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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
CARE AND attention
GIVEN YOUNG CALVES
Such Work Is Highly Paid For by
Greater Number of Animals
Saved From Disease.

A great deal of care and attention
must be given calves during the first
six months, if they are to be reared
successfully, says III. II. Kildee of the
Minnesota experiment station. But
such care is well warranted and is
highly paid for by the greater number
of calves saved from the ravages of
scours and other diseases and by their
better quality when they mature.
To guard against navel infection,
which so frequently causes the death
of calves, the following method has
proved to be very efficient:
= Draw liquid from navel cord as soon
as calf is born.
Apply tincture of iodine literally to
cord, both internally and externally.
Dust compound alum powder on the
cord every few hours for n day.
Whether the young calf should be
left with the cow for a few days or be
taken away Immediately is a question
agreed. In most cases it is the prac-
tice to leave the calf and COW together
for two or three days, so that the calf
may secure the first milk, or colostrum,
at the normal temperature which is
quite essential in starting the digestive
system properly. Then, too, the calf
assists in relieving the inflammation
in the cows udder at this time.
For the first three weeks after the
calf is taken from the dam, it should
be fed from two to three and One-half
pounds of whole milk three times a
day. Care should be taken to feed this
milk Immediately after it is drawn and
before it becomes cool. When the calf
is three weeks Of age it must be fed
twice a day and skim milk can gradu-
ally and slowly be substituted for n
like amount of whole milk. Three
more weeks should be used in getting
the calf onto a whole ration of skim
milk. When it reaches the age of six
weeks it should be receiving from II to
16 pounds of warm milk a day. Great
care should be taken not to Overfeed
the calf with milk, as more calves are
injured by overlooking than by under
feeding.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
IT PAYS IN DOLLARS
TO BE KIND TO SOWS
Animal Should Be Comfortable at
narrowing Time, Says Exten.
sion Specialist.

Kindness has an economic value in
the handling Of hogs, according to Carl
p. Thompson, specialist in animal hus-
bandry, division of extension, Kansas
State Agricultural college.
"The wild SOW usually is cross at
narrowing time" said Mr.. Thompson.
'If she is terror stricken when the at
tendant comes around she may tramp
on the pigs.
"Most sows need some attention at
narrowing time if the weather is cold.
The pigs may get away from the SOW
and will become chilled if not put back.
If the sow is tame it will be an easy
matter to give any assistance neces-
sary. The saving of the litter occa-
sionally depends upon prompt aid.
"The sows should be kept in a COM
Portable, well-bedded place, so they
will not pile up in cold weather. 1t is
well to have guard rails in the farrow-
ing house, eight inches from the wall
and eight inches from the floor"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
PROPER HANDLING OF
HEIFERS AS FEEDERS
When Fed Along With Steers Will
Make Just as Profitable
Yield as Male Animals.

Heifers that are properly handled
in the feedlot can be made just a.
good as steers, say some of the cat
tie feeders who are noted for making
some of the best stock offered on the
markets. 1t Is said by killers that
heifers, when fed along with steers
and if of the right quality, will make
just as good a yield, therefore max
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
First Armed U. s. Ship Sunk,

New York, April 3.-The steamship
Aztec, first armed American mer-
chant vessel to sail from a port on
this side of the Atlantic, was sunk
by a German submarine off an island
near Brest, France. The cable mes
sage from the American consul at
Brest to her owners, the Oriental
Navigation Company, gave no inkling
as to the fate of her crew. An Asso-
ciated Press dispatch. from Paris said,
however, that while some of the men
aboard the Aztec were rescued, a num-
Der of them were missing and prob
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
IDEAL FOWLS FOR BROODING
Disposition and Weight of Buff Cochin
Bantam Make Them Suitable,
Says Kansas Expert.

Buff cochin bantam hens are ideal
for brooding, asserts n. L. Harris,
superintendent of the poultry plant at
the Kansas State Agricultural college.
Their tendency toward setting, their
quiet disposition, and their light
weight make them desirable.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
S~oft-SheHed Eggs.

When hens begin to lay soft-shelled
eggs it is time to ask yourself, where
am l failing to give them the food they
need?" Don't be satisfied until you
can answer that question. Almost al
ways it is due to a lack of shell-mak-
ing material.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
Cuban Rebels Surrender.

