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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04
SUBJECT OF ROAD DRAINAGE
Good Roads Cannot Be Secured Until
Water Is Turned AWay-BuIIetins
Are Issued Free.

The Office Of public roads, Washing
ton, D. c., has prepared bulletins on
the subject of road drainage, and of
building small bridges. These bulle-
tins may be obtained entirely free by
any who will address postal card to
the office of public roads and ask for
them. Road drainage lbs at the bot
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04
FuIson,e EuIoQy.

Us your congressman giving a good
account of himself IN Washington ?"
Il was rather dubious about that for
a while" answered the constituent.
but after / read what he had to say
about himself in the Congressional d.
rectory | was convinced that he
couldn't possibly give better account
of himself and stick to the truth"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04
ma Watson r. Coleman. Wash
I'm a y Al 4 u ington, DC. Books free. High
20 y Ian " y - est references. Best results
The Magic Washing Stick

THE Magic Washing Stick is just
fine. 1t did just what you said it would
do, and the clothes were so nice and
white with all that hard rubbing left
off," writes Mrs. Sarah Goodale, Pres
ton. Texas. The Magic Washing stick
is not a soap nor a washing powder.
Fifteen washings Csc. Sold by all gro
GERS everywhere. ROundy, Peckhnm -
Dexter Co., Milwaukee, Wis, Dstrib-
1tnr DIV
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04

tom Of good road building. We can
not have good roads until we get the
water away from them. Drainage will
do this. Therefore we should study
drainage, both surface and under
ground Everybody should learn some
thing in regard to it. Get these free
bulletins.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04
(By G. H. Afford, State Farm Demon
stration Agent. MarylandD


stration Agent, Maryland)
A study of the methods of any sue
cessful man Or firm has more than a
passing interest. The career of
Tomson Brothers, Shorthorn cattle
breeders, Dover and Carbonate,
Kan, offers an instructive illustration
OF success attained along purely prac-
tical lines. Spectacular features such
as attach to blooded stock breeding
operations occasionally, have been few
and far between. This has been a
steady, even course, for the most part,
but continuously in the forward direc-
ton
In 1883, their father, T. K. Tomson,
a Kansas pioneer of modest means,
purchased a farm in the Mission
Greek valley, few miles out from
Topeka, the capital city. The farm
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04
Sheen Are Neglected.

Sheep fill mans stomach and warm
his back, and yet a good many farm
ers will have nothing to do with
them.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04
CUTTING Iimper for Posts.

If you cut timber for fence posts
before the sap starts to flow they last
longer as the wood Is less apt to check
and rot.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04
For Shade and Feed.

Plant sunf1owers along the edges of
the poultry yards for shade in summer
and feed in fall and winter.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04
Fatteninq Beef Cattle.

Corn silage is better and far
cheaper feed for fattening beer cattle
than cottonseed meal and milk.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04
cure and Prevent Thumps.

Exercise in the open will cure and
prevent thumps. .Growthy, active pigs
never have thumps.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04

is there a better time to make
love than the last day of May
or better place than a romantic
Old country home where there's
a murmuring brook, a lovely
quiet pine grove, a rose garden
and myriad song birds?
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-04
scented blood lines of less eesi.abf1,ty. |

