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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-02

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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-02

WESTERN KANSAS WORLD
mpetison win
be wednesday noon the
by stating
schlnes arsss scientific skin must be
The ere proof
agents. animals by their Secretary proof
herd pair and
sweep stakes ous @ | no @ can entered than
will forfeit
if worthy blue ribbon and second money = -
from Tgo County will
allowed compete the caHg os classes ASSES only po,r
First No gambling or indecent exhibitions will be
@ and sa ss abs
policemen be sworn
the city court Of the peace creating disorder vioat
payable
possible shall
Exhibitors win
Sixth, and either ssgs a e Ts s E stormy the
that omitted and the fair continued
The Fair association and
arbisrary all and in regard anu "
will session
In general special latter will
sign
the right to at time for satisfactory
be in hand On all
up
paid
=. FEES CONCESSIONS
Refreshments and soft drink stand, exclusive
Canoe an ring stand or privilege like nature
with figure
Vaudeville Stock Co Tent shows
Candy
grounds
MACHINERY
ptembe
September o
LIVE STOCK .s t.
HlxsON. General Super endent
T. uperinte dent
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-02
LIVE STOCK

j. ntenden
man fed dwater while
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
OBTAINING PROFIT
FROM STRAWBERRIES
Everbearing Variety Has to Com
pete With Too Many Other
Fruits-Right for Home.

Growing everbearing strawberries
on a large scale for commercial pur-
poses is discouraged by F. S. Mer-
rill, instructor in horticulture in the
Kansas state agricultural college. A
few growers made large profits in 1915
from small fields of these berries be-
cause Of the unusual amount of mois-
ture available. The cost of irrigation
in ordinary seasons, however, is pro-
hibitive.
STANDARD varieties Of strawberries
command good prices because they
are the first fruit to make an appear
ance on the market" says Mr.. Mer-
rill. "They do not have to compete
with other fruits. The opposite is
true of the everbearing varieties, as
they must compete with a large num-
Der of other fruits. This condition,
coupled with the high price the grower
must receive for the fruit, limits the
demand to minimum. The value
of these everbearing varieties for
home use should not be discouraged,
however, as they bear fruit the same
year they are planted. This counter
balances the extra labor involved in
their care"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
YOUNG PLANTS ARE
BEST FORAGE FEED
Interesting Analyses of Pasture
Crops at Different Stages
Made at Iowa Station.

In connection with hog-feeding tests
at the Iowa station some interesting
analyses Of pasture crops at different
stages of development were made
They found, for instance, that green
alfalfa contains 35 per cent to 40 per
cent protein up to one foot high and
that the protein content runs down as
the plant gets bigger. Here is scien-
tific justification Of the practice of
many farmers in clipping alfalfa for
hog pasture at frequent intervals.
Young blue grass balances corn
pretty we'll. It was noticed that hogs
will eat the young blue grass when
pastured on it with corn fed in self
feeder. Many have assumed that this
was entirely because the older grass
was hard and woody.
Tests, however, show that SO per
cent of the dry matter of the young
blue grass consists of protein and only
10 per cent or II per cent in older and
mature grass. The 3S per cent pro-
TEN stage lasts only for few weeks.
This indicates that young fresh blue
grass is an excellent pasture, but
should not be depended upon for the
whole season.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Made Him Wonder.

He had been elected a representa-
tive and had come up TO the capitol
to take his seat in the house. He
was a modest, retiring individual and
felt quite overawed as he stood diff
IDENTIFY in the lobby among a throng
of the ordinary members. well, Mr..
Co." said one of the legislators near
him, "and what are your impressions
of the house?'' "To tell you the truth"
replied the new member in some con-
fusion, 81 wonder how l got here A
week afterward he made a speech
which astonished them, and the same
member buttonholed him again after
the debate. what are your impress
sions of the house now?" was the ques-
ton. Getting to know US, eh?" Eyes"
quietly replied Mr.. G. 'And now l
wonder how you all got here" He
was not asked about his impressions
after that.-Pittsburgh Chronicle Teie-
graph.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Persuasive Power.

