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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-30
Contest Notice.
Ian "a NIX

V0A AJ WI
Land Office at Watertown, 3. D., Jan. IL I9O2.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
fled in this Office by John p. Becker, con
~testant, against timber culture entry No. 49,
$50. made January 2, 1880, for the sea swk OF
section Z, township l209 NJ, Range IS W., by
Anna Backer, contes tee, In which it is alleged
that said claimant has wholly failed TO plant
any trees, tree seeds or cuttings on. on
cultivate any part of said land daring
the years 1885, 1885. 1897, 1898, 1899. Igt
or 1901 that there are no trees grow,
ing on said land and that said land Is all in
its native wild condition. That said failure
was not caused by claimant being enlisted in
the United states army or navy as said fail.
ure began before the late war with Spain was
commenced said parties a1e hereby notified
to appear, respond and eEer evidence touch,
ing said allegation, at 10 o'clock a. m. on
March 81, 1902. before the register aud
receiver at the United States land Office In
Watertown, s. ID.
The said contestant having, in a proper afi.
.davit, filed January IL, 1902. set fortiA facts
which show that after duo diligence personal
service of this notice cannot be made. il ID
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication in the
Reporter and Farmer, Webster, s. ID.
George w. Case, Receiver.
Claimants record address.
Butler, s..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-30
Notice for Publication.
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Jan. 81 w0
Land Office at Watsrtown, s. ID. Jan. "a. 1907,
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice " his intention
10 maze homestead final proof in support OF
his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Judge, or in has absence the clerk
of the county court at Webster 5. Dton March
10, 1902, viz;
CAROLINE BECKER.
guardian OF Ludwig Becker III. 4. lIJ9S
for the ea seh swl4 SEA aud sch swAs Section
rs, township 122 north of Range So west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land viz; John b. Ernst. Fred Scha.
cher. Hugh Jones, J.. w. McElderrg all oil
Webster, 3. ID.
Lee Stoyer, Register.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-30
Notice for Publication.
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Land Office at WATERFOWL, 8. d., Jsn; 40, 100.
Notice is hereby given that the oiiowLn
oamed settler has fled notice OF his tntention
70 MAZE homestead entry tinai proof In snp-
mort Of his claim, and that said, proof wiil oe
made before the county judge or IN ms
abaepce the clerk Of courts, at webster, .. ~
ON March 3, 1902. viz: oosoo
Tor the northeast quarter of section "a, IN
township l2l. north of range 81, west OF the
5th p. III,
bis continuous upsn and cultivation OF sald
land. via; Peter Mathiason, Elling, J; Whne-
myr. ole N. Morley and Johannes Halverson,
all OF Butler, }. d.. p
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-30

state of south DkotaI L.
County OF Day, -
william Egeamd Auditor being ftd uy swornd ots a the the Tnamnprse huda he-o q.
nuea md correct statement of the fnanchdc condition of Day County as appearsb by his books and
that the udnrs exhibit isl tue and c3rets statement OF ali Warrants drawn on me trmv nv
thes TX months and ttest statement of a@es sand liabilities st true adc correct
-, WILLIAM ICELAND
fsEALd NoaryP Public. Dsv !. $ d
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-30
J. r. cooDw,s
DkALxRm
REAL ESTk,

PARTIES who wish to se,l -.
10 list II with me as 1 am xs,ssee ~
out the country and with ms xacnl
square deal. I now haya ~ az
la Day county for sale ala sone NJ
residence property in the cit,' sssns
IL you wish 70 bay or sell lara scas
ONCE End ave. u block from
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-30
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at WATERFOWL, y. D., Jan. "a, 1902.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
10 make homestead final proof In support of
his claim. aud that said proof will be made
clerk of courts ct Webster, s. D., on Mar. Is,
1902, viz
JOSEPH r. SICHMILLER II. 4. 2A95i
for the lots I-2-and 3 of section "a ia township
l23 of range S. west OF 5th r. n.
He names the following witnesses to4 prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz Frank Wika, Anton J. Block,
Vile, 8. ID.
Lee Slower, Register.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-30
A Care For Lumbago.

w. c. Williamson, Of Amherst, Va,
says: "For more than a year l suffered
from lumbago. 7 finally tried Chamber
lain's Pain Balm and II rave me entire
relief, which al other remedies had.
failed to do. Sold by ail druggists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-30
Leasing of School Lands.

