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Evening star., 1916-12-24
SPECIAL TRAINS TO BEAR
VISITORS TO AUTO SHOW
Delegations From All Parts of Coun-
try to Attend New York Ex-
hibition Next Month.
ROBINSON. CHARLES

One of the features in connection with
the coming automobile show to be held
in New York. January 6-13, will be the
special trains bearing various automo-
bile organizations from all parts of the
country to the national exhibition Spe-
cial trains are coming from California,
Texas, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,.
New Jersey, Michigan, Indiana and
Ohio. The dealers in Connecticut are
arranging group tour by automobiles,
expecting to make the run down to the
hope to demonstrate the possibilities
and pleasures of winter driving. The
National Capital also will be well rep
resented at the show. many being ex-
pected to be present the opening night.
The Temple of Flowers is the
theme for the decorative plan of the
Grand Central Palace, where the ex
hibition will be held. N. A. Singer, who
planned and executed decorations for
the Panama-Pacific exposition and nu-
merous other big expositions, has
Mammoth lattice boxes containing bios
somng flowers of varied hue are to be
used at the base of the giant marble
columns on the main floor of the build
vines which will reach to the top of
the columns and twine about huge
floral baskets of Roman type.
The lobby of the palace will be deco
rated with bay trees and flowers. Six
gigantic scenic paintings will be hung
on the walls of the lobby. The signs of
the exhibitors win be made up Of
white letters on red background In a
gold border. The colors of the show
will be white and green with red much
in evidence. The three upper floors of
the palace will be treated in much the
same way as the main floor.
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they will oil the newly graded road
next year.
The Iowa experience indicates that
road oiling is a method of maintenance
or dust prevention and is not sub
stitute for hard surfacing. Oil on
gravel road surface is well worth it's
cost On heavy traffic roads or roads
where the surfacing material is soft
and friable, like shale and cinders,
maintenance by oiling is likely to
prove prohibitively expensive. On the
light Travelled dirt roads there is in
creasine evidence that communities
which try it feel they receive their
moneys worth. and are willing to con-
tinue to pay the price for the benefits
they secure from the oiling.
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Appointed Under Executive Order.

The President has authorized the ap-
pointment of William G. RAIDER as an
assistant to the director of the bureau
of war risk insurance in the Treasury
Department without compliance with
civil service rules The order was is
sued on the recommendation of the
Secretary of the Treasury. who states
that the position of assistant to the
director of the bureau OF war risk in
surance is technical one; that there
is no person in the Treasury Depart
ment qualified to fill the position and
that Mr. RAIDER possesses the necessary
qualifications. and that his appointment
will be in the interest of the service.
The civil service commission did not
concur in the recommends ton.
Evening star., 1916-12-24
AUTOMOBILE TOURISTS
INCREASE IN NUMBERS
Many Are Reported Moving North
and South. East and
West.

Between the north and the south the
road shuttle is more active than ever
before in the history of the nation.
according to the figures which are daily
being tabuiated by the American Auto
mobile Association national touring
bureaus in Washington and New York
city. The local headquarters are serv-
ing an amplifying number of travellers
from the middle west and also ac-
celebrating the passage of the increas-
ing procession which finds little diff
fculty in covering the arterial route
from the metropolis to the National
Capital.
Florida is the principal southern OBJ
Evening star., 1916-12-24
ROAD O|L|NG SHOWS
BETTER RESULTS
Iowa Experiments Indicate at
Least One Application
Yearly.
FINE DUST PREVENTIVE
BY HOWARD S. FISK.

Experiments indicate that oil treat
ment, If properly applied upon a well
graded roadbed in proper condition for
it and subject to comparatively light
traffic, is a splendid, though more or
less temporary, dust and mud prevent
tive, according to members of the Iowa
state highway commission.
Every experiment tried SO far in
Iowa indicates that there must be at
least one application each year, and
sometimes two each year, to produce
the desired results.
Oil does not add much to the resist
ance of dirt road to wear. Heavy
traffic on a dirt road will tear apart
the particles of earth but the oil
soaked condition prevents the parti
cles from rising in dust clouds. There
will be mat of dust on the surface of
the oiled road, though not SO much as
on an unoiled road, but the dust will
generally cling to the road.
AS a dust preventive, the oil works
finely through short storms. such as
prevail during the greater part of the
year. The hardest trial of the roads
comes during the spring break up.
Their ability to resist destruction at
this time depends on the amount of
traffic borne and the general drainage
conditions of each road. If water
stands in the side bitches, the road will
become saturated, and the alternate
freezing and thawing will add to the
difficulties the oil has to overcome. If
the road surface is rough or rutted or
has holes in it where water may stand,
the difficulties will be increased. If the
ruts or holes extend through the oiled
crust. the water has free access to the
dirt below and can soften it.
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When Second oiling Is Needed.

