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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
HAVE YOU NAMED YOUR FARM?

The movement to have every Amer
lean farmer select name for his
farm and use the name as a trade
mark, is meeting with great success
in some parts of the country. Many
of our exchanges have published lists
of the names selected for the farms
of their neighborhoods, the publica-
ton acting as a sort of a patent or
copyright. 1t has been said by some
unthinking persons that the plan is
not American, but little reflection
will convince anyone that the point
is not well taken. Washington called
his home, 'Mt Vernon" Jefferson,
the great democrat, named his place
Monticello" and any schoolboy can
give you dozen other instances.
SO name your farm and put the
name out where everyone can see it.
Make it Trade Mark. A well known,
advertised trade mark is worth
thousands of dollars to the owner
Your farm and it's products are your
stock in trade. Name them and you
have added real hard cash value to
everything you sell. Choose a name
well suited to surroundings, name
that will tell in it's very sound some
of the characteristics of your busi-
ness home; then come to us and have
letterheads made for your correspon-
dence with the name of your farm on
them and your name and your wife's
name and your postoffice address be-
meath. Of course you want your
wife's name on your stationery. She
is your partner and the best and
truest, and the hardest working, and
the most interested party in the
whole concern. Once you were glad
to get the chance to endow her with
all your worldly goods, now make
your promise real. Here's how your
letter head might look:
EAST VIEW FARM.
James and Mary Smith,
Proprietors.
Watertown, Jefferson County
Wis. R. F. d. No. 6
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
ONE BIDDER FOR !
DORNFELD PLANT
Bid Would Cover Amount of the
MOrtgdgeS-PreSident of
DefunCt Co. Bidder.

The Dornfeld-Kunert company.
bankrupt, will probably be sold to
John F. Dornfeld, the president, as
he was the only bidder on the prop
erty. His offer was s44,340 for real
estate and plant, including its ma
chinery. This bid will cover the
amount of mortgage Indebtedness
against the property. The bid is sub
ject to the approval of Judge Sanborn
of the United States district court.
Through the efforts of Trustee A.
F. Baumann, one twenty per cent
dividend has been paid to creditors.
1t is said that the stockholders will
not get anything out of the plant and
that they will sustain the entire loss
of stock.
This plant has been material help
to the industrial life of Watertown
and the loss to labor alone since it
was closed has been large, while the
loss to stockholders. is still greater
The Dornfeld-Kunert Co., was
established by Ernst Kunert in the
sixties. The second incorporation
was in 1888 as the X. Kunert COM
pany. In 1894 the firm was reorgan-
lied as the Dornfeld-Kunert COM
pany. The foundry and machine
shops of the company formed one of
the chief industries of Watertown
Structural iron work, bridges, malt
ing drums, mailing kills and equip
ment, store fronts, fire escapes, and
in fact everything in iron work was
the line of the concern.
The officers of the company are:
President-John F. Dornfeld
Vice President-Roy Cebell.
Secretary-Arthur Piper.
Treasurer-Fred Hoffman,.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
High Glass Production.

The attraction at the Turner opera
house Friday, April 9th, is the new and
complete scenic production of 1.-THE Win
ming OF Barbara WORTH As over a
million copies of the thrilling novel by
Harold Bell Wright have been sold, the
advent of the play will be eagerly await
ed. The production is said to be as
elaborate as any that has ever be seen in
this city and carefully selected COM
pany has been engaged to interpret the
many well known characters so famil
lar to readers Of the book. Seats now
on sale at the Bittner q Tetzlaff drug
store.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
SOME GOOD ADVICE.

The girl who insists on spooning
everybody in the corporate limits
ought to be backed into a woodshed
and relieved of her surplus affections
with a No IL slipper laid carelessly
across her hiplets. We would sooner
see the girl kiss a blind shoat
through a barb wire fence than have
her change partners SIX nights a
week in the front parlor with the
light turned low.
It is harder to marry off a girl that
has been paved over by every yap in
the community than it is to fatten
sheep on pineapple ice. You can
goldbrick a Suitor with secondhand
goods, any more than you can fit a
bath robe on a goat
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
A Paper For All Hands.

