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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15
s;s5.5oo in Gold Coin

Will be paid in prizes 10 those COM
ing nearest ut estimating the paid at
tendance at the st. Louis Worlds
Fair.
The above amount is deposited with
the Missouri Trust Company. as per
the official receipt of the treasurer Of
that financial institution and publish
ed in the schedule OF prizes announced
elsewhere in this paper. The Worlds
Fair Contest Company. Delmar and
Adelaide avenues. st. Louis. Mo-. are
Offering these prizes and there is no
doubt of the cash being in bank to pay
the lucky winners. The contest closes
October 18th.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15
The Forest City Press
{. P. rHoRNE, Publisher.
FOREST CITY. SOUTH DAKOTA
re,narkanle state Of contraband

\ remarkable state OF contraband
has just been brought to light in Spain,
where. although all the tobacco grow
Ing colonies have pee seized by the
United States. the growing of tobacco
IN Spain itself. for which the province
OF Malaga, Almeria and Zeres are adj
mirably adapted, is prohibited. All the
same tobacco Is not only grown, but is
cultivated in sufficient quantities to
employ four factories. of which the
products are OF sale throughout Spain.
After a recent council the king pro-
duced a packet of cigars. and offering
one to Zach of the ministers. said
pleasantly. TRY these. To my think
ing they are excellent cigars. They
have been sent to me as a present from
Andalusia, where. l am told. they are
manufactured by contraband from
Spanish-grOwn tobacco" This incident
is expected TO put matters on a better
footing.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15
BIG cotton FAILURE.
New York Cotton Company With g..
100000 Capital Owes $1,000.
600 II Can't Paw

New York, Sept. S.-Charles e. Kimball
and c. Lowering were today appointed re-
ceivers TOR the American Cotton company.
combe. The New Jersey courts severai
months aSo appointed the same men as
receivers to handle the assets and husi-
ness Of the company in New Jersey. The
company was organized with q capital of
@e.0ooupo. later increased to 100000. Its
difficulties ara attributed to lack Of suf-
ncent capital. The company owns or 8 q
~ E.000.0ooo liabilities will accrue nert
month and b papers nled say the com.
pany = without funds to meet them.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15

The Ethiopian movement in South
Africa--the motto of which is Africa
for the Africans'-is spreading. A
missionary in Barotseland writes: las
2 mission we are passing through a
most serious crisis. Our field has lately
been invaded by the Philippians, whose
leader Is n of our former Basuto
teachers. They have got the ear of the
king dewanika), and our schools are
seriously threatened. Our Christian
party has been won over and disturbed.
and our teachers give us no small
amount Of trouble and anxiety. Thus
the missionary work Of twenty years
y. threatened with destruction at .
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15

Lord Roberts once found himself In
2 center OF new friends in a London
club. There was a very tall man pres
nj who. evidently believing himself to
shine as a wit. seized every o~pportunity
Of raising 9 laugh at other peoples ex-
Qense. On being introduced to Lord
Roberts the wit bent down patronixing-
~ 20 his lordship and remarked: Il
have often heard OF you. but" shading
his eyes with hand as though the
famous wanerai. being so small could be
= only with dificulty-.I have never
seen you" To this Lord Roberts
promptly replied: II have often seer
you. MIR. but / have never heard Of
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15

Typhoid fever among laborers in The
sensational stories about danger in 10
water supply of New York city. The
cases have been attributed by the city
department OF health to the Drinking
by the laborers OF polluted water,
which. we assume. win be diverted from
the reservoir before It is put in use.
The present water supply is not In
volved, and the future supply need not
be II obvious sanitary precautions are
taken .toskeep the reservoir site free
from pollution by the workmen and to
exclude thedniow Of polluted water to
the. completed reservoid.-New York
Engineering News.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15
RUSSIAN STEAMERS NOTIFIED.
st. Petersburg and smoiensk Told &c
Leave Neutral Vessels Alone.

