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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-01
PLAN TO SEIZE OWNERSHIP OF
AUTO PHONE SYSTEM

AZ " rTTlONE 81 = Em
City govt. of Chicago to start court
actions aimed at Selling ownership
for city of the automatic telephone
system-plants, wires, poles, equip
ment and aIl-if an ordinance recon-
mended today by gas-oil committee
is passed by city council.
Atty Ralph M. Shaw for the bond
holders and the ArmoUr-Harriman
interests, made a last prayer to the
committee today asking for a chance
to sell the auto-phOne system as junk
or chance for any kind of delay.
Aid. Merriam moved that a for
fixture ordinance be recommended.
AID Buck seconded. 1t passed by a
vote of 10 to 2, with only Aid. Henry
Utpatel and Aid. James. A. Lawley
voting against it.
Shaw said there is a junk value of
about $1,175, 900 to the automatic
system though at a forced sale it
would not bring 100000. He Altered
the city $4,000 cash for permission
to give up it's franchise and be re-
leased from all franchise pledges and
conditions.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
WHEN FOES MEET IN AIR
German Lieutenant Tells of Engage
ment in Which French Aviators
Lost Their Lives.

Zone afternoon French flyer ap-
peared," says a German lieutenant.
1T circled over Douaumont and then
rose high above the clouds. For long
time it seemed to be just hanging in
the air. And then-from our side there
arose buzzing, a fierce sharp buzz
zfng, and it made straight like a bee
line for the little French flyer 1t
went through the clouds and disap-
peared. Nothing could be seen. The
clouds covered all. Five minutes Of
suspense passed, and then a shot, and
after that a roaring. We waited
breathlessly, and then two little black
spots were seen breaking through the
clouds. Tiny little spots, and these
spots were the two French aviators.
They grew bigger as they fell. A mo-
ment after the men came the flaming
machine. 1t came down roaring and
crashing. It's wings were yet on fire,
and the red, white and blue of the
tri-colors looked like revolving
American barber pole. Everything
crushed to the earth, hopeless man
gled mass. Again a spot broke through
the clouds. 1t came swift and straight,
without any spectacular showing. 1t
was Boelke returning home"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
IN The

worked q speedy Transformation IN The
market. It placed Wisconsin illinois
and other states on the dairy map and
opened up the channels of export to
their cheese and butter Later came
the cream separator. which was Il great
factor in the development of the dairy
business. Since that time dairying has
been growing very rapidly.
Points for the Dairy,nan.
Any man to make success in the
dairy business should bear in mind
these points:
/. Strict regularity in feeding and
milking.
,. Good permanent pastures.
3. At least one Silo for winter feed
ing and one with smaller capacity for
summer feeding.
4. Cows that will give at least 1000
pounds of milk or 200 pounds of butter
in year.
8. Plenty of roughage; and when
pastures fail some concentrates, as cot
tonseed meal and gluten feeds.
6. Pure water. High producing COWS
is well said that it is cheaper to warm
ice cold water with a tank heater than
to allow the COW to warm it with 90
cent corn. The water tank should be
in coy, sheltered, sunny place
q Clean and well ventilated barns
and healthy cows. Dark, damp, steamy
poorly ventilated barns are ideal places
for the development and spread of
tuberculosis. Remedy: l. Test the
COWS with the tuberculin test. q Cut
new windows and let in an abundance
of sunlight. 3. Provide proper ventila-
ton.
s. QuietneSS and kindness. Loud
talking, swearing and rough handling
are not permitted in a well-managed
dairy.
The average dairy COW of this coun-
try produces something like $500
pounds of milk in year and approx
mately 80 to 100 pounds of butterfat.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20

the enormous sum of nearly 81, 100000
600. Only the corn crop exceeds the
dairy products as a source of income
to the farmers of the nation.
Neither the production of butter nor
cheese has kept up with the increase of
population. In 1910 there were 90
625,OOO dairy cows in the United
States, an increase of about $4,000. 900
head in SO years. This wonderful
growth in dairying and cheese manu-
featuring has added enormously to the
material wealth of every community
and state where these pursuits are car
ried on. 1t has also been a wonderful
aid wherever it has been conducted in
teiilgently in conserving the fertility
of the soil. This one great advantage
to the wealth Of the nation can hardly
be computed in dollars and cents.
In 1870 practically all of the butter
and nearly all of the cheese, except in
the older states as New York and Ohio
were made OH the farm. The average
price of farm butter was about Is cents
and nearly an of it was sold or traded
for dry goods and groceries at the
country stores. The export market for
cheese governed the price in New York
and Ohio, which practically were the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
Farm Lands Increase in Value.

