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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28

dropped on the surface and is strug-
Cling to rise again. This can be &C
complished by a slight broken witch
ing OF the wrist. When a trout takes
the fly, strike quickly, but not with
heavy jerk, only a slight move of
the wrist is necessary. In taking
fly he snaps his jaws together over
the fly, but is quick to throw out the
artificial feathery substitute for a
square meal.
Lot Depends on Rod Work.
The sport begins with rush right
after you hook your fish and you sure
have to work your gray matter,
Buck, before you can creel a trout.
He seems to know every rift, rooted
hold, snag or Windfall in the stream,
and you got to keep your mind
on the game to hold him from reach
ing cover, which means a lost fish and
a snagged line. Let your rod do most
Of the work, that's what a good fly rod
is for-keep your line tight, at no
time give any slack, as the trout may
not be securely hooked, and slack
line gives him q chance to cough out
the fly. You will find the trout Is more
quickly landed II worked down stream,
especially with a large fish. as the
current Is in your favor. Keep the
rod well up and the line shortened,
as q short line gives better control
over the fish and you need every extra
bit Of advantage, as the sole object of
the trout is to get away and at that
game he is some little getter.
Fish Both Up and Down Stream.
If you are fishing q slow running
stream it is best to fish up stream
and on swift-running streams fish
down, making it point to walk
around pools and fish them from the
lower end up to the head. In fishing up
stream the fly comes quickly down
with the current, this can be slowed
up by casting diagonally up and
across.
Trout Gorge Angleworms.
Early in the season the common
angleworm is considered q delicacy
by the trout and this bait II foated
down stream under a shelving bank or
around a log, which makes an ideal
hiding place for trout, it's twenty-to-
one shot that another fish will be add
ed to the creel: Hook the worm so
that the entire hook is covered, using
a No. 6 or snelled hook. Always
fish down stream with worms, as the
natural action Of the current carries
the worms down stream. Let the bait
float from about thirty feet above the
spot where you anticipate the trout
are lying and throw in the shut-of on
all noise.
DIXIE.
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Graves of European Soldiers.

In the first months of the war a man
was commonly buried close to the
place where he fell. Wherever there
has been hard fighting there are many
low crosses sticking out of the ground
in the fields, in cottage gardens, in
corners of farmyards and orchards,
even on roadside strips of grass.
Where the ground has changed hands
good deal you may see, quite close,
the gabled cross of the Germans, with
"Hier ruht in Colt" (Here rests in
GOd), and the beaded wire wreath of
the French with Mort pour la France
(Died for France), and the plain lined
cross Of the English Gin loving memory
of one or more officers and men.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
SCOUTS EDUCATIONAL WORK

No organization in the country has
any stronger leadership in educational
matters than has been secured by the
Boy Scouts of America. Members of
the board are well qualified to keep
the work of the Boy Scout movement
in full accord with the most modern
and best ideas of education. The ma
tional council has planned TO refer to
this department all matters of an edu-
cational character. The department is
now preparing:
/. To give leadership in a series Of
conferences for scOutmasters and other
scout officials throughout the country
as deemed advisable from time to time.
2. To promote and develop training
courses for leadership in scouting
throughout the country either in con-
nectiOn with established educational in
situations or under the auspices of local
councils.
3. To arrange for the presentation
of the merits of the scout program and
its appeal for leadership before vari-
Gus student bodies and educational
and religious conventions and confer
ences
4. To cooperate in making scout
ing" the official bulletin, helpful to
scOutmasters and others actively en-
gagged i'm scout work through definite
suggestions and general educational ar
ticles.
5. To develop correspondence courses
for inspiration and instruction for
scout leaders.
6. To cultivate the interest of school
teachers and others particularly inter-
ested i'm educational problems through
educational Journals and conferences.
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SCOUT HANDBOOK BIG SELLER.