Leave Neutral Vessels Alone.
Zanzibar. Island of Zanzibar. Sept. o.
The British cruiser Forte early this MORN
Ing found the Russian volunteers foot
steamers st. Petersburg and Smolensk
within the three-mile limit and communi-
Gated to them the orders OF the Russian
government to dcsist from interference
with neutral shipping. The commanders
of the Russian vessels said they would
forthwith proceed to Europe.
A report was brought in yesterday by
the German steamer Kronprinx that the
st. Petersburg and Smolensk were coaling
in territorial waters. The Forte immedi-
ately proceeded to search for them, n
eve atually found the Russian vessels.
They were net coaling. but after the or
ders of the Russian government had been
delivered to them the Smolensk and st.
Petersburg Joined a German collier and
proceeded to Dar-es-Salaam on the Afri-
can coast. twenty-five miles south Of Zan-
xibar. The Forte returned here this after.
noon.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15
McCook County eehooIs.

Sa.em. s. D.. Sept. disappointment
ert Young has just finished his annual
report to the state superintendent, and
through his courtesy we CLEAN the fol-
lowing interesting information: The
report shows ia certified teachers in
the county; 1851 male children Of
school age. and 1,493 females. Out of
this number there was an enrolment
Of 1854 male. and 1.164 female. showing
that there were 696 children of school
age In McCook county last year who
did not attend school. There was an
increase OF salary in some townships
OF from 81 to IS per month. At the
present time there is $l2,S53 in the
hands Of the school %treasurers Of he
county. There a been a general de-
crease Of indebtedness in the county
districts. while the city schools have
Increased the general indebtedness 5000.
An even so pupils graduated from he
eighth grade the past year, In sending
In his report, Professor Young made
the statement that the prosperous con-
dttfon of our schools was the result Of
an earnest, progressive class OF teach
err and an enlightened school senti-
ment, on h part OF school boards and
patrons.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15
ANOTHER ASSAULT PLANNED.
Chinese Believe Port Arthur 10 in Neea
Of Ammunition.

Chef0o. Sept. 10.-An apparently well
informed Chinese who reached Chefoo
from Port Dalney today reports that
the Japanese army before Port Arthur
IL preparing to make another assault
on the fortress.
The Russians are paying 50 cents
each for unexploded shells manufac-
tured for III during the Chinese-Jap-
anese war The persistency Of this re-
port indicates a shortage OF large am
munition ut Port Arthur.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15

since 1872 it has not been a part us
japan, having been taken in that year
by Russia. 1t has been expected from
the beginning of Japanese successes in
the var that the Toxic government
would send an expedition to Sakhalln
and wrcst it from Russia. as it is of
large Importance in commanding the
fisheries. and also for strategical rea.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15
LossEsAND FORCES.
Kuropatkin's Casualties Estimated
at About 1000 Men.

ST. Petersburg. Sept. 1O.-General Ku-
ropatkin reports hat he did not lose
a gun during the retreat. The best in
formation Of the war office indicates
that Kuropatkin lost about 1900 men
during the ten days of the battle at
Lao Yang.
Toxic. Sept. s.--Revised estimates of
the force Of the Russians that were de-
feated at Lao Yang places the num-
bers at fS4 hattalions of infantry. 12S
s~quadrons of cavalry and 572 guns.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15
kuRopArklN WOULD FIGHT.
Mukden May be the Scene Of tho I'm.
pending General Conflict.

Mukden. Sept. 10.-(Delayed .)--Fight-
ing has ceased. and the Russian trans
port and army are moving without in
t%erruption. There is much uncertainty
concerning the movements and pur-
poses Of the Japanese. 1t is Impossible
to say definitely yet whether there will
be another battle here or further north.
Kuropatkin evidently Is not seeking ia
renew the battle. but II challenged he
will not decline an engagement.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15
A BID eiU.

Mr.. Benton Holmes-I'm so sleepy +
can hardly keep my eyes open.
Mrs. Benton IIo!mes-IIere's my
dressmaker's bill. ! guess that will
open vOur ewes.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15
Nieholas Goes 10 crenstadt.

st. Petersburg. Sept. S.-Emperor
Nicholas left st. Petersburg for Cron-
stadt today to inspect the Baltic feet.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15
BATTLE IS EXPECTED;
jAPS IN POSITION
ST. Petersburg Hears That ku-
roki Is East and Oku West
OF the Russians.
LAs is
One Report Is That News May Be Elk
pected at Any Time From a Big
Conflict to tho Northeast
Of Lao Yang.

