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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Counting the Birds.

There has been increasing interest
IN the bird count conducted for sew
eral years by the Agricultural Depart
ment. The average farm in the north
east has 124 pairs OF birds, while there
are 125 pairs on 100 acres in the plains
region. The average of all reports for
two years show seven pairs of rob-
ms and five and one half pairs of
English sparrOws to each farm in the
northeastern section of the country.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Genuinely Cry,

Antofagasta, seaport of Chile. on
Morena bay. a great shipper of metal
ores. bOraX and nitrate. is obliged to
pipe its drinking water several hun
dred miles from the Andes. The city
is one of the driest spots in the world.
though deep water port. Beyond it
lies the great Ataoamo desert.-Argo-
naut.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
The Cost of Farm. Machinery.

Considerable attention is being given
in Washington to the report that farm
machinery manufacturers, recently In
session at Chicago, decided to raise the
cost of their machinery thirty per cent
and to discontinue credit to farmers
who buy implements.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

Cotton grows hest IN low coastal
land Ill tropical ATTITUDES. It is prob
ably a native OF tropical Asia and
certainly two of the most Important
cotton products take their names
from Asiatic towns-muGlin from
Mosul and calico from Calicut. II
requires plenty of moisture.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
PROSPEROUS 1917"

THF LEADER wishes its friends and
patrons a very Happy and Prosperous
New Year.
1916 has smiled upon many of US
and We are not wanting for any thing.
But let us remember those who are
less fortunate than we through hered-
ity or environment and give and help.
1917 will mean something really
worth while if we give and give Will
ingly.
Here goes for a real 1917.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Country's Salt Consumption.

The consumption Of SAT- in the Unit
ed States amounts to almost 100
pounds per capita, a huge proportion
Of the whole going into various manu-
featuring processes Discovery of tire
mendous new fields has served to
keep the price consistently falling.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

Many things shorten life, but hard
work is rarely one of them. Few
Americans have worked harder than
our presidents but the presidents
excluding the three who were assass-
lnated-attained on the average an
age of more than seventy-one years.
Exchange
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

It out of doors. where the dog will get
it-then shoot the dog.
The majority Of people do not know
how to live until they are ready to die,
and then they are not ready to die be-
cause they have not rightly lived
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

Our city planners might we'll imi-
tate the example of Buenos Aires
which every year exempts from tax
alton the most beautiful building cree
ted within the preceding twelve
month, and awards medal to the az
chitect.-EXchange
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

Milwaukee is something more than
a beer town since Sir Thomas Shaugh-
messy goes to England to sit among
the lords. Schlitz and Shaughnessy-
what an appropriate name for an am
munition plant
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Her Jewels.

Mrs. Subbubs-l wouGer where little
Willie and Davis are Did yOu see any
taIng of my jewels as you came along.
Mr.. NeXdore? NeXdOre-Yes: did,
ma'am. Your jewels are in soak.
saw them swimming in the river
Boston Transcript.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

We have the goods you have the
money. We would like to trade some
of our goods for some of your money.
How DO you feel about it? Come and
see US and talk the matter over and
see what we can do. The Central
Trading Co.-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Agricultural Clubs.

There are now more than 10000
members of boys and girls agricul-
tural clubs in northern and western
states. Twelve years ago such an or
ganization did not exist in any part
Of the United States.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
Hope For Stamp Collectors,

An officer of the United States army
recently received $4,000 from a New
York firm for a collection of stamps.
The collection was famous all over
the world and it took years to gather
it,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
A Big Problem i'm Congress.

1t is evident that the Democratic
political leaders on Capitol Hill are
studying how they can hold power in
definitely and the Republicans how
they can come back
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

Waste is criminal Economy is a
virtue. You know these things, but
that won't help you any unless you
make a personal application of your
knowledge"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

It's pity the spendthrift born of
war prosperity is warned of coming
peace and fewer profits; it gives him
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

are oftentimes ihe least able to appre-
c1ate.-Joubert.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27
EIgin Butter Market.

