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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

The Forest Products laboratory at
Madison maintained by the United
States department of agriculture in
cooperation with the University of
Wisconsin has discovered a new use
for spent hemlock bark. The old use
was TO throw it into the furnace. En-
ployed as fuel, spent hemlock bark is
worth only about one-fifth as much as
soft coal, which is not very much. The
laboratory has found that it can be
substituted to the extent of 30 per cent
for rag-stOck in the manufacture of
roofing felt. The tests at the labora-
tory have been supplemented by mill
trials, and roofing felts containing 30
per cent of bark are now manufactured
commercially. The mill with which
the laboratory cO-operated in these
tests is utilizing one hundred and fifty
tons Of bark a week, and as a result
of this substitution is saving more than
five thousand dollars q month. This
use of bark, if universally adopted,
should cut the cost of manufacturing
felts in this country to the extent of
a million dollars annually, at the same
time doubling the commercial value of
the bark. 1t pays to experiment.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

A French army surgeon has invented
the psychometer, an instrument which
tests the sight, hearing, nerve" speed
and judgment of candidates for serv-
i've in the aerial corps. Many a man
makes an ideal aviator, though he may
have lost leg or kidney. Not few
with all their limbs and organs, well
acquainted with gasoline engines, and
qualified to do trench duty, are def
cient in the attributes which are essen
tial for the highest grade of efficiency
in the airplane service. The psychome-
ter lifts them out, and therefore is of
great assistance to the recruiting
officers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27
HY. p. SCHMIDT,

People should be careful Of the
words they use, for they often carry
more than the speakers meaning.
Even when we use a word with the
intention of giving it a wrong. mean
ing, for some idle effect, the wrong
meaning is apt to stay with It, Neither
friendship nor religion will allow any
tritiing with words. 1t is ones duty
to give them their true meaning and
so put them in place that their truth
will be apparent. Many a fine word
has been ruined by bad habit There
Is an art built upon the beauty of
mere words, and in every case that
beauty is concerned with the moral
import of words. So there is q real
virtue in talking clear and clean and
in making the truth of a remark as
musical as q harp, says Ohio State
Journal. This can only be done by
suppressing' those little storms Of dis
pute and ill-will that so easily break
out into passion and angry words. We
think that the happy, useful, noble life
finds no truer influence than in gen.
tie, tuneful words that have q charm
after the sound is gone.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27
llNeuAL PREPAREDNESS.

While we are so loudly shouting for
preparedness for war, why not devote
. little time to preparedness for peace?
From London comes the report that
England is mastering the Russian
language? Why? Not because it has
sny great cultural value, but because
Britain Is getting ready to go after
Russian trade when peace shall come
American students of commerce see
in Russia a gigantic and profitable
field for trade; it is marvellous soil for
American capital and Enterprises,
pecially is this true inasmuch as Rus
sia has cast carbon down and is now
more than ever in sympathy with
American ideals of freedom and prog
ress. Is America doing anything to
share in the Russian trade after the
WARP Little or nothing True, many
business houses have representatives
lin Russia, but the soil is not yet even
scratched. Yet Russia is our near.
ineighbor; her dominions lie right
across the Bering strait, yet we are
lwoefully ignorant of Russia and the
Russians. We know little or nothing
of the tongue in which business in
great Russian markets must be trans
acted.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27
OFFICIAL NOTICE.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that con-
Tacts nave been let for the construction of
service water mains IN Seventh Avenue,
IRON Washington Street to North Avenue
ana IN Tenth Avenue, from Washington
street 10 North avenue, and that a state
ment showing the amount of special assess
ments chargeable 70 the lots and parcels of
real estate benefited by said sewer pipe or
apdttng on the streets through which the
sald sewer ripe lines are to be constructed
is now on lie with the city clerk; that all
parties who desire 20 pay the special assess
snents on presentation of the proper certih-
cafes are hereby required 10 hle their
tees 10 that effect with the City Clera be-
fore the expiration of thirty days from the
days OF this notice that the city viii issue
Its SIX 90 per cent annual interest coupon
bonds payable In annual installments for an
amount to cover the special assessments
which the parties owning the property do
not elect to pay on the presentation of the
certificates in the manner stated. Said bonds
will he charged upon the particular lots only
against which special assessments are levied.
Dated July %. 1917
A. V. BRIGHAM
City Clerk.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

