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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
SIX BADGER CITIES
HAVE FAIRGROUNDS.

Six Wisconsin cities maintain sup
ervised public Fairgrounds at the pre-
sent time, according to survey rec
emily made by the municipal reference
bureau of the University of Wisconsin.
/ These playground systems are in add
ition to the school Fairgrounds main
tanned in many other cities.
Milwaukee has fifteen public play
grounds run throughout the year
under four supervisors and twenty
four directors It's system and equiq-
ment are the most extensive in the
state.
Superior has six Fairgrounds with
one supervisor and six instructors,
under the direction of the board Of
education The city park board also
maintains a bathing beach in summer
and fifteen skating Kinks during the
winter The average attendance at the
Fairgrounds is 800 to 500 daily.
Racine has eight Fairgrounds, UNI
der a supervisor and ten instructors
which are maintained only during a
period of ten weeks during the sum-
mer The park board controls the
system and the attendance last season
was about 1870.
Sheboygan maintains two play
grounds under a supervisor for six
weeks during the summer. The board
of education directs the Fairgrounds
and pays the cost of maintenance.
Madison has four Fairgrounds I'M
der the direction of a supervisor and
eleven instructors, maintained through
cooperation of the park boards and the
boards of education. It's attendance
averaged about 200 season.
Kenosha has a system of supervised
recreation with one director under the
direction Of the school board.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
WISCONSIN GUARDSMEN
DEFEND CAMP IN TEXAS
Badger Troops Shine i'm Sham Battles.
Capture Wagon Train and Whole
BattaIi0ns OF Prisoners.
BADGERS CALLED INVINCIBLE.

How the Wisconsin guardsmen sue
cessfully defended" the camp against
an invading" army of Kansas and
Illinois militia is described by Serg.
Stanley A. Jowasinski, First Wiscon-
sin infantry, Second Medical corps, in
a letter to friend in Milwaukee.
1.-The sham battle proved big sue
cess" he writes The artillery fired
the first shots and in few minutes
they charged our positions. The in
fantry patrols assisted by the regular
cavalry did outpost duty. When the
wagon train neared our entrenched
body, the Wisconsin patrols leaped
from their defensive position and made
the entire train prisoners. That was
the first piece Of their work in defend
ing the city.
"The entire Illinois army has 10000
men None of the troops passed the
Wisconsin line. In some instances
whole battalions were taken prisoners
by the tactful thanking of the Wiscon-
sin officers. About p m. news reach
ed headquarters saying that the Wis
consin force was invincible."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
FOREST NOTES

One ton Of coniferous wood waste
will produce from Is to % gallons Of
190-prOof alcohol.
The farm woOdlOts of the United
States contain about 10 per cent of
the total standing timber in the coun-
try.
Grazing experts of the Forest Ser
vice estimate that the cost of produc-
ing lambs in the Northwestern States
is 1882 per head.
The bark of black oak. or yellow
oak" as it is often called on account
of the color of the inner bark, is now
used for dye-making.
The stand of timber on the two great
National Forests in Alaska is estimated
by the Forest Service as over 70 bill
ion board feet, while the annual
growth will, it is said, produce of
pulpwood alone enough for the manu-
facture of three thousand tons of wood
pulp a day.
Oak is the most suitable wood for
carving, on account of its durability
and toughness, without being too hard.
Chestnut, American walnut, Mahogany
and Teak are also desirable, while for
fine work Italian walnut, lime, apple,
sycamore, pear or plum are generally
chosen.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
GOOD
Mr.. BOWSER
He and a Tramp Do the
Monday Wash
BY M. QUAD.
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.

