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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Growers to
Organize, Suggested

Bookings, S. D.-Steps toward the
organization of a South Dakota pot,-
10 growers association were taken at,
state college on Friday when Lou i
sweet OF Denver, president OF the Pc
tato Association of America, addressed
the men of the college and
ity on the advantages of such organ
izatlon. Professor Gordon w. Rand
lett, director of extension was an
pointed chairman of the COMMITTEES to
work toward such an organization.
Mr.. Sweet stated that there are 4ss
so-called varieties of potatoes in the
United States but that this lumber
could be reduced to the following
Eleven great varieties: Rose, Ohio,
Michigan, Irish Cobbler, Burbank. Ru-
raj, Pearl, Green Mountain, Peach
Blow, Hebron and Triumph. He point
cd out the fact that while the United
States consumes only a little owe
Two. bushels per capita, this amount
might easily be increased to Ave
bushels which would increase the No
tato consumption over 5000, 900 bush
els.
He asserted that one mistake made
by the farmers Of South Dakota and
the whole country in the raising Of
potatoes is the attempt to grow this
crop too frequently on the same land
without rotation, In Europe it is net
uncommon to get yields of 500 to
1880 bushels per acre in rotations,
cropping the land to potatoes only
once in five to seven years. Mr.. Sweet
speaks with authority since he has
Won sweepstakes championships in
potatoes a number OF times and raises
upon his Carbonate ranch in Cole
RADIO 500 to 600 bushels per acre.
The purpose Of Mr.. Sweets visit TO
South Dakota is to encourage the
formation of a South Dakota potato
growers association which will have
as it's object the assisting of farmers
not only in the best methods of rails
ing this crop as a money making
proposition, but also to aid them N
producing the right variety in order
that the maximum price may be Oh
tanned. He stated that the farmers
of Brookings county, for instance, are
losing UP to twenty-five cents per
bushel on their potatoes on account
Of lack of grade and standard.
The State college has always been
aware of the fact that South Dakota
is a great potato state and should be-
come greater; that the annual crop of
around 5000, 900 bushels could be
considerably increased and at more
profit to the producer. One OF the
best potato bulletins published by any
experiment station is Bulletin No. 1876
edited by the agronomists OF the
South Dakota State college. This
publication indicates the best meth
DDS OF selection and preparation of
seed potatoes, the size of seed pieces,
the relative inuence OF culls and Sc
seed upon type and size of
progeny. etc. The bulletin is based
practical experiments conducted
in South Dakota and may be obtained
free of charge upon application to the
Director of the Experiment Station,
Brookings, S. d.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18

the present writer turned on the limits
of self defense. Il shot a man once.
said Sir Arthur. And what happen
ed?" ! inquired. Was there trouble?"
NO" came the reply; there might
have been elsewhere, but it was in the
wild part of Russia The man was
trying to enter my bedroom window at
night, and | shot him. He fell outside.
A small patrol of Cossacks was pass
ing within reach of the sound of the
revolver. They came along, secured
the wounded man, asked a few ques-
lions and disposed Of the whole bust
ness by hanging my burglar on the
nearest tree. / heard no more about
the matter" This method of dealing
with a very plain business seemed to
be thoroughly in accord with Sir
Arthur's wish to have things done
without any bothering red tape or for
malities. Westminster Gazette.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Two Freaks of Nature.

Two contrasting freaks of nature are
the Island Of Fire and the Lake Of
Snow. The Island of Fire is called
the Home Of Hot Devils. 1t is situated
in the midst of a large lake Of boiling
mud in the island of Java. The steam
and gases which arise from the sticky
mud form themselves into bubbles at
tanning Il diameter of five or six feet
and sail high up in the air like bal,
looms. carried hitler and thither by
the wind and finally exploding with Il
loud crash.
The biggest snow lake is seen from
the summit OF Hispar pass, in the Ka-
rakoram range. 1t is more than 300
square miles in area. In Switzerland
the sea Of ice might better be called
the sea Of snow, as the surface is bro
ken up by solar heat, which makes a
minute assuring in the ice. giving 1t
the appearance, Of snow.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
AS Wilhelm Extols