Our country's most popular juvenile
book is not, as might be supposed,
Robinson CrusOe" or Treasure Is
land" but the Handbook for Boys"
published by the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea. Within the last two years there
have been published more than 100000
copies of this book, and it is good
guess that more copies have been sold
than have been sold of both Treasure
Island and Robinson Crusoe" togeth-
er during the same period. Indeed, it is
not too much to say that if the figures
were available to make such o COM
parisOn possible, it would be shown
that there have been published in the
last two years more copies of the
Handbook for Boys" than all the
standard stories for boys published
during the same period.
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strike at the gray iron foundry across
the street. After the reserves had
been called out and the fight in the
yards was over, Curzon came back,
looking rather tense and angry.
'Why didn't you keep out of range
when those fellows were firing at us?'
he demanded of Betty.
81 wanted to see," answered Betty
haughtily. at was very interesting
1t was the end of the second month
that CurZOn began to make up his
mind. In the first place, he was am
bilious and had put all thoughts OF
love or marriage out of his scheme II
life. The foundry was his life. And
still it was June, and Betty wore the
most enhancing, fluffy gowns to work,
absolutely unbusinesslike.
Likewise, at the lunch hour, Betty
had a tiny electric contnvance which
she calmly applied to the company
switch, and on which she managed
somehow to concoct the daintiest and
most unexpected of luncheon Dishes
since there was no good restaurant IN
a radius of mile. And then she would
invite him to partake.
So one night toward the end of June
when she had worked overtime, he
stood by the window of the office thai
overlooked the gray iron building anC
spoke gloomily, Enthusiastically.
"Of course, you know this can't sc
on much longer"
care you trying to discharge me, Mr.
Curzon?"
i've got to-" answered CurZon slow
ly, returning her look with unswerv
ing intention. i've either got to fire
you or marry you. This can't go or
l can't think of anything under the
light of heaven but you, day or night
and want to work.
'Then, of course, l must leave" sale
Betty, with her very incest, her very
kindest manner.
Betty" said Curzon, in a curious
voice, a voice of accusation and ap
peal, too. "Betty, why did you evel
come to work here? 1 didn't want you
You know perfectly well you've seer
this coming on, and 1 believe you've
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to be assigned to private houses. Tne
scouts served as guides, one riding on
and helping the teachers with their
luggage.
No tips were taken, although many
were offered. The work of the scouts
made a great hit with the town as well
as with the visitors. The chamber of
to give the scouts a banquet to show
their appreciation. The association
adopted resolutions thanking the troop
for it's efficient service.
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DlSCHARGING BETTY
BY ISABEL FROST.

Curzon had definitely, positively
made up his mind to discharge Betty.
If discipline was to be maintained In
the Office at all, that was the first step
toward it. In the fire place, she never
should have been employed In such
place as the Benzinger Iron works. She
had walked through the outer gates
one early spring morning, the last Of
q line of applicants, and had asked the
first worker she met what the Superin-
tendent'S name was.
Crank Curzon," she was told. There
fore, instead of waiting her turn, Betty
had marched valiantly up to the book
keepers desk and had asked for Mr..
Curzon quiteS as if she were paying a
little afternoon call. And she got the
position.
The salary was only SO week, but
there was no carfare to pay, and the
factory lay just across the railroad
tracks from the pretty suburban neigh
borhood where she lived with her ia
than herself.
You mustn't mlnd, she SAID tnat
evening, beaming on her docile home
circle at the supper table. I'm ter
rible cook, and this way | can hire old
Mrs. Ransom to come in and work for
US by the day for 81 week. That
rleaves me five for myself. l am Mr..
Curzon's private secretary
''What does he look like?" demanded
David, the eldest brother.
well, he's rather tail, and possibly
thirty, more or less" Betty dished the
preserved cherries thoughtfully. And
very, very businesslike and short
spoken
But" said Dave sarcastically, "wai
till he's Bettiied."
It took about four weeks to Bettify
the whole office. 1t began with the
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
HIS MAJESTY, THE BROOK TROUT
MY Dear Buck:

