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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-06-05
GIGANTIC DEAL BEING CLOSED
Five Mining Companies With
Seven Million Shares Are
Being Merged.
Over 400 Acres In the
Heart Of the Mining
District.

IA AEtAClo0 UA AuCO1pOE0t4Ou W0SO uAou
last week for new company in the
Black Hills which will absorb five min.
ing companies having total capitaliza.
tion Of :. 900. 600 shares. It is consider
ed to be one Of the most gigantic deals
in the history Of the Hills. The deal
calls for over 400 acres Of patented
ground in the heart Of the Bald Noun
tain district about eight miles west Of
.Deadwood, General 8 E Olson Of
Minneapolis. is making the deal. He
spent . month in the Hills looking over
the properties Of the different oompan-
les and the final papers have been made
ont In the deal The money involved
in the purchase Of properties il very
high and together with the cost Of the
mill the total will amount mp to ss
much as any deal made in recent years
The companies embraced in the con.
solidation are the Ak.Sar.Ben Gold
Mining company, University Gold Min.
ing and Milling company. Iron Duke
Mining company, Bunker Hin Mining
company and Monarch Mining and
Milling company. al Of the ground be-
ing located in one solid block. a valu-
able water.right carrying sufficient
water for . 10o-ton cyanide plant has
been acquired in the deal. Both the
Northwest and Burlington railroads
have made surveys to The mill-site and
work will be begun Immediately on
their extensions. General Olson ex.
poets to begin operations on s0o-ton
cyanide plant within thirty days and It
is to be completed early in tho fall.
The University company wss organ.
lied over : year ago BY F. w. Bower.
Captain F. w. Medbery and Q. y.
Pryce Of Deadwood and . great deal Of
the stock was sold in Vermillion, Cent
erville and other eastern South Dakota
towns. The Ak.sar-Ben was organized
last August by DR.. N. B. Rairden. G.
w. Brinstad Of Omaha. A. D. Benwav
and E. E. Bennett Of Lincoln and +.
w. Bower Of Deadwood. They &C.
quired valuable tract Of ground to
the south Of the Dakota mining COM
pany's holdings and their development
work has opened up vast amount Of
ore. &.
Several reports have been made in
the past few weeks by mining experts
Of the Hillson the propertiesinvolved in
this deal. The estimate made. % to
the ore reserves gave from 75O, 900 to
1 ,OO0. 900 tons Of an average vslue OF
1870 per ton. This large amount Of
ore is on the surface and Is virtually .
'quarrying proposition. The ore can
be mined very cheaply and no trans
portation charge will be necessary for
The mill will be located in the COM
pany's own ground.
There are . number Of producing
in the immediate vicinity Of
This large tract. one Of them being the
5pearfish mining company. which for
,ome time has been paying twelve per
,ent per annum on its capitalization.
Other producing companies are the
Deadwood Standard, Imperial, Dakota,
Portland, Clinton and Horseshoe COM
panies.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-06-05

