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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
By "A. NEELY HALL

make the insulation as perfect as
possible.
A little creek Is often in the vicin-
ity of a camp Site and handy cross
ing is not always found II this creek
is not very wide, it Is simple mat
ter to throw two logs across it at the
desired point of crossing. Boys do
not require a railing on such bridge.
of course, but If girl visitors are ex-
pected it is a good plan to provide a
railing such as is shown in Fig. Z.
The end railing uprights should be
driven into the ground, and these and
a pair of stakes driven into the
ground on the other side of the log
ends should be spiked to the logs to
keep them from rolling.
If your camp Is located near lake.
you will probably want a pier, and
short one can be built on the plan of
the creek bridge. Of course. the out
er ends of the logs must be supported
upon a couple of stout stakes driven
a foot or more into the lake bottom
and connected at the top with
SlOSS plcSS.
Use the water for your refrigerator.
Drive few nails into the side, of
the pier or creek bridge, and to each
of these nails fasten piece OF stout
cord with a snap-hook Gig. 81 TIED
to its end The cords should be ad-
justed to the proper lengths to allow
pals to become partially submerged
in the water. A stone placed upon
the covers of the pals will keep them
from bobbing around and upsetting.
The snap-hooks will do away with
having to unite the cord from the
handles when removing the pals.
This refrigerator should be located
near shore, in the shade of a tree or
reeds.
A shelf bracketed to a tree trunk.
to hold a wash-basin and soap is
camp convenience that should not be
overlooked Gig. 81. Your mirror
can be fastened above the basin, aud
few nails will hold your wash-rags
and towels.
Copyright, 1912, by A. Nicely Hall)
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
STATE FAIR BILL is SIGNED
viding for Full Investigation
of Sites.

acknowledgements McGovern sent
word to the senate and the assembly
that he had signed the Carpenter state
fair bill which provides that a COM
mission of three senators and six as
semblymen shall make an investiga-
ton of the sites proposed for the state
fair, with the one in Milwaukee and
report to the legislature within the
next thirty days. The members of
the commission will be appointed by
the two houses and Immediately take
up their work of investigating the
state fair situation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02

be either short pieces of tree branch
es, with a fork left on one end large
enough to hook over the lug-pole, and
one or two nails driven in near the
other end upon which to hang uten-
sils; or they can be made out of
wire Gig. p. By making wire pot
hooks in short lengths, it is possible
to hang your utensils at any height
above the fire that you wish, and you
can hang cooked food at the right
height to keep it warm, without burn
ing it.
The camp crane shown in Fig. 3
furnishes another simple method of
suspending food over a fire. Often
times a small sapling will be in
such a position that it can be bent
over for such a crane. The end of
the pole can be notched to catch the
pail or kettle handle, or small wire
hook can be fastened to it.
The fireless cooker is becoming
more and more popular in camps, be-
cause it makes it possible to cook the
supper meal in 1t during the days,
without requiring any one member Of
the camping party to remain behind
to keep up fire.
Here is a good method of preparing
q camp cooker. Dig hole in a high
and dry part of your camp ground,
about 2 feet square and 2 feet deep,
and line the bottom and sides with
stones. Then batten several boards
together to form a cover that will
slip part way down into the hole
Figs. 4 and 81, and fasten four
pieces of wire to it for handles Gig.
81.
Your pot of beans, kettle of pota-
toes, oatmeal, mush, or whatever you
intend to cook in the cooker, must be
started upon your camp fire. While
It Is cooking, build good wood fire
In your cooker pit. and allow it to
burn down into hot embers. Then
quickly transfer your cooking uten-
sil when ready, into the cooker, rak-
Ing hole in the embers for it to set
In and fill in around and over the
utensil with Goals from your large
FIRE. The wooden cover should be fit
ted down over the top, and the
space between this and the ground
level should be filed with earlh to
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
FEEDING AND CARE OF GEESE
One Of the Cheapest and Easiest Of
All Domestic Fowls to Raise
Method of Management.