My Dear Buck:
Without a doubt, oldtimer, feel
like lacking the blue ribbon on the
brook trout for being the wisest,
liveliest and gamest of the fresh-water
fish. For downright nerve and fight.
he ia in class by himself and he
carries more tricks In his tail than
any other fish. He Is truly an Ameri-
can and of a sturdy type that can
forage a living in any stream or
springfield lake that Is cool. AL
though he does not grow as large as
his cousin, the rainbow trout from
the West, or his foreign relative, the
brown, or German trout, for his small
size and weight he puts up the keenest
fight Of the trout family.
The trout is q trim-built fish with
graceful lines and his constant battle
with swift currents makes him a
strong, husky youngster. AS a gen.
flowing streams where the water is
cool and fresh, while the rainbow and
brown trout can thrive in warmer and
deeper streams as well as lakes. AS a
rule l have found the rainbow and
brown trout in the roily waters below
falls, in the swift rapids, and the brook
trout in the quieter pools, especially
those with grassy beds. The trout
is rapacious feeder, and takes his
food from the surface, in midwater
and at the bottom; he is, however,
mostly surface feeder and dotes on
flies, grasshoppers, insects, worms,
small minnows and even small frogs.
Trout Has Keen Sight.
Undoubtedly he has the keenest
sight of any fish, and he evidently
watches his prey before it strikes the
water, as he will close his jaws on a
fly the instant it hits the water, often
leaping up and catching it on the
wing. It's a pretty good guess that he
watches the flies or insects as they
fly over the water and this same sight
makes it necessary for the rod WELD
er to match his wits against those of
Mr.. B. Trout.
Trout are caught with artificial flies,
grasshoppers, worms, minnows, crick-
cts, grubs and almost any small in
sects that are found along streams,
also with very small spoons. When
fishing with fly it should be kept in
motion, initiating as near as possible
the movements of fly that has
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
His Intentions.

-S1-1a.--s L
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To Live.
DIXIE.


We live by desire to live; we live
by choice, by will, by thought, by the
vivacity of the laws which we obey,
and obeying share their life, or we
by sloth, by disobedience, by losing
hold of life, which GIBBS out of us.
But whilst I find the signatures, tho
hints and suggestions, noble and
Wholesome, whilst I find that all tho
ways of virtuous living lead upward
pnd not downward, yet 1t Is not my
duty to prove to myself the immor-
Eality Of the soul. That knowledge is
hidden very cunningly. Perhaps the
archangel cannot find the secret of
their existence as the eye cannot see
itself; but, ending or endless, to live
whilst I live.-Emerson.
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MOther-Has Mr.. Goldie, with whom
you have been dancing all the evening.
at last declared his Intentions?
Mabel-Yes, mother.
Il am so glad! What did he say?"
He declared in a most decided man
ner that he would never marry"
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Easy for the Boy Scout.
A TROOPS BIG GOOD TURN.

Troop 1 Of Santa Fee, N. NJ, had it's
first opportunity to do a community
good turn when the New Mexico State
Education association met for it's an
nual convention in their city.
Hotel accommodations were limited
and many of the visiting teachers had
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-03-30
Finance Of 4 Statue.

OF all Robert Burns statues scat.
tered over the world, one of the finest,
and the one with the most romantic
history, is that In Washington park,
Albany. n. Y. 1t is the work Of q
local artist born Of English parents,
but the cost was betrayed by an &c
centric and close-fsted old maid, Mary
Mcpherson, who, with her false hair
and the gay colors and fine clothes in
which she arrayed her weary old body.
was an object of ridicule to the
thoughtless youth of the town.
She put aside her gaudy clothes only
when she went into mourning for her
father and brother. From them she in.
herited a considerable fortune, and,
through the persistence of two old
Scottish friends Of her father, she was
induced to leave the greater part OF
$4,000 for the erection of a worthy
memorial to the poet of her native
land. Albany, which used to make fun
of poor Mary McPherson," is today
proud Of her.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-03-30

