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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
THOUGHT HE'D WAIT.
Being the Story Of a Very Absent'
Minded Man

Being the Story Of a Very Absent
Minded Man.
Archibald McFoo is an absent-mind-
I'd lawyer. He's absent-minded out
side of his profession only. however.
which Is some consolation.
The other day. being called away az
an unusual hour. he placed sign on
his door: "Will be back soon. Walk
In"
He was out for half an hour or 80.
When he returned he was going to
open the door when he CHANGED to sec
the sign He read it carefully and then
bit his lip.
That's awkward" he scid. Wonder
how long before he'll be back. Says
Walk in SO i might as well. and
wait"
When he walked in, he asked .
clerk:
"How long before the lawyer re-
turns?"
Whats your business with him?"
asked the clerk, smartly.
1--WE forgotten that" said McFoo.
and went out doors
Later he returned to his office In his
right senses and fired the clerk.-New
York Times.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04

The 1903 live stock shipments from
chamberlain shows remarkably
healthy condition of the range, coun-
try west of Chamberlain, considering
the depressed market of the present
day and the hard winter OF 1902. They
demonstrate that as a cattle country
The region west of the Missouri river
Is equaled by no other section In the
United States. Take the figures OF
the number of cars of live stock Tor
Warded and received since 1898 at this
point, and they make an impressive
showing. In Chamberlain alone, since
and including 1898. up to Dec. 81, 1908,
there have been forwarded 1921 cars
Of live stock, while 1904 cars have
been received. Here are the figures;
Forwarded-1S9S, 253 cars; 1879, 263
cars; 1900, 512 cars; 1901, 47O cars;
1902. s55 cars; 1908, SSS cars.
Received--1S9S, 1877 cars; 1899, 2lo
cars; 1900, 265 cars; 1902,423 cars;
1903, 173 cars.
A classified list OF the stock ship
ments from this point last year shows
aS cars Of hogs, CTS cars OF cattle, AZ
cars of horses and 100 cars Of sheep.
When 1t is considered, also, that
fnlly one-third of the grand total OF
the number forwarded and received
shown in the above have been handed
In the yards here and by the pontoon
bridge company-stock that has been
driven into and out OF the grazing
country overland-the wonderful pos
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
A Mistake.

"If you only knew it." said the pa
tron to the cigar man, that woodeR
Indian Is a mistake"
"How so?"
why. 1t indicates that you cater 10
the Indian trade and any old plug to-
bacco will satisfy an Indian. Why
don't you put out sign that will catch
the discriminating smoker?'
i've thought OF that" replied the
cigar mar. Il thought OF putting the
figure OF real swell out there. but the
darned fashions change SO often that
he wouldn't be swell more than two
the advantage as sign."-Chicago
Post
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
DIDN'T BELIEVE.
That Coffee Was the Real Troubl,

That Coffee Was the Real Trouble.
Some people founder around and
take everything that's recommended
to them but finally find out that cof-
fee is the real cause of their troubles.
An Oregon man says:
For rs years was troubled with
my stomach. was a steady coffee
drinker but didn't suspect that as
the cause. doctored with good doc
tors and got no help. then ! took
almost anything which someone else
had been cured with. but to no good
was very bad last summer and could
not work at times.
ION December Q. 1902. was taken
so bad the Doctor said could not live
over twenty-four hours at the most
and made all preparations to die I
could hardly eat anything. everything
distressed ns and was weak and sick
all over. When In that condition cof-
fee was abandoned and | was put on
Postum, the change In my feelings
came quickly after the drink that was
poisoning me was removed.
"The pain and sickness fell away
from me and | began to get well day
by day so stuck to 1t until now am
well and strong again. can eat heartily
with no headache, heart trouble or the
awful sickness Of the old coffee days.
I drink all wish OF Postum without
any harm and enjoy 1t immensely.
"This seems like wonderfully
strong story. but ] would refer you to
the First National Bank. The Trust
Banking Co., or any merchant OF
Grants Pass, Ore, In regard to my
standing and will send sworn state
ment of this II you wish. You can
also use my name" Name given BY
Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Still there are many who persistently
fool themselves by saying Coffee don't
hurt me-" A ten days trial OF Postum
in its place will tell the ruth and
many times save life.
"There's reason"
Lock for the little book. "The Road
70 MELVILLE" In each package.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04