Water below the oiled crust which
of the road or percolated sideways
from the bitches, helps to reduce the
good effect of the oil. If the road while
in this condition is much used mud is
sure to result The oil-treated dirt of
the top surface is mixed with the lower
dirt. When the road dries, the surface
is no longer exclusively oil-treated
earth but has a large proportion of un-
treated earth in its makeup. Only an
other application of oil can restore the
road to its original oiled condition.
On the whole, the experiments in
| road -oiIing this season have given bet
ter results than those of last year.
! This has been due to three things,
preparation of the road surface before
| oiling and more careful application
| of the oil.
| In the earlier work the tendency was
| to use petroleum residuum from the
different Oil fields without regard to its
suita bility for this particular work.
| Much of this oil possessed a greasy
| characteristic. indicating a lack Of
| binding value and durability. The sam
| pies received by the Iowa laboratory
| in 1916 have generally had much less
of this greasy characteristic. These
| tests have shown that the body of the
| Oil was a durable aSphaltic material
possessing good binding properties.
| There has also been a tendency TO use
heavier grades of oil than heretofore,
| and this is undoubtedly an advantage
| if not carried too far.
Evening star., 1916-12-24
Possible Legislative Subjects.

1t is safe to say that every forth
coming state Legislature in some form
or another will consider the twin sub
jects of roads and self-propelled
vehicles. One phase of the situation is
the practically unanimous desire on the
part of all states to establish travelable
connections with adjoining states, for
1t is now realized that commerce and
social relations do not stop short at
state boundaries
1t is worthy of note that each of the
two years past has had an increase
of 100 per cent in tourists from the
west to the east and. other than the
trips to the California fairs of last
year. there has been an increase of
eastern tourists into the west of nearly
so per cent.
OF that doubling from the west. what
ever the contributing causes. n notable
factor were the cars from the south
west that have used the National Old
Evening star., 1916-12-24

iective at this time of the year, for
the peninsula state has gotten into
its highways stride to such an extent
that the fact is commanding wide
spread attention. In fact, the entire
southland is feeling the effect of the
recently established federal roads CO.
operation with the several states. and
from the accumulating state systems
are emerging the trunk routes which
must accept a growing quantity of
freight tonnage and passenger traffic.
Evening star., 1916-12-24
Good Effects of oiling Evident.

Four miles of road IN ahaska
county. Iowa, were oiled last season at
the expense of the people living along
it. The oil was applied before the road
was brought to it's permanent grade;
in fact. it was not In good condition for
oiling. This road, without any atten-
ton whatever, went through the sum
mer showers without becoming muddy
AT any time. There was some mud dur
ing the spring breakup. but at no time
was the road so bad that automobiles
could not travel it without difficulty.
even when the dirt roads were i'm
passa BILE for machines. After the road
dried up and settled weather conditions
returned. the good effects of the oil
were still very evident. second ap-
plication of oil was not given in the
spring because the road was then
a bout to be regarded. but the people
who paid for the oiiinE say they We're
so well pleased with its results that
Evening star., 1916-12-24
Routes to the West Coast.

Tourists from the east have gone into
the west and TO the coast in fairly
evenly divided numbers between the
northern routes and the central and
southwestern routes. these latter gain
ing in numbers and popularity with
those who started late in the season.
That exact late season road condi-
tions may be known and authentfcally
portrayed to its many thousand tour
ing members the A. A. A. touring board
is sending J. A. Hemstreet, manager
OF the New York bureau. over this
route. The start was made from New
York. thence to the national headQuar-
ters of the association in Washington
and on over the National Old Trails
route to Kansas city. From that city
weather conditions will determine the
itinerary.
This popular and history SCARED In
terstate route includes the Cumberland
road that figured the beginning OK
federal concern in highways.
Evening star., 1916-12-24
AUTOMOBILE DELIVERIES.

