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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-07

STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP
MANAGEMENT, ETC.
Of the citizeu-Republican, published weekly
at Scotland, s. p. required by the Act of Aug
n, 1919.
Editor r. A. Bliss Scotland, SD
Managing editor g "
Business Manager "
Publisher " /"
Known sbondholders, mortgages. and other
security koiders, holding l per cent or more of
total amount Of bonds, mortgages, or other
securities, None.
PA. BLISS
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th
day Of Oct. 1915.
AUc.aRErcH
Notary Pablo
Ny commission expires Aprilys. 1918.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-07

|
Single admission price for this
number is seventy.f ye cents for
adults and fifty cepts for children.
Season tickets for all of the five
numbers is $500 for adults 81. 90
for children. These tickets are
now on sale and may be secured Of
various members Of the committee.
Seats may be reserved at Mr..
Max's Drug Store for ten cents
each.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
ASPIDlSTRAS

No ornamental plant is more sim
pie of cultivation than the aspidistra,
and few plants receive more neglect.
The aspidistra is a handsome ever
green foliage plant, unequaled for
home decoration. The chief difficulty
with them is giving too little water
in summer and too much in winter.
When the plants become too large for
the pots the leaves crack because
they have not room to properly de-
velop, and growth becomes poor on
account of the exhausted condition of
the soil. Too little water in summer
starves the plant at the period when
it should be making a new growth
Too much water in winter sours the
soil, which kills the plant.
Good garden soil with sufficient
land added to insure good drainage
will grow good plants, but for the
best results there is nothing better
then four parts good loan, one-sixth
part fine charcoal, thoroughly mixed.
When the plant is to be simply re-
potted turn the ball Of earth from the
pot and reduce the soil by carefully
picking it off with pointed stick. Re-
pot in a clean pot of suitable size,
placing plenty of broken crock at the
bottom for drainage.
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sufficient to kill small tree. Remain
ing in the wood during the greater
part of it's life, it is rarely seen by the
casual observer, and for the same
reason no general and convenient
methods OF controlling it are available,
as in the case of insects which eat the
foliage.
1t does not confine itself to elms, but
is a very general feeder, being found
to some extent on nearly all decidu-
Gus trees and larger shrubs. 1t also
attacks the cherry, apple, pear and
plum trees in England, and has been
known to kill young walnut trees.
The adult moths appear during a
period extending from May to Sep
TENDER. The male is much the small
er, and flies with ease, being attracted
by the electric lights. The female
flies very little, preferring if possible,
to lay eggs on the same tree where
she emerged from the pupa. For this
reason, high trees, isolated, and 100
feet or more away from others in
jured by the leopard moth, may re-
main uninfested for years, while con-
tinuous rows of trees with branches
touching are soon infested throughout.
The eggs are inserted in crevices in
the bark, beneath plates of bark, one
20 several in a place, usually in the
higher branches of the tree. They
may also be laid en- the trunks of
small trees. The larvae do not enter
the branch at the place where they
hatch, but crawl some distance to the
smaller twigs. Each female may de-
post from 400 to 500 eggs.
AS the leopard moth is a pest chiefly
of cities and towns, it is thought that
certain birds, especially woodpeckers,
assist in checking it, especially in the
country districts. The habits Of the
moths in flying about electric lights
would lead one to expect that many
Of them would be eaten by bats and
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
LITTLE INSECT KNOWN AS LEOPARD MOTH
DESTROYS MANY TREES IN NEW ENGLAND
This Pest Which Has Recently Made Its Appearance in America
Has Long Been Known Borer Into Trunks of Various
Kinds of Trees All Over Europe

