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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01

thus there will be less risk of holes
and rotting places in the body of the
tree.
The persimmon is a hard tree to
successfully transplant, but if the seeds
be planted along lane fences, it will
grow and be a source of profit 1t
seems to do better growing in groups
than singly. Try planting handful
of seeds of fine fruit this fall The
fruit will keep a long time, if properly
dried and cared for.
Yellows in peaches is regarded as
contagious and incurable; trees af-
fected with it should be destroyed at
the earliest sign of it, by burning
trunk, branches, roots and fruits, on
the site. Dragging diseased tops and
branches through an orchard will in
feet healthy trees. Late summer and
fall are the most favorable times for
the detection Of the disease. Any
nurseryman can tell you the symp-
toms.
The apple orchard is now recog-
nized as one of the most profitable
investments on the farm, or will prove
so if the necessary amount of care
and attention is given to it.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
200 j. v. STUDENTS
TO CONDUCT EXPO
COLLEGES NAME COMMITTEES
FOR SECOND GREAT SHOW
MARCH 1914.
EXHIBITS GOING TO THE FAIR
Work VIII Start at Once on Displays
To Be Shipped to San Francisco
University in Miniature
To Be Shown.

Madison.-Two hundred and fifty
seniors, juniors and graduate stu
dents of the University of Wisconsin
will form the general committee that
will work under an executive COM
mittee of nine in staging the second
quadrennial University of Wisconsin
exposition, to be given on March II,
ID and IA, at Madison. 1t will be
the only event of it's kind ever given.
Eighty departments will be repre-
sented. In short the exposition will
be ''the university in a nutshell"
Many of the Wisconsin exposition
exhibits will be prepared at once and
will be shipped from Madison to San
Francisco for the Panama exposition,
Or duplicates of the university exhibit
will be made for the world exhibit.
Additional committees will have
general charge of all extra attrac-
tions and exhibitions held in connec-
ton with the big exhibit. Among
them will probably be band concerts
by the regimental bands, exhibitions
by various athletic teams of the uni
Versity and concerts by the mems and
Women's musical clubs.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01

decision OF Madison Club to Sell
Holdings in League May Mean
Its End.

Madison franchise of the Mad
1son baseball club has been put on
the auction block and will be disposed
OF to the highest bidder.
The decision to take this action was
reached at meeting of the directors
OF the club. The association has been
struggling along for several years
with debt of few thousand dollars
hanging over it's head and the direc-
torate has decided to give up the bat
tie to get even and put 1915 team on
the diamond.
The decision of the Madison club
will probably mean the end of the
Observation-Disclosures league. At the
Omaha, Neb., meeting of minor league
heads the Oshkosh team put it's fran
chise on the market. There were no
bidders.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
GOOD ROOT CROPS
FOR THE POULTRY
Fowls Need Something Bulky and
Succulent to Take Place
of Tender Grass.

When digging potatoes, artichokes,
or other root crops, store some in a
place easily accessible and do not for
get to give your fowls the benefit of
them
The poultry needs something bulky
and succulent to take the place of the
tender grass and other green vege-
tation on which they have been feed
ing for months
Remember an exclusive grain ration
is too concentrated.
Give them something filling for a
change and see how they will enjoy
it. Variety is spice for hens as well
as humans, and healthy fowls are the
result if this truth is kept in mind,
and incidentally we might say, healthy
fowls fill the egg basket
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
(By L. M. BENNINGToN.)

(By L. NJ. BENNINGTON)
The ounce is one of the most profit
able market fruits grown, but is not
generally found in the market, except
in large towns or cities.
Leaves, pine boughs, coarse, strawy
manure, and old straw or hay may be
used for mulch, but whatever is used
should be free from weed seeds
Pruning grapes is now in order. If
the prunings are wanted for propaga-
ton, two-eyed cuttings, if long-jointed,
are preferred. Tie these in bundles
of SO and bury in sand in the cellar,
or in any well-drained spot out of
doors.
Do not let the fruit garden become
a jungle of briers and watersprouts.
These should be kept down and
pruning attended to in it's season.
Burn all weeds and prunings Where
there is vacant space, pillow and pre-
pare the ground for next springs
planting.
In trimming fruit trees, especially of
large limbs, leave a stub of one to
three feet in length, for the first year.
Then after the wood dies and hard
ems, cut off as closely as necessary;
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
FALL HINTS FOR
VEGETABLE GARDEN
Burn All Weeds and Rubbish and
Get Rid of Many Little
Injurious Insects.

