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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-11-05
RETURNS TO DAKOTA.
A BeadIe County Farmer Returns
From Arkansas and Tells
About 1t.
South Dakota VeritabIe Paradise
Compared With the South.

Huron Huronite: A Huronite rss
porter ran across Fayette Ellis, who
used to live on farm near Broadland,
Beadle county, but who left here last
fall with view to permanently resid-
ing in Prairie county, Arkansas.
The reporter accosted him with ia
miliar Hello, Mr.. Ellis, you back
here?"
"Yes," was the prompt reply, land |
am back to stay; have returned with
my family; am unloading my car, and l
am going back on my Beadle county
farm satisfied that it is the best place
in the United States. left here feel
ING discouraged. We had, in common
with the rest of Beadle county farmers
suffered from drought and poor crops,
and went to Arkansas believing it was
a much better place to get along. We
had not been south but short time,
however, when we learned we had
made a great mistake. The climate
there is deathly. Drug stores and
physicians are about the only ones who
prosper. and they are sick all the time
Why, it is just as necessary for per,
son to take quinine constantly there as
it is for "a person to eat here. We had
been there but short time, as said
moment ago, when we decided we
had made a mistake, and commenced
to plan to return at once, but trst one
| of us was taken sick and then another
| until lost two of my oldest children
a son and daughter, just arriving a
maturity. My wife was the only on'
whose life was not threatened by ma
larial fever. and just as soon as re
covered we made for our South Dakot'
home, which had the good sense u
! retain. ! should be psrsestly happ'
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terbalanced by his grief at the loss Of
his sofnce." He had rented patch Of
ground and had erected the "ofice' at
his own expense. Five hundred dol
lars he had expended on that modest
structure.
No; he had not insured it, and now
the bakers had caught fire and burned
it UP along with his best suit Of store
clothes; his only suit, as he owned,
after a minutes hesitation.
After ten minutes walk they arrived
at Mahatta house TWAS the sort Of,
q house that might emanate from
1O-cent book, with plenty Of ginger
bread work about it. AS they stood on
the porch nothing would do but his new
friend must come in and warm himself.
The name on the door-plate was
Smith, but this was explained to the
visitor
"You see. my real name, my born
name, is Smith; but I fought Id orter
have an East Indian name"
''Oh, that's you, Maria, eh?" he said,
as the door was. opened by a bright,
buXom, rather pretty woman. Moth
er4 amt in bed yet, is she: Maria, the
office is burnt down. y
ooh, daddy" the wife cried. I.
True's l live; said the astrologer,
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kill a dog or cat in five minutes. Many
persons are daily running their eyes by
opening them in cold water in the
morning. Cold water will harden and
roughen the hands, and much more
will it do so to the manifold more dek.
cate covering Of the eyes; or the eye
will, in self defense. become scaly III
the manner Of a fish-that is, the coats
OF the eye will thicken, constituting 8
species Of cataract, which must impair
the sight. That water, cold and harsh
as it is, should be applied to the eye
for curative purposes, in place Of thai
soft, warm, Mbricating fluid which
nature manufactures for just such pur.
poses. indicates great mental obliquity
Water, when applied to the eyes,
should be luke-Warm, and even theI
ut should only be applied by closing
and Tapping it against the lid with the
hand. This cools the eye more rapidly
than cold water does, and without the
shock, while its soothing effect is de
] lightful, washing out the yellow and
other matter that they may have accu
mulated over night in half the time re
CURED by cold water
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. "A DISCIPLE OF
BLACK ART.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Through the outskirts Of Western
metropolis walked man in the thickly
falling snow. He was man who had
only one desire in life ungrat Titled. His
name was Henry Wetherbee, and he
was a large, deep-chested, handsome
mana mans man, by which I mean
that he was hardly woman's man at
all. So absorbed had he been in the
wheat pit all his life that he hardly
noticed women, not even his landlady
And yet he was the sort Of a man that
10 likely to make a serious matter Of it
II he loves a woman or a woman loves
him.
Henry Wetherbee came from little
Wisconsin town up in the pinery. He
made his fortune before he was thirty
i've years old, and for the last five
years he had been trying to find out
what he wanted to do with it,
He wanted only one thing in the
world, and that one thing money could
not buy for him. So he was often puz-
xled as to how he might best spend his
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somewhere long enough to forget it, if

