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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-04
HANDLES

COUNTY HOSPITAL HANDLES
RECORD NUMBER OF CASES
Cook County hospital closed the
busiest year in history Dec. 1, with
a record of 81 02 cases handled, av-
eraging 1900 day. Warden Clay
ton F. Smiths report will be sub
mitted to President Peter Reinberg
of the county board today.
There were 220 cases of infantiIe
paralysis. Death rate was II per
cent. Immediate erection of new
morgue. and laboratory are recon-
mended by Smith.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-04
100000 AMERICANS UNDER PROHIBITION,
BUT LIQUOR PRODUCTION is INCREASING


Washington, Dec. 4.-Sixty million
people in the U. S. are living under
prohibition; more than IS per cent
of the area of the U. S., not counting
Alaska, is dry! and at the same time
production of distilled liquors is on
the increase.
Vim. H. Osborn, collector of inter
nal revenue, in his annual report just
made public, declares also that
though production of fer1nented
liquor decreased in the first few
months of the year, a steady in
crease followed.
BoOtIegging, Com'r Osbone's re-
port says, continues undated, and
will continue until there is more
hearty cooperation Of local officers
in the various states.
Figues on the spread of prohibi-
ton are obtained from the Anti
Saloon league. They show that ex-
actly 1858 per cent of the nation lin
area is dry and 1877 per cent wet.
On the basis of the census of 1910,
the last federal census, the dry ter
ritory contains 59.1 per cent of the
people and the wet territory 400
per cent.
This compilation includes as dry
the four states Michigan, Montana,
Nebraska and South Dakota-voted
dry at the November election.
Q Detroit, with 100000 people, will
be dry when the Michigan prohibi-
ton law goes into effect. The Iarg-
est city already dry is Seattle, with
100000 The biggest dry city in a
state that is not under statewide
prohibition is Cambridge, Mass, with |
$4,000.
There are many other dry cities
in wet states, including Berkeley, !
Cal; Rockford, Decatur, Elgin and |
Galesburg, H.; Shreveport, La; |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-04

S4NA14N MI I'LL III -
,TION is INCREASING
BTockton and SomerviIIe, Mass, and
Flint, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Bat
tie Creek, Mich, which went dry in
advance of the rest of the state.
In three states-Indiana, Florida and
Utah-legislatUres have been elect
ed which are expected to adopt pro-
hibitiOn legislation in 1917. Florida
already is 80 per cent dry, Indiana
IS per cent dry and Utah So per cent
dry, reckoning by population.
Other states where the battle lines
will be drawn shortly are Kentucky,
now 80 per cent dry, and Minnesota,
go per cent dry.
Rhode Island represents the hard
est problem for the Anti-Saloon
leagues, only 8 per cent of the peo-
pie of that state having voted them
selves free from the saloons, though
the state has had a local option law
since 1888.
Five per cent of the people of New
Jersey and Z per cent of New York
state are dry. In Illinois AZ per cent
of the population has no saloons.
California and Missouri, which de-
feated prohibition at the last cleo
ton, have 26 and so per cent of their
people in dry territory respectively.
The battle for national prohibition,
through an amendment to the fed
eral constitution, is depended upon
by the anti-saIoon forces to force
liquor out of the states that oppose
prohibition.
COUNTY HOSPITAL HANDLES
AlrIhHnEH
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
SUMMER CARE FOR
STRAWBERRY PLANT
Frequent Cultivation Necessary
If Soil Is to Be Maintained
in Good Condition.

During hot weather frequent cult
walton needs to be given the straw
berry field if the soil is to be main
tanned in good condition. A dust mulch
will greatly help t" keep the soil moist.
The use of the cultivator or hoe every
few days during the hot weather will
90 much to keep the soil moist under
meath. The surface must never be al
lowed to cake. Former Dean L. H.
Bailey of the New York state college
Of agriculture speaks literally when he
says: "Water your garden with your
hoe"
If barnyard fertilizer is rot avail
able a good substitute can be had in
the pulverized sheep manure, obtained
from the stock yards. The use of nj
t~ate of soda must be done with great
care. A hundred pounds to the acre just
as growth starts in the spring and a
second application of the same amount
just as the buds are ready to burst in
to bloom will do a great deal of good.
But it is not advised to use nitrate of
soda in any other way or at any other
time, as it is expensive. Take an old
pair of gloves and scatter the soda by
hand, being careful not to let any of
the nitrate touch the plants them
selves. Nitrates are very hot and will
burn and destroy plant life.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