The asparagus bed should be given
a good covering of compost.
Hot-bed soil should be secured be-
fore the ground freezes and placed un-
der shelter, where it can be had at any
time.
Light, sandy soil that will not be-
come sodden by water, is good, and
should be protected from frost Have
plenty of rich soil for top dressing.
Don't let the weeds and rubbish lie
in the fence corners or other places
about the garden. Burn, and thus
get rid of many insects and larvae of
others that harbor underneath it,
ready to come out in the spring.
Gather up all the garden tools, lad
ders, boxes, baskets, ETC., that are to
be used next year; repair, paint and
put under shelter. 1t will pay you
to do it.
AS soon as the leaves of rhubarb
have been killed by the frost, rake
them off and pillow furrow away from
each side of the row with a small
plow; fill in the trench with manure
and pillow the furrow back.
Gardens dry out from an excess of
coarse stable manure; wood ashes
mixed with the soil tends to keep it
moist. The potash becomes a solvent
and, by keeping the soil moist. greatly
increases the value of any manures
to be applied. Do not forget this
when emptying your ash-pans
For the vegetable garden. apply a
heavy coat Of stable manure before
the ground freezes; then ridge the
land with plow-ridge to consist of
a double furrow thrown up in regu-
lar order across the plat. The soil
is thus exposed to the benefit of frost
and freezing weather, the larvae of
many insects destroyed and the soil
dries out faster in the spring.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
ASK COMPANIES TO PAY TAX
Ekern Has Plan to Save Policy Hold
ers From One-HaIf Per
Cent Levy.

Madison.-The stock fire insurance
companies will pay the $4,000 in
volved in the new United States in
premium tax, which these companies
are now attempting to impose on Wis
consin policyholders, under proposed
ruling issued by Commissioner of In
surance Ekern, to take effect Dec. 1,
unless cause is shown to the contrary.
This is contrary to action of the ma
tional board of fire underwriters at
New York City, ordering that this tax
be collected by requiring the insured
to pay for stamps
The proposed ruling is sent out by
the Wisconsin department in reply to
inquiries from agents.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
MAILS MUST NOT BE USED
Unlicensed Risk Companies Forbidden
To Solicit Business in State
Where They Are Not Entered.

Madison.-That the solicitation of
life insurance through the mails in
this state by an unlicensed company
is in violation of the laws of this state,
and that the federal law relating to
extradition should be amended to aid
the states in enforcing their laws
against foreign insurance companies
in the same way that it has been
amended in enforcement of the prohi-
bition against the sale of intoxicating
liquors, is the substance of an opinion
rendered by Atty.-Gen. w. G. Owen,
in reply to an inquiry by Commits
sioner of Insurance Herman l.. Ekern.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Spread False Tale.

II. The Watch at the SepuIcher,
Matt. 1926 and 28:11-15. Evident
ly the manner Of his death and his re-
ported prophecies as to the resurrec-
ton made an impression upon the ene-
mics of Jesus This guard is an ex-
preston of the ultimate antagonism
of the priests and rulers. AS this, the
morn of the first day Of the week, ap-
preached the guard saw the vision of
the angel and in its presence became
as dead men. When later they had re-
covered they fastened into the city
and reported to the priests the fact Of
the coming Of the angel and that the
stone, upon which the seal rested, had
been removed. Bribed, they spread
abroad the tale that the disciples had
stolen his body. The falseness of
such a tale is evidenced by the fact
that the rankest infidel has not the
temerity to make such claim today.
The later lives of these same disciples,
their heroism and their martyrdom, is
evidence of the absUrdity of claiming
any such act on their part.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
BOLENS NAMED PRESIDENT
Port Washington Man Heads Wiscon-
sin Manufacturing Association
Fer Ensuing Year.

