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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05
HELP SMALL EARMFRS
Cooperative Bull Associations
Becoming Big Factor.
Especially Adapted to Herds Which
Are Too Small to Afford Valuable
Animal at Head-organiza-
tions Are New.

There gre now more than 80 active
cooperate re bull associations In the
United States, representing a total
membership of $50 and owning about
12O pure-bred bulls. In the opinion Of
specialists, cooperation in this re-
spect is only in it's infancy and CO.
operative bull associations should be-
come a great factor in the improve
men Of our dairy cattle.
The cooperative bull association is
especially adapted to herds which are
so small that a valuable bull for each
herd would be too heavy an invest
ment to be justified by the extent of
the business. Through cooperation,
cattle owners are enabled to obtain
the benefits which come from the use
Of a pure-bred sire at an expense
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05
FACSIMILE OF SIGNATURES.

commission and in the word "British"
in the Declaration; the whole word
congress- in both documents-those
and other details established beyond
a doubt that the writer of the great
Declaration was Timothy Matlack.
Although Timothy Matlack lived a
long time, he did not live long enough
to see the harm that befell the docu~
ment he had written 50 handsomely.
He and his contemporaries were proud
Of it, and their descendants have held
it in reverence above all other docu-
ments; and to satisfy the patriotic Gu
riosity of the people who have wished
to see it those who were it's custodians
in past years subjected it to treatment
that did it irreparable injury.
In 1924, when John Quincy Adams
was secretary of state, a skilled en-
graver, William j. Stone, made cop-
per plate facsimile Of the Declaration.
That is the only one that has ever been
made. It was distributed by order Of
congress and is familiar to us all. It is
a perfect reproduction in every partfc'
ular Of the original document as it was
when the fac-simile was made, and is q
fine specimen of the engraver's art. I'm
fortunately at the time he made it pho
Biography had not been discovered, and
Stone took an impression of the docu.
ment ITSELF, and in doing so carried Oft
some Of the ink.
SIGNATURES Almost Invisible.
That was great injury; but equal
it on exhibition in strong light. II
was in the state department until 1871,
when it was placed in the patent office
where it remained until the Centennial
exhibition of 1876, when it was taker
to Philadelphia. There it reInained fol
nearly a year; then it was returned to
Washington and went bach TO the sec
rotary of states Office.
Already the ink had begun to fade
but the document was again put on eN
hibition. The ink faded rapidly and by
1894 many Of the signatures had be
come almost invisible. Then there wal
formal conference of scientific men
who considered what was the beS
course to take to protect It,
Wise counselors advised that L
should not be experimental with, ane
it was left untouched. 1t was takeE
from it's place of exhibition, however
and put into a dark safe, secure from
further damage from the light. Dur
ing the last % years very few persona
have been permitted to look upon ito
face and the handsome handiwork OF
Timothy Matlack remains hidden FROM
the world.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mrs. Lindsey Now Keeps House F

Tenne G want to tell how much Ihave been benefited
by Lydia Vegetable Compound About eight years agoI
cot health unable keep house for three I'D
family had dull tired dizzy feelings cold feet and hands nearly
all could scarcely sleep ALL The doctor said had
severe liberation and without operation would always
be invalid but told him wanted to wait awhile Our druggist
advised Lydia Pnkham Vegetable Compound
and entirely cured Now keep house for seven and work
in the thankful got this medicine feel
as though it have recommended it to others and
they benefited Mrs W. E. LINDSEY, H. H. lennle a.
IF Won want Lydia E. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co. Your letter will be opened
and held i'm strict confidence.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05
Good Evidence That Clerk Actu-
ally "Wrote" Declaration
of independence.
FAMOUS FOR SKlLLFUL WORK
Timothy MatIack, Employed in the
Office of Charles Thomson, Sec
rotary in the First Congress, Is
Accorded Honor by Expert
Who Has Investigated.

