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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09

The abolition of capital punishment
has been decreed by the state of Mis-
souri, this past winter and is at present
being considered by the legislature of
Illinois. With respect to this matter
Wisconsin leads Missouri and Illinois
by almost seventy years. In the ter
ritorial period executions were Of fire.
quent occurrence in Wisconsin. They
were treated as public holidays, at
tended by thousands of people, and
counts were exceedingly demoralizing
affairs.
Through the efforts Of one man,
chiefly, these CHASTITY saturnalias were
put an end to in Wisconsin Martin H.
Bovee came to Wisconsin as lad of
sixteen in 1S43. Becoming impressed
with the futility and inhumanity of
capital punishment he devoted his life
to securing it's abolition. Elected to
the state senate in 1853, from this van
tage point he secured the passage of a
law changing. the penalty for first de-
gree murder from death to imprison-
ment for life. Since it's passage there
has been no legal infiiction of the
death penalty in Wisconsin.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09
Lesson of the Tuu.

There's nothing dishonorable in be-
ing a tug. In times of need a tug is
worth a thousand pleasure boats. It's
what man is able to do aud does
that tells what his worth is. Good
clothes are pleasant to look upon, but
they are often hindrance in times
of distress. Kid gloves may have q
place in the family pew and social
functions, but the ways of the world
demand tougher stock in labor. It
takes overalls, corduroy and buckskin
to stand the strain. They are not
beautiful but they are mighty efficient
when the right kind of power gets in.
side Of them. And you are no less q
gentleman because they fit you. That
man is honorable who makes himself
respected by his conduct and the work
he does. No amount of polish can
atone for a mean ideal. And nc
amount of toll can lower the man OF
honor to the level of the beast. The
tug may be insignificant beside the
lines, but its work is just as honorable
and often requires just as much brains
and skill to accomplish it.-Pennsyl.
vania Grit.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09
SCOUT ACTIVITIES.

Rochester (Mass) Boy Scouts re-
Gently flashed a message across the
city from the roof of one high building
to the roof Of another, by means of
semaphOre, thus winning $40 from
Jerome r. George, president of the
Woodchester council, Boy Scouts of
America, who offered that amount for
the correct sending and receiving of
a message which he had prepared. The
message read: 'The president says he
will promptly approve an efficient and
democratic plan for national prepared
ness. What is the matter with the
Boy Scout plan?"
The Boy Scouts of Tacoma, Wash,
have been making themselves useful
this wiCter in cutting wood and shovel
ing snow for dependent women and old
people. They divided the town into
districts and carefully looked after
every case which needed help.
A branch Of the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea has been organized at Tokyo,
Japan, with the assistance of Col.
James A. Irons, the American military
attache. About wen :. American boys,
all Of whom are pupils of the Tokyo
grammar school, have :trmed the nu-
cleus of the orgo 1ization.
A scout chooses as his motto "Be
Prepared" and he seeks to prepare
himself for aEything-to rescue a COM
panion, to ford a stream, to gather fire.
wood, to help a stranger, to distin-
guish right from wrong, to serve his
fellow-men, his country and his God
always TO BE Prepared"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09
Powerful Plea.

1t is told of Rufus Choate that on
one occasion he appeared in court to
defend a blacksmith whose ironwork
had been seized by creditor
So powerfully did the great advo-
rate depict the wrong which he con-
tended had been done to his client and
so graphic was his description OF the
extent to which the forge had been
stripped that the blacksmith, who sat
near by. suddenly burst into tears.
Why, Tom" said a sympathetic
friend, whats the matter with you?
What are you crying about?'
"Oh, dear me- replied the black
smith between his sobs, Il had no idea
| had been so abominably t-t-treatedv'
New York Telegraph.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09
Young Eagles.

An eagle lives from so to 100 years
The young birds are driven forth by
themselves as soon as they are able to
fly No training is given them by the
old bird. That is left 20 their wild in
stincts, which hunger and necessity de
yelop. There is no going back. to the
Cd home for the young eagles. The
IL other bird tears up every vestige of
the nest. and if they emit plaintiye
sliieks the Nd birds dart at them and
push them off the crags or rocks and
thereby make them take to their
wings 1t takes three years for "a
young eagle to gain it's complete plum
age ana strength.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09
Cause for Generalization.