The board Of aldermen Of the city Of
Canton met in adjourned session and
was called to order by the mayor.
Present: Sheldon, Mold, Bennett,
Smith, Syverud, Treat.
Minutes Of May 22nd read, and on
motion approved.
Upon motion the council proceeded
to canvass the returns Of the special
election held in the Second ward on
May 26th, 1903, and the result is de-
clared as follows:
For alderman, John Anderson, is
votes, being the fun vote cast; and
John Anderson was declared elected
to said office, and the city auditor was
directed and authorized to issue certi-
ticate Of election to said candidate.
Mr.. Anderson being present was
given the oath Of Office by the mayor
and took his place as a member of the
board. The mayor appointed Mr.. An
derson as a member Of the following
committees: Streets, alleys and side
walks, ordinance, sanitary, printing.
Chairman Of electric light commit
tee
Contract with Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. l..
Soule was read and approved
Matter Of Sewer on Main street be-
tween Elder and First streets came
up for discussion and the prepared
contract with the parties desiring to
build said sewer was approved, as was
also the bonds in same case, and the
mayor and city auditor were authorize
ed to sign same on behalf Of city.
Ordinance amending No. 161, was
read the second time, and on motion
was numbered 176, and placed on it's
final passage, the question being,
''Shall the ordinance pass?" On roll
call the vote stood:
Sheldon, Mold, Bennett, Smith,
Syverud, Treat, Anderson, yes; absent
and not voting, Cloud; and the ordi-
nance being declared passed was ap-
proved by the mayor.
The matter Of appropriating 1925
additional for the purpose Of sending
the running team from the fire de-
partment to the tournament at Cham
berlain coming up at this time, and
the question being put the vote stood
as follows: Sheldon, Syverud, Treat,
Anderson, no; Mold, Bennett, Smith,
yes, and the motion was declared lost.
The street committee was instruct
ed to look after nuisance near pump
ing station.
Mr.. Treat introduced the following
resolution and moved its adoption,
and motion seconded by Mr.. Smith:
/. Resolved, that the city Of Canton
appropriate 800. 90 per year to each
fire company of the city. The city of
Canton realizes the necessity OF a
good and efficient fire department.,
and in order to maintain such depart
ment it recognizes that it means con-
siderable time and expense on the
part Of its members, therefore, be 1t
resolved;
"That the city council appropriate
500. 90 per annum to each company
Of the Canton City Fire Department,
payable in May of each year, such
money to be used for incidental ex-
penseS Of the companies named as
said companies may elect. -
On roll call the vote stood: Shell
don, Bennett, Smith, Syverud, Treat,
Anderson, yes; absent and not voting,
Mold and Cloud, and the resolution
was declared passed.
On motion the city auditor was
authorized and instructed to draw
for 5000 balance due the said
fire companies under the above re-
solution. 5-.
On motion the council adjourned.
W. S. INGHAM, H. E. THAYER,
City Auditor. Mayor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-06-05
Kodal Gives Strength.

By enabling the digestive organs 10
digest. assimilate and transform ALL
of the wholesome food that may be
eaten into the kind of blood that nour-
ishes the nerves, feeds the tissues, har.
dens the muscles and recruperates the
organs of the entire body. Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure cures Indigestion, Dyspep.
sla, Catarrh of the Stomach and all
stomach disorders. Sold by, I. M.
Helmey & Co.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-06-05

On motion council adjourned un-
May p, 1908, at 8 p. m.
w. S. INaHAM, II. E. THAYER,
City Auditor. Mayor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-06-05

-You can find all the new styles in
spring suits at Laxon Bros one price
up to date clothing store.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-06-05

Wall paper at lower price than the
lowest and all of the latest designs.
Come in and see our beautiful designs,
and. get our prices. DIR. Nom.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02
Southern Sea EIepha.t.

4 southern sea elephant captured by
a whaling vessel on an island in the
Antarctic circle has been received by
the National museum at Washington.
tits an amphibian with but the sugges-
ton Of trunk which has no prehensile
power.-Albany Argus.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02
HOW TREES GROW OLD.


Unless the date of planting n
known tree can keep the secret of
Its age as long as it lives. Only when
1t is cut down and the rings that
then show on this cut surface are
counted can its exact age be told.
Especially when tree ia sawed.
down, leaving the stump with :
smooth, nat surface, q it easv 10
count its years. Trees such q the
oak. chestnut. Pine, etc, add q thin
layer just under the rough outer
bark each year. These layers harden
into tough.woody fiber, and one after
another make the tree bigger and
bigger around. When the tree in cut
down these layers show just as the
layers in an onion cut in half. AS
each layer counts for a year, the age.
Of trees that have grown straight and
tall is very easy to determine, while
in gnarled, wind twisted trees the
rings run into each other, and can
scarcely be distinguished, and thus
some of the famous old sentinels ON
the mountain tops hide the secret Of
their age forever. AS the trunks Of
trees grow larger layer by layer, the
rough outside bark which lasts from
year to year cracks wider and wider
in its efforts to fit the big round
body it was not made for, and great
assures and burrows appear, such az
are seen in the oak. Some trees, like
the birch, change their bark. from
year to year. The birch bark that
peels of Is almost as thin as paper
and split In a&thousandz places with
the swelling of the live new wood Just
beneath tn. Y. Tribune.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02
PRETTY HOUSE FOR NARROW CITY LOT.

prohibited in the small and mex
pensive: cottages, and really do not
belong there, but it is a natural
propensity in most of us to strive
to get as much as possible for our
money, and in house building, per-
haps more than in any other under
taking, are found opportunities to
judiciously expend or senselessly
waste money.
Here is a pretty little house de-
signed to be erected upon narrow
city lot. The building itself is 2411s
feet wide, and should have an open
space or passage way of at least four
feet on each side, although if it suit
ed. the taste OF the owner better it
could be placed nearer the lot line on
one side. This little house is designed
to meet the requirements of person
Of moderate means and small family,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02
FOR women
Much That Every Woman
Desires 10 Know
->s
About Sanative Antisep-
tic Cleansing.
And about the Care Of the Skin,
Scalp. Hair and Hands.