Mrs. Bowser was frightened when
she woke Of a Monday morning.
Mr.. Bowser still lay On his back
snoring, but she felt that it was long
past the hour for their getting up. She
had a feeling also that the cook had
mot returned from her visit to her
mother Sunday night.
She had a cold and a sore throat and
IA headache, but she slipped into XII
mono and ran downstairs.
Half an hour late! No cook! No
preparation for breakfast! She ran
upstairs and woke Mr. Bowser and ex,
claimed:
"Oh, Mr.. Bowser, but what shall we
do? 1t is an hour late, the cook hasn't
got back. and | am too sick to get your
breakfast! Please don't raise row"
NO one is going to raise a row with
you, dear he replied as he got out of
bed. mo one can help being sick.
You get right into bed and lay there,
and l will scratch up my own break
fast"
But this is wash day." she walled.
IF Maggie don't come back | don't
know what we shall do There isn't a
towel or napkin but what is laid out
for the wash
DO? Do? Why. will do the wash
ing myself if Maggie is not back by
the time | finish my breakfast But
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27

that done all it could fake schools
and advise the public to their true character
OF the schools reach the highest
in their fraudulent One which oper-
Oak street in San Francisco campaign with
want adj in the morning stating that motion picture
needed by the Universal and that
application might be made address. The applicants
here by individual who informed them
had been from Los Angeles by Universal
recruit actors and actresses 1t would be
those who wished to take advantage of this unusual
opportunity to first themselves through private
lessons the motion picture acting make the
easier them he had already perfected
with the school Oak
Needless say the Universal company knew nothing of
the and it's relied the hundred miles that
from Los Angeles them
Of it. He held his pupils long he could through faxed
promises employment,
then, when bluff"
it's accommodating weight, he closed the
and disappeared
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
TURN AMATEUR TASTES
TOWARD GOOD MUSIC
State University Has Course Designed
To Draw Patronage From "RagS"
and Popular Music.
THEORY AND PRACTICE TAUGHT.

Believing that there is no excuse
for not knowing what is"good' in
music, both in composition and per-
Torrance, vivified by the historical,
the University of Wisconsin has been
developing for several years course
in the appreciation of music designed
to interest students who are not spe-
cializing in music and is yearly at
tracing more students from other de-
partments.
OF the 62 students who studied mus
zeal appreciation last year, 80 were
from other colleges and were not
specializing in music. Most of these
students were enrolled in the college
of Letters and Science, but the courses
in chemistry commerce, journalism,
engineering, home economies, and
agriculture were also represented
Purpose of Studies.
The purpose of the course is to
show through illustrated lectures
and recitals the principals of all good
music, the School of Music of the back
ground OF every subject under dis
cusslon. To understand the works of
Bach, Palestrina, Cadman, or Victor
Herbert, the student studies the state
of art and society in the composers
time and his own personality and
purpose. For this study, the school
libraries have large collection of
musical books
| For the presentation of the actual
music, tise school has a lecture room
equipped with a grand piano, large
black boards RULED for music,a vic
trola and Tel-electric piano player.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
Falls Asleep Smoking.

Harry Fries, aged 35, of La Fargo,
who went to sleep in the Hotel Grand,
with lighted cigarette in his mouth,
is dead as a result of the burns he
received and inhaling smoke when the
bed caught fire. Fries was carried
out of his room unconscious by a
boarder who smelled the smoke, but
died at a hospital without regaining
consciousness. Mr.. Fries was a for
mer resident of Richland Center. He
is survived by his widow.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27

HE BROKE THEM ALL INTO THE FRYING
PAN
| guess she will be. Don't worry. |
teen minutes"
Mrs BOWSer was too aStOniShed to
say more. She had seen times when
Mr.. BowSer wanted TO take her head
off for far less. and yet he was as
good as pie over this.
Mr.. BoWSer may boast that he is a
chef of the first water but it is only
a boast. He is not even a seventh
class cook when it comes down to
brass tacks Without coat or vest
and in his old slippers, he moused
around the kitchen until he found some
cold potatoes and q dozen eggs In a
box. Then he built a fire and started
in on the coffee first. No matter how
much water he used to half a cupful
of the ground coffee nor how long he
boiled it, he was satisfied with it. The
frying pan was made red hot, a chunk
of bacon put in to furnish the grease,
and while three eggs were burning to
cinders he sliced in four or five pota-
toes, and his morning banquet was
ready. He was devouring it on the
dining room table when there came a
ring at the basement door. and he said
to himself:
There's Maggie now, and that let's
me out of a fix
But it wasn't Maggie. 1t was great
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
ALFALFA FOR SHEEP.
Superior to Other Roughages and Re.
duces Cost of Fatteninq.