Internationally all the soldiers
and civilians comprising the rebel
forces Of Rigoberto Fernandez in
oriente province, between 500 and 600
In number, surrendered to Col. varona
~ Guantanamo.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
Hens Relish Vegetables.

The hens relish cabbage and beets
particularly. The former, however, is
not considered a food that ought to be
fed exclusively on account of the fact
that the quality of the eggs may be
lowered. Beets and mangles are bet
ter.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06

Neutrality-suspicious. from British
correspondents on the western front
report that the Germans have de-
stroyed a large part of st. Quentin BY
fire and explosives. They add that
the Germans have looted all the
treasures from private houses, mu-
seums and picture galleries. 1t is be-
lieved, according to these advices,
that the cathedral up to the present
has not been damaged, The British
have captured Croisilles after a des-
perate defense by the Germans.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
Aids Digestion.

Give the chickens plenty Of grit so
they can digest their food. Give them
lime in some form from an oyster shell,
plaster, or broken egg shells.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
Call More Guards for Police Duty.

Washington.-The War Department
Monday called into the federal serv-
ice the following National guard or
CARNATIONS for police purposes: Sec.
ond West Virginia infantry, Fourth
Virginia infantry and Battery d,
Field artillery, Virginia.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06

ably had persisted. The Aztec, under
command of Capt. Walter O'Brien,
was manned by a crew of thirty-nine.
Seventeen of this number, including
the captain, were American citizens.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06

Washington, April 3.-While the
House was organizing, Representa-
tive Flood, chairman of the House
committee on foreign affairs, intro
duced a joint resolution declaring that
a state of belligerency" exists be-
tween the United States and Germany
and asserts that Germany's course Is
nothing less than war against the
government and the people of the
United States" The resolution fol-
lows:
Whereas, the recent course of the
German government is in fact moth
ing less than val against the govern
ment and people of the United States,
"Resolved, by the House of Repre-
sentatives and Senate in Congress as
sembled, that the state of belligerency
between the United States and the
German government which has thus
been thrust upon the United States
is hereby formally declared, and
THAT the President be and he is
hereby authorized to take immedi-
ate steps not only to put this country
in a thorough state of defense, but
also to exert all of its power and EN-
ploy all of its resources to carry on
war against the German government
and to bring the conflict to a success
full termination"
This resolution will go to the for
eign affairs committee, together with
President Wilson's address on the
subject, and will form the basis for Il
the House.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
CLARK ELECTED
HOUSE SPEAKER
BLIND REPRESENTATIVE FROM
MINNESOTA PUTS MISSOURI
IAN'S NAME BEFORE HOUSE.
FOR PATRIOTISM
RESOLUTION DECLARING STATE
OF WAR INTRODUCED By
REPRESENTATIVE FLOOD.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service,
Washington, April 8. - President
Wilson last night urged Congress, as
sembled in joint session, to declare
a state of war existing between the
United States and Germany, and ad-
vocated the organization of an army
Of at least 100000 men, chosen up
on the principle of universal liability
to SERVICE"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
Report Bribery Charge s~ubstantiated.

Report Bribery Charge su~bstantiates.
London.-A dispatch from Copen-
hagen to the News says that the COM
mission, investigating the charges that
Russian commanders had been bribed
by Germany, has ~substantiated the re-
port that the commander of Libau re-
ceived 100000 from Germany and
the commander of Mittau $4,000 900.
The price of the surrender of Kovno
has not yet. been ascertained. Gen.
Kuropatkin, governor of Riga, re-
ceived $4,000. 600, but refused to sur
render the town and sent the money
70 the government at Petrograd.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06
Crates for Pet Stock,

