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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

remains nothing to be taxed but the
building. And what can it be taxed
at provided Il tenant who is willing to
take chance with his money cannot
be found: Eventually the farmer will
have to pay the taxes. This merchant
formerly paid. and if the farmer con-
tinues throwing his patronage 10 out
side concerns he will continue to re-
duce local yaIueS and increase his
taxes.
Reflect Too Little.
Some farmers read too mut'h and re-
fleet too little-iepend too much upon
others. too little upon themselves
They make 81 their heads cold storage
warehouses for Other peoples ideas
instead Of standing UP in their own
independent %odlile individuality.
Reading and rereadiug of mail order
catalogues lea~e a man in about the
same condition as Mark Twains toad
with its stomach full OF shot
What do the mail order houses dc
for the farmer? Do they relieve him
of any of his tax burdens: No: they
just relieve him of his money. 1t is a
case Of representation without taxa
ton. and we fear in time this manner
and method of doing business will
cause a revolution among the pro-
ducers and consumers which will
eclipse the American Revolution.
We would suggest to the mail order
cat9 lOgUp konSpS that they shear mot
skin. their sheep.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
Humorinu Cows.

The money making dairyman learns
to know cows-their likes and dislikes,
their needs and what is hurtful to
them. A COW that gives large yield is
always notional and has many petty
whims about the way she wants her
feed arranged and the manner in
which she wants her mixer to treat
her An increase in yield is often Sc
cured by humoring these whims.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

Al the Theatres

The opening play that will be pre-
scented by the Gifford-Young Co., dur
ing their engagement in this city at
the Turner Sunday April Is, will be
Jack Laits famous comedy-drama
Help Wanted" This play deals with
the working problem, and is told in a
way that is unusual 1t is brimful of
epigrams and a brand Of slang that
loses nothing in comparison with some
our own trite sayings. They bare
many situations that reach but do not
over step the bounds of convention
atty. but you sit tight, with expec-
fancy for the moment, nevertheless.
The producers of the play have given
TO it the def hand of stage craft that
has made it famous and has provided
a cast Of players that for balance and
poise is seldom seen in repertoire
Several bright, sparkling vaudeville
acts help TO make the play one Of the
strongest of the week. Prices: 10, 20,
80. and a few at so cents. Sunday
matinee, 10 and 90 cents
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
DAIRY AND
CREAMERY
PURE BRED cow BEST.
Under Similar Conditions She Is More
Profitable Than the Grade.

Under Similar Conditions She Is More
Profitable Than the Grade.
| contend that the pure bred COW on
the average will do anything that the
grade cow on the average will do-and
something more, writes r. f. Hutchin-
son in the Rural New Yorker
The average production of the dairy
cows of the United States is approx
mately 1IJ pounds of fat per anEum.
On the contrary, the average produc-
ton of 11,169 pure bred COWS tested to
Jan. /. 1916, is 43O pounds fat Which
pulled down the average-the grade
COW or the pure bred? The answer is
obvious.
The simple fact that it is possible to
quote accurate figures In giving the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
Only Wanted a Chance.

Mother = Perhaps the young man
needs little encoura cement. Daugh-
ter-Yes, mamma wish you would
keep out of sight more while be is
here.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

Attorney H P Martin, z. c. Gleave
and A. T. Earle of Edgerton and Clar-
ence Schmidt of Linden Lake, Mich,
and r. Cary OF Cambridge were Easter
visitors with friends in WATERFOWL.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

Sophie's Adora, the COW here pic
tured, went on test at one day over
four years of age, and in the fol-
lowing 800 days produced 1882
pounds of milk containing $3.50
pounds of butter fat, which amounts
to LOAF pounds of butter, figured
on the So per cent basis. This rec
ord makes her worlds champion
four-year-old Jersey. Sophie's ADO
"a is owned and was bred at Low
ell, Mass.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
WATERFOWL Weekly Leaders Buy-at-Home Department
the public

When you are in need of PAINTS,
OILS, BRUSHES, WALL PAPER,
GLASS, WINDOW SHADES, PICTURE
FRAMES OR PICTURES OF ALL
KINDS think of the
j. II. MURPHY COMPANY
Ill West Main st. Phone 236-x
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

DAIRY NOTES.