Berlin.-Teutonic hopes for peac,
and even Teutonic desire for peace
We're shattered by the entente allies
reply to President Wilson's note, i
the sentiments of the German press
echoes the views of the people.
Indignant at what they call slurs
against the central powers, angerec
by the terms on which the foe is
willing to consider peace, the papers
find consolation in the belief that the
note will serve to weld together all
classes into an unconquerable and de
termined whole,
Papers like the Tageblatt and the
Lakal Anzeiger emphasize this ex
pected effect of the allies reply and
almost ignore the second German
note, which was published simulan.
.eously.
The pan-German press, on the other
hand, gives the German communica-
tion the greatest Importance and halls
it as a sign that the leaders of the
central powers are finally coming
around to their view in regard to
Belgium and other mooted questions.
The entente's specific %delination of
it's aims is accepted in general with
relief as finally eliminating all guess.
work and allowing every one to see
just what is at stake.
The extravaganza of these aims, &C
cording to the Lokal Anzeiger, binds
central Europe a thousand times
tighter together.
The Tageblatt thinks that the note,
instead of being a heavy blow for
Germany as predicted, really makes
things easier, because it will serve to
arrange all differences of opinian.
This paper believes that the reply
sat one stroke unites such opposites
as the socialists, who are DESTROYS
of avoiding any rejection of over
lures, with the moderates, who favor
a business peace, and with the an
n~exationists, who insist on the total
defeat of the enemy"
"The enemy's demands" continues
the Tageblatt, ARE foolish and sense
less and such that no German could
consider them for a second. The note
is an affront to President Wilson in
that it presents obviously impossible
conditions, in the face OF his stated
belief that the aims OF the WI groups
of opponents are not irreconcilable,
and absolutely barricades every way
to peace"
- ilc army aoiulSS w tHS lOlCSS Vi
the central allies calling on them for
new battles for the honor and safety
of the fatherland tell the enemy ev-
erything we have o say to him.
Nevertheless, it is useful to dis
pei the cloud before the eyes of neu-
trails with which our opponents con-
tinuously conceal their war lust and
desire of conquest.
ut is especially useful at this mo
ment, when the entente has given
President Wilson and the rest of the
neutral world an answer to his peace
proposals in which it repeats anew
the old lying phrases.
But what the new German note
and the announcement of the Vienna
government present is the most ef-
Of all: Facts instead of
phrases"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
A Ballet Averted a Revolution.

When Bonaparte put the Duke DEN
ghien to death all Paris felt so much
horror at the event that the throne of
the tyrant trembled under him, Sir
John Sinclair wrote. A counter revolu-
ton was expected and would most
probably have taken place had not
Bonaparte ordered a new ballet TO be
brought out with the utmost splendor
at the opera.
The subject he pitched upon was
"Ossian. or the Bards.' 1t Is still
recollected in Paris as perhaps the
grandest spectacle that had aver been
exhibited there.
The consequence was that the muir
der of the Duke d'Enghien was totally
forgotten and nothing bat the new
ballet was talked Of.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
A Thing Of Beauty
fG. A. Tracxl

The horse chestnut is a very hand
some, ornamental tree nearly equal tf
the catalpa in beauty. 1t has more OF
of a Dyramidal form of growth anG
the foliage is more dense than tho
catalpa, AS | saw them growing last
summer in Tacoma, Washington
thought they We're as handsome an
ornamental tree as they had.
Mr.. Walrath, in the north part of
Watertown, planted two horse chest.
nuts over twenty years ago and two
more ten years ago and one three.
year-old seeding from the seed of the
older tree. All are alive and in GOOD
thrifty condition and none of them
has ever been injured in the least by
freezing.
The report from the State Expert
mental farm at Brookings saws the
horse chestnut is not hardy-tbey
winter kill at Bookings. The cues.
ton is, where were the trees grown
or where was the seed grown that
raised the trees that were tried at
Brooklngs? They might have been
grown 90 far south. Then again
where was the seed grown that raised
MI. Walrath's trees? They might
nave been grown at the extreme north
limit of where the horse chestnut
could be grown.
We do not know by the name of =
tree whether it is hardy or not. 1t
Just depends or what climate. or what
or longitude the tree is n
native Of. In 1884 / bought one thou
boxelder and one thousand soft
maple one year old seedlings. Thew
nearly all lived and made a good
grown that summer. The next spring.
they We're all dead to the ground and
more than half of them never s]prout.l
ed from the roots. The followinyt
winter the balance of them killed ont !
and all. | found out that box
and maple are not always hardy
trees. The chances are that the seed
those trees was grown too far
south. They we're sem to a Wiscon-
SIN nurseryman. grown there one
summer, taken up in the fall and
heeled in, in the spring shipped to
Dakota and sold. Yes. and the
man that bought them got sold. too.
! believe that is one cause of so
many failures here in the early DAYS
n planting tree claims. The trees
ma the seed came from too far south
.Proiessor Hansen says that boxelder
seed from Kansas planted at Brook
.ngs Kills every winter.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
DR.. w.. F. Jones Goes
Before a Committee

