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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14

drunken man was in their room asleep,
but moi saying that he was a burglar.
Mr.. Johns was notified, and he put on
his trousers aud took his revolver and
went to see what it meant. The man,
on being awakened, handed over cloth
ing, money aud jewelry, which he had
secreted about his person, all that he had
taken except a $40 bill belonging to Miss
Burg. He was kneeling by the open
window, and without warning he leaped
out, breaking the sash. Johns went
after him and fired n shot, which
brought him back in short order. They
came over TO town, and when near DR..
S~traight's Office he started TO run Mr..
Johns could easily have shot him, but
fired low twice, thinking he would stop.
The third shot failed { o reach him and
then il was a race. Mr.. Johns tracked
him for two or three miles, and then he
started for his shoes and the sheriff.
They heard of him several times between
here and the Swenson farm, up toward
Erwin, when all trace was lost. Sheriff
Peterson went to Madison, thinking that
he might have taken the train at Erwin.
Mr.. Johns describes the mar as a young
Scandinavian, not very large and some
what dissipated.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14

Mutton as a human food is gaining
rapidly in reputation. SO much Inn
provement has been made in the meth
DDS Of breeding, fattening, slaughter
ing and ripening mutton that a great
army Of people who were N c preju-
diced against 1t no longer find any,
thing the matter with ii. Good au-
thorites predict that the time is rapid
~ approaching when as many sheep
and lambs will be slaughtered in the
United States as there are hogs and
cattle slaughtered now. History shows
us that In old countries mutton is the
poor mans meat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14
EVENTS IN
1eme Grown Sugar Beet seed-Fro
sen fruit Trees

Uome Grown Sugar Beet seed-Fro-
sen Fruit Trees.
BY b. BENJAMIN, JR.
Washington, ID. Cat a recent
meeting of the American Beet Sugar
association DR.. Galloway gave an in
t~eresttng account Of the visit OF an ex-
pert to Europe, where he investigated
some Of the farms Of France, Ger
many and Austria where sugar beet
seed IL grown. The result Of HE OBJ
servat1ons wa that he believes seed
can be grown In this country that will
produce q beet containing about 4 per
cent more sugar than the average in
Europe Oh eighty pounds more sugar
per ton than yet produced. According
to DR.. Galloway, an effort will be made
to develop this feature Of the industry
In Colorado, Utah and Washington.
In termination tests Of sugar beet
seed. just reported by Expert saylor.
seed grown in the state OF Washing
ton excelled numerous varieties of for
etgn seed from sundry sources In near
ly every particular.
Treatment of Frosep Fruit Trees.
Reports as to damage to fruit trees
by frost, especially in New York and
New England, have been somewhat
conflicting. Professor Waite, patholo-
gist in charge of Investigations Of dis
eases of orchard fruits, after looking
w the situation in the Hudson ard
Connecticut river valleys concluded
that the damage is mainly to peach,
Japanese plum and pear trees, and
the most serious harm is confined to
the lower levels and pockets. He Wis
tied the orchards around Marlboro and
Milton on the Hudson river and also
those located at South Glastonbury,
Conn, and found in conversation with
the growers that, as a rule, they over
estimated the damage. In several
cases orchards were already cut down
which would probably have recovered
II given proper treatment.
In bulletin 81. on fruit trees frozen
in 1904, Professor Waite states that
nearly all peach trees in which the
bark is stuck tight at the critical point
about two feet from the ground
may be expected to pull through, and
many that have the bark partially
loosened may o Moderate prun-
ing back, followed by good cultivation
and, unless the land is in very good
condition, with a moderate amount Of
f~ertlizingsis the best curse to pursue.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14

lopes for the conduct of his private bust
ness. Nj. Osborne has held, for the past
two years, the position of leasing clerk
at the agency, first under the late Super
intendent Staley, then under Supervisor
Wright aud Agent r. j. Taylor. MIR.
Osborne is charged with furnishing
information regarding the sale of inner
tied Indian land sales to prospective
buyers for a consideration and mailing
the same in the Official envelopes fur
nished the agent without the payment
of postage.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14

Wasabi, or japanese horseradish, a
new Introduction Of the department OF
agriculture, is not white, but Of a deli
cate shade OF green and has a fresh
ness and sharpness unlike that of the
horseradish Of this country. Its cul-
tural preferences resemble those OF the
ferns moisture and shade.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
Foxton Reappointed.