inc. IF vine is strong enough to
Dear 80 clusters of grapes about Is
should be left at pruning time and if
strong enough to bear so clusters 40
buds should be left.
With these principles in mind it will
be seen that the essential operation
in pruning grapes is to cut back a
limited number of the best canes to a
few buds each season and entirely re-
move the others. The more usual
method at the present time is to cut
the canes back to or 10 buds and to
leave but or 4 canes, all of which
should start from near the head or
trunk of the vine. New arms should
be taken out from year to year as the
bearing wood gets farther away from
the trunk.
There are various ways in which
the objects of pruning are accom-
pished. For instance, the growth and
health of plant are promoted and the
size Of the fruit is increased ID
by removing all the diseased parts and
suckers; (2) by shortening extended
shoots, side shoots, and laterals; 60
by putting upright the part whose
rapid growth is desired; and (4) by
removing the fruit buds or fruit. The
plant is retarded in growth and made
TO bear earlier and richer fruit by
shortening the leading shoots and leav-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
GRAPE is ONE OF SuREsT FRUIT CROPS

ing the fruit-bearing Wood and by
bending down the branches and ring
pruning them. The healing of wound
ed and diseased plants is promoted by
removing the injured parts and dress
ing the wood. The head of a plant
is renewed by cutting off the branches
above; the head is made to grow
thicker by cutting back the outer
branches and to grow thinner by am
putating all canes on which there is
too much growth.
There are so many species Of
its own and therefore responding most
readily to certain cultural methods
that each grower must, in a measure,
use his own judgment in the matter of
training the vines. There are many
more or less popular methods of
training, all of which have some good
points, and, according to location and
other considerations, have been used
successfully.
The principal methods of training
are as follows: The trellis, the high
renewal, or upright system horizontal
arm spur system horizontal block
system the fan system; the Hudson
horizontal system; four-cane Kniffin
system umbrella or two-cane Knfffin
system; Munson system; overhead
CayWOOd system Chittenden system !;
multiple crOss-wire system, or over
head arbor; overhead trellis or par
wales system; cross-wire system; the
spur, stool or short pruning system
(used in most vineyards in CalifOr-
nia) the long or cane pruning system
(also used, in California;. Vines
trained on trellises are comparatively
rare in California.
Grapes do not require stimulating
fertilizers. Wood ashes, about one
half bushel per vine, is one of the best
fertilizers to apply. An application of
! three pounds per vine of the follow
ing mixture is recommended by some
of the experiment stations: Ninety
pounds acid phosphate, 80 pounds
kainit and 20 pounds cottonseed meal.
Grapevines are sometimes girdled
or ringed for the purpose of hasten
ing maturity and fruitfulness. Expert
ments at the experiment stations in
| New York and Massachusetts show
| that fruit on ringed vines is some
times ten days to two weeks earlier
than on unringed vines, and larger
both in bunch and berry. Shoots bear
ing the punches are ringed between the
| fruit and the arm bearing the shoot.
The ringing should be done when the
grapes are about one-third grown, a
ring Of bark about one inch wide be-
| ing removed from the arm or shoot.
Implements for this purpose are to
| be had.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Important to Motbera
Dauuhter'S Idea.

Mrs. Brown was in the habit of in
Producing her big daughter as, This
is Jane; she is only ffteen-you' d
never think it, would you?"
At last the girl protested. Its mean
of you to tell everybody how young /
am. l could have a lot better time if
you didn't
perhaps you could. But 1 don't pro
pose to have people saying, after
you've been out in society a couple of
seasons, Don't tell me Jane Brown is
only twenty-why, she was a grown
girl years ago."
Just the same" retorted the daugh-
ter, you wouldn't like it if l intro
duced you to my friends as, This is
my mother. She's only forty-eight-
you wouldn't think it, would your" -
Judge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
MANURE FOR THE ASPARAGUS
Fertilizer Most Suitable Is That Strong
in Nitrogen-Potash Is Impor-
tant Element.