The value of farm lands of the Unit
ed States is estimated at $3.50 per
acre, as compared with $40S5 a year
ago, $40.31 two years ago, $3.50 three
years ago and $36.23 four years ago.
The census reported the value of
farm lands in 1910 as $50. 40, and in
1900 as $15.57 per acre.
In recent years the value of farm
lands has been increasing at the rate
of about per cent year, or approx
mately So per acre per year. The ex
ceptional increase of the past year
may be explained partly by the reac-
ton in the southern cotton states fol-
lowing temporary depression last
year, and partly by the stimulus given
by the war to prices, particularly of
grain.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20

This is not profitable dairying. Yet
farmers cannot greatly increase dairy
production unless they apply the scales
and Babcock test to their individual
COWS and find out the cows that pay
for their feed and those which do not.
The cooperative cow-testing assOcia-
ton enables all the dairy farmers of q
community to test all their cows. With
On average Of % members the cost of
such an association usually amounts
to 81 to $3.50 per COW per year.
Benefit of the Govt estng Associa-
According to Iowa bulletin No. IS
1850 yearly records from TT different
dairy herds have been completed in the
five cOw-testing associations in Iowa
which have been organized in the state
since 1909.
The average cow in the testing asso-
Citations produced pit pounds of butter
fat per year at a net profit of 1927,
after paying for the feed at market
prices less the cost of hauling.
If the 100000 milk cows Of Iowa
produced as much butterfat per year
as the average COW in the cow-testing
associations, it would mean an in
creased production for the state Of
115, 100000 pounds of butterfat per
year, worth, at 80 cents per pound,
$34,G5O,OOO.
The most profitable COW returned
her owner a net profit Of $125, while
the poorest cow lacked $2J.92 of pay
ing for her feed.
The cow-testing association is the
best method of detecting the Ioafers in
the herd. 1t puts dairying on a bust
ness basis, arouses the interest of the
owner, his boys and hired man in the
cows, stirs up local pride by bringing
the people of the community together
to talk over their business and helps
to make farm work enjoyable and in
teresting
Some people think that it is a hard
job to milk cows and csre for stock,
but we will find it just the opposite If
we will take an interest in the work
and get our heads in the game. All
work is drudgery unless we like it
put the best we have into it, and use
intelligence. The COW has lifted many
a mortgage and saved the home.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
His ReCimen.

"Regimens. Regimens % said Prof.
Hilary McMasters before the Harvard
Medical school,
There are too many nonsenSical
regimens, young gentlemen. l prefer
the regimen of Mark Twain to all such
rubbish.
Mark had very strict regimen,
you know. He never smoked but one
cigar at a time, and never smoked
while sleeping.
He never ate meat except with
his meals, and he never drank except
at meals and between meals.
His father took a drug store for
a bad debt in Marks boyhood, and
among the stores were nine barrels of
cod liver oil. These lasted Mark seven
years. The rest of the family had to
get along with the ipecac and nux
vomica, Mark being the pet. He was,
in fact, the first oil trust. He got it
ALL"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
HAD GRAND DAYS SHOOTING
Amateur Sportsman Thoroughly En-
joyed Himself Until Unfortunately
His Supplies Gave Out.

lawfully sorry, old chap" said the
host, greeting his guest, who had ar
rived for a weekend with the guns,
''but / shan't be able to come out to-
day! However, a sportsman like you'll
be able to get on by yourself. 'Ere's
a gun, and 'ere's bag o ferrets. Keep
well in the wood, and you ought to
ave plenty of sport"
SO away went the cockney sports
man, gloriouSly arrayed in glaring, leg
gings, deer-stalker and Norfolk jacket.
At about umpty-um p. N. the mighty
hunter returned.
'Well, ovid you get on, ole chap?"
asked his host.
ooh, grand! Capital sport! Got
any more?"
amy more what?'
'Why, any more of those squirrel
things YOU gave me in that bag. I've
shot that lot !''-London Tit-Bits.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20

gether one-half of the complete car
cass. and is not in any sense an esti-
nation of the composition of the car
caSS.
Princess Carlotta produced proteins
sufficient for more than three steers :;
nearly fat enough for two; ash enough
| to build the skeletons for three, and
in addition, 920 pounds of milk sugar
worth as much per pound for food as
ordinary sugar.
1t is because of this economical use
of food that the dairy cow and not the
steer is kept on high-priced land. When
land is cheap and feed abundant the
meat-producing animals predominant,
but when the land becomes high in
value and feed expensive the farmer
turns to the dairy cow
Duchess Skylark Ormsby is the
worlds champion butter producer The
results of her 365-consecutive-d
test, conducted by the Minnesota Agri-
cultural college, shows that she pro-
duced 27,761 pounds of milk, nearly II
tons, or over % times her own weight.
Liz puIISI1<lL t'ILdlhSO III ills year -
milk yield weighed j, POS pounds.
AT 80 cents a pound, she produced
about $500 worth of commercial butter
in one year. To her credit of $500
worth of butter must be added over
10000 pounds of skim milk and butter
milk, about IA tons of manure, and a
calf, which pay for her feed and care,
making the $500 net profit to the
owner.
Dairy Products Second in Value to the
Corn Crop.
There are about 100000 dairy
| COWS in the United States, and the an
nual value of their products reaches
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
cow is GREATEST PRODUCER

