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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
LACK OF PRAISE FOR POETS
Complaint Is Registered That INSULT
Gent Honor Is Bestowed Upon
Living English Writers.

In an article in the Bookman on
twentieth century English poetry, Prof.
William Lyon Phelps quotes William
watson as complaining of the INSULT
cient praise bestowed upon living po-
cts and as saying that with one eX-
ception, meaning Kipling there is not
a single English poet the sales of
whose poems would not have been
thought contemplate by Scott and By
ron. with that one brilliant eXcep-
tion," says Watson, "England's living
singers succeed in reaching only a
pitifully small audience" In COM
menting on this passage, Professor
Phelps says:
1--WE ought to remember that Scott
and Byron were colossal figures, so big
that no eye could miss them, and that
the reason why Kipling has enjoyed
substantial rewards is not because of
his political views, nor because of his
glorification Of the British empire, but
simply because Of his literary genius.
He is brilliant and salient exception
to the common run of poets, not mere
ly in royalties, but in creative power.
Furthermore, shortly after this lee
ture was delivered Alfred Noyes and
then John Mansfield passed from city
to city in America in a veritable
march of triumph. Mr.. Gibson and
Mr.. DeLaMare received homage every
where; Riley day is now a legal holt
day in Indiana; Rupert Brooke has
been canonized."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
WORK OF MILKING MACHINES
Test Made by United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture in Dairy
Regions of Many States.

The United States department Of ag-
rfculture has put out a bulletin on
milking machines. They made studies
in dairy regions in New York, Michi
gan, Ohio and Illinois. They foun(
that in herds of Is COWS or less the
average time required to milk a cow
by hand Is a fraction over seven min
utes, and by machine fraction under
five minutes. In herds of so COWS the
average time required is seven min
utes, but by machine just little more
than four minutes.
The cost per year to milk a COW In
herd Of Is cows or less is S1O.91 by
hand, and $10.45 when the herd num-
bered 80 COWS or more With machines
the cost was $1175 per COW in herds Of
Is cows or less against 1874 per COW
per year with so cows or more in the
herd.
In computing these figures, total
Of 156 farms were Investigated Inter
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
Refuuees Stole From Police.

The gratitude" of some people who
found shelter in an East London po-
lice station took the form of stealing
new broom and some enameled
mugs. At another police station they
stole a clock, two pairs of boots and
some provisions, and damaged some
uniforms. At one of the town halls
where the public has been allowed to
overflow into the police court pre-
cincts the Old Testament was pur-
Joined, and in a public library several
volumes were stolen.-LondOn Globe.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
RAISE CALF ON WHOLE MILK
Various Supplements Which May Be
Combined to Lower Cost of Ration
Skim Milk Economical.

(By r. S. HULCE and w. B. NEVENS,
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Sta
tom
Raising the dairy calf on whole milk
alone is too expensive. There are a
number Of supplements which may be
combined with whole milk in order to
lower the cost of the ration. The
feeds most commonly used as whole
milk supplements are skim milk, home
mixed meals, commercial calf meals,
and hay and grain.
On farms where skim milk is avail
able, 1t may be substituted for whole
milk in the ration of a healthy calf
when the animal is three or four weeks
of age, few days being necessary to
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
Whole Milk Age (Holstein).

complete the change. If the skim
milk is fed in warm, sweet condition,
ordinarily no difficulties will be ex-
perienced. The amount of skim milk
fed may be increased as the calf in
creases In size, but it is rarely neces-
sary to feed more than Is pounds
daily, provided grain and good quail
fty Of legume hay is being used. Where
the supply of skim milk will permit, it
is advisable to continue its use until
the animal is five or six months of age
In the case of grades, and for longer
period in the case of purebreds. Skim
milk is one Of the most economical
feeds known for producing growth in
calves.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
Such a Contrast.