y Successful dairy expansion in
= wolves the intelligent systematic
& grading or building up of herd.
+ both by selection and breeding.
y There are few cows which will
i not stand more quietly during
= the milking process if they have
y nothing else to attract their at
i tentiOn.
3 Every COW in the herd should :
y be halter broken. Begin while
3 they are calves.
y A chill outside or inside is of ;
y ten fatal for a fresh COW.
d Look out for the March winds.
x Keep the cows in out of them. :
T. y 4 V = 4 y y y y y y i y y y j.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

Every good deed performed is aot
only present pleasure. but a support
for the future
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

Michael Burke OF the town of
Shields was a caller here OH Tuesday.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

in Sold at Auction" 5-part Pathe
Luke Comedy Friday, Ethel Barry
more in THE White Raven" 5-part
Metro. Al Christie comedy. Satur-
day, "A Gamble in Souls" with Doro-
thy Dalton and William Desmond, s.
part Triangle. His Auto Ruination, -
apart comedy. Sunday, THE Wharf
Rat with Mae Marsh, 5-part Triangle.
His Hereafter" apart comedy.
At the Majestic tonight, Frances
Nelson in What Happened at %"
Thursday, Alice Brady in, "A Woman
Alone" Friday, Edna Goodrich in
THE House of Lies Saturday, Will
lam Russell in Lone Star" Sunday
and Monday, Sessue Hayakawa in
"Hon>Nble Friend"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
CHICAGO & NORTH-W WESTERN
South.

OIL a. M train makes close con-
hectlons for the west at Jefferson
junction and also for Milwaukee
Both HOS a. M. and Ills d. M.
trains make close connections at JEFF
ferson junction for Madison and all
points west
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

At the Classic tonight will he seen
at o'clock Thursday, Lois Meredith,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
b,CAD TOWNS
AND HIGH TAXES
Home DisIOyaIty Is the Cause
of Decay.
WHAT GREAT NAPOLEON SAID
Should Tax Vices instead of Property.
In Rich, Prosperous Community
Taxes Are No Burden-ln a Com
munity Where the Local Town Is
Dead Taxes Are High.

Copyrighted, 1914 by Thomas ]. Sullivan.l
Taxing is an easy business. Any
new official can contriye new imp0si-
tons, any bungler can add to the old,
but is it altogether wise to have no
other bounds to your impOSitions than
the patience Of those who are to bear
them!
What a benefit the government
would render the state. the city, the
village and hamlet if it would but tax
vices instead Of property, Bonaparte
said he found vices very profitable.
He got $J.OOO,00O annually from the
lovers Of brandy, and he wanted to
know what virtue would pay him that
much.
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Her Contribution

Her Contribution.
He owes his success to his wife,
THAT SOP
Yes. Scarcely a day goes by but
she keeps him from making a fool Of
himself in one way or another."-De-
troit Free Press
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said he found vices very profitable.
He got SJOOO.OOO annually from the
lovers Of brandy, and he wanted to
know what virtue would pay him that
much.
Taxes Increasing Each Year.
Taxes are the sinews of the state.
and they are indeed heavy. but if those
laid by the government We're the only
ones we had to pay we might more
easily discharge them, but we have
others, and much more grievOus to
some of us.
We are taxed twice as much by our
ignorance three times as much by our
disloyalty and four times as much by
our folly. and from these taxes the
commissioners cannot ease or deliver
us by allowing an abatement.
The state, county and town levy and
exact a certain tax from every piece Of
property located within their bound
aries. the amount depending upon the
official requirements. In rich. pros
porous community. where marketing
and manufacturing lend their stimulat-
ing influences. taxes are low. A com
munity where the local town is dead
taxes necessarily are high.
The explanation is easy. The town
which is prosperous has successful
| merchants with large and valuable
stocks of goods: it has manufacturing
plants and Industrial enterprises Of
great worth; it has newspapers, bank
ing houses and hotels. and. above all,
1t Is a marketing center. The large
amount and the high value placed upon
this property materially decrease the
tax demands made upon the farmer in
that vicinity.
Streets Paved With Jimson Weeds.
Then take the other town. the dead
town. What are the cause and effect
The cause is lack of patronage. lack Of
industrial pride. disloyalty and igno-
rance of ones own condition and best
interests. The effect? The town has
! become II jay" town. In the streets
| have grown jimson weeds. the side
walks have gone to decay. the stores
are vacant and an air of poverty and
dilapidation prevails.
| IN this latter town and the surround
| ing community taxes are high. prop
erty values have decreased. and alto
gether it is an undesirable place to live
| in. and the disposition Of such property
! is an impossible feat
AS we stand and survey the ruins of
once prosperous and promising city
we turn to the once successful retail
merchant. now standing in the door of
his empty store. and ask for the an
! swer.
Briefly he makes reply: THE retail
catalogue houses Our residents in this
community became hypnotized by their
pictures and prices and misrepresenta-
tons. and this is the result"
On the Altar of Greed.
They sacrificed their own interests
and their own town on the altar of
greed and misunderstanding.
The farmer should easily compre-
bend that when "A stock of goods III a
store is depleted one-half or more it
cannot be taxed for more than its
value. and in case the merchant for
lack of patronage is forced to retire
altogether from business then there
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tertown at $40 a. m. and goes no
farther.
The 1855 a. m. train makes connec.
ton at Clyman Junction for trains
east.
A tran goes west from Clyman
Junction at 500 p. m.
*These trains leave daily except
Sunday.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

