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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
Scouts Aid at Alabama State Fair.
A BADGE OF HONOR.

One of the first things boy scout
must learn. is the significance of the
scout badge, and in compliance with
this requirement he learns that the
scout oath; that the scroll with up
turned ends suggests a smile, for "a
scout is cheerful" and the knot is to
remind the boy to do "a good turn
daily"
This satisfies the requirements of
the test, but it is III fact only small
part of the significance of the scout
badge. 1t is possible that when the
first scout wore the first badge it meant
not much more than is stated in the
handbook, but with every year, as the
movement builds up history and tradi
tons and a record of things accom-
plished, the significance of the scout
badge grows.
Today the boy who goes to q strange
place wearing a scout badge will not
depend on chance in selecting his COM
paniOns. The scout badge and certi-
ficates give an entree to the compan-
iOnship of scouts; in other words, it
leads to the companiOnShip of boys
who are trustworthy and loyal, who
are courteous and clean and reverent
the type of boy with whom any par
ent is glad to have his boy associated.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
ONCE BUSY CITY NOW QUIET
Wisby Has Little to Show That 1t Was
at One Time LiveIiest Place of
Its Size ih Europe.

To the eastward of Sweden, in the
inhOspitable Baltic, lies the great
island of GOthland, with its capital of
Wisby. Little visited and little known,
Wisely is one of the most interesting
cities OF northern Europe. 1t is in the
track Of half the Russian and Scandi-
navian sea commerce, but few ships
the busiest of northern harbors.
Land at Wisely and you find a quiet
little city with UNCOVERED houses and
gardens of roses, going about it's unim-
pOrtant affairs in an atmosphere of
PLACID calm. 1t takes a considerable
effort of the imagination to call up
picture of the times when Wisely was
TO the Baltic and the North sea what
Venice in the height of her power was
to the Mediterranean. Wisely in those
days was the Wealthiest and liveliest
city Of it's size in Europe.
The men Of Wisely seem to have been
traders from the beginning. Back in
the ancient Morse chronicles there is
mention made Of Wisely galleys that
went all over the known globe and
traded the treasures of the Levant
with Morse kings. Today they are still
digging about in a desultOry fashion
on the island in search of historical
relics and the shovels bring up coins
of all the ancient nations-coins Of old
Britain, of barbarian Russia, Of the
numberless German states, of France
and Spain and north Africa. Wisely
gathered the gold of every land with
her venturous trading keels, in times
when little business trip had as much
romance and danger as the forays of a
knight Grant fighting over his lady's
eyebrow.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

Recent legislation admitting Cana
dian wheat products duty-free into the
United States, will have pronounced
tendency to lower the price of bread
stuffs, in the opinion of A. w. Hop
kins, editor of the Wisconsin agricul-
tural college publications. While it
is true that the price of wheat and Of
-four has not fallen at once, and that
in fact, speculative and competitive
buying have pushed prices to unknown
levels, the gradual absorption of the
Canadian known surplus estimated at
90,000,000 bushels, together with the
unknown quantities of grain lying in
the barns and granaries on Canadian
farms for lack of d market and the
facilities to move it overseas, is bound
to act to lower the cost of food in this
country.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
"Slavery" in South America.

= Timid, cringing, taking off his hat
respectfully to every white man he
meets, the Indian of the west coast
of South America is a pitiable OBJ
ject, says World Outlook.
In the cities he shares with the
burro the, honor of being everybody's
burden bearer. No one but an Indian
will be seen with even the smallest
package and you can. engage a descend
ant Of the children Of the sun" to
carry home anything from half a
pound of tea to 200-pound trunk. You
pay him what you will, he dares not
chatter about price with a white man.
On the great plantations and In the
mines the Indian is virtual slave.
There is no free agricultural labor on
the west coast. -Four days a week,
the peon must work for the great land
holders at the muniicent wage of ten
cents day. The rest of the time he
may devote to his own acre or two
which must feed and clothe his
family.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
TRAVEL AMIDST THE SCENIC
WONDERS OF THE GREAT
WEST THIS SUMNER

