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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
FARMERS plan
CANNING PLANT
AT REDWOOD
Meeting of Farmers Held This Week
and Plans Are Under Way to
Secure Market For
Vegetables.

A factory for the canning of vege-
tables, which will also turnout power
for other uses is being planned by the
people of Redwood and the farmers
adjacent thereto. At meeting held
in Redwood this week the matter was
discussed and total of $1,000 sub
|scribed Peter Thauer presided at the
meeting and another meeting will be
held next week to form definite plans
for the consideration of building and
the placing of the necessary machin-
cry.
The plant will not be operated on a
very large scale, but will be arranged
to can peas, corn, tomatoes and the
like, thus furnishing a ready market
for this form of garden truck Ir is
expected that at least fifty stockhold-
ers will subscribe to the plan
Aside from the canning process, the
power installed will be used for the
grinding of feed and it is also expected
that sugar beets will be grown in
larger quantities than now is the rule
and the product will be taken care of
by the new organization.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
POTATO GROWING CONTEST
AND COUNTY EXHIBITS

At the Watertown Inter- County fair
this year, September 4, 5, 6 and there
will be potato growing contest for
boys and girls who secured the seed
free from the Watertown Outdoor Art
association. There will be nine prizes
for the largest yields. The prizes will
be $500, $3.50, $500, $3.50, $1.25, $1OO
75c, soc, Csc.
There will also be prizes for exhib-
it's from Dodge and Jefferson counties.
Those in charge of the exhibits will be
required to make affidavit that to the
best of their knowledge the agricul-
tural products shown were grown in
the county from which the exhibit
comes, during the present season, with
the exception of grass and clover seed.
A prize of $50 will be given the best
exhibit and prize of $40 will be given
the next best.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
BIG BASEBALL GAME
ON FOR NEXT SUNDAY

Jefferson and WatertoWn will clash
on the green diamond next Sunday
afternoon in Washington park. Each
team has game to it's credit and Wa
tertown is slightly in the lead in the
pennant race. II Jefferson is able to
pluck the Goslings Sunday there will
be a change all along the Central
State league line. Pete's birds, how
ever will not be caught mapping and
Anweiler, who is now displaying good
form will open the ball for the Cos
lings. A large crowd of rooters are
expected at the game
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
! THE STROLLER

The ladies, heaven bless them. We
can't get along with them and we can't
get along without them
Those old time photos in the Gamm
Corner Drug Co. store take one back
to the pioneer days. One view shows
the John w. Cole Block, Main and Sec
ond streets, with many people gazing
at the circus posters on the dead walls
They are all dressed in manner very
different from today. Another view
shows the old saw mill on the west
side of Rock river near the foot of
West Madison street, the ground being
covered with sawlogs.
1t is waste of time to ask a man
what he did yesterday if he is forever
telling you what he intends to do to-
morrow.
A. B. c. writes from Watertown that
"Oconomowoc may be very swell with
its summer visitors and auto hearses,
but Watertown can go you one better.
We have young business man who
wears an ankle watch. Can you beat
1t ?"-OcOnOmowoc Enterprise.
-
The price of beer is going up while
the beer itself is going down.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
.LASURE co.
WAS FORMED
ON WEDNESDAY
Lasure Friction Clutch Company in
Fifth Street VIII Begin Manu-
featuring in WATERFOWL in
Short While.