Commercial Automobile and Supply
six touring car
to Fl. n. Brawner and siX-cylinder coupe
to. Mrs. NJ. T. Blumenberg.
Evening star., 1916-12-24

Trails route centering on Kansas City.
st. Louis and Indianapolis. thence 70
Wheeling and on to the National Capt.
tai, where they spread out in fan shape
to the New Jersey coast. the New Eng.
land region and the New York noun.
tain and lake country.
Evening star., 1916-12-24

No Massachusetts city begins its name
with ID. a G. an /. a J. X, an o.
L. an y, or a H.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-10-25

Queen Piebe Mercedes 1860 H F
H B, the wonderful 4-year-old Holstein
heifer bred and owned by E. C.Schroe-
der, of Moorhead, Mimi. has recently
given the world evidence of the re-
markable producing abilities so char
acteristic of the breed. The figures
Of her worlds record as a junior f.
year-old are 30,2302 lbs. of milk and
1,111.56 lbs. Of at,equivalent to 1889
As lbs. of so per cent butter In no
month Of the year did she fall below
1000 lbs. milk or below 100 lbs. of
butter Her average fat test for the
whole year was 3.6S per cent Besides
holding the worlds records for both
milk and butter in the junior four
class, she is the only heifer in the
whole world with 10000 lbs. of milk to
her credit. Only one other heifer has
equalled her butter record. She also
holds the worlds record for combined
milk and butter, over all ages and all
breeds AS 2-year-old this heifer
broke the worlds record in the Z and
30-day divisions, making 29.S35 lbs
butter in days and 1853 lbs in 80
days. In $50 days she gave 20,S252
lbs. milk and 9S0.21 lbs. butter. Her
senior 2-year-old record and her f.
year-old record total 51,055.4 lbs. milk
and 2,369.66 lbs. butter, both of these
being worlds records under full age
Counting the 305-day division, she has
broken worlds records in Z divisions,
besides holding several combination
records.
Queen Phiebe Mercedes freshened at
the age of 4 years, 4months and II
days. She is a daughter of Sir Piet-
critic Ormsby Mercedes 44931 and
Queen Piebe of Fairview 1924. Sir
Pietertje Ormsby Mercedes is sire of
so AFRO. daughters, one of which
has record, at years, of 1915 lbs.
butter from 759 lbs. of milk, the lat
ter being worlds record; she has
also a record OF 1928 lbs. at 5 years,
and 1898 lbs in 80 days. Two other
daughters with better than 3O-lb. re-
cords, IL above 20 lbs, 10 2-year-olds
above q lbs. and Is junior twos from
20 to % lbs, are convincing facts
as TO the splendid dairy qualities pos
sessed by this sire, whose daughters
have all been prominent in the lead
ing prize rings in the country.
Queen Phiebe of Fairview has a
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-10-25
Marriage Licenses.

Anton Raasch of Lomfra and Min
ME Lentz of Leroy.
Hazel Ella Sinclair of Randolph
and William Goerecke of Stockton.
George Neumann and Clara Hepp,
both of Westford.
Adolph Steinbach and Irene Vogt-
man, both of Williamstown.
Edward Kaminski of Milwaukee and
Erna Schultz of Fox Lake.
Herman Wagner and Ovila Heide-
man, both of Elba.
Walter Regelien of Jefferson and
Elsie kellenbenz of Juneau.
Fred Kleinmann and Laura Wolf,
both of Lowell.
John Seehagen of Burnett and Hat
tie Schellpfeffer of Chester.
Walter j. Igoe and Minnie Bendrin,
both Of Beaver Dam.
Ernst Dittmann of Lowell and Luz
retta Rauschenberger of Reeseyille.
Otto ". Hellendrung of Oconomo-
woe and Zelma Weide of Ixonia.
0. j. Schindelnolz of Sullivan and
Amelia Bornheimer Of Jefferson.
Rudolph A. Kreher of Mondovi and
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-10-25

the laugh
While have known possible that
people might draw this magnetism from quail
tiles that are Identical in each Of their persons.
Individuality however belongs to persons self
is individual because found where It
the distinction between all
world.
al superiority anything superior first of all because
individual because Indifferent better differ
than any its competitors This is particularly
OF all including emphacaly motion picture acting
Don't contemplate becoming great star thru
apeing who has already fame At best you
do better than become fair imitation Of her.
there terrific difference between the value of inn
the genuine article many girls with
Mary Picord curls They have fairly stomed the picture
search Hundreds ambitious
have developed the Charlie Chaplin walk and
John Bunnys doubles popping from
But these limitations have anywhere the
Motion Picture Hall of Fame
If become celebrated it will be
that Unless you
yourself
makeup don't hope become a
talent will doubtless require lot of
oping work; the
there and it be YOURS
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-10-25
.OFF AGIN, ON AGIN FLANAGAN
The Democratic Secretary of the Farm
Loan Board Unwittingly Exposes
= the Greatest Evil of the Hollis
Rural Credit Acts.