In every family where The Youths
Companion is taken it is read by
everybody. The late Justice Brewer
of the United States Supreme Court
used to say that if he could take only
one paper, it would be The Youths
Companion-"a little of everything
in a nutshell, and unbiased" Justice
Brewer had some of the best brains
in the country, and he kept them in
fine condition partly by reading The
Youths Companion. One never needs
to unlearn what he reads in The
Companion. 1t does not fill the mind
with knowledge that is hind side to.
But that is not all there is to The
Companion. If you want solid en-
jOyment, read some of the yarns
about Caleb Peaslee that appear
every little while; read G.. A. Ste
phens' stories of the good old times
down in Maine; read J. W. Schultz's
stories of the far-off days when he
was a boy among the Blackfeet who
had adopted him. The Companion is
$500 year-52 weekly issues. If
you want to know more about the
paper before subscribing, let us send
you some sample copies.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION.
142 Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass.
New Subscriptions Received at this
Office.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
An Early Wisconsin Duel.

Wisconsin fortunately has never
been the scene of many duels. In the
southwestern lead mining district,
however, where the Southern influ-
ences predominated in the earlier
day, personal encounters of this kind
occasionally took place. One of the
most remarkable of these occurred in
1885 between Col. T. B. Shaunce, a
we'll known Dodgeville wit, and an
Irishman named McMurtry. The
Irishman being the challenger,
Shaunce chose the weapons-rocks,
at a distance of forty feet, neither
party to stir from his tracks till
satisfied.
The news of the "affair of honor"
having leaked out, on the day of the
encounter, a large crowd assembled
at the appointed place of meeting,
near the mouth Of an old mining
shaft just outside the village of
Dodgeville. The two principals ap-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
The Event of the Season.

Great interest is centering in the in
door fair to be given at the Turner op-
era house one week commencing April
14th under the auspices OF the Water
town military band. 1t is the coming
and better than ever. 1t will be one
solid week of fun and amusement. Tan
go contests will be in order and there
will be dancing every evening from 9
till II o'clock A wonderful exhibit of
home industries is being arranged and
demonstrations of various kinds. Don't
fail to see the representation Of Water
towns merchants. Band concert every
evening from 8 to 8 o'clock.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
Publishers Statement.

Statement of ownership, manage
ment, circulation, ETC., required by
the act of August "a, 1912, of Water
town Weekly Leader, published
weekly at Watertown, Wis, for April,
1915.
Editor, w. L. Swift; Managing
Editor, w. l.. Swift; Business Mana
ger, Emil Doerr Publishers, Swift
and Doerr
Individual owners, w. L.. Swift and
Emil Doerr. known bondholders,
mortgages, and other security hold
ers, holding 1 per cent or more of
total amount of bonds, mortgage, or
other securities: Mary c. Swift es-
tate.
Emil Doerr, Business Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 31st day of March, 1915.
p A. Kuick,
Notary.
(SeaD
My commission expires, Nov. 4, 1917.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS

The state insurance commissioner has
published his certificate, certifying that
the following named mutual fire insur-
ance companies have complied with the
law and are authorized to do business:
Watertown City Mutual Fire Ins. Co.
Hustisford Farmers Mutual Fire Ins. Co.
Ixonia Mutual Fire Ins. Co.
Town of Clyman Fire ms. Co.
Town of Concord Mutual Fire Ins. Co.
Town of Jefferson Mutual Fire lns. Co.
Town of Lebanon Farmers Mutual Fire
ms Co.
Town of WatertOwn Mutual Fire Ins. Co.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
BERNSTORFF MAY
SEE WATERFOWL
German Ambassador viii Be In
Vited to Jubilee Celebrd-
ton at N. w. College.