w YHO wrote the Declaration
M of Independence? Thomas
" W Jefferson, of course, every
one knows that. But who
held the pen and formed the letters on
the great piece Of parchment that the
members of the Continental congress
signed? It is one Of the largest official
papers. in existence-one skin of parch-
ment nearly three feet long and more
than two feet wide. The writing is
NEARLY twice the normal size and is un-
usually handsome and clear.
The secretary who was ordered to
promulgate the work was Charles
had been the principal of a school at
New Castle, DEL, and an active patriot.
The first congress chose him as secre-
tary in 1774, and he held the office I'M
till the Continental congress passed
out Of existence in March, 1889. There
were Is presidents of the Continental
congress, but there was only one Sec
rotary. He made the entries in the
journal in 1774, and he wrote the last
entry.
Died at Aye Of Ninety-Five.
During all those Is years it was only
on rare occasions that any other hand
than his wrote in the journal. When
the Continental congress passed out Of
existence he retired to private life and
never held Office again ; but he did not
die until 1924, when he was almost
ninety-five years old. One Of the clerks
in his office in IT'S and 1776, and after
ward, in 1850, member Of the con-
gress from Pennsylvania, survived him
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05
MITES ON CHICKEN BOOSTS
Pestlferous Insects Can Be Eradicated
by Thorough Application of
Crude Creosote.

Have you ever lived through the
misery of night spent with bed-bugs
when escape was impossible? If 80,
you can sympathize with chickens on
mite-infested roosts. The mites sim
DIV swarm over the birds and suck
their blood. BY painting the roosts
and walls with crude creosote. the
mites can be utterly destroyed, for
the parasites hide in the cracks dur
ing the day time and do not stay on
the fowls
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05

by five years. The clerk was Timothy
Matlack, who died at Hclmesburg, Pa,
in 1929, when he was ninety-nine years
of age.
Timothy Matlack, writes Gaillard
Hunt, chief of manuscript division IL
brary, in the Youths Companion, was
q Quaker by birth, but he was an open
advocate of fighting, and in 1776 was
elected captain of militia band in
Philadelphia, known as the "Shirt bat
talion.'' So the Quakers, who were op-
posed to war, expelled him, and in
17S1 he and some others formed the
sect known as "Free Quakers." Be-
sides being in the Continental congress
he held q number of important offices
under the government Of Pennsylvania
and Philadelphia. His last service
was as alderman of Philadelphia from
1913 to 1918.
Was Great Penman.
To carry out the order of the con-
gress that the Declaration be pro-
claimed, Thomson needed more than-a
score of copies, for he had to send it
to everyone Of the states and to the
army. So to save time he did not at
tempt to have any copies written off
with the pen, but sent the original
drafts, which the congress had passed,
to the official printer, John Dunlap.
The following morning the printed
copies were in ThomsOn'S hands.
It was from one Of those copies that
Philadelphia first heard the Declara-
ton read, and it was one Of them that
became the official copy, for Thomson
had not copied the Declaration even
into the journal of the congress be-
fore he gave it to the printer; but
when he wrote the journal for July
he left a blank space for the Declara-
ton. and the next day, with two waters
of red wax, he fastened in the printed
broadside. At the time it had been
signed only by John Hancock, as presi-
dent of congress, and cOuntersigned by
Charles Thomson as secretary.
Wrote Washington's Commission.
I have said sometimes an entry was
made il the journal of the congress by
another hand than Thomson's, writes
Mr.. Hunt. The first of those occa-
sions was on June II, 1775, when Tim
othy Natlack recorded resolution to
set aside day for fasting and prayer
to avert the desolating calamities that
seemed to be impending. Matlack had
been appointed clerk in Thomson's
Office on May Is, end five days later, on
Nav 20, he wrote out the most import
ant document that the congress had
issued up to that time commission
TO George Washington to be comman-
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05
HEN CONFINED WITH CHICKS
Not Considered Good Management to
AEow Unrestricted Range for
First Few Weeks.

It is not good poultry management
to allow the mother hen to range I'M
restricted with her chicks the first
weeks. With such freedom the hen
frequently takes her brood through
wet grass, and as a result some are
chilled and die, especially the weaker
ones, which are likely to be left be
hind
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05
Goo sick
Go 00ork
Many Women i'm this Condition Re-
gain Health by Taking Lydia E.
Pinktam's Vegetable Compound.
Convincing Proof Of This Fact.

Ridgway, Penn. 49, II suffered from female
trouble with backache and pain in my side for over
seven months SO / could not do any of my work.
was treated by three different doctors and was
getting discouraged when my sister-in-law told me
how Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound had
helped her. decided to try it, and it restored my
health so I now do all of my homework which is
not light as I have little boy three years Old"
Mrs. o. M. Ru1NEs, Ridgway, Penn.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
START LEGISLATION
FOR NEEDS OF WAR

