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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
CAUSES GIVEN FOR "NUBBINS"
Among Other Things Ascribed Is In
complete Fertilization of Straw
berry Blossoms.

Strawberry 'nuhDins" may arise
from a number Of causes. One cause
is the Incomplete fertilization of the
blossoms Several days of rain at
blossoming time Is another. Frost at
blossoming time another. Long con-
tinued cold weather while the straw
berries are blooming may be too. Then,
too, If there is a lack Of pollen-carry-
ing insects at blossoming time. Also,
certain insects may in some seasons
be responsible for nubbins, by sting
ing the newly set fruit.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
Their
WeddingDay
By
MARY JAMES
Observation-Disclosures,



Jim and Dolly were off at last. The
train was moving, and there was
nothing to do except furtively pick up
the grains of rice that they OCCASION
ally found about their clothing. Dolly
leaned back in perfect bliss against
Jim's shoulder.
Are you entirely satisfied and hap
by, dear?" she asked.
Yes said Jim. There's only one
thing wanting to make this perfect
Bliss
What is it?"
"Will Lennox always said he'd be
my best man, and l was to be his. If
he hadn't been sent to Baltimore last
year he'd have acted for me, l know"
But couldn't he have come up from
Baltimore, dear?' asked Dolly.
Il don't know-perhaps he couldn't
get away answered Jim.
Hours afterward they reached their
destination. Jim proudly signed 'Mr
and Mrs" on the register, and they
were shown up to their apartment,
after dinner.
Dearest said Jim suddenly,
"would you mind if 1 went down and
got cigar? You know you told me
was to smoke
"Of course not, Jim," answered Dol
~. Nevertheless, when he had gone
she felt horribly lonely in the apart
ment, with it's. magnificent furnish
ings. She waited and waited. Jim
must be very careful about choosing
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15

and it is washed out after each milk
ing, leaving it as clean as the ordinary
living room. The COWS are brushed,
the udders and the mixers hands
washed before each milking and very
clean milk is produced.
Clean Milkhouse.
There is clean milkhouse near the
dwelling. 1t is II by Is feet inside, is
four feet in the ground and five feet
above the ground. 1t has concrete floor
and walls. The floor is six inches and
the walls eight inches thick. There
are shelves at one end Of the room for
butter and other things. There is a
window on each side having six 10 by
II lights. 1t has an eight-foot extern
sion and steps are built to enter. The
steps are concrete and are covered
from the outside. The whole house is
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15

by the crops, or net earnings, for one
year or for five years. By devoting
the larger part OF the farm to clovers,
feeding the clovers to dairy cattle and
spreading manure over the land he
averages mere than 20 bushels OF
wheat Per acre, and has averaged, in
good seasons, as high as 80 bushels.
He averages more than so bushels OF
corn per acre, and has averaged as
high as rs bushels.
This farm raises teamwork stock
for horne use and to sell. The colts
are raised to prevent the spending of
money for teamwork stock and to be
sure of having enough horse power for
the most economical production Of
crops.
Can't Afford Gcldings.
Six head of work stock are kept on
the farm and two mares bring colts
each year. Mr.. Doyle figures that he
cannot afford to keep all geldings and,
fer this reason, keeps two brood mares
actively engaged in light work and colt
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
LARGER PROFITS FROM HENS
Day OF Mongrei Fowl Rapidly Drawing
to cIose-More Money Made
in Purebreds.

The day OF the mongrel hen is rapid
ly drawing to close; and the quick
er, the larger will be the profits from
poultry keeping.
Paying long price for purebred
poultry is not luxury but an invest
ment, and one that will pay larger div
ldends than anything we know of, ex,
cept more purebred poultry
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
WHEN MATING LARGE BREEDS
Use One Male With Every Six or
Eight FemaIes-With Leahorns
One to Ten or Fifteen.