Alfalfa hay has been found superior
| to other roughages for sheep because of
! its palatability and the nutriment it
carries, asserts A. M. Paterson, instruc-
tor In animal husbandry in the Kansas
State Agricultural college.
| Alfalfa when of good quality not
only answers for roughage. but also
serves as partial substitute for grain
and thus materially reduces the cost
Of fattening sheep.
Alfalfa is primarily hay and not
pasture plant. While it may be grazed
with success In arid regions this prac-
tice means certain failure in some of
the eastern states. Sheep are particu-
larly severe ON alfalfa pasture because
they Craze SO closely. Extreme care
should be taken when the sheep are
first put on. the pasture in order to
avoid bloat.
Alfalfa pasture in conjunction with
cOrnfeld feeding often gives the best
! results. Alfalfa pasture alone for
sheep is too rich a heterogeneous product.
1t is necessary to feed other grasses
or some grain as a supplement.
The American Automobile associa
ton Is to be credited in no little
measure, says Leslie's Weekly, for the
Bankhead bill passed by the senate
and the Shackleford bill in the house,
which have for their purpose the i'm
prOvement of American highways.
The bills In congress are thoughtfully
drawn and deal with the federal side
of the improvement with thorough
ness. OF course, the danger will
threaten the issue in the various
states where its effectiveness can
easily be destroyed by wasting the ap-
preparation on small and unimpOrtant
bypaths instead Of concentrating upon
the more important highways. There
Is no reason why the United States
cannot accomplish what the French re-
public has done in opening up its
wealth of beautiful country previous
ly inaccessible to the motorist. It
was the perseverance and cooperation
of French motorists, united and sin
cere, that brought about the construc-
ton Of a system that is a joy to the
heart of Automobiles who have tour
ed from La Havre to Marseilles or
from Biarritz to the Pyrenees.
But there Is another side to the bet
ter public highway question than the
"open road In beautiful sections Of
country. If autocar owners will be as
ready to lend a hand for good back
road leading nowhere for them but
somewhere for others and that some
where farmhouse Of a taxpaying
owner, paternal road building will be
a fair deal. Not otherwise.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
i've them the final performance"

give them the final performance"
Mr.. Bowser did SO, and when he had
finished, If he had had a glass to look
into, he would have probably taken
that tramp by the neck then and there.
He was a blue man from top to toe
His hair, what there was of it, was
as blue as the blue Danube. His eye
brows were blue. There were fifty
streaks up and down his face, and
each was bluer than the other He
had introduced new style of carpet
slipper to the market-a blue one.
Cold water was let into the tub and
the clothes stirred around. and after
a quarter of an hour things didn't look
quite as blue under the tramp's orders.
Each garment was lifted up and put
through the ringer. The ringer had
always been Of pearl color. 1t was
now blue. As the last garment was
passed through Mr. BowSer stood back
and said:
L believe we have made some thun-
dering mistake about the thing
1T can't be-" was the reply.
But look at the blue! Am l going
to wear blue shirt around after this
apd sleep between blue sheets and lay
my head on a blue pillow"
You simply don't understand up to
date methods of laundry work. We
will now hang the washing on the line
and you'll see that blue fade away like
a scared rabbit before hound dog"
Together they had hung out part Of
the clothes, when two things occurred
TO interrupt them. Back windows went
up. and heads and shoulders were
thrust out. and the alley fence began
to be lined with children. There were
laughing and tittering and calling, and
somehow or other Mr.. BOwSer got the
idea that they were poking fun at
those blue garments.
Also the cook came along. She had
fallen and hurt her knee the previous
night and was too lame to walk. She
entered the kitchen and saw the blue
floor. the blue tubs. the blue water. the
blue tramp the blue Mr.. BOwser. and
she looked out and saw the blue clothes
on the line. With a shrek she ran up
stairs, and five minutes later. when Mr..
BOwser followed her he found her and
Mrs. BowSer looking out of one of the
back windows. They turned at his steps
| and looked him up and down. Then
both sank to the floor and broke into
hysterical laughter.
What is it?' innocently asked Mr..
Bowser.
But they could not answer him. He
turned and walked downstairs. not an
gered, but d little grieved. to take it
out on the tramp. but Willie had de-
parted. SO had the silver butter dish
and the sugar bowl. He could stay no
longer. A feeling of blue depression
had come over him, and he thought Mr.
BOwser might be hard hearted man
If aroused.
Half an hour later Mrs. Bowser and
the cook came down and got that wash
ing out of sight and then pitched in
and got Mr. BoWSer Il fine luncheon.
Mrs. BoWser had laughed her illness
away. Mr.. BOWSer kept his eye on her
and his ears open. but no remarks
were made. How could they be? Mr..
Bowser had been good-very, very
good
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
The Man Who Wins

