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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06
The Best Thing.

t do you mean by kissing me-
VIVA .chY
Herr FITS told me to. She told me to
MY aun, ,lp myself to the best thing
come ana ne 1 the kitchen."-Fl iegende
could find Il
Batter. -
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06
Ayirtue Of Necessity;

Thorne-A. Tack Giadhahd says he has
given up born owing money.
Bramble-Hs had to. All MS friends
have given up \ hiding to nim.-Stray
HtOrfas
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06

The blockhead and the genius are
akin In at least one respect-both were
born that way.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06

Before employing a fine word fihd'
place for it-Joubet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06

wherever there
q natural i1aclihaA
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06

is authority there is
N to disobedience.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24

other organizations of the city with
a view of organizing an improve
ment league, reported such an ryan-
izatioh had been completed.
Prot. Chas. H. Koeler, president;
DR.. N. A. Swickard, vice-president and
Prof. Willis E. johnson, secretary.
were all unanimously reelected. The
board of directors for the coming year
are Prof. Koehier, Rev. j. Y. Monta-
que, Doane Robinson, G. M. Stevens
and George B.. DAILY. The club ad.
journed to meet on the first Monday
in October The executive board
will make out program at no distant
day so that members assigned topics
for the coming year can have ample
time for reading and investigation.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
PASSED EIGHT GRADE.

. p i
County Superintendent Eddy re-
ports the following as having passed
the examination and graduated from
the eighth grade.
AberdeenAnna Thorson, Louis
Fangman, Annie O'Donnell, Julius
e. Glau, Nathaniel Becker, Gladys
Dontine, Nellie Carlson, Bennie
Clancy.
Warner-W Winnie bunker, Carrie
Diaman.
Bath Ruth Aurelia Bradley, John
Regan, Martin Kerr, Earl Clark, Elma
Lehnasse, VIM. Regan.
Groton Geo. Smith,
Colum bia Edith Kribs, Frank E.
Kemnitz, Florence DAILY, Laura Bell
Heath, William w. Wahl.
| Hecla Ray Lamport. Sherley u.
ISteadman, Miller II. Ihaxton, Lily
NJ. Bengtsom.
Westport Mage deleEe aernon, Lucy
Loyelace. Goldie Morrison, Ella Sic
imam.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
ANCIENT FROG PONDS
Transformed This Year to Most
Attractive Spots.

Near the heart of the city OF Aber-
deen for score Of years there have
been three particular frog-ponds-
there were others-which the SHOWS
and the rains OF each succeeding seas
on have replenished SO that through
summer these stagnant pools mlghC
breed malaria, mosquitoes, tad-poles
and bad smells to the discredit OF the
growing city. This season marks
their disappearance.
One of these was on the block north
of the High School. This block mas
been filled up with the soil from the
|excayation Just made for the big Jew
| ett wholesale warehouse. On this
block G. J. Heel, Albert Young ana
Martin Schamber, all ct the Goloel'
Rule department store, will each
build a house. So this ancient frog
pond must give way to a group OF tne
finest, residen ;es in the city. Anothel
Transformation occurs where the walls
of Brown county's splendid court.
house are going up. Where this old
nond was, the huge piles of dirt drawn
/ in for filling will make the courthouse
grounds the highest in the nelghor'
hood, and under the care OF a compe'
ltent landscape gardener one OF the
.,,os+ ottractiye spots in the city.
Last but by no means least is the
excavation made many years age
nearly twenty, on Main street by =. a.
Drake. who never got in shape 70 er
4 ect the proposed business block, golnl
nn fartherthan to throw into it a mum
4 har of loads Of stone. Here the Hat,
1 l,hlock is to be built, during the pres
A ant summer it is said, and is alreads
lhepun on plans to eclipse any buslnes es
Istructure in Aberdeen. a splenul' .sl
4 1 foundation for mammoth building
,lts built around the pond, but the ol'
i fashioned green scum is forming q
4 the water. Which shall arise durln'
] the summer from this hole the 9
tracbian chorus g O ola : =
lsplendid business blockp
~
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24

located on several islands. There the
great lake Malaren by the river Norr-
strum goes out into the Baltic Sea.
l willnottry todescribe thecapital. Go
and see for yourselves-sometime in
June whep the nights are only a twi-
light; not in midwinter, when in
the northern part only the Northern
light flashes over the snow, while the
RENDERS fight in the wilderness.
Well, hope you like Sweden now?
MRS. SINA JACOBS.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB.