has done the girdling, and the branch
soon Wits and dies. Though most of
the larvae desert the branch within
two or three days after it falls, insects
in shrunken and dying condition bave
been found in the branches. showing
that they cannot sustain life on the
dead wood. 1t Is also evident that
very few of those which leave the
branch are able to again find and
climb large tree.
The newly Matched larvae are great
climbers. A number were placed at
the base Of fresh lilac bush and soon
commenced to climb. On reaching
the twigs, they were at once taken
ON, and again placed at the base, when
they would Immediately commence
climbing again. In this way four of
those making the greatest progress
had IN four hours travelled distances
varying from rs to so feet. Other eX.
periments showed that some newly
Matched larvae were able to crawl
from so to 100 feet on the ground.
through grass and rubbish, while
others would protect themselves by
spinning together small particles of
sticks and dirt.
In view of the protected life led by
this insect, treatment is especially diff
fcult. Tunneling under the bark dur
ing the greater part of its life, it Is not
affected by arsenical or contact
sprays. The protracted period during
which it may appear as a moth him
ders effective action against the adult
Isolated trees, recently infested, and
small trees with smooth bark, can be
saved by thorough inspection two or
three times year, followed by the re-
moval of infested branches and the
destruction of larvae found, either by
the injection of carbon disulphide
(bisulphide) into their burrows or the
insertion of a hooked wire to draw
them out. Large trees badly infested
should be cut down at once. Many
people are averse to having trees re-
moved from in front of their property
until they are very far gone, but stern
measures are necessary in preventing
the spread of the disease
The moths are attracted by the
electric lights, and great numbers of
them could be secured in the flying
season by having men collect them.
This method Of check is of immense
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
SEEING LIFE U1M
+ 7Na JOHN HENRY
a. ~ 0y GeoIgeVHobart
klX\xNYaf'l John Henry Takes Tango Lesson
John Henry Takes a Tango Lesson