ST. petersburg. Sept. l0.-A diSpatch
from Genera! Kuropatkin. timed $3.50
yesterday evening, states that Kuroki's
army is about twenty-seven iYiles
eastward of the railroad and Oku's
army is twenty miles west of the rail
road. The general staff expects II big
battle to be fought.
Mukden. Sept. l0.-Ncws of Il fight at
some point Shakhe, eleven
miles northwest of Lao Yang, and
Mukden is hourly expected.
There is AN unvcrified report current
here that Euroki has been killed and
that w Japanese generals have been
made prisoners.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 10. 1870 p. NJ
In spite of the assurances that Kuro-
patkin's army is out of danger. no
word from Kuropatkin has been given
out for thirty-six hours, and not a
single newspaper dispatch later Than
September 6 has been received. The
emperor has received some additional
details showing the tremendous diff
c,iltieS in accomplishing
the retreat or the road to Mukden.
Chefoo. Sept. l0.-Chinese vino left
Pert Arthur Monday arrived here to-
day. They report that severe fighting
occurred September 3. The japanese
attacked certain positions on the east
and west Hanks The Russians al
lowed them to approach within a short
distance. when they opened a heavy
fire II compelled the Japanese to re-
treat after three hours fighting.
Wei Hal Wei. Sept. 10.-Firing ut sea
was heard here last night. and boats
outside ine harbor claim they saw the
flashes distinctly.
A British ship was among those
which investigated the firing heard
last night. She reports that seven
ships Were engaged in the c~annona.le.
and that they steamed away and dis
appeared upon h appearance of the
British vessel.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15

Deadwood. 8. D.. Sept. lO.-The pres
nj term OF United States court now In
session in this city will probably be a
long n All OF the court matter Of
the state . been brought up at this
time. The town IL full Of witnesses
and jurymen. One Of the criminal
cases will be that Of John Jones, q
Pine Ridge Sioux. who attempted to
kill his newly made wife on the resar-
walton with his rihe. He succeeded IN
hitting the woman In the wrist and
killing q horse.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-15

Most Of the passengers who were ir
jured were riding in the smoking and
chair carr. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08
Wide Tires Aid to Roads.


In France every freightingsand mar
ket cart, instead Of cutting deep ruts
In the highways, improves it. Many of
the tires are ten inches wide. In the
tour-wheeled vehicles in that country
the rear axle Is about one foot longer
than the forward axle, and as result
the rear wheels run in a'line consider
ably outside that produced by the front
wheels.\ After few loaded wagons have
passed over the road it looks as If a
steam roller had been at work on it.
A national law in Germany provides that
wagons heavily loaded must have tires
not less than four inches wide. In Aus
tria the minfmum. for similar vehicles
Is six and half inches; in Switzerland.
six inches. If the law-making bodies of
our states would pass laws Of this char
acter, instead of expanding money for
new road machinery and building roads,
the people might be just as we'll satisfied
with the results .s.s-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08
soUA Ash q 81 FOR MAR lgT Z
Hints About Best Soil, Best Fertilizer,
Best Location and Best Method
sSg T.. Of Culture. g

VI The kind of soil best suited to the
growth of squash is deep, rich and
mellow; q gravelly clay also gives good
results. would not advise a sandy
loan If very dry for squashes, as they
require considerable moisture. IT not
TOO dry there is good prospect of grow
Ing paying crop Of winter squashes
on rundown loan deficient in vegetable
matter. In the first place pillow deep. and
narrow we'll. Check of the rows five
feet apart each way, leaving two vines
70 each hill, the object being completely
10 cover the soil with vines. On richer
soil they would need to be planted
farther apart. Dig out large round hills
10 to Is inches across and three to 31z
inches in depth, in which scatter well
= handful of high-grade fertilizer con-
tanning not less than AZ per cent. Of
ammonia, ten OF available phosphoric
acid and five to six actual potash. AT
least two per cent. of the ammonia
should be in the form Of nitrate, re-
mainder from dried blood and pure raw
bone, or high-grade tankage. The phos-
phorlc acid should be at least six per
cent. from bone; the potash should be
from nitrate or muriate, or both. Mix
the fertilizer we'll with the soil in the
hill, then cover three-quarters to one
inch with clear soil, drop about four
seeds and cover with about one inch of
moist soil (if soil is very light and dry
cover little deeper than this), firm
Ing down we'll on the hill. As soon as
the plants are we'll up, start the cult
vator and go over the ground every week
or oftener until the vines commence to.
run, then apply 800 to 1000 pounds per
acre of the same fertilizer broadcast,
which should be we'll cultivated and
hoed in; this would probably be the last
tcultivating. The object in broadcasting
the fertilizer is that the Hubbard and
similar varieties Of squashes send out
roots at every joint and broadcasting the
fertilizer places it where all these roots
can feed on it. On sour soil, or heavy
soil, lime would be benefit, but not on
a very dry or sandy loam.-E. E. Bur-
well, in Rural New Yorker.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08
PREVENT POTATO ROSETTE
Disease That Is Carried Over from
Year to Year on the Surface
of the Tubers.