The meeting of the Social Science
Club held at the reading room of the
Alexander Mitchell library on Mon
day evening, April 2oth., was the CON
Guiding one of the seasons series.
The paper for the evening, by Rev.
O. Glesne, was an interesting and
carefully prepared discussion Of re-
lipion as a social force. The general
discussion, following the reading Of
the paper, was led by "A. q. Hunt but
owing to pressure Of other business
an interesting discussion was neces-
sarily brief.
The committee on City improve
ments which was to confer witt
-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE FoRr1ED
The Aesthetic side Of City Activitie.
Shall not be Neglected.

On Monday evening at the Alex
ander Mitchell Library representa-
tives of various clubs of the city met
for the purpose of forming a., organ
izationto promote action toward the
cleansing and beautifying OF the city.
This was the final result of a discuss
ion of the best methods for promoting
the health and attractiveness of the
city In paper read during the win
ter at meeting of the Social Science
Club by Rev. j. Y. Montague. AS
Mr.. Montague has been the prime
mover in this good work it was fitting
that he was made president of the
league. Mrs. Louis Lager was made
secretary and Mrs. Henry S. Williams
and Mrs. Morris H. Kelly act with
the president as a committee toselect
the necessary standing committee to
carry forward the work of the
league.
G. M. Stevens and Doane Robinson
were appointed to appear before the
council to secure such aid in promot-
| ing the work of the league as the
municipal government may be able to
give.
The standing committees provided
for by the constitution are:
Streets, alleys and sidewalks;
Tree planting and tree culture;
Street parking, lawn and floral cul
ture;
Sanitation, to cooperate with boarc
of health;
! Finance;
Vacant lots and grounds;
Publicity;
/ Children's auxiliary committee, Il
4 interest the children in the work 0
the league;
Committee on education touching
industrial departments in the pubic
4 schools
The titles of the standing commit
tees Indicate that the league has lait
4 out for itself most ample field OF, en-
deavor. The next meeting OF tn
!. league will be held at the library o.
Saturday evening at $780,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
ENos $. JENNIE.
An old Settler Died at Columbia
Monday Last.


Enos S. Jenne, whose death oc-
Cured on Monday morning April 20th.,
at his residence in Columbia, was one
Of Brown County's earliest settlers.
On the 18th. of March, 1885, he left
Chicago with party of ten others
with Columbia, Brown County, South
Dakota, as their objective point.
VIM. Townsend, who was one of the
party, owned shares in the Columbia
Townsite Company. The other MEM
bers of the party were Chas. E. Bald
win of the Aberdeen News, the late
Hiram G. McGregor of Columbia,
John Helmka of Bath, Nate and Len
Loveless, Walter McMillen and three
others who never became permanent
residents of the county.
This party after arriving at Water
town, the end Of the railroad, March
18th, procured two wagons and started
for Columbia. They were the first
party to leave for the central Jim
river country, that spring of 1880.
They went directly west to Belcher's
Ford, thence up the river reaching
Columbia, March 21st.
Mr.. Jenne located a homestead and
tree claim on the Elm, three miles
south Of Columbia, now in Cambria
township. Here he resided until,
some half dozen years ago, he gave up
farming and moved to Columbia.
Later he sold his farm to o. e. Law
renee who now occupies it. Mr.. Jenne
was, for many years, a sufferer from
ailments contracted during his army
service, but pneumonia was the i'm.
mediate cause of his death. Emmett
Cole, his old neighbor and army com.
rade, chanced to come up from Pierre
just in time to help care for hin dur
ing his last days, and join his ole
Post in paying their last tribute tc
the departed comrade. Members Of
the Columbia Post furnished the pail
/. bearers. Col. J. r. Stowell, John D.
LAWN, j. II. Pond, Captain Smith, S
w. Jaques and others went up from
Aberdeen to attend the funeral. Rev
Jones preached the funeral sermon a.
the Congregat ational church, and at thl
grave members of the Columbia Ma
sonic lodge conducted the burial ser
vices.
| Mr.. Jenne was born in Savannah
/ New York, December %, 1888. III
was married to Harriet Ledore, Apri
l3, 1859. OF this marriage two child
ren, John c. and Benjamin Leroy
I were born, both Of whom are nov
j; dead. Mr.. Jenne was prominen
member of the G.. A. r. organization
of this county. He enlisted Angus
s, 1852, in company B, 11lth New Yor
Volunteer Infantry. He took part il
the Battle of the Wilderness wherein
was severely wounded. After tn
war he became a resident Of Mich
gan, living near Lansing. Preyiou
!, to his coming to Dakota he was a
official Of the state reformatory l.
!, Gated at Ionia.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
ONE DOLLAR 4. llAR