The Lasure Friction Clutch company
which recently transferred their plant
from Madison, to Watertown will begin
manufacturing within few days.
The machinery is now being placed
in the Dornfeld factory in Fifth street,
corner Market, which was recently
purchased by the company The build
ing has been remodelled to suit the re-
quirements of the new line of manu-
facture
When. the Lasure people decided to
quit Madison and come to WatertOwn
a new company was organized with
WatertOwn capital and the first meet
ing Of the stockholders was held We'd
nesday evening The capital stock Of
the new concern is 100000 The sum
OF $4,000 has been subscribed the bal
ance remaining in the treasury. At
the meeting Wednesday evening the
following officers were elected:
President-R. l.. Richardson
Vice president-A. d Platz.
retary-treasurer-B M. Parsons.
Directors-R. L. Richardson, A. NJ
Peltier, B. M. Parsons, A. D. Platz,
Edward L. Schempf
The plant will be in operation next
week and before the month is out at
least fifteen men will be employed
The clutch Is said to be one Of the best
on the market and a ready seller, so
1t follows that in time this plant will
enjoy steady growth. Several fami-
lies will remove here from Madison
which will be welcome addition to
the city's population.
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1879, 1236,2247, 432, 2719, 1926, 10, 652,
927, 1868, 1884, 739, 1851, sol. 1922,
1146, 1903, 1919, 1895, 2479, 1872, It'll,
513, 46, 1920, 1861, 1899, 1866, 2441,
2749, 1928, 1886, 223, 2O66, 1441, 1880,
6O2, 1915, 800, 1888, 1890, Is, 1918, 772,
1856, 2939, 721, 1419, 1890, 7S6, 1919,
1916, $50, 1922, 1892, 273O, 972. $685..
2O36, 337, 676, 275, 4419, 1927, 500,
1885, 564, 1855, 2166, 945, 1913, 500.
The preceding list is Incomplete and
the full details will not be known UNI
til Saturday.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
Escaped Injury.

When the wheel of heavily loaded
wagon belonging to MendenhalPs we'll
drilling outfit came off as the result
of a broken axle Thursday afternoon
at West Main and Washington streets,
both men in the drivers seat were
escaped injury
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
MILWAUKEE, DROPPED.
Rockford MarOOns Take Milwaukee's
Place in Central League.

Directors of the Central State Base
week and decided to drop Milwaukee
from the league and take in the Rock
ford MaroOns. The Maroons are all
professional ball players and will
probably give the other teams hard
battle to win game.
1t was also voted at the meeting to
play off all postponed and tie games.
The Rockford team will make tits first
appearance on July % at GAINESVILLE
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
Marriage Licenses.

Albert Kruger, Bertha Hope, both
of Elba
Felix C. Schneider, Lebanon, Viola
L. Knoll, WatertOwn.
Otto Panic, Fond du Lac, Marie E.
Zitler, LOmira,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
The Way.

Bystander-"I suppose you would
like to take ride without worrying
about tires and the like?' Motorist
(hxing puncture)-"You bet I
would" Bystander-"WelI, here's q
car ticket. "-Chaparral.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
J. c. Draeger
Electrical Contractor
PHONE NO. 493-W

We Take Care of Everything in the
Electrical Line-Repair all Kinds of
Electric Apprenticeship and New
House Wiring-Prompt Service Ever.
Office-14 N. THIRD ST-Natertown
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
Misunderstood.

Medical Ofiicer-"Got any scars on
your Atkins-"No. sir but I've some
cigarettes. Boston Evening Tran
script.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20

The members and friends of the Clio
yer club were pleasantly entertained
at the home of Miss Eliza Schempf. 500
Clyman street. Those who assisted in
entertaining the club were Mesdames
Henry Mulberger, Jeanette Rust and
Miss Eliza Schempf.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday
probably local thunder showers Not
much change in temperature. Cool
est last night 81, Warmest today Sc.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
THRESHING COAL.

We have just what you want
-Splint, Kentucky Block, Indi-
ana Hooking and Purity coal,
sold by VIM. G0rder Co. .2-2m
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20

You can have the union label on
your printing at the News office.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20
Social Doings

The third annual ice cream social
given by the st. Sebastian Young
Mems society of ST. Henry's church
was held Wednesday evening on the
church lawn and was largely attend
ed, about 1900 people were served as
the evening was warm.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-20

Smoke Ginger. &c cissr.
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258 FIRST
DRAFT NUMBER
IN DRAWING

