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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-08
Legal Notice
First pub. Wed. Dec. 1S-4t

First pub Wed. Dec 18-4t
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY
Court, Jefferson County-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Mary
j. McGraw, late of the city of Water
town, in said county, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the time
for creditors to present to said court
for allowance claims or demands
against said deceased is limited to four
months from the 18th day of December
A. d. 1918, and that said court will
receive claims and demands present
ed against said deceased at the court
house in the city of Jefferson in said
county, on any day before the expira-
ton of said four months; and that the
said court will examine and adjust
such claims and demands at a term
thereof to be held at the city hall in
the city of Watertown on the 7th day
of May, 1919, at the opening of court
on said day, or as soon thereafter as
the parties can be heard
Dated this 18th day of December, A.
ID. 1918. By the Court:
R. B. Kirkland,
County Judge.
Skinner & Thauer, Attorneys.
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INTERIOR OF CHICKEN HOUSE
Kind of Floor Most Suitable Depends
Greatly on Soil on Which Struc-
ture Is Located.

From the United States Department Of
Agriculture)
The kind Of floor which is best suit
ed for a particular poultry house de-
ponds upon the soil on which it is To-
Gated, and the use of the house. On
light, sandy, well-drained soils a dirt
floor is satisfactory, especially for
small or colony hen houses. Such
floors should be from two to six
inches higher than the outside ground
surface, and it is advisable to renew
them each year by removing the con-
tamj'Aated surface down to clean soil,
and to refill with fresh sand or fine
gravel and earth. A board floor Is
generally used where the level of the
floor in the house IS from one to three
feet above the ground surface and
in portable houses on land which is
not well drained Board floors har-
Dor rats and rot quickly and should
be raised some distance off the ground
so that cats or dogs can get under
them, which also allows a free circu-
lation of air to prevent the wood from
rotting. Cement floors are adapted
to long permanent buildings, brooder
houses, incubator cellars, and to all
permanent houses where an artificial
floor is required and can be built on
the ground level. These floors are
easy to clean, very sanitary, rot proof
and comparatively inexpensive, if one
has cheap supply Of gravel or sharp
sand.
matched flooring and are generally
doubled in cold climates to make them
tight and warm, in which case the
lower layer of boards is usually laid d.
agonally to strengthen the floor. Floors
of one thickness give good satisfac-
ton in most sections of this country
and in growing houses. Three-quar-
ter-inch mesh wire may be used under
wooden or dirt floors to keep out rats.
In making concrete or cement floors
and walls select Portland cement Of
known reputation, which should be
kept in dry place; use clear, coarse,
sharp sand or gravel which does not
contain over five per cent of clay or
silt and crushed stone 0f~gravel one
fourth to two inches in diameter. The
gravel should be screened through a
One-fOurth-inch mesh wire screen and
the coarse particles used as stone,
while the material which passes
through the screen is sifted through Il
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WOOD BURNING WILL
AIDFUEL SHORTAGE
Country Districts and Small Vii
lagos Can Help Greatly.
Government Officials Urge All Farmers
to Use Wood During War or Emer-
qency Periods-Save Coal and
transportation.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The coal shortage for next winter,
estimated by the fuel administration
at about 100000 tons, makes it nee
essary that wood should be used to
save both coal and transportation.
Country districts and small villages are
in position to greatly help coal conser-
walton by burning wood.
Farmers now use on their farms 49,
100000 cords of fuel wood annually.
All farms should use it during the war
or emergency periods, officials urge.
Any kind of coal stove or furnace
can be used for burning wood in a
pinch. With careful attention to
drafts and CRATES the change can be
made with little trouble.
On the average, cord of wood is
about equal to seven-tenths of ton
OF coal. Two cords of soft wood are
required to equal ton of coal, but a
cord of wood from number of we'll
known kinds Of trees will equal ton
of coal in heating value, and for three
varieties-Osage orange, canyon, live
oak and black locust-a cord has a
higher heating value than a ton of
coal. Most of the oaks and hickories
as we'll as western yew, honey locust,
blue gum, sweet birch and number
Of others are the equivalent of nine
tenthS of one ton of coal.
Tho fo11nuyinr houo Ioxu- hoa IN Or
value but are approximately equal to
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EMBLEMs TO $4,000 SCOUTS.