1T is truly said that the cow is mans
greatest benefactor. Hail, wind,
droughts and floods may come, destroy
our crops and Danish our hopes. but.
from what is left, the COW manufac-
lures the most nourishing and Iife-sus-
tanning foods.
For 1000 years she has shown her
allegiance to man, sharing alike in his
prosperity and adversely, responding
to all that was done for her, until
through her development she has be-
come indispensable as an economic fac
tor in our national progress.
Dairy communities are rich com
munities. The COW produces the most
and best food at the least cost; she
brings in a steady income; she con-
veRts cheap rOughage into profit :;
makes the farm worth more; builds
big red barns and good hOmes--means
living on the farm.
Cow Makes Farm Worth More.
There is always an air of perma-
nence and prosperity about q welI-man-
aged dairy farm.
A man feels independent when he
knows his income is steady. The dairy
business is cash business. 1t calls
for intellectual activity. The success
of the man engaged in it depends upon
his using his head, developing his judg-
ment
Dairying builds up the farm. 1t re-
quires fewer acres to produce a good
living, and consequently leads to closer
neighbors and more thickly-settled
communities.
AS land, labor and feed increase in
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
BABYS ITCHING SKIN
Quickly Soothed and Healed b
Cuticura. Trial Free.

Battle with hot water and Cuticura
Soap. If there is any irritation anoint
gently with Cuticura Ointment on end
OF finger. Refreshing slumber for rest
less, fretful babies usually follows the
use of these super-creamy emollients.
They are boon to tired mothers.
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, 1916-09-20

President Wilson said one day, dur
ing his Princeton presidency, to an
athlete who had funked:
my, boy, it's too bad you do so
wretchedly in the lecture room and so
we'll on the gridirOn All, my boy,
my boy, if people only hoped up and
cheered us when we quote Greek the
same as they do when we score touch
downs, ell 70
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
w. N. u, MILWAUKEE,, NO. 3s-1e1e.
When HOGAN 1elephoned.

Hogan, the elder, was doing useful
work in the stables, since most Of the
younger men in the nearby little mar
ket town had enlisted.
One day he was sent by his employer
to telephone to q dealer for various
loads of hay, straw and oats. After
many struggles with that terrible in
strument which is supposed TO save
time, he got into communication with
the dealers at last
u say, we're waitin' fer that last
order fer hay, straw and oats. We
want 1t at once. Hay, straw and
oats"
Back came the answer:
VERY good. But who's 1t for?"
Arr, now. Would We try to be
funny with an ould man what's doing
his bit? It's fer the horses av
co0rse. London Mail.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
KEEP CAREFUL TAB ON FLOCK
Observation of Droppings Will Prove
of Advantage-lndicat Condi-
ton of Health.

1t does not need a careful handling
and examination of each fowl during
the week TO keep tab on your flock as
to condition of health. The droppingS
will convey to you much if watched
each day. If you are feeding your
fowls too much meat, the chances are
the droppings will show traces of
blood. Cut out the meat for a while
if the above is noticed. If the drop
pings are not shaped up and of whit
ish or watery condition, the mashes
are likely to be too wet. Better make
the mashes dry for a while. If the
excrement is yellow or light green, of
soft watery nature, look out for chol-
era, or bowel troubles approaching
that stage.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20

price, the COW will more and more dis
place the strictly meat-producing farm
animals. She produces human food
with greater economy than does the
steer, sheep or pig. The United States
census for 1910 shows an increase of
about 20 per cent in dairy stock while
the total number of all cattle has de-
creased.
1T is interesting to learn that Lady
Oak, Holstein COW, now owned by
the Minnesota experiment station, in
one day produced in her milk an
amount of human food equal to calf
weighing 115 pounds. In years rec
ord this COW produced 993 pounds of
fat, 631 pounds of protein and 1862
pounds of carbohydrates. This product
was equal to 266 calves weighing 125
pounds each, or 142 calves weighing
200 pounds each, % yearlings weighing
500 pounds each, or steers weighing
LOO pounds each. These figures indi-
cate the wonderful efficiency of the
ducer Of human food"
Princess -Carlotta, a COW owned by
the dairy department of the University
OF Missouri, in one year produced more
human food in her milk than is con-
tanned in the complete carcasses of
four steers weighing 1,250 pounds each.
This statement, impossible as it seems,
is not only true, but does not even do
full justice to the COW. The solids in
the milk, which are completely digesti-
bic, are counted against the entire car
cass of the steer, only part of which is
edible.
The total amount of dry matter in
the milk was 2.21S pounds, all of which
is edible and digeStible.
The steer, with live weight of $50
pounds. contained So per cent of water
In the carcass, leaving a total of 54S
pounds of dry matter. In this dry mat
ter Of the steer is included hair and
hide, bones and tendons, organs of di-
gestion and respiration, in fact, the en-
tire animal, considerable portion Of
which is not edible. The analysis of
the steers carcass was made from
samples taken after grinding up to-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
Gratitude,