Frank M. Kube Of WatertOwn Was
the Lucky One From This Sec
ton Of the State I'm
the Draft.
Frank M. Kube of Watertown was
among the contingent of men drawn
for Uncle Sans service when the lot
terry was started at Washington at 9:3t
this morning The first number was
25S and that was Mr. Kube's number
Mr.. Kube formerly conducted the sa
loon at the corner of Main and NORTH
Second streets. This number 258
was not in the serial number in thu
first district of Dodge county which
includes Watertown.
How They Drafted.
The draft numbers below two thou.
sand were drawn in the following or
der: The first number is the seria
and the second number is the red let
ter registration number:
One--258
No.2-2,522.
No. 3-9,613.
No. 4-4,532.
No. 5-10,21S.
No. 6-453.
No. 7-3,4O3
No. 8-1O,015.
No. 9-9,S99
no. 1O-S,934.
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No. 344-1,331.
No. 355-1,685.
No. 359-4S7.
No. 363-1,2S2.
No. 366-1.32s.
No. 367-1,S47.
No. 369-797.
No. 363-14O.
No. 374-2,599.
No. 367-1,536.
No. 3S2-1,922.
No. 386-1,723.
No. 392-1,779.
No. 394--1,236.
No. 395-2,247.
No. 399-2,O11.
No. 4O4-432.
No. 421-1S.
No. 422652.
No. 424-927.
No. 429-1,4S4.
No. 434-739.
No. 435-1.551.
No. 43e-6O1.
No. 438-1,322.
No. 446-1,146.
No. 448-1,1O3.
No. 449-2,319.
No. 45S-1.3S5.
NO. 4oV-I.HS.
No. 463-606.
No. 464-182.
No. 465-1,771.
No. 466-513.
No. 472-46.
No. 475-1,O2O
No. 477-1,651.
No. 478-1,O99.
No. 479-1,955.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11
Winter Pruing Season at Hand.

The Southern Ruralist says that
the winter is upon us and pruning
time is at hand. Plants may be prun-
ed at any season of the year, but they
are usually pruned during the dorm
ant season. There is generally more
time to give to the work at this sea-
son than at any other and winter
pruning has tendency to increase the
production of wood.
Here are few don'ts that should
be kept in mind when pruning plants;
l. Never use an AK or Ratchet on
a tree. Always saw off limbs that
are too large for the hand shears.
2. Always make the first cut with
the saw on the under side of the large
limbs so as to prevent peeling the
banks.
3. Always saw or cut off the limbs
as close to the trees as possible. Never
leave a stump or place where water
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11

leaf curl be done in the fall so far as
possible.
The spores of the fungus it is
drought, remain over the winter lodg-
ed in the hairs of the bud scales. This
makes it necessary to wet all of the
buds with the spray mixture. A fine
spray applied to both sides of the tree
is essential
The state college of agriculture at
Ithaca has issued a circular which
gives the results of the first years
work on fall spraying. 1t may be
secured by writing to the department
of publications, state college of agri-
culture, Ithaca, New York, asking for
circular number 81.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11
Interesting News Notes

| shilling I purchased the house, the
mouse and the wheel" Having spent
shilling (twenty-four cents) Mr..
! Hutton, who is Scotch, at once was
puzzled as to how he could turn his
purchase to practical purposes. The
manufacture of sewing thread SEEM
cd the most profitable to him. So he
experimental. A mouse weighs one
half an ounce, on an average. That
gave him one-half ounce power. He
found that mouse will run about ten
and half miles day. Mr.. Hutton
also discovered that a half-penny's
worth Of oatmeal was sufficient for
thirty-fiye days food for one mouse,
which during that time ran 367 miles.
For more than a year Mr.. Hutton
kept two mice constantly engaged in
the making of sewing thread. The mill
was so constructed that the mouse was
able to twist and reel about 120
threads a day. He worked his mice
in every other day shifts. One of the
mice on the half-penny's ration Of
which lasted for five weeks,
made $3.50 threads, each twenty-five
inches long. Since a penny was paid
TO women for every hank made by
hand, the mouse at that rate earned
nine pence ($1.08) every six weeks.
After deducting the cost of food and
there was clear yearly
profit on Mr.. Hutton's books Of more
han six shillings ($1.44) from each
Mr.. Hutton has no patent on
he idea. Anyone who wants to get
.ich may corral a herd Of mice and
,pen thread factory
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Notice.