partments supervised the maintenance
Of nearly $1,000 miles of main and
trunk-line roads. sos
The Increase In expenditures for
road and bridge work In the United
States has been from approximately
ssO.0OO.OOO per year n 1904 to about
s2S2, 100000 in 1915, an increase Of
more than 25O per cent. The expendl-
ture Of state funds during this same
period increased from about s., $50 600
to.more than $53.OOO.OOO. In addition,
more than $27,OOO,OOO Of local funds
was spent under state supervision In
1915, bringing the total road and
bridge expenditures managed by the
states to $s0,415,699. This amount Is
greater than the total expenditures for
roads and bridges from all sources in
1904.
An increase in the uses of better and
more expensive types of roads also Is
shown by the recently compiled statis-
tics. This development has been due,
In large part, to the great increase in
automobile traffic. It Is estimated
that there are now approximately two
and one-half million automobiles in
use Of the roads Of the country, or
one car for every mile Of road. This
present motor traffic IL In excess Of
traffic Of all sorts II years ago.
The cash road and bridge expendi-
lures of the United States averaged
only $2S per mile of rural roads In
1904. In 1915 this average had grown
to 500 per mile. New Jersey led all
other states, both in 1904 and in 1915,
with 1921 and $475 per mile, respec-
lively. Nevada made the least expendi-
ture in both years-$3.72 per mile in
1904 and SIT per mile in 1915.
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1Ma3gaagt
.ldaag! y!
GROWTH OF IMPROVED ROADS
Mileage Of ssrssess HiShw.ys Has
Been lnersasino at Rate Of
10000 Miles Yearly.

Rapid Increase in total expendI-
mres for roads and bridges, growth
of building and maintenance activities
under state supervision. and q sharp
decrease in the proportion of contribu-
tons In the form Of statute labor
mark the development Of highway
work In the United States during the
past IL years. These facts are
brought out by statistics for the cal
endar year 1915. recently compiled by
the office Of public roads and rural en-
cheering Of the department.
The total length of public roads in
the United States outside the limits
Of Incorporated towns and, cities was
about 2,452,OO0 miles on January /,
1916. OF this. about 277,OO0 miles.
or 11.3 per cent, were improved with
some form Of surfncing. The mile
age Of surfaced roads has been in
creasing at the rate of about 10000 a
year, and In 1918 approximately one
half Of this increase was made under
the supervision of state highway de-
partments. In addition these de-
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-03-30
Austrians Contribute Coin.

Vienna says every one of the 3D.
100000 German-Austrians within the
empire is represented by LISA kronen
($231) in the war loans that have been
raised in Austria. These loans have
amounted to 1S.OOO,OOOOOO kronen. Of
which the German subjects have sub
scribed some 15.OO0.OOO.OOO. The g.
100000 Czechs have subscribed 1885,
600, while the remaining 1900. 900 In
habitants. including 100000 citizens
of Galicia and the Bukowina, have sub
scribed 75O.00O.OOO.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-03-30
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEvER|SA, SICK
Look, Mother! u tongue b
coated, give California
Srup Of Fj0S,"

Children love this fruit laxnfive."
and nothing else cieanses the tender
stomach. liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels. and the result 10
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets. sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or net naturally. breath Is bad.
system full Of cold, has sore throat.
stomach-ache or dIarrea. Listen,
Motheri See II tongue Is coated. then
give a teaspoonfui OF California
Syrup Of Figs" and In q few hours oil
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the sys-
TEN, and you have a well child again.
Millions OF mothers give California
Syrup Of Figs" because 1t IL perfectly
harmless; children love II, and II new
er falls to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask Mt the store for 50-cent bottle
Of california Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown.ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
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the treatment of manure a water ex-
tract Of the hellebore Is prepared by
adding One-haif pound Of the powder
to every ten gallons of water and
after stirring 1t Is allowed to stand "a
hours.
1.-The simple and effective stock
mixture thus prepared Is sprinkled
over the manure Mt the rate of ten
gallons to every eight bushels (ten
cubic feeD of manure. From the re-
suit Of IL experiments with manure
piles treated under natural con-
ditions 1t appears that such treat
ment results in the destruction Of
from So to 90 per cent of the fly
larvae.
Another chemical found to be even
more effective as larvicide Is
powdered borux. The best results nre
obtained when the borax Is applied
In solution. or when water Is sprinkled
on after the borax has been scattered
evenly over the filth. Borax Is not
only effective in killing the larvae Of
flies, but when 1t comes in contact
with the eggs 1t exerts toxic ac-
ton which prevents them from hatch
ing.
"Antifly crusades have been very
numerous in recent years, and some
have been noteworthy both as to
methods and results. However, 1t is
not amiss now to emphasize the i'm
portance Of concerted organized ef-
fort on the part of whole communi-
ties, not only cities, but suburban
and rural neighborhoods as well. By
the most painstaking care one may
prevent all fly breeding on his
premises, but 1t will avail him little
If his neighbors are not equally care
full. Some sort of cooperation Ia
necessary. One of the first and most
important elements in any antily cru.
SADIE is n vigorous and continued edu.
cational campaign to bring the people
to realization of the dangers from
flies and the possibility Of getting rid
Of them
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-03-30
Biggest OIL Well Capped.

