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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-30
.MASONS' CONCLAvE
FOR MILWAUKEE,
FlFTY-FlRST ANNUAL REUNION
WILL BE HELD NOVEMBER
IS, II, 10 AND 10.
MANY EXPECTED TO ATTEND
Eight Hundred Lodge Men From WIS
consin viii Be Present at Cere-
monies-Program for Gather
ing Is Announced.

Madison.-The fifty-first annual re-
union of the Wisconsin consistory or
the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite OF
Freemasonry for the northern mason
ic jurisdiction of the United States
will be held in the Scottish Kite
cathedral, Milwaukee, November TO-
II, Is and 10.
Beginning 1870 p. M, November l6,
the Wisconsin Lodge of Perfectlon'
with Murray M Hunter presiding, will
confer the fourth, fifth, sixth and ninth
degrees with the following respective
officers presiding: Robert T. Hazel
wood, James Forrest Edwin Fl. HeW-
lit and Richard Jefferson.
In the evening at eight o'clock the
fourteenth degree, grand elect mason,
will be conferred Music will be pro-
vived by the Consistory choir under
the direction of William H. William
son.
On Tuesday the Wisconsin council,
Princes Of Jerusalem, with Andrew D..
Agnew presiding, will confer the NJ
teenth degree, knight of the East or
Sword, at two o'clock, and at three
o'clock the sixteenth degrees. Prince
of Jerusalem, will be conferred.
In the evening the Wisconsin chap
ter of the Rose of Croix will assemble,
with John Campbell presiding, and
confer the seventeenth degree, Knight
of the East and West, followed by the
eighteenth degree, Knight of the Rose
of Croix, at $3.50 o'clock.
On Wednesday the Wisconsin con-
sistory, Valley of Milwaukee, will con-
vene at 10 a. m. and confer the nine
teenth degree, Grand Pontiff James E..
Durgin presiding, followed by the
twentieth degree, Master ad Vitam Leo
F. Nohl presiding at 1870 p. M; the
twenty-frst, Prussian knight or
Noachite, Alexander E. Matheson pre-
siding, will be given at $3.50 p. M, and
| the twenty-seventh degree, Knight
Commander of the Temple, at 1880
| p. M, with William w. Perry and Will
lam w. Colvin directing.
The Wisconsin Consistory choir and
band will furnish the music.
| The closing sessions will take place
on Thursday afternoon, beginning at
1870 p. M, when the thirty-first de-
gree, Inspector Inquisitor Commander,
will be conferred with William j. Tur-
| ner presiding. At $50 p. m. the thirty
! second degree, Sublime Prince of the
Royal Secret, will be conferred, with
William P. Kenny presiding. A recep-
ton will be given to the class at five
o'clock to be followed by banquet at
six. Music will be furnished by the
| Consistory choir, band and orchestra.
1t is expected that more than 800
Masons from the state will attend the
| ceremonies.
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Type of stave sio size 1882 Capacity