Lenora Sphinx to HELEN t.
Babcock, lot Is. blk. IL s 4
e ad to Aberdeen. ...... LOO
act, Philip Bouffleur to j. L. Car
~ liSle lot 6 blk. so 2nd adin
-. | ADefueen 10 w
F. f. Grant to D. f. 4Rid'rli
sec 81 and sWl 26-l2S-64 -. 1.ttt25 GO
~ John J. Chamberlain to D. r.
w Riddell sw9 &c. sw and 81 IS
and set 32-l28.64. ........... Ss75 90
M Milton I. Vought to Fred &;
w Cutler, nw4 IA and ne1-4 l5-
l24-64. Observation-Disclosures. ;OOC 90
=, Meyer Land Co. to Job Oar
w row, sw1-4 30-123-64 ~ 1900 90
Harry w. Foster to Margari t
30 E. Gardner, lot 5, blk 49. 2nsi
w ad to Aberdeen. ........ 800 90
90 Frank E. Granger to H. W
w Foster, lot I, blk 43, Eng az!
to Aberdeen n................ $500 90
, - Meyer Land Co. to Lucille
W Bates, swl-4 32-l22-64. ..... 5000 90
G. J. Hute to Joseph DurS-
, ~ hard, lot "a, blk 8, H. aud
W L. ad to Aberdeen ........ 35 90
Josiah Wilson ct al to X. Nc
! 90 Kenzie, nw1-4 34l25-6O..... l 90
Chas. Eygabroad ct al to a. e.
Patrick, lots and 2 and es
nw1-4 1856. :. 24OO 90
S OOl John Tompkins to M. j. Tobln
ct al ne and sel-4 8-121-G5. $500 90
Christoph j. Heel to Harry
w. Foster, 56 1T on Nicollet
/ OO| Ave. by $50 TT on Lincoln
: St., Aberdeen. ............ 100 90
o 90 B. G. Lamont to A. E. Patrick
swl-4 29-l25-65. 90
John f. Brock to Severt ii.
s COT Lee, lots I to 12, blk 9G, IL.
and L. ad to Aberdeen .. 90
Robert L. Murdy to William
% 90 A. Wolter, lots 3 and 4, Blk
Al, Thomas ad to Aberucen 500 ON
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
CITY ELECTION.
The Gas and the Electric Light Ordi-
nances Defeated.

The City election held last Tuesday
was one in which the contending
forces made sharp fight. Much
interest was felt for the outcome and
considerable feeling displayefn.1 the
canvass. OF course the one Tue of
city lighting dominated everything,
the election of aldermen being largely
governed by it. 1t was remarkable
as being the first exercise Of the ref
erendum process, and this feature of
self-government, it must be admitted
is fayorably established in the esti-
nation of the average citizen.
Some express surprise that the vote
against the gas ordinance was so
much greater than that against the
electric light ordinance, when the
latter was supposed to have been re-
garded with more disfavor. This
was likely accidental owing wholly to
the position occupied by the two or
dinances on the referendum ballot
Ordinance 2O4, relating to gas, was the
latter one and many voters placed
the (x) mark opposite the yes or nc
under the last one supposing no other
marking was necessary on the ballot
The ordinances were Of equal impor
tance but while only 46l votes were
cast for or against the first ordinance
on the ballot, 78s votes we're marked
for or against the second one.
The vote on the franchises was al
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
POISONING aoPHERs.
4 BY e. f. Ladd.