Arthur Williams, president of the
American museum of safety, said to a
New York reporter:
eyes, we kill in our industries annu-
ally $4,000 people, and we injure 1,500,-
600. If we were compelled by law to
adopt safeguards practically all this
destruction would be avoided.
But to get US safeguard law!
The man who gets us this law will
have to be as persuasive as the Nola
Chucky housewife.
can agent, you know, called on this
housewife to sell her a cucumber
cream for sunburn, and before the fell
low got away the woman sold him a
Jar of cucumber cream Of her own
make"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
THE
F1OIDUP
3
By HAROLD CARTER

Copyright. 1916. by W. G. Chapman.)
Budd's Crossing was growing into
a stable place. The population had
increased twelve thousand, there was
an apartment house, and Miller's build
ings, containing the new telephone
central, with the Bank of North Kan
sas opposite, was the picture that
familiarized the outside world with
Budd's Crossing when seen on post
cards.
There was a picture of Newton park,
with a couple seated upon a bench,
the young mans arm around the girls
waist. The young man was unmis-
takably Harry Fisher, for the angle
Of Photographic impact showed his
pointed, aggressive chin distinctly. The
girl, whose back alone was visible,
certainly looked like Meta Clare Of
which was snapped by fashlight,
caused a good deal Of scandal; and
from the fact that the principal fig
ures in it both laughed it might have
been inferred that they were engaged
to be married.
They were Harry was in the bank,
and he could look up and see Meta
opposite the switchboard across the
street. Meta never looked at him, how
ever, being attentive to calls.
How the quarrel started nobody
knew. But the first thing known was
that Meta and Harry were not on
speaking terms, and presently Harry
was running after half the girls in
town, and holding himself defantly
toward the world, except when he
Sunk down side street to avoid meet
ing Meta.
Budd's Crossing is on the main rail-
road line, and lies five miles beneath
Lake Lomond, which irrigates the
thirsty section by means of a huge
dam, back in the mountains If ever
the dam burst engineers, and people
with plain ordinary sense as well, de-
clared that Budd's Crossing would
just about have time to know it-no
more. All agreed that only those on
the outskirts would be able to make
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
The HIGH QUALITY SEWING MACHINE
Enoiand Nav Adopt Baseball.

Baseball has at last obtained n firm
foOthold in England ana is being
played to such an extent in and around
London by Canadians whom the war
has brought over that a league has
been formed among teams drawn from
the army pay Office and other colonial
units, the staf's Of the various Cana
dian military hospitals and munition
workers, the New York Times says.
With the football season extending
from September l to April 3d. and
cricket occupying the summer months,
baseball had never been considered Sc
riously. but since the outbreak of the
war, when cooty cricket was aban-
doned, the Canadians have succeeded
in arousing much enthusiasm in base
ball that it's future seems assured.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18

the rim of the horseshoe round the
town in time.
Budd's Crossing was not worrying
about the concrete dam, guaranteed to
last three centuries. 1t was worrying
about the bank robberies in neighbor-
ing towns. The Cotton gang had held
up the banks of Newboro and Gasthaus
in broad daylight, taken out the con-
tents of the disrupted safes, and rid
den Off unscathed. Budd's Crossing
had prepared for them-at least, the
bank had-in the shape Of two armed
guards who patroled the front Of the
building and were prepared to shoot
pie described bank robbers in every
stranger
Somehow it leaked out that the Col
tons had sent a bombastic letter to the
president. They promised to have the
public's deposits by certain day. AS
Cotton aped the so-called romantic
deeds Of the outlaws, the banks nerves
were on the jump when that day
daWned
Nothing happened that morning 1t
was not till two in the afternoon that
Rudd's Crossing got the thrill of it's
career 1t was Meta Clare who sent
the news forth broadcast:
THE dam is breaking Run for your
lives. 1t will not hold out twenty min
utes."
Out of the business Offices, out Of
five hundred homes, warned by the uni
versal panic, men and women rushed
for the hillside. Some carried babies,
some bundles which they discarded
There was but one thought-fight-
in Budd's Crossing that afternoon. In
four minutes from the moment of the
first alarm the town was deserted and
the hillsides were black with people,
trying desperately to reach an eleva-
ton safe above the menace of the
food before it burst upon them.
1t would sweep Budds Crossing
away like matchwood, and rush on, a
hundred feet high, sullen, furious
torrent, confined by the mountain
walls, to wreak havoc, upon the vii
lagos lower down.
The telephone exchange was desert
ed bv the terrified girls. Only one
remained. White-faced, but calm. Net
ia sat at her post, watching the men
ace on the hills above her. She tele-
phoned necessarily.
Red Mills! The dam has burst.
Run for your lives. Donchesterl The
dam has burst The flood will be on
YOU in fifteen minutes. Paintsbury!
Durham. Exeter! Laburyl The dam
has burst
She called the last settlement in the
valley, and then ran from the ex-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Why Salt Causes Thirst.