NTdteS TOT rex StoCNs
Crates for shipping pet stock should
be made smaller, at the tor. than ct he
bottom, as such crates cannet befbofed
shut on all sides in the express car.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-06

the House.
Washington, April Champ Clark
Of Missouri was elected speaker of the
House of Representatives of the Sixty
fifth Congress, in a session that was
marked by dramatic incidents from the
beginning.
The vote in the House resulted:
Clark, 217; Mann, POS; Lenroot, 2; Gil.
lett, 2. Two members were recorded
present but not voting.
Speaker Clark defeated James r.
Mann of Illinois, choice of the Repub,
lican caucus, after Representative
Lenroot of Wisconsin, himself the can.
didate of a minority of the Republic
ans, had challenged the suggestion
made by Representative Schall of Min
n~esota, Progressive Republican, in
placing Clark in nomination, that the
existing international situation de-
monded that President Wilson be Civ
en- a Democratic House organization,
as well as Senate, to RESPONSE
bilities for his policies. Lenroot then
had seconded the Mann nomination.
Champ Clark was escorted into the
chamber by his opponent, Mann, amid
a storm of cheers from both sides,
Mann introduced Clark as a patriotic
representative of Missouri and the ma
ton. Responding, Clark spoke for CO.
operation.
Admitting it would be difficult to
conduct House affairs otherwise, he
declared there must be no PARTISAN
ship.
Let all the ends we aim at be our
country's and in the accomplishment
of the ends may the God of our fathers
be with us and guide us in the way
which will rebound TO the honor and
perpetuity Of the greatest republic
that ever existed in the flood of time"
Representative Talbot, father of
the House." in so far as length of serv-
ice is concerned, administered the
oath to Clark. Members were then
lined up in the well of the House to
be sworn in by state groups.
Four out of 435 members today did
not answer to their names. They were
Lee, Democrat, Georgia; Capstick, Re-
publican, New Jersey; Helgeson, Re-
publican, North Dakota, and Bleakley.
Republican, Pennsylvania. Lee later
vas carried into the chamber on a
stretcher in time to vote for Clark.
Nearly the entire Senate member
ship was present when Vice President
Marshall called for order, and after
the invocation of The Presidents proc
lamation calling for the extraordinary
session was read.
TrimbIe Reelected Clerk.
South Trimble of Kentucky was re-
elected clerk, defeating William Ty-
Ter Page of Maryland, Republican
nominee, PIT to 211; Robert B. Cor
don of Ohio succeeded himself as
sergeant-at-arms, receiving 219 votes
to 2O2 for Joseph G. Rogers Of
Pennsylvania; Joseph P. Sinnott of
Virginia was returned as d~oorkeeper,
winning from Bert w. Kennedy OF
Michigan, PIG to 211; William N. Dun
bar of Georgia won the House post
mastership from Lawrence Lyon of
Indiana, 217 to 205.
Clark's reelection was greeted with
q tumultuous demonstration. The Re-
publicans, bowling In defeat, joined
heartily in the'a generous applause
mingled with prolonged yells from
Democrats.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
FOR HOMECOMING HUSBANDS
System of Signals Suggested for Wife
to Give Warning in Various
Contingencies.

DoOrmat at Top of Front Steps
The hall has just been cleaned. Don't
you dare to bring in any mud or dirt
One Upstairs Window Shade Down
My bridge club is meeting here this
afternoon. Sneak in the back way
and put on a clean collar.
Both Upstairs Window Shades
down-The collector from your tailor
is sitting in the front hall with a
large bill. He is waiting for you, and
he is not in a good humOr.
Rubber Plant in Living Room Win
dOw-We cannot go to the theater to-
night, because your rich Aunt Maria
is here, and you will have to stay at
home and pretend to be interested in
her talk of foreign missions.
Front Door Ajar-The minister is
here for tea. Don't forget to ask him
to say grace.
House Darkened-COOk has left, the
furnace fire has gone out, baby is IN
usually cross: / was never much in
love with you anyhow, and have
gone back to mOther.-Harvey Peake
in New York Times.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
To Make Book Plates.

One way to make effective book
plates is to have a stencil, through
which you can work up the slips in
water-colors. Stencils are cut from
oiled stencil paper or board, but If
you are going to make very many,
it might be we'll TO have metal stem
ell cut, as the paper or cardboard will
soon wear out. Look through the maya
zines for some appropriate design or
group and trace it to your stencil pa
per. Cut it up into little portions, as
you would a jigsaw puzzle, so that all
the design is in parts, all joined by
small bridges" to each other. Cut
out the design, leaving the bridges
firm, with a sharp knife, holding the
stencil over glass or marble as you cut.
When complete Aroceed to color
through the stencil onto thin cardboard
or water-color paper. A dozen or SO of
these book plates at a time will not be a
strenuous task and the result will
easily repay labor.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
NOTES OF THE SCOUTS.