The treasury department awards
war service emblems to scouts who Sc
cured ten or more subscriptions in
the Liberty Loan campaign.
1t is the hope of the officers of the
national council that this recognition
by our government Of their achieve
ment will stimulate them as scouts to
greater service to the government and
to others.
Awards will be made to about Sc 900
scouts for third Liberty loan service.
This establishes what is believed to be
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-08
GOVERNOR PRAISES SCOUTS.

Gov. w. L. Harding of Iowa thus
expresses his approval of the scout
movement:
''Now that we have come to recOg-
nize the vital Importance of making
every citizen of the United States
true American, we must arrive also
at fuller realization of the benefits
of each great movement which aims
to accomplish this. Among these truly
splendid movements is that Of the Boy
Scouts of America, and it is highly to
the credit of the organization that It
has the vision and began the work be-
fore the nation as a whole had come to
the crisis
II see ahead of us, not only for the
period of the war but during the gen
erattOnS to come, no single work finer
or more hopeful than that which in
spires to direct the boys of America
into loyal idealistic, intelligent man.
hood. / wish the tenets of scout law,
as taught to the boys of this body,
might be written also into the hearts
of every man."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-08

4O-mesh wire screen in order to sepa-
rate the sand, and any material which
goes through 4O-mesh wire is thrown
away. A mixing board with smooth
surface and a box for measuring the
sand and gravel are necessary. Spread
the sand on the board and add the ce-
ment; mix these thoroughly together !;
add three-fourths Of the required
amount of water and then the gravel
or stone; mix thoroughly and add wa
ter to the dry spots, making the mix
ture just wet enough to be jellylike.
Thorough mixing is very essential, as
the mortar should completely coat all
particles of the mixture. Only enough
water should be added so that when
the concrete is tamped on laying the
water will nicely flush the surface.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-08
POULTRY FOOD FROM WASTE
Fowls Convert Materials Into Feed
That Cannot Be Utilized by Any
Other Kind of Stock.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Keep this thought in mind in con-
sidering the growing of more poultry
as a war necessity: Poultry is means
of converting into good food materials
that cannot be utilized ~ man, that
cannot be eaten by any other kinds
of stock, and that without the poultry
would be absolute waste. Very clearly
it becomes a national as we'll as an
individual duty to keep enough poul.
try to take up all such waste mate
rials. AS long as fowls take the bulk
of their feed from such sources and
require to be fed on grain or other
garnered feeds only as a finishing
process, additional food is being ere
atc5
Mean Hint.
Miss Prim-When / taxed her with
putting powder OH, the girl actually
changed cOuntenance.
Miss Pert-Don't you wish you
could ?-Baltimore American.
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SCOUTS, HOW ABOUT WALNUT?

Many carloads of black walnut have
been reported to the forest service as
the result of the scout canvass. This
is fine. But what about the troops
that haven't sent in any reports?
Where are the trees? Where are the
scouts?
The government must have the prop
er material for its gun stocks and pro-
pellers. 1t needs black walnut. 1t
needs scouts to locate and report the
timber. Scouts must not fall down
on the job at this critical period when
every bit of effort counts.
If they haven't completed their can
vass, they should have black wal
nut hike on Saturday after school. Get
busy, scouts! Help beat the Huns in
the woods of America.
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SCOUTS HELP THE DRAFTEES.

A letter from a scout official IN
Memphis says:
"a major of the United States army
who has had a great deal of expert
draftees in their camps states to the
head of our draft board here that it
would be impossible to get along with
out the scouts; that everywhere they
were more helpful in handling crowds
than even the police"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-08

has been received by Mr. Colin Fl. Lfv-
ingstone, president of the Boy Scouts
of America. General Pershing writes:
ITO the splendid army Of four hun
dred and forty-two thousand American
boy scouts, the American expeditiOnary
forces send greetings and appreciation
for all you are doing for our great
cause. Upon you will soon fall the
burden of our civilization. Every act
and thought of yours, in keeping with
the scout law, will help to make good
citizens and good soldiers. Obey it in
letter and spirit, and all the older
scouts who are fighting for you and all
we hold dear will shake hands with
you as comrades who helped them win
the war. Three cheers for the Boy
Scouts of America 7"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-08
WAYS OF INCREASING HUMUS
Barnyard Manure and Turning Under
Green Crops Will Be Found
Quite Efficient.

