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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-11-17
Annual Tobacco Taxes.

On and after Nov. I, 1914. special
taxes on tobacco dealers and MANI
facturers will be imposed annually az
follows:
Dealers In leaf tobacco whose annual
tales or transfers do not exceed 10000
pounds shall each pay Sc; not exceed
ing 100000 pounds. $12; exceeding
100000 pounds, S24. II the annual sales
or transfers do not exceed 1000 pounds
exemption Is granted.
Dealers In tobacco whose annual re-
ceipts from the sale Of tobacco exceeds
500 shall pay $3.50 for each store NO
manufacturer of tobacco, snuff, cigars
or cigarettes ahall be required to pay q
special tax as a dealer In manufac-
tured tobacco, snuff. cigars or cigar
cites for selling his own products at
the place Of manufacture.
Manufacturers Of tobacco whose an
nual sales do not exceed 100, 600 POUNDS
shall each pay Sc: not exceeding ZOO
600 pounds. $12; not exceeding 100000
pounds' $50: not exceeding 100000
hounds $500: not exceeding 100000
bounds 5000: not exceeding 10000, 900
pounds, $1,000; exceeding D.OOO,Ooo
pounds, $2,406.
Manufacturers of cigars WHOSE an
nual sales do not exceed 100000 cigars
shall each pay s.; not exceeding 20O,.
900 cigaEs. 50; not exceeding 100000
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-11-17
Tax on Fertilization Of Wines.
Special Annual Taxes.

On and after Nov. 1, 1914. special
taxes will be imposed annually as fol-
lows:
Bankers shall pay 81 for each $1,000
of capital. surplus and undivided prof
Its. Postal savings banks and savings
banks having no capital stock shall
not be subject to this tax.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
MAN CALLS THIS FISHING
Nevada Ranch Owner Drains a Ditch
and Catches Mountain Trout
With His Hands.

San Francisco.--W. II. Davenport
of the Western Pacific railway says:
ST was back in Nevada recently, and
friend of mine who owns what he
calls Just little ranch of 5000 acres
asked me If / would like to fish for
mountain trout. / said would; it's
my favorite sport.
"'Come on said he, and he took me
to a stream across which he has built
a dam for the purpose of irrigating
his alfalfa.
Instead of producing fish poles he
suddenly turned on the water and let
it run full force through the irrigating
bitches for just half minute. Then
he turned it off, and, reckoning to me,
led me to the irrigating ditch.
"By this time the water which he
had let in had run out into the fields,
and on the bottC m of the ditch were
about q hundred mountain trout left
high and dry and Tapping about at a
great rate.
my friend gathered about twenty
into basket and threw the rest back
alive into the stream. We, had the
ones he caught for supper, and they
were delicious
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
Rv r. A. GALLIHER.)

By r. A. GALLIHER.)
Perhaps no subject is of more inn
portance to the average farmer than
the proper care and feeding of the
teams that are relied upon to do the
farm work; and as a. rule, we do not
believe that these horses receive the
care and consideration that they
should. A good horse used in COM
nonsense manner, should live to an
old age and be In condition to per-
form good work at all times.
The essential requisites for work
ing horse are good size, quick action
and strength. A high-spirited animal
or one of great value is not the most
desirable animal for the farmer.
What we need is good walker. as
much of the usefulness and efficiency
depends upon that quality. This fac
ulty is quite as much matter of ed
ucation as inherited qualities.
Under ordinary circumstances 1t Is
judicious to use mares for working
teams upon farm. Except for short
time, the period of parturition and i'm
mediately after, they are fully as well
adapted to farm work as geldings.
They also possess the advantage OF
annually bringing colts, and In event
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02