Travellers who enjoy reading on q
railway journey will appreciate this
story.
A passenger wanted to read, but a
man opposite would persist in trying to
talk. After several brief replies the
reader became irritated.
'"The grass is very green, isn't it?"
said the pleasant young man.
eyes," was the answer; "such a
change from the blue and red grass
we've been having latelyW
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
DRYING OF DAIRY UTENSILS
Process Equally as Important as Thor,
ough Cleaning, Especially In
Summer Season.

thorough cleaning Of dairy utensils,
and rightly so, but the process of dry
ing is equally as important in warm
weather. Drying should not be done
with cloth, but by heating the uten-
sils in hot water, steam or oven suffi-
GENTLY to evaporate moisture.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL
East

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL
East.
Pass. No. 2, daily-------.2:39 a. m.
pass. No. Sc, daily--------3:17 a. m.
Pass. No. 4, daily----------5:09 a. NJ.
Pass. No 80, except Sunday-6:03 a. m.
Pass. No. "a, daily---------7:03 a. m.
Pass. No. 16, aily------7:54 a. m.
Pass. No. 10, except Sunday-9:19 a. m.
Pass. No. As, except Sunday-2:20 p. N.
Pass. No. A, Sunday only--4:50 p. N.
Pass. No. Is, :O6 p. m.
Pass. No. 40, Sundays only--5:20 p. m.
Pass. No. 6, p. m.
Pass. No. Ii. except Sunday-6:55 p. N,
West.
PASS. No. 15, daily---------1:52a a. m.
Pass. No. 55, daily---------5:55 a. m.
Pass. No. 5, daily----------12:01 p. M.
Pass. No. II, :4S p. N.
Pass. No. %, except Sunday-6:45 p. m.
Pass. No. At, Sunday only--10:02 a. m.
Pass. No. l, daily-----------1O:15 p. m.
*These trains stop at Watertown
Junction only.
*Pass. No. 101, daily------11:4 3 p. N.
Train No. 33 arrives from Milwau-
kee and departs for Madison at $3.50
a. ID. except Sunday.
Train No. 41O arrives from Madison
9:19 a. NJ, except Sunday.
Train No. arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 3:11 p. N.
daily except Sunday.
Train No. % arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 6:45 p. m.
except Sunday.
Train No. 80 arrives from the east
at 1850 p. %. daily.
Sunday excursion train arrives from
Milwaukee at 1J:G2 a. m. and goes
through to Madison, returning at $40
p. N.
Train No. 81 arrives from Milwau-
kee at OPS p. NJ and goes no further
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
TO GET NEWLANDS' POST?
Senator Pomerene Slated for Position
on Rail Body.

Washington, Dec. 26.-The death of
Senator Francis G. Newlands Monday
has led to speculation as to his sue
cessor as chairman of the senate in
terstate commerce committee 1t is
rumored that while Senator Smith may
be made titular head of the interstate
commerce committee, he will allow
Senator Pomerene to take charge Of
the work.
Arrangements for the funeral of
Senator Newlands will be made today
when his daughters arrive.
President Wilson will attend the fu-
Aeral.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
Two u. S. Officers Hurt

With the American Army in France.
Dec. 26.-TwO commissioned officers
md two sergeants were seriously in
jured Christmas eve near field head
quarters when an automobile be-
longing to the aviation section plunged
10 feet down an embankment and over
Turned
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN.
South.

sChicago assenger------- SIT a. m.
Chicago nger-------11:07 a. m.
Chicago passenger--------1 1870 p. IN.
GAINESVILLE passenger------- 7:15 p. m.
$40 a. N. train makes close con-
nections for the west at Jefferson
junction and also for Milwaukee.
Both HOT a. N. and 7:15 p. m.
trains make close connections at JEFF
ferson Junction for Madison and all
points west.
North. .
Green Bay passenger a. M
Green Bay, Sundays only----S:10 a. m.
Screen Bay passenger------2:4 40 p. m.
Northern higan---------8:25 p. N.
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertown at 9:40 a. m. and goes no
farther.
The 7:55 a. m. train makes cOnnec-
ton at Clyman Junction for trains
east.
The 1870 train south makes connec-
tons at Jefferson Junction for points
east.
A train goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:45 p. m.
+These trains leave daily except
Sunday.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
Foolish Reason.

you say he has no money"
None" "No prospects?' "None."
Why on earth does she want to
marry such a man?'' "She says she
loves him."-Louisville Courier-J Jour-
nal
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-26
Motorists Resentment.