There are all kinds of optimists
in this world, but did you ever see
man who was optimistic when he
had the grippe?
'Only one"
and what led him TO take cheer
full view of hfe?"
HE was the husband of a suf-
fragist orator and his illness prevent
ed him from accompanying her on a
speaking tour"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09

The Main street traffic cops seem
10 have hard time OF It. Every little
while one or two of them are knocked
over by careless auto drivers much to
the annoyance of the city authorities
who are compelled to replace them in
their stations. A little care on the
part of drivers would obviate the nee
essity of maintaining them.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09

scheme to reduce the number OF pass
enger trains between Chicago and the
east, thereby allowing more locomo-
tives and crews for freight service.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09

1t is interesting to recall the facts
regarding the ages of the men who
constituted the Union army in the
Civil war. Thirty per cent were p
and under; SO per cent. were % and
under, and 76 per cent. were .olow
the age of 80 at the time Of heir en-
listment.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09
BIG FARMER MEETINGS
EVERYWHERE

l.
Z EVERYWHERE 8
supply is low Tremendous appeals
being made to the farmers of this
for them the destiny
win We must have food
We know the farmer patriotic
the
production Of food for the nation This time
growing larger
There differences
sypathies mays in foreign countries un
with d f s s s a 5eTn .s ps
c h 5a n n n5 the
responsibility unite and establish closer
County greatest
the lives in
patrioc meca to a b u pfnt Tua calls for
understanding busine man. ~
@ o me nG G pT0m Bon farmer and business man are
aon t to h wagons fact nearly everything
bringing countries products
get along Other "'SO0 WHEN
o Ts
P more favored h fna6 % on the other
been bring ou a s naw s @ e
NV ms lion IT
possible is an
@ G Ss 5 % man %s city Hs % act
s 96 srsn welfare and witt"
s % s S B
ACTIVITIES Other communities haVe
the obs % ao aSs sszR SEa4sss
f nbs buyers sSs
The farmer
looking SaD they p
and 9 @ e ds e live He 6
Bs e % % p eGnn and extend
paid any sten
s1 tss S" vsa 1d prof
need either phosphate
money an ~aed 5be pnrcH He
da BE- DS Through intelligent application Of fertilizers splendid re-
potash applied per acre Them Yielded f from W
spploa e af@ss
There no end the so
ana Ga every rhae S 0
the b esd o e Fo au ae ss %
Ss @ @ T the ' provides
sso 5ssa but @ nSf isnt na
needed make n Excellent a r4 ration oP m odS
a0e n a sGn og @ 5 e s as gfQTn o
don T ss
in Ths sae " aoe or to ALFALFA will d about 500
the s Of no fsn p sd take
grow soils
In bring these ideal
o a aR Of mh T opmfa gpen gs n a n
meetings. Sne them n rHs
the soils the
county who
petition
a
M ARepiy Rd an o6 now the @
mas S ens @
a
understanding
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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09

The woman's suffrage bill was kill
ed in the assembly on Thursday "A to
Al The bill provided for referen-
dunn in the spring of 1920. Assembly
man Grell voted against the measure.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09
TO LIVE IN FACT.

Life is what we are alive to. 1t
10 not a length, bat breadth. To
be alive only to appetite, pleas
ure, mere luxury or idIeness,
pride or money making, and not
to goodness and kindness, purity
and love, history, poetry and
music, flowers, God and eternal
hopes, is to be all but dead
Babcock.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09

1t is reported that Eastern rail-
roads have under contemplation a
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
Sayings of Mrs. Solomon
By Helen Rowland


LANDLORD a
To-
"a
n
n which to suffer?
10 Hath not
and" helpis?'
Ne
Blu the
from to
them
nonish his lie and
desire which
seven bestoweh thee"
wreth
me-
mir to
Behold radiator called
oil in
bowed down before the abos tempted with tips and
switchboard
her knitting needles In face
the
in
mytr natn have Il pessn a
al an
should
cre,natory,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
SUGGESTS FEDERAL
LOAN TO RAILROADS
Question Broached for First
Time at Rate Hearing.

