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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-21
MUSHROOM CULTURE.
One of the Most Profitable Winter
Occupations in Which Farm
Gardeners Can Engage.

Winter is the time to grow mush-
rooms in the cellar. The summer
time is not the best for growing this
delicious vegetable on account of the
hosts of insects that prey upon it.
In the winter insects are absent.
Moreover, this is the time of year
when the farmer and his family can
most appreciate a fresh vegetable
like the mushroom. In the city there
are thousands of people that try
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-21
Stool system for Rcrries.

For field culture of strawberries set
plants in rows three feet apart. The
distance apart in the row depends on
whether the stool system or the mat
ted row system is to be followed For
nearly all varieties the stool or hill
system is the simplest, most profitable
and in the long run the cheapest. For
stocling we set plants Is to is inches
apart in the row, according as the va
riety is a rank grower or not For
thin matted rows, the only matted
row at all advisable, plant two feet
apart.---Farm, Field and Fireside.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-21

~ RIFT Ny, picturesque
Brittany, haunt of artist
MIN and goal of searcher after
M N1H\ the picturesque, is not
E now pursuing the peace
full, industrious calm of
its accustomed way. And why? Be
cause the sardine, the source of in
come for the Breton fisherman, has
decided to absent himself from the
waters his kind has so long inhab-
tied. AS consequence the Brittany
folk are starving, and have been
forced TO ask outside aid. Recently,
various benefits have been given for
them in. Paris, and large funds raised
to send from the capital to the suf-
fering countrymen over on the west
coast.
One that has not personally visitet.
this province of France is not fully
able to realize the important part
the sardine plays in Brittany. From
single port, Concarneau, during the
season more than thousand boats
go out daily in search of King Sar
dine. A writer thus describes the
sardine atmosphere in which Concar
neau is enveloped "Sardine fisher
men, sardine girls, sardine factories
permeate the town, and even the
fences and hedge rows are built of
the glittering remnants of sardine
boxes.''
France sends annually to the Uni
ted States about S1,Ooo,ooo worth of
sardines. The sardine is the leading
fishery product taken in the waters
of France. and Brittany is the prin-
cipal center of this fishery. The
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-21

ter should be put on the bed at this
time. In about ten days after spawn
ing the bed the white mycelium
should be found working its way
through the soil. This condition in
dicates that all things are moving on
well. Then put two inches of soil
over the top of the manure and give
covering of straw. The straw sim
ply serves to keep the mushrooms
clean when they appear. No water
should be applied till the beds begin
to bear fruit. Then not enough
should be applied to make the bed
soggy, which would rot the mycelium.
The spawning of the bed should be
done when the temperat ure of the
bed has fallen to about 20 degrees
Farmers Review.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-21

The pearl fishery season this year in
the Persian gulf has been most sue
cessful one, the divers having obtained
more jewels than in the last two years.
Nearly all the pearls were purchased
by an Arab merchant named Sheikh
Mohamed bin Abdul-Wahab, of Darien.
All will be sent to the Bombay mar
ket, where they are expected to Ital-
ize $1,5O0,0OO.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-21

ton being plainly shown in the cut.
The center board, it will be noticed,
runs lower than the sides. This keeps
the pillow from running first to QUE
side and then to the other. The far
ing top boards greatly assist in MAX
ing clean-cut path.-John Dibble, in
Farm and Home.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-21
MAKING SNOW PATHS.
Like That Here Described by
Its Inventor.

Good winter walks about the farm
buildings are as important as good
summer walks. A handy plow for the,
snow is shown herewith, the construc~
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-24
RIVAL COUNTIES.
Dawson Awarded First Place at State
Fair-Hughes Was Second.

The judges on county exhibits at
the state fair have awarded to Davi-
son county first place, Hughes coun-
ty second and Edmunds county third.
Dawson county's display well merited
the honors. The name of the county
was artistically shown in corn shad-
ing from white to red. Hughes coun-
ty had display that was 9 surprise
of the state. A fine display of grasses
and grain was shown in the name of
the county. Edmunds county brought
map in grain showing all the town
ships in the county in color contrast.
The weather was particularly au.
spicious and a large crowd watched
the races. The first event was the
800 trot for $3.50. The winners were
Nellie, first; Daisy j., second, and
eonard Graves. third; best time,
2:29R. The free-for-all trot or pace,
the big event of the fair, for $500. was
the most interesting event of the after.
noon. The race was won by Lady
Axtel with three flrsts, Lola Mix sec
ond and Teddy Brunswick third. The
first heat was in 2:17, the best time
made during the fair. The closing
race of one-half mile for South Dakota
colts was won by Georgia Mix Miss
Bove second and Gilhooley third.
In the cattle department Lee &
Prentice of Vermillion took first on
Shorthorns; l.. S. Hall & Son of Fair
mont, Mimi, first on herd of young
Shortborns; George McEathron of Hu.
ron took first on Herefords, and A. c.
Binnie of Alton, Iowa, took first for
Aberdeen Angus.
Mr.. Todd, who has been a Judge of
agricultural exhibits in Iowa fairs for
three years, says that the show here
is as good as he ever saw anywhere.
and that they surpass those of Iowa
and Minnesota.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-24
sioux INDIAN CHIEF is A NOBL[MAN
Young Jordan. Otherwise Known "Red Cloud
Descendant of a Crusade Leader.