Geese are one of the cheapest and
easiest of all domestic fowls to raise,
says the Farm and Fireside They re-
Quire little shelter at any time. and
II given plenty Of pasture, will gather
the largest portion Of their food from
the fields. They are very easily and
quickly fattened for market and bring
very good prices. This is the meth
cd for managing breeding and market
geese: Never mate over two females
to each gander. Never use females
less than two or ganders over four
years of age. They are allowed to
run in a pasture where they have
plenty of grass to eat and water to
swim in. In winter and during the
laying season feed them lightly the
following ration: Bran, four parts;
and in winter cut clover. steamed.
four parts, is added. A goose will lay
80 to 40 eggs in season. If she Is
allowed to sit. The eggs require 80
days for incubation, and invariably
match we'll
Goslings are removed from the in.
cubators as soon as dry, and placed
IL brooders where the heat for the
first "a hours is 80 degrees. After the
first "a hours the heat is reduced
daily until the goslings are ten to fif-
teen days old. Beginning the third
morning after Matching the goslings
ara fed as follows, four times daily
by measure: Bran, one part; rolled
oats, one part; cornmeal shorts, one
part. This mixture is dampened with
skim milk until 1t will crumble Grass
grit. and drinking water are always
before them.
Water is given in fountains, so they
cannot get into it. They are fed as
mentioned until they are eight weeks
old, when those for market are
closely confined to be fattened, and
fed as follows, three times daily, all
they will eat: Bran, two parts;
shorts, one part oil meal and beef
scraps, one part; cornmeal, one part.
dampened until it will crumble.
Whole corn is frequently given.
Green food, grit and water are always
before them
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
PLAN new STATE
BOARD OF HEALTH
BILL PROVIDES FOR COUNCIL OF
AUTHORITIES AND A CHIEF
OFFICER.
EKERN CASE BOBS UP AGAIN
Measure introduced by Senate Com
mittee Places the Power to Appoint
State Insurance Commissioners with
the Legislature.

Observation-Disclosures of the state
board OF health and the establishment
in its stead of a state department OF
health with a chief officer and a force
of deputies in charge and having wide
powers is proposed in a bill by Assem-
blyman Peavy, now in the committee
on revision.
The bill provides for the appoint
ment by the governor of state health
officer who shall be licensed physi-
clan skilled and experienced in health
duties and sanitary science. The term
of office is to be six years and the sal
airy $4,000.
The chief health officer is given au-
thority to supervise sanitation in cit
les and villages, the construction of
water works and establish systems of
inspection and to say what diseases
are contagious or dangerous. The bill
provides for public health council
to consist of the dean of the medical
department of the university, the med
1cal superintendent of the sanatorium
at Wales, a member of the State Med
1cal society, and two members who
shall be recognized authorities on pub
lie health work, to be appointed by
the governor
An appropriation of 100000 annually
is provided for to carry on the work
of the department.
Would Name Insurance Official.
Another twist was taken in the Nc
GoYern-Ekern fight when a bill was in
troduced by the senate committee on
corporations, of which Senator Boss
hard is chairman, and which provides
that the commissioner of insurance
shall be chosen by the legislature by
joint ballot upon the taking effect of
this act, and every six years there
after Such commissioner shall hold
office for six years and until his sue
cessor is appointed and qualified. Any
vacancy shall .be filled by the legisla-
ture for the unexpired term, and dur
ing recess of the legislature shall be
filled by the governor until the va
cancy is filled by the legislature.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
BUTCHER BIRDS DIET
Eastern Variety Consumes Moth
ing But Animal Matter.
Consumption of Grasskoppers Far Out
weighs Harm Done to Other Birds
and Beeties-Capaele Of
Doing Much Cool.
Ry F. E. L. BEAL.>

The southern butcher bird In some
of it's numerous forms, is found over
much of the United States, and is
especially common on the Pacific
coast. All the forms retire southwark
at the approach of winter and in
many localities are replaced during
the cold season by the northern
butcher bird, which comes down from
the north and winters in the United
States.
The butcher bird resembles a bird
of prey in form of beak and to a GER
tain extent in food habits, but 1t
has no talons such as enable the true
birds of prey to seize their victim
and hold 1t while tearing It to pieces.
For the investigation Of the food OF
the southern butcher bird 124 stom-
achs of the western sub-species were
examined and 80 of the eastern. The
western bird showed rs per cent. Of
vegetable substances In their stomachs
but the eastern ones contained moth
Ing but animal matter The animal
portion OF the food Of western butcher
birds consists Of SO per cent spiders
and few snails, 2 per cent. and YER
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Death Made Beautiful.