Close, clammy soils will never yield
as they should till the per cent OF
humus is increased. Barnyard ma.
nure and turning under green crops
are common ways of increasing the
humus. B.: breaking early enough
for stalks and weeds to decay more
humus may be added.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-08

ding for the large quilts, which, with
a sheet tackled to the under side, form
all the winter bed covering used by
the lower orders of natives of every
race. The mattresses are also usually
stuffed with cotton, and the palliasses
with the husks of Indian corn.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-08
SOurcs CT kr1b ar and Jade

1t is at the source Of the Chindwen,
or western branch of the Irrawaddy,
that the famous amber and jade mines
are which have supplied China with
these much-uri"od otnaaa for centu.
ricS.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-08
Few Really Sincere.

Sincerity is an openness of heart:
we find it in very few people: what
we usually see is only an artful dis.
stimulation to win the confidence of
others.
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PERsHING WRITES TO SCOUTS.

A letter from General Pershing prais-
Ing the fine var work of the hoy scouts
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-08
J. G. Draeger
Electrical Contractor
PHONE NO. SILL

We Take Care of Everything in the
Electrical Line-Repair all Kinds OF
Electric Apparatus-Old and New
House Wiring-Prompt Service Ever.
Offce-116 n. THIRD ST-WatertOWn
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-08
Flowers and Plants
TOR az occasions at the
STUEBE FLORAL co.
404 Main Street Store Phone 1854 J
Greenhouse Phone 379-W
6y1kezsKANz
All He Knew About His Meal.

All He Knew About His Meal.
Having finished his meal the diner
called for his check. Lets see," said
the waiter, what did you haveY
Cant tell for the life of me-" was the
reply; "but what | ordered was minced
chicken. Boston Transcript
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN.
SOuth.

South.
Chicago passenger -------- 5:2S a. m.
Chicago engef---------11:O7 a. m.
Chicago passenger--------1 1870 p. HI
GAINESVILLE pasSenger------ 7:15 p M.
5:2S a. M. train makes close con-
nections for the west at Jefferson
Junction.
Both HOT a. M. and 7:16 p. m.
trains make close connections at JEFF
ferson Junction for Madison and all
points west.
North.
Green Bay ger-------7:66 a. N.
Green Bay, Sundays only----8:10 a. m.
Green Bay nger-------2:42 p. m.
Northern Michigan 80 p. m.
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertOwn at $40 a. m. and goes no
farther
The 1855 q. N. train makes connec-
ton at Clyman Junction for trains
east.
The 80 train south makes cOnnec-
lions at Jefferson Junction for points
east
A TRAIN goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:45 p. m.
*Daily.
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CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE 4 ST. PAUL
Eoot
Evening journal., 1919-03-13

Advertising rates on application.
No attention paid TO unsigned communications.
Evening journal., 1919-03-13
THURSDAY. MARCH -1a, 1919.
rooLIsn nEMocRArc AcrIoN.

~ EMOCRATtC members of the House OF Representa-
~ tves made foolish yesterday when to mani
Test their resentment of the action Of the Republican
State senate in passing the Kent county shipper bills,
they walked Of the House in a body and refused to
participate further in the legislative proceedings.
We do not know who advised them TO pursue such
= course; but it was foolish advice
The action of the State Senate in passing the bills
was an orcnse against the people of county and
also against the Republican party throughout the
As the Senate had acted anirmatiycIy upon the out
Jrageous measures and them over the for
concurrence was the duty of both Republicans and
Democrats who object the House compoundlng the
Of the Senate their and com
lat every move looking 10 such concurrence
Instead of doing that the entire Democratic dclcga-
lion, led by vocirerous and impusve Representative
hcNabb turned lis back upon the enemy, before a gun
had been fired, and fled the field
II was spectacular action which does not meet with
the approval OF the Delaware public that Of the
thoughtful members of the Democratic party.
The Ripper bills have for their object the turning
Of the people OF Kent county the Alice crowd
for purposes OF political exploitation.
They should be defeated.
Fair-mnded Republican members the House should
assist the Democratic members in bringing about that
defeat They cannot give that assistance however If the
Democratic Representatives suk and skuik in the ea
islae bushes instead Of standing out in the open and
making an inteliaew and uucOmpromisina naht against
the enactment Of such outrageous legislation.
Evening journal., 1919-03-13