Washington, D. C, Oct24, 1916.
Dear Ned
l have just come from the office of
the Farm Loan Board. My old friend
w. W. Flanagan is Secretary of the
Farm Loan Board. He is a Democrat.
He is an experienced banker, and was
at one time President of the Southern
Bank Of New York City. He is
recognized authority on financial
| economics. He was telling me to-day
that he was offered the Presidency
of $5,000000 bank, to be organized
under the joint stock plan of this new
! Democratic law. He said they offered
| him higher salary than what he was
! getting as the Secretary of the Farm
! Loan Board, but that he had refused
to consider it. In the first place, he
regretted that the law authorized
joint stock banks at all, for their ex-
istence and their offering in the finan-
cial market their own bonds, based
upon farm mortgages, in competition
with the bonds which the Federal
Land Banks will offer, based upon CO.
operation mortgages, will make rival
bonds of the same kind. Mr. Flanna-
cams judgment in that they will force
the rate of interest on both kinds of
bonds up about one per cent. Now as
| there is in existence about $4,000
100000 of farm mortgages, that one
per cent. extra on the bonds will cost
the farm borrowers an extra $4,000
900 a year. The rate of interest Oh
the mortgage will be regulated by the
rate OF interest on the bonds, yet there
are some who think that the Demo
Gratis were very ingenious to put to
this rival system, even if it does cost
the farmers S400OO,OOO extra. What
is $4O,000,000 anyhow" to Democratic
administration, which is one single
session of Congress appropriates
more than a billion dollars in excess
of its own estimate of receipts?
Well, | started to tell you about Mr.
Flanagan and the offer of the Pres
! idency Of the $5,O00,O0O bank, which
he refused. He said he asked the par
ties if they had their $5,000,000 al
| subscribed yet. They answered, that
they were organizing a forse of sales
men to sell the stock of the bank tC
!! farmers at 5000 a share, although its
, par value is 500. They said that they
were going to sell it to farmers, who
! are not familiar with stock, at 5000
| by explaining that after paying the
| trifling cost Of organizing the bank
the extra 500 a share will form q
surplus and make a strong bank. Con
fidentially, they told Mr.. Flanagan
that the promoters were going to take
$50 share for their own profit on
selling the stock. So, for organizing
this one bank, the promoters expect to
fleece the farmers out of $780, 900
and that is only the beginning.
They will have a great army of
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-10-25
COUSIN BEN TO FARMER NED

stock statesmen to solicit subscriptions
States, and the farmer who wants to
borrow from the Joint Stock Bank
will be obliged to invest at least 5 per
cent of his loan in the bank stock
at double its par value. Banks are
not allowed to charge commission.
but what is to prevent them from
selling the unsuspecting parcel of
watered stock, before they will con-
sent to make loan?
Now l think you understand a
little about the new remedy which the
Democratic Party is offering the
farmers. | will be very glad to ans
wer any question on the subject. for
yourself or your neighbors. Write
me, and you will soon hear from me-
Don't you agree with me, Ned, that
this law, in its present shape is moth
ing but 'gold-brick," and that if the
farmers ever do get a real rural cred
its law, they will get it through the
party which gave them the first Farm
Life Commission to investigate farm
vestigated the subject of rural credits
through its ambassadors to Europe,
the party which first pushed through
Congress a law to send a commission
to Europe to investigate rural credits ?
Why, Ned the party that has done
every thing for farmers-which es-
tabHShed the L. S. Agricultural De-
Inc, ~, -.
stead Laws, which enacted the Irri-
| cation Laws, which established the
Agricultural Colleges, which protects
| the home market for farmers, there
by maintaining high prices on farm
products-is the Republican Party.
Which would you rather have to-day:
Farm condition as they were in Grover
| Cleveland'S time, with wheat at 40c a
! bushel, potatoes at &c a bushel, with
corn so cheap that they used it for
fuel; or farm conditions where all the
| factories and commercial houses run
at high rate of speed, and million OF
farm costumers have plenty of money
with which to buy three good meals
a day? If you want to make money on
the farm as we'll as have your credit
properly financed DON'T FORGET
HISTORY" Do not be fooled by the
temporary opportunity to feed war
stricken Europe and to feed the mill
ions of Americans who are now busy
making all sorts of supplies for the
European armies and the starving
families in the war zone. We cannot
we must not-depend on such a blood
stained market. Our prosperous anC
Independent home market is of fan
greater Importance to the prosperity
Of farmers, for that is our own. We
must be 100 per cent. American with
our spirit responding only to"America
first and America efficient" I'll an
swer your question about how a farm
er without land is going to be helped
by any rural credits, the next time !
write. But if you apply that ques-
ton to the Democratic scheme, "I'll
answer now-He won't
Yours truly,
| Ben
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-10-25