another on which the pans are stacked.
Next comes the oven. On the other
side of the oven is the store tent. 1t is
inclosed in an outer tent of mosquito
netting and filled with racks of wire
and steel which will hold 5000 pounds
of bread in orderly rows.
The oven was designed in 1911 by
Capt. Lucien Holbrook and Sergt. Pat
rick Dunn. 1t is of iron and steel,
fastened at the corners and edges by
clamps. Tents, ovens and all equip
ment are collapsible and can be folded
and packed into a single escort wagon.
Twelve wagons will carry the bakery
for 10000 men, or 10000 loaves.
War has not started and the army
Is not on the march. The bakery is
turning out what is known as issue"
bread. 1t is different from war"
bread. Six loaves of tissue" bread are
baked at one time. Four of the loaves
consequently do not have any crust on
their sides. What is known as war
bread is baked in separate loaves, has
There are other differences inter
estiAg to the housewife or baker. SIS
sue" bread has 2A pounds of dough to
the loaf, rises five hours. is baked one
hour and weighs two pounds when
cooled. "War" bread weighs two
pounds when cooled, is raised for eight
hours, has more sugar and no lard in
the dough, is baked for IL hours and
will keep for a considerable length of
time.
At 6 p. M. the bakers start mixing
their dough. Before noon the store
tents are stocked with fresh bread At
daylight the next day the regimental
commissary wagons are loaded with
the supply to be taken to the camp
1t is very different from the days OF
bareback, which it is said by veterans
was as hard as the boxes in which ii
was shipped.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
PRACTICAL HINTS
FOR THE SHEPHERD
While Dipping the Sheep Just Dip
the Lambs, Too-Keep All
Good Breeding Ewes.

Do not let anyone deceive you by
telling you that buck lambs will bring
you as much money as wether lambs,
for they will not do it.
Castrate all male lambs at eight
days to two weeks of age, and any
good operator will not lose one out
of 100.
Dip all your sheep as soon as shear
ing is over. While you are at it just
dip the lambs too, as the ticks will
leave the shorn ewes for the woolly
lambs.
Just as long as q eve holds her
teeth" It wifi pay to keep her for a
breeder, as ewes breed lambs up to
quite an advanced age.
That old eve might have brought
$3.50 last fall and the two lambs trot-
ting at her side will bring SIS or Sc in
July.
An old eve or two may die during
the winter, but you can lose one out
of three and still make it pay to keep
them at So to SO per head.
The sheep get uneasy as soon as
the hot weather comes on unless they
get out on the ground. 1t is good
plan to let them out every day for a
while. If the pastures are not high
enough so that they can get all they
want to eat, bring them down at night
and give them a nice, bright look of
hay and little grain. The ewes need
this If the lambs are to be kept grow
ing.
If the coarse hay in the hangers is
given to sheep they will nibble a
great deal of 1t away.
The sheep is a dainty feeder and
will not eat musty or unclean hay or
fodder. Neither will sheep drink un-
clean water.
1t is strange that some men will
insist on raising scrub ram when a
thoroughbred costs so little in COM
parison to the improvement he will
make in his flock.
Sheep will sometimes eat weeds,
but it is generally because they have
nothing better.
The reason why SO many men fail
in the sheep business is because they
do not study 1t before they begin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
NO MORE HARDTACK.
Army Bakers Sound Death Knell
of Famous Food.
u. 8. Soldiers No Longer Have to
Break Their Teeth on "Cast
Iron" Observation-Disclosures
Carry Outfit for Troops.