Delaware, on behalf Of the Americana
zation bill No 222, providing twenty
five English night schools for foreign
ers, l was surprised at the attentive ear
lent my plea and by the subsequent
unanimous vote for the bill which car
ried with it $4,000 There is evidently
nc longer any divergence Of opinion
America is TO be no longer, as the late
patriot Roosevelt aptly called It, "a pol
yglot boarding house"
Delaware, according TO the census Of
1910, has a pOpulat on OF 2O2,322 Of
which i71,i02 are white and 81 ,iSi are
Negroes. The population Of foreign
birth or parentage, amounts to 1929.
The munitiOn Industries Of the State
have attracted large contingent OF
fore. gners Of which we have no correct
data. 10 may be safely said that every
lhird. person We meet is a foreigner
Shall this third person be estrange1
from American life, or shall he be
made an integral part OF the cOmmun-
ty? The answer % this question is
bylOus The voting and m l.tia age Of
Delaware, according TO the official cen
sus Of 1910 IS as follows: Total num-
Der Of males, twenty-one years of age
and over is 6i,sS7. Ar these 1913 per
cent are native whites Of foreign or
mixed parentage. 1i2 per cent are
foreign-bOrn whites. OF the SS16 for
eign-born white males of voting age,
3,707, or 42.2 per cent. are naturalize0.
There remain 1909 to be naturalized.
owing to the increased demand and
supply OF labOrcrs in Delaware, the
figures Of unnaiuralized foreigners is
much greater. Hence a fertile Ameri-
canization field
There are various methods Of Ameri-
can.zatIon. There is the destructive
method, which savOrs Of "All hail
Germanyr this method proposed the
obllteTation Of an that is fore gn, viz.
language, traditions. associations. In
a state 81 patriotic ferver IL seems the
best and has warm advocates. am
opposed TO This provincial process; II
is against psychology and common
sense. The Italian-born, with the RO-
man, Venetian and present civilization
back Of him, and with his musical and
artistic temperament. has contribu-
ton for this new world The Greek,
the Pole the Russian, the SpanIard, etc.
are the repositories Of a history, a
civilization and rich traditions. The
American.zatl0n plan,
which appears to me as the most logic
al. is TO absorb the best of these na-
tionalties and of the same tine in
stil into them American ideals. This
mutual understanding can be accom-
piished by first teach ng the foreigner
English Hence the Importance of even
ing English classes as a basic necess 'ty.
The Delawale AmericanizatiOn COM
mlttee has fully realized this point and
planned for - classes, with an average
enrolment of % each, but when the
foreigners were given the opportunity
TO register for instruct on i0i6 non-Eng-
men and women register
ed for classes and 900 of these report
ed for Instruction. really pleasant
Evening journal., 1919-03-13
Editorial Opinion
UNDEsR,BLE FOREIGNERS.
m me Portland Oreponian.

From the Portland Oregonian.
Seattle newspapers say that the
Strike in that city was engineered by
seven men, 1--WE Of whom are fore gn-
ers. They could not have succeeded
without the active or passive aid OF
thousands Of Americans. Since when
has it become necessary for Americans
to ask Russians to show them how to
obtain redress for actual or supposed
wrongs? II Is incumbent on the work
ingmen OF Seattle, if they have any
pride in their country and in its abil-
ity to manage its own affairs, to send
these foreigners packing and to put
none but Americans on guard over their
affairs.
There has been much discussion
about immigration. but there is need
for emigration Of these alien meddlers
in American affairs. If the law does
not cover their cases, Congress cln
change it. There is need also Of mose
rigid precaution against the entrance
UI SUCH UlEls AAAN WI IA 80 49,
men who roam around in the secret
pay OF hostile nations to create dis
turbance on such pretenses as were
made for the Seattle strike. Othsr
nations protect themselves by requlr-
ing foreigners to obtain passports,
showing who they are, whence they
come and on what bus ness they come.
That system is needed in this country
during these troublOus times. Under
it an administrative officer could re-
fuse admission to rowing pr0pasandlSls
without risk of their beng pulled
through the net by court procedure.
The ge-for-the-oppressed theory
about admission Of aliens has been
overworked. The present emergency
proves that there is now danger OF
the American people being oppressed
by these refugees, The tramp whom
the kind-hearted housewife invited into
her house for a meal gives orders and
has undertaken to run the house. He
ought TO be kicked out.
Evening journal., 1919-03-13
surprise.