somewhere long enough to forget it, if
/ can"
A friend came to him with big
South American scheme. That settled
it. He Joined and agreed to 60 to South
America in June.
But it did not settle it at all He was
just as morbid as ever. He did great
deal Of moping around, and the only
amusement he had was in watching
the astrologer rebuild his office" He
even discussed the color of the paint
and the style of the signs. Smith tried
to convert him to belief in the stars
and that amused him, and finally the
Office was completed, and there he
would sit hid behind a screen listening
to Smiths clients, who were many
times as eccentric as Smith himself,
and Smith had many clients now
IS Wetherbee and Smith became fast
friends, and gradually Smith began to
worship his benefactor with dog-like
devotion. He saw there was some
thing on Wetherbee's mind, and 1t
didn't take him long to straighten out
the tangle.
[ Mr.. Wetherbee's coacnman and Mrs.
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The discovery of Neptune.

. " T. +. + aaf-- sd
The scientists Of Paris have just eel,
ebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the
discovery Of Neptune by Urbain lie
Verrier and John Couch Adams. lie
3Verrier decided, by calculations that
there must be a planet of about the
mass and orbit of Neptune, in order to +
account for certain disturbances in the I
orbits of other planets. He, therefore,
wrote to DR.. Gale, the astronomer of
the Berlin observatory, requesting him
to point his telescope to a particular
point in the sky on an evening indI-
Gated, and, in effect, said: You VIII
see a planet which l have not seen,
and which no human eye has ever
seen. but which, nevertheless, must be
on the spot, because my calculations
have pointed out the necessity of such
existence DR.. Gale did as directed,
and on Sept. IS, 1916, Neptune was in
view and recognized as the outlying
planet which reyolved around the sun.
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Water in the Eyes.

The aquatic Juror has become so gen
eral that for the simple reason that
cold water is a pure, natural product,
it is claimed to be a universal and
beneficial application, says a writer in
the Home Queen. Arsenic is a pure,
natural and simple product SO is prus-
sic acid, as obtained from a peach ker-
mel A single drop Of tobacco oil will
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Enterprise

.scooper's business methods show
much enterprise. 2
81 should say SO. He laid in goods
for fire sale the day before he was.
burned out. - Chicago News.
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JustifEahle Anxfety

1I am not myself this morning, \ said
Mr.. GasWeI, at the breakfast table.
s58s s. Then who are yen, dear?" asked
Mrs. Gaswell, anXiously PittsAurg
Chronicle Telegraph,
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That's ALI.

Young Son Papa, what Gid you put
that shutter on the window for?
S Fa.ther-Gh, Just for a blind. Chiea-
go News.
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But Henry Wetherbee was. q man
who, when he wanted anything, want
ed it with his whole heart, and after
eighteen months Of waiting, he began
to find the situation intolerable He
found that he was getting into a NOR
bid state bordering on mild mania.
''I'll wait an even two years, and.
then if she won't have me I'll go away
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-08
Two Bears Killed by a Girl.

