided he used good judgment in his
business. Then when the big check
comes from the sale Of fruit In the
fall he will realize the great advan-
tage to be derived from this combi-
nation
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08

the team draws 1t through. The lift
should be the same height at the top
of the lowest posts, as the top of the
wagon wheels. the rear ones, then
the rack is raised above the wheels
the wagon will pass out, leaving the
rack high and dry.
When ready to load the rack. simply
drive between the posts. under tho
rack, and slip back the rack, at the
same time back the wagon. AS soon
as the rear of the rack rests on the
wagon, stand on the rear Of the rack
and your weight will hold the rack in
enough to let the front OF the rack
fall In place.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Cats Va. Birds.

The cat Is considerd the greatest
enemy of birds. A live cat not over
fed, may destroy hundreds OF birds
many cats in the country as there are
men and women, say 90,0O0.00o, the
number Of birds destroyed by the cat
can easily be estimated. The cat gets
in her best work after heavy showers
when the birds feathers are wet, when
the birds are not normally active. and
when the birds are half grown, in
which time the cat climbs a tree and
finds the birdlings helpless.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
EXCELLENT HAY RACK LIFT
Much Manual Labor May Be Saved
by Use of Device Shown In Illus
tration-How Worked
CBy ]. WESLEY GRIFFIN.)


Much heavy lifting may be avoided
by having place on which the hay
rack may rest when not in use By
making a support something like the
one shown in the drawing, not only
the heavy lifts may be avoided but
much time saved. / have known rs
many as three men to lose an hour
each, going TO and from the field. just
to change wagon body and the haF
frame. This was at time when Tins
was valuable, more SO than other
times. With lift like this one. or
something similar. one man can change
frames with ease and dispatch
All one has to do is to drive be-
tween the posts at the lower end The
rack will be lifted from the wagon as
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Normal Instructor Resions

Prof. William T. Stevens, for FIVE
years member of the faculty of the
Milwaukee Normal school, instructor
of sociology and lecturer in education,
has resigned to accept similar posi-
ton at Miami university, Oxford, o.
He will assume his duties at the uni
versity at the opening Of school in
Sentemher.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Was Fugitive for Twenty Years.

Manitowoc.-Sentenced to Waupun
for term of five years in 1890, after
being convicted on a charge Of bigamy,
released year later on parole, vio-
lating the parole and for twenty years
fugitive, Joseph Byrnes, a former
ManitowOc man, voluntarily surren-
dered to the Waupun prison authori-
ties and has just been released after
serving nine months more on the FIVE
year term
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
REMINDING OF BARBED WIRE
Buggy Axle and WheeIs-Two
Men Required to Operate.

The sketch shows very useful de-
vice for winding loose wire and taking
up old wire fences Procure an old
buggy axle and wheels, and fasten two
two-by-four sticks five feet long to the
axle as illustrated
Provide that front end with a rod,
the end of which is bent to form a
crank. Two bent nails hold the block
which had to be cut out to allow the
rod to be put in place. When the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Grade School Fund Divided.

Madison.-The state department of
public instruction has apportioned
the state graded school funds for the
year ending June 80, 1913 The to-
tai amount to be divided is s110, 800.
One hundred and sixty-nine first-class
state graded schools receive $500
cash, and e9S schools of the second
class receive $500 each.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08

Furious driving was one OF tbs
charges brought against the French
aristocracy at the revolutpion- Said
Mercer: In Paris the people are
weak. pallid, stunted, a class apart
from other classes In the state. The
rich and che great who possess eQuf
pages enjoy the privilege Of crushing
them or OF mutMating them Ia the
streets Hundreds OF victims die an
nuaiiy under the carriage wheels" Il
saw." wrote another observer Ar
ahur Young. "a poor child run over
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Water Works Break Down.

Waukesha.-This city was left in a
precariOus condition when the air COM
pressing machine of the water works
gave way, leaving the spring city with
out a drop of water in it's pipes.
An emergency well was resorted to,
out wate"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
To Rewind Barbed Wire.

spool is on, the nails are twisted so
as to keep the rod in place. If the
rod does not hold the spool tightly.
use wedges, writes Carl Achilles in
the Independent Farmer. One man
pushes, and the man in front turns
the crank. Wire can be wound as
fast as a man can walk and just as
evenly as when bought new
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Names Wisconsin Postmasters.

Washington. D. C.-Wisconsin post
office nominations sent to the senate:
John H. Moller, Bruce; John T. Lee.
Corliss; William H. Garfield, Han
cock; Simon Skroch, Independence:
George B. Keith, Milton Junction;
Nicholaus Elmer, New Glarus; Frank
lin c. Watson, Owen; Louise Locke.
Shiocton; George Pasuette. Shulls
burg; George Burk, Thorp; G. w.
Bishop, Wonewoc.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Fusionists Aided by McAneny.

New York, Aug. 6.-The fusion
forces, which last week nominated an
anti-Tammany ticket headed by John
Purroy Mitchell. collector of the port.
we're pleased be the announcement by
George McAneny. president OF Man
haitian borough. that he wiz accept
the fusion nomination for president OF
the board OF aldermen.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Dancer of overchurninc.

Overchurning, that is, churning un-
til the butter forms In large Jumps,
increase the moisture on account OF
the fact that considerable amount
Of buttermilk is incorporated. This
buttermilk is usually detrimental to
the keeping quality of the butter and
should not by any means DE churned
into the butter
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
BARREL EXPLOSION is FATAL
Soy is Killed in ST. Louis When He
Drops Match in Whisky
Cask

st Louis. Aug. 6.-The explosion OF
an empty whisky barrel caused the
death OF John Thier, seven years old,
1t the home of his parents here. The
accident was witnessed by a score of
children, who say the boy threw a
lighted match into the barrel and then
put his eye to the bunghole TO watch
results
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
$4,000 Loss in Wreck.

Racine-Traffic on the southw estern
division of the Milwaukee road was
tied up because of a wreck at Bard
well when nine cars of merchandise
were ditched The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Summer Session is Closed

Madison.-The thirteen~h annual
summer session of the University OF
Wisconsin closed Aug. and two thou
sand students returned to their homes.
The law school will continue its ten
weeks session and will not close until
Aug so.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08
Hint for Horasnan

Never start to lead the horse from
his stall till you hold or fasten back
the door. Doors have been known to
swing to where they were not fast
ened open, catching the horses head,
the animal pulling back and breaking
his neck.