A vacation trip this year is almost
q necessity in order to provide one with
the rest and diversion which is most
welcome at this time
Let our experienced travel repre-
sRntatives plan a delightful western
trip for you, one which will be unus-
ual and surprising in the wealth of en-
it will offer.
You will enjoy wide diversity of
scenery and your trip will include di-
rect and de luxe railway travel and
comfortable automobile tours through
the National parks, bring you directly
to the distinctive attractions to be
found in the Wonderful West. Colo
RADIO, Utah, California, the Pacific
Northwest and Alaska can all be in
cluded in grand circle tour.
You should know also of the spIen-
did opportunities offered for sum-
mer's outing in the Black Hills of
South Dakota.
Favorable rates and splendid train
service.
Any agent of the Chicago & North
weshtern Railway will be glad to as
slst you in planning your trip and
supply full particulars covering all de-
tails of travel. Ask for descriptive
literature, or address C. A. Cairns,
general passenger or ticket agent,
Chicago & Northwestern Railway, 226
W. Jackson St, Chicago, or George P.
Booth, local agent, phone Blk. 1876
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
SCOUT ACTIVITIES.

A scout can kind1e fire in the for
est the wettest day and he seldom
uses more than one match. When no
matches can be had he can still have a
fire, for he knows the secret of the rub
bling sticks used by the Indians, and
he knows how to start blaze with
only his knife blade and a piece Of
flint. He knows, also, the danger of
forest fires, and he kindles blaze that
will not spread. The fire once started
what a neal he can prepare out there
in the open! Just watch him and COM
pare his appetite with that of a boy
who lounges at a lunch counter in a
crowded city. He knows the unwrit-
ten rules Of the campfire and he con-
tributes his share to the pleasures of
the council. He also knows when to
sit silent before the ruddy embers and
give his mind free play.
A troops of Boy Scouts in Lexington,
by quick work, saved the household
goods OF S. E. Mattingly. Mr.. Mat
tinglyS residence was outside the fire
limits and as a consequence the house
was burned to the ground. The house,
however, was insured, but the furni-
ture was not. Mr.. Mattingly has ex-
pressed his gratitude to the scouts.
scout is kind to everything that
lives. He knows that horses dogs and
cats have their rights, and he respects
them. A scout prides himself upon
doing "good turns" ard nc day in his
life Is complete unless he has been of
aid to some person.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

should be given when the grubs ap-
pear on the backs Of cattle, because if
the grubS become tough before being
killed they are likely to cause sores.
If the opening through the skin is
very small it should be enlarged with
a smooth, pointed stick. A machinist's
oil can having q slender nozzle furnish
es an excellent method of applying the
medicine. This treatment may be ap-
piled rapidly by running the cattle
through a chute, with one man sta
toned on each side provided with an
oil can filed with the medicine.
The cattle should be examined from
fifteen to twenty days later, and any
grubs that escape the first treatment
should be squeezed out and crushed.
1t is important that any grubS
squeezed out should be destroyed, else
they will transform into adult flies.
The OK MARBLE is one of the worst
enemies of cattle, especially in the
grazing sections. 1t is sometimes called
botf1y and heeltly and is also often
spoken Of as grub.
In general appearance and size the
adult fly, like many other BOTTLES, re-
sembles the common honeybee. 1t is
half an inch long, black and covered
with yellowish white and reddish
brown and black hairs.
In the spring from the latter part of
March to the LIST Of May the flies ap-
pear about the cattle, laying their eggs
upon the legs, especially in the region
just above the hoof. It is from this
habit of placing the eggs near the heels
that they get the name of heelfy in the
west and southwest.
In 1915 it was estimated that 60 per
cent of the cattle in Kansas were in
fected with MARBLES. The annual fnan-
cial loss on damaged hides alone is now
estimated for the United States at
from $4,000, 5000 to S3OOOO,OOO.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