. Count Won Bernstorff, German am.
bassador at Washington, is expected
to give an address at the golden
jubilee celebration Of the Northwest.
ern college in Watortown the latter
part of June, according to the Rev.
H. H. Ebert of Milwaukee, chairman
In charge of arranging the affair,
says the Milwaukee Sentinel "The
Rev Mr.. Ebert on Thursday said
the German ambassador will be in
vited and mis- acceptance is thought
to be certainty. II is probable that
the ambassador will also pay visit
to Milwaukee while in the state.
Synod to Meet.
'In connection with the three day
celebration the annual conference of
the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
Wisconsin will take place. Delegates
will be in attendance from Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska and all parts of
the country. More than 5000 persons
will visit Watertown. Special trains
will be run from Milwaukee, st.
Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago and from
the northern part of the state. More
than 200 former students will par
ticipate. The college prepares men
for entrance into theological semin-
aries in addition to various other
professions. The Northwestern Col
lege Club Of Milwaukee will hold it's
annual meeting and banquet We'd
nesday night, April II, in the Repub-
lican house, Milwaukee, when plans
will be discussed for taking part in
the celebration.
Plan 100000 Endowment.
"An endowment fund of 100000
will be raised by members of the
Evangelical Lutheran churcn for the
college. Thirty thousand dollars of
this money has been procured and
the balance will be raised in a few
months. A souvenir history of the
institution has been written in Ger
man by DR.. A. Hoermann and an
English history by the Rev. H. K.
Moussa of Jefferson.
The Rev. Carl Gausewitz Milwau-
kee, DR.. Frank Pieper, ST. Louis, and
the Rev. E. G. Bergemann, Fond du
Lac, president of the Wisconsin syn
cd and head of the college board, are
among the speakers. The program,
when completed, will include relig-
ious ceremonies, a banquet and a
picnic. The date of the event will be
definitely fixed at a meeting of the
committee in Watertown on Thurs
day, April 8. In additions to the Rev.
Mr.. Ebert the committee consists OF
the Rev August G.. Bender, the Rev.
H. F. Knuth and the Rev. Emil
Schultz"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
Good Man Called.

Rev. M. J. Ward, pastor of the ST. Thorn
as Roman Catholic church, Bel0it, passed
away on the 3lst inst. He was pastor OF
the church at Clyman for several years
and noted as a temperance worker and
had large acquaintance in the state
Ee was a good man, earnest christian
and his passing away is great loss t6
his church and society generally His
funeral was largely attended ny the
clergy and members of the church in Be.
lott and adjacant cities. The requiem
mass was read by Archbiship Messmer Of
this diocese.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
Miss Mary Ferran.

A telegram was received here last
Friday announcing the death of Miss
Mary Ferren at Chicago the day be-
fore. Miss Mary Ferren was an old
resident of the city, daughter of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ferren.
She was about IS years of age. She
removed from this city about eight
years ago, to be with her sister, Miss
Lizzie Ferran. She had been in good
health until recently. A letter re-
ceived here only a few days ago
stated that she was in better health
than for several years.
The body was shipped from Chica-
go Friday afternoon and arrived over
the North Western road at S:25 in
the evening. Funeral services were
held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock
at ST. Bernard's church.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
Whoopinq Cough.

Weli-everyone knows the effect of
Pine Forests on Coughs. DR.. Bells
P1ne-Tar-HOney Is remedy which
brings quick relief for Whooping
Cough, loosens the mucous, soothes
the lining of the throat and lungs,
and makes the coughing spells less
severe. A family with growing chill
dren should not be without it. Keep
it handy for all Coughs and Colds.
2sc at your -Druggist.-adv.
Eliceric Bitters a Spring Tonic.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06

peared with their seconds at the ap-
pointed time, and Shaunce was called
upon to indicate where his opponent
should station himself. He cody
proposed that McMurtry stand at the
bottom of the shaft, which happened
TO be just forty feet deep, while he
would stand at the top. For once an
lrlshman was the victim instead of
the perpetrator of a practical joke.
Of course the affair was called off,
and the whole crowd adjourned to
nearby tavern to drink at the Irish
mans expense.-Wisconsin Historical
Society
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
ArbOr Day.

