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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29
Educated Finland.

The new republic of Finland starts
its career with one invaluable asset
a highly efficient system of education.
Finnish elementary schools are models
Of excellence, and in an international
competition some few years since Fin
land won the coveted distinction of
having the highest educational stand
ard Of any country in the world, beat
ing even the United States and Ger
many. Particular attention Is given to
the teaching Of languages. The two
state languages, Finnish and Swedish,
are taught in the elementary stand
ards, and until recently Russian also.
A knowledge of five or six languages is
reckOned nothing exceptional among
even middle-class folk in Finland.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29
Chances in Men's Clothes.

Fashion is doing it's bit too. The
international Custom Cutters cOnven-
ton ruled out patched pockets, belts
and turned-up trousers. If they would
only go back to the Old-fashfoned shirt
cuffs, sew the buttons on the trousers
on the outside of the waist band, and
take off q yard or two of the fourth
hand neckties we would get somewhere
near where the weary are at rest. They
already have made overcOats fit more
closely in order to save material but
they dissipate that saving by making
sack coats trifle longer. OF course.
there is sort Of economy In long
sack coat, for in ruling out the patched
pockets all other patches are, doubt
less, included. 1t is quite hard for
fashion convention to make a mistake
If it only changes the styles.-Ohf0
State Journal.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29

The farmer who purchases a $1,000
Liberty bond need not think he has not
done anything toward directly pro-
viding the war department with the
means to defeat the kaiser and his
armies When the war department
gets $1,000 it has the funds wherewith
to equip twenty-five soldiers and fur
nish them with two rifles each. These
twenty-five men may, by holding a
she'll hole or a section of trench,
decide a battle that VIII decide this
war in our favor.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29
THE BEACON
BY MARY RANDALL.
Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union }


No matter how long or dark the
night, no matter if it was the bright
est moonlight, always and ever there
was light shining in the parlor al
cove window in the home of widow
Janet Graham.
Inc ne1ghbOrs and tOwnspeOple gem
orally related a weird tale connected
with the familiar beacon. The widow
and her son, Verne Graham, had come
TO ROSlyn and had rented the pretty
little cottage. The young man was
brisk, industrious, always had a smile
IN his face, and it was no wonder that
ne attracted the attention of Mario
Dale, who was the nearest neignbOr.
Her life was devoted to the case of a
crippled father and an invalid mother.
She was one of those sweet. patient
souls whose face is irradiated with a
purity and gentleness almost ethereal,
and when Verne was called to a more
promising position in the city her pride
mingled with that of the fond mother,
and they built great hopes as to his
business future.
A year went by and twice Verne WIS.,
tied home, and each week he wrote to
both the dear ones When he had first
left them Mrs. Graham had looked ear
nestly into his eyes.
Verne" she said you see the light
[ have placed in the window 1t shall
be there on the darkest night, your
beacon. Think of it, cherish it."
One day Mrs. Graham and Marjorie
were seated cOnversing, when a keen
eyed, hard-faced man knocked at the
door. He edged his way into the room,
glancing about sharply.
II am looking for Verne Graham"
he announced in a tone of assurance
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29
viosrnq rot wafer porr,es.

The hot water bottle will not leak at
the mouth if the stopper be screwed
In cold Immediately after the bag has
been filled, for the hot water causes
the metal socket to expand and the
cold stopper goes in slightly further
than If it too had been expanded by
heat. After 1t is in place 1t too begins
to expand and thus tightens and pre-
vents leaking.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29

Every now and then in driving
through the country one sees a par
ticularly we'll kept farm. Everything
is in shape and everything indicates
prosperity. The farm is success.
What is the secret of this? 1t is that
ever, lbody on the place is busy man,
helping himself and helping the 9TH
ers. ALI work and all work together.
No matter what the weather, no mat
ter what attacks the crops, no matter
what the market, the business pros
pers This country is engaged in big
war. Now is the time for everybody to
work and wark hard and help him
self and others. The best way to help,
il one is not at the front fighting, is to
help finance the undertaking. We
can't fail if we at home do our share
when we have men at the front max
ing the supreme sacrifice.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29