key belonged to the dis, dose and
dem" push.
Every long sentence he uttered was
full of splintered grammar.
Every time key opened his word
chest the kings English screamed for
help and literature got a kick in the
Stats.
He was short and thin, but it was a
deceptive thinness. His capacity for
storing away free liquids was awe
inspiring and a sin.
think Ikey must have been hollow
from the neck to the ankles, with en-
Urgency bulkheads in both feet.
His nose was shaped like a quarter
to six o'clock. 1t began in the middle
and rushed both ways as hard as it
could. One end of it ducked into his
forehead and never did come out.
His interior was sponge lined, and
when the bartenders began to send
them in fast, Ikey would lower an
asbestos curtain to keep the fumes
away from his brain
Nobody ever saw key at high tide.
There was surely something wrong
with keys switchboard, because he
could wrap his system around more
Indian laughing juice without getting
lit up than any other man in the
world.
But key was the compliments OF
the season, all right, all right.
key had spent most of his life be-
ing bookmaker, and when the racing
game went out of fashion he sat down
and tried to think what else he could
do Nothing occurred to him until one
day he discovered that he could push
his feet around in time to music; so
he became a dancing instructor and
could clean up $1,000 per day if the
bartender didn't beckon too hard.
The luncheon had been ordered and
Bunch was just about to switch the
conversation around to the subject of
rebates when suddenly his eyes took
on the appearance Of saucers and, tap
ping me on the arm, he gasped,
Look"
l locked and behe1d Peaches, Alice
and Aunt Martha sailing over in our
direction.
With whispered admonition to
Bunch TO keep key still l went for
ward to meet friend wife, her aunt and
Alice.
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They were as much surprised as
l was.
1t was such a delightful day that
Aunt Martha couldn't resist the temp
tation to do little shopping" Peaches
ratified on; land then we decided to
come here for bit of luncheon
hello Bunch! I'm so glad to see you!
John, hadn't we better take another
table so that your friendly conference
may not be interrupted
1 fastened to assure Peaches that
it wasn't conference at all. We had
met Mr. Schwartz quite by accident.
Then l introduced Ikey to the ladies.
He got up and did something that
was supposed to be bow, but you
couldn't tell whether he was tying his
shoe or coming down a stepladder.
When key tried to bend a society
double he looked like one of the pic-
lures that goes with a rubber exer-
ciser, price rs cents.
After they had ordered club sand
wiches and coffee l explained to
Peaches and the others that Mr..
Schwartz was real estate dealer.
key began to swell up at once.
Bunch and | are going in a little
deal with Mr.. Schwartz" | explained
He knows the real estate business
backward. He, Schwartz, has a fad
for collecting apartment houses. He
owns the largest assortment of People
Coops in the city. All the modern i'm
provements, too. Hot and cold win
dows, running gas and noiseless IAN
itors. Mr.. Schwartz is the inventor
of the idea Of having two baths in
every apartment SO that the lessees
will have less excuse for not being
water broke"
key never cracked a smile.
In Mr.. SchwartZ's apartment
houses" | continued. while Bunch
kicked my shins under the table. You
will find self-freezing refrigerators
and self-leaving servants. All the
rooms are light rooms, when you light
the gas. Two Of his houses overlook
the park and all of them overlook
the building laws. The floors are
made Of concrete, 20 that if you want
to bring horse in the parlor you can
do so without kicking off the plaster
in the fat below. Every room has fold
ing doors, and when the water pipes
burst the janitor has folding arms
Quit your joshing, John! You'll
embarrass Mr.. Schwartz" laughed
Bunch somewhat nervcusly, but keys
grin never flickered.
rs Mr.. Schwartz deaf and dumb"
Peaches WHISPERED.
'Intermittently so.' l whispered
back; sometimes for hours at a time
he cannot speak word and can hear
only the loudest tones
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II He idea originated with Bunch
Jefferson. You can always count
on Bunch having a few freak ideas In
the belfry where he keeps his butter
lies.
Bunch and his wife, Alice. live out
In Westchester county, about half
mile from Uncle Peters bungalow,
where friend wife and l are spending
the winter.
The fact that Uncle Peter and Aunt
Martha had decided to give us party
was the inspiration for Bunch's bril-
liant idea
Listen, john" he macchiaVellied;
mot one Of this push out here knows
thing about the tango. Most Of them
have a foolish idea that it's wicked
institution invented by the devil who
sold his patent rights to the Evil-Do-
ers association Now, III tell you
what we'1 do, John: Well put them
wise Wen take about two lessons
from good instructor in town and on
the night of the party well make the
hit OF our lives teaching them all to
tango Are you James to the POSSIBLE
ities7r
1T listens like a good SPIEL" |
agreed; "but will a couple of lessons
be enough for us?"
Sure" he came back; we're not
a couple Of Patsys with the pump!
We can learn enough in two lessons to
make good in this boob community
Why, we'll start a tango craze out
here that will put life and ginger in
the whole outfit and presently they'll
be putting up statues in our honor"
Well, to make a long story lose it's
cunning, we made arrangements next
day with key Schwartz, dancing in
structor, to explain the mysteries of
this modern home-wrecking PROPOSE
lion known as the tango, and paid him
in advance the sum of 800.
IL seemed to me that hundred iron
men in advance was a nifty little price
for two lessons, but Bunch assured me
the price was reasonable on account of
the prevalence of rich scholars willing
to divide their patrimony with any
body who could teach their feet to
behave in time to the music.
We made an appointment to meet
key at his studio" for our first les
son the following afternoon. Then
we hiked for home on the Ala, we'll
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
MOST VALUABLE AS
GARDEN Fertilizer
Save Every Ounce of Hen Ma
nure and Put Where 1t Will
Do Most Good.