The manures most suitable for as
paragus are those strong in nitrogen.
Horse, sheep and hen manure are e1-
cellent. Nitrate OF soda gives good
results. Potash is another important
element. A good source of it is wood
ashes, but commercial forms are also
good. A good plan is to apply the
barnyard manures as a mulch in the
winter after the ground is frozen, so
as to prevent the frost from going
deep. In the spring the coarse re-
mains may be worked into the soil, but
it is better to rake off the refuse and
apply some finely rotted manure.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
TREATED WELL IN TRENCHES
Adventures Resented Arrest When
They Returned From Period of
"Fun" at the Front

Mr.. Norman Wilkinson tells this
story in his book, 1.-The Dardanelles."
l had the story from a naval officer
whose duties lay on shore. He was
outside his dugout one afternoon
when two men in strange raiment
passed. Their gait and the fact that
both wore navy flannels told him at
once that they were bluejackets. Anx-
ious to know what they were doing
there, he stopped and questioned
them.
"Where are you going?"
"Motor-lighter k, SIR
do you belong there?"
Yes, sir"
"Then what are you doing here?"
swell, sir" hesitating "we've just
been up to the trenches"
"Were you sent there with Orders?'
"Er-nO, sir"
"How long have you been up thereY"
Cow long, sir?" Then to his COM
panion, 'When was it we went up,
Bil?" Then to captain, 81 should say
about four days, sir"
Finally the captain ordered them I'M
der arrest down to a picket boat in
which he was about to visit the flag
ship. On the way out the captain
head the two Adventures discussing
their detention with some bitterness,
always ending with the same refrain,
Fine thing, this-under arrest. And
they treat you like a gentleman in the
trenches-treat you like gentleman,
I say"
. 1t is difficult to imagine the point
of view of men running away to get
into the trenches and leaving them
with regret.-Youth's Companion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

When planting grapes, the exposure
should be to the sun, as this fruit rev.
els in sunshine, and the place should
admit of cultivation On all sides. One
or two year old vines may be used. At
planting time the tips should be cut
back three or four eyes and the roots
well spread out. Fine soil should
be dug SO that the roots may be about
six inches below the soil surface and
well spread out. Fine soil should
then be worked around them and well
firmed down. If the season should be
dry, a mulch Of coarse litter may be
spread around the vine. If all the
buds start the stronger one or two
may be allowed to grow. Remove the
others.
In order to understand the growing
of grapes it should be borne in mind
that fruit is borne on wood of the
present season, which arises from
wood of the previous season. To il
lustrate: a growing shoot, or cane Of
1915, makes buds. In 1915 a shoot
arises from each bud; and near the
base Of this shoot the grapes are
borne Zone Of four clusters on each)
While every bud on the 1915 shoot may
produce shoots or cane in 1916, only
the strongest of these will bear fruit.
The skilled grape-grOwer can tell by
the looks Of his cane at pruning time
which buds Will give rise to the grape
producing wood the following season.
The larger and stronger buds usually
give best results; but If the cane itself
Is very big and stOut, or if it is very
weak and slender, he does not expect
good results from any of its buds. A
hard, well-ripened cane the diameter
of a mans little finger is the ideal
size.
Another thing to remember is this
vine should bear only a limited num-
Der of clusters only from 80 to so
should be allowed to develop on one
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

Mrs. Everett 81. RaynOr of New
York, president general of the Daugh-
ters of the Revolution, said Il lunch
con:
'There are many anecdotes in il
Illustration of the simple living Of the
Fathers.
zone of our country's pre-Revolu-
tionary fathers had occasion to call
on the governor of his province, and
was invited to stay to luncheon.
Luncheon began, and Il liveried
servant moved busily about serving
the wine, carving the fowl, and so
forth.
'"rhe guest watched the servant for
some minutes, and then said to him
irritably:
What are you dance, dance, dane
ing about the room for, man? Can't
you pull up a chair and sit down?
Surely there's enough for the three of
US"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
STAFF AFTER REAL MONEY
Temptation Was More Than Any
Newspaper Men Gould Be Ex-
pected 30 Resist

