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The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-09
OPTIMISM.

America has always been noted ai the home of race Of optimists. In deed, it may be said that optimism is one of the most prominent of Am erican traits. We get the blues once in while, but is usually for brief time. As general thing the always inclined toward the more cheerful aspect of things; almost al- ways he is inclined to hope for the best no matter how poor the outlook may seem or how difficult may be the conditions confronting him.
 And now that We are participants in the greatest international struggle the world has ever witnessed and are about ito exchange blows with the most powerful aggregation of mili- tary strength that has ever been gathered to rob and kill since the dawn of history began, we assuredly have need for the freest possible ex- pression of that traditional optimism.
 This is war time-but it is not a time for long faces and downcast spirits.
 We are going to tackle with all our might and energy one of the tough est jobs that has ever fallen to our lot. We have not only to supply a large part of the funds that will be needed by our allies, but it has also become our duty to supply them with the greatest part of the necessities of life and help them in fighting against the comman enemy by sending oui own boys to the front, and we must also finance ourselves while we arc doing 1t.
 But in spite of all the terrific bur- den that has been so unexpectedly thrust upon us, We are going to meet 1t, not with downcast faces and ir fear and trembling over the ultimate results, but with that some old spirt that has made the nation what 1t is and will make 1t even greater as the world rolls on into the mists of tn, future.
 We are going to show that famed optimism as we have never showed i before.
 And that optisism will win us tn, war Backed by the optimistic spiri We simply cannot lose. Our course is just-as just as ever human cous, can be. We did not wan, war, sought 10 avoid 1t until provoked beyond en. durance, and now that we are in it we are in to win.
 Whatever we may lack in the way of practical preparedness we make lip in potential strength and we art capable Of rising to any emergency If we but have the will and the op. timistic spirit behind us. And, know ing that we have both, we have no,
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The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-09
GRAPHING WITH
 FROG SKIN

successful method of skin graft ing, in which frog skin is used instead of human skin as a covering for slow healing wounds is described in the British Medical Journal by c. Wounds in which the skin has been tracting scar which hs often unsightly and inconvenient, but the new method leaves neat and supple scar.
 Frog skin can be obtained in abun- dance at the front. The loose skin of the inner side of the frogs leg is shipped off with scissors spread out and applied by it's under surface to the wound, which has been cleansed without antiseptics. It IS fixed in place by a covering of gutta percha tissue and a dry dressing. In three days the site of the graft appears as a spot branching outward toward the edges of the wound After the fifth day the wound is dressed with boric ointment until healing is completed, all contraction being avoided
 Captain Kendall claims for this method that it has the advantage of transplanting a skin free from hair and also free of any disease which might be conveyed by human skin. Twelve cases are described in which the frog skin gratis were successful. The wounds were of various sizes up to four inches in length and one inch and a half in breadth.
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shall continue when a cause therefor no longer exists" No matter how few or how many exemptions. the quota m regard to population will be in- sisted upon. The proposal to exempt medical students was stricken out of the bill.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-09
MEETING AUTO CLUB.

There will be meeting of the Auto Club Friday evening July G., at 7:3o o'clock at the office of J. F. Hobbes, All members arc requested to be pres- sent. GEO. Il. REED'
 Secretary.
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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
An UnIooked-For Present.

Among little Willie's numerous birth
day presents were toy tomahawk, an
air gun, and a lassO-these being sent
by a sport-loving uncle who knew
the youths prOclivities.
. Shortly after breakfast Willie's
mother heard a crash in the green
house at the foot of the garden, and
went to investigate. On the way she
passed a few uprooted bushes and
flower-bed trampled out of recognition,
and in the greenhouse itself many las
seed fiower-pOts. Following the trail
she found Willie hiding behind n tree
stump.
"What are you doing, Willlep she
cried in Mortified tones.
Looking for redskins" replied the
youngster.
With a grim look she took Willie
by the ear and led him indoors.
Looking for redskins!" she repeat
ed ominously, as she took up cane.
"Well, I'll give you one"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
YES! LIFT A CORN
OFF WITHOUT PAIN!
Cincinnati man tells how to dry
up a corn or calIus SO it lifts
off with fingers.