From Maine comes the good news
that the season for corn on the cob is
to be made to include twelve months
every year. The man who loves tC
pick an ear of corn from the steam.
ing pile on the platter, spread it deer
with butter, sprinkle it generously
with salt, then gnaw the corn from the
cob in the way that nature intended
such things to be attended to, will no
longer have TO limit that sort of gas,
tronomic ecstasy to the months of late
summer and early fall, says Boston
Herald. For Maine, where the indus
try Of canning sweet corn had its be
ginnings, and whose sweet corn Is
recognized the world over as without
a rival, has begun to can sweet corr
on the cob. 1t has been done in q
small way before, but this year ii
blossoms into a real industry, so much
Of an industry that one concern there
has recently booked single order for
10000 cases of "a cans to the case.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

In San Juan, Porto Rico, $4,000
new American citizens marched in re-
view before the governor, members of
the legislature and the mayor of the
city. In the afternoon of the same
day the cornerstone of a monument
was laid which will celebrate the
event. In the United States that cor
nerstone laying would have been de-
ferred until years had elapsed. Then
all would have been forgotten and
there would have been no monument.
Those Porto Ricans are not so slow
after all.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

SEALED PROPOSALS Will be received by
the Board of Public Works in and for the
City OF Wauwatosa at the Office of the city
clerk, No. Els North Main Street. until 1880
o'clcck ., IA, Of Monday, August 9Th 1917,
for the following work:
/. The construction of a new concrete
abutment on the south side and the repair
ing of The present concrete and stone abut-
ment on the north side of the bridge over
the Menomonee River at Fifty ninth Street
3 The work of repairing the concrete and
stone abutments on the bridge over the Me-
nomonee River at Sixty first Street
:, The construction of a concrete Culvert
twelve feet by eight feet on East Milwaukee
Avenue, near Fourteenth Avenue,
Payment for the work under these con-
tracts will be made, after the compile ton and
acce ptance Of the work, by the Guy of Wau-
Watosa. in cash.
Bidders must make an examination OF
the location of the work AID submit bids In
file in the Offices of the city clerk and city
engineer.
Bids Will be asked for the total cost OF
constructing each of the several structures
a certified check equal TO ten per cent OF
the total bid. payable to the city clerk
into a contract for the performance thereof
must be submitted with the bid.
The right to reject any and all bids re-
ceived is reserved 10 the City of Wauwatosa
Wis.
Plans and specifications for the work on
the Fifty-ninth Street bridge can be seen at
the office of the Department of Way and
Structures of the Milwaukee Electric Rail
way and Light Company in the Terminal
Building, Milwaukee Wis.
Dated Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, July Goth,
1917.
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
by A. " Brigham,
23w2 Secretary
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

The manifesto granting universal
political amnesty in Russia is Word
ed more broadly than the policy fol-
lowed by the new regime, which has
ordered the ex-cZar and his family to
be imprisoned at Tsarskoe-SelO and is
making wholesale arrests Of those be-
lieved to be his adherents- However,
this is a very practical precsutiop, as
the new government would be hyper
lied If its enemies were left fre8 to
stab it in the back.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

After all is said and done, it re
mains that the dirigible balloon has
been, from the days of Santos Du-
mont, fragile monster, impressive
in appearance, but only until one of
the innumerable accidents that may
befall it. Then it simply vanishes
usually in smoke. It's utilities are
far more limited than the airplane
and as an instrument of war it has
NO appreciate value. Count Zeppe-
lin lived too long, for he survived his
fame.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27
READ THE PAPERS.