"Have you studied economy in the
homer" EYES," replied Mr.. Chuggins.
I'm tired of paying out all this money
to keep up a cooking range, instead of
spending it for gasoline"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-12

pose of sending in their most effect
i've cognomen to be placed 'on their
diplomas.
The High School Alumni Associa-
tion, which secured many positions
for high school students last summer,
have started work on this summers
registration. Blanks can now be Sc
cured from in front of the assembly
room on which you can make out
your age, height, past experience,
work wanted, where. etc.
Report cards were distributed
Monday for the first time this semes-
ter. The teachers are waging an un-
relentless war on offenders even to
the slightest degree, and the deport-
ment grades which were meted out
for this month are 25 per cent lower
than they have ever been for any
month preceding this one.
John Finneran: do you know
Arthur"
La Vern Buck: arthur who?"
j. F.. "Our thermometer.
(School will be dismissed for the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-12
Money For Roads
South Of Here

The first state highway work,
when money from the SIS, 900
bond issue becomes available in July,
will be in northern California, ac-
cording to the Dunsmuir News. This
assurance has been given Robert o,
Bonnell, secretary-manage of the
Northern California Counties Asso-
citation, by Highway Commissioner
Charles F. Stern.
The commission realizes, Stern
says, that highways are more vitally
needed in northern California than
in other sections of the state, and
work will be started at the earliest
possible moment. But two and one
third per cent of the work promised
In Division 2, comprising northern
California, has been completed.
The commission plans to complete
the main highway north and south
at once. The. board of control has
agreed to turn over $3,000,O00 in
April. and Division Engineer T. A.
Bedford of Dunsmuir has been au-
thorized to let contracts for building
the link from Sims to the Shasta
Siskiyou county line as soon as rights
of way have been secured. The
Shasta County Promotion and Devel-
opment Association is now busy Sc
curing deeds from the property own
ers along the route, and it is believed
that everything will be ready to be-
gin work on the road the first of
April.
The road from Redding to Weav-
erville will be started in July, and
the highway commission has prom
lsed to construct a road from Weav-
erville to the Humboldt county line
under the new bond issue, giving
northern California a direct outlet
TO the sea. Work on the Red Bluff
Susanville and the Redding-Alturas
Iaterals will also be resumed in July.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-12

few tickets and thus help along their
percentage. G Parker acted as
spokesman, and after giving a short
talk on their purpose he introduced
the rest of his cohorts and together
they rendered a tuneful (?) melody
entitled II Found a Horseshoe, 4"
which was received with real amuse-
ment by the locals.
Boys Band Heard.
One of the most successful We'd
nesday morning programs which has
been given this semester delighted
the students and several townspeople
last Wednesday in the high school
gymnasium. The boys band proved
the biggest attraction of the morning
with its 25-piece organization. Two
well-rendered selections were played
as an opening exercise. This was
followed by an entertaining illustrat-
ed talk on Glacier national park,
which was given by Principal Moore,
who knew his subject thoroughly,
having spent part of the summer
in the park doing geological research
work. About fifty beautiful slides
of various views in the park were Sc
cured from the Great Northern rail-
way, for the school stereopticon ma
chine, for the talk. The program
was closed by two heartily encored
selections from the boys band.
Debaters Heard.
Cleo Kirk and Earnest Abbott de-
ivered the speeches, which they pre-
ented in the Ashland-Klamath Falls
lebate, before the assembly room
Both speakers had their
works. developed to a high degree of
xcellence, and their speeches were
thoroughly enjoyed. Earnest Abbott
as gained the reputation of being
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-12
Local Labor On
New Chautauqua

1t has been decided that should the
special election of March 10 result
favorably to the Chautauqua, the
new building will be constructed
at once and that, so far as
possible. the labor and material
should be procured locally so that the
money will do the most good to our
own people.
The new building will be 100 feet
in diameter; will be built to height
of twelve feet Of reinforced concrete,
with roof similar to the present build
ing but much better built and fin
ished. A stage will be built as an
annex on the lower side, with a sixty
foot opening and depth of thirty feet.
1t is planned to have dressing
rooms and ticket office under the
stage, with two entrances to main
entrance at rear of building, with sew
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-12
Ashland May
Loose First Co.
Continued from Page One.)