y. ~ A1s = . AA0uOs
Frequent inquiries are received at
the experiment station asking how
best to employ strychnine for poison
ing gophers.
The amount of damage to farm
crops by these little pests is very
great. It is estimated that in 1901
the damage to the alfalfa growers Of
Kansas from the ravages of the pocket
gopher was s5OO,OOO. Grass, small
grains, corn, vegetables, ETC., suffer
largely from gophers. Their damage
is of a two-fold character in that they
not only destroy the growing grain,
but throw up little mounds of dirt in
! the fields to interfere with cutting the
crops. The gophers also tramp down
and destroy each season large
amount of grain and it may be safely
said that in North Dakota the dam
age to farm crops in the aggregate is
greater than the estimated damage to
the alfalfa growers of Kansas.
The early spring is the breeding sea-
son and gophers are very prolific,
sometimes producing as many as ten or
eleven young in a single litter; there
fore, the destruction of one female
gopher, at this season, means as much
as many killed later in the season.
Many complaints are made that
strychnine does not seem to destroy
many of the gophers in some instances
where it has been employed. There,
may be two reasons for this. The
strychnine is not soluble, to any great
extent even in hot water and gophers;
eat but little food at one time. To
successfully destroy these pests, the
poison should be present in the food
in considerable quantity and the
strychnine should be soluble and in a
form or mass acceptable to the animal
to be poisoned.
Strychnine is readily soluble in hot
acidulated water and we recommend
the following method:
" To Prepare strychnine Poison.
Bring one quart of vinegar to boil
ing, add one ounce of strychnine, stir
with stick until fully dissolved and
then add six quarts of hot water. Pour
this on twenty pounds of wheat or
corn and allow to stand for about
eighteen hours or until the solution is
entirely absorbed, but the mass must
be frequently stirred vigorously so that
!, it will become uniformly saturated
with the poison The grain should
now be spread out to dry, where it can
n not be reached by animals or children
for you have ashighly poisonous grain
IL Now dissolve six pounds of sugar ii
six quarts of water and boil until on
gallon remains and then allow to COO
a When cold, add one tablespoon Of anise
OIL can be had at any drug store.
You now have q thick syrup whic
10 should be poured over the nearly DIR
poisoned grain and the whole stirre
e SO as to cover each grain with a lays
W Of syrup. Allow the grain to thoroug
~. dry, stirring SO as to prevent i
M sticking IN mass. The odor Of anis
~ OIL Is very attractive to the goph,
end each kernel should contain enoua
NJ lsoison to destroy one gopher TIL
grgar-coated grain can be used at al
'afne, but great care should be take
y prevent any possible poisoning
90 airds or animals. "a little Of this gra
buried near each gopher burrow W
be pretty sure to attract and destrl
90 its victim.
fs S
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
The vote on the proposition to issue
S25, 900 Of sewer bonds was as follows:
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.
First ward-Fred Campbell. Rep,
1Os; VIM. Retallick, Dem, Sc; w. z.
Baldwin, Soc, II.
Second ward Fred Korte; Rep, 50;
T. B. Wells. Soc, 20.
Third ward-J. NJ. Carr. Rep, l54;
E. r. Edison. Soc,, 20.
Fourth ward G. MI Erwin, Rep,
241; A. G. Hunt. Soc., 80.
MENBERBoARD- EDUCATIONAL LARGE
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24

First ward Barnett, Rep, So;
Hutchens, Dem, loe; VIM. Cole, Soc,
13.
Second ward-W. G. Wells, non
partisan, 6s;S. NJ. McColl, Rep, 81;
Evans, Soc, Is.
Third ward-C. E. Zirbes, KEEP, 81;
Wood Harrington, Ind, IS; M. M.
Rowley, Soc. 25.
Fourth ,ward-A. c. Witte, Rep,
2l2; U. Bosley, Soc, 46.
SEWER BONDS.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-04-24
|UT SWEDEN.