"A mans just as old as he feels" de-
clared Uncle Joe Cannon, while eel
ebrating his eighty-f1rst birthday. The
revered lawmaker added: 81 don't
feel bit old" Mr. Cannon is re-
markable for the activity he shows
at his advanced age. Perhaps he has
thrived we'll because of happy dis
position, for Uncle Joe is one of the
most genial men in public life. 1t is
perhaps this trait of character that
has enabled him to be reelected so
ofren, and remain in Congress, longer
than any other living man. Evidently
the age of man is not governed en-
tirely by the habits of the individual,
since Uncle Joe has taken enough
nicotine into his system to kill off a
regiment of men He is also notori-
ously might owl" During a great
many years of his congressional ca
reer his house was famous for its
nightly poker parties. The veteran
has also imbibed his full share from
the bowl that is soon to be prohibited
in shington-although he has never
been an excessive user of intoxicants.
There seems TO be no way to figure
out just why Uncle Joe Cannon has
lived SO long. However it is certain
that he is a lively old chap at eighty
one.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
TRAPPING OF. MONKEYS EASY
Curiosity, Greed and Initiative Faculty
OF Animals Furnish Vulnerable
Point of Attack.

When we see In thu street an or
san-srinder with his little red-capped
pet monkey, we seldom stop to think
OF the animals native home or how it
was trapped. AS matter of fact, the
monkey came from Asia, Africa or
South America. The aforementioned
have nostrils widely separated where
as the old world monkeys have them
close with narrow nasal septum.
One might readily imagine that the
trapping of monkeys is a difficult op-
GRAFTON. However, nothing could be
further from the truth than this by
pothesis. Monkeys are easily caught,
not by heavily built traps, but by
sheer ingenuity and the simplest sort
of articles. A monkey has various vul-
nerable points of attack, so to speak );
and these ara cupidity, curiosity, COW
etousness or greed, and a truly won
derful initiative faculty.
A trapper can take q pair of boots
into the jungle, drop them down within
sight of q monkey and soon have
llldI nOuhty III cage. LIE DOOCS on
his feet appear to be the same as the
boots he leaves; but here is where
the monkey is mistaken. AS soon as
the visitor goes away, the monkey de-
sends from some tree and thrusts his
own feet into the boots. The inside is
covered with glue, and he sticks fast :;
also the boots are weighted with lead
and chained together.
The trapper may chain a gourd,
filled with corn or some other eatable,
to heavy log. Mr.. Monkey comes
along, tastes the food, relishes it, and
wants more. There is no limit to his
greed. He thrusts his hand into the
small opening in the gourd and his
fingers close around large supply of
the food. Then he finds himself I'M
able to withdraw his hand. The trap
per advances and captures Mr.. Mon
key, because the animals thinking
cap and his Unsuitable greed are such
that the simple e.pedient of releasing
the food never occurs to him as a
means of escape.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

The Dodge county board of super
visors have decided that another story
should be added over the dining hall
at the insane asylum in order to give
the institution room for another ward.
filled to it's capacity and it has recent
ly been found necessary to send
number of insane patients from
Dodge county to institutions in other
counties, the state refusing to allow
the Dodge county asylum to be over
crowded. 1t was also decided to erect
a flag pole in the yard at the court
house. This pole will be over one
hundred feet in height
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
Ship and Its Gender.