A story comes from the Coquille, and
is vouched for as true, which eclipses
all other feats of feminine bear-hunters
says the Marshfleld Sun. Miss Rose,
of Randolph, is the heroine of the
story. She is modest young lady,
and in her teens, and by no means ac-
,customed to Staying the monsters of
the forest, but on this occasion was
strolling in an unfrequented place in
the woods near home with q parlOr
rifle and shooting rabbits, birds, etc.,
when suddenly came to her gaze a cub
near by. In moment it dawned upon
Miss Rose to shoot the little fellow
The crack of her rifle brought the OBJ
ject to the ground squalling, and then
to the astonishment of the huntress,
mother bruin appeared on the scene
and at once took part in the drama by
making savage rush for Miss Rose,
who receded, at the same time firing
several shots at the encroaching ami
NAL. A pet dog then took hand in
the fray. This attracted the mother
BEARS attention in another direction
until Miss Rose got in the fatal shot
and bruin measured her length on the
ground
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added the old black government horse
at the Cascade Locks. 1t was old
Blacks duty to pull away the loaded
boxes of earth from the derricks, and
after being hitched up in the morning
at his post of duty, he needed no fur
ther attention until noon. AS soon as
the load was ready he would start at
first slowly, then as an impetus was
needed to run the cars along beyond
his beat, he would start on the trot,
slack up at the proper time, turn
around with an eye on the dump, then
start back at the right moment for the
return trip. Keeping this up with the
regularity of clock work until the noon
whistle, which welcome sound he knew
as well as any of the men. 1t was fun
sometimes to watch new stable boy
attempt to 'gee-haw" old Black while
on duty. No attention was paid what
ever to the fresh commands, but it
behooved the commander to stand out
of the beaten path, or else risk being
run over. If the "lords of creation"
had done as good work on the locks as
this faithful old horse the Portland
boat would whistle at our wharves to-
night
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Unattaractive as are our bunchgrass
hills and sandy plains they have their
merits, among which are the produc-
tion Of fruits and vegetables that are
not surpassed anywhere on the coast.
Speaking of some of the products of
Wasco county the Oregonian say !:
"Some very fine figs of large size and
excellent flavor, have been received
here from The Dalles. where they " ere
grown by Mr.. Emil Schanno, fruit
commissioner, and are fully equal to
any figs received from California. The
country around The Dalles does not
strike one passing through on train
as anything extraordinary; but it re-
sembles a singed cat, in being better
than it looks. Canta1oupes of excellent
quality are being received from there,
peaches have been coming in for some
time. They raise early strawberries
there, tomatoes and fine egg plant, and
send many kind of early vegetat les to
this market. These products are equal
to those of California, and reach the
market in much fresher and better
condition"
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Scared Away by q Gong.

A week ago some thirsty burglars
broke into the wine cellar of the Una
tilla House and carried away several
bottles of liquor. The proprietors not
feeling disposed to supply drinkables
to unknown midnight customers, put
a new lock on the outside of the cellar
door, and gong on the inside, con-
nected with mechanical appliance
that causes it to send forth enough
is noise to wake the city when the door
opened. Friday night about 10 o'clock
Fin Battle, the night clerk of the hotel,
and Mic Sinnott heard the gong sound,
and rushing down into the basement,
found the lock on the cellar door had
been broken and the door opened wide
enough to sound the gong. Evidently
the noise was too severe for the deli
cate nerves of the would-be robbers,
for they were no where to be seen
when Messrs. Battle and Sinnott
reached the basement, and an examina-
tion of their tracks where they had
been getting away from the building
showed that they had not stood on
their order of going, but had moved at
O o.10 oait
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Must Buy in Portland.

An agreement has been entered into
between the transportation lines con-
Meeting Portland and San Francisco,
to go into effect on and after August
1st, whereby freight rates or quantities
less than car load lots are to be ad-
vanced 60 per cent. This means to the
small dealers that they must buy of
Portland jobbers, for very few of them
buy in car load lots, and they cannot
compete with dealers who do and pay
an advance of go per cent freight.
This will serve as a sort Of protective
tariff in favor of the Portland whole
salers, and discrimination against
the small dealers who do not buy in
large enough quantities to justify their
purchasing in San Francisco 1t is
also a fair illustration Of the ability of
large capital to combine for mutual
benefit and to oppress the ''small fry"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-08
HAPPILY SURPRISED.
Sherman County Farmers VIII Get Better
Returns Than They Expected.