Washington. Dec. Democratic
stoorsmen today got busy on the
shaping OF the legislative program to
carry out the tasks assigned to con.
gress by President Wilson in his ad.
dress Tuesday With the declaration
Of war against Austria out of the way.
congress is free to proceed with the
big administration measures as soon
as they are ready for consideration.
tppermost among the big programs
confronting congress Is the railroad
question. Senator Newlands of Neva.
da viii confer with President Wilson
this afternoon and future procedure
depends largely upon the outcome OF
that conference. Nothing has yet
been done In the way OF drafting leg
iRlation to meet the railroad situation
and there is such diversity of opin.
ion IN congress- as TO what should be
done that considerable time may
elapse before final action is taken
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
FORMER OTTAWA
LADY IS SUMMONED

Mrs. Frederick Hess Wideman, a
former Ottawa resident, died at the
home of her daughter. Mrs Amos
Robinson, in Sheridan. on November
90. 1917. She was born in Rothan,
Lorraine France, October 8 1880
At the age Of seventeen she came
with her mother and seven brothers
and sisters to America. landing at
New Orleans on Christmas eve. 1S41.
Her father and her brother had pre-
coeded them to America a few years
before. The following spring she
came to Ottawa, making the trip from
New Orleans to Ottawa by boat.
In 1858, she was married to Charles
Wideman who died in Sheridan in
1882. To this union were born four
children Louise Preen Boards
ley. who died in Sheridan in 1885,
Gust Wdeman, who died in Yorkville
in 1912; Mrs. Amos Robinson. Of Sher,
idan and Mrs. E. S. Ballenger, of
Battle Creek. Michigan She Is also
survived by four grandchildren. two
ereat.grandchildren, brother Paul
Hess, of SOmonauk, and sister. Mrs.
Fannie Chalus. Of Ottawa.
Mrs. Wideman was laid to rest in
the Sheridan cemetery December list
SHORTS
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
CITY AND VICINITY ITEMS

Martin Gaefcke, Jr., of the ordin-
ance department of the U. ). army re-
turned to the Rock Island arsenal
this morning after spending Sunday
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
tin Gaefcke of First avenue.
Miss Helena Trumbo went 10 Chr
cago this morning for a short busi-
trip.
Percy Tress and Thomas Garter
went to Chicago yesterday on short
business trip
Mrs. Fred Jones went TO Chicago
this morning to spend the day.
T. T. Gladfelter is confined to his
home on Clinton street suffering from
a severe sore throat.
Miss Ferne Pettett went to Chica.
go this morning for short visit.
Philip J. Corcoran, OF this city. who
is a patient at the Presbyterian hos
pital. is much improved.
Miss Ellen Mullen, OF this city
went TO Chicago this morning for 4
short business trip.
Private George +. Moult0n, of Co
n, 313th Engineers. Camp Dodge, la.
has been ordered 10 Washington. d
c.. for duty along chemical lines
His mother. Mrs. Frank d. MoultOn
and Miss Rita Barnard spent Sunday
with him in Chicago prior to his de-
parture East
! Strawn Gay and Frahx Woolber'
left this morning for Jefferson Bar
ricks, Mo, to take their physical ex
aminations for admission in the avi
alton service. The boys enlisted a
La Sale Saturday afternoon in the
/ recruiting station there
I Lynn O'Ncil LETT today for Chilli
I Gothic TO enter the Remount Station
under Capt. Walter Palmer. who Is
stationed there
Freeman Bradford returned to CAM
/ Funston today after spending II
day furlouah with his parents. MI. ant
+ Mrs s B Bradford. in this city,
Roy Wilhelm has gone TO Chilli
Gothic. Ohio. on Il short visit.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
Work and the nucy World.

Are Nou one Of the persons Who can
not work in Il crowd? II Hau are, YOU
are Il most unfortunate person, FOR il
is fact that In thiS busy age most al
us have 10 learn to do our w0fl,
wherever we may hAppen 10 Dr. Ii ls
seldom that we find il possible 20 N'oil,
in secluS!On. shut aWay from the noise
and rush OF business, observes an eiIi-
cheney engineer,
Most large Business concerns are
heehives If ACTIVITY. Unless one c..u
lind it possible To concentrate on the
work in hand, even In the midst NJ
confusion. ii Is plain TO scr that mach
time VIII be lost and much energy
Wa>tcd in this rushing world. where
@rh ou' faces many duties in maAy
in,s of activity.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
FlREMEN ANSWER
THREE CALLS WITHIN
THE LAST "a HOURS