The word ship" is masculine In
French, Italian, Spanish and Portu-
guese and possesses no sex in Teutonic
and Scandinavian, remarks the Marine
Journal. %
Perhaps 1t would not be an error to
trace the custom of feminizing ships
back to the Greeks, who called them by
feminine names, probably out of defer
ence to Athene, goddess of the sea-
But the English-speaking sailor, as
signs no such reasons. The ship to
him is always lady, even though she
be man-o'-war. She possesses waist,
collars, stays, laces, bonnets, ties rib
bons, chains, watches and dozens Of
other distinctly feminine attributes.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
Corn Experiment Lesson,

In experiments with corn at the
Pennsylvania state college during the
last few years heavy seed gave little
better field termination and a little
better yield than light seed Seed from
ears which terminated quickly gave a
slightly better field termination. Seed
selected on the stalk terminated better
than seed selected at huszing time in
gu outdoor test. for the single year for
which the record was kept Seed Sc
lected at husking in three years trials.
for some unaccountable reason. gave
the better field termination The
yields were about alike.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
SCOUTS CANNOT BE FROZEN

Scout spirits, like the spirits they
use in spirit thermometers, cannot be
frozen. There have been scout camps
the past winter in every state where
there was snow. In the Rockies. in the
Alleghenies, from coast to coast, the
crisp crust has crumbled beneath the
shoes of sturdy scouts, hiking, pack
sack on back, for the winter camps.
Just as comfortable as in summer,
they all report, good water-tight shoes,
loose warm underwear and stockings,
plenty Of good grub, a tent cabin. or
shack for shelter, and it's an expert
enee never to be forgotten.
Gee! doesn't that camp fire feel
good! How the trees crack! All the
ViOces of the woods are different when
old Jack Frost is around.
They go to sleep believing them
selves alone in the wilderness. They
wake up and find that they have had
hundred visitors in the night. Foot
prints everywhere. Know them? Rae
coon, skunk, squirrel, mink, muskrat,
mole, beast, bird and-if you cut
through the ice-fish, all wondering
what has happened, all glad to have
company. Maybe a bear or deer has
been nosing round the kitchen. Like
boys, they have an instinct for. finding
the "eats."
Tracking, trailing, signaling, cook
ing, campcraft all take on a new mean
ing in the winter With it all comes
the satisfaction of Drawing the cold.
A famous Arctic explorer made his
men break the ice on hogshead of
water and take a dip every morning.
Maybe this will come next in the
scouts winter camps.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
WAY TO CONTROL
THE OK MARBLE PEST


Injury by the OK MARBLE aMount1ng
to millions Of dollars annually could
be reduced to almost nothing if stock
men would practice effective practical
methods Of control, according to G. a.
Dean, professor Of entomology in the
Kansas Agricultural college.
The presence Of the OK MARBLE Is de-
tected by passing the hand over the
back of the animal The MARBLE may
be destroyed by putting kerosene tur-
pentine or mercurial ointment in or
on the opening through the skin direct
ly over the grubs. This treatment
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
Keep Eggs Clean.

Provide roomy, clean nests. There
should be at least one nest for every
six hens. Foul nests cause dirty eggs.
Dirty eggs, 10 matter how large and
fresh, are always graded as seconds
or lower. Gather the eggs often and
keep them in a cool, dry place all the
time until they are sold Use the small.
dirty or cracked eggs at home. Small
eggs are just as wholesome for food
as large ones.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

Directors to the statewide referen-
dunn measure on the liquor question,
which has passed both branches in the
legislature, and now is in the hands of
the governor, maintain that the local
option system as exemplif1ed in this
state for many years had worked very
well, and is more practicable and
fairer than the proposed innovation.
To enforce prohibition, it is argued,
there must be a strong public senti-
ment in its favor II a community is
against it. the effort to maintain a per-
manent state of dryness in that COM
munity is likely to involve great out
lay of energy, cause much friction,
and provo more or less futile The
local option plan makes the will of
each community az registered by the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

The first contingent Of American
troops for France will comprise nine
new regiments of the Engineers
Corps, made up entirely Of trained
maintain the system of COmmunica-
tions which Nivelle's advancing lines
will require. These regiments will
not be conscripted, either by the Sc
lective or any other method. They
will be volunteers.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
Red Cross Benefit Dance.