3
Too much stress cannot DO placed on
tho great value Of Cuticura Soap. ONT
mcnt and Resolvent in tho antiseptic
cleansing Of the mucous surfaces and Of
tho blood and circulating fluids, thus
afording pure, sweet and economical
local and constitutional treatment for
Weakening alterations, inflammations,
feelings, irritations, relaxations, dis
placements. pains and irregularities
peculiar to females. Hence the Cuti-
cura remedies have . wonderful influ-
encc in restoring health, strength and
beauty to weary women, who have
been prcmaturely aged and invaded
by these distressing ailments, as well as
such sympathetic Affections as an9mia,
chlorosis, hysteria, nervousness and
debility.
Women from the very first have fully
appreciated the purity and sweetness,
tho power to afford Immediate relief,
the certainty of speedy and permanent
cure, the absolute safety aud great
economy which have made the Cuticura
remedies the standard skin cures and
humour remedies of the civilized world.
Millions Of the women use CIticura
Soap, assisted. by Cutlcura Ointment,
for preserving, purifying and beautl-
flying the skin, for cleansing the scalp
Of crusts, scales and dandruff, and the
stopping Of falling hair, for softening,
whitening and soothing red, rough aud
sore hands, for annoying irritations,
and lucrative weaknesses, and for
many 6anatlve, antiSeptic PURPOSES
which readily suggest themselves, as
well as for oil the purposes Of the toilet,
bath and nursery.
Sold throughout The wnsA Cuticu,s Resovans M lin
form q Chocolate Coated rms 15c pr vial Of @ Oine.
%snt e.. sGssp: 2 Repot;s Lcnden Charslhouss
1ester Drug Chem. Corp, Sole l'ropristoss.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02

wishing an average amount of room.
There are five rooms, all.of good size,
in addition to the hall, bathroom,
pantry and closets. The house is
heated by fireplaces in each room.
From the front porch you pass
through the front vestibule into q
corridor, from which you can enter
the parlor, front bedroom, bathroom
or dining-room.
The parlor and dining-room are
each octagon shaped at one end, Civ
ing more light and ventilation and
better view. A door from the dining.
room Communicates with the kitchen
at the back. The pantry is placed so
it may be entered from either the
dining-room or kitchen and is fitted
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02

up with the usual number of shelves,
drawers, pastry table and flour bins.
A cellar extends under the entire
house, eight feet in depth. The
height of ceiling above is 10 feet.
The foundation walls are of brick.
The building above foundation is of
wood. The walls are sheathed and
Epapered and weatherboarded with
half-inch siding, and the gables
singled. The roof is singled with
cypress shingles. All inside wood
work is of cypress, filed and hard
oiled in natural color. All outside
woodwork is of white pine, painted
three coats in stone gray body color,
trimmed with white, with holdings
picked out in black. This house is
very coy and attractive and would
make comfortable home, at cost
of $1,000 to $500. r. 4 PAYNE
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02
Why BIG BANKS MERGE.
Cause efthe tendency Toward Cen.
seliAation ln Large Financial
Transactions.