The fire department was called to
the Schlitz hotel on La Sale street,
at 7:39 this morning when a alarm
was sent in from there. An overhead.
ed stove caused the excitement.
At LIP yesterday the department
responded to call from the home Of
Thomas Mooney, Sl2 E. Superior
street, where the chimney was burn
ing out The fire did not spread from
the chimney and there was no dam.
age
There was some excitement on the
State and Center south side car at
1890 yesterday morning when a
signal flag hanging in the front OF
the ear caught on fire from IA crossed
wire The flag was pulled down and
thrown outside, without anything else
on the car catching fire
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
D. A. R.-C0LEEcftNG
JELlyE0R CAMP DODGE


All the hdies in the city who care
to send jelly TO the base hospital at
Camp Grant can leave ii at the Mottaz
Grocery store any time tomorrow
from where il will be collected and
sent 10 the hospital by the ladies of
the ID. \. X. A request vas received
in this city last week by the local
II A. r. chapter asking for jellies for
The hospital, and the local chapter
decided to let anyone in the city that
wishes 10 send jelly at this time send
ii with the jelly sent by the u. A. r.
members.
Mrs. Duncan McDOugall is chairman
o. the committee "a charge of the
Jelly collection and win collect and
pack the Jelly for shipment early
ednesday morning.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
REV. L. {. HACKET
DELIVERS INITIAL
/? SERMON IN OTTAWA
Continued from page l.,


strangers. Hence We can work with
better harmony from the beginning
Your spirit of cooperation is not
limited TO the activities OF any par
ucular priest. Our religion makes us
broad. II bids us to look above and
beyond the sentiments and ties that
would bind us 10 earth and make us
narrow. Ii teaches us that we are all
Children OF the same Father, brothers
and sisters of the same Redeemer and
consequently members of the same
family. 1t teaches us the brother
hood of humanity,
!, "A priest is the spiritual leader OF
his people. His success must be
measured by the amount OF labor and
energy they give him in his pastoral
duties. If they fail on their part, he
will fail too. Many a warrior who has
returned from the field of battle laden
with the spells. of victory and decor
atcd with the trapnines of honor
owes his success to those who fought
yaliantly BY his side. II there were
dsmay in the camp and mntiny in
the ranks. he would have gone down
in defeat and disgrace.
Il admire your interest in the par
ish, school, which you have raised 10
such a high standard of efficiency
And ask you to give TO it your gen
,rous and loyal support in the future
as you have in the past. Show the
sisters thai you appreciate the ex
cellent work they are doing for the
spiritual and temporal welfare OF
your children
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
FOR BELIEVERS IN OMENS
Numerous Popular Superatitions, Many
Of Which Are Common Among
Men on the Brny Deep.

A well-klOwn superstition is uhat
wlll-o-lh"-WiSps. or devils eyes seen
on the tips Of The SparS after yale
in the tropics, appear only When thp
ship is nearing her doom.
A eross-eycd man for me>smatc
means plenty fof good luck Jack
thinks, and ii i thr best of luck 10
sail under a rod-hailed skipper If.
however. h. happens 10 have cross
eyes, also the combination is fatal
and trouble will be experienced before
the voyage is eaded.
Sunday is considered 4 fortunate
day upon NhcA to begin a voyage.
while Friday is. of course. very UA-
lucky
If The SIMS ban is made to tell by
The rolling Of The vessel II is Il >im
that there is going to bcsn loss Of
life.
All lack IS di>poscd to desert
snip which carries !; dead body.
Sailors have been known to hang
the end of Il rope over the side of IA
ship when leaving port. The belief
is thai friends and relatives draw
uron this rope, causing the vessel 10
come safely back.
1t is II common belief that for bar
hor to latlcr The f&sr of Il patron with
single stroke Of tie brush inevitably
brings bad luck.
Ii is considered bad luck to see
hunchbact In the mirror standing or
passing back of one. II is said to
iorctcll Il death in the family.
The habit Of sitting with legs cross.
ed in II barber shop will, it is said,
make the hair come out early in
life. and render man prematurcIy
bald.
70 be shaved by Il rel-healled bar
her is believed by many to he sure
care for rheumatism.
Good lux i~ said to follow the man
VINO has his shoes polished at the time
he is being shaved.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
HOLD SEVEN FOR
RED CROSS FIRE

Chicago Dec. l0.--Despite the adj
mission Of Daniel Heasley, an cleo
triaans' helper that he started the
blaze by upsettins a gasoline torch,
seven men are held by the police and
federal authorities here today in con
neceion with the fire Saturday which
destroyed a government warehouse at
Fortieth and Dearborn streets.
The seven men held today will he
questioned by Chief of Police Schuet.
THrs and Walter Furbershaw, Of the
department of justice. Two of the
men under arrest are Austrans.
Latest estimates Of the damage to
~ the building and its contents place
the total loss at between 100000
and 100000.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
SERVE GRAND JURORS
FOR JANUARY TERM