DR.. j. l.. Foxton, of Huron, who has
served a year as a member of the State
Board of Medical Examiners, was last
Thursday %reappointed for three years.
Col. Orr Draws a Prize.
The governor Thursday appointed Col.
7. G. Orr, of Evarts, Walworth county,
a member of the Soldiers Home Board,
to succeed Judge A. S. Stuver, of Kim
ball, who died recently.
Aberdeen Revenue Office.
The internal revenue Office at Aber-
deem has been doing a right lively bust
ness since the first of the fiscal year,
which begins with July. The receipts
have been running three or four thous-
and dollars a day, but Friday up to noon
was the biggest of all of them, the
amount banked being Sc, 166. The spe-
cial stamps for liquor dealers are being
paid for just now.
Died Together.
Respecting their last request, written
before taking the fatal poison, David Oil
yer Gray and Lucy Ponce, of Elk Point,
who committed suicide last week, were
laid side by side, in the anne grave, nea
the above named place, on Friday. The
funeral was held at l o'clock p. m, and
the whole countryside was present. No
good reason for the tragedy has been
found, the girls letter to her parents
stating simply that David was not feel
ing well and intended to die, and she
could mot live wifhout him
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14
H GOAT HERD

Originally many persons went into
the goat industry for the purpose OF
clearing of brushwood land as well as
for the production of mohair, as the
goat is a famous browser. The Ango-
ras have naturally been preferred for
clearing brushwoOd on account of the
additional profit which they give over
any other breed. They will do the
work OF brush clearing as effectively
as the common kind and at the same
time produce a fleece which is valuable
in proportion to the quality of the ami
NAL, says John 8. Appleton In Wool
Markets and Sheep. II they die or are
slaughtered their skin may be convert
ed into a rug or robe worth from 81 to
$40, while the best skin Of the common
goat would bring about so cents.
High Priced Mohair.
The general rule applying to the va
rious ibers used in the manufacture Of
cloth, that the value increases with
the length, holds true for the fleece OF
the Angora as well. AS compared with
the general price OF mohair, some
prices reported to have been paid dur
ing the past eason by a New York
manufactures, l.. Levussove. seem al
most fabulous, and many have been
inclined to doubt their g~enuineness.
This New York manufacturer has paid
as high as So a pound for mohair dur
ing the past season, but not for the or
binary kind. He uses this high priced
hair for special purposes. for which It
must be from twelve to eighteen inches
In length.
h AaGora Goat.
Angoras are not sheep. They do not
eat grass as long as there are weeds
and brush. Their food is oak brush,
sagebrush, buck brush. sunfowers,
Juniper, cactus, brush and griers Of ev-
cry description. They are very domes-
tic and will not wander from their
range when once located for n few
days and sailed. They do not demand
the herding that cattle or horses do.
for once placed they Will not migrate.
They In no way interfere with the
feed Of cattle, and hence a be run
with them with advantage. as the
same attendant will care for both. Its
bong silky coat is called mohair. and
the fact that the price OF Its fleece
brings today and has for years more
TIA twice that Of wool is the best evil
aence of it, demand
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14

80 you want 70 change the door 20
Il VIII swing the other way. chr said
~ cnspeut7r. don't Il work al
- \ vegks ~ right" grinned The
0uk ! want II changed 70 I
~v0 ~ word 'Pulr lsttered o. 4.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14
GAZING OF RIVER BANKS.

IN Ingenious scheme In Plantfng
willows For Protection.
The most successful method Of pro-
tectng a soft alluvtal river bank is,
according TO G.. 8. Clothier Of the bu-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14

Of forestry, to make II sloping In
stead OF perpendicular and to keep II
covered with vegetation. The willow
y admirably adapted to holding ailu-
vial soil In place. II n far more serv-
iesable for this purpose than walls Of
masonry. and the facility with which
4 rsproduces itself by see4 suc>esu,
sprouts and cuttings. both nncurul ana
artificial, makes iS ne ~ olmp)o
and inexpensive.
Ths great dimculu v1l& lonflue
any sort or tss a 1l1or
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14
when YOU TRAVEL

there is no more convenient way of
carrying money than a draft. If you
go abroad the draft is paid III the cur
rency of the country you are In. If
you lose the draft payment can be
stopped and another issued to you.
Farmers and Merchants Bank
issues drafts in any amount. They are
good all over the world. 1t you intend
travelling, this bank will be glad TO be
of service to you.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14
Lost Their Happy Home.