Elgin, H., Dec. 23.-All sales of but
ter were at 3S19c, same price as last
week.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-27

per cent Of the people feel in regard
to a war of conquest in Mexico"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
FIGHT OVER DODGE AUTO NAME
One Company Would Restrain An
other, Both DodEes.

DETROIT. Jan. 6.>John F. Dodge n
the Dodge Bros. Corporation. manufac-
turers OF automobiles, have applied to
Judge Davis for a restraining order
against the Dodge Motor Company,
which was incorporated IN 1913 by Alvin
NJ. Dodge. with a capital OF $1,000. Of
which $3.50 was paid In, and which man
ufactured one car, The Dodge Bros.
Corporation was capitalized at $4,000, 900
in 1914 and its product is known through
out the country.
The request for a restraining order
which has been made on behalf of the
Dodge Bros. Corporation Is directed
against a proposed suit Of the Dodge
Motor Company TO prevent the well
known automobile firm from using the
name Dodge. That is the trade name
used by the Dodge Bros, Corporation and
Is regarded az an important asset. In
asking Judge Davis for the order against
the Dodge Motor Company the Dodge
Bros. Corporation alleges that the pro-
posed suit liz without foundation and an
attempt to force damages from them.
When Alvin NJ. Dodge Incorporated
his $1,000 company in 1913 and built one
automobile he notified the Dodge Bros,
Corporation that suit would he brought
against them for misuse of the name
Dodge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
NEW MICHFLM TIRE.
\on-skid Product Result Of Long
Experimentation.

An Interested visitor at the automobile
how yesterday was j. Iauvette Niche
Iin. e OF the Michelin tire works at
Midtown. y. J. When asked about the
prospects in the tire industry MIR. Niche
In became enthusiastic. He SAX that
although his company was already doing
a large business. he looked forward 10
even greater increases over last year as
The season advances. He said further
mat me Michelin company had spent
IN" last three or four years getting to-
g"'her an organization, in feeling out the
trade and IN closing selling arrange
meats OF a large scale with representa-
tive tire dealers throughout the country.
rs 20 the new Michelin universal tread
easing Mr., Michelin said: "In tho past
We ucve: made "a rubber non-sktd. Our
Objections lave not been due to ny
prejudice against that type of casing.
but We have had a firm conviction that
q ready satisfactory non-skid tire had
no. vet been offered to the American
Nnrhc. For several years We have tried
ou' every rubber non-skid made.
All the various rubber non-sktds On
TIE market have been tested to destruc-
lo' and of course all the results of our
apartments have been very carefully
'' "rdcd. II has not been difficult for
70 discover the weak points in the
4b0er rpn-skids heretofore manufac-
''"l, blt | must admit that II has been
" r'ti problem to design "A casing that
.p'rb.ncs their good points without at
me 9ane time including the weak fea-
'i-"7 that We discovered In the almost
,."I'ss experiments that we conducted.
Mo believe We have at last succeeded"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
CALL IT CAR" FOR SHORT.
American Tendency IL 10 Re Brief
~ Names.

$50 new IL this business that We have
lost sight OF the trouble at first In get
ting a name FOR the automobile says
william e. Poertner OF the New York
company selling National cars. Some
OF the first automobile wers called
horseless carriage oIG motorcycles. The,.
the word autumob4c sprang Into favor
Before long three different ways OF pro-
~nouncing this slmpe word were IN vogue,
by placing the emphasis upon three diff
ferent syllab.es. Following this came
the term motor car, This term is st.ll
moro popular than the word automo-
bile. Many refer to their craft as motor.
machine, and eve the more dyed ii
the gasolene motorists a~ffectionately re-
fer TO their automobiles as tho bus or the
boat"
Poertner says that about all the man
refer to their product as a
car lie says tho American way OF
adopting the shortest and most express
siye words for everything will result
In the practical elimination OF the word
automobile"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
PUBLIC DESIRE FOR STANDARD.
Radical sts6 Not wanted, II
CkandIer's Opinion.