Notice is hereby given that on March
18th, 1902, all common school and
endowment land in Day county which
shall be Unbiased on the first day Of
February, 1902, win be offered for lease
at public auction, between the hours of
10 O'Clock a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m, at
the front door of the court house in said
county.
Dated at Pierre, S. D., January Sd,
1902.
ID. Eastman, (
Com'r Of School ard Public Lands.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-30
E
Heads Should Never Ache.

Never endure this trouble. Use at
once the remedy that stopped it Tor Mrs.
n. A. Webster, Of Winnie, Va, she
writes "Dr. Kings New Life Pills wholly
cured me Of sick headaches / had snf.
Tered from for two years. Cure Head.
acne, c~onstipation, billiousDess. rs 3
at Peabody y Battles drug store.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-30
EXHIBIT.

mr. BAllCR. BALI CASH DIS TOTAL TOTAL
lRECiTS. BUhSElDR. BALICR BAL
Act overI MENTs] -
drawn Previous Amonnt
prey' ak six This six This Six l~oyerdra'ni Cash
mon tbs 4 months. months. months. &c end ORION mans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01

needed a new suit of clothes to attend
a swell wedding reception, and 1 phon-
ed UP to town after 8 D. m. and the
clothes were delivered at my door the
next morning. When unexpected COM
pany has arrived. my. wife has 'ohoned
to town after a. m. and had bread.
meat. and Iuxuries delivered at a. m
Two steam railroads now cross tn:
south line of the farm and an electric
road will be soon built. 1t is already in
oreT alton only five miles away and has
Of dered its material for this part of the
inc. All the towns around here and
thousands of farmers burn natural gas
aHd enjoy all the privileges of the city.
I burn five stoves. thirteen lights. have
three torches to light up yards when
necessary, four places to thresh on the
farm, so can burn gas in the engine
on any part of the farm, and last wheat
harvest we threshed my wheat after
nightful. by aid of large flambeau
torches We elevate our water with it,
warm the slop, light the hog sheds and
keep the little pigs warm. One would
think this was enough. but oil wells
running 40 barrels a day, have been
drilled only so feet from my line, and
the Moran Crude Oil and Gas company
will begin shipping carloads of crude
oil to the refinery very soon-as soon as
the large tank can be put up. Ten or
twelve of the largest smelters and roll
ing mills in the world, employing from
500 to 5000 men each. are within dis
lance of ten miles. Any old thing one
raises can be readily sold over the
phone at good prices.
ITO sum it all up: We have local and
long distance telephone service, rural
mail delivery and grocery delivery, nat
ural gas and oil. electric railroad and the
daily visit of the creamery wagon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01
GLOBE SIGHTS.

LFrom the AtehisOn Globe
How often you scold without cause!
The palmer the woman, the more sue
hcess she has with flowers.
No reporter can be Industrious enough
to find news some days.
Every one has a greater respect for
steam heat than it is entitled to.
Before we die. we'd like to find some
thing better than we expected it would
be.
The great pleasure in going to an
amateur show is in talking about it af-
When a woman Is an equal suffragfst
you will find that she is not real fierce
unless she is married.
| Blind Charley says that sometimes he
forgets he is blind. We are never able
to forget that we want a cigar.
Rebuild and enlarge house. and take
a jay to look through it, and he will
| say, How much smaller it looksi'
When a man returns from his 'svaca
| tfon," he usually looks as tagged out
as a girl who is getting ready to be
married.
An old farmer looked at an automo-
bile in Atchison today. and said to the
thrash?"
Real old fashioned people are of the
opinion that there is a spot on their
| back that never gets warm unless they
sleep on a feather bed.
| You read good deal of the needs of
women, but we have failed to see any
mention of their greatest need-rebind-
/ ing for their skirts.
After people reach a certain age, their
complexion takes on a hue indicating
that they haven't washed their faces
since day before yesterday.
We wonder that some of the patent
medicines don't advertise that they
make a stomach fit for sausage and
buckwheat cakes, and thus make a hit
with the men,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01
ELECTION Day pRoBLEMs.