A scout! He enjoys hike through
over the city's streets. He can tell
north or south or east or west by the
signs" He can tie knot that will
hold, he can climb a tree which seems
impossible to others, he can swim 4
river, he can pitch tent, he can mend
a tear in his trousers, he can tell you
which fruits and seeds are poisonous
and which are not, he can sight nut
bearing trees at a distance; if living
near ocean or lake he can reef a sail
or take his trick at the wheel, and if
near any body of water at all he can
pull an oar or use paddles and souls
IN the woods he knows the names of
birds and animals; in the water he
tells you the different varieties of
fish.
The Boy Scouts of Ruston, La, have
written DR.. Oscar Bowling, president
Of the state board of health, saying
that they have secured the state mos
quito survey of their town and pro-
pose to eradicate mosquitoes and flies.
With this object in view, they have re-
quested the state board of health to
detail an inspector to assist them in
starting the work.
1t is stated that Iowa is the home of
at least 354 different varieties of
birds. The Boy Scouts of that state
claim that there are at least $40 varie-
ties Of birds in the state and intend to
prove their statement. They will make
notes on all birds that they see and
send these to some central Office where
they will be carefully studied and ar
ranged.
Boy Scouts of Waycross, Ca, have
induced one of the local papers to al
low them to get out Scout edition,
The boys are furnishing the news and
will see to it that their own edition
has a large circulation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23

Mrs. L. C. Larson spent Monday In
Pewaukee.
Clarence Meyers is visiting friends
in Milwaukee.
Fred A Behrens was cream city
visitor Tuesday.
Fred Rausch was a cream city Wis
itor on Tuesday.
David Schwieger of Chicago is Wis
iting relatives here.
Walter Weber of Clyman visited in
Watertown Sunday.
Sheriff Edward T. Hayhurst was a
visitor here on Tuesday.
Otto Strache of Ixonia was bust
ness caller here Monday
Mrs AdoIph Roth was visitor in
Reeseville over Sunday.
Mr.. Hack an d son Robert were
weekend visitors IN Milwaukee.
Mrs. Otto Sydow of Johnson Creek
was caller in Watertown Tuesday.
Martin Schumacher of Jefferson was
a business caller here on Saturday.
Miss Ella Koska spent the past week
at her home in Reeseville.
Mrs. H. J. Little of ST. Louis, Mo. is
the guest of her daughter, Miss Vivian
Little.
The Watertown Inter-County fair
will be held on September 4, 5, G
and 7.
Richard Biefeld has been confined
to his home several days owing to
sickness.
Joseph Donahue and Eugene Ryan
witnessed the ball game at Jefferson
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernst A. Knaak are
the parents of a boy baby, born Sun
day morning.
Prof. and Mrs. Herman Schumacher
attended the organ recital at Jeffer-
son Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur CreuZ, 504
Jones street, are the proud parents of
a boy baby.
Miss Margaret Marsh returned from
Milwaukee Monday, having spent the
last week visiting friends there.
The Mems club of st. Paul's Episco-
pal church gave a supper and dance
Tuesday evening at ST. Henry's hall.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
OFFICE BOY OBEYED ORDERS
Business Man Succeeded in Keeping
Out Canvassers But He Also
Kept Out His Wife.

"I'll call in day or two's time, and
your mind,' said the lady as she was
being shown out.
Mr.. Oldboy was annoyed. He had
just been pestered by a canvasser,
and resolved it would be the last
time. Calling in the office boy, he
gave him instructions accordingly.
''Look here, my lad!' he said, impress
sively, "if lady calls again to see
me say I'm out, or, if you like, that
won't see her. Do you hear?"
"Yes, sir"
"f she refuses to go tell her I'll
give her in charge. I won't have any
thing to do with her!"
"Yes, sir" the lad replied, and with
drew.
The next day, as chance would have
1t, Mrs. OldbOy, who was on a shop
ping expedition, found herself in the
vicinity of her husbands office, and
decided to call in.
'Can 1 see Mr.. Oldboy, please?"
you can't, ma'am" defiantIy an
swered the lad, remembering his in
structions.
"But / W"
''He said he didn't want to see you
any more" Interrupting her with this
sharp retort, the lad folded his arms
and stood ready for the next.
"But / ca
Look ERE, ma'am. if Won don't 90
I'll fetch a policeman. He don't want
to ave anything to do with you.
That's what he told me, so I should
go if I was you"
Mrs. Oldboy, highly indignant left
without attempting to say another
word.
That night it took Mr. Oldboy ex-
actly an hour and forty minutes to ex-
plain matters.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
A Handsome Booklet.