Banks of enormous Capitalization
are needed primarily, one Of their
most important officers says, "for the
purpose of financing great enter
prises." This means ability to raise
q $1,000, 600 loan at one hours notice
without outside assistance; to supply
a railroad with $40, O00, 600 OF SIS ,0OO.-
600 whenever it wishes to increase its
capital; to underwrite new Rotations
in heavy amounts: to finance syndt.
cate operations in foreign bonds; to
be ever ready to further the projects
with which interests affiliated with
the bank are connected; in various
ways to do at short notice what q
dozen different banks were formerly
required to accomplish, states the
New York Post.
Some of these banks admit frankly
that they do not care to do business
with 'sthe small man. That is to
say, accounts showing an average bal:
ance of $4,000 or $4,000 are not de.
sired. The officers say that they are
In the wholesale sbusinesss.ands have
NO time to throw away on the little
fellow" For. that reason one of the
banks already declines personal ac-
counts, cultivating principally such
corporations as can show balances OF
100000 or more. Fifty thousand dol
lars is its average balance.
These banks require peculiar man.
agerial ability. Men Of small scope
or narrow experience cannot cope
with the difficulties. Officers of such
institutions usually gain the reputa.
ton for being cold-blooded, because
of rigid adherence to certain fixed
rules. The chief difficulty, however
lies in knowing when to say Eyes, :"
rather than .'No," for as one banker
put it the other day, "any fool can
turn down proposition" Not long
ago one of these banks was asked to
loan 100000 in a lump on single
name paper. It was big transac
ton, involving heavy liability, but the
customer got his money. Another in.
stance. occurred where a bank re.
ceived word an hour before it's doors
closed for the day that q check for
s5,000,o0O had just been drawn against
a large account. There was little
skirmishing, but the situation was
met in few minutes.
Bankers who have studied the
proposition point out that the bank
of great capitalization would prob
ably contribute stability in times of
financial disturbance. It's influence
might be exercised through efforts to
relieve the strain of an overburdened
money market, or by breaking money
rates when they reached panic level.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02

M &
HERE ire many things to be
taken into consideration in the
Designing of houses for differ
ent parts of the country. A low
house of good outline is always at
tractive, no matter how simple the
design may be. It seems to fit into
the natural surroundings of land
scape much more appropriately than
a lofty structure. There are other
advantages in home of this de-
scription. Tt is warmer and more
comfortable in the winter time and
requires less fuel to heat it. In
summer it is usually shaded by
foliage, which shuts off much of the
intense: heat of the. SUM- Rich orna-
ments and details are Of necessity
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02
LIFTING. WITH MAGNETS.
Attraetive Force IL Vow Used Tor
Great Commercial Tasks aad
Delicate Optic Operations.

One of the practical uses Of mag
net, but to those Immediately con-
cerned q highly important use, is that
in which it is sometimes employed to
Withdraw small pieces of iron from
such QUITO the way places as the hui
man eye. Another use of the attractive
force of magnetism ON much larger
scale was that to which it was put
by Edison in his magnetic ore separa-
tor, in which the ore, previously
crushed TO q fine powder, is dropped
down a chute past the poles Of pow
erful electromagnetic, in passing
which the iron particles Of the ore
are detected to one side, while the
non-magnetic stone dust continues
nndefected down the chute. Still an
other instance of the employment OF
magnetism in a small way is that in
which magnetized tack hammer: is
used in the manufacture of straw
berry baskets on a large scale in con-
junction with a mechanical device
which presents the tacks, one at q
time and head up. to the operative,
thereby greatly facilitating his work.
It is far cry from lifting tack
by means Of magnetism to the lifting
of massive iron !, and steel plates
weighing four, six and twelve ;. tons
by this same force, which is now be-
ing done every. workday in number
of large steel works. Electro-mag-
netism, of course, is utilized, the
form of the magnet being usually
rectangular for this work and pre-
senting. q fat surface to the plates
lifted. The magnets are suspended
by chains from cranes, and pick up
the plates by simple contact and
without the loss of time consequent
to the adjustment of chain and hooks
in the older method. It is also found
that the metal plates can be lifted by
the magnets while still so hot that
it would be impossible for the men
to handle them.-Cassier's Magazine.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02
Cruel Joke.

Edith-Yes, last night Jack said he
was going to change my name.
Ernie-How your heart must have
futtered. Did he promise to marry
you?
.No; the mean thing just took out
pencil and wrote Edyth, instead OF
Edith" Chicago Daily News.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02
THE FREE KIDNEY DOCTOR,

ne - people vAe
oube 90 6oOoMo O0Reo
1870 they a0abe WHO
Dnnlao Dooaho Iilno tho
6l8Asse
Aehing hocau are coed.
Hip hack, and loin pains
overcome. Swelling at The
.es and dropsy asns
1Aey UoGsoce uE1nos vlth
bg1ck ds,st 0ediulon1s tkh
colored. pm - pa19l9,
driheaing, hes1en6y, bed
Wetting. DoanS Kidney Pills
remove calcun and gravel.
3e6eyo heart palptfatiou,
o1eepleosneos, headaohe,
negvo0sneas, diszineoa.
TAYIoRSvl1lx, Mr.. ~
tried everything for Q weak
hack and Tot no relief until /
uDed Deans Ptlls."
T., 4 ~ Y.w-pe
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02

A number Of capitalists sent man down
TO little town to report on the adviss.
bility Of Introducing gas there.
Well, queried one Of them. what do
Mouse" responded the agent. ssWouldn't
pay the salary Of the superintendent, lei
alone the expense of putting in the plant"
too poor."
NO; they're rich enough"
dlcsw
) Moo; that's not It,"
.'Well, what Is the matter, them"
b. To many engaged couples. Wouldn't
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02
sisn. Of Lie i. Hen. Esss.

