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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-26
Eaales Historic In the Navy.

When Secretary Daniels ehrstened
Henry Ford's submarine chasers
Eagles" he perpetuated name that
10 historic in the navy. According to
naval records Is American fighting
ships bearing that name have distin-
guished themselves in the Revolution
ary war, the naval war with France,
the War OF 1872, tie CvA war an1
the Spanish war. s~.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-26
HoWLUS MAN ENLlSTS IN COAST
ARTILLERY

st. Cloud Times (18): Sergeant
Chandler secured one more recruit yes
terday afternoon. He was Albert Kuka
OF Bowlus who enlisted for service in
the coast artillery. He is q years of
aRe. He left this morning with another
recruit for Jefferson barracks, Mo.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-26

er or we viii not be able to raise any
thing to feed our boys In France.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-23

vided with a resilient base of leather rubber and rope, which makes them go upward into the air after striking the ground. The special fuse attached causes the bomb to burst when it reaches the pinnacle of it's bound, about six feet in the air.
 'In French towns behind the lines which the Germans have raided and dropped bombs upon, there has been no mark on the ground indicating the point where the bomb dropped, but death and destruction has been wrought in circle around the spot where the forces of the explosion was felt"
 Now as the story goes, Acording to those who claim to know inside facts, the shell was first called to the attention of Valdez people by the in ventor and residents there raised about $3,0OO to push it. A model, it is claimed, was made in Juneau, and finally the inventor went to Washing. ton. He asked for more money and 1t was sent.
 Then all track of him was lost. A Valdez attorney was employed to try and get trace of him. This attorney took the matter up with the secret service force, it is said, and it was dis covered that the inventor had been in communication with Count von Bern storff, German ambassador, and short ly thereafter had left for Germany. A description of the shell was given un- der the Paris dateline is said to exact ly fit the invention of the former Alas kan.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-23
PORTO RICO CIGARMAKERs
 WIN INCREASED PAY
(By Associated Press)

SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, Jan. 23.- Fifteen thousands cigar makers and 'ooacco workers have returned to work in the nineteen factories of the rorto Rican American Tobacco com. pahy after their representatives sign. GU an agreement with officers of the company. This ends the longest and most general cigar strike the island "aS ever had. The wage increase provides for the payment of $1.5o per thousand advance on all sizes and shapes of cigars while the strippers were granted an increase of approxi. mateiy 50 per cent. The increased wage will amount to more than s6OO.. oVV per year, it is estimated. The S'rike had been practically continuous since the middle of last September and caused loss estimated at $5,OOO.- 900.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-23

ly agency~of destruction used by the German government
 As already stated, the model for this shell was made in Juneau and was placed on exhibition here. MT. Bowling was born in Missouri and his parents are said to be of German des- cent.
 Several Alaskans who examined the invention of the Alaska mining man, and then read the description of the shell being used by the Germans, are certain that it was the one invented by MT. Bowling, or else it is practically a counterpart
 It is understood that Mir. Bowling first tried to place the shell with the American government. In fact, about year ago a report was received in Alaska by those who had subscribed money to help push the invention, that the government had taken hold
 Later developments, however, have shown the report to be in error Later came the news after an investigation by people who had subscribed, that MT. Bowling had met German Ambas- sador Counsul von Bernstorff in Wash ington and later had departed for Germany.
 In case he did make a deal with the German government for the shell, it is conceded that he was within his rights in so doing. since the United States at that time was not engaged in war with Germany. Bowling is well known among mining men along the coast of Alaska, especially to the west ward, where he worked for the La touche and other mines for number of years.-Juneau Empire.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-23
ALASKA MINER IS INVENTOR OF
 SHELL