The hobo hotel, which had been con-
structed by the tramps who infest that
part of Mitchell in the vicinity of the
st~ockyards, was consumed in flames Sun
day night, and five or six of the boarders
barely got out in time to save themselves
and their wardrobe. This hotel was
built a few months ago, by the tramps
who came along, with railroad ties be-
longing to the Milwaukee road, in log
house fashion, and it made a pretty
respectable covering. 1t is presumed
that the hay, which was used for bed
ding, took fire from a lighted pipe or the
stub of a cigar. About 100 railroad ties
went up in the c~onflagration, and doubt
less this will be the end of the hotel
season at that tramp resort.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14
Should Have Been Fined.

Some time Sunday certain parties
went through the court house grounds
and mutilated nearly all the flower beds
over which Janitor Shade has spent such
infinite pains. The parties were fol-
lowed, identified and brought before the
county commissioners, who decided to
let these offenders go, but to punish the
next one guilty of like action to the full
extent Of the law. Mr.. Shade puts in
his whole time trying to beautify the
court house grounds, and the change he
has brought about there in a short time
is almost marvellous. This square will
soon be the prettiest spot in Redfield,
and our citizens should take a delight in
assisting the county board and Mr.. Shade
in fastening this result.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-14
A Fatal Accident.

A sad and fatal accident occurred at
the celebration at Nansen Monday. 1t
is the first fatality from base ball which
ever occurred in Miner county and was
unusually pathetic. The victim was
David johnson, who was employed at the
time of his death, in the Mahoney imple-
ment warehouse, at Howard. There
vas a ball game, of course, and before
play was called the players were ON the
bases practicing. A ball was thrown
from second, thrown wild over the first
baseman's head. Mr.. johnson was sit
ting out near the first base and the ball
hit him in the temple. He was picked
up and brought into DR.. Mobiles Office
and afterwards removed to the Ben
ton House. He only regained conscious
ness for a brief interval, and died at
1920 Tuesday morning. The accident
occurred at 2 O'Clock.
Postage May Yet he Expensive.
Deputy United States Marshal John
r. Petrie went down to the agency at
Greenwood Tuesday evening, armed
with q warrant for the arrest of Leasing
Clerk ID. r. Osborne. He was taken
before United States Conrt Commits
sioner d. L. p. Lamb, at Geddes,
Wednesday evening, where he waived
examination and gave bonds for his
appearance at court in the sum Of $500.
He is charged with using penalty n
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-13
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1904.

assembled, which will occur at AS
bury Pax the latter part of ADJUST
or first part of September. The State
League is sparing no pains to make
the meeting one of pleasure and pro-
fit, and enthusiasm will be in its
zeni h Elizabeth Journal.
Atlantic City is up against tho adver-
Using sign nuisance with a vengeance.
Size has just secured relief from the
obnoxious sign of a whiskey firm that
was nailed to the masts of u sunken
~vessel, to find that the enterprii ing
advertising agent has resorted to boa
kites, and the Objectionable sign i.
now floating high in the air over the
board walk. The sign nuisance is ont
that tho legislature must DOL provide
u remedy for. Trenton Times.
The Now Jersey delegation to the
st. Louis convention carried ont their
mission with great credit to the State.
In the first place, when the primaries
were held for the election of dele
gates to the Slate convention to
choose national delegates, there was
imminent danger of the selection of n
Hearst delegation. The agents Of
Hearst had penetrated to every section
of tho State, and made plans and
arrangements that seemed assured OF
success until the eleventh hour, whel
energetic leadership asserted itself
and saved the party organization from
u great mortiicati on. Newark All
yertiser.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-13
F RIES
ARE ALL BUSY.
Reporter Could Find on Signs
of Slack Work Here
abOuiS.
LAUGHED AT BOCiE.
Heads Of LoCsl Concerns Declare There Is
Nothing In the Remark About Pres'den-
tial Year Being an OFF Year-Plants
Working as They Always have and There
Are no Signs Of Stopping.
AT BOCiE.