Despite the many strange situations
In which scions of English nobility are
often found, there probably never has
been one found in stranger position
than is young win Jordan, who to-day
is chief of band of Sioux Indians,
but whose forefathers, centuries ago,
were Lords Galinger in Mayo.
And not only is he chief among the
Sioux, but he is Sioux himself-a
half-breed, descended on his mothers
side from the "bluest' blood among
the redskins, from no less parsonage
than Maqpe-Luta, Red Cloud, the most
famous Indian CHIEF of Western his
tory.
And on his white fathers side the
young man can trace his descent back
to that John de Coursey, lord of Calm
ger, who carried the standard of the
English and Irish hosts in one of the
Crusades, and who, in that battle on
the banks of the River Jordan, be-
tween the Christians and the Saracens
was given the name of Jordan by
the English king because of his gallant
conduct and proves. The ruins OF
Jordan castle still exist il the County
Meath, Ireland
The Jordan family, or at least a part
of the family, came to the United
States 200 years ago, and the father of
young VIII, Col Charles Jordan, drift
ed up the great plains during the great
Indian wars. Col Jordan's marriage
to an Indian princess. from which mar
riage Will Jordan was born, was one
of the romances of the West
After reaching the plains, Col. Jor-
dan became government scout, and
In this manner became we'll acquainted
with Chief Red Cloud. Later he met
Red Clouds neice, Wee-Washte CPret-
ty Crib, and fell in love with her Jor-
dan talked the Sioux language like a
native and the courtship was carried
on in that tongue.
But when the consent of the old
chief to the marriage was asked. an
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-24

almost insurmountable difficulty arose.
No white man had ever been married
to Sioux princess, and It was neces-
sary to get the consent of the entire
tribe. through the chiefs. And so a
grand council was called to consider
the matter. Red Cloud had become
very much attached to Jordan in the
years that the two had known each
other, and he used his mighty influence
in his white friends favor so success
fully that the consent of the tribe was
given with certain provisos.
Wee-Washte must never learn one
word of English. Sioux must be spok-
en- in her household and that of her
children forever. The children were
to be permitted to speak English while
away from the house. but the moment
one entered the home. English must
cease. And although Mr.. and Mrs.
Jordan have been married twenty-five
years or so. Wee-Wastte knows no
language but her native one. Her
children are well educated. but they
speak Sioux in their home.
Some weeks ego VIII Jordan, on
reaching his eighteenth birthday, was
given the name of RED Cloud" after
his uncle. 1t is customary for an In
dian to take new name when about
eighteen years old. A photograph of
him made at that time shows him in a
"scalp-coat' Of the Sioux, given him by
old Chief Spotted Tail. whose enemies
scalps fringe the sleeves and edges OF
the buckskin coat. All the scalps were
taken from the heads of Crow Indians.
with whom the Sioux were at war for
hundreds of years. The exact num-
her of scalps used in making the fringe
cannot be discovered, but not less than
100 were necessary, while perhaps $50
were used. Years ago these scalp
coats were common, but to-day very
few are known to exist.
And that is how the descendant OF
the man whom the king delighted to
honor is one of the chiefs of tribe of
American Indians.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-24
Texas Finds a Remedy.

Fate, Tex, Sept. 21st.-Texas has
seldom, il ever, had such profound
sensation as that caused by the intro
duction recently OF new remedy for
Kidney diseases. This remedy has
already been tried in thousands Of
cases, and in almost every case the
results have been wonderful.
Henry Vaughn, of Rural Route,
No. 3, Fate, says Of it:
81 suffered with Kidney Trouble for
over Is months. was very bad and
could get nothing to help me till
heard OF the new remedy. Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. began TO use these pills.
and very soon found myself improving.
/ kept on, and now can say I am
absolutely cured and free from any
symptom OF my old trouble.
81 am very glad | heard of this
wonderful remedy and / would
strongly advise anyone suffering with
Kidney trouble to try 1t, for know 1t
will cure"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-24
NO LONGER FRIENDS.
New Neiehbor Measures Land and In
cludes Settlers Home.