Vera Cruz. Mex-Modern field or
SANITATION has shattered another pic
turesuue feature of war. Hardtack,
which in every campfire story swap
ping contest has figured prominently
as one of the privations which heroes
must endure, is not used. No longer
can it be the leading stage prop In
sentimental romances of the sacrificing
comEade who gave up his last crumb
to a famished brother, of the dut1ful
son who used his last cake to write
home to mother and went hungry for
a week in consequence, or of profane
O'BFien, who made new vocal record
when he broke an eye tooth on the
durable army ration.
Fresh bread in big, soft rolls, as
palatable as can be turned out by the
most modern bakery, takes the place
of the bareback of other campaigns. 1t
is all baked in the army ovens. TWEEN
ty-four hours after the troops landed
in Mexico 5000 pounds of bread had
been baked and was being delivered.
warm, to the different camps. Capt.
e. 8. Wheeler, who had charge of the
field bakery, says that it is the most
notable advance which has been made
in army equipment in the last ten
years.
Formerly an army in camp lived on
bareback for several months while the
quartermaster's department was either
erecting brick ovens and bake shop
or negotiating with some local baker
for bread supply. Now a real bakery
is a part of the quartermaster's depart
ment of every division.
The bakery which went into opera
ton over night in Mexico is turning
out between 5000 and 5000 pounds of
bread a day, which feeds some 10000
soldiers and marines on shore duty.
The equipment can be tripled in size
and it's capacity increased to $4,000
pounds daily. Four ovens are in use,
while full equipment for IL ovens,
enough for an entire army division,
was brought on the transports.
There is no experimenting necessary
to get the field bakery in working or
der. To the bakery crew conditions
here are the same as they have been
for months in the various army camps
in the states. 1t will be the same from
day to day, if the army is on the move.
A bakery crew consists of captain
and 65 men, enlisted as bakers. Cap
tain Wheeler, who has charge of the
field bakery at Vera Cruz is an artil-
lery captain, detailed for four years in
the quartermaster's department. and
assigned to the bakery.
Each oven is the nucleus of sep
arate unit in an army field bakery. One
or twelve can be set up, each complete
In itself. First is a sleeping tent for
the crew working that particular oven.
Next comes the mixing tent. In it are
two mixing troughs, corner for the
sacks of flour, bake table on which
are scales for weighing the loaves and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02

Sheep raising means something more
than buying flock of sheep and turn
ing them into bare pasture without
shelter.
Our sheep farmers are beginning to
learn that they need permanent pas
lures increased yearly in productive
ness by high fertilizing.
The hit-or-miss plan of raising
sheep has never yet proved profitable.
Never feed sheep heavily on one
grain alone. Give them variety and
don't forget the roots.
English shepherds believe that peo-
pie who eat mutton and leave pork
alone will never have Indigestion.
Arrange your fields so that the
sheep will have good shade during
the coming summer.
1t is an easy matter to provide a
narrow trough filled three or four
inches deep with solution through
which the sheep can pass from the
pen to the pasture every morning.
This will not cure bad cases of foot
rot but it will prevent new cases.
One of the necessary things in the
care of sheep is the pairing of their
hoofs at least twice year. Nature
provided a rapid growth Of hoof to
stand the wear and tear of stony
ground but soft pastures will not wear
down the hoofs fast enough and the
broken hoof often results in disease.
If you have any old sheep, they
should be separated from the rest of
the flock, and if they are to II fat
tened, corn should be cracked for
them.
Do not make the mistake of starting
the sheep business with large flock.
You will have your hands full for the
first year or two with a dozen.
The most profit to be made In sheep
is on the farm where small flocks can
be handled to better advantage than
by wholesale.
Ever try smoked mutton hams?
They are cured just as easily as pig
hams and are good eating.
If sheep and lambs are fed grain
together, the lambs will fare pretty
slim. Have hole in the fence near
the barn through which the lambs can
slip and get away from the old sheep.
Have a good trough out there for the
grain you feed the little fellows and
they will get their share and grow like
weeds.
Make it rule to see the sheep and
lambs every day. Count to see that
nothing has happened to them. If
one is sick or otherwise in trouble,
get it out of the flock where you can
give it a little extra care.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02

Cecil Rhodes and the Goldfield Consol-
idated Mines of South America, Major
Burnham was scout for Lord Rob-
erts and he had just killed the noted
Matabele outlaw, MLimo, frustrating
a projected massacre of the British
settlers.
Major Burnham, hearing that Earl
Grey was in San Francisco, came to
the city from Three Forks to meet
him. He brought a little gold nugget
that he has carried as talisman
through all his adventures in differ
ent parts of the world, and the treas
ured letter Lord Roberts wrote to him
when he was invalided home. The
report by Burnham to Earl Grey, the
administrator, Of the killing of
M'Limo is a noteworthy page in Brit
ish history.
The three talked affectionately of
the stirring South African times for
half an hour.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
Women in Political Murder