Word comes Of the successful cap
ping Of what is probably the biggest
oil well ever known. This well is In
the Tampico field in Mexico. whence
the British navy gets most Of its fuel
oil. The biggest well flows 100000
barrels day. 1t was estimated that
the stream first flowed with a pressure
of 100 pounds to the square inch.
When the gusher was struck 1t blew o
two ton drill $50 feet into the air. The
oil spouted GOO feet high. Over .
million barrels were lost before the
flow was under control.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-03-30
COUNTY is BUYING TROUBLE
Road That Will Not outlast Its Cost
10 INTELLECTUALLY Becomes
Total Loss.

When n county or township builds
a road that will not outlast its cost,
that county or township is buying
trouble and paying cash for It. It
borrows money to buy a liability
creates q debt to buy something that
will be a continual expense until 1t
finally becomes total loss through
being worn out. And borrowing
money to build road that will not
last under modern traffic conditions II
unsound finance.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-03-30
LIVING ON NEGLECTED ROAD
No Man Can Be Cheerful and Neigh
borIy, Nor Can He Be Really
Good Citizen.

The man who wrote the famous line
'Let me live in house by the side
Of the road" had in mind, Of course,
a good road. No man can be cheer
full and neighborly, no man can be
really good citizen, II he lives in a
house by the side Of q neglected road.
Then men who pass his place can't
be cheerful. How Is the road at yoar
farm, Mr.. Farmer7 - Reclamation
Record.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-03-30

Evidently the Hawaiian ukelele is
not the only musical instrument that
Is becoming more popular in the Unit
ed States, for the annual report Of a
North American harp manufacturing
company, just issued. shows that the
sales of Irish harps during the past
year were more than twice those Of
1915, and were distributed among IS
states. It may be added that harps
were also sent to Hawaii. which fact
shows that the people there. however.
partial they may be to their native
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-03-30
yapan.s camphor MonopoIx.

The camphor production of the is
land Of Formosa is one Of Japan's
monopolies. The present area Of cam
phor afrorestation is 10,65O acres, and
some Of the trees are said to be from
500 to 1000 years old. During the
next few years the area will probably
be greatly extended.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-03-30
REASON FOR GOOD HIGHWAYS
intricate and Perfect Network o,
Roads Necessary 70 Release
Energies Of America.

It Is prefectly obvious that you have
got to have an intricate and perfect
network of roads throughout the
length and breadth Of this great cont
nent before you have released the en-
ergies of America. The blood
OF the nation will not flow In harmoni.
GUS concord unless 1t can dow In In
Innate sympathy.-President Wilson.
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Too PresunptIve.

He-Does your mother object to
kissing?
She-Now. Just because ] allow you
to kiss me. you needn't think you can
kiss the whole family.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-03-30
cuTIcURA HEALS ECZEMA
And Rashes That Itch and Durn-TriaI
Free 70 Anyone Anywhere.

In the treatment Of skin and scalp
troubles bathe freely with Cuticura
Soap and hot water. dry and apply
Cuticura Ointment. II there Is q nat
ural. tendency to rashes. pimples. etc.
prevent their recurrence by making
Cuticura your daily toilet preparation.
Free sample each BY mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept Z.
Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv.
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ukulele, are mot unwilling to supple
ment it with an instrument Of very
different character.-Christi Science
Monitor.