scented blood lines of less Gesisabf1ity.
From the first they recognized the
Importance Ct the sire, and their Sc
lections have been made with dis
elimination. In several cases, bulls
that had demonstrated their prepo-
tency in other hands were secured,
among them Brampton Knight, whose
get in Tomson Brothers hands were
champion winners at the Internation-
al, American Royal and other promi-
nent shows. Tomson-bred cattle, both
in the breeding and fat classes, have
been champion winners at the Inter
national, American Royal, at ST. Jo-
seph, Oklahoma City and various
state fairs. These facts are men
toned here to show the actual result
from the use of good blood and intel
ligent breeding methods.
While the course of economy fol
lowed was a safe one, controlled
largely by limited finances, yet Tom
son Brothers are of the opinion now
that they would have made large prof
it's had they invested several thou
sand dollars in fashionably bred
females for breeding purposes earlier
in their operations. They did acquire
them eventually, but they feel that
they lost considerable time by not
launching out earlier They recog-
nize, however, that the best successes
in cattle breeding are made by men
who grow with the business from a
small beginning and learn each step
by actual experience.
Basis Of Improvement.
During these years constant atten-
ton has been paid to farming meth
DDS. The use of tame grasses and
barnyard manure is the basis of their
soil Improvement. The profits from
year to year were invested in land
and such improvements as were neces-
sary. The original holdings of 255
acres have increased to LOO acres,
and the improvements have been
greatly enlarged and modernized. The
farms have long since been nominally
free from weeds. Alfalfa, blue grass
| clover and timothy now abound in
their stead. The soil has steadily in
creased in producing power.
The Shorthorn herd numbers over
200 head Of the richest lines of breed
ing and is recognized among beef cat
tie authorities as one of the best in
dividual herds in the entire country.
This is the direct result of careful,
patient, intelligent management and
not any considerable expenditure of
money.
While the breeding herd is of the
beef type, the good milking females
are given preference, for experience
has shown that they are usually more
reliable and useful producers. 1t is
generally regarded that hogs should
be part of the farms live stock. The
Tomson farms are not exactly an ex-
ceptiOn, for a few are raised each
year, but the number is small and ex-
perience does not encourage them to
increase the number. The farms are
devoted almost wholly to Shorthorns,
for it has been observed that if there
is room for more stock, that more
| Shorthorns best fit into the working
plan.
On one Of the Tomson farms, the
main buildings are in the center of a
! 520-acre tract. Eight pastures open
out from the barnyards, a most con-
venient arrangement. The herd is di-
vided chiefly as to ages in the several
| pastures, most of which are in view
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT
ATLANTIC CITY THURSDAY

Atlantic City. y. J., May 16-Elec-
ton Of a moderator. consideration of
overtures for the excision of the New
York Presbytery because of its alleged
heterodoXy and numerous overtures
demanding that suit be brought
against the Union Theological Semi
nary. New York for the endowments
1t accumulated during the time IL was
in relation TO the Presbyterian Church,
are among the many important mat
tiers to come up for action at the one
hundred and thirty eighth General AS
sembly of the Presbyterian Church,
which opens here next Thursday.
Ministerial relief and sustentation,
home and foreign missions and the
proposed consolidation of the college
board and the board of educatin will
also be considered.
DR.. j. Ross Stevenson, president of
Princeton Theological Seminary, the
retiring moderator. will preach the
opening sermon OF the assembly on
Thursday morning. and the election
Of Officers ia on the program for the
same afternoon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
LEGAL NOTICE.
OTiee OF Administrative Board.
Richmond. Va, May IT and rs, 1915

To Lucy A. Crowwder. r. B. Wilson
Corp. A. r. Henley. Josephine Han
cock. r. r Bihb, f. A. Zacharias
Virginia T. Bass. O. ]. Davis, Nir-
ginia Realty d Construction Co, Inc
and Virginia Trust Co. Trs. A r,
Eddins Est, II. r. Ryder.
You are hereby notified that the Ad-
ministrative Board of the city OF Rich
mond, Virginia, have made the follow
ing ascertainment as to damages to
abutting property owners whose prop
erty abuts on all the alleys and courts
in the block bounded by Main Street,
Dooley Avenue, Floyd Avenue and Au-
burn Avenue. by reason OF the gradin s
OF the said alleys and courts by the
city;
All the alleys and courts In the
block bounded by Main Street, Dooley
Avenue Floyd Avenue and Auburn
Avenue. H. F. Ryder. 80 feet Lucy
A. Crowder. Is feet: r. B. Wilson Corp,
20 feet: A. r. Henley. s5 feet. Jose
phine Hancock. as feet; r. r. Bib. 20
feet; f. A Zacharias. 100 feet: vir-
ginia T. Bass IS feet; Q. ]. Davis. s5
feet; Virginia Realty 4 Construction
CO.. Inc, so feet; Virginia Trust Co.
Trs. A. B. Eddins' Est. $50 feet; dam
ages none.
You are therefore respectfully noti-
ned to appear before the said board
in Room No. sos. Third Floor. City
Hall. Richmond. Va at the hour OF
II o'clock. Wednesday, June I, 1915,
to show cause, IL any you can, against
said ascertainment made by said board
as aforesaid.
Given under my hand this nth day OF
May. 1915.
r. s. NJ. HICKMAN.
Acting Clerk to the Board.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17