There will be dance for the benefit
of the Red Cross Auxiliary of Water
loo in the pavilion at the Firemen's
Park on Friday evening, May %. Music
by Springer's orchestra. Everybody
invited and special invitation to mar
ried people Cards will be played by
those who do not wish to dance Tick
cts rs cents.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
Sprains and Strains Relieved.

Sloan's Liniment quickly takes the
pain out Of strains, >sprains, bruises
and all muscle soreness. A clean
clear liquid easily applied, it quickly
penetrates without rubbing. Sloan's
Liniment does not stain the skin or
clog the pores like mussy plasters or
ointments For chronic. rheumatic
aches and pains, neuralgia, govt and
lumbago have this well-known rem
edy handy. For the pains of grippe
and following strenuous work, it gives
quick relief. At your druggists, Csc. 2
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

majority the law of the community.
Prohibition would impose the will
of certain communities upon others
entertaining opposite opinions. For
instance, it would enable upstate vot-
ers to frame a policy for the city of
Milwaukee.
Of course the submission of the pro-
hibition question to a referendum in
Wisconsin does not necessarily mean
that prohibition will win-Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
For Belgian Relief.

The Commission for Relief in Bel
GUM is going to give a noon day meal
to 100000 children. This costs s1.OO
a month for each child. There could
be no more touching appeal Money
can be given to any bank in the city
and will be properly forwarded.
Chas. N. Lathrop, Sec,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

The high price of -four has made
some changes in delivery of bakery
goods. Heretofore the semmels for
breakfast were left on the porch, but
now they can be passed through the
keyhole and Wandering Willie has no
chance for an early breakfast
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

1t is now proposed by the state to
purchase large farm on which to
employ the convicts in the Waupun
prison. This would certainly be a
factor in the food supply of that insti
tuition and in this way the plan might
be wisely followed in other state and
county institutions.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

The price of coal is pretty high at
present, so for pochahontus and $3.50
and 1915 for anthracite sizes. But if
everyone attempts to lay in a supply
at once it is certain prices will adj
vance rapidly. They will advance ra-
pidly enough under normal orders at
this time.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

The government war loan will be
most popular one, especially for small
investors The interest rate, 31a per
cent, appeals directly as more than
the banks are paying.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

Keeping down the weeds this sea-
son is about as important as increased
acreage. By graduating the weed
pest q larger crop is ensured.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16
Good in Striving.

The triumph over difficulty, though
TENDED with strain and stress and
truggle, is infinitely TO be preferred to
st. relaxation and repose
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-16

The Aberdeen-Angus breed of cat
tie have been popular with feeders
and butchers. When matured and
fattened they show form almost al
ways symmetrical and not bunchy
or patchy. AS beef producers they
are hard to equal. The bull shown
is an Angus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

man In Gray whether ne has ever seen
'magic advertisements" by which she
means advertisements that read like
poetry, or q fairy Observation-Disclosures
possessing "all the delicate imagery OF
sweet and fragile verses" Never" the
Gentleman in Gray assures her. And then
this dialogue ensues:
"The Advertisements I and IN eur daily
pspers"-
spray, do not speak Of them" interrupted
the Lady in Blue. "Rather como here TO me
and look at this delightful prospectus a
French perfumer has sent me. / don't know
II his perfumes are perfect, but the names he
has given them are quite exquisite. They
have the true magic of all inspired things
they made me dream, and smile, and wonder.
Here is the first Of them: April en- Fleurs-
April in Bloom. Don't you feel at once the
freshness Of young, hslf-opened blossoms, and
the crinkly softness Of baby leaves7 ! saw,
as in a fash, the light blue April sky before
me. with rs hurrying white clouds and its
unexpected little winds. and felt the whole
scent Of spring in the air. Now, is that not
a magic advertisement?
But that Is not tho best, by far. Hero Is
another perfume with the charming name lie
Bon Vieux Temps Are there moro words