Some farmers may not understand
just what is the significance of ship
building to them. They fail to see
how they are to be benefited when the
money they lend the government by
purchasing Liberty bonds is spent for
ships that sail the seas they never
have SEEN Ships today are carrying
our farm products to Europe. II there
are no ships, the farmers goods never
would reach the market. If German
U-boats were dynamiting freight cars
instead of ships, the farmers crops
would not even reach the Chicago and
Kansas City markets. We must have
ships to get our produce to market.
Bonds will help build them.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29
Truth VIII Out

In the schoolrOom the teacher was
trying to illustrate a phrase found in
the reading lesson, "a debt of graft
tude."
Jimmie, think of the care your par
ents have given you and all that they
have done for you. Don't you think
you owe them something's"
well" said honest Jimmie, "I don't
knew about that, but l do knew that
ny dad owes me 80 cents"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29

Onions are retailing in Milwaukee
at 5 cents a peck or 20 cents bushel.
Potatoes are retailing in Watertown
at 80 cents bushel. Thank goodness
there are a few things we like that
are comparatively cheap. Now, if
corned beef and cabbage would only
take drop, all would be well.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29
Eskimos.

The original Americans Of the far
North are brown instead of red and
are not Indians. Their name, ESki-
mos, which they dislike, means eaters
Of raw fish," But they haven't been
driven yet to change their name by
cooking the fish, says the World Out
look.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29
Crude Booths Take Place of Diner

Crude Booths Take Place of Diners.
Dining cars being unknown on GER
tain railroads along the west coast Of
Mexico, crude booths are provided on
various station platforms, where food
is served They consist of loose
pieces of canvas supported by poles,
beneath which are tables and chairs.
The trains wait while the passengers
eat the nOne-tOO-appetiZing fare.-POp-
ulay Mechanics Magazine.
Sounded Rather Personal.
Mrs. Diggs-JOhn, what is an abso
lutte vacuum?
Dfggs-An absolute vacuum, my
dear, is something that exists only in
your mind.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29

Marvin B. Rosenberg is at present
a member of the Wisconsin supreme
court and should not be sdisturbed.
His record in the office is good. Why
change.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29
DAVIES THE MAN
Career of Administration Candidate for the u S. Senate
Davies is a self made man, Born

Davies is self made man. Born
the son of a blacksmith of Water
town, in fOrty-two years he climbed by
his own efforts to a position of trust
in the nation, second only to that of a
member of the Presidents cabinet. BY
hard work he earned his way through
the University of Wisconsin. Leaving
the University, by 1912, through the
force of his ability and personality, he
became one of the beSt-knOwn lawyers
of the state.
Davies is a forward-Iooking man.
Early a member of the little group
who blazed a way for the great meas
ures of social justice enacted in the
past five years, Davies was one of the
first half dozen men to support Cover
nor Wilson for the presidency. Davies
was one of the floor leaders at Balti-
moro who unp tho fiOht for Wilson
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29

Cleaning up time is at hand. Get
out the rake and tidy up that back
yard Put all the rubbish in heap
and have it hauled away.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.

CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN.
Chicago passenger-------- 1870 p. N.
South.
Chicago passenger---------5 500 a. m.
Chicago nger---------11:O a. m.
GAINESVILLE passenger----- 7:15 p. m.
500 a. N. train makes close con-
actions for the west at Jefferson
Junction.
Both 11:07 a. N. and 7:15 p. N.
rains make close connections at JEFF
ferson Junction for Madison and all
points west
North.
Green Bay ger------7:55 a. m.
Green Bay. Sundays only----8:10 a. m.
Green Bay enger------2:42 p. m.
Northern Michigan----------8:30p p. M.
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertown at $40 q. m. and goes no
farther.
The 1856 a. %. train makes connec-
ton at Clyman Junction for trains
east.
The l 80 train south makes connec-
tons at Jefferson Junction for points
east.
A tran goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:45 p. m.
*Daily.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29
DOUBT NO LONGER.

In his blest life
see the path, and In his death the price,
And in his resurrection proof supreme
Of Immortality.
-Fdward Young
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29

to this hour, the descendants of this
proud, hard-hearted plant look down
and shame dyes their petals.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29
Measure Smoke.