surprise.
Another method OF Americanization
is by freely mix ny Of the native-born
with the f0reign-born; this, Of course,
presupposes a certain knowledge Of the
English language. A selected group Of
representa- We foUeign-born can be
brought into contact with the native
American socially, as he is commercial
ly. l am an ardent advocate of this
method and have really proceeded to
put it in'N operation. over one hun
dred Intelligent young Italians have
Joined 10 form an Italy-America so
clety An equal rumber or Americans
have signifled their intention Of join
ing. The benefits Of such an assOcia-
tion will be mutual and reciprocal It
will be a practical uplifting movement
or genuine Amer .canizat on.
/ believe the whole AmericanizstlOn
movement, properly conducted and with
due cons deratlon for the foreign-bo-n,
VIII be Of far reaching importance 70
the future Of this great commonwealth
Evening journal., 1919-03-13
MANrAINs FRIrm c,1M

p WILSON left France without having seen
1s. T. ,sas'a'ed areas, with the exception Of nvnr
Althonsb = when everything was covered with snow
states tSs, was announced when he LEFT tbs In e5
his attention womb o sns rst things which would engage
projected Journey was = Trip to the battle area t6o
The President found amp,s o-
rOsals n London and Rome. and enov !. 70 can upon
e1raoranary receptions that were 70 the fun the
Saus0 % q ms onl'ia position but pressure o S% be-
first hand with the work Of the Hun himself at
1T is said" asserts the Morning POS, -
that when he was invited to examine v.ba, ~ enoon
mans had really done to France he declined on y
ground that IT might tempt him to hate the enemy ~
much He is, therefore, returning to America with h,
spiritual calm unrunled. neither too much hating M
enemies nor too much loving his friends.
Evening journal., 1919-03-13
With The Pafaqraphers

News this week IS scarce There arc no deaths we'd
dngs births and as far as we know very few sick.
Clinton County Times
Demobzed soldiers Of the National Army viii not
be puzzled by income tax blanks; they have tho advan
tage Of previous experience with draft quesonnares
New York SUM-
c. c. Bennett and wife, OF Sylvahia, have moved in
the Kirby Pearson residence Charley will deal In any
thing from hound pup 10 automobiles says he mako
by accident than he by farming-Lonoke News.
Evening journal., 1919-03-13
MmAr KILLEn m Bill.

n0IIE rock on which ihc naval appropriation bH
/ smashed was the proposition put into the bill by
The House giving the President authority to stop con
sruclon Of the threeyear program whenever he chose
10 do so.
Republicahs claimed that such a power in the hands
of the Executive would make the ten batteships, ten
scout cruisers and various small craft included in the
bin a mere paper navy"
There was no party dispute over the increasing Of
American strength upon the seas, that always having
been q consistent policy of the Republicans.
But TO provide "bun navy" merely a club for use
in The conduct of negotiations at the peace table met
the unaerable opposition OF the minority membership
OF The Senate naval committee, and notice was given that
Bepubcon Senators would do everything in their power
90 prevent the passage Of the unless The OBJ
icction9ble provisions were eliminated
This was refused so the bill perlshed.
Evening journal., 1919-03-13

We received today from Jerome B. Bell, the author,
ortisticay-p volume entitled "A Harvest OF
Years In Poem and Verse" It is a compilation Of Mr.
Bells verses which were printed originally in The
Evening Journal Every Evening. sunday STAR Morning
News Philadelphia Record Philadelphia Public Ledger,
Philadelphia Times 81. Nicholas, Puck, Judge Life, Cop
tnenal Magazine, Boston Pilot Boston Transcript Mil
waukee Journal, Cleveland Leader. ST. Louis Magazine
Montreal Gazette London Chronicle. London Times and
Manchester Guardian. The frontispece is excellent
portrait of Mr. Bell Facing 10 The dedication to the
deceased wife Of Tie author ITO +. l. b. in memory Of
her who knew all my many faults and still my most
loyal helpful and loving friend" The verses cover i52
pages. They marked by wholesome sentiment, keen
wit delicate humor, sharp satire and high civic spirit
They cover wide Of subjects. which have been
handled with ceverness that is characteristic Of the
work OF the former editor Of the sunday star.