Every man who votes next Tuesday
should take this little text by President
Theodore Roosevelt into the election
booth with him:
mo man has the right to condone
crime. to excuse moral shortcomings of
any kind because of alleged party ne
cessity"
This assertion of President Roosevelt
may well be used as the highest test of
citizenship and it is especially applica-
BILE in Kansas at this election.
There was nominated at the Repubh-
can state convention for one of the
most important offices in the state a
man who has been false to the public
trust who has embezzled public money
and whose election would be a disgrace
to the state and to every honest man
and woman in the state.
The party boss stands over the peo-
pie and fiourishes his whip and issues
his edict Vote the straight ticket" 1t
matters little to him who constitutes
the ticket which is before the people
for their suffrage. 1t is enough for him
to know that it has been nominated by
the party"
The party lash is gradually losing its
terror AS people read and become ed
ucated they find that the man who
yields the whip has some personal
motive to subserve and that his is will
ing to sacrifice the good name of his
commonwealth that he and his party
may triumph. The man who votes in
diligently is the man who holds the
welfare of the government in his hands.
No state and no county can afford to
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voter has a serious question to settle
with his conscience next Tuesday.
The Republican who votes for T. T.
Kelly for state treasurer does so know
| ing that he stands before the people
with the faint of serious official mis-
conduct on his public life. The party
does not demand such a sacrifice of hon
or on the part of the voters.
| In Shawnee county much the same
question is involved. The candidate for
county attorney has failed signally in
his public duties. He has demonstrated
his inability to cope with the duties OF
his office Party necessity does not de-
mand that the people should re-elect
him
These are a few things the voters
should think about before their ballots
are cast on next Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01
PURIFY THE DRAMA.

Where is the Anthony Comstoek who
shall wage war on the immoral drama?
Isn't it about time that such a reformer
appear to take his place in the ranks
of those who are fighting some evil that
confronts society?
Why is it that crusades are waged
against liquor, cigarettes, tights, bath
ing suits, gaudy billboards and the like,
while no one makes an effort to stop
the filthy dramas which flow from con-
taminated fountain pens like the filth
from the sewers.
Communities rise en- mass against the
two-penny tent shows. or some midway
outfit, where creatures disport them
selves in scanty attire before the crowds
that flock to them. attracted by the
bally-ho on the outside.
But these same communities furnish
large audiences at high prices to pack
the theaters nightly where the perform
ance IS quite as indecent and immoral
as any snake charmer or hoochie koochie
tent chow.
The postal laws restrict the kind OF
literal ure that goes through the mails.
Could literature of any sort begin to
picture as wildly as the scenes on the
stage in such plays as "A Modern Mag
dalen" the infamy of licentious living.
the books would be barred from the
mails
A storm was raised against "Saoho''
and then dropped. The play went on.
Several plays have been produced since
that are of the same sort, and each of
them n turn has been more degrading
than the others. Is anyone's mind to be
made better. will a character be
strengthened by viewing scenes of inn
morality, where the only moral to be
drawn is that If the pace is too fast it
ksHs2
The theaters have run the gamut OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01
QuAKER REFLECTIONS.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record. l

lFrom the Philadelphia Record.
A womans club is something to hold
over mans head.
He who hesitates isn't always lost.
Sometimes he is found out.
It is folly to advertise regulations in
the lost and found column.
A man finds it necessary to blow in
his money when he has a blowout.
The woman who does the most talking
isn't always the one who gains her point
The doctor believes that while there is
life there is hope of running up a larger
bill.
A man with a toothache always heaves
a sigh of relief when he finds the dentist
is out.
If Robin Hood had lived in these days
he would have been known as a great
fnancier.
The fellow who is proud of his ancestors
seldom stops to consider if they would re-
ciprocate.
From the cynical bachelors point of
view marriage is a lottery in which the
women get all the prizes.
Tommy-"Pop, what is meant by the
mother tongue?' Tommy's Pop-''S-h-h-h
my son. She might be listening
Mrs. Muggins-"Mrs. Bjones looks
peaked, doesn't she2'' Mrs. Buggins-'sNo
wonder She married from pique.'
Overheard at the musicale: Wigg-
What do you think of her execution ~
Wagg-" Execution Why. it's simply
murder"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01
THE POSSIBILITY OF FRAUD.