George W. Perkins, the corporation
expert, began life as an insurance
agent. So good was he at the game
that one of his friends described him
in these words:
George could convince you that
the grave was the biggest financial
institution, the biggest dividend
payer and the biggest gold mine in
the world He could build up in
your mind the idea that each day
you spend on earth was time thrown
away He could convince you that
the only real feat for you to per
form was to die, be buried and leave
your wife and children to roll re-
splendent in wealth he and his com.
pany kept waiting for them. '-Popu"
lar Magazine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
TWO ARE KILLED IN WRECK
Crash of Express and Freight Trains
Near Baldwin Fatal to Engineer
and Baggageman.

Baldwin.-Two were killed, one per-
haps fatally hurt and a dozen or more
slightly injured when a passenger
train on the Omaha road collided head
on with an extra freight at a curve
near the depot here.
The dead:
E. R. Shute, Altoona, Wis, passen-
ger engineer;
N j. Benson, Minneapolis, passen-
ger babbageman;
l.. Rage, Eau Claire, Wis, passenger
fireman, was seriously injured. The
other injured were passengers A mis-
understanding of orders is believed to
have caused the wreck The engineer
and fireman of the freight train saved
their lives by jumping.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
WHEN YOU 60 CAMPING.

The handy boy seldom remains a
ing trip, because having learned re-
sourcefulness he is quick to adapt
himself to his new surroundings, and
is generally able to find his way out
Of difficulties and to make a pretty
good guess as to how things In gen
eral should be done For this rea-
son, things usually go along more
smoothly for the handy boy than for
the boy who never had to make him
self useful at home, and has been al
lowed to shirk responsibilities.
Camping Is a splendid experience
for all boys, aud the less equipment
they can get along with the more
practical good they will gain from the
trip. With careful planning, the
amount of equipment can always be
cut down to a minimum. Even II the
eamp is to be in the back yard, or a
nearby lot, the rule to ''go light
should be observed
The handy boy will think of lots of
hings to make while in camp, and he
should not fail to take along an
axe, hammer, saw, jack-knife, nails of
several sizes-including supply of
spfkes-tacks, screw-hooks, screw
eyes, staples, wire, cord and rope,
for tools and working materials. Nails,
hooks and staples may be carried in
tin cans, but they will pack with less
waste space in small bags made of
canvas, denim or burlap. These bags
should be provided with draw
strings.
Unless a small sheet-iron camp
stove is taken along, you must build
an open fireplace. Fig. L shows the
backswoodsman's scheme. Two logs
are placed upon the ground side by
side, with one pair of ends close to-
gether and the other ends about one
foot apart, to form the sides of the
fireplace. By slanting the logs in
this fashion, small utensils can be set
across the logs at the narrow end of
the fireplace, and larger ones at the
wide end. For suspending pals and
zontal pole, known as the lug-pole,
should extend over the fireplace from
one end to the other, upon which to
hang pothoOks. The illustration shows
how one end of the lug-pole may be
spiked to a tree and the other end
supported in the crotch of pole driv-
en- into the ground The pothooks may
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
BADGER G. A. r. AIDES NAMED
Department Commander Picks Men
for the Staff of COMMANDMENTS
Chief Beers.