An invention of a former Alaskan resident who worked in many of the mines in Alaska, with the model made in Juneau, and money subscribed by Alaskans to get it perfected before the war, is now being used by the Ger man government, according to reliable information received in Juneau. and is said to be the most deadly and des. truetive agency ever employed in war fare.
 The story of the shell has been go- ing the rounds of the press under a Paris dateline, described brief, as fol- lows:
 Two late German inventions in the cause of frightfulness are the relay shell and the bouncing bomb. The former is fitted with contact fuse, so that the bursting charge is detonated by a five-pound pressure on the nose of the projectiles. Striking piece of newspaper would set off the charge.
 When the shell bursts it hurls for. ward about 50 small bombs, the size of a hand grenade which themselves fly a good distance and explode at contact The effect is much the case as with shrapnel except that the bombs are much more deadly, each one bursting into twelve to fifteen hundred parts and scattering bits of steel for a distance of many yards.
 The bouncing bombs are dropped by German airplanes. They are pro
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-23
NOTICE

Effective on Monday, January 21, the following deliveries of goods viii be made by the undersigned firms II o'clock a. m., to the Hll, including Third and Fourth avenues, i D. m. to Ocean dock; 2:3O m, Company row and Oldtown. Any orders receiv- ed after the above hours of delivery will be made the following day
 THE BLUM, O'NEILL co.
 FINKELsTEIN & sAPIRO, Inc.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-23
Bowling was Inventor.

It is learned that Jeff Bowling Is the man whose shell is supposed to have been sold to the German govern ment, and is considered the most dead
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-23

Use less wheat and meat. Buy lo- cal foods. Serve just enough. Use what is left.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-23

Food means life; it means some body's life; and you cannot escape the responsibility.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26
Old City of Timcad

Timgad is an ancient Roman city,
forgotten and buried on the slopes of
the Aures mountains. The desert
winds heaped the market places and
ruined streets with shifting sand; the
jackals and birds of prey made the
stately forum, with its crumbling col
umns, their haunts and hunting
grounds. For centuries Timgad lay de-
serted and forgotten, unvisited except
by occasional wandering caravans.
In recent years, however, the city
has been partially restored and eXca-
waited by French architects and arch
biologists. The columns Of the facade
Of the capitol have been re-erected !;
the sand cleared from the mosaic floors
Of the ruined baths, whose cOlOrs are
as fresh and bright as in the old days
of Roman splendor. The arch of Ira
Jan over one of the two main streets
stands as it did in the days of the
great emperor, the founder of the city.
The amphitheater, typically Roman,
held at least 1000 spectators in the
days when gladiatOrial cOmbats were
considered respectable.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26

trend or Prices TT1or 10 the war 1nd1-
cate that we already had entered a
new era with regard to the live stock
industry. While 1T is not possible to
the great use of wool by all countries
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26

at war undoubtedly will deplete stocks
rapidly, and this will tend to influence
the market for some time to come.
The belief that sheep do not have a
place upon high-priced, highly produc-
tive land also is inapplicable at pres
ept. It is true that the development
Of the sheep industry on the rOugher,
cheaper, or drief types of land has
prevented and in some cases destroyed
the business of sheep raising upon
farms OF high productive capacity.
Conditions now are changed. The
sheep today provides profitable
source of meat no less than an income
from the sale of wool.
The large use of forage and pastur-
age and the small use of grain favor
the keeping Of a flock on the farm
Sheep are most profitable and most
healthy when kept upon pasture lands
or used for grazing off such forage
crops as cereal mixtures, rape, COW.
peas, etc. Where large grass pastures
are available the forage crops may not
be repaired, but under common farm
conditions the forage crops will have
a part in the best flock husbandry.
With good roughages, made up In part
of leguminOus hays, little grain is need
ed for Wintering breeding stock, and if
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26