Silos should be built in time to take
care of the crops before frost comes.
and the thrifty farmer will build as
early as possible
| built round silo 16 feet 4 inches
in diameter, by so feet high, and
placed in it about seven acres of
drilled corn, we'll cared, and three
acres of hill corn from the shock, all
cut and blown into the silo, mixed as
it went and wet down we'll
This made 1875 tons of the best win
ter feed for dairy cows that ever
saw.
We started feeding it to fifty cows
and ten head of young stock on De-
cember 1, and it was sufficient to last
them until March 10.
The corn put in this way furnished
not only the roughage, but concen-
trates, as all needed to balance the
ration was four pounds of gluten meal
and four pounds of wheat bran per
day for each cow.
Following this stock in the barnyard
was about thirty pigs, shoats and
sows, and with practically no other
feed, never saw stock look better on
March 1.
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fully and in the right way they will
stand it.
Two very fine waists are shown in
the picture. Fine wolfe and mar
quisette are the fabrics chosen for
them. The hard-twisted threads are
like infinitesimal wires for strength and
firmness and the materials transpar-
ent and supple.
To make up with and decorate rich
fabrics strong handmade laces and
hand embroidery cannot be improved
upon. Irish crochet, cluny and home
made crochet or knitted laces will
last as long as the fabrics. Next to
these the best of val laces will rank
in point of wearing quality.
The waists pictured here are made
very elegant by fine and elaborate
hand embroidery. The designs are
intricate and a lavish amount of work
appears on each Of them. In the
waist Of voile the tiniest OF cord.
tucks are run. The collar is of Irish
crochet lace. The long sleeves are
finished with embroidery.
The second waist of marquisette is
simpler but quite rich enough for any
occasion. The embroidery on this
model is put on in bands. the flowers
being raised on the surface. Embroid
cry of this kind requires padding.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
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We found the best way to feed was
to feed the bran and gluten meal be-
fore and during milking time, and the
ensilage after milking. The milk was
bought by one of the large milk COM
panies which supply Chicago with bot
tied milk, and was pronounced by them
a fine article testing on the average
about 81 butter fat by the Babcock
test.
For a dairy of fifty cows, two
round silos, each eighteen feet in di-
ameter> by thirty-six feet high, should
furnish enough for the winters feed
ing, and carry the stock through the
dry time next fall.
In providing plenty of succulent
food of this nature for the dairy, milk
can be made better and cheaper, and
more COWS can be kept on the same
number of acres.
In building this fall, do not worry
about the roof until the silo is filed.
no matter about the weather, as
should it rain while filling or later,
it will do no harm, as corn fairly well
matured needs more moisture than it
contains to make the best silage and
will get it in that way.
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Women's Clubs Plan Meeting.