In spite of laws, policemen and watch
full political representatives, the posi-
bility of fraud in elections continues to
exist, and at times appears to be on the
increase
Even under the guise of preventing
fraud, legislatures sometimes enact laws
which intentionally or not tend to defeat
a free expression of public suffrage. L
is serious question whether or not the
present election law in this state is pro-
duetive of purity in the ballot. So many
confusing regula lions are imposed upor
the voter, and so many Typographical
tangles are to be unraveled in decipher-
ing the ballot itself that hundreds and
possibly thousands of honest Kansas
voters will be disfranchised next Tues
dav.
Aside from the supposedly unint IN
tional defects in the law and the bal
lot, there are many things which in city
elections especially exert an undue ANA
unlawful influence
There is something wrong with the
method employed in the selection of
system, it is entirely possible for issues
to be involved which are outside of par
ty lines, yet the law contemplates that
the issues of an election shall be par
tisan and provides only for representa-
tives of leading parties on the election
boards In the election which will be
held in Shawnee county, the issue is not
Republican against Democrat. but it is
law enforcement against notification.
Hence it is natural that at least a part
of the election boards shall be composed
of the required number of Republicans
and Democrats. but whose sympathies
are united on either law enforcement or
law notification. This breaks down the
very foundation of an honest election,
and opens the door to ballot stuffing
and corruption.
Dishonest registration is a frequent
source of fraud at elections. There is
| little doubt that in this county the vote
will be so close that the alleged dishon-
est registration in Topeka city will turn
the scale, provided it is as large as is
claimed, and is all voted
| Bribery or a business basis is well
nigh impossible, but the efforts to Sc
cure a voters friendship and assistance
are often questionable. The so-called
ward workers do not exert themselves
day and night for weeks for pure fun
or pure patriotism. Liquor, cigars and
even money are the current mediums
too frequently used to influence or Sc
cure votes. Hauling voters to the polls
is an enterprise of doubtful virtue.
On the whole elections are honestly
conducted. The fraud is in the minor
ity, severely so, but a few dishonest
men, few dishonest methods work
much corruption.
Fraud at elections will be possible
only so long as people tolerate it. The
majority Of the people do not believe in
fraud and can not be bought or befud
died. Fraud can never prevail provided
the honest citizens keep themselves
posted. and away from the influence oil
political lethargy.
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SUGAR BEET IN KANSAS.

Throughout the west and particularly
in Kansas within recent times, the
newspapers have been filed with stories
about the sugar beet culture in Colorado
and other places. 1t appears to be a
good proposition, and should be taken
up by the Kansas people. There seems
to be no valid reason why it should not
be q winner in any part of this state
and If so there is one feature about it
that has been omitted in mentions made
Of the industry.
Small farms are the rule in the dis
tricts where the saccharine root Is
grown. and that is a feature which
should cause it to be looked upon
with favor. That is because it encour-
ages. or rather establishes. the rule of
intensive rather than extensive agricul-
tire Now this intensive cultivation Ut
the soil is something to which the
farrner u the future must come if lie
wishes to get the best returns for outlay
os tirle and cash. And the sooner the
| agricaiiurists are brought to realize this
an! to realize it with sufficient force
that they will act upon it. then the agrl-
| cultural interests of the whole land viii
| have been greatly strengthened.
In the Rocky Ford district where
0SS't ASStS are cultivated the dVeTdS ct
acreage = each farmer is not muck
above 90 OF 25. And with that, it means
ti,at TIE country is thickly populated
The soil Is carefully titled. it's fertility
attended to. and the most possible is OBJ
taiaed Srom it. This is a condidtior
which those interested in the advance
lnent of the country interests have advo
eaten for 4 long while. Throughout til,
I'm oil
| denccs OF slipshod cultivation of the Ian,
are ars,arent to one who opens onei
eyes Anu so any crop or plan of grow
ing III onucts for the market which hal
as a accessory concomitant the inten
| styling of soil cultivation and care il
general is doubly welcome. 1t is tn
| hing the. the people of this countr!
| must recognize in the future, and tn
sooner the better. For this. as for man.
1 1othrr reason, the sugar beet is
WINNER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01