A visitor to small country town in
England unwittingly held up" the To-
cal newspaper. Having lost his dog,
an animal that he priced very much,
he rushed to the newspaper office and
handed in an advertisement offering
$50 reward for the return of his pet.
Half an hour later he thought he
would add to his advertisement the
words, mo questions asked" SO he
hurried to the office again.
When he got there the place was
empty save for small boy, who looked
very sulky.
"Where's the staff?" asked the tour
ist, CHANGING round the deserted room.
'Dut looking for your dog" replied
the boy, who was evidently aggrieved
ut being left behind.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
KILL OFF ENGLISH SPARROWS
Visible Supply of Birds May Be Re-
duced by Persistent Trapping and
Breaking Up Nests.

Persistent trapping and breaking I'D
Of nests at intervals from ten to twelve
days will very greatly reduce the visi-
bic supply of English sparrows, espe-
eially if the people of the whole neigh
oorhood work together. Some people
put up nest boxes FOR the sparrows to
use and not only destroy the nests, but
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Rude Tonsorial Artist.

I'm not going to that female bar.
Der shop again; there's a rude girl
there, don't you know
What did she say?"
why, she looked at my mustawsh
and awsked me if l would have il
sponged OFF or rubbed christian
Register.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

pecially for vegetables is the French
dressing and the mayonnaise. These
are both made with oil as the chief
ingredient.
To make French dressing, which is
the simplest form of salad dressing
have the mixing bowl cold as well
as the oil; mix the condiments, using
half teaspoonful of salt a few
dashes of cayenne, six tablespoonfuls
Of oil and two to four of vinegar, de-
pending somewhat upon the taste, the
combination of foods, or the acidity of
the vinegar. The ice is sometimes
used as a mixing spoon by pressing
fork into it or against it. Mix the
condiments, add the oil and mix again,
time, beating until an emulsion is
formed. Another way to use this dress
ing is to pour the oil over the vege-
tables, tossing until evenly mixed,
then sprinkle with salt and pepper
and add the vinegar and toss again.
ed it may be put into a mason jar al!
ready for mixing; put on the rubber
cover and give it a good shaking to
mix the dressing.
Mayonnaise Dressing.-Take the
yolks Of two eggs, beat we'll and then
add a teaspoonful of mustard, Il half
teaspoOnful of salt, a dash of red pep
per, teaspOOnful of powdered sugar
and mix again; then add oil, drop by
drop, until it is very thick, when the
acid may be added. also 4 few drops
at time; beat until a pint of oil is
used and two tablespoOnfuls each Of
lemon juice and vinegar. After the
dressing has used q cupful of Oil, the
oil may be added faster. Have all
the dishes and ingredients cold and
the dressing will not separate. If this
should happen, start the process all
over again, using fresh egg yolk, and
use the dressing to beat into it as ii
it were the oil.
Roquefort Cheese Salad Oressine.-
| Make a French dressing by using
nine tablespoonfulsl of olive oil and
| four of vinegar, one and a half tea
spoonfuls of salt, a dash of red pep
| per and two tablespoonfuls Of sugar.
When blended add three tablespoon
| fuls of chilli sauce and two table
| spOOnfuls Of thick sweet cream. Put
On ice and chill Just before serving
add fourth of pound of Roquefort
cheese, cut in fine pieces. This will
serve ten people.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