Milwaukee.-Forty-S members of
the state Grand Army of the Republic
have been nominated by Department
Commander George w. Spratt as aides
on the staff of Commander-in-C Chief
Peers. Those who have been selected
are:
George ID. Breed, J. W. Baldock, Chill
ton; J. L. Bear, GAINESVILLE; J. D. How
ard, Berlin; ). r. Brabazan, Delavan;
A W. Ballard, Onro; John Wadleigh,
Oshkosh; w. p Bryant, Sheboygan
Falls; w. A. Myse, Reedsburg; G. W
Cose, Portage; II. H. Hoffman, Am
herst; ]. f. Reardon, Manitowoc;
Frank Wardrobe, Waukesha; J. w
Evans, Waupaca; E. Davidson, Lake
Geneva; Carver n. Griffith, Whitewa-
ter; j. NJ. Holley, La Crosse; A. P.
Jackson, Menasha; ]. E. Jones, Kill
bourn; J. H. Waggoner, Eau Claire;
Simon Smith, Beloit; r. H. Johnson,
Wausau; j. T. Hanson, Mauston; w.
p. Clarke, Milton; ]. w. Thomas,
Chippewa Falls; George II. Farrar,
Elkhorn; II. C. Putnam, Brodhead;
Thomas Steele, De Pere; Fred Kusel
WATERFOWL; DR.. L. c. Armstrong, Bos-
cobel; Oryille Strong, Dodgeyiile; DR..
B. G. Brett, Green Bay; George Jeuck,
Mineral Point; j. r. Barnett, Neenah;
J. w. Dougherty, Fond du Lac; Mer-
rift Stinson, Merrill; John G. Clark,
Lancaster; B. S. Williams, Wautoma;
z. b. Heimstreet, Palmyra; S. VIII
Joker, Plover; C.. l.. Brink, Hartford;
H. M Stark, Superior; A. r. Minger,
Cascade; James A. Rope, Marinette;
Charles A. Corbett, Plymouth; John
w. Bell, Campbellsport
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Bianchinu Celery.

With celery for early use this may
begin as soon as the stalks are foot
high or even less. The first work Is
in getting the stalks in an erect posi-
ton, gathering them together with the
hand and packing small quantity of
earth around the base to hold them
upright. In few days a little more
earth may be added, always doing the
work while the plants are dry being
careful to hold the leaves OF stalks to-
gether 30 that none of the earth will
go between the stalks; also being
careful not to put the earth above
the growing heart of the plant.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
VOTE ON SUFFRAGE I'M 1918
Assembly Passes Glenn Bill Providing
Second Referendum in Spite of
Recent Defeat.

Madison.-Woman suffrage will be
again submitted to a referendum vote
of the people of the state at the gen
eral election in 1914. This was as
sured by the action of the assembly
when it sent to a third reading by a
vote of 81 to "a the Glenn bill which
has already passed the senate. The
bill provides that the question of Civ
ing women the right to vote should be
submitted to the people at the general
election in 1914
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02

tebrates II per cent. The stomachs
Of the eastern forms show 6S per
cent, spiders 4 per cent, and vertd-
brates 20 per cent.
The difference Is undoubtedly due
to climate, the western bird being
able to find insects all the year round,
while the eastern one gets very few
during the winter.
While the southern butcher bird
eats a few birds and some useful
insects, It's diet Is on the whole very
much In It's favor, as the consumption
Of grasshoppers far outweighs the
harm to birds and beetles. AS a
feature Of the landscape, and as lend
ing animation to rural scenes, the
shrike, or butcher bird, in California
is pronounced success, and, while
not so numerous in the east, it is just
as attractive and Is doing the same
good by it's food habits.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
FEEDING SILAGE IN SUMMER
Missouri Expert Says 1t Is Cheaper
Than Blue Grass Pasture-Forma-
ton of Good Dairy Cow.

Dean Mumford Of the Missouri col
lege Of agriculture makes the state
ment that COWS can be maintained
more cheaply on silage than they can
be carried through the summer on
bluegrass pasture where the land
costs about 500 per acre and is suit
able for growing corn.
He says that there is very little
pasture land where a cow and a calf
can be pastured on less than one and
one-half acres, but it is entirely pos
sible to get twelve and one-half to
twenty tons of silage from one acre.
A COW and her calf can be carried
through the summer on two pounds
of clover hay and thirty-five pounds
of silage per day as well or better
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
levees Reported Dangerous.

acknowledgements McGovern has
transmitted to the legislature the re-
ers. They say that the present levees
are in dangerous condition and should
be Immediately repaired to protect
Portage. The money already appro-
priated is sufficient and it is recon-
mended that sum sufficient for tenn
cure safety until feasible plan can
be worked out.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
OLD EXPLORER TOLD TRUTH
Story About Flow of the Nile River
Very Appropriate, Used to Point
Moral.