Hen manure is one of the most val
liable fertilizing materials on the
| farm. This statement is made by
Charles H. Chesley, in writing to a
| farm journal. In many cases, how
| ever, it is handled the most careless
| ly. Every ounce should be saved and
| put where it will do the most good.
| use considerable dried muck as an
| absorbent to scatter on the droppings
boards in the hen houses for the pur-
pose of retaining the liquids; also
every bit of litter is cleaned out in
the spring and used in the compost
heap.
Hen manure is a valuable aid to the
gardener, but it is rather too strong
to use directly in contact with seeds
or young plants. For cabbage, cauli-
flower and other deep-rooted vegeta-
bles it is a good plan to spread lib
era1 quantity on the sod and plow it
in. This may be done any time dur
ing the fall and winter. Whatever Of
the elements may leach out during the
winter sink directly into the soil to
10 AOuuu anu appropriated Wy Ino
plants next summer.
II strawberry patch is to be set
or new garden spot taken up, this
method is advisable as tending to in
troduce elements into the soil that will
remain for several years. On the
dairy farm, where there is consid-
cradle amount of hen manure to be
used, it is drawn directly from the
houses and spread upon the sod, either
on land to be plowed the next year or
frequently scattered simply as a top
dressing. Perhaps this is one of the
most economical ways of using the
product.
1t requires but little work to collect
the manure every day or every other
day, as the case may be, put it into
cart and haul it out for spreading
when full Every ounce of fertiliz-
ing material goes into the soil with
out waste.
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pleased with our investment and its
promise of golden returns.
That night Bunch and Alice were
over to our place for dinner. After
dinner Bunch an | sat down by the
Dog fire in the Dutch room, filed our
faces with Havana panatellas and pro-
eeeded to enjoy life in silence.
Into the next room came Alice and
Peaches and sat down for their usual
eackle.
Bunch and I started from our
reyeries when we heard Alice say to
Peaches, You dor't know what a
source of comfort it has been to me
blessed thing about the tango or any
of those hatefullr intimate new
dances
-@The same with me, Alice" friend
wife chirped in. Il believe if John
yere to suddenly display ability to
dance the tango I'd be broken-hearted.
Naturally, I'd know that he must have
learned it with a wicked companion
in some lawless cabaret And If he
freuuented cabarets without my knowl-
edge-oh, Alice, what would l do?"
| looked at Bunch, he looked at me
aad then we both looked out the win
dow.
For my part" Alice went on; Il
trust Bunch so implicitly that | don't
even question fis motive when he tele-
phones me he has to take dinner in
town with a prospective real estate
customer
And / know enough of human ma
ture," Peaches gurgled, ito be sure
that if either one of them could tango
he would be crazy to show off at home.
| think we're very lucky, both of us.
10 have such steady-going husbands,
don't you, Alice?''
At this point Aunt Martha buzzed
into the other room and the cackle
book on another complexion.
In the meantime Bunch and l had
passed away.
Its cold turkey!" l whispered.
rive been in the refrigerator for ten
minutes and I'm chilled to the bone
Bunch whispered back.
Can we get our coin away from
1key?" | asked.
The next morning we had key
Schwartz for luncheon with us at the
St. Astorbi,t. The idea being to daz.
ME him and get few of the iron men
hack.
Leave everything to me- Bunch
growled as we shaved our hats and
lndianfiled to a trough.
a quart of Happysrds." Bunch or.
dered. How about il. Ikey?"
ikey flashed grin and tried to swal.
low his palate. so it wouldn't interfere
with TIC wet spell suggested by Bunch.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
PLANTS THAT MURDER

There are plants that are murderers,
hdnapers, advertisers, explorers and
storekeepers. The moccasin flower is
a wanton murderer. It's flowers are
SO shaped as to lure ants and other
W1ngless insects to them Once inside
they have no chance to escape There
they stay, struggling until they starve
to death. Some orchids, while not
considered insect eaters, undoubtedly
draw a certain amount of nourishment
from the decayed bodies of their in
sect prey. Many other flowers trap
insects, which they kill and gradually
digest as food
Indian Pipes are robbers and graft
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ers as they draw their living from the
roots of other plants.
The Jack-in-the-Pulpit is a shame
less kidnaper. His beautiful pulpit
has a slippery, treacherous lining.
When gnats and other small insects
enter in search Of shelter and food,
they easily slide to the bottom, whence
escape is impossible Here at the bot
tom Of the pulpit may be found the
corpses of many wanderers, all kid
naped by the Reverend Jack!
The pitcher plant is another kidnap-
er, but in it's case it is the leaves that
are guilty.
There are plants that lure rats and
small animals into their cup-shaped
flowers to the destruction of the ro-
dent
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night flying birds. 1t is also believed
that sparroWs sometimes feed upon
the eggs or young larvae. One writer,
however, states that the leopard moth
is a serious pest only where the Eng
fish sparrow has driven away the
native birds. No other explanation
can be given OF the scarcity of the
leopard moth in the country, adjacent
to infested towns, except the presence
of insectivorous birds. While travel
ing from one branch of the tree &c an
other, a habit of this insect, it is ex-
posed to the attacks of birds.
are broken off by storms. Nearly all
of these contain the caterpillar which
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
SUMMER BOOMERS AND
PLANTS
BY l.. M. BENNINGTON.