New Neighbor Measures Land and In
cludes Settlers Home.
81 wish that settlers would move in
SO that neighbors would DE closer"
often remarked Mrs. Walker Berry,
wife of a prominent ranchman some
twenty miles southwest of Miller, and
when Miss Maud Bennett came from
the East with a filing on land and
built her shack only few rods from
the capacious Berry home the wish of
the pioneer woman seemed to have
come true and the two were happy
with the idea of living within calling
distance, until, after several months
pleasant intercourse it was discovered
by drawing line for fencing the Ben
nett claim that the Berry buildings
were thereon just few rods. Then
both women were thunderstruck, as it
were, and the neighborly courtesies
were severed, Miss Bennett claiming
that it was no fault of hers that Uncle
Sam had given her claim on waich
were good buildings, and the fence
took them in. This was objected to
by Mr. Berry, who fo4 years with las
wife and large family of children had
endured the many privations of a new
country to acquire these buildings, so
the case was heard before the Huron
land office, where the decision was in
favor of Miss Bennett The case Was
appealed to the secretary of the in
terror at Washington, and now the pa
pers are scanned daily by the parties
at issue and their friends to learn of
the final decision.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-24
CROP CONDITIONS.
Reported Officially by the Weather
Bureau.


Bureau.
The following is the weekly crop re-
port of the South Dakota section OF
the weather bureau:
The weather during the week aver
aged cool, unusually so in the northern
portion of the state. and meager re-
ports indicate that there was light 10
heavy frost in some northern counties
on the 18th and 14th, and light frost
locally in the middle counties on the
18th.
There were light showers quite gen.
orally. During the night Of the lltb
heavy rain fell over most of the east
ern portion of the state, and on the
18th and 18th more rain, and some
sleet and snow, occurred over the
northern counties east of the Missouri
river
Threshing. the completion OF stack
ing. haying and millet cutting were
much retarded by the rains and the
damp condition of grain, and thresh-
ing is backward.
Considerable grain. mostly wheat,
oats and spelt, yet remains In shock
in the upper James and Sioux river
valleys, and some of this has been
damaged by the rains. In few linn
tied localities some grain In stack is
threatened with damage from the
Same cause.
Corn is maturing steadily, but SLOW
II as a rule. More than half the crop
is considered past danger OF injury by
frost and cutting of early corn has be-
gun in a number of counties. Meager
reports indicate that some OF the late
corn suffered uncertain injury from
frost on the 18th and 14th In northern
localities.
Flax cutting. while retarded, is well
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-24
AMONG THE FIRST.
Placer Mining Pioneer Dies at Dei:.
wood

Placer Mining Pioneer Dies at Dei:-
wood.
Job Lawrenson, one of the pioneers
of the Black Hills and one of the first
to engage in placer mining along Dead
wood gulch, died at his home at Dead
wood of cancer. He was ffty-eight
years old and native Of Canada.
He had spent 81 years in the West,
In Michigan, in Montana and nearly
% in the Black Eils. A widow and
three children survive. There Is a
brother In Ontario, one in Cleveland,
Ohio, and one in Michigan Two sis
tiers are in the Black Hills, Mrs. M. b.
Beckwith of Central City and Miss
Cassie Lawrenson of Deadwood.
Mr.. Lawrenson has served nearly
twelve years continuously as mem
Der Of the board of education Of Dead
wood, and was member of that board
at the time of his DEATH He had also
served two terms in the Deadwoosl
city council. He engaged in the livery
business at Deadwood after making
fortune at mining, and his livery stable
was one of the best known in the
state. He was a member of the so
ciety of the Black Hills Pioneers, md
the funeral was held under the auspi-
ce sof that society.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-24
PLAYED A BOLD GAME.
Nerve Of a Railroad superintendent
Fiuhtinu Flood.

Nefvo OF railroad superintendent
Fighting Flood.
Did you ever see a man In g. poker
game bet every cent he had on three
aces? Well, that is what w. s. Carson,
superintendent of the Missouri Pacific
terminals at Kansas City did. But the
stakes were bigger, probably, than
were ever played In poker game. He
bet seven locomotives and his job that
the Missouri Pacific bridge wouldn't go
out, and this In the face of the fact
that seventeen bridges across the Kaw
had already been washed away. And
he won.
Now, the Missouri Pacific has the
only bridge across the Kaw at that
place. When Mr.. Carson saw that his
company's bridge was likely to go the
way the others went he took desper-
ate chance. He decided to weight the
Seven Of them, representing value
of $125,000 were run out on the trem-
bling structure. He knew, as did ev.
erybody else, that If the bridge went
the engines would go with 1t, but he
took the chance and took 1t alone, for
the city was cut off from communities
ton with the other heads of depart
ments and there was no one to con.
suit with.
Had the bridge and engines gone his
Job would have gone, and with 1t
large share Of his reputation as a man
of sound judgment. But the plan was
a winner, and now his stock Is away
above par.--Louisville Herald.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-24
MANY FARMS INVOLVED.
Heirs of Sanford Must Wait for Final
Distribution of Estate,