An electrical test, at first proposed
as a means Of determining whether
life is extinct, has been used to show
when life begins. No reaction is pro-
duced IL the matter is lifeless. AID.
plying this method to hens eggs,
Augustus Waller asfound that signs
of life begin in "a to 62 hours after
the beginning OF incubation, and that
only when development. fails or is
arrested does the reaction continue
to be absent. @,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02
ARMY SERVICE net EASY.
Only Those Endowed with Enersy
and Pluck Can Hope to Reach
Places Of Honor.

Those young men who entered the
military service from civil life follow
ing the war with Spain, believing that
commission in the army was a
soft snap" are discovering that o
mistake was made. and that ip order
to remain in the service and go for
ward in regular promotion they
must prove themselves to be worthy
of advancement, says Washington
report. The law requires that before
being advanced to grade above, that
held the officer must pass profess
sional and physical examination and
demonstrate his fitness for advance
ment. Failing either physically or
professionally, the officer is ''condi-
toned" for one year, when he is
again sent before an examining
board, and, in case Of a second fail
ure, he is honorably discharged from
the army with one years pay. In
case, however, of physical disability
resulting from the service, the candi-
date is advanced to the higher grade
and placed on the retired list.
Several of the young men appoint
ed to the grade of second lieutenant
under the army reorganization act
have failed to pass examination for
promotion to first lieutenant and
have been honorably discharged in
accordance with the requirements of
the law. In some of the failures the
cause was found in the lack of mental
preparations for the duties to be per-
formed, and in others the failures
were attributable to the Indifference
and Incidence of the delinquents, who
seemed to entertain the belief that
the same influences that were poten-
tial in securing their original APP
pointment would be able to retain
them in the army regardless of pro-
fessional delinquencies.
Recently at Fort Leavenworth sew.
eral student officers who failed to
meet the requirements of the school
examination were ordered before
court-martial evidently for exhibiting
deliberate carelessness to prescribed
studies and indifference to duties in
the classroom in the school of prac-
teal application. These happenings
indicate that the war department
authorities are determined that the
younger officers of the army must
work to win their promotion in time
of peace in order that they may be
the better prepared to ''win their
spurs in time of war.
Cruel Joke.
Edith-Yes, last night Jack said he
was going to change my name.
Ernie-How your heart must have
futtered: Did he promise to marry
you?
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02
California,s Oranges.

California,s Oranxe..
California produces more dollars
worth of oranges than of gold-or-
anges over $1s,OO0.00o and gold $17,-
100000.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-07-02

Its Status.-Tourist- ssWhat j. the sire
Of this place, uncle?" Colored Citizen
Dis town hab got about 1900 popularity,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09

Fruit Roll. Cocoa.
Clear Soup.
stewed Tomatoes.
Asparagus Salad.
Strawberry Cake. Coffee.
THURSDAY
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal. Cream.
Meat Cake. Brown Sauce
stewed Potatoes
Ho'''' LUNCH Gomez
Fricassee Of Clipped Beef.
Stuffed Potatoes.
Fruit. Waters.
Tea,
DINNER
Spinach Soup.
Broiled Chops. Mashed Potatoes
Asparagus Cress Salad.
Floating Island. Coffee.
FRIDAY
BREAKFAST.
Fruit,
Cereal Cream
Scrambled Eggs, Bacon.
LUNCH.
Vegetable Chowder,
Egg Chops, Cream Sauce,
Fruit, Cake,
DINNER.
Clear Soup,
Baked Fish. Cucumber Sauce.
New Potatoes, Cauliflower
Lettuce,
Pineapple Fritters, Coffee.
SATURDAY
BREAKFAST.
Sliced Bananas and Strawberries.
Planned Fish, Grilled Tomatoes
Entire Wheat Mullins Cofiee.
LUNCH
Lobster Farci. Hot Rolls,
Strawberry Shortcake, Tea.
DINNER.
Tomato BisQue.