When mating the larger breeds, like
Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, use
one male to every six or eight females.
If medium-sized breeds, like Plymouth
Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, ETC., one
mole to eight to twelve females. With
smaller breeds, like Leghorns, one
male to ten to fifteen females.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
and the Gulf of Mexico. It's civiliza

and the Gulf of Mexico. Its civiliza-
ton was supposed to be very advanced
and its powerful armies were said to
have penetrated Africa as far as
Egypt The whole island, according
to this legend, was engulfed by the sea
in a day and a night. Another story
says that a great earthquake destroyed
the island. The legend was ascribed
to Egyptian priests, and on some old
Italian maps Atlantis is placed to the
westward of the Azores. Among some
tribes of South and Central America
there is the legend of a vast cataclysm
which engulfed a great extent of land.
Eminent scientists have found moth
ing impossible In the existence at some
time of great Atlantic island, but the
story of Atlantis is generally regarded
as a myth.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
GOOD PREVENTIVE FOR ROUP'
Permaneanate Of Potash Is Recon-
mended-Use Enough in Water to
Color Slightly.

Permanganate of potash is a good
preventive for colds and roup in
fowls. Dissolve an ounce of crystals in
q quart OF water, which will make a
reddish purple solution. Keep the Sc
luton on hand and every few days put
just enough in the drinking water to
color 1t slightly
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
Prevents Potato Scab.

Soak seed Irish potatoes in forma-
lin solution to prevent scab. Use one
half pint of commercial formalin to 15
gallons of water. Let the potatoes re-
main in the solution for two hours and
plant two or three days after the treat
ment.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
Make Home Attractive.

There is no panacea that will cure
the yearning for city life evidenced by
the country boys and girls of today,
but there are certain conditions which,
if established, VIII add materially to
the attractiveness of life in the cOun-
try, and should therefore prevent them
from flOcking to the cities merely to
avoid life on the farm.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
indside information,

''Now, wife, we must look around q
little before buying an automobile"
Fortunately. we won't have to go to
that trouble. I have had called to my
attention the most perfect machine in
the world"
''Who was telling you about this
carr"
1.-The agent"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
Try to Initiate Nature.

The young calf gets its milk from
the cow at short intervals, at a uni
form temperature, and the milk always
is sweet, clean and wholesome The
success of the calf feeder will depend
upon his ability to initiate nature.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
Profitable Crop of Stones,

A crop of stones does not seem to be
a profitable one to gather, but it is.
Every obstruction removed from rod
of land makes the future working of
the land so much better, and permits
closer outstanding Of hay and grain.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
Art of Stacking.

Some of those who thought grain
stacking was useless and took chance
at threshing from the shock, saw their
shocks turn green with sprouted grain.
Learn the art of stacking.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15
Ask the Fair Maids

One kiss in every hundred carries a
germ, according to the United States
would the average man acquire of an
evening?
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-15

NBy q. II. AFFORD, State Demonstration
Agent, Marylandl
John r. Doyle Of Dinwiddie coun-
ty, Virginia, realizes the fact that live
stock farming enriches the soil. He
grows many crops to enrich the soil
instead of growing only crops that i'm
poverish it. He feeds the larger part
of the crops grown to good dairy cat
tie. He knows that the success of any
system of farming cannot be judged
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06
Santa Fe Becomes Santa Claus

Mr.. E. P. Ripley, president Of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
way, gave out the following statement
in New York Tuesday afternoon, De-
cember 9Th:
an the last two years, especially
since the influence of the European
war has been fully felt our railway
system has enjoyed what appears to
be an abnormal prosperity. The same
factors which have produced this
prosperity have made substantial in
creases in the cost of of living which
il is hoped will be temporary. In rec
ognition of these conditions our
board of directors today authorized us
to make in a lump sum the distribu-
ton of additional compensation equal
to ten per cent Of years pay to all
employees who have been in the ser
vice of the Atchison, Topeka and San
Ia Fe system for at least two years
and whose annual compensation does
not exceed two thousand five hundred
dollars and whose compensation is
not paid according to present or for
mer contract schedules. The payments
Of the amounts thus authorized will
be made as soon as the necessary
computations can be completed. 1t is
estimated that the amount thus to
be distributed will be approximately
two million seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars"
It is President Ripley's intention to
have the distribution made during the
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06