FOR REAL HOMEMADE SAUSAGE
try O'BRIEN'S, the old reliable meat
market of the city, also home of Home
ent clerks at both our Third st. and
North Fourth ST. markets.
The Best Cold Weather Drink is
Hot Chocolate" at
HERRO'S FOUNTAIN.
Take home a box of fresh candy for
your loved ones and make them happy,
Or a quart Of the ICE CREAM at
GEORGE HERR0.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07

club, Chicago, national open and am
ateur champion, will play in two ex
hibition matches here, July 8 and TO-
for the benefit of the Red Cross.
Evans will be paired with Harry
G. Leeg of Minneapolis, former Trans
Mississippi title holder, against
George Sargent and Otis George, pro-
fessionals, in an >1S-hole foursOme at
the lnterlachen club, July 8. A sim
liar match will be played the follow
ing day at the Minikahda club. Spec!
tatOrs will be asked to contribute
to the Red Cross.
st. Louis, July 7.-Branch Hickey,
president of the St. Louis Nationals,
apparently is ready to trade Milton
lMule) Watson, the big right-handed
pitcher. Watson has been suspended
and fined 5000 for failure to keep in
condition.
ANY member of our club deserving
of such severe punishment as was
given Watson is undeserving Of the
job," Hickey explained. I'VE need
pitchers, but | don't think we need
Watson"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07
VEHICLE USES GASOLINE OR ELECTRICITY.

A Vehicle, propelled by gasoline
motor an electric motor or both at the
same time, appeared recently. The
new car Is said to be the beginning Of
q new era in motor construction.
The power plant of the car consists
Of small four-cylinder gasoline mo-
tor and an electric mOtOr-generator
combined into one ulnt. The movement
of finger lever on the steering wheel
connects the gasoline motor to the
electric generator, which cranks the
engine. Power is transmitted through
the armature shaft of the electric mo-
tor and propeller shaft direct to the
rear axle. LAVA
Their are two levers on the, steering
wheel, corresponding to the spark and
throttle on the ordinary car. One con-
trolls the speed of the gasoline motor
and the dther the electric motor.
At any advanced position Of the cleo
trio lever the first movement OF the
gasoline lever starts the gasoline mo-
tor. AS the lever is moved forward it
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07
BY PAUL PURMAN,