Milwaukee-Harry w Bolens of the
ellison Manufacturing company OF
Port Washington was elected presi
dent of the Wisconsin Manufacturers
association at the annual meeting
here. Other officers are:
Vice president-A. Hirsheimer, La
Crosse Plow company, La Crosse.
Secretary-William George Bruce
Stegeman Motor Truck company, Mil.
waukee.
Treasurer-Frank J. Sensenbrenner
Kimberly-C company, Neenah.
Assistant secretary and treasurer
J. A. Fetterly, Milwaukee.
The association decided to continue
plans for securing trade in South Am.
erica for Wisconsin companies.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
REPORTS 47,i65
WISCONSIN S|LOS
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
ISSUES STATEMENT ON CON-
DITION OF CROPS.
COMPLAIN OF POTATO PRICE
Many Producers Have Stored Tubers
in Pits and Await Better Market
Hog Cholera Loss During
Year 81 Per Cent.

Wisconsin now has 47,165
silos, according to the report of Sec
rotary ]. c. Mckenzie, Wisconsin
State Board of Agriculture. The &C
tual increase in the number of silos
is near twenty per cent, says the re-
port which deals with Wisconsin farm
crops. The report says:
With an increased number of re-
porters in all sections of Wisconsin
over the number reporting to this Of
fee one year ago, we have made an
effort to secure more accurate esti-
mates on the number of silos in Wis
.consin, and submit, herewith, tables
showing the number credited to each
county in the state. The report shows
a total number of 47,165 This would
indicate an increase of thirteen per
cent over the number reported in
1913. The actual increase, however,
is nearer twenty per cent.
"The average yield of clover seed
for the state is 25 bushels and the
quality Of the product is 94.9 per cent.
The average yield of timothy seed is
So bushels and the quality of the
product is 93.5 per cent.
''The percentage of the 1914 products
remaining in the hands of the farmer
on Nov 1, is as follows: Wheat 81.3
per cent; rye, TAI; barley, 77.8; oats,
85.3; corn, 91.5; buckwheat, 86.9; fax,
1872; clover seed 85.2; timothy seed,
81.9; beans, 81; peas, 1855; potatoes,
62.5; sugar beets, 44.5; tame hay, SO.
Following is the comparative acre
age and condition Of seeding for the
season 1914: Timothy, acreage 81, con-
dition 98.6; alfalfa, acreage 1892, con-
dition 99.4; winter wheat, acreage
926, condition 1872; winter rye, acre
age 976, condition 99.6
"Fifty-six and five-tenths per cent of
the blowing was done by Nov l. There
remains in the hands of the farmer
4.3 per cent of the 1913 corn crop. The
percentage of cattle fed for market as
compared with 1913 is 99.7; percent
age of swine 104.3 sheep SO.
"The percentage of loss from hog
cholera in the entire state was 81 per
cent, the disease being most prevalent
in Racine, Dodge, Grant, Waukesha,
Green Lake and Pepin counties
"Thers is a general complaint rela-
tive to the low price of potatoes, many
producers having stored their potatoes
in pits in the field awaiting a more
favorable price"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Press Bureau For Deaf.

Delavan.-As the result of an adj
dress at the banquet of editors of pa
pers published at state schools for the
deaf, at Staunton, Va, last summer
Prof. Warren Robinson has been for
mally requested by President J. Cook
Howard of the National Association
of the Deaf to organize press bureau
It's object is the diffusion of more
knowledge concerning the deaf, their
education, abilities and achievements,
among the hearing through the hear
ing press throughout the country.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Make Socks For Soldiers.

Appleton.-The Fox River Valley
Knitting Works company has just
closed a contract for the manufacture
of $4,000 dozen pairs of wooden socks
to be shipped to England for use in
the British and French armies in Eu
rope. The socks are of the kind that
retail in this country at 25 cents pei
pair. The Ripon Knitting works has
a contract for the manufacture of 35,
900 dozen pairs of the same kind OF
socks.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Verse and Worse

Two at least of the British morn
ing papers, In reporting one of Mr..
Asquith's recruiting speeches, treated
the we'll known quotation, "One
crowded hour of glorious life," as IL
1t were the speakers own. The most
delightful thing of the kind that was
ever done stands to the credit of a
Birmingham reporter, who took
down" a peroration somewhat as fol-
lows: "The gallant major concluded
his speech by remarking that In his
opinion kind hearts were superior to
coronets and simple faith infinitely to
be preferred to Norman blood"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
AMIGO POLICEMAN Is SHOT
Patrolman Madison of Night Force
Receives Two Bullets Fired
BY Wife.