F. g. Chandler. president or the
Chandler Motor Car Company says that
he believes the automobile buying pub
lie has long ago realized that tho thing
they wanted To buy In the way of an
automobile was something hat was not
entirely new and radical. Il being his
idea that they preferred a refinement
Of tried and proven principles, which
means that no experimentation IL being
carr. 81 on at tho expense OF The pur-
chaser. which has so often been true
where an entirely new model. one only
half tried out. has been placed on the
market by an automobile manufacturer.
Enumerating the changes that rave
been made in the Chandler. he stated
that the principal difference was In the
body. tenders. and general exterior APP
pearance OF the car. the chassis changes
being conHned to a Engineering OF the
wheel base to permit Of more body
room larger crank shaft dimensions.
and the installation of long IA, springs
in the rear TO make for extremely easy
riding. Incidentally, Mr.. Chandler said
that with tho new art roll cowl body
IL was possible to build a body stronger
Yet rs per cent. lighter with the same
size. or wen a size slightly larger.
which means that the weight of the new
car will be less, Y anything. than the
Model 1s car. of which the company
have delivered approximately 10. 900 the
past season.
Mr.. Chandler pointed out that with
the slight changes In the motor speed
OF sixty miles an hour with a seven pas
seuge car, fully loaded, was easily OBJ
t~ainable. with sufficient power to ne
Rotiate any OF Americas famous demon
strating hills on high gear. There is
not one person In a thousand who ever
cares to drive a car anywhere near the
maximum speed Of the Chandler.
Excessive speed claims have never
been part OF the Chandler Company's
advertising. they feeling tina the aver
age purchaser was interested more in
comfort, durability and low cost OF
maintenance, rather than to have a rae
ing machine. which at best Is mos,
costly to operate. as Il Is twice as ex-
pensive To drive n distance OF ffty miles
AZ the rate of sixty miles an hour. as
II Is to drive the anne distance at the
rate OF thirty miles an hour.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
WHAT THE REQ DID TO
BILLY GROVES $1,000
The Modest Investment Made
Eleven Years Ago Has
Earned $4,000.

Here's an Aladdin's lamp story that
comes out of Lansing, where REQ ears
are made.
Every man who travels Michigan
knows the Downey House. n OF the
most famous hostelries in the entire
State. Any one who has ever stayed
at the Downey House knows genial Billy
Grove. Billy is now manager OF the
Downey House. But In 1904. when the
REQ Motor Car Company was first In
corporated, Billy held the position of
clerk.
Billy was one OF the many Lansing
people who had implicit faith In the
men who were then starting in the new
enterprise, and he invested the. to him.
large sum of 81, 900 in REQ stock.
The other day. when the REQ stock
holders met and decided to Increase the
capitalization of the company TO &c.,
600. 900. at the same time voting n 100
per cent. stock dividend, Billy sat down
and figured up how muCh his invest
ment had Developed into in the eleven
years since the inception OF REQ.
He found that II now amounted TO
$l1s,050.
In order TO understand this tremen-
dous increase one must remember that
the REQ Motor Car Company was orig
inally Incorporated for only $500, 900.
then Increased to $1,000. 900. later TO s4.-
600. 900 and now to $4,000. 900. n that
besides the stock dividends declared at
those various times there has been
something like 1900 per cent. In cash
dividends disbursed among the Rec
shareholders.
Billy Groves original $1,000 worth Of
stock has developed into 1900 shares.
This at the present market value. 35.
plus the cash dividends he has received.
gives him "A ne. earning OF his original
81, 900 OF more than SllS.0 o
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
CONVERTIBLE CAR
FOR ANY SEASON
Bodies Such as Springfield
Have Heightened the
Motoring Year.
HEATERS A HELP. TOO