There's lot of talk this season
about a new kind of ball used effect
lively by several pitchers and which
has been known as the shineball, lie
Orice ball, talcum powder ball AMI
what not.
It's use, so far as reports show.
has been confined to the American
league and for the most part to pitch
ers on the Chicago club.
The name. "shineball," probably is
the best way to designate the inno-
walton. which ball players declare has
a peculiar break, which is only eX-
ceeded by that of the illegal emery
ball
AS the emery ball was produced by
the use of small rough spot on the
ball, the shineball is similarly caused
by small, very smooth spot on the
ball. This may be caused by rubbing
talcum powder, licorice or any other
smooth, slippery substance on the
ball.
Eddie Cicotte and Danforth OF the
White SoX and Cy Falkenburg Of the
Athletics are said to have developed
the ball particularly WELL although
other pitchers are said to be using it.
The legality of the ball was taken
up with President Ban Johnson by
Umpire Billy Evans, but the league
president refused to rule it out
What is a ''shineball?"
1t is a particularly vicious member
Of the spitball family, which depends
upon air pressure for it's peculiar de.
tiance of the laws of moving bodies
and of gravitation.
Its breaks are similar to those of
the emery ball. but not so sharp.
The shineball can be made to break
either up or down and the shineball
which breaks, down may also break
either to the right or the left
In throwing the ball so that the
smooth surface is on the top the ball
will break slightly upward.
The explanation is rather technical
being based on several laws of phys
les
The shine5all is only effective when
the shiny spot is on one of the poles
of rotation. Experiments show that
the friction of the air on the sides
of moving ball is somewhat create,
than the velocity of the ball The
natural surface of even new base
ball is rather rough and the friction
would be less on the surface made
shiny by the application of talcun
powder or licorice.
This tends to pile up the air or
the side of the ball which has not
been 'doctored" and slow up the
speed of that side.
! The air cushion causes a pressure
on the side of the ball which has moi
been 'shined" and pushes the bal
in the other direction.
This is the mystery of the shine
| ball.
The use of the ball by "Cy' Falk
enburg is particularly interesting.
Falky was the second man to ust
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07

Figure above shows the shineball
which will break down and then eth
er in or out. Ball rotates on axis
CAB in direction shown by small ar
rows. Air current Co strikes top
Of ball on surface which has not been
shined, while air current CD comes
in contact with shined spot (X). The
friction against the natural surface
Of the ball at (A) is greater than at
OBJ on account of the smoothness al
OBJ and tends to pile UP cushion of
air. at (A), which tends to make the
ball break in direction shown by
heavy dotted line.
The. lower figure shows how the
ball may be made to break upward by
having the smooth spot at the top of
the ball. The principal is the same,
the air cushion is piled up at OBJ,
forcing the ball in direction shown
by dotted line.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07
UNCLE Sam { An. SETS ELS
PRINTING RECORD
Governments Big Establishment
Turns Out Vast Amount
of Work.
war IS CAUSE OF increase
Press Room Produces 240oo0, 600
Copies Of Posters, Pamphlets and
Other Publications In
Ss3: One Month.

Wartime work at Uncle Sans print.
ing office has reached large proper
tons, establishing during one month
a record never before equaled in the
history of the office, according to Pub
lie Printer Cornelius Ford. The pre-
paredness and war situation demanded
rush delivery on vast number Of or
ders covering every conceivable class
Of printing and binding, these orders
varying in quantity from 1000 to 25.-
100000 copies each. In order to ham
die this extra work, in addition to the
ordinary current work for congress and
the various departments and bureaus
Of the government, the working forces
were augmented to some extent as
rapidly as possible, and all divisions
put on what is practically continuous
24-hour run, divided into several
shifts.
Registration Printing Heavy.
The law requiring registration In
connection with military duty called
for very large quantities of job print
ing. All of this work was prepared
for posting in the government print
ing office, and forwarded direct to the
mailing tables in the city post office.
The principal items concerned in this
work were 25,OOO,OO0 registration
cards, together with 100000 copies
of certificates of registration, certain
number of each being mailed to the
sheriff of each county in the United
States; other blanks, vouchers, tele-
grams, instructions, ETC., in connection
with registration totaled approximate
ly 100000 copies.
The Liberty bond issue required
large quantities of rush work. One
million copies of Liberty bond posters,
printed in two colOrs, were delivered
within the space Of few days. Four
million copies were printed of what
Is known as the "Boy Scouts" poster.
This poster was printed in two colors,
and was prepared for mailing by men,
bers of various Boy Scout troops. Ten
million copies were printed Of circu.
lars, applications, etc.
approximately 100000 wire
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07

been pitched before this, but Cum
mings was the first man to recognize
the theory OF curve ball pitching and
apply it SO he could tell what direc.
ton the curve would take.
1904-Elmer Stricklett invented
and developed the spitball, which i'm.
mediately became popular Cap An.
son and other old-timers insist that
pitchers back in the eighties had used
a moist bail delivery, but if they did
they never learned properly to con-
troll it.
19O9-Russell Ford perfected the
emery ball. He used this successful-
ly and secretly until 1914, when the
BAH was barred by the National, AM
erican and Federal leagues
19l7-Shineball developed and used
in the American league by Cicotte,
Danforth, Falkenburg and other pitch
ers. M4
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07
Sport Gossip