Antigo.-Policeman Nels Madison. a.
member of the night force, was shot
twice by his wife while he lay in bed
at his home. One bullet lodged in his
arm, which he had raised in defense
The shot was intended for his head
The other struck him in the foot. He
was taken to the city hospital. Mrs
Madison was placed in custody and is
now in Jail here
That she heard voices telling her to
kill her husband, was the delusion of
Mrs. Madison, who has been showing
signs of insanity for several days. 1t
was her condition that caused Madison
to return from a hunting trip to take
care of her.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Whitewater WINS TITLE
Wins State Normal Championship
When 1t Downs River Falls by
Score of 10 to o.

River Falls.-Whitewa Normal
school won the state Normal cham
pionship, when it downed River Falls
here by score of 13 to 0. The wealth
er was fine, and the southern cham
pions took advantage of it to execute
number of forward passes.
The teams were evenly matched in
many respects. The score hardly in
Dictated the difference in the two
squads. Whitewater had a clear lead
during the first half of the game, but
River Falls came back strong during
the last half.
The play was fierce but clean, only
two penalties being inflicted.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
To Hold Annual Poultry Show.

COMMUNICABLE tenth annual
exhibition of the Oconomowoc Poul-
try and Pet Stock association takes
place at Oconomowoc Dec. 9 to 10,
1914. The show is free to visitors,
plan which was found very success
full last year. In addition to a large
list of cash and premium awards,
five silver cups are to be competed
for in the various classes.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Fire Threatens Town.

Observation-Disclosures the depot,
postoffice, several stores and two resi-
dences on fire at the same time, the
fire department here performed won
derful work in getting under control
one of the worst CONGREGATIONS in the
history of the village. Several stores
were destroyed.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
New Phone Exchange at Ripon.

Ripon.-The Ripon United Tele-
phone company is moving into it's new
quarters recently erected. The system
is being changed to common bat
terry metallic system with harmonic
stalled will accommodate 1000 SUBJ
scribers.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01

The death of Christ made a pro-
found impression, Luke 23:4S, 40. Jo-
seph, who had been a secret disciple,
obtained the body and gave it burial,
Mark 15:42-47 In the lesson selected
for today we have, irst, Marks record
of the discovery of the resurrection
by the women. and, second, Matthew's
record of how his enemies dealt with
that fact.
|. The Resurrection Morn, Mark
49, 49, The Sabbath ended at sun
down and the shops were then opened.
Mary Magdalene then purchased
spices that they might anoint the dead
body of Jesus. They may have paid
the tomb visit late on Saturday, see
Matt. 2S:1 r. V. Starting the next
morn, while it was yet dark" John
2O:1, they came to the tomb to per-
form their last service Of gratitude
and love. He had no need of this serv-
ice, Matt. 1921; 20:19; however, it
was acceptable and they were reward
ed by receiving the first glimpse or
the risen Lord.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
ADDING Humus to Soil.

Leaves, corn-stalks and wheat
straw, properly used either as bed
ding in the stables or spread over the
land and plowed under, will add hu
mus to the soil, and in connection
with lime and manure properly ap-
piled, will gradually improve the land
and better crops may be grown each
season at the least cost
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Iate-Hatched Chicks.

Late-hatched chickens must have
free range and be grained twice
day to make strong growth before the
weather turns cold. Feed mixed grain
wheat, cracked corn and millet seed
feed little ground bone and meat
twice a week.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Postal SAVINGS Increase

Ashland-The local office now has
SAC, 900 of postal savings standing to
the credit of 25C depositors. There
has been a gain of 40 per cent in
amount OF deposits since the Euro
pean war broke out three months ago.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Favors Commission Plan.