Potato rosette is disease that seems
to be spreading rapidly and many re-
ports are received as to the damage done
by it. The tops are attacked, but the
tops are the parts of the plants that
elaborate the food to make the tubers.
OF course If the tops are injured in the
growing season, the tubers themselves
will also be injured. 1t is therefore
necessary to take precautions to save
the crop from this deteriorating influ-
ence. It seems that the disease is car
ried over from year to year on the sur
face of the tubers. The seed can be
treated, however, very effectively. One
pint of formalin in 80 gallons of water
will prove strong enough fungicide to
destroy the spores referred to. The seed
potatoes should be put into this solution
and left there for two hours. The pota-
toes should then be taken out and dried
and cut for seed. The expense of this
treatment is small, and should not be
neglected. Formalin may be. obtained at
any drug store. 1t is sold under the
name of formaldehyde, which consists
of 80 per cent. pure formalin and 20 per
cent. water. That combination is the
basis for the solution above. No al
lowance should be made for the water
already combined with the formalin at
time Of purchase, else the solution will
be made too strong.-Farmers' Re-
view.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08

sects will be found around and beneath
the buds. Where the twigs branch, and
in other sheltered positions the adult fe-
male will be found surrounded by her
young of both sexes. In this condition
the winter is passed by the insect be-
meath the scale. The true louise Is q
small, jelly-like body, 1attened and
closely attached to the bark, minus legs
or means of locomotion. From these
of May. About one month laterthe fe-
male natures and begins giving birth to
young at the rate of about ten day for
40 days. These young are very minute,
yellowish, oblong objects, with six legs,
two antennae and strong beak. They
wander aimlessly about for from 10 to
48 hours, when they attach themselves
with their beaks to the limb and become
a permanent fixture, never thereafter
moving from the spot. The next day
after becoming fixed they will he found
no longer yellow, but gradually becom-
Ing covered with q white substance that
IL exuded from the body, like fine
threads. In two days the louise is COM
pletely covered with its waxy coat, con-
cealing and protecting it from the ele-
ments." ,,E.-
1t is seen, therefore, from this de-
scription that any application that shall
destroy this pest must be strong enough
to penetrate the scale and kill the occu-
pant. The caustic properties of the lime,
sulphur and salt wash are able to do this
and are entirely non-injurious to the
tree. In fact, 60 useful is this spray as a
fungicide in addition to its insecticidal
properties that some orchardists are so
enthusiastic over its use that they are
ready to declare the San Jose scale ben
eft, because on account OF it's depreda-
tons that must be checked if the tree
is not killed many injurious fungi are
destroyed that would otherwise be over
looked except in their damage to the
fruit.-W. F. Mcsparran, in Ohio
Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08
Destruction Of Cut-Worms.