You corn-pestered men and women
need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes
that nearly killed you before, says this
Cincinnati authority, because o few
drops of freezone applied directly on a
tender, aching corn or callus, stops
soreness at once and soon the corn or
hardened callus loosens so it can be
lifted off, root and all, without pain.
A small bottle of freezOne costs very
little at any drug store, but will posi-
lively take off every hard or soft corn
or calluS. This should be tried, as it
is inexpensive and is said not to irri-
tate the surrounding skin.
If your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him to get small bottle for you
from his wholesale drug house.-adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
She Knew All RiQht.

Little John came down to breakfast
with a tired look in his eyes.
ooh, mother" sighed the kid, II had
such a terrible dream last night
dreamed I was having a fight with
a great big bear, bigger'n this house,
and he tore me almost to little bits.
Does a horrid dream like that mean
Rnything?
1T does, my son." returned mother
In a voice Of ominous calm as she
reached for her slipper 1T means
that | know what became of that
mince pie couldn't find last night"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
German Flat Shot Down.

Taylor-Citizens of the town of Hix-
ton are asking each other at every
corner: who put the German flag
where the Star Spangled Banner had
been waving? " When the flag of the
kaiser was seen floating from the top
of a f1agpole citizens rushed for their
guns and in a short time had filed
the offensive banner with holes. When
some one hit the pole and brought
down the flag there were eager hands
to catch it and tear it into shreds.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
| MORE TREASURY NOTES OUT
s2oo, 200, 900 Worth of Certificates Of
Indebtedness to Be Taken Up
by Banks.

Washington.-The treasury depart
ment announced a third offering of
S200,0O0,000 worth of treasury certif-
Gates of Indebtedness. Treasury Off
Gals expect the issue to be subscribed
by the banks and trust companies of
days.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Raduer Nurses Go to France.

Milwaukee-Nine Wisconsin nurses
were among the 200 doctors, nurses
and civilian aides who left Chicago for
France as a hospital unit. They are:
Anna M Collins, Scion Springs; Clara
D. Ruben, La Crosse; Carrie G. Krost,
West Salem Ernestine Kondel, Ocon-
to; Freda w. Larson, Waupaca; Eliza
beth c. Lyon, Eau Claire; Belletta
Paulson, Granton; Margaret M. Pow
ers, Marinette, and Ella Pawlisch,
North Freedom.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Veterans Home Heads Scored.

Waupaca - The committee recently
Amounted by the Grand Army post to
investigate conditions at the 'Wiscon-
sin Veterans home near here has re-
ported to the general effect that the
tendency of those in power has been
to create official aristocracy and that
the rights of ordinary members have
been greatly ''rtailed.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Sanctioned by Law.

These properties have been built up
under sanction of the law and it seems
only fair and equitable that the manu-
facture for shipment out of the state
shall be permitted to continue, even
though the state adopts the bill before
us, which is an absolutely bone dry
law.
No one will urge successfully that
the closing of these institutions in the
state of Wisconsin will reduce or in
any way minimize the consumption Of
liquor in other states or other coun-
tries where the sale is not forbidden.
1t means simply this: that these prod
ucts, if not manufactured in Wiscon-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
FISH ONLY 8 CENTS POUNr
Milwaukee Mayor Leads Line at Mar.
ket in Buying Red Horse
Suckers.

Milwaukee, Wis.-Residents here
were able in a measure to combat the
high cost of living through the efforts
Of the state conservation commission
which made it possible TO purchase red
horse suckers at five cents a pound.
The fish were shipped from Shell
lake.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
WEALTHY CATTLEMAN SLAIN
Eodv of Thomas Lyons Found in Ra-
vine Near Suburb OF ii Paso,
Tex.-Robbery Motive.

Ell Paso. Textile body OF 1homas
Lyons. millionaire cattleman OF Silver
CITY. n. NJ. was found in ravine In
q suburb of Ell Paso. His head was
crushed and be had been robbed. He
had arrived from Deming, \. NJ, dur
ing the night. Lyons came here from
Rochester, n. Y.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
HALT NATIONAL GUARD UNITS
With Approved Plan Prohibited by
War Department.

Washington, Nay %. - Warning
against attempts In any state to organ
lie new units Of the National Guard
which do not accord with the organiza-
ton plan for the Guard approved by
President Wilson, was given by the
war department.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Aristocratic Daughter.

Little Daughter (embarrassed)-
Papa, my schoolmates were going by
while you were standing on the bal
cony shining your shoes. May l tell
them at school tomorrow that you
were the servant ?"-Fliegende Blaet-
ter (Munich).
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
State NormaIs Call Off Meet.