In order to ascertain 1.-Two nearly tn,
old saying in regard to the %disparag.
ing effect of a presidential year upon
industries and business in general, o
News reporter saw the officials al
several of the large concerns in this
city and vicinity, and ask d their
| views as TO tho effect, if any, thu
tie six months past had s'.oNn.
The general opinion oxpr' ssof
seem Q I to be that { G coming election
had eau Q | 10 decrease in work OF
orders at the factories, and that, as
far as the present outlook was con.
cerned, no lat-up in the remarkal lie
pros perity, shown ny the indust les
here lbouts recently, would ensue.
The reasons for this are several.
Most of the large works in this local
ity turn out products for a stabl,
trade, that is to say, n seldom de
creasing demand. Then again, Mt I
large proportion of the factories aud
plants. when orders are not at hand
those in charge can look for a pick
up in n short time, and thus gaug
their output in the interval. Some
lines this necoss tates n temporar'
Gu ting down of the working force.
This happened enrly thisfyear at W
or three works, but was in no wise
connected with the fact that q pre- 81.
dent is to be elected xt November.
One high , fiji ;ial ut a representative
factory s,id: 80 IT work is brisk at
present, and l see no signs of a com
ing period of dullnoss. Presidential
years have rare'y affected us in thu
past"
Another in a different line of manu-
featuring, declared that their work
showed no signs of a decrease.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-13
ELIZABETH TROLLEY
COMING THIS WAY.
Proposition TO Union Freeh0Iders
to Erect Bridge at Bay
way.

Elizabeth, July 13:-Again the Fir
street extension committee is looming
ID into life, and efforts will be mad,
to secure the much desired extension.
Last week tho committee met in til.
Alcyone club house, on Livingston
street. Chairman Edward S. Hersl
presided. It lasted one hour u
thirty minutes, during which time /
number of suggestions Us to how to &C
about the thing were offered. AL
Ghough there was not n full quorum
present, interest was manifested by
observation-disclosures who were there.
1t was decided to make q proposition
TO tlieHBoard Of Freeholders some timt
next May. to erect a bridge o yer thu
Elizabeth River at the junction c.
Bayway and the Perth Amboy road
Ehe outlook. so say. the committee
for the ir obtaining their purposo il
favorable.
The vast bulk of business transscte,
Will not be made public, Tor III is TN
intention of those interested in thu
extension to await developments ant
Appraise tho public of the good thing
chat are to come when those goot
things are assured. "It'is not our in
tcntion to go to sleep over thi
matter, F" said one of the COMMITTEES
this morning, "but to keep continual
ly at it, and there will be nothing tt
hinder us running a road to Carter
et." Another meeting is to he callet
within the next few weeks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-13
WAS A FATAL SESSION
Of Nineteen Members of Fifty-Firs
Congress Only One Is Now
in Service.

The Fifty-first congress was a fata
one for new senator's, says the Wash
lngton Post. OF the nineteen men WI
began their services in the senate dur
ing that session, but one, Warren, o
Wyoming, is now a member, and hi
services have not been continuous, a
he was out for two years while. tn;
state was represented by n senate
owing to the failure of the legislator
to elect. Nearly all of the remaining
1S are still living, though four OF five
have CROSSED the divide" Many o
these men became well known, severa
we're once reelected, but the large
number served only m term or ever
less.
The IS who entered the senate durins
1889 and 1890 and who are not mem
bers OF the body now are: Wolcott
Colorado; Higgins, Delaware; McCon
nell and Shoup. Idaho; Carlisle, Ken
lucky; McMillin, Michigan; Washburn
Minnesota; Sanders and Powers, Mon
tana; Pierce and Casey, North Dakota
Dixon, Rhode Island; Moody and Petit
grew, South Dakota; Barbour, Vir
ginia; Allen and Squire. Washington
and Carey. Wyoming. The number o,
new senators who entered that con
gress was due to the fact that six new
states were admitted. Twelve of tn,
Is were from those states.
There are II senators o in the sen
"a Il A. Il
Fifty-first congress. but two, German
of Maryland, and Mitchell, of Oregon
have not served continuously.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-13

The Board of Health has done well
to nbato a nuisance which has been
annoying the people of North Amboy
for some time. New York and Brook
Ign firms have been using the Lehigli
Valley Railroad for shipping al
undesirable product. They at first
shipped this from Jersey City, but the
health authorities drove them out
and then they sought Perth Amboy.
That it has been allowed to continue
solong is a wonder. Anything that
is toobad for Jersey City is not fit fol
Perth Amboy. This is no dumping
port which will receive anything the
other ports have thrown off. The
500 er tho practice is ended the better
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-13
TROLLEY TO cARTERET.