7-day record of 224S lbs butter and
582.40 lbs. milk, while her semi-official
record for 257 days is 56213 lbs. but
ter and 13,769S0 lbs. milk In add
ition to the worlds champion Agar
old she has another daughter who has
a 80 Id. record at 4 years and two with
records Of 20 and "a lbs. The grand
sire and grandam of Queen Phiebe
Mercedes on her sire's side are Jack
Mercedes and Pietertje Maid Ormsby,
the later having a record Of 1886 lbs.
butter in days and 1856 lbs. butter
and 2,567.60 lbs. milk in 30 days, these
figures constituting a worlds record
in 1911.
Queen Phiebe Mercedes was under
strict official supervision 80 days, or
nearly one-fourth of the full time of
her test. Her years work was begun
in July, 1915, in one of the hottest
streaks of weather ever experienced in
the Middle West, and no special fuss
was made over her during the whole
Of the year Her feeding arrange
ments were carried out by Carl Cock
erell, who also fed the Guernsey COW,
Murine Cowan, and it is very pleasing
to note that the result Of his initial
attempt at Holstein record making
surpassed Murine Cowan's production
by more than 5000 lbs. milk and IT
lbs-hutter, the Guernsey being four
years the senior The total cost of
feed was $3.50, and allowing 4 cents a
quart for her milk, there remained an
income of $563.20. This gave Mr.
Schroeder approximately S373.20, in
addition to a very valuable calf, drop
ped just prior to the test, which, to-
gether with the magnificent honors
gained by the COW and the glory thus
secured to her owner, is indeed very
satisfactory showing as the result of
an ordinary years work of this new
4-year-old champion, which is due to
freshen again January 28,1917.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-10-25

By virtue of a judgment Of foreclos-
ure and sale, made in the above en-
titled action on the Goth day of Octo-
Der, A. D., 1915, the undersigned sher-
if of said Jefferson county, will sell,
at the dwelling house situate on the
premises hereinafter described, and
lying and being in the Town of Mil
ford, Jefferson county, Wisconsin,
(abOut three miles southeast of Hub
bleton and six miles southwest of Wa
tertOWn,) on the 18th day of Decem-
Der, A. D., 1916, at two o'clock in the
afternoon of said day, the real estate
and mortgaged premises directed by
said judgment to be sold, and therein
described as follows:
The southeast quarter of the south
west quarter of the southeast quarter
of section 8, town s north, range IA
east, containing 10 acres of land, more
or less.
Also a part of the southeast quar-
ter of section 8, township 8, north, of
range IA east, bounded as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner
of said quarter section; thence run
ming north along the west line of the
same to the northwest corner there
of; thence east, on north line of said
quarter section, 21 rods; thence south,
parallel with the said west line, 80
rods; thence east 20 rods; thence
south, parallel with said west line, 80
rods to the south line of said section;
thence west, along the same, Al rods
to the place of beginning; containing
81 acres of land, more or less; ex-
cepting a strip l rod in width running
along and within the south line of the
east 20 rods of the above described
land, reserving for a road of which
road the said party of the second part
(meaning the plaintiffs herein) their
heirs or assigns forever; and except
a road l rod in width across the
north end of the above described
premises.
Terms Of sale cash.
Dated this 2Sth day of October.
A. D., 1916
Will Touton, Sheriff
Twining & Hyer, PLAINTIFFS Attor-
neys, Waterloo, Wis.