Salt has been described as a natural
element of the blood in about the same
proportion as in the water of the
ocean. Under general conditions we
do not feel the existence Of salt in our
bodies because its effect is cOunteract-
ed by due proportion of water.
When we eat an excessive amount
of salt thirst is created by the demand
of nature that we also take proper
tionate amount Of water and dilute
the salt to it's proper relative amount.
Any food that tends to absorb the
moisture Of the body will cause thirst
welfare requires a balanced quantity
Of water.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Between Man and Man.

Confucianism, the prevailing doc
thine of China, is neither a religion
nor a system of transcendental or COS
mic philosophy.
1t is an agnostic system Of ethics and
system of practical and purely tenn
poral common-sense philosophy which
sees no farther than this earth
1t takes practically no notice what
ever of the question of an after life,
of eternity, of future rewards and pun
iShments, of God
1t teaches merely that one ought to
do good because it is mans duty to
do good. Confucianism is entirely con-
cerned with the relation between man
and man.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18

change, casting apprehensive glances
upward. The dam had still held The
town was, empty.
Only in front Of the bank two horses
tethered. AS she ran past Meta cast
an apprehensive glance in through the
open door. What she saw nerved
her to realization of what had hap
pened
Through the open door, and through
the plate glass of the cashiers cage.
she saw Harry, bound and trussed,
seated helplessly, while an armed man
stood over him and another worked
busiiy amid the debris of what had
been the banks safe. Upon the coun-
ter Of the cashiers cage lay Harry's
revolver, which he had drawn too late.
Immediately Meta sized up the situa-
ton. The report was fake, launched
by the robbers in the bold design of
emptying the town. 1t had succeeded
admirably, and, with nobody on hand
but Harry, they were safe TO work
their will
The backs of the three were toward
her and they did not see Meta creep
like a mouse inside the bank eau
tiously she stole onward, no sound of
her footsteps echoing on the boards.
Say, Bill, we chose the day all
right" said the man at the safe to his
companion, without looking around.
There's tons of the stuff in here
Hurry up, Ned" answered the 9TH
er. We've got to get home before
it gets dark"
Meta stole onward. Now, crouching
under the wall of the cage, she was in
visible if any of the bandits should
look round. She saw Harry, bound,
watching the men out of his half-closed
eyes. The look in them told her that
he had been surprised; there was no
trace OF fear there, and Meta was
giad.
Softly her hand crept up and touched
the revolver. Her fingers closed upon
it.
Hands up"
With an oath the man at the safe
sprang to his feet, to look into Metals
eyes and throw up his hands obedient-
ly. At the same time the man guard
ing Harry swung round, with his re-
volver raised.
Drop it,"
He dropped it, and saved eternity by
a single second.
Unfastep him!"
Say, now" protested one of the
men.
Il count two. One"
Hurriedly Harry was unbound.
STOPPING, he seized the revolver of his
former guard.
March them to Jail, Harry. I'll
III stay here. I Think think"
said Meta, and fell weakly across the
counter.
That is the story of the holdup Of
Budd's Crossing. When the townspeo-
pie crept back, by twos and threes and
driblets. two hours later, they found
Harry Fisher guarding two prisoners
in the sergeant's Office, and Meta at
his side. And from the look on their
faces it was clear that the old mis-
understanding had been forgotten.
In witness thereof, the massive chest
Of silver donated by the bank, and the
five hundred dollars from the tele-
phone company.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
STRENGTH AND SUPPORT OF FRUIT TREES
Methods Of Supporting Trees.
(By A. w BRAYTON of Ogle County Crime
H., in Farmers Review nv oh