Richmond. Va. May 10. 1918.
Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing OF the stockholders, of the Fair
mont Buchanan Coal Corporation, a
corporation of the State of Virginia,
will be held at the office of C. b. Gar
nett. in the city of Richmond and state
Of Virginia, at 10 O'CLOCK A. NJ, ON
THE 18th DAY OF MAY. 1915. in pur-
suance of a resolution adopted at a
meeting of the board of directors OF
said corporation. held on the 9th day
OF May, 1916, In which resolution the
purposes of said meeting are stated as
follows:
For the purpose OF considering and
passing upon resolutions authorizing
the reduction of the capital stock Of
said corporation from the maximum
sum of nine hundred thousand dollars
tS900,000) and She minimum sum of
two hundred thousand dollars (s20o.
o00) as fixed by the charter or articles
of Incorporation of this company, TO
the maximum sum OF forty-eight hum
dred dollars (s4, 5000 and the minimum
sum of twelve hundred dollars Isl z00)
for the amendment of the charter or
articles of Incorporation of this com
pany in respect of such reduction OF
the capital stock of this company: for
the retirement OF the unissued shares
OF inc capital STOCK Oh thtS company,
and of such an amount OF the outstand-
ing shares of the capital stock OF this
company, by such method as shall then
and there be determined upon. as may
be necessary to reduce the capital stock
of this company to the limits thereby
to be fixed; for the purpose of taking
any and all steps and doing any and
all acts that may be necessary to the
liquidation and winding up of the af-
fairs of this company to the extent
made necessary by said reduction of
its capital stock: for the purpose of
taking action looking to the confrma-
ton and ratification of all acts and
things done by this company In pur-
suance of action taken by its stock =
holders and its board OF directors at
any meeting or meetings heretofore
held, whether the same shall have been
legally called or held or otherwise and
for the purpose OF trarsacting any and
all such other business as may be
brought before said meeting"
o. s. MCKINNEY.
President.
WILLIAM A. OHLEY,
Secretary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
AN ORDINANCE.

approved May IL, 1850
To require all dealers In firearms or
other deadly weapons to keep an ac-
curate register of the number and
character OF the weapons purchased,
name of the person from whom pur-
chased and date of purchase, and
the name and address OF each pur-
chaser and the date OF purchase and
character OF the weapon, and pro-
hibiting the sale of any such weapon
not so numbered, and to repeal an
ordinance approved April 1s, 1911. az
amended by the ordinance August
Is. 1911.
Be IL ordained by the Council of the
city Of Richmond;
/. That all dealers In firearms and
other deadly weapons shall keep an
accurate register of the number and
character of the weapons purchased,
name of person from whom purchased
and date of purchase and likewise
keep an accurate record OF each sale
OF such deadly weapons, which shall
show the date of sale. the name OF
the purchaser and the number and
character of the weapon. which records
shall be open to the inspection of any
police officer of the city of Richmond,
and copy OF which shah be made and
the Chief OF Police of the city of
Richmond. Any person violating the
provisions OF this section shall be liza
BILE to a fine of not less than ave
dollars nor more than twenty-five dol
lars for each offense. recoverable. be
fore the Police Justice OF the city of
Richmond.
2. That the ordinance approved April
Is, i911. as amended by the ordinance
approved August Is, 1911. entitled. a.
An ordinance to amend and re-ordain
section 1 Of ordinance apprered
April ls. 1911, entitled. An ordinance
to prohibit pawnbrakers from receiv-
ing. purchasing or disposing OF any
deadly weapon. and to prohibit mer-
chants. dealers IN second hand arti-
eles. or other persons. from selling
or otherwise disposine OF any such
weapons without nrst obtaining a
permit to do so from the Chief of
Police of the city Of Richmond" be
and the same is hereby repealed
3. This ordinance shall be in force
on and after thirty days from its pas
sage.
BEN r. AUGUST,
City Clerk.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
EMPR|NGHAM TO Be SPEAKER At
BIC INDIANAPOLIS CONVENTION
Former Rector of Syracuse Church Will Tell About His En-
Into Anti Saloon League Work-Dan Polling
Will Address Gathering of Young People