the following dressing.
Sweet Salad Dressing.-Boil togeth-
er one cupful of sugar and a half cup
full Of water five minutes, then pour
on to the beaten yolks of three eggs
return to the fire and cook over hot
water, stirring constantly until thick
ened cool and add the juice OF two
lemons.
A sirup with the grated rind of a
lemon and the lemon juice may be
liked by many, or orange juice in place
of half the lemon juice.
Fig and Nut Salad Slice pulled
figs, cooked and cooled, and mix them
with a few slices Of walnuts or
blanched almonds. Serve with French
dressing, using orange and lemon juice
instead of vinegar. When fresh figs
are available they are better uncooked.
Turquoise Salad. - Mix together
equal parts OF celery and apple, cut in
matchlike strips and one or two fresh
red pimentos, cut likewise. Dress
with mayonnaise, made light with
whipped cream.
Peach SaIsd.-Cut ripe, fine-fay-
ored peaches in halves, serve with a
strip made of orange juice (the graf
ed rind) and sugar; sprinkle with
the petals Of tea roses and serve at
once.
Almond and Peach Salad.-Sprinkle
peeled quarters Of peaches with
shredded blanched almonds; cover
with a dressing of whipped cream,
with a tablespoonful of seasoned
boiled dressing blended in it. Serve
cold
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
SuccinCt.

When the big shop of a Lancashire
merchant was burned, and while he
stood by the pile of ashes, vainly seek
ing to conjure good pheEiX there
from, he was handed this message
from his family in London:
telegraph particulars of fire In
shop"
Selling a pencil, he wrote:
mo particulars. No shop"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Drill! Amenities

Mayor John Purroy Mitchell said at
q dinner in New York:
The memories of camp life are a
very pleasant thing TO any soldier.
Even the little vivacities of camp life
seem IN the retrospect pleasant
enough.
THUS ] often laugh about a banker
who was being drilled one day at
Plattsburg by broker-sergeant.
"'Whatn you give me- said the
broker-sergeant, an old Yale end, if
take that hump off your back?
"Tn give YOU the banker an
swered, with tart laugh, something
to make your hair grow. SARGE"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
ITCHING, BURNING SCALPS
Crusted With Dandruff Yield Readily
to Cuticura. Trial Free

Cuticura Soap to cleanse the scalp of
dandruff crustinss and scalings, and
Cuticura Ointment to Soothe and neal
itchings and irritations. Nothing bet
ter, surer or more economical than
these super-creamy emollients for hair
and scalp troubles of young or old.
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, 1916-08-08
w.. uAfm eeQ
Niaoara's Rainbow.

That rainbows are often seen across
the mists of Niagara falls is fact,
but we do not think the phenomenon
is as perfect, that is to say, as dis
tinct, as the bow sometimes seen
across the heavens. 1t is distinct
enough, however, to be called a rain
how
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

IIUIidN, IUuI OF dHSES
lengthwise, carefully re-
moving the seeds. Take
half a pineapple from
the core in small pieces
with a silver fork. Hull
and wash a part Of a
basket of Strawberries.
Arrange the fruit in a
salad bowl making each
layer smaller than the
preceding. Pour over
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Appreciation of a Prodigy.

"Bliggins is still talking about the
bright things his boy says"
well, l envy him. It must be great
to have boy who entertains himself
thinking of bright things instead of
banging on the cellar door with board
or experimenting with a shotgun"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
As Exclaimed.

The One-Miss Cuteleigh seems to
have lost her attraction for the men.
The Other-Well not exactly. Her
father lost it in a stock deal.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Brushes for Separation

Special brushes for washing the sep
arator generally accompany the ma
chine. If they are becoming worn, re-
place them at once.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Proper Use of Wealth.

To acquire great wealth show great
vigor, to keep it requires great wis
dom, and to use it well is virtue and
an art.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Better Milk Pail Record.

Give cow plenty to eat and drink
and keep her contented and at ease
and she will make better record in
the milk pail.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Easy Money.

"WiIl Jack be good provider, do
you Think"
ooh, yes. He can borrow money
whenever he wants it,"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

catch the sparrows at night by the use
of a net on a pole.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
SALAD DRESSINGS.

A salad dressing makes or mars a
salad. Too little dressing or that
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

Fortunate is the girl whose best
fellow is too proud to fight, drink OF
gamble
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Tie KITCHEN
GBLNE s.

The first lesson of life is to burn our
own smoke; that is. not TO intiict on
outsiders our personal sorrows and
petty morbidness, not to keep thinking
of ourselves as exceptional cases.
James Russell Lowell
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
FRUIT SALADS.

This is nice sweet salad to serve
with cake. Peel and slice for ba
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08

A self-made man imagines that he
used up all the really good material.