Washington, Nov. l5.--The question
of the government loanina money to
the railroads was brought forward tn"
first time officially today at tn" cross
examina ion of the eastern railroad Of
ficials in the Il per cent advance rate
case before the interstate commerce
commission.
Samuel Rca, president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, said that he be-
lieNcd government loans should be Sc
rouSly considered and later clifford
Thornc counsel for many important
shippers, stated he believed il the
proper solution for the railroad situa
ton Mr.. Rea testified, however that
should the money he forthcoming from
he government it ought not To affect
the proposed freight increase. while
shippers counsel believed the plan
| should be made effective in lieu of the
| rate increase.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
CHOOSING A WIFE

OF the many curious marriage GUS
toms found in various parts of the
world none is more unique than the
Serbian way OF choosing "A wife. This
is described interestingly in a book
called Serbia Of the Serbans."
1T is the duty and privilege of every
Serbian father to choose a wife for his
son as soon as the boy has reached his
eighteenth year." says the author.
When the father has chosen a
promising girl he ascertains through
IL friend whether the parents would
consent to give her to his son. II he
receives an encouraging answer he
invites relatives or friends to 20 with
him on the requesting errand.'
Ht.rhes istArti out. dressed .Ds nwfll as
can be. The father carries fla,
wheat cake and a bunch of flowers
One Of the company must carry a piss
toi. for 1t is customary in Serbia to
announce every joyous event by firing
rifles or pistols. They arrive at the
girls house before supper.
after eating and drinking. in which
the men alone Of the two houses par
ticipate, and some preliminary con.
VeTSdtlOn, the IatncT OF tHe proSptc
tive bridegroom draws from his bag
the wheaton cake, puts the flowers
upon II and places the whole upoI
the table. He then takes from his
money bag some gold or silver coins
and places these, too. upon the cake
Brother let us not precipitate thu
matter the girls father will ther
say. Let me first find out what my
daughter says
"He then goes out to consult hi.
wife. This is only for appearances
as the matter was practically settled
when the father was encouraged t,
come to beg the girl.
After more or less suspense tn,
door opens and a male relative bring.
the girl in. He leads her to the fathe
of her prospective husband. befor,
whom she bends deeply and kisses hi
right hand"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Santa Claus
Will Surely Visit Missoula
FOreSterS in France.

There will be no idle hours for
the women of the forest service
during the next month and there
will be no empty stockings outside
the tents Of the members Of the
forestry regiments. This was as
surcd yesterday when word was
received from Washington. u. c..
that a large quantity Of yarn had
been sent to Missoula for the for
est service women to knit Into
sweaters for the foresters in
France.
The yarn Is being sent by Mrs.
Henry s. Graves. wife of the chief
forester and an appeal has been
made to the women to begin work
at once in knitting articles for the
members of the forestry regiments.
4 good start towards making
Christmas a happy day for the
forestcrs was made yesterday
when the local office staff of the
district office sent out II Christ
mas boxes for the II enlisted men
from the district office.
The boxes were filled with cam
dies. tobacco, cigarettes and play
ing cards and they have been sent
early enough to insure their ar
rival ny Christmas.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16

New York. Recently n well known
fashion writer ana designer was asked
what she considered the most import
ant detail of the well dressed woman's
appearance and she replied carefully
dressed hair
Thoughtful observers will agree that
the coiffing OF "woman's browning
glory" has a remarkable effect upon
her appearance. Poorly groomed locks
will destroy the charm Of the richest
and most tasteful costllinc@bu women
Of good taste are never careless oi
their hair. ones own energy governs
the amount Of charm one may .wquire
OF careful grooming and dressing OF
ones hair.
The couture shown today above the
collar of an evening wrap is designed
| for the most formal social functions
The hair is softly knottcd near til.
! crown of the head and pulled rather
| low over tho brows where II Is con
I fined by Il single strand OF pearls hclt
| beneath the pendant clasp.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
FLATHEAD GETS BIG
SLICE FOREST FUND
Compilation Shows Sanders
Has Overdrawn Account.