81 say" the visitor told the police
sergeant, "my neighbor had all his
chickens stolen last night"
How many?'
'Oh, don't knoww
''You want to make report of these
chickens being stolen?"
''No; I'll let him do that"
'Well' Gmpatiently) what do you
want?"
why, l just wanted to ask you, if
the police catch that chicken-thief, to
give him my thanks -
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
No Benefit to Cows.

The mich COWS are not benefited by
q walk of mile or two to pasture
each morning and evening. Occasion
ally arrangements can be made so as
to have the young stock in the furth-
ermost pasture and the mich COWS
in a pasture nearer home.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
Precautions in Orchard.

Muzzle the horses when blowing or
caltvating the orchard. Yes, and pad
the whiff1etrees. These precautions
will prevent much damage to trees.
Another hint: Pad the outer edges Of
the harrow.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
Winter Dairy Prices.

\ Bear in mind that dairy products
are higher in price during the winter
than during the summer, and that dur
ing the winter there is more time for
milking. Try and have the cows drop
their calves in the fall.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
Just Once.

''Van Skim is an awful tightwad. l
don't suppose he has ever been known
to give a cent to charity
"Oh, yes, he has. He gave
plugged nickel to blind man once, but
only after he had made perfectly sure
that he couldn't pass it on anyone
else"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
kinq GEORGES Collection.

King George of England is making a
collection which may some day prove
very valuable. 1t is complete set of
the trench periodicals that are being
issued for private circulation by the
men at the various fronts. Many of
them are extremely curious
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
e Woman'5
2r0bLem
How to Feel Well During Middle
Life Told by Three Women Who
Learned from Experience.

The Change of Life is most critical period of
woans existence and neglect of health this time invites
disease and pain. Women everywhere should remember
successfully carry through this trying period as
Lydia +. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, made from
native roots and herbs. Read these 1etters:-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
Benefit of Fall PloWinu.

Wheat on early fall blowing yielded
five and four-fifths bushels more per
acre than wheat on late fall blowing
at the Edgeley substation, North Da-
kota.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20

ITO hold 'sits place in the sum- the avo>ved purpose
of great nations conflict. To hold cts place in
the sum-, is the object of every business in the great
fight for industrial and commercial supremacy.
To be able hold its place in the sun, the supreme
test of asphalt roof. 1t the sum- rain or snow
that plays havoc with roof If resist the drying
process of the beating down upon it, day after
day. the rain or snow will not affect it except to wash
it clean and keep it sanitary
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
Don't Pick Wet Berries.

Don't pick wet berries for market;
endeavor to wait until they dry off.
Wet berries are soft and do not ship
well.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
People Who Want Best

There are people who want the best.
regardless of price, and they are the
very ones it pays to deal with every
time we have a prime article.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20

Tractor won't Displace Horse.
The tractor will not displace the
good drafter, but it will send many
rat" to the boneyard.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20

A stand to hold ice cream cones
erect, made of stiff paper, is the in
vention Of New York man
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20

The General makes
one third of Ameri-
cas- supply of as
phalt ollroohng. His
facilities are unequal
ed, and he is able 20
produce the highest
quality roofing at the
lowest manufactur-
ing cost.
CERTAIN TIED
is made in rolls; also
in slate covered shin
gles.Thereisa type of
CERTAIN -TEED
for every kind of
building, with fat or
pitched roofs, from
the largest sky-scrap-
er to the smallest
residence or OUT
building.
CE RTAIN T z ED In
sold By responsible
dealers all over the
world. ut reasons able
prices. Investigate ID
before you decide on
any type of roof.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20

Philadelphia, Pa.-"1 started the Change of Life
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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
Didn't Need Much.

rs he in every way eligible"
NEARLY so. All he needs is a di-
gorce from his present wife"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
Salt Is Essential,

Salt is as essential to a horse as
sand Is to q man.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20

Russian is to be taught in English
schools
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20

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II Roundy St, Beverly Mass
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