Recalling the fact that deaf and
dumb people do not become seusick,
Drs. Lewis Fisher and Isaac II. Jones.
in the New YORK Medical Journal,
draw the conclusion that seasicliness
is an ear phenomenon. The end organ
Of equilibrium in the ear canal, the
static labyrinth, is disturbed by the
unaccustomed movement Of the boat.
The effects OF seasicl;ncss can be du-
plicated in many cases merely by slim
ulation Of the ear canals 10y cold
douches.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06
NO POST SEASON GAME
Colorado Springs Terrors Terrified by
the Savage Season Record

For little while last week it looked
rs if there might be a post season
football game between the Lamar Saw
ages and the Colorado Springs Ter
rors, and the latter were talking it
strong until the Register and Sparks
made the mistake Of publishing the
season record of the Savages. When
the papers reached the Springs the
hackers of the Terrors backed clean
off the boards and refused to finance
a game at all. Then the papers were
called in and for two or three days
their sporting pages were covered
with all kinds Of the most ridiculous
excuses why they couldn't play La
mar. Finally rather than play the
game they admitted that they could
not claim the state championship. This
is not the first time that Colorado
Springs has backed down and surren-
dered all claims TO the state champion
ship rather than play Lamar. In fact
the city Of millionaires is a bunch Of
pikers right The Terror record for
the year is 202 points TO IS; as against
the Lamar record Of 2s7 to 6; and
while Old Man Dope sometimes makes
mistakes, he would have been just
about right in a game between the
SavaRes and Terrors.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06
PUSH SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE
Government Of Country Believes New
Avenues of Commerce May Be
Opened After the War.

The agricultural societies of South
Africa, along with government Off
cials In a semioiicial capacity, are
at present studying the London mar
ket as it will be eventually affected
by the results of the war. believing
that new avenue Ut commerce Will
be opened for South Africa farm pro-
duce. Committees have been appointed
to inquire whether Cape Colony will,
for example, be able to compete with
the ranching enterprises of Liebig in
the Argentine and in Australia. Some
experiments are being tried in the
way of shipping eggs to London. The
demand has gone up seriously within
the last few weeks, owing to the GER
tain shortage in Russia. Denmark and
Switzerland. By standardiZing guam
titles and qualities the farmers hope
to get at least u slice of the interna-
tionRl trade. The government will en-
courage every effort in this direction
ii sidelight upon the war that APP
peals to the Beers in the Wynberg and
other districts of Cape Colony.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06

uary at the State Agricultural college
at Fort Collins. Lamar high school
has been invited to send team of five
boys. Mr.. Gilbert is now working out
the details by which our team will
be selected. Students who are at pres
ent enrolled and who have credits in
agriculture are eligible. This trip
doubtless will be very profitable to
students interested in agriculture and
the competition for places on the team
promises to be very keen.
Misses Christina and Charlotte Le-
pei spent Thanksgiving vacation at
their home at Villas, Colorado.
Edith Campbell spent Thanksgiving
vacation at her home in Springfield.
Franklin Dillon arrived in Lamar
Monday after a very pleasant visit at
his home in Springfield.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06
PRowERs COUNTY WINS DAIRY,
MEN
The Helvetia Company Attracting
Dairy Farmers From All Over
Country

The recent action Of the Helvetia
Milk Condensing Co. at Lamar in
voluntarily raising rates on December
and January milk fifteen cents
hundred although they were already
paying fifty cents a hundred more
than other western milk plants, has
been adding new interest to this big
industry Dairy farmers from all over
Colorado are turning their attention to
this county now, and many are MAX
ing inquiries from eastern Kansas and
the farther eastern states. One own
err Of a big Holstein herd from Palmer
Lake has already purchased a farm
here anad will soon be delivering milk
to the Lamar factory. Two big city
dairymen Of Kansas City have pur-
chased farms from the Amity COM
pany north of Holly and will ship to
the Lamar plant as they claim the
price paid by the Helvetia is better
than they can make delivering milk in
the city. And a number Of northern
Colorado dairy farmers, who are now
patrons of the Carnation Company
are buying farms here as the price
paid at Lamar is much better and
the milder season here means more
milk product. All agree that the con-
ditions in Prowers county are the best
for the industry to be found anywhere
i'm the country. The mild winters and
dry season are conducive to the high
est yield and finest quality Of milk.
The fact that this is the ideal alfalfa
hay section Of the country insures
that this greatest and most used milk
feed will always be reasonable in
price compared to any other section
Of the country. It also furnishes
plenty of fine pasture. The wonderful
Yields of the best silage crops that
the soil and irrigation produce adds
to the cheap feeding advantages
While the fact that one Of the largest
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06
Fairview