stirred since the Breton heroine.
Carlotte Corday, stabbed that mon
ster of the revolution, Marat, in
his bath. But the modern history of
Russian revolutionaries provides some
equally remarkable stories of heroines
Of the people who have taken upon
themselves the task of killing those
whom they considered the enemies of
progress and liberty.
The most recent case was that of
Zinaida Konopliannikova, a Russian
school mistress, who on August 13,
1905, shot dead Major General Min.
commander of the famous regiment of
the Semenoff guards, at Peterhof rail-
way station. She was arrested on the
spot and ultimately condemned to
death by hanging, this being the first
death sentence passed on a woman
since the execution of Sophie Perov-
skaya, who was practically the chief
organizer of the nihilist conspiracy
which resulted in Gar Alexander II
being blown to pieces on his way to
the military riding school in st. Pc
tersburg on March 1, 1881.
This female assassin was only twen-
ty-seven years of age at the time Of
her execution, but even she was six
years older than Marie Spiridonova.
who, fired with the wrongs Of the Rus
sian peasant. shot the brutal Governor
Dujenoevsky. Horrible tortures were
inflicted upon her in order to force
her to confess the names of her &C.
completes and ultimately she was
tried by court-martial behind closed
doors and sent to Siberia a physical
wreck.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
GOOD CARE AND FEEDING OF WORK TEAMS

of their being incapacitated by acct
dent or labor they may still be kept
with profit as breeders.
Horses employed for farm work
should not be pampered, but should
be fed generously, so as to sustain
vigor and good spirits.
A team i'll fed, and consequently in
poor condition and feeble, will not ac-
complish much real hard work, and it
Is a waste of labor to hire an expen'
sive hand to drive such q team.
The harness, and particularly the
collar, should be accurately adjusted
to the horse If the collar is either
too tight or too loose 1t gals him and
seriously affects his breathing.
The workhorses should be fed early
in the morning, and they should have
a liberal feeding. The comfort and
rest of the team will be vastly pro-
noted If the harness is entirely re-
moved at noon while they are feeding.
Rub them down carefully and cleanse
from dust and sweat.
Allow them plenty of time for
good meal and partial digestion before
they are put to work for the after
noon. 1t is poor policy to put them to
work right after eating hearty meal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02

the
through paragraph the
rifles
niion % certain civilians
in keynote Of
citizens in
100000 trained
civil rihemen
With the growth of cities the increasing of
and
where civilians practise
sired by government
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02


they must able judge character the and be able pick
selecting
standing
left the extended
furnished instance public official
suddenly lame duck
his Washington Often 1t is difficult
is
required
n o to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
Nine. CaiIlaux.

woman of Los Angeles, CAL, to shoot
a congressman who she considered
had insulted her husband, who was
i'll. by making disparaging remarks
about him in public. Fortunately, the
wound inflicted proved but slight
one and the woman escaped with a
short term of Imprisonment.
France, perhaps, has not been so
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02


unique species Each contains
plant The collection contains about nghboom
striking
of Turks head cactus
The photographer
cninga being
ionsth throughout the world
The collection the NJ supentend
Of gardens nd
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02

to suck out the poison. Then he
wrapped a cord around his arm as
tightly as he could between elbow
and shoulder to prevent the poison
from getting into his system and
made tracks for the house as fast as
he could.
A doctor was summoned. but mean
while Master Dunn was pouring perox-
ide into the wound and was the calm
est member of the family.
There is in the house family med
icine book that has held a great fasci-
nation for Charley. After BIO had cnt
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
FAMOUS TRIO MEET AGAIN
Earl Grey, John Hays Hammond and
Major 5urnham Greet Each
Other In San Francisco.

San Francisco%There was a brief
reunion here one day recently of three
men who have become famous through
out the world. They were the British
statesman, Earl Grey, John Hays Ham
nond, noted mining engineer, and Maj.
Fred r. Burnham, famous scout and
soldier of fortune.
The three parted company last in
Rhodesia in 1896. Then Earl Grey
was the administrator of Rhodesia.
Hammond was consulting engineer for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02

crops. Leave good wide turning row
at each end of the garden SO that no
plants will be tramped down in turn
ing the horse.
These turning rows may be seeded
to grass and serve as clean, conve-
nient walks. They may be trimmed
with lawn mower and even look beau
tiful.-A. It. S.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
Members of Fair Sex Seldom Figure
as Assassins in World of Politics
Mime. Caillaux's Crime.