Vestervile. Ohio. May 1s.--Rev,
DR.. James Empringham. now superin-
tendent of the Metropolitan district
of the Anti-Saloon League of New
York, who resigned from the rector
ship of an influential Episcopalian
Church at Syracuse. n, Y, To take UP
league work. will deliver an address
at the convention of the Saloon
League of America. at Indianapolis,
on the subject. Eighteen Inches From
He'll" In that address DR.. Empring-
ham will tell the remarkable story
OF his entrance into Anti-Saloon Lea
que work.
1t has been told before. but DR..
Empriugham's taking up the league
work really is due to the strengthen
ing of his convictions as to prohibit
ton as the result of his having heard
Billy Sundays booze sermon.
Daniel A. Polings address before
| the young peoples meeting on Mon
day. June IS, will be on the subject,
The Challenge OF the Kingdom"
One of the big opening events Of
the convention wiz be a great coli
contest. similar to the one held at
the Atlantic City convention last
year
This year, however. the contest
will be even stronger and more album
dainty supplied with pep" for the
student speaker will come very
largely from large universities and
colleges of the highest grade-from
such schools as Northwestern Uni
versity, the University of Michigan.
De Pauw, Ohio Wesleyan. and others.
They are all State prize winners. hav-
ing won the right to participate in
this great interstate contest by COM
ing out first in ability TO speak and
write on the liquor problem over all
the colleges and students Of their re-
spective States.
Many Orations Necessary.
1t is significant to note that. under
the intercollegiate Prohibition Assoc
citation, the prohibition question
creates more student speakers--is
used more extensively as a subject
for student orations than any other
public question. In this /. p. A.
series the most extensive by far
among American colleges. more than
1900 original anti-liquor orations
must be prepared and delivered many
times before one college student has
the privilege Of winning national
honors.
The student speakers taking part
In the indianapolis contest come
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
Red Gross Director Asserts
Ban On Vodka Has Been
Great Benefit To People.
POTATOES CONVERTED
TO THEIR PROPER USE
No Longer Employed In Man
ufacture of Harmful Bever-
age, But Furnish Food.
Wives Quit Working Out.

indianapolis. Ind. May f6.-Hnw
the Russian prohibition OF the maxi
ing Of vodka saved Poland from
starvation. was explained here by
Ernest =. BicknelI. director general
of civilian relief of the American
Red Cross Society. in a speech he
fore the National Conference of
Cha rites and Corrections Mr.. Bick-
nell took a leading part in organizing
Belgian and Polish relief and spent
long periods in the war zone.
He said
One of the chief industries in
Poland was the manufacture of
vodka. The cheaper form of vodka
is distilled from potatoes The vodka
industry, therefore, required ths
production OF vast quantities of po-
tatoes. The Poland potato crop had
been planted in the spring of 1914.
but when the war came the Emperor
Issued his famous edict prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of all intox-
icating liquors, including vodka
AT first this seemed a crushing
blow to the industry of Poland, but.
after the country had been desolated
by war and the ordinary food sup
plies had been exhausted, the people
found themselves In possession of a
vast harvest of potatoes and these
potatoes no longer valuable for the
manufacture of vodka. provided a
supply of food which kept the nation
alive during the winter which fol-
lowed,
Immediately after the edict the
savings bank deposits began to In
crease at most amazing rate.
Americans living in Russia COM
planned that the prohibition had
greatly complicated and intensified
the servant problem. Since 1t had
been common for working men TO
spend their wages regularly upon
vodka, the wives had been accustomed
to seek domestic service. Soon after
the edict took effect widespread
exodus occurred on the part of those
wives, who gave up their domestic
service to return home. with the ex-
PLANTATION that their husbands now
had money enough to support them.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17

Thomas Jenkins. ............Pl alntia.
VS..
The unknown heirs of w. r.
Grant and Alice Amos Defendants
The object of this suit is for the
plainttn 10 obtain a conveyance from
the heirs of w. r. Grant to a tract
of ten acres of land lying in Lick
tnshole District Goochland County,
Virginia adjoining the lands for John
Mealy. ]. S. Siddons and others, now
occupied by the said Thomas Jenkins.
The plaintiff having filed an Aft
davit that W. r. Grant is dead and
that the names and places OF resi-
dence of his heirs are unknown, it Is
hereby ordered that the said unknown
heirs OF the said w. r. Grant do APP
pear here within fifteen days after
the due publication of this order once
a week for four successive weeks in
the Richmond Virginian." news
paper published in the city OF Rich
mond. and do what may be necessary
to protect their interests in this suit.
A Copy-Teste:
=. A. MILLER,
Clerk.
smith smith, p. q.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
JURY UNDECIDED.
Can't Tell, After Many Votes. If Boot
logger Is Guilty or Not.