The eighteenth annual convention
Of the Wisconsin Federation of Wom'
ton of Women's Clubs, to be held at
vember 4, 5 and 6, promises to be one
of the most interesting politically OF
any yet held, and quite as exciting as
any, barring possibly that at James
vile, two years ago.
The report of the nominating COM
mittee has been kept a profound Sc
cret, in spite of the pronounced opin-
ion of many of the clubs that the 5000
club women of the state should know
in advance who the nominees are, in
order to oppose them if it is desired.
The nominating committee chairman
said recently that it was difficult
enough to st a president to serve,
even if secrecy were promised, and
that as the candidates would not like
to have their names mentioned in the
papers as being the choice of some
clubs and opposed by others, the COM
mittee had pledged itself to secrecy
on the subject.
IL 10 Sctlu IuctI IL q COl tdlu hoo
been nominated for the office of presi-
dent the nomination of another presi-
dent from the floor will follow, mean
ing factional split. Practically this
same thing happened at GAINESVILLE,
when for the first time in the long
and peaceful history of the federation.
it was shaken by internal discussions.
The question of suffrage is likely to
be forced into the convention in some
form or another. There is difference
of opinion still upon this subject, even
though the suffrage element got a
resolution through the GAINESVILLE con-
vention indorsing suffrage, by vote.
of 129 to 63. Mrs. Strathearn, the
president, voted against the measure.
Mrs. Strathearn, in an interview
shortly after the convention, said:
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& TYLES may come and styles may
~ 60, but the lingerie blouse stays
right with the American woman from
one season to another, or she stands
right by it, In this regard her Declar-
alton of Independence has long ago
been made. Paris and Vienna may
declare the separate waist taboo, but
the American woman doesn't even
hear them: she goes on her way wear
ing it.
The lingerie blouse, or shirt waist,
or wash waist, (by all of which names
the same garment Is calledD changes
somewhat from season to season, as
a concession to prevailing fashions,
in lines and in decorative features.
That is, 1t may follow after the fads
of the hour as to length of sleeves,
collar or collarless style and general
outline of bodices. And it may ignore
these details and remain the long
sleeved high-necked blouse of many
years good standing.
Considering this stability Of the
wash waist it is worth while to make
it of strong fine material, and time
spent upon its embroidering is not
thrown away. The finest cotton fab
RIGS and linen are splendid perform
lers when it comes to the durability
test. The wear on waists really comes
In the laundering. If this is done care
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model giving room for the natural
walking stride. 1t may be made very
narrow in appearance when cut in the
short, fashionable length and pro-
vided with inverted plaits at each
side.
The tunic is cleverly managed with
a fairly broad panel at the front and
plaits half inch wide about the
sides and back The plaits are set on
to a yoke reaching to the thigh. A
broad sash energies from the panel
at each side, where a finish of small
cloth-covered buttons appears. The
dress fastens with snap fasteners un-
der the row of buttons at the left
side.
The skirt is attached to the bloused
bodice, which is cut at the front into
a long and wide "V" shape. This
terminates in a point where the bod
ice is fastened under large covered
button having simulated button
hole, with snap fastener. The bod
ice is cut away below this fastening,
showing the lingerie waist worn under
it.
One of the good features of this
gown is noticeable in the provision for
an ample touch of white next the
face and in the sleeve. One of the
new vestee and collar combinations
may be worn instead of white waist
apd cuffs RI match ySod in tho finish
Of the sleeves.
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A THOUGH in many of the new
"A styles in gowns the waist line
seems to be playing game of hide
and seek" or has altogether vanished,
still, for the benefit of conservative
women, models in which the blouse
appears are plentiful enough. Some
people hesitate to adopt entirely new
lines in costumes, no matter Ii the
new silhouette has much to recon-
mend it. The blouse, too, has held
its own because of it's becomingness
and its incompatible practicability.
Out Of eight gowns. in an opening dis
play, four incorporate blouse effect
In the bodice, and with authorities like
Lucille of New York and Doucet of
Paris to cite, no friend of the bloused
bodice need apologize.
In the picture an early design from
Antoine & Hubert shows the transit
ton from the narrow to wider skirts,
and the long tunic, which may or may
not flare at the bottom. With the ad-
vance of the season the underskirt
has grown shorter and disposition
to flare the tunic at the bottom is
much more pronounced than has been
the case.
The dress pictured, made of reige,
gabardine or any of the lighter weight
woolens, will appeal to every woman
who is looking for something practi-
cal for daily wear. 1t is comfortable
gown with the charm of modishness.
The underskirt is a straight line
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I believe that the privilege of the
ballot should most certainly be ex-
tended to women so that those who
desire may use it. In spite OF this
convention have strong feeling that
the subject should not have been in
troduced into the convention"
Beside the suffrage bill the conven-
ton Endorsed mothers pension bill
and the bill for a state reformatory,
and when the legislature met, COM
mlttee appointed by Mrs. Strathearn
to represent the convention in the
legislature, recommended the passage
OF the two last bills and omitted to
recommend the suffrage bill.
In nv opinion said Mrs. Henry
NJ. Youmans, president of the Wis
consin Women Suffrage association,
the committee had no right to omit
the suffrage bill III its recommends
TONS"
Mrs. C. E. Estabrook, vice-president
OF the fedartion for the Milwaukee dis
trlct, Miss Lutte E. Stearns, Mrs.
oS'AAOo LIZ Il OlCy, PlOoiuOhS VI
Marquette, and a number of other
prominent club women, including the
chairman of the nominating commit
tee, Mrs. F. NJ Hart, Tomah, feel that
the time has come when the nomina-
ton of candidates should be con-
Quoted as democratically as possible,
and toward this end it has been pro-
posed that in succeeding years list
OF nominated candidates be sent out
with the call for the convention.
One circumstance which will do
much toward keeping all discussion
emiable is that the present president
OF the federation, all of the past presi-
rents, including Mrs. Youmans, who is
also president of the Wisconsin Wom-
an Suffrage association; Miss Stearns,
who has an extremely large following;
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, president
of the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, and a number of other prOmi-
nent women, will be members of a
house party in the residence of Mrs.
William Howard Crosby of Racine.
also past president of the federation.
This will bring the leaders Of the diff
ferent groups of women together and
allow them to discuss pleasantly all
their differences.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-30
WORKING WITH THE
HONEY CATERERS
Beekeepers Often Have Trouble
in Handling Honey in Their
Apiaries in the Fall.
(By F. G. HERMANN