Returns Than They Expected.
A gentleman who has just returned
from visit to Sherman county says
harvest there is we'll under way, the
heading being pretty we'll done and
threshing will begin next week. AS
to the condition of crops, he says they
are much better than has generally
been supposed, and farmers will be
happily surprised in she general
wheat yield of the county. He
estimates that, taking the county
over, the yield will be 10 bushels to the
acre, and since the acreage in cultiva-
tion this season is much greater than
that OF last year, he believes the out
put of wheat from Sherman will be as
great as it was in 1895. The quality
of the grain though is not quite up to
the standard. While much of it will
be an excellent grade of No. 2. there
will be but little No. threshed. He
made a test of one field of fall wheat
by cutting out and threshing a yard
square, and on weighing the wheat
found that the field would average 40
bushels to the acre. This though was
an exit a good field, better than the
average of the country. Some OF the
spring wheat, especially that sown
very late, will not be fit to cut, but all
the fall wheat and some early spring
grain is good.
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The Institute.

The following program was carried
out at the institute Monday:
Theory-Special method in teaching
history.
Literature-Goldsm and Burns.
U. S. History-Cleveland' admins.
tration.
Physiology-Lymphatic system.
Arithmetic-Problems in percen-
tage.
Reading-Methods of teaching prim-
ary reading.
Spelling-Drill in sounding the oral
elements.
Composition-Completed the work
in figures of speech.
Grammar-Study of lenses.
General history-Early history of
France.
The following teachers were enrolled
today: Misses Zetta Smith, Elva
Creighton, Maggie Finn. Florence
Davis, of The Dalles, Emma Ward, of
Kingsley, Hattie Allen, of Boyd, David
Of Tygh Valley and J. H. Hill,
of Hood River.
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At The Institute.

The state superintendent has ruled
that any person having received first,
second or third grade county certifi.
cate in one county shall not be granted
a second paper of the same grade in
any county in the state, and said cer-
tificates are good only in the county
where issued. A person having re-
ceived third grade county certificate
and going into another county to
teach, must pass the examination for
the nexthigher grade. namely second
grade certificate.
TIL is ruling is very important to
teachers. 1t means that they must
progress. 1t means more to be a
teacher than it did ten years ago, and
ten years hence the standard will be
still higher. The world is progressing
and the teacher must pr ogress with it
or fall out of the ranks. The teachers
at the institute realize this fact, and
are working to reach the required
standard. Every day for nearly
from twenty-four to forty-six
teachers have been working earnestly
to be worthy of their name. The pub
lie has shown kindly interest during
the session, and the encouraging words
Of the visitors have added no small
part to the value of the institute.
The following are the names of
;eachers registered this week for the
irst time: l. q. Hill, Florence Davis,
Hester Rusk, Maud Peabody, Nellie
Chas. Elery, Dollie G. .Mosier,
Oasie E. Allaway and Kate Cooper.
Visitors present we're Mrs. DIR.
Mrs. J. w. Lewis, Mrs.
Davis, Mrs. Gilbert; Misses Katie
Emma Ehrck, May Elton,
lizzie Schooling, Minnie Sandrock,
drs. A. Henderson and Miss Sandrock.
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number of years on the footstool yet.
His hair and whiskers, through which
the chilling winds of more than go
winters have blown, are almost snow
white and his form is somewhat bent,
indicating that the burdens of life have
not born any too lightly on his should
ers, but his eyes are bright and his
general appearance bespeaks consid-
cradle amount of latent vigor yet ling
ering in the old mans frame.
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Horse Opera.

The appearance of Prof. Bristol's
House next week, will no doubt afford
much pleasure to many of our theater-
goers. 1t is assuredly, as claimed,
"horse play" but evincing degree of
horse sense of the very highest order.
In more respects than one does this
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A. O. u w. Lecture,

Friday evening, D. c. Herrin, grand
lecturer Of the A. o. U. W., paid La
Grande lodge No. 1873 fraterpal visit,
and made very pleasant address.
This was Mr.. Herrin's first official
visit to the local lodge, and the mem
bers are highly pleased with his work.
During this month he will visit many
of the smaller towns In this part of the
state, and will endeavor to increase
the usefulness Of the order wherever
he goes.
About September ! the local lodge
will give "a musicale followed by a
lunch and social party, at which time
it is expected that Mr.. 'Herrin will be
present and deliver q short address,
La Grande Chronicle.
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For Over Fifty Years.