Day by day the news dispatches are
weaving themselves into q bright-col-
ored. stirring tapestry of a nation
awakening and taking stock ef its
strength. This stuff out of which in
Vulnerable volumes of history will be
written in years to come is right at
hand, made easily available to every
one by the tremendous ingenuity and
effectiveness of modern news gather
ing, says Spokane Spokesman-Review.
American people never had, in q time
o. rational flow and change, so SPLEEN
di ! an opportunity to keep themselves
continuously In touch with the march
of events. For indifference to this op-
portunity there is no excuse. Read
the papers. Every paragraph that
bears upon the state of the nation is
worth reading. The busy man can
better afford to omit market reports
than the reports from Washington.
The very busy man will lose nothing
by foregoing for the time being the
fascinating deviItries of the comic pic
ture. And the very, very busy man
ought even, in pinch, to let the sport
ing news go by default if it is keeping
him from day-to-day familiarity with
the country's affairs. In taking each
days news dispatches, digestlng them
and giving them mental shelf space
in their proper relation to what has
gone before there is a fascina-
ton that does not take long to
make itself felt. Every man can
Dc this, and can follow the thread of
history as ii is being woven in bright
contrast against the turbulent back
ground of the doings of the day.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

While this country may excel In
competition of trained athletes or in
certain kinds of mental ingenuity or
shrewdness, it is certain that the av-
erage man is far from being a picture
of perfect physical development, and
the lack of self-control and the ex-
treme contempt for the law of the
American have become proverbial,
says New York Medical Record. A
casual inspection of the crowds on the
streets of anyone of our large cities
will reveal pale, under-nourished and
poorly developed youths and pasty,
fiabby men in large numbers, and will
convince the open-minded observer of
the desirability for the individual of
some form Of regular physical train
ing. That the country-bred, moreover,
are not greatly superior TO those
brought up in the city has been the ex-
perience of most military men who
have had occasion to handle large
numbers of troops.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

The New York Evening Post says:
"The wild rumor that 200 persons at
Ocean City sang America from mem
DRY is explained; they were school
teachers" 1t has never yet been ru-
mored, even, that 200 persons could
sing 'The Star-Spangled Banner" from
memory-still less than 200 persons
in body could stretch their thrOats
to cover the notes of that song. We
Americans have a national song that
nobody sings willingly. 1t would be a
pleasing thing if one of the results of
this war, for America, were the pro-
duction of simple, singable, original
national hymn.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

The number of volumes issued by
the circulation department of the New
York public library for home use dur
Ing the past year was 1O,128,6S2, which
was 255,S97 less than the number is
sued during 1915. The falling-off is
attributed to the infantile paralysis
scare. 1t has never been proved that
the germs of the disease were carried
10y books, but there may have been
readers who thought it best to be on
the safe side.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

The federal bureau of mines makes
the important announcement that clay
found in large quantities in Georgia
and South Carolina has been purified
until it serves as a substitute for the
hne English china clay on which the
American pottery industry heretofore
mas been dependent. There are those
who predict that the discovery will
make American tile and chinaware
manufacturers independent of foreign
materials.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27
The Wild and wooIIx.Eorevsr.

We have letter from Montana from
one of the crooks who helped to rob
Jim Moore of his farm in the Flathead
country. He admits the charge and
wants to know what we are going to
do about it. What we are going to do
about it is this: r. ]. Moore is an
honorably discharged Spanish-Ameri-
can war veteran. There is more hon
or in his little finger than there is in
the entire carcass of any human
maverick and tin-horn road agent from
Missoula in Mariposa. from Roman 20
Rotterdam, and we intend to camp on
your trail until the wrongs done him are
righted. We want the fellow that hand
ed him the Knockout drOps.-Gaemes
Beachcomber, Anacortes, Wash.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

statistics prepared by the depart.
nlent OF agriculture are interpreted as
showing that 'the war and high food
prices have caused Americans to be
inOre economical in the consumption
VI Ioodstuffs." Is it not possible also
uiat more rational notions of diet are
'ontrlbuting largely to that end? Is
ue average American breakfast as
ueavy as it used to be?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

pear little girl with the nimble feet
lu SOFT hands. You can fight for your
eVunIry. Arm yourself with needles,
ing pins and frying pans, and you
:, indeed more terrible to an enemy
''ian an army with banners.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

The youth of twenty who thinks he
should become of age before enlist
ing, should remember that under mod
ern conditions of warfare it takes a
year to turn out an acceptable sol
der.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

There is one instance in which Ger
man efficiency failed to seize the
psychological moment. The Danish
West Indies were looked upon as
valuable bases for submarines and
Zeppelins, but the United States saw
them first.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27
FTfty-Fifty.