Pierre S. D.-Denial OF all charges
made in regard to conducting unauth.
orized physical examination of stu.
dents in the schools of the state. was
made here today by Professor Jones
of the state university, before the
joint committees on education of the
two houses of the state legislature.
The public hearing was held under a
resolution introduced by Representa-
tive Evander of Roberts county, to
determine the basis for charges that
have gained wide circulation in the
state during the past few weeks.
The house chamber, where the hear.
ing was held this morning, was pack.
ed for the occasion, senators and rep.
resentatives filling the floor and many
spectators crowding the galleries.
Professor Helm OF the city schools,
made an opening statement denounc,
ing the attack which had been made
Professor Jones as coming from
"one of the smoothest and most UNI
~scrupulous men in the state,'' and for
the purpose of ~discrediting him for
other reasons than that of the exam
nations charged.
Professor G. M. Smith Of the state
university introduced Professor Jones.
making a strong denial of the charges
which have been spread abroad and
giving a strong endorsement of DR..
Jones work.
Professor Jones opened his state
ment by declaring that the charges
made, and the allegations by which
they were claimed to be supported,
were absolutely ,fa!se. He denied that
he had ever or does now claim the
privileges which are charged to him.
Mr.. Jones declared that his work
has been along the lines of the inves-
tigaor in taking measurements of
the human body, a work which he has
been engaged in for a and in
which he has associated with many
OF the best physicians of the state and
worked in complete harmony with
them.
He declared that while he mad
made many examinations, they We're
of infants in the arms Of the mother
in most cases and never at any time
save at the request of the parent. He
branded is false and malicious the
statement that he was compelling
sexual examinations of girls in the
schools of the state.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
GETTING IL Riuht.

Harold, aged four, was trudging the
distance Of many blocks with his ia
ther to Sunday school, and the long
tramp was almost too much for him.
The father, glancing back, noticed the
small boys fatigue, and %slackening
his pace asked:
Am | walking too fast, son"
NO" returned the small boy, puff.
ing and painting breathlessly, "it's me,
papa."-Exchange.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Tho Largest IsIand.,

Australia has long been classed as
the least Of the continents and not as
an island. The largest islands are grad
ed downward in the order of their size,
as follows; Greenland. $4,000 square
miles; New Guinea, $4,000; Borneo,
100000; Madagascar, 100000. In the
absence Of exact surveys these areas
are rough estimates and must be con-
sidered only as approximations, but 1t
is not likely that careful measurements
Will introduce corrections SO large as to
change the order Of the four. Australia
is but slightly smaller than the CONT
mental United States excluding Alaska.
Exchange.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
President Hopes For
Peace Proposal Anew

Washington, d. CA statement Of
terms from Germany and her allies at
leased as comprehensive as those set
forth by he entente in replying IA
President Wilson's note is the neyt
move hoped for here in the peace no.
gotiations.
Whether time will be allowed fo,
the Teutonic nations to state thar
terms on their own initiative ar
whether President Wilson will make
some move to give an oneninp 70.
manned undetermined.
There are indications. however that
II no statement of the Teutonic terms
is forthcoming within a reasonahla
time, the United States may seek a
means TO indicate the desirability of
such a course.
It was reiterated today that the
president had not determined on his
posltlon, n it was pointed out that
IN MS Q 7 he said he was Indifferent
TO the means employed for compar.
ing terms.
He IS reluctant to Judge between the
W replies and has not made known
his impressions of the entente note
IN other administration quarters il
nas peen suggested hat the objects
the president had in mind could best
be promoted now by the central pow
ers publicly declaring their terms.
ohclais ire watching particularly
Just now the trend of public senti-
menta abroad and the apparent change
since the dispatch of the presidents
note has proved a source of increas-
Ing qualification.
The first feeling of indignationl
among the allies because of the co.
incidence of the presidents proposal
With that OF the central powers has
abated. it is believed here, and is
BEING replaced by a conviction that
rood may come from the American
tote.
There is no indication in official cir
les, however. that an early peace is
bought probable.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
PRACTICAL health HINT.
Let bal the SUNSHINE