Governor Philip has issued procla-
nation naming Friday, May 7th, as Arb
or and Bird Day. The Arbor and Bird
Day manuels are low being sent to the
schools of the state. 1t has been custom
ary for number of years past to deslg-
nate the first Friday in May as ArbOr and
Bird Day. There will be no Arbor Day
publication next year, since the legislat-
ure of 1913 provided that it was ther af-
ter to be issued only every other year.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
An Annoying Practice.

Parents should instruct their children
to refrain from skating on roller skates
before churches while divine services
are being held. The noise interferes
with the solemnity of the services and
is exceedingly annoying to the listen
ers. While the writer likes to see chill
dren enjoy themselves, they certainly can
find places to skate elsewhere than be-
fore churches when services are being
held
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
Memorial Day.

Memorial Day this year comes on Sun
day. Therefore the next day, Monday,
is legal holiday. Exercises in schools
should be held the preceding Friday.
Memorial Day ANIMALS were sent out to
superintendents the first part of Febru-
airy and copy should be in every school.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
$1,000 Guessing Contest.

Get in on the guessing contest at the
Wheeler & Leschinger. which closes on
May 10th. Take guess on the number
of peas, corn and beans contained in
three separate glas jars. Three cash
prizes given away. First prize SO, sec
ond So and third s..
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
NAMED DEPUTY COLLECTOR
DR.. F. G. Werner Will Wcrk Under
Harrison Anti-NdrCOtiC Law.

DR.. f. c. Werner of this city mot Mad
is0n, as the Milwaukee papers had it) has
been appointed deputy collector of in
ternal revenue from W Washington to work
under the Harrison Anti-narcotic law,
and began work on the 5th inst. The
appointment came TO the doctor without
any solicitation upen his part and we are
safe in predicting, that he will make a
successful official.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
Seyentieth Birthday.

Charles j. Wenck passed the SEVENTEEN
milestone in his pilgrimage on earth to-
day, the youngest old man in the city,
if not In the state. Nothing worries
him, so he keeps young to enjoy life and
let the other fellows wear mournful
faces.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
Fills Fathers Pulpit.

Mr.. SterZ, son Of Rev. Herman Sferz,
pastor OF the German Evangelical Luth-
eran church, occupied his fathers pull
pit on Good Friday and preached an elo-
quent sermon. Those present were much
impressed with his thought and delivery,
and predict for him success in the min
iStry
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
Your Child's Cough is Call for Help

Don't put off treating your Child S
Cough. 1t not only saps their
strength, but often leads to more ser
ious ailments. Why risk? You don't
have to. DR.. Kings New Discovery
is just the remedy your Child needs.
1t is made with soothing, healing and
antiseptic balsams. Will quickly
check the Cold and soothe your
Child's Cough away. No odds how
bad the Cough Or how long standing,
Dr. Kings New Discovery will stop
it. It's guaranteed. Just get a bottle
from your Druggist and try it.-adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
Farm Hands-Marlied Couples,

furnished free of charge to employers
transportation to your farm paid by
help. Diamonds Farm Hand Agency
80 S. Canal ST., Chicago, Ill. Phone Main
5074.-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
Funeral of Mrs. Breitenbach.