A British committee for investiga-
uon OF atmospheric pollution main
tains smoke measuring apparatus In
16 English and Scotch towns.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29

News Want Ads are small and the
cost is smaller, but wise investors use
them for best results
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29

Vote for Our Joe" for United
states senator.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29

IneSe trains stop at Wat5rtOWn
Junction only.
Train No. 33 arrives from Milwau-
kee and departs for Madison at 1888
a. M. except Sunday.
Train No. z arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 1929 D. m.
daily except Sunday.
Train No. 423 arrives from CHI, ago
and eparts for Madison at 700 D. m.
except Sunday.
Train No. 80 arrives from the east
at 1850 p. no. daily
Train No. 40 arrives from Madison
at 9:15 a. M, except Sunday.
Sunday excursion train arrives from
Milwaukee at 1J:C2 a. M and goes
through to Madison, returning at 5:29
p. m.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29

Entered as second-class matter In the
postoffice at Watertown, Wis.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-29

~ F all the flowers that grow
there are few about which
as many stories are told as
- the lily: from all parts Of
Arizona republican., 1918-02-10
REMARKABLE TRIP IS
MADE BY CHANDLER
ON ROUGH ROUTE

Over $50 miles of the worst roads in
this country, the stretch between Salt
Lake City and Ely, Nevada, and re-
turn, a Chandler Six made the trip in
IL hours and 81 minutes in the recent
United States motor courier relay race
from Washington to San Francisco.
The Chandler was driven by
Frank Navin of Salt Lake City and was
veteran car that already had Travelled
$4,000 miles. The journey lay over the
great American desert and through the
mud flats of Fish Springs. In places
where the regular roads were impassa-
BILE and the car had to take to the
brush land alongside. In other places
and for miles in a stretch the roads
were so badly rutted and cut by travel
that it seemed folly to try to negotiate
them at more than five or ten miles
an hour.
But the Chandler was out to make a
record trip and to get through with
the messages that were being carried.
The average speed of the car for the
$50 miles of round trip was AZ miles
per hour.
According to the rules of the relax
trip. drivers were allowed to have a
follow-up car machine running be-
Arizona republican., 1918-02-10
THOSE WHO QU|bBLE
OVER TRIPLES
SLACKERS

Up until the time the government
took over the railroads." said r. C.
Rueschaw, vice president of the Mitch
ell Motors Company, Inc. of Racine.
Wis, most of US were inclined to think
that the term Stacker could be applied
only to the young fellow between q
and 81 who wouldn't say goodbye to
his best girl, grab a gun and hike for
u training camp. 1t was pretty tough
on the young man in question, but in
the last few weeks it seems to me
that his lonesomeness has been relieved
somewhat and that he now has COM
pany that he never could have been
associated with otherwise.
For instance, some fellow beats il
to the depot and finds that the train
he was going to take has been can
celed by the government in order to
make room for coal or munition ship
ments, and the transportation of
troops. He puts up an awful holler,
and in doing so just yells himself into
the Stacker class shoulder to shoulder
with the fellow who preferred to knit
to do his bit.
What about the men who got up
on their hind legs and tore the Very
skies asunder when DR.. Garfield asked
us to help save coal to help to win
the war? Slaclxers? l should say so.
There's one consolation anyway, the
hot-air of slackers of this type wasn't
entirely wasted.
Look around you and you'll find
/ business slacl1ers by the dozens who
/ are peeved because they're on earth.
because the war was started, because
we're in the war; and because they're
pinched little now and then by steps
! the government must take to win the
war. If We don't win the war | would
/ not give a plugged nickel for any Of
| their businesses
"A few manufacturers are using the
! war as an excuse to raise their prices
unnecessarily. They belong in the
! front rank of the Stacker brigade,
right back Of the fellows with the
4 yellow flag.
Some others haven't raised the
prices of their product, but instead are
skimping just little bit. They're
cheating. They're not putting their
best materials or their best efforts into
what they offer to the American people.
They seem to think that any old
thing will do in war time, instead of
looking the thing squarely and honest
ly in the face and realizing that the
very best is not half sood enough il
Arizona republican., 1918-02-10