Some twenty-five centuries ago,
Herodotus, the father OF history, heard
of the Niger river In western Soudan.
and that it flowed into the Nile.
When the Niger was actually found
by. white men, 100 years ago, it did
not go anywhere near the Nile, but
doubled back on itself to flow into the
Gulf OF Guinea And the critics had
much sport telling how credulous old
Herodotus was.
Now French expedition comes
back from the Soudan, and declares
that very probably in the time OF
Herodotus, the Niger did just what
he said it did-dowed into the Nile.
They have found dried-up water
course leading eaxt, and they are
sure that the present channel of the
Niger is comparatively new.
Which illustrates once more the
truth that men seldom invent any
story. They may garble It, twist it.
distort 1t, exaggerate part of it and
suppress other parts, get 1t out Of
focus till it bears no resemblance to
the fact from which 1t started.
But almost always it starts from g.
fact, or from something believed to
be fact.
Few men can tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth
without being carefully trained to do
so.
Fewer still can tell lie and stick
to it without letting some tiny bit Of
truth slip in. The existence of tho
legend which Herodotus wrote down is
proof that somebody believed in it.
Fsom the recent explorations, that
somebody may not have been so far
wrong.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Paves Way for Own Recall.

Madison.-Assembly H. H. Pee
Wy has left for his home at Washburn
to issue the call for the special election
for his own recall. Mr.. Peevy is mayor
of Washburn and petitions have been
filed asking for his recall, and as there
is no other authority to issue the call
for the election he concluded that he
would not stand in the way.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02

by University OF Missouri, Produced
1e,405 Pounds of Milk and 721 Pounds
Of Butter in One Year.
than on bluegrass pasture. Thus he
declares that you can carry a COW
and her calf six months on less than
a half-acre Of silage.
The good dairy COW has broad
forehead, indicating intelligence and a
kindly disposition. She has a short
thin neck not at all beefy, in which
veins are plainly manifest. She is
narrow through the front shoulders
and thick chested, indicating good
lung capacity.
She has a large, we'll rounded
stomach, showing capacity for stor-
age Of food and water, from which
milk is tc be manufactured. She has
broad hips and good width through
the TANKS. giving plenty Of room Of
tactical organs. There is also gentle
incline from her shoulders to her
rump. The udder Is large and soft,
hanging down well between her hind
legs and extending forward and back
ward in a well balanced proportion.
Her legs are short and her hair is
glossy color.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Eqq-Eatinq Habit.

Egg-eating is habit that starts
with hens, generally, that are out Ct
condition. In other words, when the
hen gets too fat and also when there
is a scarcity of lime in the bill of fare
the shells of the eggs become thin.
When being laid these soft-shelled
eggs usually break and the hen thus
ACQUIRES a taste. 1t is always best to
gather the eggs several times a day
so that there will be no chance for
breakage by hens crowding on the
nest or by newly laid egg striking
those already laid.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Breeding Immature Ewes.

A good many sheep owners practice
the plan of breeding eve lambs, which
is a poor practice from any stand
point These immature ewes cannot
be reasonably expected to produce
strong, vigorous lambs and supply
strong, vigorous lambs and supply
make a good growth and develop into
profitable feeders, and at the same
time reach a desirable degree of de-
velopment and maturity themselves.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Street Rules in Paris.

1t is misdemeanor to throw
piece of waste paper upon Paris
street. If policeman sees you drop
a piece of paper he walks up to you.
pats you on the shoulder, begs your
pardon for addressing you, tells you
you have violated the law and asks
you to pick up what you have thrown
down
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Removing Old Knives.

To get the old knives off sickle,
Just hold the sickle strip on an anvil,
or whatever you use for an anvil, let
ting the knife stand over the edge,
and one or two blows above the rivets
will take the old knife off. In other
words, let the old knife be its OVID
chisel to cut the rivets off.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Valuable Weed Eradicator.

Probably no animal is so valuable
as a weed eradicator as the sheep
They not only eat a large variety OF
weeds and grasses. but they masticate
SO thoroughly that almost all the
seeds are destroyed or digested, and
do not sprout from tha manure
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
u. w. Student on Pole Trip.

Madison-John j. O'Nei1l, graduate
student of the University of Wiscon-
sin, will be the first representative of
the school to cross the arctic circle.
O'Neil will accompany Vilhjalmur
Stefansson in an expedition to the far
north