+ Ali household furnishings and ]
: clothing should be exposed to di- l
+ rect sunlight for a number of 4
+ hours at least every few days. ]
+ Direct sunlight is the best disin- 1
+ fectant known. 1t kills germs I
+ in q few hours. Difrused sun. I
. light or daylight may have as !
+ good effect, but in a much longer 4
+ time. Shutting the sunlight ont !
I of the house is an unhygienic !
: custom 1t should 60 as has I
= gone many OF the Ideas and Gus ]
4 toms belonging to the dark ages.
; For that reason sunshine should
4 find its way into the home daily. /
, and IT. presence should be vel I
= coined q a messenger OF cleanli- !
= ness and good health. The draw !
, ing OF shades and the closing Of !
= MinGOws to keep the carpets and !
= draperies from fading should be |
4 discouraged. II Is better to hive
= carpets and draperies that are
= faded than to haye boys and .
y urls with cheeks TINT are faded. 4
= Hosea In the checks are more
= valuable than roses III the carpet.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Color HARMONY.

ia like a box of cigars, please"
said the young wife, blushing rosily.
They're for my husband. It's his
birthday tomorrow"
Does he prefer them light or dark?"
inquired the salesman.
"Oh, light by all means. He has a
blond mustache. New York World.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
A chiId's Quick wiz.

1t was a very pretty reply Roger
sherman's little daughter made to
George Washington. The general had
been calling on her father, and the
young miss opened the door for him as
he was leaving.
"You deserve a better Office, my little
lady" remarked Washington. smiling
at her.
yes, SIR she replied, with a cour-
.tesy-stto let you In"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Croquettes Ready Made.

Mrs. Youngbride Ito her %butcher)-I
have just thought of something for
dinner my husband is very fond of.
You have chickens? Butcher-Yes'm;
nice and fresh. Mrs. Youngbride-
Well, please cut out the croquettes
and I'll take them with me.--Boston
Transcript.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Different Routes.

Philanthropic Visitor Ito jailbird)-
Ny friend, may l ask what brought
you mere? J~ailbird-The same thing
that brought you here-the desire to
poke my nose into other peoples bust
ness, only 1 used generally to go in by
way Of the basement window.-London
Tit-Bits.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Damp.

THE climate is pretty damp there,
isn't tit"
II should say SO. It's really so damp
the people can't raise anything but UNI
brellas."-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Made up.

Mrs. Flatbush-She tells everybody
her face Is her fortune. Mrs. Benson
hurst-Well, she's made 1t nearly all
herself.-Yonkers Statesman.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Used the LOG.

USED the Log.
we were three days from port when
the engineer reported that there was
no more coal in the bunker"
What did they do then? 2"
THE captain ordered them to split
up the ships log to keep the fires go
ing."-Exchange.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18

What foolish things a fellow will do
wr.hens he Is in lover
oh, Margyi Has he proposedf"-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Holding a Wake-Ditto 4 Girl

HOLDING a Wake-Uttto q Girl.
Miss Loyeleigh-The professor was
telling US today about the moon. He
says the noon is a dead body. Jack
Spooner-That SGT Then suppose we
sit up awhile with the corpse.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Terrible Threat.

Aunt-Why didn't you scream when
he kissed your Niece-He threatened
me-. Aunt-Threatened your Niece
Yes. He said IL | did he'd never kiss
again.-Boston Transcript.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Duty Dances.

Duty Dances.
PA, what are duty dances?"
Those you dance with your own rel
atives and those with the women your
wife insists on your dancing with.
Detroit Free Press.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
piHerent.