powered automobile carries him fifty
miles in less than an hour, he thinks
and plans as he goes, arrives fresh for
his work
The war has taken more than half
of the best doctors. The automobile
works in the place of those absent men.
enabling one doctor TO do the work Of
two
The business man, manufacturing,
producing, planning, driving his fac
tories to their utmost capacity, is an
essential part of the war. The automo-
bile for him saves energy, time, health,
and multiplies his power by two.
The farmer is the foundation and the
cornerstone of the nations prosperity,
more essential to success in war than
the bullets that kill, for he keeps alive
those that do the fighting. The auto
/ mobile of all inventions, is the farmers
greatest time-saver. His light, swift
running car takes him to town and
| back IN a few minutes, while his hors-
! es, saved from exhausting, fast driving
| continue their work at plOW or harrow
in other hands Take the automobile
from the farmer and you take the food
| OF millions from our national produc-
| tom. Constantly Won hear of the farm
ers increased prosperity-few realize
what the engine and the four wheels
of the automobile have done to create
that prosperity and the farms produc-
| tiveness.
The modern automobile and the COM
ing great automobile show represent
American efficiency most highly devel-
oped, and the most valuable asset, in -
dustIfal and mechanical. of this nation.
] THANKS to the automobile producers.
~TassRa.
great bodies of highly trained organ
lied mechanics. Thanks to the auto
mobile men the government found
generously ready, magnificent facto-
ries equipped for most important war
work-the making of flying machines
the production Of the thousands OF
trucks and high speed automobiles
upon Which our army must travel.
Inc man is not statesman who fails
TO realize the value of the automobile
industry and the duty of government
IN protecting, encouraging and build
ing up that industry now in war time
especially. Material and transports
ton should be supplied to the automo-
bile industry as to any other ereat
branch OF var manufacture. What the
automobile has done in the past Il
/ prepare the factories and the mechan.
les Tor the war need of today, the auto.
mobile is doing now to prepare for thi.
nation the equipment that will b,
needed when the war ends, and inter.
competition national begins.
II IS the duty of government to up.
hold and encourage the automobile in
dustry 1t is the duty Of the individual
that can afford it to encourage tina
| industry as an individual, buying tn
machine that he can afford-and ever,
man can afford some machine now
Only the man whose time has no rea
| value. whose brain amounts to little
whose energy is not worth while, cal
truly say, Il do not need an automo
bile
| Buy your automobile now.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-10
BUY YOUR MOTOR CAR
NOW IS WARNING
SOUNDED

The following wonderful editorial by
Arthur Brisbane, is commended to your
consideration. Read it, Read it
vsain
The development of the automobile
ind its marvellous powers in saving of
line, labor, money, energy. are more
important to the nation this year than
'ver And this year, more than ever,
i is the duty Of government and of
he public TO encourage and uphold
he automobile industry.
We need in war the full product of
very mans energy, the complete ef-
'Ort of the able mind. The automobile,
saving time for the individual, multi
)lies individual efficiency and capac-
ty. Tho valuable worker, moving
rapidly from place TO place, thinking
Us he goes with comfort and speed, is
made infinitely more valuable by the
automobiles power.
The great problem Of the day is
transportation. The automobile helps
o solve that problem. The light. pow
arful, gas engine, Independent of rails
and roads, Inexpensive swift. adapted
to all work, is the helper of the pro
fcssions, Of trade, of industry, and OF
The railroads What the telephone has
done for the human voice, carrying
thought, the automobile does for the
human body, carrying personality
where its work is needed. 1t is per-
sonality that solves problems and wins
vars.
Our chief lack is of men of tn,
higher grade. One first class man, plu.
an automobile, becomes three first
class men, for he can do the work o
three. The army general no longe
gallops along for five hours. exhaust
ing his body and brain, killing hi
horse, to cover fifty miles. The high
Arizona republican., 1918-02-10