wages. and these are all in the camp.
TO our city in a financial way it
means nearly four thousand dollars
year.
IF our company can be kept up
and our drills attended, the govern
ment will pay at least one dollar
drill night, or between forty and fifty
dollars a year. Who could make a
dollar any easier in one and one-half
hours work. For the young man in
school this is a chance to make pin
money. We are in need of a number
of new recruits and there is a good
chance for advancement in a short
time If the individual will do a little
studying. Each proportion means
more pay for each drill.
'Now if you have a boy who would
like to Join the company, and you as
parents or guardians do not under
stand just what is required of a
guardsman, or what the chances are
for the young man, call up one of the |
names and he will be
glad to tell you anything he can. Or
,all up the first sergeant and he will
be glad to call at your home and talk
he matter over. II we cannot bring
'ur company up to the number we 1
nay lose it, and that would mean a 4
oss both in an educational and finan-
'ial way. Give us your help Come
tut to our drills Monday nights at
O'Clock.
D. M. SPENCER,
First Lieutenant.
NJ W. GRUBB,
Second Lieutenant.
o. E. DEIBERT,
First Sergeant
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-12
Ashland High
School Notes
(By Leith Abbott.)
Glass Program.

The class in oratory, which recent
ly inaugurated the system of havinl
frequent class programs In the higl
school gymnasium, had their secont
program Monday morning. The pro
gram was big success. The many
unique and interesting parts of the
entertainment went far too fast fol
the fun-loving seniors. The program
consisted Of;
Piano solo. ...... Amelia Esparza
Class paper. ........... Cleo Kirk
Talk ..........,.. Harley Brewer
Reading ......... Doris Taverner
A Trip to Josephine Caves. ......
............... Oliver Anderson
Vocal solo. ....... Bernice Myer
Critics report. ...... Ruth Hadley
The committee who arranged the
program consisted of oliver Ander
son, Johnnie Finneran and Leith ABB
bott A new committee has been ap-
pointed and an interesting program
is being looked forward to next week.
Music Glass Popular.
Miss Anderson, instructor of the
music department, played several
well-known grand opera selections on
the school Victrola for the music class
Tuesday, the object being to find out
which Of the compositions was the
most popular with the students.
Among the selections were "Barca-
rolle," TALES from Hoffman," Men
delssohns Spring Song" "Minuete,"
Beethoven; "Serenade," Shubert;
"Intermezzo" from "Cavalleria Rus
ticana." The "Barcarolle' from
"Tales from Hoffman proved to be
the best liked, although Shubert's
"Minuete" was close second. The
regular class in music now numbers
35 members, and under the able lead
ership of Miss Anderson the class can
now render several chorus compost
tions in commendable style. A
fourth of a credit is given for a
semester's work in music. A boys
and girls glee club is also a part of
the schools musical organization, al
though as an outside activity.
Medford SOphOmOres Visit.
The various classes in Medford
high. school are having a ticket-sell-
ing contest to help increase the sales
in tickets for the Ashland-Medford
basketball game at Medford. Five
sophomore boys visited Ashland Mon
day for the purpose of scattering
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-12
Supt. Steel Tells Of
Progress at Lake

The latest annual report of Will
G. Steel, supervisor of Crater Lake
national park, has recently been re-
ceived from Washington. After out
lining the history of the park, Mr..
Steel reports as follows:
About AZ miles of excellent dirt
roads nave been thus far constructed
in the park under the direction of
the secretary of war. About 22 miles
of this is from Cloud Cap on the east
ern side of the rim to a point Just
south of Llao Rock on the western
side Of the rim, thus leaving but 70
miles to complete the circle of the
lake, which later it is hoped will be
finished during the season of 1917,
thus affording one of the most wildly
beautiful automobile drives in the
world. The roads thus far built have
had ample time to settle, and it is
now proposed to pave them, which
work should be completed in about
three years.
In addition to the roads built, a
system of trails has been outlined
that will appeal irresistibly to visit
ors who delight in wandering over
the bluffs, through the forests and
into uncanny spots where goblins
dance by night and shadows linger
by day. Chief among these is one to !
be constructed to the summit OF
Mount Scott on the east side of the
axe, on grade that can subsequent
y be widened for automobile use.
When this is done, one can ride in
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-12