Summer Outings" is the title of a
beautifully illustrated folder which
has just been issued by the Chicago &
North Western Ry., and which far ex-
cells in practical form and concise in
formation bearing upon the Northern
Wisconsin Lake Region any literature
that has been published heretofore. It's
Illustrations fairly breathe of the at
mOsphere of the cool north woods and
lake region, and in addition to describ-
ing carefully the joys of summer pas
times for the vacationist in that de-
lightful region, it contains a large de-
tailed map in colors, showing accu-
rately the lakes and streams, automo-
bile roads, trails and resorts, together
with directory of the resorts and ho-
tells carefully keyed for quick and
ready reference.
The map also indicates plainly the
great area of land for lease by the
Wisconsin Conservation Commission,
Madison, Wis, for camps or summer
homes.
All in all, this attractive publication
contains more information for those
planning vacation trip near home
than any publication that has ever
been issued
copy can be obtained free, upon
application to any agent or represent
alive Of the Chicago & North Western
Ry., or by addressing G. A Cairns,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
c. & n. w. Ry., 226 w. Jackson ST.,
Chicago
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
TANNING OF "HOOLlGANs."

The English "Hooligan" corresponds
to the American rough neck. He is the
fellow who Grapes himself about the
corner saloon, spits tobacco juice on
the pavement and makes obnoxious
remarks about passers-by.
Gen. Sir Robert Baden Powell has
long devoted a part of his time to
the tanning of young "Hooligans." The
tanning of lions, tigers and other large
pussy cats would be easier but he feels
that it would be less profitable from
the standpoint of the nation.
His recipe for doing the job is: First,
catch your> Hooligan; second, make
him an associate member of a scout
troop; third, let him become a scout
as soon as he qualities, which in 90
per cent of the cases has been found
to be about a week or two.
Many of them have already been re-
Warded for public service. It is
pathetic sight to see a real HOoligan
who has been a bobby batter" sudden
ly turn into an orderly for the police
"a "copper's companion as one of
them called himself
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
BOY SCOUTS AND WAR

In an official statement just issued,
telling what the boy scouts will do in
case of war, the national council of the
Boy Scouts of America makes it clear
that no distinctive or definite part will
be taken by the scouts in any military
operations, and that no local organiZa-
tons will have authority to involve
scouts in such service. 1t is stated that
it will be the privilege and pleasure of
each member to volunteer his services
for cooperation with the local civic
authorities, and that the training which
scouts have had will make them eff
ficient and dependable in doing such
work as
Rendering first aid to the sick or in
jured.
Sending messages by wire, wireless,
or semaphOre.
Cooperating in the protection of
property by accepting definite assign
ments for the purpose of giving alarm
in the case of danger.
Acting as messengers and co-operat-
ing with agencies organized for relief
work.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Buys Partners Interest.

the Watertown Garment company, to-
day purchased the interest Of his part
ner, A. c. Rupert, and is now sole own
er of the business. The company is
located in the Smith building in West
Main street, and manufacture ladies
waists, aprons, ETC., and since its es-
Establishment here a few months ago
have been very successful.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Cables Contain Much Wire.

1t Is estimated that the total length
of wire in the sheathing and core OF
the worlds cables made since their in
PRODUCTION in 1857 is sufficient to reach
from the earth to the moon. Where
the sea is about three miles deep, and
the ship is steaming at its usual rate,
in paying out a new line, it has been
found that over two and half hours
pass before the cable reaches the bed
of the sea. By the time the cable has
settled to rest the ship is % miles
away.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Recruits In Parade.

A number of recruits for the new
military company headed by fife and
drum corps paraded the downtown
streets Tuesday evening and created a
lot of enthusiasm. Before the boys had
got we'll under way, they were joined
by a big contingent of young men who
paraded with them