No two men can take a thing Just
alike, and very few can sit down quiet
ly when they have lost a TALL in life 5
wrestle and say: Well, here [ am.
beaten, no doubt, this time; by my
own fault, 100. Now, take good look
at me, my good friends, as [ know you
all want to do, and say your say out,
for / am getting up again directly and
having another turn OF it.'-Thomas
Hughes.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
Move TO GAINESVILLE.

The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Piper and son will regret to
learn that they have left Watertown
and have taken up residents in James
vile where Mr.. Piper has accepted a
position as bookkeeper with the Shirt
left Ice Cream Co.. Mr. Piper for
many years was employed in the office
of the Dornfeld- Kunert Works and
his large acquaintance wish him much
success in his new field
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
Medical Society to Meet Oct. 4.

Madison. = The SEVENTEEN annual
meeting of the Wisconsin State Medi-
cal society will be held in Madison
Oct. 4-6. The sessions will be held
in the assembly chamber of the CAPT
toll. The association of county secre-
taries and state officers will hold its
annual meeting in the senate chamber
Oct. 3 at 1: 80 p. m. The house Of dele
gates will meet in the senate cham
Der Tuesday night, Oct. 8. Extensive
entertainment has been planned for
tho ndinnl
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
Infantile Paralysis Reach 300 Mark.

Madison.-Five new cases of infan-
tile paralysis were reported through
out the state on Tuesday There were
two at Sheboygan and one each at
Shawano, at Waumandee, Buffalo
county. and town of Menomonie, Dunn
county. Deaths from the disease were
reported from Sheboygan and the
town of Glenwood, st. Croix county.
Total cases on Tuesday reached the
800 mark, and deaths thirty.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
Straw Vote Being Taken Here.

w. j. Plummer, a representative of
the New York Herald, was here Tues
day taking a straw vote on the coming
presidential election. The vote is alb
sOlutely secret, and said to be the
most exhaustive ever taken, reaching
every state in the union. A number OF
papers are cooperating in the taking
of the poll.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
SlOan's Liniment for Neuralgia Aches.

The dull throb of neuralgia is quick
ly relieved by Sloan's Liniment, the
universal remedy for pain. Easy to
apply; it quickly penetrates without
rubbing and soothes the sore muscles
Cleaner and more promptly effective
than mussy plasters or ointment /;
does not stain the skin or clog the
pores. For stiff muscles, chronic
rheumatism, govt, lumbago, sprains
and strains it gives quick relief
Sloan's Eminent reduces the pain and
Inflammation in insect bites, bruises
bumps and other minor injuries to
children. Get a bottle today at your
druggist, 25c.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
Very Likely.