Superintendent Beloher, of the
Electric Lighting division of tho
Public Service Corporation, attempted
to throw cold water on the Carteret
trolley line at tho meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce last night by
ask ing someone, who had suggested
that the matter be pushed, II they
would like to operate the limo them
selves until it WINS OIL n paying basis.
He said that to anyone I'll, had exam
ii 9 | the territory it was a case of
travel in tho morning and ut night
and each traveller Carried n dinner
n nmkassfes With Mr. Belcher
on this argument. Tho laboring man
il the best customer OF the trolley
liue. 1t was the man with tho dinner
pail who made the Perth Amboy
trolley pny when the systom was con-
fined to the city limits. Carteret is
a growing community. Not only that,
hut factories are locating all along
the sound. The traffic which. ut the
start would be confined to morning
aud evening, would, like Perth Ann
boy, SOON sprcld throug hout tho day.
With a trolley running every half
hour Carteret would grow still faster.
After the laboring man has paid. his
fare in tho morning 1t would be but
an hour or two later before that mans
wife would be paying her fare to
Perth Amboy to trade in the stores
hero. A trolley line in itself draws
trRfic. The fact that there is So
much travel between Oarteret and
this city at present shows the need of
the trolley, which, after once started,
a be depended upon to double its
income within a short time.
Doubts were expressed when the
local trolley started operation within
the CITY limits only. 1t was thought
it would not pay. The result was sur.
prising. The same would be true Ct
n Carteret line. This, with the com
pletlon of the bridge, il what the
Perth Amboy business man is looking
for.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-13
birds That pressge Disasters.

During all the winter fiocks OF
strange birds have been observed in
the central Kansas region. Mrs.
Alice M. Munger, of Manhattan, has
traced them out. They are the Bo'
hemian waxwing, wanderers who pass
their winters sometimes in n cot
try and again in another. Their nest
Ing ground is in Lapland, and they
come south only at long intervals. In
olden times their presence was re
garded as foreboding war or pesti
lence,-Kansas City Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-13
READY FOR RECEPTION.

All is now in order for the private
dance and reception which the Gath
Ollie Clubswill hold at Boynton Beach
tonight A number of Invitations
have been issued [and it is OK
spected thai people from T%ottenville.
South Amboy, Woodbridge and this
city will be on hand.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-13

If you are out Of work pat an adv
in the Evening News, it will cost you
nothing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-13
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The campaign ball has been started,
and plans are under way for tho
largest convention tho New Jersey
State Republican League has ever
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-13

Entered at Post office as second class matter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-13
METUCHER PICNIC.

Tho .msmbors of the Episcopal
church, of Metuchen, an outin 2
at Roynton Beach yesterday. They
came to the beach in q special trolley
car.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-02
MAYBE CORTEIIYOU CANNOT.
Difficulty i'm the Way of His Rum
ming Campaign.

Difficulty i'm the Way of His Rum
ming Campaign.
Washington, May 3O.-A somewhat
serious difficulty has been encountered
in the plan to have Secretary Cortel-
you, of the department of commerce
and labor, appointed chairman of the
Republican national committee. A
part of the plan was to have Mr.. Cor
telyou resign from the cabinet and for
the president to designate Assistant
Secretary Murray as temporary head
of the department, then for Mr.. Cor
telyou to be reappointed secretary at
the close of the campaign. 1t has
been recalled, however, that the presi-
dent is prohibited by law from desig
mating temporary head of an eXecu-
tive department for more than thirty
days.
This matter has been talked over by
the president, Senator Aldrich and
Senator Spooner. The PRESIDENT does
not wish to appoint new secretary of
commerce and does not wish to have
Mr.. Cortelyou give up the place per-
manently. This difficulty may posi-
bly, change the presidents decision to
have Mr.. Cortelyou manage the cam
paign.