Helena, Nov. 15.--Flathead county
secures the largest slice OF the share
of the receipts of Montana forest re-
serves for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1917, of any Of the counties. ac-
cording to a compilation made by State
Auditor r. G. Poland. showing the dis
tribution to be made Of $ll6.62l.52.
Sanders county, instead of getting
any money, is credited with harin,;
overdrawn $2,203.45. This overdraft is
due to the fact that for several years
the money was enormously distributed
not in accordance with the govern
ment regulations. which provide thai
25 per cent of the forest reserve re-
ceipts shall so to the counties, base,
upon the proportion of forest reserv,
area in each county.
Western Montana counties will shar,
as follows:
| Flathead, sl4.9Sb,i22: Lincoln, s5as
Ia; Mineral, $6.5&7 10, Missoula. 81
S9S.S3. Powell. Sa.43l.9s Rayalli, 81
G2s.s7; Sanders, "verdrawn, s22o34 -
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN

The young women Of this genera
ton, their mothers and Grandmnthers
have proved from actual experience
that Lydia T.. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound overcomes the SUFFERING
caused by female ills and restores
them to healthy conditions. Thi:
famous medicine contains no narcotic,
or habit forming drugs-but is mad
from medicinal roots and herbs, ma
lures remedy for disease. II you ar,
suffering from any form Of female ills
it will pay you to give it trial
Adv.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
SOCIAL CALENDAR

Friday afternoon-Section No. 3 OF
Lend Hand society will meet at tn.
home of Mrs. r. NJ. Walker. sos
Chestnut street. Plans will he COM
pleted for the bazaar to be held No
vember - and %.
Friday evering-The Elks' Dancing
club will hold the third one of it's Sc
ries of dances. at the Elks' temple
The Rattlesnake Country club will
meet at the Lincoln school. Dean \
l.. Stone of the university faculty will
talk of 1.-The Home Guard" The Or
chard Homes Country Life club viii
meet at the clubhouse for a game OF
cards, music and refreshments.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16


sitE ,growths it requires suitable
non resistant soil for its livelihood
and the most adaptable is in the poor
|ly nourished, the underfed. the over
worked. and in those that by inheri-
lance have that faint of tissues that
fails to repel it.
Those who do not receive sufficient
pure air, sufficient sunlight. or suffi-
cient rest are in condition to be-
come infected. Certain of the trades,
mainly dust producing. are causes of
the disease.
There are two problems to face in
combating tuberculosis. The first is
to keep the germ from the reach OF
others by the proper disposal OF spu-
tum which, in an active case, is laden
with the parasite.
The use Of sanitary sputum' cups and
Paper napkins, that are burned after
wards are recommended for the sick
and the proper care of dishes and
hands are important.
There are n number of people with
incipient tuberculosis who have not
yet been troubled by symptoms to the
extent that they find ii necessary to
| seek medical advice. Some of these
are self-cured in the course of time
but are, or We're. a source Of infection
. in proportion to the amount of spu-
tum thrown off by the lungs.
The fingers are a great factor in thu
spread of the mouth secretions and l.
they We're always washed before being
placed on foodstuffs or in the mouth
this method Of spreading the germs
would be done away with.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Civil War Binoculars and
Telescopes Wanted by u. S,

Washington, Nov. l5.--Prompted by
the patriotic act Of an old soldier Of
California, the navy department issued
4 call today asking the public 10 con :
tribute. for war service such binoculars
spy glasses and telescopes as may now
be in private hands. There is a great
shortage of these observation glasses
in the navy.
The suggestion was found in n let
ter from j. j., lfeffiebower. n veteran
OF the Civil war. aged - years, who
is now in a soldiers home at Saw
telle, Cal.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Bret Bits of
MiSSOuLQ NelUS