Grimes Golden tree was supported
by about 20 props. This same tor
nado displaced so many that about
one-Quarter of the tree split and fell
over to the ground. This large limb
was left as it fell until the apples were
mature. Ten bushels were taken from
this one limb. A block and tackle was
then used to draw it back into posi-
ton. Five half-inch bolts about ten to
twelve inches long were then passed
through the tree and drawn up tightly
SO that this limb could not be moved
much. A thin concrete was then al
lowed to run down into every crevice
to prevent water from entering. Higher
up in the tree several wires were run
across for support. The tree now
stands with every indication of a num-
Der Of useful years ahead of it. If
wires had been used in the first place
instead Of props, there is little doubt
the tree would not have been injured.
1t is profitable work to look after
these little things both in the young
and in the bearing orchard.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Study of Facts.

The study of facts is an important
element in education. Not of unre-
lated facts, or even of related facts
which make up trivial whole.
1t is essential that some serious sub
ject of fairly wide range should be pre-
scented more or less constantly for a
period of at least several years to a
mans mind, SO that it becomes in a
sense his own, before he can rightly
ton"
The greater and the more humane
the subject pro tanto the education,
bur any really serious subject will
serve
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Location of the Garden.

It should be easily reached both by
those who care for it, and by the
housewife who does most of the har-
vesting. 1t should be so placed that
plows and other tools do not need TO
be brought far, for this takes time and
labor, and makes the garden work
expensive.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
MOLE is INSECT DESTROYER
Does No Damage to Crops Except to
Make Unsightly Streaks on Lawn
Gopher Is Pest.

The mole is great destroyer Of IN
sects and does nosdamage to crops ex-
cept to make unsightly streaks on the
lawn. The pocket gopher is bad pest
because he is a vegetarian, but the
mole is meat eater exclusively.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Simple Exclamation.

Oculist (ponting to his test card)-
Can you read these letters?
Patient-No, doctor.
Oculist-Well, then, these?
Patient-NO, doctor.
Oculist Gmpatiently pointing to the
largest letters) -Well, these, then?
Patient-No, doctor.
that possible?
Patient-Because l never learned to
read.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Fruit Yields.
GooSeberries

Gooseberries sometimes yield as
much as leo bushels to the acre,
grapes from 8 to 5 tons. raspberries
and blackberries from 80 to 100 bush
els and strawberries from 75 to 800
bushels. These yields vary from year
to year, depending upon weather and
climatic conditions, methods OF cult
walton, varieties, etc.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
FARM SHOP is MIGHTY HANDY
Time and Money Saver and No Farm
Is Complete Without One-Con-
Venient in Summer.

A well-equipped farm shop is
mighty handy thing. and a time and
money saver. No farm is complete
without one which will save many q
days time in. the rush of the summer
work.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Did as He Was Told.

do you know" said Reggie, con-
fdingly, 81 never had played a game
Of golf in my life, and when / asked
the old Scotchman what was the first
thing for me to do, he looked at me
just like this and said: 'Hoot mon. "
"Then what did you do?'
"Why, ] booted, Of course"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Sin1nie Nav Out

She-NOw that you've got raise
of sixty month, Tom, we can afford
d more expensive fiat.
He-But we're very comfortable
here. How would it do if | asked the
landlord TO raise our nt?-Boston
Evening Transcript.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
BAD and Baucaoe

81 notice one thing about hunting
trips
what is that?"
1.-The baggage usually amounts to a
good deal more than the bag. "-Louis-
vile Courier-J Journal.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Boots.