comfort to point some 5000 feet
above the waters of the lake and
nearly 5000 feet above the plains Of
eastern Oregon, over both of which
the eye can wander, intoxicated with
the glory of view from the Colum
bia river region. on the north to the
mountains of California on the south
ward"
An Investigation has recently been
completed by the state of Oregon as
to the feasibility of constructing a
road on the northern boundary of the
park to Lake Waldo, a distance of
approximately SO miles, along the
crest of the Cascade mountains, and
no serious obstacles were encoun-
tered.
However, no provision whatever
has been made to supply the public
with water on the rim of the lake.
The Crater Lake Company, which en-
Joys the hotel and boating concessions
in the park, has established a water
system for its own use, and this lin
tied supply has been shared with all
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-12
visitors as far as 1t would go.


visitors as far as it would go.
Mr., Steel also reports that the tele-
phone service. within the park is
good, and that that via Fort Klamath
and klamath Falls has proven more
satisfactory during the past year than
the service through Prospect to Med
ford.
Automobile stage line has been
maintained by the Crater Lake Com
pany from Medford on the main line
of the Southern Pacific Company,
and from Kirk on the Crater Lake
cutoff, 40 miles north of klamath
Falls.
1 AS to the fish and game in the
park, Mr.. Steel reports that none of
the waters of the park contains fish
save those of the lake itself and of
Annie creek, below the falls. Crater
Lake is abundantly supplied with a
fine quality of rainbow trout, and a
year ago $4,000 black spotted fry
were placed in the lake which will
soon become available The fish are
large, few having been taken 2S
inches in length and weighing 6 to 7
pounds.
The park abounds in black and
brown bear, black-tailed deer, cougar,
lynx, timber wolves, coyotes, pine
marten, fisher, and several varieties
OF squirrels. Ring-tail grouse, the
common pheasant, Clark crow, and
numerous varieties of birds are COM
mon to the country at large.
During the season of 1916 six per-
mits for the driving of livestock
through the park were issued.
The season of 1916 was very re-
markable as to the number of visitors
registered at the park, on account of
the fact that the opening of the park
was delayed more than a month
by very heavy and late SHOWS. and
at the close of July, 1916, the
, travel was only SO per cent of the
previous year up to that date.
However, at the close of the sea-
son all previous records were
broken, as usual. There was a {
gain of S94 tourists and 4O5 auto I
y mobiles over the year 1915, which |
had been the biggest year in the c
history of the park. q
This fact is deserving of special .
attention for the reason that dur
ing 1915 there were two worlds
fairs on the Pacific coast that had
greatly stimulated travel, causing
the number of visitors that year
to jump from 1906 in 1914 to
1871 in 1915, and automobiles
from 1,O62 in 1914 to 2,244 in
1915. Under ordinary conditions,
1t was not supposed that 1916
would equal 1915, but, under the
most adverse conditions, it has
cen surpassed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-12
Valley View Phone
Line Extended

The Valley View Telephone Com
pany has finished connecting its sys-
tenn from the Wreath ranch to Eagle
Point, north of town. About seven
miles of wire have been strung, the
improvement costing $400. 1t is
known as No. 1S, with eight sub
scribers to date, with more to follow.
Pending the issue of a new telephone
directory the present subscribers and
calls are given as follows: D. M.
Lowe, 1S-F-2; L. H. Gallatin, 18-F-3;
j. Farmer. 1S-F-11; James Clark,
18-F-12; R. E. Gray, 1874 George
Clunie, 1SrF-5; s. H. Holt, 1S-F-13;
Louis Werth, 1S-F-14. This rural
unit connects with the Pacific Bell
lines at Eagle Mills.