The funeral of Mrs. Lena Breiten-
bach, who died at her home near
Hubbleton, Tuesday, was held yes
terday morning at IL O'Clock at the
late home and from there to the Eng
lish Methodist church in Milford,
where services was held at / o'clock
in the afternoon. Interment was in
the Aztalan cemetery.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06

If there is money to be made why don't
you make it? If there is money to be
saved why don't you save it? You can
save it by trading with The Central Trad
ing Co.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06

Do it now. Buy a brass bed of the
Central Trading Co.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
(Seal)

Ny commission expires, Nov. 4, 1917
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-01
Russians Assume Aggressive Along Whole Eastern Front and Report German Advance Checked Both Sides Claim Advantage in Fighting in the East-Washington Has Not Yet Received Official Notice of General Blockade.
SULTAN'S HAREM MOVED

LONDON, March 1-The harem of the sultan of Turkey has been removed to place which has not been named as preparation the event of the capture of Constantinope by the allied fleet which is bOm- bardng the forts of the DardaneleS with the object of moving on the capital of the Ottoman empire The Turk iSh government is also preparing to the capital from the Sublime Porte to BrousSa in Asia Minor It is stated that most of the archives have already been removed and that some of the Suans household officials are BrOuSsa to prepare for his coming Broussa which is also called BruSa BOursa is ancient city thirteen miles off the of Mamora The kings of Bithynia formerly resided there and in every way is most favoraby situated position It has population of nearly forty thousand The allied fleets have now aversed third of the length of the Dardanees but admitted that the most danger ous part of the channel must still be negotiated So far as the general public here knows the ships have met with disaster during the bObardment but it is regarded hardly possible they could have forced their way such
 distance through the channel without having suffered some effects from the fire of the forts Should the allies succeed in forcing the way to Constantnope it will prob ably be regarded of the greatest feas in all history
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-01
MAY BUILD TUNNEL
 UNDER ENGLISH CHANNEL

LONDON, Feb. 27.-Notwithstand- ing the war, the group of enthusiasts who for years have advocated the tunnel under the English Channel be- tween France and England have lost none of their ardor for the enterprise. On the contrary, they are pushing the scheme with more than usual wig or, pointing out that were the tunnel in operation at present it would be of inestimable advantage to England in rushing troops to France.
 England's Committee on Imperial Defense had the tunnel project before it when the war broke out. War came before this committee had time to report it's findings to Parliament, and it is not likely therefore that any action will be taken until peace is de- clared. Backers of the project insist, however, that they are ready to be- gin work immediately.
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-01
SESSION
 NOT TO BE HELD
STATED WITH AUTHORITY THAT PRESIDENT ABANDONS
 PLAN.

WASHINGTON, March Tt is stated today and the statement comes from an authoritative source that the idea of holding an extra session of congress has been abandoned. The president himeslf has not stated so positively but it is generally thought that he has given his authority for the assertion. Several of the admins tration bills must, therefore, go over until the next congress. Very little is said today about the fate of the shipping bill but it is coming to be taken for granted that it will have no chance of going through the senate this time. President wilson and the secretary of congress are said to have had interviews during the past forty eight hours with some of the republi- can flibusterers for the purpose of trying to find some means of over coming the deadlock but with what result has not been stated.
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-01
HALF A DOZEN NEW
 BUSINESS HOUSES.
What was Predicted a Short Time Ago is Coming to Pass
 Gradually.

About half a dozen new business houses have opened in Seward within the past week. One is a paint and paper shop, one is a second hand store, one is a contracting firm, one is mes senger service and tailor shop com bined. The other two are partially new but one of the partners in each was in business before. One is the business about to be established by Sid Wolff and the other is the Palace of Sweets. The Buena Cafe might be included in the number although it was established more than a week ago. Tn addition to these enterprises are several real estate men who have en- tered the field, and all this occurred before the senate had given the money.
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-01
views.
MILITIA OF NEW YORK
 TO FORM A RESERVE.
Empire State Takes Steps to Prepare For Trouble and Roosevelt
 Gets Busy.

NEW YORK, March 1.-Former army and naval militiamen are about to start a movement with the object of forming themselves into a reserve which can be used in case this country gets into war with any other power Theodore Roosevelt is one of those who are making themselves prominent in the movement. It is the intention to begin training from the beginning and to keep always in readiness so that the force could be called out at a moments notice. The number of men who can be secured by this organ izatiOn is three hundred thousand and it is hoped that other states will fol- low the example of this one.