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REM
EDY.-Mrs. Wlnsiow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over nifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success.
1t soothes the child. softens the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie, and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug
gists in every part OF the world.
Twenty-Five cents bottle. Its value
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind.
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The Discovery Saved His Life.

Mr.. G. Cailouette, Druggist, Beavers
vile, ILL.,, says: "To Dr.King's New
Discovery owe my life. Was taken
with La Grippe and tried all the ply
sieians for miles about but of no avail,
and was given up and told could not
live. Having DR.. Kings New Dis
covery in my store sent for a bottle
and began its use and from the first
dose began to get better, and after u.s.
ing three bottles was up and about
again. 1t is worth it's weight in gold.
We won't keep store or house without
it," Get free trial at Blakeley &
Houghtons' Drug Store.
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BuckIen q Arntca SaiYe.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter. chapped hands. chill
blains. corns and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures plies, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Blakeley & Houghton.
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THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Business Transacted by the City Fathers
at the Regular Meeting


The regular monthly meeting of the
common council of Dalles city was held
at the council chambers on August Sd,
Mayor Menefee presiding and the fol-
lowing councilmen being present:
Nolan, Wood, Saltmarshe, Ross, Johns,
Kuck. Champlin and Clough.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The committee on fire and water re-
ported verbally that in their judgment
there was no necessity of fire plug at
the D. P. & A. N. warehouse. there
being sufficient number of plugs
within reach of the building.
In the matter of theatre license, the
finance committee recommended that
a special rate of SO night and SIS a
week be granted to the management Of
the Vogt opera house. The recon-
mendation was adopted by the council
The monthly reports of the marshal
recorder and treasurer were read and
placed on file.
The matter of garbege being thrown
in the streets was referred to the
marshal.
On motion the matter of purchasing
500 feet of extra fire hose was referred
to the committee on fire and water
with power to act.
On motion of Nolan, seconded by
Clough, the vote of the council was
ordered taken on the appointment Of
W. H. Butts for marshal, resulting in
four for and four against, confirming
the appointment. The vote being a
tie, Mayor Menefee declared the ap-
pofntment confirmed. There being
some question as to the mayors power
to cast the deciding vote in the matter
of confirming an appointment, Mr..
Butts has not yet qualified, and the
matter will again come up when all
councilmen are present.
On motion the following claims
against the city were allowed and Or
dered paid:
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An InteIlisent horse.

The Oregonfan prints today in its
note and comment columns an inter-
esting account of intelligence in some
common, everyday work horses, that
would rank with the crack-a.jacks of
the horse show. To these should be
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SCHOOL FUND DISTRIBUTION,
Amount to Be Received by Each County
Under Apportionment

Under Apportionment-
The board of school land commission
ers met in Salem last Saturday and
made the following apportionment of
the interest arising from the irreduci-
BILE school fund upon the certificate,
made by the superintendent of public
instruction of the number of children
of school age in the various counties
of the state, and the statement of the
state treasurer as to The amount of
funds on hand, the per capita being
81. O5 per scholar, the same that it was
in 1895 when the number OF school
children was 26SS less than this year
The following is statement of the
number of school children in each of
the counties of the state and the amount
due each county under the apportion-
ment:
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PAUL AND KATIE KREFT

There was on board the Regulator
this morning party of jolly pleasure
seekers consisting of DR.. Sturdevant,
81. 81. Riddell. Fred Wilson, G.. D.
Snowden, Misses May Enright, Nellie
Ricks, Mary and Minnie Lay, Mona.
Ruch and Clara Story. They go to Ste
venson where they will establish
camp, and devote week to the pleas
ures of camp life.