Mr.. Butler has sold his improve
ments to Mr.. Pyle of eastern Okla
homa.
Mr.. NJ. b. Shearer of auckland,
Kansas, has filed on half of section
%.
Mr.. o. E. Putnam is visiting his
son.
Mr.. Woodruff has returned from
his trip to Kansas.
Mr.. Routh has been spending much
time with his sister, Mrs. Robinson,
who is very sick with typhoid fever.
A spelling school will be held at
the school house December Sth.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06
Hearty Breakfast in Prison.

A breakfast ut the Leavenworth
penitentiary, where many convict pris-
oners are confined, requires 1000 hot
biscuits. so pounds of butter, % gal
Ions of strip, 240 pounds of dried beef,
80 gallons of gravy and 80 pounds OF
coffee, according TO an inmate writing
In recent issue of New Era, the
prison paper.
This prisoner asks that with bis
cults at 10 cents a dozen, butter at 30
cents pound, strip at % cents gal
lon. dried beef at - cents pound and
coffee at 20 cents pound, how much
would the meal cost ut restaurant on
the nutsida2
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS NOTES

The grand piano purchased by the
school board and the lecture commit
tee arrived last week 1t is an Acous-
tigrande manufactured by the Chick
ering Bros, Chicago. The committee
selected this piano after considering
offers from all the leading piano
companies. At the opening Of school
last Monday morning Miss Gladys
Beavers played couple Of selections
on it, which was greatly enjoyed by
the high school students and faculty.
The question for debate has been
decided upon and is as follows. Re
solved: That immigration Of the
United States should be further re-
stricted by means of a literary test.
Lamar high school debates at Holly,
Las Animas at La Junta anad Fowler
at Rocky Ford The visiting teams
were given the right of selecting their
side. Lamar chose to defend the af-
firmative. Preliminary tryouts will
be conducted Monday at 1920 at which
time the team will be selected.
Miss Josie Yeates spent Thanksgiv-
ing at the home of Florence McClave
last week.
Report cards were issued this week.
The girls received the highest honors.
The first rank in the senior class was
received by Coral McMillin. First
rank in the junior class, Myrtle Ship
man. First in sophomore class, Clar-
ice Hoag. First in freshman class,
Erma Elliot
Earl Ford spent Thanksgiving va
cation at his home on the Cimarron.
Principal Shanner goes to La Junta
Saturday to arrange the basket ball
schedule for the N. NJ. & S. C. league,
and he also will receive the pennant
which will be awarded to the victor
ious football team. Lamar Savages
are 1916 champions of the league.
We regret very much that the Colo
RADIO Springs high school has refused
to play the Savages in a post season
game for the state championship. Ev-
Iery inducement that was fair was
made by our management but each
was turned down by the Colorado
Springs team. Persons who have seer
both teams perform have reported that
they are evenly matched. A game be.
tween these schools would doubtless
have done much to bring about bet
ter condition in athletics among the
high schools of southern Colorado.
The football boys Of the Lamar higf
school will be entertained at ban
quet given by the girls of W. X. f
club and their friends next Saturday
evening at the Methodist church base
ment.
The best high schools in the STATE
have been asked to enter teams in {
contest on the department Of agricul
ture to be held the last week in Jan
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06