81 can't give the duke any real
money" said the prospective pain
law. "There must be a dowry." "Well,
l kin put some purity fair property in
his name" "Do you object II we
sea oh title| "Oh, no. 'xpect to do
the same by the dukes. "-Louisvill
Courier-Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

Some men will never be contented
until they can go to work by clock
that is slow and quit by one that is
fast.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27
Needed Helm.

John was watching the ants busily
engaged on their hill. Suddenly he
turned to his father and asked: Say,
pa, isn't there any uncles to help the
antsT
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

II a man objects to paying seven
cents for pound of potatoes, why
'uouid he choose to starve? A pound
VI cornmeai, which can be had for five
.ents contains four times as much sus-
'enance. Isn't it better to flourish on
'ornmeal than to starve or to riot?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

'I'll say that you have a host Of
friends"
But don't know that really have
q host of friends"
Have you two real friends in the
worIdg"
yes"
That's a host"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27
skates on the EIour RarreI.

~, your -four barrel is hard to get at
s ,-a'l discarded roller skate on each
A. -' oL the bottom of the barrel. With
- oiu OF these and a handle or knob
he, me front Of the barrel you will
ave no further difficulty.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27
In the Rural Districts.

Impatient Old LADY, say, agent,
when will the next train leave herei
Agent-Don't know for sure, lady.
can tell you better when it gets
here.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

The derelict has attained unexpect-
ed dignity in being repeatedly mis-
taken for a U-boat.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27
FOB SALE!

FOR SALE!
BEST NORTHERN WISCONSIN Cutover
Lands and Farms-4O Acres to Sections
In the Fruit Belt Rest Transport ati0ns
Roads, Schools and Markets. Satisfactory
Terms. Cali on address
r. DUNNEBE(KE, Manager,
Bayfield, Investment Association,
Ashland, Wisconsin.
Office: Ashland National Bank Building.
FRANK E. L0VELAND. LOCAL Agent.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27
THE
MILWAUKEE SANITARIUM
FOR MENTAL AND NERVOUS DISEASES.
ESTA ri ISHED IN 1874

FOR MENTAL AND NERVOUS Dl6EA0E6s
ESTABLISHED IN 1884.
Located at wauwatosa Ca suburb OF MiIwau-
kee on c. NJ. & ST. r. Ry., ga hours from
Chicago. Two car lines from Milwaukee,
minutes walk from all cars.
Psychopathic Hospital. All appliances for
acute cases. Continuous baths Fire-proor
building ; separate grounds.
West House. Attractive rooms en- suite;
private bath connected.
Modern bath house.
Gymnasium and Recreation Building
Secluded, yet convenient. Five buildings
for patients set on hill" Indivldualized
treatment. Thirty acres beautiful lawn and
forest.
Address: RICHARD DEWEY, AM, Md
lin charge) Wauwatosa, Wis.
EUGENE CLANCY. AN, MD,
WILLIAM r. KRADWELL, NJ, De-
Assistant Physicians.
Chicago Office: Marshall Field Annex Bldg
Hours: 1 to Wednesdays Except in July
and August.
Milwaukee once: Goldsmith Bldg, Room bVA
Telephones: Chicago-Central l1F2
MlIwaukee-WaVEa tUBa Ia
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

LOST-By an elderly lady box of
valuable crochet work on the Walnut
Wauwatosa street car, Thursday,
July 10Th, at 1000 A. NJ. Return to
81 Watson Avenue or Telephone
Wauwatosa S89R. Reward.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

AMERICAN SURETY BONDS
can be procured of Ed. F. Geske, 7
State Street, Wauwatosa, Wis,
Hempsing Bldg. 23w4
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