London.-In the history Of politics
there is no parallel to the Paris trag-
edy which has resulted in the death
of NJ Calmette, who was shot by the
wife of M. Caillaux, the minister of
finance, who sought to avenge her
husbands honor, says London Tit
Bits.
Women, happily, figure little in po-
litical murders, although about three
years ago an attempt was made by
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
Hens and Incuhators.

Comparing hens and incubators for
matching purposes, the hens are bet
ter than the incubators. They produce
better chicks, which have more vital
ity and prove to be better individuals.
Such chicks are more easily reared
and have the same advantages that
natural products always have over
artificial products.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02

which has been made possible by the
present congress in providing for the
free distribution of rifles and ammu-
milton to civilian rifle clubs and school
cadets.
again we are faced with the pos
sibility of sending unframed youths
from their homes to the battlefield"
the statement says. Recruits can be
taught to march, drill, and take care
of themselves in the field in COM
paratively short period, but such is
not the case with the care and effec-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
TREATS HIS OWN SNAKE BITE
Alabama Boy of Twelve Years Knew
What to Do When Bitten by
Moccasin.

Mobile, Ala-Charley Dunn, the
twelve-year-old son OF G. M. Dunn of
Park avenue, Crichton, probably owes
his life to his presence of mind when
bitten on the finger by moccasin.
He quickly took out his pocket knife,
slashed his finger in crisscross shape.
stuck the digit in his mouth and began
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
Really Not Much Difference.

Miriam-"Now you are out here at
you must fairly revel
in fresh vegetables, dear!" Millicent
(rapturously)-"We do. Would you be-
lieve It? (mpressively) We can buy
them almost as cheaply here as we
could in the hot city!"-Puck.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
Al. nl.nts on the Wires.

Telephone troubles in the tropics
.ra largely due to the wires becoming
covered with air plants. In Porto
Rice, the humidity of the atmosphere
is SC great that the plants continue 10
grow until they are detached by the
tinemeu.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02

believe in feeding little corn all the
time that the pigs are running in the
pasture.
The grass-grown pig does not appear
so attractive with his working clothes
on, but when he is well-developed and
ready to be fatted he makes the pam
pered pets look like very little. He
makes fine appearance in society
and is credit to his owner and
feeder.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02

The woven wire fence is revolution
izing the hog industry in the whole
country, and when farmers learn to
utilize every bit of waste land for pas
ture for their hogs the herds will be
healthy and the cost of production will
be decreased many dollars.
1t won't do to allow the pigs to lie
in the shade of the corn cribs or to
allow them only a run of pasture. /
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02

the wound and let the poison out he
got the book down and began study
ing it while waiting for the doctor to
arrive to see if he had done the right
thing. The doctor said he had.
Beyond some swelling and some
nausea no bad effects are expected
from the bite.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
$4,000 Wallet Returned

New York.-A wallet containing
$4,000, lost by Colorado miner, was
returned intact to its owner after
dancers in a Coney island tango pal
ace" had kicked it around for an.
hour.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
Take Fifty Needles From Girl.

Take Fifty Needles From Girls Body.
Boston.-Dr. Harry H. German re-
moved so needles from the body of
Miss Marion Gibbs, twenty, who de-
clared she swallowed them to produce
suffering. Her mental condition is
being investigated.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02

Shot Self to Avoid Going to School.
Danville, Ill.-Dale Delaney, twelve.
shot himself in the leg with a revolver
to keep from going to school
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
"Movies" Make Church People Gasp.

movies" Make Church People Gasp.
Chicago.-Members Of the Joyce
Methodist church gasped when
movies" showing murders and other
acts of violence with no connecting
link were exhibited Alderman Pretzel
later explained the pictures were the
"cutouts" made by the censors, but he
had forgotten to announce to the audi
ence what the films were.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
chiId,s Coffin by Parcel Post.

Lufkin, Tex.-A coffin, to be used
for the burial Of an infant, was sent
from White City to this town, via par
eel post. Postage cost 81 cents.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-02
Varied Lot of Plants Grown by the Government

its Investigations the Smithsonian institution under
| of Not
examples of living secured