Take up tuberoses that have not
bloomed. They will bloom indoors.
Keep potting plants that you intend
to carry over. Soak the ground well
before lifting.
Crinum oranta is not winter bloom
er. The bulbs should be kept in slight
ly-moist sand until February or March
Let the spotted Gala ripen, then
take up and keep in dry sand in a
frost-proof place until the new year.
Bring the agapanthus indoors when
cold weather sets in, and set in a cool
cellar
Pot the water hyacinth in soil, keep
wet but not sloppy, and set in the
sunshine in a warm room.
No matter what you try to keep
over winter, you cannot know too
much about caring for it. Learn all
you can.
Pull all the old ANIMALS that are
done blooming, and either burn or put
into the manure heap. Keep things
tidy.
Get the cold frames ready and fill
with plants that are to be kept in
them over winter. Have all in order
for an emergency.
All the irises are beautiful and
hardy, and there are many varieties
Of coloring. Fall is the time to plant
them.
Rose clumps, and clumps of herbace-
Gus perennials should be divided this
fall, if needed, and given new posi-
tons.
Fuchsia fulgens is g summer bloom
er, and should be taken up as cold
weather comes on, potted in small
pots, watered thoroughly, and stored
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21

Aunt Martha heard my :o7arnent on
keys fn1rmity and was about to be-
come intensely sympath etc and tell
him how her brothers wife was cured
when Bunch interrupted loudly by ask
ing after Uncle Peters health.
Never better" answered Aunt
Martha. He has spent ell the morn
ing arranging the program of dancing
for our little party. He insists upon
having the Virginia Reel, the old-fash.
Toned waltz, the Polka and the Ian
GERS. Uncle Peter mas a perfect hor.
ror Of these modern dances and
Peaches and Alice and share it with
him." Then she turned to Ikey, Don't
you think these modern dances are
perfectly disgusting?'
Poor key looked reproachfully at
the old lady second, then with gath
ering establishment he slid silently
off the chair and struck the floor with
a bump.
Aunt Martha was so ratified over
this unexpected effort on Mr.
Schwartz's part that she upset her
coffee and Ikey got most of it in the
back of the neck
When peace was finally restored the
old lady came to the surface with an
envelope which had been lying on the
table near her plate.
Is this your letter, John?" she
asked, and then arranging her
glasses, read with great elaboration:
Mr.. l. Schwartz, Tango Teacher,
Care of Kumearly and Staylates'
Cabaret, New York"
Peaches and Alice went into the
ice business right away quick
Aunt Martha in panied surprise
looked and thor, OF md
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(By w. BRITToN.)

Many of the magnificent elns that
AVE stood as landmarks on the
streets in New England cities for over
3 century are dying with little out
ward appal ent cause. And not only
are the veterans being destroyed, but
trees Of all ages suffer where appar-
emily receiving sufficient food and
moisture. Dead branches may be seen.
In numbers, standing above the leafy
masses in the tree tops. Each storm
brings down many branches, and if
the broken ends are examined, one
will notice that just underneath the
bark the branch has been girdled.
This is the work of an insect that has
only recently reached this country, but
which has already proved itself very
serious insect enemy of shade trees
the leopard moth.
Since the larvae bores largely in
the sapwood and cambrium, the dam
age done by it is unusually severe,
the work Of one insect often being
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under the greenhouse bench, or in
warm cellar until March.
Tea roses do their thriftiest grow
ing during the cool, moist days Of
autumn. Keep the insects down and
give good care. Mulch with dead
leaves.
Oleanders, lemons, oranges, hydran-
geas, abutilons, chrysanthemums, and
nearly all tub plants are best wintered
in the cellar. Keep growing now.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
Cow Likes Regularity.

The dairy COW likes regularity. II
matters little what hours are selected,
provided the COWS are MIXED regu-
Iarly and go through the same
routine at the same hours each day.
Trregularity in milking or feed means
loss.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21

Cut Out Raspberry Canes.
Cut out and burn the old raspberry
canes as soon as they are through
frultlng. Cultivate the young shoots
and keep out all the weeds.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21

Bees Easier Than Chickens
Bees are easier to care for than
chickens, and yield good returns on
the investment.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-09-21
GU Out Raspberry Canes.

OW OUT RASPBERRY Canes.
Cut out old canes of raspberries as
soon as they are through fruiting and
Etart the cultiyator going between the
rows