Deputy sheriti's today are serving
grand jurors who have been selected
to meet in Ottawa January II, for the
annual winter session Of that inquis-
itorial body. The following will re.
IcIt:
Michael German, Brookfield
Thurlow Hoobler, Bruce.
Frank Redd, Bruce
John Anderson. Bruce.
+. j. Ryan, Bruce.
James w Knox. Bruce.
Frank l.. Beach, Dayton.
A. c. Baldwin. Deer Park.
4, f.. Kidney Earl
Larry Hughes, Freedom
Harry A. Barr, Hope.
Henry Erlenborn Mendoza.
Otto kaninkic, Meriden.
Walter Long, Miller.
Thos. j. Davy, Ottawa
ltobt. W. Daueherty Otter Creek,
John Siebert, Peru
Simon Geigerh, Peru,
Theodore =. Miller Richland. -''
Andrew 11oreih5 South Ottawa.
Everett Crosar, Utica A n N
Il. s. Burgess, Vermillion
Charles H. Dana. Watham.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
.M0RlARlTY MAY 81.
:. LOSE COMMAND

a Ramp Logan Houston, Tex, Dec.
l0.1Col Daniel Moriarity, formerly
head OF the seventh Illinois infantry,
today is awaiting orders to report
before one of the boards named here
to investigate the qualifications Of
officers. Col. Moriarty was relieved
of command of division trains last
night by order of Major General
George Bell, Jr.. commander Of the
Prairie division.
Lieut.. Col Charles d. Carter, com
mander OF the l0Sth ammunition
train was named IA temporary sue.
cessor of Col Moriarty.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
Await Bio Battle

London Dec. lq.--A renewal of the
gigantic battles on the western and
Italian fronts during the present week
was predicted today by military OK
lerts.
In the lull which developed al Cam
brai. in France. and ON the Asisso
Plateau, in Northern Italy. the ariil-
lcry took up the battle and the Big
guns ON both sides have been lhun'
derine necessarily.
Germany Is reported TO be massing
every availanlc reserve on he western
front for great blow III conjunc
ton with the drive in Italy Most OF
the members OF the German general
stan have gathered Il; western head
quarters and enormous numbers OF
guns are being moved to West Elan
dors and France
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
Chamberlain and Drauon

Lady Jeunc once asked Joseph
Chamberlain why, ia his opinion. so
many men fall short of their ambition.
And Mr.. Chamberlain answered They
come 10 The place where they turn
back. They LAY have Killed The dra-
gon III the first bridge. aud M the Sec
aiid, perhaps even mt the third: but
the dragons are always more ,ormid.
able the farther We 90. Many turn
bnck dishNrtened, and very few will
meet Tho monsters to the end. but
those who do have won forever"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
About Er.clonr..

u Is said that envelopes were IA.
vented during HE early days OF Louis
NV of Rance. In 1860 NJ. De vaf-
lyer established It private post ana
placed boxes nj the corner OF the
streets for letters Enclosed in enypl-
opeS that were sold in offices estab.
hshed Tor that purpose. IL seems
likely, however, that envelopes were II.
use before this period because enye.-
opes so used in France were special
postpaid envelopes. But precisely
what year is marked by the first inven-
lion of envelopes is unknown.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
MINERS UNION HELD
ILLEGAL ORGANIZATION

Washington. Dec. l0,-The decis,
ion of Federal Judge Dayton OF West
Virginia laws, the United Mine work
ers was an illegal organization and
conspiracy was virtually upheld by the
Supreme Court this afternoon in a
decision in which the court was divd'
ed six to three.
s., The case grew out of the operations
NJ the organization in the coal strike
CT 1906 and 1907. Among the dcfen'
AGahts in the case were John Mitchell
president OF the United Mine Work
crl, and Secretary, OF Labor Wilson
"a former union official
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
TWO ENGINEERS DIE
IN. CHICAGO WRECKS

Chicago, Dec. l0.--Two locomotive
engineers are dead here today from
burns received in accidents that
wrecked their engines.
John Rising, an Illinois Central ell.
gineer. was scalded to death when his
engine overturned as the result of a
broken wheel. Ja.le Fitzgerald, Il
fireman saved his life by jumping
Ira Kincade, Of the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe, was scalded to
death when crash between two en-
gines broke water guage in his
cab