Fifty postage stamps were examined
by a Philadelphia professor, who
found germs on fQrty-eight. Stop
licking stamps. In cases of emergen-
cy lick the Milwaukee Ev-
ening Wisconsin.
Yes, and just as soon as we acquire
the habit, some other professor will
find germs on the envelope and make
us stop dorchester Union and Ad-
Vertiser.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
MenOminie Has Big Fire.

Menominie.-The brewery owned by
Joseph Heidermar, on Hudson road,
two miles west of this city, burned
early Sunday morning The loss was
about $4,000, partly. covered by in
surance. The cause is unknown. This
fire leaves but one wet spot in Dunn
county, that being a single saloon in
the western part
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
A ClOgged System Must Be Cleared.

You will find DR.. Kings New Life
Pills a gentle yet effective laxative
for removing impurities from the sys-
tenn. Accumulated waste poisons the
blood; dizziness, biliousness and pimp-
ly, muddy complexion are the dis
tressing effects. A dose of DR.. Kings
New Life Pills tonight will assure
you free, full bowel movement in
the morning. At your druggist, Csc
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
Train Kills Cows.

Five cows were killed on the North
Western tracks a short distance this
side of Clyman, Monday morning.
They were struck by a southbound
passenger train, a heavy fog prevent
ing the locomotive men from seeing
the cattle.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27

the SchoOl VIII probably do is to display for
midable list OF producing companies, which he
claims to be furnishing with actors and act
resses. This is all simon pure fraud but is
seldom detected until too late. The wise pu-
pill would investigate these claims before pay
ing in his or her tuition fee, but for some rea-
very few ever do.
[ know that the name of the company
with which | am connected, has often been
used by these 'prOprietors' in the manner in
dicated above and this in Snite of the fact
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
FROZEN CROPS SOLD.
GAINESVILLE Farmers Find Market For
Damaged Tobacco Crop.

Farmers around GAINESVILLE are far
ing better with their frozen tobacco
crops than they at first had any hopes
for. Many buyers are buying that
portion of the crop injured by the
frost at prices ranging from to s
cents pound, thus affording them a
margin for the seasons work.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
Railway Time tables.
CHICAGO Il NORTH ESTERN
SOUTH

IL
Chicago Passenger. .5:17 a. III.
*Chicago Passenger. .11:o5 a. III.
GAINESVILLE Passenger. 7:I5 D. m
$50 p. IN. train makes close conner
tions for the west at Jefferson .Junct,on
also for Milwaukee.
Both 1l'05 a. IN. and 7:l5 D. IN. trains
make close connections at Jefferson
junction for Madison and all no;nto
west
NORTH.
~Green Bay passenger. JAN
Green Bay. Sundays only s1on
screen Bay Passenger. s,l9 - -
Northern Michigan. .s:25 u -
Rockford Passenger arrives ut Woter.
town at 94O a. m. and goes no farther
The 7:55 a. m. train makes connection
at Ciyman junction for trains east.
A train goes west from Clyman June.
ton at B p. m.
"Ihese trains leave daily except Sunday
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST PAIN
EAST
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
The Barley Crop.

Wisconsin grows fully one-eighth
of the barley raised in the whole coun-
try, and ranks third in the roll of
states in total production. Accord
ing to reports this years yield is the
largest ever harvested here.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
School For The Blind.

Janesville.-The Wisconsin School
for the Blind opended with an attend
ance of about 120, the largest on re
cord. Extensive improvements have
been made during the summer.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
TalkSWith Screen-Struck Girls. Talk No. e

Before finally leaving the subject schools of
motion picture acting will mention briefly
of their favOrite devices
that of readers who have experience
these schools will recognize the at
After having expanded the
pupil is of type particularly we'll adapted motion picture
the thing that
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
Eccentric ThieVery.

Kansas has developed thief with
some claim to eccentricity. He stole
IS animals from a skunk farm, and
the sleuths of the law refuse to fol-
low the scent.-HoustOn Post.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27

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