Ex-President Taft is responsible for
the statement that it had been more
than dozen years previous to 1913
since there had been an ex-presidents'
club; and since the club had existed in
1913 there had only been one reunion
when the two members met last Aug
ust and shook hands. He said the
reunion was caused by sincere desire
on the part of both members to add
u long, pleasant smiling recruit to the
membership of the club, but they had
been deeply disappointed in that re
spect.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06

,iviIs from MIXTURES or ugnt OF diiter-
ent wave lengths. Colored lights may
differ in hue, depending on wave
length. in saturation and purity, due
to the presence or udmiXture of white
light. and in luminosity, varying with
intensity. Color mixtures mny be meas
ured from the contained primary col
ors-such as red, green and blue. The
colors near the red end of the spec
trum, especially suitable for rooms of
northern exposure, give an effect Of
warmth; colors near the violet end are
cold, adapted for rooms facing south.
Artificial daylight Gun BE- had from
suitable absorbing glass.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06
Methodist Episcopal Church

Sunday school rally at 9:45. Classes
for all ages.
DR.. N. H. Lee will preach both fore
noon and evening next Sunday. Morn
ing subject, Eternal Life Now"
Evening subject, aging or Growing"
Epworth League devotions at $50
p. M, led by Edgar Polhemus. Topic,
"The Mission of the Religious News
paper" Study Hab. 2:2
The regular monthly meeting of
the official board in the church study
Monday evening at o'clock sharp.
Praise and prayer meeting at 1880
Wednesday evening.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06

The passage through the Panama
canal recently of the passenger steam
ship Remuera. of the New Zealand
shipping company, on the way from
Wellington to London, marks the es-
Enlistment of this important line
through the canal. It's route has for
merly been around the Cape of Good
Hope on the outward voyage from
Great Britain and around Cape Horn
on the hOmeward lap, the vessel going
completely around the world on each
voyage. The old route totaled 12.216
miles; the new route will approximate
11.190 miles via Tahiti and Colon, or
IL, 45o miles if the steamer sails di-
rect to Balboa from Wellington and
goes by Norfolk on the way from
Colon to Plymouth.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06

and most substantial condensing COM
panies of the world promises to pay
Just as much for the milk product
here as at the eastern plants where
feed is higher and climatic conditions
not so good insures a fine market for
all the milk that can possibly be
produced in the valley. Prowers coun-
ty will soon be the greatest dairy
center west Of the Mississippi river,
and the farmers who get in early and
stay with it will be the biggest win
ners.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06
EnaIIsh Scouts collect eottIes.

One resort Of English Boy Scouts
for lettering their resources is to
make collection Of bottles, which are
purchased by pharmacists and wine
merchants. The troop Of st. Edmond
OF Northampton. recently made a
search one afternoon with great sue
cess. About sixty houses We're visited
Saturday afternoon between half past
two and half past five. and the bottles
which were gathered were taken to
the courtyard Of the school which was
occupied by military authorities Of The
section. At six o'clock wagons were
secured to take the bottles to the phar-
mncists and wine merchants, who were
very glad to buy them. The scoutmas
ter, the two assistants and only l.
scouts earned in this way, for the
troop, $3.50.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06
Biggest in the World.

California is to have the biggest
bridge in the world TO connect Oakland
with San Francisco and relieve five
ferry systems.
1t will cost S22,OO0OOO. he five and
nne-half miles long one Of the heaviest
bridges ever built, carrying three road
ways and four railroad tracks. and two
Of its 10 spnns will be high and wide
enough for any ship To pass.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-12-06
1917 Fair

At the Meeting of the Y. NJ. B. A.
on Monday evening the preliminary
arrangements were made for the hold
ing Of the Powers County Fair next
year in connection with the national
Y. NJ. B. A. convention L. NJ Mark
ham, county clerk, was elected as gen.
eral manager for the fair, and his
past experience as manager of the
agricultural section for several sea
sons, makes this wise selection. The
fair will be held sometime the last of
Aug st or the first of September, the
dates which were selected having first
to be agreed upon with Pueblo, as the
latter place is to entertain the con-
vention during the closing sessions.
The entire membership of the Yambas
will be drawn upon for assistants to
the management and the fair will be
a hummer.