Nectar is usually thin and watery
when first taken into the hive. but as
it is deposited in the cells, less than
drop at time, much Of the extra wa
ter evapOrates, and further to ia
cilitate evaporation the bees leave the
cells uncapped for several days when
nearly full
Sometimes the bees accelerate this
ripening process by vigorous tanning
at the entrance of the hives, which
may continue all night, when honey
is coming in fast.
The more thoroughly the honey is
ripened the less liable it is to ferment
a fact in chemistry with which the
bees seem to be familiar. The con.
sistency of honey depends somewhat
upon the source from which it is
gathered and also upon the haste with
which it is stored.
Fond as the bees are of nectar, they
are yet more fond of honey. and will
forsake the fields at any time to col
lect load of ready prepared sweets.
Thus beekeepers often have trouble
in handling the honey in their apiaries,
for when the bees get scent of the
alluring harvest they fall upon the
plumber and quickly convey it back to
their hives.
Indeed, under the intoxicating indu.
ence of ready-made honey, they often
become demoralized, and like a miser
at the sight of gold, dream only of &C
quiring the largest possible amount.
Thus swarms sometimes fight over
the honey, and finally the strong ones
break into the hives of the weak and
rob their neighbors. Old-time bee
keepers understand that when honey
is to be handled it must be taken into
a room and the door closed, or else
there is danger that the whole apiary
may be seized with a frenzy for rob-
bling.
Great care must be taken in opening
hives at such times when little or no
honey is coming in from the fields, and
at no time should honey be exposed
in or near the apiary.
Bees do not need daily attention, but
can be given sufficient food at one
time to last all winter. When natural
forage is scarce, bees will collect
honey dew, the waste of cider mills,
fruit juice, the refuse from sugar and
molasses barrels, If available.
But this stuff cannot be called honey
and will prove disastrous to the bees
il left in the hive for the winter.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-30
DAMAGE DONE BY
OvERHEATING HAY
Two Cases of Spontaneous Com
bustion Reported-Thorough
~ Cure Before Stacking.
(By S. c. MILLER.)

Clover hay is now being put up in
many parts of the country. Already
there are reports of overheating Of
clover hay.
In two cases, in Hamilton county,
Ohio, and another near Paducah, KY,
it is reported that spontaneous COM
bustion took place and one barn was
burned.
There is no doubt that not only
clover but some other crops, as green
sorghum, will become so hot as to
burst into flame when air is admitted.
1t is claimed that alfalfa will become
SO hot as to burn itself up, but there
are no we'll authenticated cases of this
on record.
It is believed that combustion is
produced by fungus which is capable
of developing great heat under certain
conditions.
If any part of clover is put into a
large stack or into a barn in large
quantities before it is properly cured,
and all dampness removed, it is apt to
heat quickly and produce very high
degree of temperature.
The writer has seen hay so hot in
his fathers barns in illinois that one
could not hold his hands in the mass,
but he has never witnessed case OF
actual combustion.
He has seen, however, a large shed,
on a neighbours farm, destroyed by
fire, when it was known positively that
no means of setting it on fire could
have been near it for days before.
Hot, muggy weather will produce
heavy and has been cut little too
green, or has been rained upon.
Glover should be tossed up into the
air if it is damp and be allowed to dry
out before being put into the stack,
and if it is stacked green or put into a
large, close NOW, it is pretty sure to
make trouble
The only way to prevent heating is to
cure clover hay very thoroughly. If the
weather is wet during haying time, the
hay must be given air and cured in
some way. If it is a bad case, put al
ternate layers of straw or old dry hay
between the layers Of new hay.
To prevent heating, the hay should
be distributed lightly over the whole
surface of the stack or NOW, and no
big load should be dumped into one
spot.
Hay gathers moisture very quickly
after shutdown, and the last load
brought in should be allowed to re-
main on the wagon overnight, and
when put into the barn next morning
evidence of heat should be carefully
looked for.
After hay has been put away. run a
long iron rod into it occasionally and
leave it there a few minutes. II the
hay is heating the rod will tell the
story.
It is dangerous to open up hay that
is very hot, because the admission of
air is almost sure to start combustion.
If the hay is so hot as to make the
rod unbearabIe to the hand. the only
hing to do is to fill the water bucket
md send for the neighbors
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-30
State Tax Reduced.