The demand for motor car utility ex-
tending over the entire year Instead OF
only the fair wcathe months Is h
has created a vast field for he SPRING
field body. This Is the opinion OF Walter
l.. Fry, president OF the Springfield Body
Company, Springfield, Mass. 1t y backed
by an announcement that the
Maxwell. Overland, Paige-Detroit. Stude-
baker and other prominent manufac-
turers have adopted the Springfield con-
vertible body for their 1916 and 1917
models.
Motorists are no longer satisfied to
use their cars In the warm weather and
nut them away in the garage or In stor-
age during the winter declares Mr..
Fry. They realize that the actual need
for a motor car Is even greater in bad
weather han in the summer
'Of the many convenience which have
recently been put on the market tend
ing to ma Ike motor cars 100 per cent.
efficient In winter I believe the Spring
field convertible body to be the most
practical and the n which makes the
greatest advance in this respect. This
body Is "A touring car and a limousine In
one. This statement may sound some
what tri,e. as II has been used Ivy makers
of detachable tops. curtains and other az
cessories tending 20 alleviate the dim
culties OF winter driving. But when APP
piled TO the Springfield II is a positive
fact.
The body IL not n detachable top
II IL exactly what we call 1t. a con-
vertible body In one minute II a he
changed from an open car TO a hand
some closed car. The driver merely has
to open the ~conccaling maps and ewing
the hinged windows into place. There Ia
nothing 90 rattle, squeak or war;.
The popular demand for such a body
is what has caused such companies TO
adopt II. Springfield. The fact hat
they have discarded detachable tops In
favor OF the newer and more mp to date
body speaks for itself. with u ia
|cillties for production Of bodies In large
Quantities We are looking forward to
practically general adoption OF bodies
o: this type. As we control all patents
on, ~collapslble or hinged windows for
motor cars. II means that the Springfield
will soon become almost universally
used"
Furthermore Il may he said that the
introduction of such devices as tire Per.
lection heater emphasizes the practical
bility II the convertible car.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
< PLANT Is DOUBLED.
Expect to Produce More Than
$4,000 Cars This Year.
Factory extensions which will app

Factory extensions which will approx
mately double the facilities of the Saxon
Motor Car Company have just been
made, two buildings being added to the
present plant. The new facilities will
make possible a maximum output of go
cars a day. Based upon orders from
dealers at this time, officials think ii
likely that the previously announced
plans of producing 1880 cars for the
year ending July 81. 1915, will be ex-
ceeded.
The new Saxon factory additions will
he used for small assembling work, the
main factory building still being rc-
tained for final assembling. The present
main building contains the most modern
equipment for automobile assembling
and further innovations will be intro
duced into the two new additions.
1t was less a "A year 8 that the
plant in which Saxon cars were first
produced was abandoned. The present
factory has 500 per cent. more floor
space than the original plant. The
latest extensions have been the direct
result Of the rapid growth which the
Saxon company has experienced.
Starting in "A modest way. the Saxon
In twenty months after the FIRST
car WIS shipped rose to a position of
sixth among Detroit manufacturers and
ninth among the automobile companies
OF the world In annual number of cars
shipped. The first appearance OF Saxon
cars was at the New York Automobile
SHOW In 1914. where they were ex-
hiited on the fourth floor. AZ the 1915
show the Saxon exhibit moved down to
the second floor because Of the volume
of business. At the 1915 shot the
Saxon exhibit is on tho main loot In a
prominent location. The position was
awarded on the ba sis of sales OF cars.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
POWER WASTE LESS,
HORSEPOWER HIGHER
That Explains the Hudson Su-
per Six Motor, Say the
Builders Thereof.

So many questions have been asked by
visitors to the New York auto show
how the Hudson super-six motor de-
velops rs horsepower, that the company
to-day issued a general statement to the
automobile trade. explaining Its new In
vention. This new motor. az has been
stated many times. is patented.
There IL nothing experimental about
the new Hudson super-eix motor h
statement reads. at may sven he sal
to be conventional in every way except
In respect to our newly discovered sys-
tenn OF balancing. on which We have
obtained a basic patent. 1t has not been
necessary for US TO resort to abnormally
light reciprocating parts or to compli-
Gated valve mechanism.
"One of the many questions that has
been asked hundreds of times is: DO
you use a counte balance crank shaft p
Not in the sense in which II IL gen.
orally understood by the layman. We
ave balanced in a new way the forces
which manifest themselves within the
motor In such n manner as TO eliminate
the power waste which results from
such forces. by this we refer 10 vibra-
ton and cr~ankshaft distortion and to
the friction and loss of power they
cause.
"By reducing this internal power
waste to a minimum we increase the
delivered power OF the motor. There
fore in motors of equal size the april
cation Of our newly discovered and pat
ented invention will obtain a gain In
power.
I'VE wish to emphasize that the super
six motor 10 in every way the same SIM
pie and familiar type of construction az
the Hudson six-forty motors OF the past,
save In the newly discovered principle OF
balancing the internal forces. We have
increased the efficiency so per cent. by
merely reducing power waste within the
motor"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
DRAWING ROOM CARS
In AST0R AUTO SALON
Marked Tendency Toward Lux
ury In Interiors Revealed
in New Models.