You are hereby notified that the
annual meeting of the Emmett Fruit
Growers Union will be held at the
Union Building on Tuesday, January
8, 1917, beginning at o'clock p. M,
for the purpose of electing five dir
ectors for the ensuing year and to
transact such other business as may
lawfully come before the meeting.
B. B. DAVIS, Secretary.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11

Mice, until recently, exerted all
their energies in chasing women onto
chairs, furnishing exercise for cats
and filling cupboard shelves with fine
ly cut paper. A Kansas City man,
David Hutton, noted this waste of
energy and unused upon it. The result
was that he has taught mice to weave
thread. Il had occasion to be at
Perth, Scotland" Mr.. Hutton said in
relating the story. "While inspecting
the toys and trinkets that were manu-
featured there, my attention was at
tracted by little toy house with a
wheel in the gable that was running
rapidly around, impelled by the activ-
ity of common mouse. For one
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11
PEACH LEAF
CURL REMEDIES
May Be Easily Controlled by Time
ly Spraying.

Ithaca, N. Wow is a good time
to spray for control of peach leai
curl, according to the plant disease
authorities at Cornell. They say that
the spraying may be done any time
after the leaves fall in the autumn and
before the buds begin to swell in the
spring, but that fall spraying has
some advantages.
Orchardists in New York last spring
/ found that peach leaf curl was very
much in evidence throughout the state
wherever peaches are grown. Accord
ing to the authorities on plant dis
eases at the New York state college of
agriculture, peach leaf curl is one of
the fungus diseases of which the
control is well known, the method of
treatment highly perfected, and the
( results of such treatment absolutely
sure. They say there was nothing
new in the situation last spring eX-
cept that the conditions which have
been favorable for the peach leaf curl
disease, namely, the cold and wet
weather during the early spring, not
only favored the disease, but caused
peach growers to delay spraying until
it was too late. In some cases they
gave up spraying altogether.
AS a result it is stated that there
were many orchards not sprayed,
where the leaves were nearly all af-
fected, if the varieties grown were
subject to the disease. Orchards spray
ed too late were in practically the
same condition. In other cases, the
spraying was early enough but not
thorough enough.
The disease is easily recognized by
peach growers by the appearance of
curled and deformed bright colored
instead of normal leaves. A severe
attack will result in the loss of the
leaves and no growth of the tree it
self. There will be partial or total
failure to get fruit, general lowering |
of the vitality of the tree, and a sub
sequent failure in the production of
fruit buds for the following year. Re-
peated loss of foliage for several
years in succession means the death
of the trees, especially if the trees are
Nursery stock affected by
Il. -. ltlAlxr ~ ha a total |
loss. Even slight attacks affect or
chard production.
Peach leaf curl may be controlled
either by bordeaux mixture or by lime
sulfur solution. Since the lime sulfur
solution diluted at the rate of one
gallon to eight gallons of water will
also control San Jose scale, it is more
romonly used. If the scale is not
present the lime sulfur may be used
At the rate of one gallon to 10 gallons
Of water.
The most important factors in the
control are timeliness and thorough
mes of application. Infection appears
10 take place during the first prolong-
ed cool rain after the buds begin to
swell, and spraying after this time
mas not proved effective.
Spraying may be done any time
after the leaves fall in the autumn !
and before the buds begin to swell in |
he spring. Experiments conducted
Turing the past two years have shown
hat fall spraying is fully as effec-
i've as spring spraying. Usually also
he weather and soil conditions are
more favorable in the fall. 1t is there ;
ore advised that spraying for peach
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11
can collect and aid rot.