News want ads are small, but the
cost is smaller, and wise investors
use them for best results
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26

of When Wel9ning from 60 to 90 pounds.
Ordinarily the lower weight will be
reached at from four to five months
Of age and without the use of grain
if stock is of good breeding and kept
upon good pasturage. The lamb car
caSS requires less fat to render it suit
able for the table than is necessary in
any other class Of meat. This fact
particularly adapts sheep raising to sec
tons that are not adapted to produc-
ton of grains but can furnish good pas
turage and forage crops. 1t also en-
ableS the flock to produce Il cash re-
turn from forage crops and other graz
ing included in diversified plan of
cropping. The rapidity with which
lambs attain marketable weight insures
very quick returns at q low cost.
The comparatively small amount of
labor required in caring for sheep is
another argument in favor of the farm
flock.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26
dfFA]R1Nk
$]E,e)NElK
INCREASED FLOCKS ON farm
Ways Outlined Of Fastening Develop
ment Of Sheep Business
Of Wool and Meat.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agrtculture)
Though much Is yet to be done to i'm
prove the carrying capacity Of the
western range lands and to furnish ia
cilities for increasing the production
from those areas that should always
be used for grazing, and though the
possibilities Of sheep raising on cut
over timber lands are very great, Meth
er Of these advances can be made to
contribute SO extensively and so quick
ly to market supplies as an increase
Of flocks on the farms of all parts Of
the country. Only one-tenth of all
holdings now classed as farms main
tain sheep. The establishment Of flocks
on as many as possible of the other
farms that are suitable for sheep offers
the greatest opportunity for quick re-
suits
This is not wholly war matter.
When peace comes it will still be nee
essary for farmers to accord greater
Importance to live stock. The require
ments Of the country and the most eco
nomical use Of farm crops and farm
labor call for q much more general
keeping Of farm docks of sheep, en-
tirely aside from the war situation
The magnitude Of such an undertak-
ing argues against large results in a
short time, but If the true facts and
prospects can be adequately realized
by farmers, within a space of two
years it can be expected that the sup
ply of both wool ana meat will be in
creased materially.
An obstacle to any increase in the
number and size Of farm f1ocks is found
In the prevalent idea that wool and
meat prices, after the war, will recede
quickly to low levels and cause a loss
to those who have invested in higher
priced stock for breeding purposes.
The statistics of the world supplies
and requirements, however, and the
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN.
SOuth.

South.
Chicago passenger $40 a. m.
Chicago enger---------1l:Oi a. M
Chicago passenger--------1 :5O p. h
GAINESVILLE passenger------ 9'15 p. m.
$40 a. M. train makes close con-
nections for the west at Jefferson
Junction.
Both 11:O7 g. m. and 7:16 p. m.
trains make close connections at JET
ferson Junction for Madison and all
points west.
North.
Green Bay passenger-------1:oo q. M
Green Bay, Sundays only----8:1O q. m.
Green Bay passenger-------2:4 p. m.
Northern Michigan p. IN.
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertOwn at $40 q. m. and goes no
farther.
The 1856 a. m. train makes conhec-
ton at Clyman Junction for trains
east.
The 1870 train south makes connec-
lions at Jefferson Junction for points
east
A train goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:45 y. m.
*Daily.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26

Z CLEAN SHOWS; LOTS OF 'EM
< The entertainment features of
= the State Fair are ranked as -:
. the cleanest and of the highest 1
= class presented by any big fair
& in America.
: The State Fair educates, in
. spires and entertains. :
1t does all of these three
* things on the biggest possible
Il oSd'S.
sAsNsRsnsqsHsHsHsRsRsRspsi
the State Fair. Each year shows {
marked increase in attendance a
night because of the excellence of thu
night programs.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26

.oNoQoRoRoQoRo 90 ~ ~ ~ OESON s.
presented by the Thearle-Duffield Co.,
Chicago.
This spectacle requires space $50
by $50 feet for presentation, and 500
people take part. 1t is planned to give
an idea of night warfare on the west
ern front. Airplanes and captive bal
looms rain missiles. while big and ma
chine guns thunder and rattle, with
the American forces and their Allies
scoring nightly victory. This show
alone costs $500 night.
Then there are $4,000 worth of
vaudeville and circus acts. Of course,
this is the cost for the week, but they
would cost just as much if presented
for one night only. for they contract
only by the week.
That the reader may realize what
sort of show these acts alone make,
it may be mentioned that show in {.
first class vaudeville house seldom
costs over $4,000 for the week.
Then there is the big Jackie" band
in concert from 7:15 until 8 o'clock
When it plays "The Star-Spangled
Banner" the huge Battleship Wiscon
sin flag is unfurled and the night pro-
gram begins.
While bands are playing and vaude-
vile and circus acts going on, parade
after parade will follow down and
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL
E0ot
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26

ewes do not lamb until they go to pas
ture grain may be wholly eliminated
from winter ratiOnS Lambs are most
in demand and most profitably disposed
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26