Chicago, July 7.-Ty COBB, keeping
up his terrific pace as leading batter
in the American league, is far up in
the lead in total base hitting, unofti-
cial figures released today show.
The Detroit star, whose average is
269, bagged 81 hits in SO games for a
total of 12G bases. Sixteen Of his
blows were doubles, II triples and
two home runs His batting, COM
Dined with Veach and Heilman, also
has shot Detroit to the top in team
hitting with an average of .246. A
week ago Chicago was in front. The
averages include games of Wednes-
day.
Wambsganss of Cleveland dropped
out of the 800 class. while Sisler,
st. Louis, is again near the top with
an average of .31S. Scoring AZ runs
is the mark set by Weaver of Ch..
! cago. Roth, Cleveland, with total
of q. maintained his pace as the lead
! ing base stealer, while Chapman, his
teammate, continues to show the way
to the sacrifice, hitters with 33. Pipp
of New York is in possession of home
run hOnOrS with six.
Leading batters for half Of their
clubs games: Cobb, Detroit. 1863;
| Speaker, Cleveland, 345; iMcInnis
Philadelphia, 1876: Sister, st. Louis
.31S: Milan, Washington, .205; Chap
man, Cleveland, 30l; Veach, Detroit
| SOL; Heilman, Detroit, 300; Harris
| Cleveland, .299; Jacobson. St. Louis
2S3; Pipp, New York, 2S6.
Minneapolis, Mimi, July 7.-Chics
| Evans of Chicago and Harry Legg OF
| Minneapolis will be paired against
! George Sergeant and Otis George
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07

stitched pamphlets, varying in size
from 8 to 25O pages each, on mat.
ters concerning Preparedness and war
were printed. ,172"%
The output of the bindery during the
month was extremely heavy. In adj
ditiOn to many millions. of copies of
miscellaneous work, there were $780,
900 bound books delivered, among
which were: Handy Book for En-
listed Men," 10000; SOLDIERS Deposit
Book" 10000; Manual of Interior
Guard Duty" 100000; provisional
Drill and Service Regulation" 10000;
manual for Courts-Martial," 100000;
Small Arms Firing Manual" 100000;
Health Record for Officers" 25,OOO;
"Drill Regulations and Service Man
ual," 10000; Army Regulations" 3d.
900; "Rules of Land Warfare" &c.
900; "The Army Horseshoer," 10000;
"Army Horse in Accident and Dis
ease," 5000; "Infantry Drill Regula-
tions," $4,000.
Other Departments Supplied.
= The agriculture department was
supplied with many millions Of post
ers, bulletins, ETC., concerning food
conservation and farming.
In addition to the printing and
binding in connection with the prepar-
alton and prosecution of war, the regu-
lar current work, unusually heavy at
this time by reason Of increased actit-
tiles and the creation Of new bureaus,
was produced for the departments and
congress, amounting to, approximately,
100000. This work included daily
edition of $4,000 copies of the Congress
sional Record, 123,OOO,OOO postal cards
and 100000 money order blanks.
The pressroom handled $4,000 forms
and produced 24O,OOO,OOO copies; the i
pamphlet bindery folded 25,OOO,OOO
sheets; the total cost Of paper used
during the month was $2s2,OOO, averag-
ing about $1,000 per day, as against
about $4,000 per day during the same
month last year, and the wages paid
amounted to 100000. The public
printer says:
'All employees in the government
printing office have shown an efficient
and patriotic spirit in responding
cheerfully to the extremely heavy de-
mand made on, them by the long hours
and hard work necessary at this time,
and great credit is due them for the
splendid showing made by the office.
it is my firm belief that the present
organization and working forces are
the best in the history of the govern
ment printing Office.
Notwithstanding all the long hours
and rush Of work, the employees found
time to subscribe, approximately, $780,.
GOO Tor Liberty Loan bonds"