Some insects that cannot be reached
by direct applications to their food
plants may be reached indirectly. Cut
worms, for instance, are unusually fond
of bran, preferring it to their normal
green food. Mix up thoroughly one
pound of paris green or white arsenic
with so pounds of bran; moisten with
sugar water until it forms mush that
can be ladled out without dripping. A
spoonful to a hill will protect any Kind
Of plants growing in or on it, and will
clear a field of the worms In 48 hours
The sugar water is not absolutely neces-
sary, but serves to hold the bran. to-
gether and to keep it attractive for a
longer time. Chickens ksnould be kept
out Of fields where this mixture is used
and this warning applies to other stock
as well.-Prairie Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08
SIMPLE SEED TESTER.

stand in q warm place. If the. test is
made during cold weather, care must
be taken to stand the plates where the
temperature will not fall much below
so degrees at night, and will be about IS
or 20 degrees during the daytime.
The seeds that have sprouted should
be removed every dar, and the number
recorded. When the test is completed
the number of seeds sprouted can be
compared with the number put in the
test, and the percentage of termination
determined. Cereals and alfalfa should
be tested for about ten days, while
grass seeds need IA to 80 days.-Farm
and Home.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08
N SgS s.. .... ass ss
{!!(lAl|l /
1<(l ~
MENACE To.FRUIr GROWERS.
A Talk About the Pernicious ban Joss
s.s7 Scale, How It Looks and
How It Works.

In paper on this insect, read by DR..
]. H. Funk, before the Pennsylvania
state board of agriculture, he says:
The general appearance of badly
infested limb can be compared ito one
sprinkled with ashes, mixed with fine
particles of sulphur and SCOT. Such Is
the appearance found during winter.
The scale is circular-one thirty-second
to one-sixteenth of, an inch in diameter.
The body of the female is dark gray,
convex, rising in the form of a nipple,
with slight indentation Of yellowish
color in the center. The male is little
more elongated, with the nipple at one
end. On trees not badly infested the in
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08
Z Durable Label for Plants.

A label that will practically last for
ever, that can be written upon with q
lead pencil and easily erased, but that
will not bleach out by rain or sun ID
made Of celluloid. cut the sheet IN
strips Hx3 inches with heavy pair
or shears. These strips can be thrust
into the soil like wooden label, but
they never decay. Perforated by an
awl at one end, fine copper wire can be
attached 10 It. This is then readily
fastened to plants or stakes, thus les
SEEMING the danger of mixing labels
Il. NJ. Lucas in Farm aud Home.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08
sEED-TEsTINc MADE EASY.
Two Ordinary Plates and a Piece o,
l.. Flannel Cloth the Only Mate
]. rails Required.

4 A simple terminating apparatus can
be made from two ordinary plates and
q piece Of flannel cloth, as shown in the
cut. Fold the cloth, a, and lay it in one
plate, placing the seeds between the
folds of the cloth, which should be
moist, but not dripping. Cover the
whole with another plate inverted and
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08
Not Wasteful.

49, A.SsNSz " ~" -.
81 suppose, said the physician after
he had sound dthe new patient; shat
you exercise Judgment in the matter Of
:nsesi g It You DO indulge to foolish
"No, indeed" replied the inveterate in
dividual. II never smoke more than one
cigar at a time."-Cincinnat Tinles-Star
Moravian Barley and Speltz,
two great cereals, makes growing and
fattening hogs and cattle possible in Dak,
Mont, Ida, Colo, yes everywhere. and
add to above salzer's Billion Dollar. Grass,
Teosinte, which produces 80 tons Of green
fodder per acre, Salzer's Earliest Cane,
Salzer's 60 Day Oats and hundred of
other rare farm seeds that they offer.
JUST CUT THIS OUT AND RETURN IT
with 1oc in stamps to the John A. salzer
Seed CO.. La Crosse, WIS., f.r and get get t sa
pies. X. IL
Circumstances do not make the only
conditions in life.-Ram's Horn.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08

Too much concentrated food, too gen.
erous keep and too nice, comfortable
stables are often fore-runnerso Of disaster
to brood mares.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08

People who like to tell their trouble!
dislike to listen to the troubles of others
Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08

Money refunded for each package o
Putnam Fadeless Dyes if unsatisfactory.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08

It takes more than a fence to make
garden.-Chicago Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli'
Samuel, Ocean Grove. N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08

A word to the wise il superhuous.-
Yale Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08
StOnS the COuHh

and works off the cold. Laxative Brom
Ouipine Tablets. Price Is cents
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08

will always recommend wonderful remedies and that
these others who suffer did to try
remedies "-MRs T. g. WnIApszN, R. r. No Manning Iowa
Lydia
hams Vegetable Compound owe. diseases Of women
Pnkham 1T Mass, about their Illness entirely free