Milwaukee, Aug. 26 - Nowhere in
this great world will greater pro
gram be presented than will be seen
at night at the State Fair, up to and
including Friday night, Sept. 13.
To begin with, there will be the fire
works spectacle, "The Worlds War;
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26
J. C. Draeger
Electrical Contractor
PHONE NO. 521-J

We Take Care of Everything in the
Electrical Line-Repair all Kinds OF
Electric Apparatus-Old and New
House Wiring-Prompt Service Ever
Office-116 N. THIRD ST-WatertOwn
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26
JACKIE" BAND ALL WEEK.

: "JACKiE" BAND ALL WEEK.
; The big Jackie" band is an
exposition of music. All of its
members are American sailors
and soldiers, sworn to defend
: their Native Land and Its people
!, and institutions.
Are they good musicians?
When you hear them play pa
I triotic airs you will want to 90
!, to war right away.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26


Junction only.
Train No. 80 arrives from Milwau-
kee and departs for Madison at 1888
a. m. except Sunday.
Train No. arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 1929 p. m.
daily except Sunday.
Train No. 423 arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 700 p. m.
except Sunday.
Train No. 81 arrives from the east
at 5:55 p. NJ, except Sunday.
Train No. 40 Saturday and Sunday
only arrives from Milwaukee at 1855
p. m. and goes no further.
Train No. 80 arrives from the east
at 7:60 p. 10. daily.
Train No. 40 arrives from Madison
at 9:05 a. NJ, except Sunday.
Sunday excursion train arrives from
Milwaukee at 10:G2 a. m. and goes
through to Madison, returning at 500
p. m.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26
STATE FAIRS NIGHT PROGRAM
TO Be WORLDS BIGGEST SHOW

Fireworks Spectacle "The Worlds War" the Big Feature
"Jackie Band, $4,000 Worth of Vaudeville and Circus
Acts and Parades of Live Stock, Tractors
and Girls to Be Seen Nightly.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-26

| back on the mile track There will be
parades of boy and girl farmers, the
greatest cattle in the world, horses of
all breeds, Shetland ponies, and, per-
haps the most interesting of all, pa.
rades of tractors.
Still another feature will be an an
nouncer in full dress and whose voice.
without aid of megaphOne, will reach
every corner of the seating capacity.
This man will be the famous Fog
horn" Clancy, who officiates at all of
the big western Round-ups, and who
has startled New York and other cit.
les with his voice.
The night programs will be con.
Guided in two hours, that all who
patronize them may reach their homes
or hotels by II o'clock. Street rail
there will be the usual jitney and
other automobile service.
The fair proper will be open to pa
irons until 8 o'clock each night. This
will give many who are engaged dur
ing the day two hours in which to see
the fair before enjoying the mammoth
night program.
General admission after 6 O'Clock
P. M. will be twenty-five cents, instead
Of fifty cents, but grandstand and
bleacher prices remain the same as
during the afternoon.
This will be the third year night
programs have been revived during
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-01
A Bad Accident

A Ford car driven by Arnold
Bergman, and occupied by
Frances Oberts and Rose Klock,
went over the embankment near
the Barksdale school house last
Thursday evening. The car
was going at a slow rate of
speed when the accident occurred
and when it went over the en-
bankment it toppled. over two
times landing upright on the
four wheels.
The Oberts girl was injured
about the back while the Klock
girl was scratched and bruised.
Bergman was only slightly in
iured and the car was not badly
damaged.
1t is almost a miracle how the
occupants escaped serious injury
for they remained in the car as
it rolled down the bank.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-01
Lehman Bros. Arrive With Curb and
Gutter Equipment
Contract is the Biggest Single Letting
Ever Let in the State
of Wisconsin.