Il hear you bought ! bungalow on 1
bluff."
sOh, no; the real estate man sold It
to me on q bluffs-Florida Tmes-Un-
ion.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18

II it hadn't been for preserving his
spoken more vigorously of Tom Law
son than merely referring to him as
an unspeakable scoundrel and disgust
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18

A welcome once worn out Is hard to
Datch.-Youthss Companion.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Tho Hruts's Rssort.

Mrs. Prissims-Oh. but I got taken
Ii when married yons you wretch
NJ, Prissims-Yesout Of the cold.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Raised by Machinery,

"A mechanical age, truly
1How new r
4 just saw an incubator baby being
lnlled to sleep by a graphophone..-
Kansas City Journal.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS.

They say the French sing the Mar
seillaise when the German shells drop
] n their trenches and comrades disap-
pear. But in the British trenches bets
are made as to what the next shell
will do!-F1orida Times Union.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Saved i, Earned.

II earned q penny today. papaN
Brave boyi And howl"
Mother gave me ten. and I saved
0nein-Puck.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
A Vicious Dwarf.

Bebe was the favorite dwarf Of the
former King Stanislas of Poland. Born
in 1741 in Lorraine, at the age Of five
be was twenty-five inches high and at
his death in 1854 thirty-three inches.
He was neither physically MOI mental
" active. Once Count Borowlaski
visited him, and he became so jealous
of the formers superior manners and
intellectual qualities that he attempt
ed to throw his visitor into the fire,
but was prevented by the household.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18

She: Cant you see how far
make a dollar go?"
He: you know I'm n~earsighted
Maria.'-Judge.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18

Maybe n reason the Germans are
so anxious for peace is that they want
time to laugh over the Russian rescue
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. News.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18

a cheerful look makes i dish 4 feast
Herbert,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18

AEE
--
Let the two houses OF congress con-
tain themselves in patience. The two
houses that are managing this peace
business are the white house and Col
onel House.--Charleston News and
Courier.
Possibly one Of the obstacles to
peace lis Turkeys desire for an ex-
plicit recognition OF her right to mas
Aacre non-Aoslem elements in her do
minions whenever she feels the need
81 d little relaxation:-Chicago Her
aid.
A discussion Of the mysterious
rervous malady known as shell
sShocks suggests that Wall Street is
slowly recovering from a recent at
Observation-Disclosures Post
aThc world would be d p~leasanter
{ place ifthere were not so many fools
a 4. Il SA II
Yes; But ii would be more dificnlt
eng make d livingss--Boston Transcript
M sstIgyy Is. for Il never try We
S611saIl mover 1ueoeed.-Linc0ln.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-27
History of Lavender Brandy

Ts the Editor Of vomaa's rage;
Dear Madam noticed in the ronnypacHNr
yember II a r"tor"nc" TO lavend'r brandy;
VIII you enlieht"u mo as 10 II, preparation gnd
properties. - T.
Lavender brandy, sometimes called Law
ender drops, etc, used to stand on the
shelves Of our grandmothcrs' Cupboards, so
] am told. The lavender plant has stimu-
liant properties and the drink, for which
many housewives seemed TO have different
formulas for preparing, was used for the
NERVES and sick stomach and probably
other ailments.
Following Is a recipe that appears in
the Cooks Own Book which might have
been a best seller In 1882, the year It was
published:
Fill a quart bottle with the blossoms Of
lavender and pour on II as much brandy
as it will contain. Let IL stand ten days,
then strain it and add of nutmeg bruised,
cloves, mace and cochineal Il quarter of an
ounce each. and bottle IL for use. In
nervous cases little may be taken dropped
on bit of sugar. and in the beginning of
n stomach complaint teaspoonful taken
in half a glass of peppermint water Will
often prove efiicaciouS."
Another formula, which appeared in To-
mestic Cookery, Baltimore, 1886, follows
"Pick tho lavender blossoms and put
them in a bottle with few blades of mace
and some cloves. Fill up the bottle with
good spirits and let II stand corked up
till all the strength is extracted, then strain
IL of and color II with little cochineal."
We are indebted for these recipes 70
Joseph Jackson, whose letter about llvender
brandy appears on the editorial page OF
today's EVENING LEDGER