La Crosse-Because of the war the
Normal conference track meet, the pig
gest field event of the state normal ath-
letic year, has been officially declared
off, it was announced here. The meet
was to have been held at Whitewater
June 2. The decision was reached at
meeting of school presidents, who also
recommended that other normal ath-
letics be greatly curtailed.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
corrected so as to rid the proposed law
of such faTcical provision.
Asks Bill Recall.


Asks Bill Recall.
ask you to recall the bill promptly
and change its provisions SO that, if il
be adopted, liquor may still be manu-.
featured in the state of Wisconsin, to
be shipped to other states and coun-
tries, and also amend it so that the
farmers of the state may make wine
from the fruits that grow in the state,
for their own consumption, merely for
bidding the sale of the same, but in no
it in their own homes. Unless these
suggestions are complied with | feel
| compelled to return the bill to you
without my approval.
| also have a suggestion to make to
you, which, however, I shall not in
sist upon, with reference to the date
on which the bill shall be submitted
| to a vote of the people
Our country is in state of war and
| the thoughts of our people are occu-
| pied almost entirely with the war and
| its possible consequence. 1t is, there
| fore, not good time to submit ques-
| tOon to the vote of the people, which
may be affected by limitations that
are caused by questions that have no
| direct connection with the liquor traf-
| fic, but WILL nevertheless, have a bear.
ing upon the attitude of the people to-
ward it.
1t must appeal to all fair-minded
no Oh
| diced vote upon a question that so vi
tally affects the personal privilege Of
our citizens 1t would seem to me that
insomuch as the proposed law does
not go into effect until July, 1920, that
the bill should be submitted to the peo-
: pie either at the first general election
after the conclusion of peace with
Germany, or at the spring, election of
1920, if definite date is desired.
So Soldiers May Vote.
suggest this change because | en-
terrain the hope that before another
year passes by peace will be restored.
If not then, surely before 1920. The
people will then be in a frame of mind
TO give the question the consideration
that it deserves and it will have the
further advantage that our soldier
boys who will soon be called to cross
the sea will have returned and be able
to participate in the election and reg
lister their will upon this question.
The argument that the next legisla-
ture might repeal this bill should re-
ceive no serious consideration. If it
is the will of the people of Wisconsin
that the sale of liquor be prohibited,
am sure that the bill will be entirely
safe at the hands Of the next legisla-
ture. The majority of the people have
right to make the rule with reference
TO the liquor traffic and there is no rea-
son to believe that a minority can at
any time successfully prevent it.
| again call your attention to the
fact that you are enacting no new leg
islation covering the period up to the
time that this bill can go into effect if
it is adopted. 1t seems to me that If
there is time when we need better
regulation it is now and during the
PRACTICAL measure that you will adopt
now that will curtail the use Of alco-
hoI. I will do this in the interest Of
conservation of food and the health
and morals of the people.
Respectfully submitted,
E. L. Philip, Governor.
Dated May II, 1917.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Hardsnips Still Exist.

All these years of wonderful auto
mobile development, and still no prac
teal invention to save walking from
the sidewalk to the ator!-Milwau
kee Journal.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
III" RAID SURVIVORS ARRIVE
Gunners From the Rockingham Tell
of 43 Hours Adrift IN
Open Boat.

New York-The British steamship
which picked up II men of the Amer
lean steamship Rockingham after that
vessel was torpedoed and sunk off the
Irish coast May 1 arrived here with
them. Two men were killed. All the
survivors have returned to Amer
lea.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
For the Quick Sweat.

Often the doctor advises a patient
to be given a sweat in bed. The quick
est way this can be done is to wrap
two pieces of unslaked lime in wet
cloths, put them on plates and lay
them on each side Of the patient.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Why Pedestrian Suffers.

Judge-"The prisoner claims that he
footed his horn before he ran over
you" Complainant (much damaged)
Maybe he cid, your honor, but what
good is that when car is travelling
faster than sound?"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Serving a Purpose

Doesn't it make you indignant for
that plan next door to come out and
shout at your boys for disturbing
him." 1T used to- replied the placid
woman, but it doesn't any more You
have no idea how it amuses the chill
dren -
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Motorists Resentment.

Have you studied economy in the
homer" Yes" replied Mr. Chuggins.
I'm tired of paying out all this money
to keep up a cooking range, instead Of
spending it for gasoline"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Which Horses Live Longest?

1t has been discovered that gray
horses are usually the longest lived
and that roans come next in order
Blacks seldom live to be over twenty
years old and cream-colored rarely ex-
coed ten Or fifteen years.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Who VIII Offer a Baby?