Mr.. and Mrs. J. a. Sanford are Wis
itors in the city from Roman.
DR.. Anna James, osteopath. 2O4 w.
ADV.
Fred X. Houston. engaged in the
service Of the federal government. came
into the city yesterday from Helena
BoWling-The busy mans health
regulator l2S w. Main.-Adv.
r. b. Adams. wire chief in the Uni
ted States forest service went yestcr-
| day to Deer Lodge to inspect telephone
| lines.
F. G. Moore. Chiropractor. Phone
| 1854.
Marsh. the undertaken. 21l w. Ce-
lar. Phone 321.--Adv.
Miss Tony Peterson. who has been
| for two weeks visiting friends in Mis-
soula, went yesterday to her home at
| Hemrillc
TO money to loan. H. D. Fisher
Adv.
Mrs. +. L. Bonner and daughter Miss
| Bessie Bonner. will leave Saturday
morning for Los Angeles, cal. to spend
| the winter
| We make furs and remodel old ones.
us red.-Adv.
Lenses ground at this office. Or.
Schweiker. optical specialist, Mont. Blk
Adv.
Mrs. r. T. Boggs of 11Oa Sherwood
street, is seriously i'll at st Patrick's
hospital where she was operated upon
! few days ago.
X. Gwinn. NJ. D., eye, ear, nose and
hroat specialist. Glasses ground at tbs
,fftce. First National Bank Bldg.-Adv
X. II. Rutledge, district supervisor ir
ne forest service. has gone into the
soeur d'Alene country for a few days
IN official business
DIR. Harrison. practice limited to eye
ar, nose, throat and the fitting O
classes. Office, Higgins block.--Adv.
Fred }. Williams OF 1919 Shcrwoo,
street has bought the house at 43'
south First street, in which Mr. ant
Mrs. Sidney Peers have been living.
Or. Louise Smith. osteopath, 6lS.-
Adv.
| Lynde Catln is in Philipsburg Thu
week. serving as stenographer for At
orney Harry II. Parsons, who is try
ng some important mining cases il
| hat city.
DIR. Thornton, general practice AM
x-ray work. First National Bank Bids
ADV.
Valentine Haley. son of Mr. and Mrs
". j. Haley OF this city. passed throug
Nissoula on his way from Camp Levi
o Washington, ID. c.. with the got
| Engineers.
DIR. Willard. osteoparn. First Ma
tional Bank.--Adv.
Madame Schench, who has been wit
.er son. Professor T.. {. Scheuch i
his city. will leave Saturday cvenin
! Tor Lafayette. Ind, to spend the win
ter with her sisters.
Furs remodeled ant: refined. Mimi
carley. 40 Madison; phone l29W-Ad
Chicken dinner Friday. from to
,. M. Presbyterian church. .0c.-Ad'
r. J. Wilhelmi. who was until re
Gently employed at the Western Nor
ana National bank, has returned I
: Missoula, after visit of tw
months at the Pacific coast Mr.. We
helmi will leave in "A few days for n
former home at ST. Paul.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16

came to make her home In Missoula In
1892. and was married to Mr.. Maher
in 1898. She Is survided by her hus-
band, by a son, James p. Maher, Jr.. a
daughter. Vivian Maher. brother. Ed
Christian In this city: n sister. Mrs.
Ed Hannifin. of st. Regis; a sister,
Mrs. J. II. Montgomery, OF San Fran
cisco. and a sister, Mrs. +. G. Moody
of Laurel. Mont Mr.. and Mrs Maher
have been living 1T ia West Main
street The funeral arrangements have
not been completed as Mr.. Maher is
waiting to learn the wishes OF the
sisters.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Will Not Go Back to Work
Until Closed Shop Comes

Boston, NOV. l5.---After listening to
an appeal from Frank II. Mccarthy,
New England organizer for the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, to resume
construction work ut government
plants in this vicinity the joint conn
ell Of thu. building trades departments
Of greater Boston and Quincy voted
tonight to continue their strikes I'M
til they win their demands FOR the
.closci shop"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Admiral Sims Reports
on Rochester Sinking

Washington, Nov. 15.--Second En-
gineer Sondan and an oiler named
Anderson We're killed by the explosion
of the torpedo which sank the Amer
lean steamer Rochester, November 2.
Vice Admiral Sims cablcd the navy
department today.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Vets Win Out in Texas
in Neck and Neck Race

Austin. Texas. Nov. Is. - Travis
county will remain in the wet col
umn. as Il result Of today's prohibition
election, the i-rrohibitionists win
ming by mojorty of is votes
The vets" carried the county by Il
majority of three and the city Of Aus
tin, capital of the state by 70 votes.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
OBITUARY

Mrs. James =. Mahcr died at st.
'atrick's hospital yesterday afternoon,
It $50 O'Clock, having gone to the
hospital for an operation just one week
ago. Mrs. Maher was born Matte
Christian, 80 years ago. in Butte. She
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
FORCE OF HABIT.

What did the young lawyer who is
visiting you. Ella. say when you told
him it was time to go?"
lie Immediately began argumen
for a stay."-Baltimore American.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16

loSIo " iS NlSS'N
cred to be a tiny
parasite. a species
of germ life that
imbeds itself in
the tissues Of the
body. especially in
the soft structures
of the lungs and
there multiplies.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Embargo
On Tiny Germs Is Neces-
sary to Stamp Out I. B.

II is only within a comparatively
few years that the cause Of tubercu-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16

There are some glass blowers in this
country who can't work except when
the glass has foam on it.