IUT SWEDEN.
Jacobs Writes of Her
BirthIand.
90 when l was visiting a
In Aberdeen, she said to
i you write another time
kERDEEN DEMOCRAT, will
us something about your
Sweden?" And / said:
esure, if yc editor is will
course, it can be but very
information, and IL the
part of it does not tally
of later days, please bear
hat it is forty. years past
died geography.
is the largest of the three
Kingdoms that we know
collective name OF Scandi-
he other two are Norway
lark. Sweden extendsabout
lish miles north aud south
d wintertime the mercury
freezes in the north, the
part is very mild in climate,
in the short summer days,
Eth the barley hardly gets
tpen, we And grapes, apricots
erry trees outdoors in Stiane
Bt and sunniest part Of the
In the north the border
Russia, Finland, with the
tnea river as q boundary line.
est, it is separated from Nor
mountain ridge named Kolen
Its shores are washed by bays
y the North Sea and named
and Skager Rack. The little
Oresund separats Sweden
nmark in the southwest and
south Sweden is bounded
(altic Sea. But great steamers
{ sea and thus Sweden is in
mmunication with its neigh
and south, Russia and Ger
kl,s population is perhaps
"a million people. Thousands
migrate yearly to the United
@stly to escape the grinding
d the law that makes every
lied man a soldier from the
wentyy-one to the ageof forty
base Of war, and in times OF
Ehey must pass, three years in
ion, ninety days in enforced
y drill.
len is very mountainous and
he greater part is taken up by
Ind big pine forests; only in the
ire there woodlands of birch
|eech. But it is beautiful
y years have passed, since the
left its rocky shores, but still
IS are filled with tears of long
Dnce more would I listen to the
/ the wind in the majesticpines
|the roar of the mighty torrents
dash over the cliffs. We have
,ture Niagara at the Gotta river
eautiful to stand on the sway
idge below the falls, where tht
wet your face. The Swedish
of these falls is Trollhattan.
you can understand that il
!, country. farming can not o.
ain support for those that liy'
so there are all kinds of indus
enterprises carried on: Fore
ire the irunworks in all think
rays of use besides all that j
ted in it's crude state. 1t is tn
with timber. There is ais
weaving done. The Norrlan'
is world-famed for its fineness
e of the cities in the middl
of Sweden, Wadatena, still
the industry Of lace-makine
nuns taught the women hur
of years ago, when the stat
on was Catholic. To-day 1T
church that is the stat
n, but any religious faith is fre
lid its own church If sois desire
! late the Catholics have ono
begun to get converts anon
eople.
national characteristic of tn
es is their good nature. The
SO Industrious. They have ais
traits that are less goot
of their men like whiskey
zoo much, but I have seen ths
even here. They also admir-
thing foreign very much. Thu
swede-American friends al
much Of when they sometime
the old country. . Therefol
young men go to Sweden fro
TO pass the tedious winter
and plenty,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-31
Hoke Smith in New York.

What Is this? The Hon. Hoke Smith dis
cussing presidential timber and no mention
OF Mr.. Cleveland? Prefers Mr.. Olney. but
would be satisfied with Judge Parker?
Says the south Is tired of agitation. and
wants to go on making money? Is sure
that the next democratic national conven-
ton will be controlled by conservatives
and will declare for the gold standard?
These are sentiments attributed to the
Georgia statesman in an interview given
by him in New York. But in the same in
terview We are told that Mr.. Roosevelt's
nomination is unlikely. Mr.. Hanna and
Gov. Odell strike Mr.. Smith as strong pos
sibilities on the republican side. 1t is only
fair to add that Mr.. Smith had but Just
arrived In town. and had hardly had time
to remove the stains of travel when the in
dustrious interviewer seized him. He may
not then have known of Mr. Cleveland
projected western trip. or of Mr.. Hanna s
shyness when a boom for him is mentioned.
This Is Tuesday. Another interview with
Mr.. Smith. about Thursday say, might
read little differently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-31

appointment and promotion. They have
furthermore seen Washington changed, I'M
der the benefcent influence of the civil
service law, from a city largely composed
of transients. its residents seldom remain
ing for more than four years and conse-
quently securing no permanent foothold,
forming few business connections, and
therefore participating only In the slightest
degree In the affairs of the municipality. to
a city of permanent residents, home owners,
public-spirited jewellers.
In this last respect Washington has been
q more or less selfish advocate Of civil sery-
Ice reform, but its selfishness has been. 1t
would seem. quite justifable. 1t has profit
ed materially from the change to the merit
system, which has insured its residents per-
manence of tenure during good behavior
1t has grown rapidly and solidly under the
influence Of the home-making impulse en-
gendered In these treasured residents. 1t
has expanded remarkably in civic pride, In
efficiency and activity as municipality.
But the nation has profited sensibly from
this development. It's capital has become
a great city. a beautiful city, city Of sta
bility, permanent institution and source
Of pride to every visitor.
Having seen the civil service law work
out such remarkable results for good In the
large, 1t is by no means strange that Wash
ington should now be anxious that the final
logical step be taken. to place under the
protection of that system the handful Of
clerks who constitute the municipal adj
ministration. The selfish motive which anil
mated the capital in the old days does not
apply now so strongly. The shiftings
caused by spoils in the District offices do
not markedly affect its material welfare,
but the situation affords striking exam
pie of the truth that reform should always
begin at home And that it why Washing
ton has steadfastly urged this simple act
of inclusion Of the small with the great