this fight to preserve Il nation. Tnose
fellows are entitled to commissions III
the Stacker outfit; and they won nave
to go to any training camp 10 get 'leiil
either.
Fortunately, however, most manu-
facturers in America are true patrlols'
and are conducting their plants on az
near the same before the war basis
as is humanity possible. They reaiize
that every last one of US does his snare
They realize that no matter now I'M
comfortable and monument tmnSs
NAV seem here. we're infinitely better
off than the men in the trenches:
sOut there in our big plant at Racine
we have realized for months that our
patriotic duty was TO build Muche,,
ears better than ever belore-ahu
there's room for improvement IN any
thing manufactured in the Worlu-aii.'
to sell them at reasonapie pIoii,,
We're not after 'war-proilts. we re
going TO keep the price of Mitchell cars
down as long as it is possible to do SO,
and at the same time build them better,
stronger and more powerful than be-
fore We'd like to see every man and
woman of America behind a steering
vheel-we want to do our snare TO put
the United states on wheels, for then
with our great nation moving along al
! TOP speed. smoothly and steadily, we
can rush this thing through to sue
i cessful, triumphant finish.
That's why we're working night and
day on little things that might make
/ the Mitchell better car, a stronger
cara business mans tank as it We're
! TO enable him to go over the top ano
/ destroy those who. because OF theii
Stacker characteristics, are uncon-
sciously trying to undermine American
business.
.'The Mitchell organization from the
president down to the last stock chaser
! is opposed to slaekers, no matter wha
breed. We're out to do all we can tx
win the war, either through our indi-
vidual efforts or through our product
| OF course we can't shoot slackers, on
there at Racine, and we can't throw
them into prison, but we can tie thu
can to them, and we do that, too
whenever we find one in our midst"
Arizona republican., 1918-02-10
MITCHELL DEALER IS
FOR EXPORTING
MOTOR CAR

Lay out plans for your motor car
as you do for your days work, if you
want it to run as smoothly" is sug-
gestion of S. e. Lannis, manager of the
Arizona Motor Sales Co, the Mitchell
distributors for this section.
You can be as systematic with your
motor car as with matters about your
office. The modern business man
keeps his records and correspondence
in such a way that he can lay his hands
on what he wants when he wants it.
"Why not use the same head work
about a motor car? When the coca
sion arises to adjust some small part
of the engine much time can be saved
by little thoughtful study just where
the trouble lies instead of tinkering
with every part of the engine or trans
Arizona republican., 1918-02-10

hind to be used in case of break down
or other trouble.
But Navin decided TO make the trip
without the second car. He was con-
fident that the old Chandler Six would
get through all right, and it did, with
wonderful performance to its credit.
Navin was accompanied by H. E.
Mcpherson of the Salt Lake City Her
aid Republican, who acted as official
government representative. Both men
have been made life members of the
National Highways Commission in rec
ogpition of their pluck and speed.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-10
CHANDLER IS LITTLE
AFFECTED BY WAR
CONDITIONS

One of the most notable develop
ments in the automobile field in recent
months has been the shifting of prices
not only in their upward climb but in
their relation to one another. AS a
result groups of cars that were COM
petitive with each other, because of
similarity in price, have been broken
up.
"A few months ago. says james NJ.
Dunlap, sales manager of the Chandler
Motor Car Company of Cleveland,
every Chandler dealer had come to
look upon a certain few cars as his
competitors in the sense that a large
number of people having decided upon
spending approximately certain price
for a car, would naturally examine or
consider two or three cars at about
that same price.
THE car buyers have not changed
but motor car prices have and so the
/ buyer who starts out to spend about
$1,000 for a car finds that while he can
still buy the Chandler at that price
several cars that used to sell at about
the same price are now $500 to $500
higher. And if he examines the other
cars selling around the Chandler price
he finds that they are all cars that
| recently sold for much less thar
! Chandler.
This all sums up in the statement
that by being able to maintain the
| same price that has been in effect fol-
six months or more the Chandler has
| gained a more strategic position witt
respect to cars formerly in its price
! class.
/ IF the Chandler were car less vel
/ known or produced in small quantities
this strategic advantage would not b,
so important but with a well-knowr
car it is d tremendous advantage ant
one which we count on to make the
coming season an extremely good sea
son for the Chandler Six"
DO not wait TIL tnmnrrnn-nhnn.