Can't Tell, After Many Votes, If Boot.
logger Is Guilty or Not.
Philadelphia. Pa. May 1--we
nnd this defendant not guilty" said
the foreman. after a fury had deliber.
ated on a case in Judge MacNeille'.
court
mo. we don't" said three jurors
rising simultaneously In the jury box
Hes guilty"
Judge MacNeille. surprised In
structed the jury the verdict must be
unanimous. He directed the fore
man to 60 around again to see II the
Jurors could not agree on a decision
without leaving the box.
Hes guilty.. said the ferema n,
after making the round.
Juror No. arose. mot guilty
your honor" he maintained.
Again the court gave instructions.
and again the foreman interviewed
the jurors.
Guilty. is the verdict" he an
nounced.
MOT guilty" sternly interrupted
juror No. 8.
That's enough" said Judge Mac
Nellie, as ne ordered the jury from
the box and declared the case a mis-
trial. The defendant was Vincent
Rosota, accused Of running .. speak.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17

from the States of Maine. New York,
Southern New England, Pennsylvania.
Ohio. Michigan, Indiana and illinois,
Cash prices Of 800 will be awarded.
Leon +. Cornell. of Syracuse Uni-
versity. will represent New York: the
two speakers from New England will
be determined in State contests Just
now being held: the orator from
Pennsylvania Is Robert 8. Miller, OF
Pennsylvania College. Gettysburg: the
State winner from Indiana Is Jefferson
y. Simmons. of DePauw Michigan
Is represented by George d. Caste.
Of Ann Arbor; Illinois by q. r.
Lawrence, of Northwestern. and Ohio
by DeIoyd r. Wood. of Ohio Wes-
leyan Delaware
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
HoMING PIGEON SEEKS -
NEWSPAPER OFFICE.

A homing pigeon. with leg band
bearing the following inscription: 20.
1876" few into the News Leader
Building last night. After the bird
had been caught. and the notation on
the leg band read. 1t was released and
disappeared in the direction of this
northeast.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
SEALED PROPOSALS.

Once of City Engineer.
City Hall.
Richmond. Va. May 10, 1915.
Sealed proposals will be received
at this office until IL o'clock noon,
May 10. 1915. for construction of GER
tain sewers.
Forms of proposals can be obtained
on application.
certified check for $50 must ac-
company each bid as a guaranty of
execution of contract
The Administrative Board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids
CHAS. e. BOILING,
City Engineer
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
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either for . future homo or a. an tn.
vestment, The Richmond VirHiniae
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this sole purpose Of protecting it, read.
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ana development companies whose
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This Information IL yours for the
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are invited TO avail themselves Of this
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17

Richmond. Va, May 8, 1918.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of wingo. Elicit a. Csurnp
Shoe Company will be held In the com
pany's office. Second and Hull streets,
Richmond, Va, FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1915,
at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
r. w. ROBERTS,
Secretary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17

ONLY ALL-RAIL LINE TO NORFOLK.
FOR NORFOLK. se:ls A. H.. 1900 A.
ron Y IYncaBuR re- AND THE WEST:
sS.I6 A. NJ 1850 A. ~, $500 p. II.
ss:iS p. n. Local to Crsws. sa:3S p. II
Arrive Riohmsnd fsom Norfolk: I'll 40
N Frem the West: :s:1s x. NJ. sS:si
4. n. 1910 ?. r.. 3i:%o p. NJ 's:l7
spaily. kDs!ly except sunaaZ; tsynday.
p. =. n, Roanoke. q. p. A. ROaxoke.
C. H. BO6LDY. b. r. A. RieHmond Va