4. When pruning young tree al
ways make the cut up and never down,
as cutting down will peel the bark.
5. Never use dull tools for pruning.
6. Always cut off a twig or small
branch just above bud, never just
below.
Z. Never go from one tree to the
other without disinfecting the tools.
unless you are perfectly sure that the
tree last pruned was healthy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11

Gone are the good old days when
Sage Brush Sam pursued the coyote
on cayuse and roped him in with
lariat, when the man from the west
swho made his money on poker and
faro or on "tame" horses warranted
to buck 10 hours, and went to the
effete east to ride on machinery in
in the form of merry go-round and
drop his wad for green goods and
"sich like" bunco games. Your mod
ern western man sells imaginary wild
horses to the eastern "comeon" and
hunts the prairie wolf with an auto
mobile. Last week Y. j. Lynch of
Miner brought down 242 coyote pelts
on which he will collect $3.50 bounty
per from the state, then sell the furs
for 5000. But that is not the inter-
esting circumstances, except to q. DE-
for he trapped the brutes with contri-
vances set out from an auto. He has
500 traps set over radius OF tifty
miles and he goes forth in state to
gather up the scalps of his luckless
victims. The sturdy car makes tracks
over the prairie as fast as the broncho
of yore and does not get footsore while
on the job. The idea Of riding in an
auto after the wild beasts of the
prairie. dressed in becoming "store
clothes" does not appeal TO the east
ern ideas of western life; but it has
advantages in the matter of raking IN
the shekels.-Twin Falls Times.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11

Every seventh family in the United
States owns motor car, according TO
figures of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce. Its census,
based on count Of motor cars last
June and the estimated production
since that date, shows there are 3is
million cars in the country today. The
population of the United States mot
counting foreign possessionsl is l02
million, or % million families on the
census bureaus basis of four persons
TO family. Figure out the car aver
age yourself.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11

Unusual pitching performances
featured baseball in the year just
past. Four hitless games were added
to the record, number that had been
reached only once in ten preceding
hieved this distinction were Tom
campaigns. The pitchers who ac-
Hughes of the Braves, against the
Pirates; George Foster Of the Red
Sox, againts the Yankees; Joe Bush
of the Athletics against the Indians,
and Hubert Leonard Of the Red Sox,
against the Browns. Hughes set up
a remarkable figure in hitless pitch
ing in June, when he worked fifteen
and two-thirds consecutive innings
without allowing a hit. No less than
ten pitchers came within one hit OF
pitching hitless games. The mound
men who came so close and yet failed
were Adams of the Pirates, Groom
and Plank of the Browns, Mcconnell,
Packard, Lavender and Hendrix of the
Cubs, Cicotte of the White Sox,
Coombs of the Robins and Benton OF
the Giants. Several slabsters also
came into prominence by pitching both
ends of double headers, an almost
lost art for many years until Dave
Davenport succeeded in winning two
games in one afternoon late in July.
Several pitchers set up new record
in bases on balls in one game early in
May. During a contest between the
Athletics and Tigers the Detroit pit
cheers handed out twelve passes and
the Philadelphia hurlers passed out
eighteen.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11

Home cured breakfast bacon and
home made lard at the Emmett Meat
Market. Superior to packing house
products. Patronize home industry.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11

Scotch whisky comes from Pennsyl-
vania.
Turkish cigarettes come from Vir-
GINA.
French china comes from Ohio.
Persian rugs come from Massa-
chusetts.
Russian caviare comes from Michi-
gan.
English behring's come from Oregon.
Norwegian sardines come from
Maine.
Havana tobacco comes from Kentuc
ky.
Irish linen comes from New York.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-01-11

Why should jury number twelve
Blackstone attributes the fixing OF
the number to the Normans, who, like
all their Scandinavian ancestors, held
twelve in generation as mystic num-
Der. Stephen, in his Commentaries
supports this idea and gives instances
of the regard paid to twelve in early
Teutonic laws, and finds distinct EVIL
dence that twelve men we're required
among the Anglo-Saxons to form an
inquisition.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-04-17
No. 0313. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

In the United States Land Office at
 Nome, Alaska, February 23, 1917.