"When / was little boy l wanted a
pair of boots with tops that reached to
my knees"
Times have changed"
"Yes. Now my daughter wants
them"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Out of Order.

s'Your honor, / made notion" said
the lawyer. "Will you rule on it?"
Nope; it wasn't seconded" respond
ed his honor, rural magistrate who
was trying his first case.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Experienced.

Willie-Pa, what comes after mil
lion?
Mr.. RoXlei gh-The fortune-hunter,
my son.-Boston Transcript
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
ALWAYS LOOK YOUR BEST
As to Your Hair and Skin by Using
Cuticura. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
fragrant, super-creamy emollients pre-
serve the natural purity and beauty
of the skin under conditions which, if
neglected, tend to produce a state of
irritation and Disagreement.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L..
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Sell Rich Cream.

Sell rich cream. Keep the skim
milk at home for feeding to the
calves, chickens and pigs.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
IF YOU CIR ANY FRIEND

Suffer with Rheumatism Neurtis, acute
chronic write for my FREE BOOK on Rheuma-
hsm-Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful book
ever written, it's absolutely FREE Jesse A.
Case, Dept. G. W. Brocktcn, Mass.--Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
All Business.

"Then l can be one of your pupils?"
"Assuredly, sir, for so a lesson"
said the great artist. And a favorite
pupil for 81 extra Puck.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18

Pride is said to go before fall.
Anyway, woman's pride usually
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18

If a woman is unable to marry n
man herself she wants him to marry
friend of hers and make her miser-
able.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18

But a woman would rather be tailor
made than Self-made.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Making Butter Yellow.

Only green feeds contain the caro-
Tin that makes butter yellow.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-18
Important to Mothers

"Why do they call 'em censors?"
Because they're always incensine
other folks"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-12


three years in law school l stood It.
even admired the way you stuck to
It. When you were finally admitted to
the bar | took the ironical congratula-
tons Of the neighborhood in good part
felt rather proud of it, ii anything,
Lut never thought you'd go so far as
60 want to try a case in a filthy district
court.'
And pray what is there unwomanly
about thatY Marion asked. "As an
attorney l have right to practice
there
"Of course you have right" Bob
broke in. You have right to be ell
bowed by hundred greasy practition-
crs from the east side You have Il
right 10 see old Judge Hannah eat to-
bacco. You also have right TO in
hale an atmosphere of garlic, herring
and whisky, and if there are any other
rights that have heretofore been in
the exclusive enjoyment of your broth
er practitioners, why, go ahead and
avail yourself of them"
Here Bob paused while the new
maid brought in the toast Nlich he at
once commenced 10 dcvour with loud
crunches Of Indignation. As for Mari
on, 1t must be confessed that 1t taxetl
the self control Of regularly licensed
practitioner like herself TO stem the
flow of tears which almost i,Ipended,
She had to gulp once or twice before
speaking.
Bullying sister attorney" she said
piteously. ais hardly according to pro-
fesslonal ethics. is it,
Bob, stricken with penitcncc. laid
down his knife and fork and was
around the table IN lash
Dearest lady" he sail, after she
had smoothed her runpled hair and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-12


"B-but I'm not a brother attorney"
she murmured. I'm d sister attorney
and a weak one too"
There was long silence-that is 10
say, SO far as coherent and articulate
speech was concerned finally Bob
spoke
Remember this, dear lady" he said.
Every case you try shall be the at
torney on The other side If money CAM
buy substitution. and If 1t can't them
] shall pay the damages myself rather
than have you thrust into. the publicity
and discourtesy OF petty litigationl
again. ssf
"But | never shallhe. said Marion.
smiling through her tears.
why notYpBob asked
4 NBecanseS She replied, 1--WE perma-
nently retired from active practice"