'1 wish I had a baby brother-the
real meat kind-to ride in my gocart,
mamma" said little Lola. MY dolls
are always getting broke when it tips
over"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23

Alice-Why are you taking up bot
any? Kitty-Because my fance is
interested in plant of some kind and
! want to be able to converse intelli-
gently with him about his business
Brooklyn Citizen.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Safety First. F"

"Now, Willie, where was your father
last night? Come, you must tell me
er. You can't punish me as hard as
he can. Life.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
She MiQht Try il.

you're kinder to dumb animals
than you are to me, your wife," well.
you try being dumb and see how kind
I'll be-"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
RuIino Spirit Strono,

That reformed yegg is true to his
instinct, at any rate" How so?"
"Why, now he's trying to break into
society."-Puck
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
no Chance.

$50 the judge sent your husband to
prison for ten years, Mandy"
eyes, he did. OATS a powerful long
time to have to get along widout a
husband, missus."
ut does seem like a long time, but,
maybe, he can shorten it by good be-
havior."
Good behavior, missus! If my hus-
bands gittin' out o prison depends on
good behavior he'll be dere ten years
t. de mint"
How lucky some men would be liz
theV ShOuId lose their rpDItatiODS {
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23

sin, will be manufactured elsewhere
zens who are interested in the traffic
will lose their investments, without
helping the cause of temperance or
prohibition anywhere.
There is another phase of this ques-
ton which we must consider. The
beer brewing and distilling interests
of the state employ approximately 49,
600 people, directly or indirectly. The
men thus employed are receiving good
wages. The industry is thoroughly
unionized and the working conditions,
/ am told, are the best for the men
that have thus far been obtained in
any of the industries of the state
These men protest against the destruc-
ton of their employment, and IN view
of the present high cost Of living and
the possible difficulties in securing re-
munerative employment as we become
further involved in war presents a Sc
rious question, and one which you, gen
tlemen of the Legislature, must take
into account
Caring for $1,000.
! wish to ask the question: What
assurance can you give $4,000 work
lngmen, whose wages are now secured
by contract, that they shall have re-
munerative employment after these in
dustries are closed?
1nasmuch as the continuance o.
these industries fer the purpose OF
manufacturing for people beyond the
borders of the state of Wisconsin can
not and does not enter into the ques-
ton of prohibition in this state, the
confiscation of this property and the
taking away of this employment must
be considered nothing more nor less
than the exercise &C an arbitrary pow
er by the state without cause or rea-
son, because the production is not for
our consumption and therefore does
not enter the lives of our own people:
nor will it reduce the consumption of
liquor in other sections where the sale
is permitted.
There is another aspect of this prop
osition that we must not lose sight Of
The liquor manufacturing institutions
of the state are among our largest tax
payers. If we close the doors of these
institutions they become practically
worthless and the citizens will be
called upon to pay many hundreds of
thousands of dollars in taxes that are
now being paid by the brewers and
10 xxrhi nj
people pay would be entirely lost to
the state, which last year amounted to
approximately $250,000, nearly all of
which can be saved if we will permit
them to manufacture and ship out of
the state, even though we forbid the
sale of their product in the state l
submit that this is not good time to
needlessly reduce the taxable property
of the state.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Approval With Proviso.

r. However, to be entirely fair with the
bill before us, and to give it's friends
an opportunity to submit it to the vote
of the people, l will waive my obiec-
ton to the referendum generally and
will approve of bill No. STA if certain
Objectionable features that l feel that
l ought not to agree to are eliminated.
By paragraph (b) of subsection l Of
section 1569m, as proposed by the bill
the manufacture of liquor in this state
is prohibited, although it is intended
to be sold in another state or country
where the law permits of it's sale. Not
only is the manufacture prohibited,
but, by paragraph (c), no person in
this state is permitted to sell or have
In his possession for sale any liquor
although it is for consumption in an
other state or country, where the Law
permits Of its use.
I maintain that these provisions so
further than it is necessary to esta b.
fish prohibition in the state of Wis
consin. We must not lose sight of the
fact that vast sums of money have
been invested in property in this state
that is used in the manufactur" of liq-
uor, the larger par, of which - stripped
out of the state flor consumption in
other states and in other countries
The brewing industry alone in this
state represents an investment of ap-
proximately $54,000,OO0. have no fig
ures available to show the investment
in distilIeries, but no doubt they are
large also.