Taxes will be lower this year.
The amount of state tax to be col
lected in the entire state has been re-
duced $2,3S2,955.
In Dane county the amount of state
tax has been cut exactly $114,002.50
compared with last year
The total amount of state tax col
lected in Dane county this year will
be 1862, 349.59, which is made UP as
follows: Interest on certificates of in
debtedness, $7,S40.59; free high
schools, $8,707.89; graded schools,
$9,951.SS; state universities, $59,207.22;
normal schools, $26,314.31; common
schools, $1O0,56S.91, and for state
highways, $49,759.39.
The total state tax levy will be
$2,382,955 less this year than last
year, according to the official an
nouncement of Secretary of State
John S. Donald. The total state tax
levy last year was $7,655.31S, COM
pared with a levy of $5,272.363 this
year. The state tax rate this year is
.0O16616391495.
The total tax of $5,272,363 for the
year 1914 is made up as follows:
Interest on trust fund GER
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New Wisconsin Corporations.

New Wisconsin Corporations.
Articles of incorporation were MEG
In the office of Secretary OF state
Donald as follows:
"B" Line Cooperative Shipping as
ISOLATION, Colby; capital. $500; incor
porators, Alvin Brehm, Charles kess
Ter, H. ]. Reissig, John Scheer, A. C.
Werdemann.
White Farm Investment company,
La Crosse; capital, 100000; incor-
porators, Cassius F. White, Kettle
White, Mary White
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-30
Historical Society Holds Meeting.

At the sixty-second annual meeting
Of the State Historical society of Wis
consin in Madison, Worthington C..
Ford of the Massachusetts, Historical
society delivered timely address on
THE Treaty of Ghent-and After"
The treaty of Client marked the end
of general European war that in
many respects resembled the world
conflict now going on, and the conclu-
sions derived from it by Mr.. Ford are
sure to be oi present day interest.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-30
When Defects Appear,

Defects either constitutional or
moral, do not show themselves, as .
rule, until an animal has reached full
physical and mental development.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-30
Feed Hens Some Charcoal.

Feed a little charcoal in mash once
or twice a week. 1t keeps the hens
digestion in good shape and that's i'm
portant in getting eggs and prevent
ing disease.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-30
Caring for Tools.

Pick up, paint up and put up your
tools when you are through with them.
Costs SO little and saves so much
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"You will recall that last year it
was found necessary to levy a special
tax of $1,5OO,0O0." says Secretary OF
State Donald in his letter to the coun-
ty clerk. mot only is it unneces-
sary to repeat this tax for the cur
rent year, but it is possible to elm
mate entirely the $450,OOO tax for the
new capital and 100000 Of the au-
thorized $1,2OO,O0O for highways.
81 find that the estimate of general
fund receipts for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1914, was too low. The
estimate was prepared with the ut
most care, but final data were not
available at that time. There was
received from railroad companies and
departmental fees several hundred
thousand dollars more than was an
ticipated; for this reason it is now
possible to remit $650,0O0 of the state
tax for the ensuing year.
Section 1069a of the statutes en-
powers the governor, the secretary
of state and the state treasurer to
apply any surplus in the general fund
as a part of the state tax levy. Ac-
ton by this board was taken October
81, renting the above mentioned
$65O,O0O. This makes total OF 3d.
'3OS,410 RENTED during the last
II years."
For the year 1913 the total state
tax levied in Milwaukee county was
s1,4s8,11S.66 as compared with $685.
1908 for this year; for Douglas
county $143;624.69 as compared with
1O3,513.41; for Winnebago county,
$17S,675 compared with $123,553.lo
this year; for Fond du Lac county
$751;, S29.5s compared with $124,271.36;
and for La Crosse $106,442.35 COM
pared with $72,677.5S.