Barron.-The commission form of
government for counties is favored in
resolutions adopted by the Barron
county board to be presented to the
legislature. The board also went on
record as favoring the repeal of the
county board of education law.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Pork Production.

The farmer not prepared with
woven wire fencing, with ample al
falfa or clover pastures, is not proper
ly prepared for the economical pro-
duction of pork
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Spooner to Have Library

Spooner.-A public library is to be
established in Spooner. Funds for
equipping reading room has been
donated, and books, magazines and pa
pers will be supplied by citizens and
the state library commission.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
infected Cattle Are Killed.

Wausau.-Seventeen head of cattle,
belonging to Wenzel Wildman of
Langlade county, have been slaugh-
tered on orders of the state livestock
board, the animals being afflicted with
hoof and mouth disease
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Condemns Thirty Cows.

La Crosse-Thirty mich cows from
the Howard M. Cronk dairy farm at
West Salem, found by local inspect
or to be tubercular, will be slaugh-
tered, and the meat condemned.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Fish Steamer Sinks.

Bayfield-The Boutin Fish company
steamer Superior, which went aground
on Sand Island during a storm, has
filed and sunk short distance off
shore.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Good Roads Banquet Dec. 2.

Merrill.-The Lincoln Good Roads
club will hold a banquet for members
on Dec. 2. Road men from away will
be present The Lincoln Good Roads
club has done good work in Lincoln
county.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Women's Love Genuine.

The reason they did not expect to
see risen Jesus was in their failure
to listen to and to ponder on his
words. The men also failed to COM
which he so frequently sounded. In
deed, the report Of these same women
Is by these men considered "as idle
tales" Luke PAIL. The women APP
pear in better light than the men in
this story. The women, especially
Mary Magdalene, loved much because
he had done so much for them. The
extent and the genuineness Of their
affection Is found in that they went to
the tomb to serve Jesus when appar-
emily hope had fled and faith was
blighted, Cor. 1873 r. V. Their visit
was the fulfillment Of their ministry
of love, yet it reveals the darkness Of
their minds. This was common to all
of his followers as we have already in
dicated.
Approaching the tomb they are con-
fronted by a new dificulty-"Who
shall roll away the stone?" The words
of verse four are Look
ing up, they see that the stone is rolled
back" Am R. V. This undoubtedly
refers to the situation of the tomb and
their approach thereto, yet the fact
remains that looking up" most of our
difficulties are removed. Let us be
constantly looking unto him." 1t has
been suggested that God rolled away
the stone, not that Jesus might get out,
but rather that the women might get
in. Mary found two angels sitting,
one at the head and one at the foot,
where the body had lain, John POLL,
II, and the two disciples to whom she
reported found the linen cloth and the
napkin and believed" John 20:2-9.
The women we're overwhelmed with
perplexity and, like Peter and John.
knew not the Scripture that he must
rise again from the dead" The an
gelic message, HE is risen; he is not
here" was the sounding forth of a
message as great and as glorious as
that sounded by the angels on the
night of his birth. To add impression
to the message, they are hidden to
behold the place where they laid
him." v. G.
Such experience and such knowledge
entails definite burden Of RESPONSE
bility, therefore the logical message
and command of verse seven. This is
also in accord with the Savior's last
earthly message, Mark 1918; Matt.
28:18-20. 1t is natural for us to lin
ger in silent meditation at the place
of our greatest revelation or Of our
deepest soul experiences, but these
women are urged to "go quickly"
portant to brook any delay, and 'the
kings business requireth haste"
There Is tender touch in Marks rec
ord of the allusion to Peter in particu-
lar when we recall that Mark re-
ceived his gospel chiefly from that
source. 1t adds light to that dark pic
ture we saw in the palace of the high
priest when Peter 80 miserably failed.
What blessed privilege is entrusted
to these women, to proclaim to the sor-
sowing, hopeless disciples risen Lord,
and to a backslider that this risen
one belonged to him as much as to
any Of the others. Such an experience
and such message filed the women
with awe, and they fled" to the dis
ciples and on the way they said moth
ing to anyone, for they were afraid"
" RI "