FOUND 1900 Fountain pen, Saturday
morning last. Owner cal have same
by calling at this office.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

STATE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS COURT
MILWAUKEE COUNTY.
ROBERT J. JOHNSON.
Plaintiff,
VS.
JESSIE JOHNSON,
Defendant
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To the said
defendant:
You arc hereby summoned TO appear with
In twenty days after service of this sum
mons. exclusive of the day of service, and
defend the above entitled action in the court
aforesaid; and in case of your failure so to
do judgment will be rendered against you
according to the demand of the complaint
a copy of which is herewith served upon
you.
HY. p SCHMIDT,
plaintiffs Attorney.
P. o. Address-Room SOC, Germania Build
ing Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The original summons and complaint in
the above entitled action are file In the
Office of the clerk of the above named court
Fly. p. SCHMIDT,
Paws Plaintiffs Attorney.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-27

WANTED-Co Competent dress maker
and designer desires a few more
places by the day. Mrs. A. Miller
Tel. Kilb. AIS. 22w3
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-10-04
IS CURIOUS TRADE MONOPOLY
Making Of Missionary Boxes In England
Has Been In Hands Of Same Fam.
lily for Many Generations.

It is curious how certain trades and
occupations remain peculiar to certain
families. There is one occupation
employing a large number of men to-
day which is in the hands of the same
family that has been associated with
1t for many generations. It is the maxi
ing Of missionary boxes, says London
Tit-Bits.
It might be supposed that any car
penter could knock together suitable
receptacle for contributions to mis-
sionary and other charitable funds ;
but the fact remains that every mis-
sionary society, every church organ
ization, that requires collecting-box
goes, as matter of course, to this old
established firm whose speciality it is
to make such boxes.
1t is thriving business, and one
which has pro1ited rather than suffered
through the war, for the institution of
flag days and other means of collect
ing funds has led to an enormous in
crease in the demand for boxes.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-10-04
PoRPoIsE FISHERY IS OLD
One Of t-Known Industries In
America Operated for 200 Years
From Cape Hatteras.

One Of the Oldest and least-knowr
Industries in America Is the porpoise
fishery, which has been operated from
Cape Hatteras, in North Carolina, for
about 200 years. It should attain an
unusual prosperity in the next few
years, for the bureau of fisheries is
urging more general use of porpoise
hides in place of cowhide. It is an
excellent leather and could undoubt-
eddy be used more widely, says the
Baltimore American.
Heretofore the most valuable prod
uct Of the fishery, has been the oil
which is extracted from the jaws of
the porpoise and is worth about $40 q
gallon. It is universally used for
lubricating watches and other very
delicate mechanisms. The body blub-
Der is also valuable. Attempts to
manufacture fertilizer out Of the car
cases have failed because Of the dis
lance from fuel supply.
The porpoises are taken at Hat
teras in seines operated from the
shore, and it is probably the only
place in America where this has ever
been successfully done. During the
fall, winter and spring many por-
poises are seen of the South Atlantic
coast and at Hatteras they come with
In q few hundred yards of the surf.
They are taken by spreading seines
about 200 yards outside the surf line.
As soon as the PROPOSES have come
inside the seine 1t is dragged ashore.
Often whole school of these sea crea.
lures is taken in single haul.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-10-04
Training eunners for Sea.

When England trains her gunners
for the sea, she sends them to Whale
island in Portsmouth harbor. Here
the entire island is given over to steel
sheds, which are built like gun turrets
on battleship. The great guns pro-
jecting from these sheds are dummies,
as Popular Science shows, though they
are exact counterparts of those on a
battleship. The prospective. officers
and men are made to go through the
exercise of range finding, loading, aim
Ing and firing" these guns as rigidly
as II they were in a real battle at sea.
The heavy steel projectiles are hauled
from the magazine by hydraulic and
electric cranes just as in an actual
ship. A real breech mechanism locks
the projectile and its powder charge in
the gun, while an intricate swivel
mounting Of steel swings the gun into
firing position.