a marked tendency toward decorating
and furnishing the interiors Of motor
chr c,o..d hod,., uto a-o~,,r~ roons
ST.. -.-,--
uiu' is"orihs .he 'o"s eS'aohsneo car
rfage practice. Is shown at the Automo-
bile Salon being held at the Aston this
week. where the high water mark In
motor cars de luxe n custom coach
work Is on exhibition.
This Is carried out to such a degree
that many OF the hmousines. l~andaulets.
eedans. broughams and town cars on
view at the Astor's great ballroom
might properly be termed miniature
drawing rooms on wheels. This effect Is
largely secured by combinations OF colors
and materials. the seats being uphol-
stored as are those Of "A drawing room.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
STRIKING PERCE.ARR0W CAR.
Fosr Passenger body on Runnbou,
Chassis IL Attractive.

A new body model that Is attracting
attention and favorable at the
automobile show Is the new Pierce
Arrow -four passenger. This car differs
in design from other Pierce-Arrow mod
els, but is nothing more nor less than a
four passenger touring ca built on a
runabout chassis.
The sides Of the body are low, with
ow seats. The rear seat IL wide enough
to seat two passengers with plenty of
room. The rear seat Is only far enough
bach of the front seats for comfortable
foot room. The rear end of the body ~
sloped back to cover the chassis and
part OF the gasolcne tank, similar to
the three passenger %runabouts.
This IL a car that will especially APP
peal 20 the man who wants TO do his
own driving. The seats are lowered
and the rake OF the steering wheel is
o the same as on the standard runa-
bout. The whole effect is of d low built,
graceful, dashing composition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
5000 MEN AT JEFTERY.
More Than Twice the ola Num-
hers of Factory Help.

1--WE believe that the tremendous vol
une of business we have done during
the year Is typical Of conditions in many
lines OF Industry says Charles T. JEFF
fiery, president OF the Thomas B. Jeffery
Company OF Kenosha. Prosperity Is
here. Those few lines Of business which
have not yet felt the pulse of increasing
domestic and foreign trade are sure to
get the benefits very 500
I'VE are in the midst of a great op-
~portunity. The American manufactures
need only build a quality product and
take advantage OF demands already N
existence to build for himself not only
a highly satisfactory business at home,
but also with an abiding place In for
eign fields.
I'm our own plant we are employing
5000 men. AZ against 1900 n year ~
Many departments are working day and
night. our shipments the first six days
OF last month were greater than for the
entire month OF December a year ago"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
PrSTONS OF ALUMINIUM.
Chalmers sia-3O Chassis shows I -
Of This Mechanica Feature.

Among the features in the new Six
80 Chalmers are the aluminium pistons.
until quite recently used only in a few
specially built racing cars" said Paul
Smith. vice-president OF The Chalmers
selling division. yesterday. Their
adaptabili,y to high speed stock motors
Wa soon discovered by the ever watch
full factory engineer.
Although the aluminium piston costs
the manufacturer five times as much as
the iron piston its superiority over the
older type has caused It's adoption by
quality makers. Chalmers pistous are
made OF a new alloy Of aluminium APP
r~roximately two-thirds lighter in weight
than ron. The tremendous strain OF
bearings n reciprocat!ng parts for
merly imposed by the iron piston is re-
duced 20 the minimum"