It is announced in the dispatches that
the Santa Fe is about to obtain another
ocean terminal by purchasing a railway
line connecting Los Angeles with San
Pedro about 20 miles distant where the
government is spending millions of dol
lars in an effort to make a harbor. 1t
seems odd that so much money should
be spent in about various points along
the coast in an effort to make it posi-
BILE for ships to land when at San Diego
but about a hundred miles further
south there is one of the finest nat
ural harbors in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01

The advance sheets of ''Poor's Man
ual" for the fiscal year ending June 80.
1902 present figures regarding the
growth Of railroads in this country as
follows: The mileage of roads in
creased by 4453 miles, the total now be-
ing 900. of which about $4,000 miles
are in operation. The gross earnings
were $1.612, 444s,s26 and operating ex-
penses 1902, 154 099. The net earnings
including miscellaneous receipts. were
over S5SS,000.000 The roads have SO, 729
engines. p. IA passenger cars, s,677 mail
and express cars. and 1,4Q9472 freight
cars as compared with 1859 engines.
14,934 passenger cars, and 730, 435 freight
cars in 1892, and yet the locomotive
works are behind on orders and car
works cannot turn out freight cars fast
enough to take care of business. The
total amount of stock, bonds. and I'M
funded debt is $12. 326. 491, 526. The aver
age interest for the year was 42i and
the average dividend 2.62.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01

indecency from the almost nude living
pictures, through the disrobing acts. to
the problem plays" Each step has
prepared for the public scenes and
words broader and broader. until now.
as was the case in "A Modern Mag
dalen," characters no longer hint at
some meaning but speak the words that
would bring the blush to the woman
who made the worlds fair famous"
Undressed vuigarity can not begin to
do the harm that the stage productions
of richly dressed immortality can pro-
duce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

T VIII tIIt N-IIIOeit5U NEWS.
Anyway, the man who loses is not ac-
cused of playing unfairly.
One-half the world doesn't let his better
half know how he lives
When man tells you all his troubles
he becomes one of yours.
A few reverses do not discourage the girl
who is learning to waltz.
If a man never changes his mind he is
either very right or very stubborn.
Some officeholders seem to forget the
time when they We're ofice-seelxers.
No disappointment can be quite so in
tolerable as disappointment in ons's SELF.
Nothing jolts the harmony out of an
orchestra like the trombone player who
gets off his bass
The man who saves up something for q
rainy day is the one who knows enough
to go in When it rains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

[F'rom the New York Press.l
To women a pain endured for love is
a pleasure.
More men are nagged into deviltry
than are tempted into mischief
1t takes women to sanction a fashion
that makes a rain coat fit and look like
a nightgOwn.
A woman loves to hear her husband
swear when she can pretend she doesn't
know what he is doing.
So queer is the sentiment of women
that though it brings them the misery
of their life they will hold their wedding
day in sacred reverence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01

The Philadelphia Press. in comment
ing on the end of the coal strike and the
part played by President Roosevelt
while taking nothing from the credit
given to the president. calls attention
TO what it considers the part played by
the press of the country. AS the Press
states it: mo labor trouble was ever
reported SO fully or criticised so fairly
as the recent coal strike. and as a con-
sequence the public knew exactly what
was occurring. what the merits of each
side Of the controversy were, and how
1t ought to be settled. This service of
the newspapers should not be ignored in
apportioning the credit for bringing in
sight a happy end to the great coal
strike of 1902
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Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Dis
ease relieved in six hours by NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE" 1t is a great surprise on ac-
count of its exceeding promptness in re
lieving pain in bladder. kidneys and back
in male or female. Relieves retention of
water almost Immediately. If you want
quick relief and cure this is the remedy
Sold by Geo. w. Stansfeld, druggist, To-
peza kan