W GStdtCs
A case of great Importance, as it in.
wolves the ownership of III farms of
100 acres each, has been taken under
Amusement by County Judge Bailey at
Sioux Falls. Edwin Sanford of Morris.
ILL.,, died some time ago, leaving as
part of his estate the quarter sections
In question. Isaac Hoge, also of Nor
ris, ILL.,, died, leaving about 1T quar-
ter sections in this and other counties
of South Dakota. All of this property
was acquired by Sanford and Hoge
through foreclosure of mortgages.
The heirs to the Hoge estate insti-
tuted an action in the Illinois courts
by which they sought to gain posses
sion of the 1T quarter sections left
by Sanford, claiming that Sanford was
simply holding the land In trust for
Hcge. While this suit is still pend
Ing. heirs of Edwin Sanford are striv.
ing to force Samuel Richeson, admin.
istrator OF the Sanford estate. to make
final distribution of the property
including the lit South Dakota farms
Richeson is resisting, alleging that he
is prevented by the Illinois action
from doing as the heirs request.
Deodwood. s. D., Sept. 22.-Persona
who have come in from Belle Fourche
and other valley points say the recent
frost in Western South Dakota has
not killed or injured vegetation in the
valleys.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-24
pRoPPERs CLEARED.
President CT the University Exoner.
ated Unanimously by the Board Of

Regents.
The state board of regents, by unan-
imous vote, completely exonerated
President Garrett Droppers of the
state university from the charges of
attempted bribery preferred by ID. H.
Boot of Ute, Iowa. and also cleared
Prof. c. Nj. Young of any connection
with the difficulty. The evidence plain
ly showed that President Droppers
was entirely innocent of attempted
bribery, notwithstanding the sworn
affidavit of Boot to. the contrary.
Prof. Todd rendered his resignation
from the chair of geology and miner
alogy. 1t was accepted, together with
the resignation of Prof. Merchant of
the Latin department, sent to the
| board a week ago.
| The board refused to make any fur
Their public statement of its position.
There had been filed with the presi-
! dent of the board the affidavit of Da-
vid H. Boot of the class of 1901, al
leging that an attempt had been made
by President Droppers cojointly with
Prof Clark NJ Young, to influence him
to give testimony against Prof 0. e.
Hagen shortly before the latter was
removed from the faculty of the uni
versity, and that as an inducement i;
to influence his testimony against
Prof. Hagen he was to receive the de-
gree of NJ. A. at the close of the spring
semester without the formality of an
examination.
The affidavit was fortified with affi-
davits from Professors Todd and
Mernhart, and there was also On file
with the president of the board of re-
gents an affidavit from Prof. Logan,
who was dismissed from the faculty of
the university something over a year
ago. This affidavit also supported the
accusations of Student Boot.
There were also on file affidavits from
President Droppers and Prof Young
in rebuttal of the accusations set forth
in the affidavit of Mr.. Boot, avs we'll as
affldavits from professors and stu
dents tending to discredit the credi-
bility and reliability of Mr.. Boot.
The mass of affidavits was rather
voluminous and was accompanied by
volume of personal correspondence
which aimed to be explanatory of the
matter contained in the formal docu-
ments.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-24
AS A HORSE MART.
Regular Sale Days at Pierre Are Rap.
idly Bringing the City to the Front.

Regular Sale Days at Pierre Are Rap
idly Bringing the City to the Front.
The horse sales at Pierre have not
only been the direct means Of dispos-
ing of horses there the past two years,
but have attracted buyers who have
purchased over 5000 head at private
sale this year alone. 1t is safe to pre-
dict that the shipments of horses from
this market for the present year will
bring over a quarter of million of
dollars to those who have been rails
ing this class of stock.
On two days recently hundred cars
of cattle and ten cars OF horses were
started for the Eastern market, most
of them going to Chicago. The demand
for feeders has not been active this
fall, but if the corn crop is once as
sured the chances are that this class
of stock will go to the feed lots later
in the season.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-24
Born Diplomat.

The volunteer department had re.
sponded to man when the cry of
"Tire!" was scattered over the WIRE
less telegraph system Of the village.
The conflagration proved to be in tho
top story of the hotel.
See exclaimed one of the bucket
brigade, 'the fire is in the third story
and our ladder will reach only to the
second"
That's all right" exclaimed the no.
BILE chief OF the department. Wen
adjourn and take drink while wait
level. "-Chicago News.