Lehman Brothers, contractors
of Watertown, who have been
awarded the contract for the
curb and gutter improvement in
this city, arrived in the city the
first Of the week with their
equipment and are prepared to
begin the work on the big job
which will take them in the
neighborhood of a year to COM
plete. 1t is the biggest job of
curb and gutter improvement
ever let at single letting in the
state of Wisconsin, including
practically every residence
street, and it is one of the most
important jobs the city has
ever undertaken.
Lehman Brothers have rented
the old town hall building which
they are fitting up for quarters
where they will house their men
and as soon as the temporary
work has been finished they will
begin the work on their contract.
They have excellent equipment
and have the reputation for do
ing good work.
The district to be improved
will be laid out by the Board OF
Public Works and will likely
start from the center of the city
and extend both ways. Just as
little of the street as possible
will be torn up at a time and
traffic on the streets will not be
interrupted.
The curb and gutter improve
ment to be done is an important
piece of work. Grades will be
established throughout the city
and when paving is wanted on
any of the streets it will be a
simple matter-to start the work.
The contract price which the
city secured was such as to war
rant the starting of the work
this year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-01
Caught Their Men

Quite a little excitement was
occasioned Tuesday noon at the
Cum berland House in this city
when it was reported that the
house was being robbed. The
boarders rushed from their
dinner in an effort to catch the
intruders, One of the men
rushed through the hall and
was nabbed as he IS leaving
the front door of the building
while the other leaped from the
porch and made his way up the
avenue.
Walter Veno saw the man
making his gateway and he took
up the chase in an automobile,
catching the man near the
Library corner where young
Veno tackled him and succeeded
in holding the man until helE
(arrived. In the excitement the
partner made his escape but
later picked up at the dupont
plant by Undersheriff James
Long and both men are now
lodged in the county Jail where
the charge of Burglary has been
lodged against them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-01

little Importance, Perhaps some
will be interested in what has been
written.
Taps are sounding. In other
words it is nine p. m. Like. the
many thousand and wonderful boys
here, | have come to the end of a
most wonderful busy day. You'll
hear more about this later.
Remember that you are playing a
direct part in all am doing and
hope you all feel to some degree
the thrills ! am daily experiencing
since leaving Ashland.
+ On Sunday ] will celebrate many
times beginning. at 6 o'clock. Some
of the finest fellows / will ever know
will kneel at my feet and receive the
Bread of Life and pledge themselves
to live or die according to His Will
whose life and death we so Otter
show forth at the Altar.
will be thinking of you all and
know you will be thinking of me and
that many prayers will ascend asking
God to bless me and my work.
1t is great work.
Cordially yours,
Harry S. Ruth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-01
Arrives Overseas

A card has been received in
the city by Mr.. and Mrs. George
Posey, stating that Searg.
Homer G.. Posey has arrived
safely overseas. Homer left
this city during June and he
made rapid trip across the big
pond. He says in a letter that
he is going into the war game
for all there is in him and his
rapid ascent to the rank OF
Sergeant in a few weeks time
would indicate that hels making
good.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-01
DUPONT COMPANY TO ERECT
FINE Y. M. c. A. HERE
Auto Accident

An Overland car driven by
John Renstrom ran into a team
driven by Thomas Holvick near
the corner of 9Th avenue and
Bigelow street on Tuesday even
ing at about ten o'clock, throw
ing Mr.. Holvick and son from
their wagon and injuring one of
the horses.
A dog is said to have run out
at the auto and in turning out to
avoid hitting the animal it is said
that the wagon driven by Mr..
Hrlvick was hit. The windshield
on the car was broken and there
were other slight damages to the
car. The harness was stripped
from the Holvick team and
several spokes in the wheel were
broken. Mr.. Holvick and son
suffered slight bruises.