tion was made Of the fact that 573
names had been withdrawn from the
flalte petition, thus making it over
4oo names short of the requisite num-
Der to get on the ballot. When the
board met on Thursday a crowd from
Geddes and Platte appeared on the
scene. The Geddes supporters re-
quested the board to make answer to
the Platte petition that because of the
57S who had withdrawn from It the
petition could not be granted. The
Platte contingent, in turn, demanded
that the SIS Withdrawals be ignored.
The board took the Platte view and
granted the petition. They then re-
fused to take up and grant the Geddes
petition because they had been adj
yised by lawyers that only one candi-
date could be placed on the ticket ac-
cording to the constitution, and as
Platte was the first to secure this
cherished position Geddes could not go
on the official ballot. even though there
were no Withdrawals on file against
the 1904 names on the Geddes petit
ton.
Before the affair &c entirely settled
1t is expected that resort will be had
to every writ, action and appeal known
to the laws Of the state. The county
Is 105 miles long and 80 miles wide,
and Geddes is within two miles of the
center Of the county from every direc-
ton and is the logical candidate.
Wagner started out with a petition
in its favor but gave up the battle be-
cause it was unable to get half the
voters to sign its petition.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
HOT WAR OVER COUNTY SEAT
struggle in Charles Mix Becomes Badly Mixed In
Interminabie Legal Proceedings Likely.

Al the days swiftly roll along. the
.ounty seat fight n Charles Mix be-
comes more and more mixed up.
The complications began on Dec. %,
vben Platte jumped into the field for
petitioners, and when, on Jan. 5. at
the opening session of the county
hoard. the boomers for Platte present
al n petition signed by 1928 persons
and asked an immediate and per-emp-
torv granting of the petition. Objec-
,,on was made to railroading such an
,mportant matter through in such a
spmmary manner. The board decided
that notice should be given to all con-
earned as to when they were to act
On the petition. 1t was generally sup
posed that week or ten days would
elapse before any action was taken
nv the board, and the next afternoon
they sent word to attorneys that &C.
t,on would be taken at / O'Clock p. m,
Ian. Z. This not being a reasonable
time, the Geddes supporters obtained
an Injunction against the board, which
held matters up for week longer.
At this time it was agreed among
the members of the board and Platte
and Geddes that Geddes was to fill out
a petition containing 1904 names and
1878 remonstrances against the Platte
petition. Such was done on Jan. IA.
and the board decided to take action
on all matters one week later. At this
time the Platte people got a writ of
'mandamus from the court directing
them to grant the Platte petition or
show cause before Feb. 4. No men.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
BLACK HILLS EXHIBIT.
Chairman Russell Says II Will BE tho
Most Attractive Of Its Kind.

MOST attractive OF It's Nind.
8. w. Russell Of Deadwood, chair.
man OF the state commission for the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, has
been visiting Sioux Falls while en-
gagged in the work of securing an ex-
hibit OF Sioux Falls granite and mar
Bile for the exposition. He says:
"The exhibit to which | have given
most OF my attention is the mineral,
AMI while We have less than a tenth
Of the sum devoted to it by other
states, believe we shall have the
most attractive exhibit on the ground.
Our exhibit will occupy one of the
most conspicuous places in the min
eral building, a space about fifty feet
square. This space will be surrounded
by stone wall 21a feet high, built OF
Black Hills and Sioux Falls stone, with
four entrances arched over with hand
some columns.
Within we have arranged for two
most elaborate relief maps of the
Black Hills, showing the confguration
of the ground, and also the mineral de-
posits. These are being made in
Washington by the best experts and
will exceed in completeness any at st.
Louis. Above them will be a series of
about twenty large photographs of the
scenery and cities of the Black Hills,
colored and photographed on glass,
and with bright light behind them
will be most effective advertisement.
"Then there will be large quantities
Of all kinds of ore found in nthe Black
Hills, and many carefully arranged
fine specimens.
1.-THE executive committee OF the ex.
position has selected large ravine in
which It is designed to exhibit all the
various methods Of mining and metal
working to be found in the world.
South Dakota has been selected to ex-
hibit the type of gold mill of the latest
pattern"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
GRAFT FOR GOOD OF CITY.
Sheriff Arrests Marshal, Who Says He
Acted on Orders.

Huron, S. D., Feb. City Marshal
r. d. Whorton has been arrested by
Sheriff Kerr on warrant charging
him with having received money from
keepers of questionable resorts near
the city. Whorton declares that he
acted upon the advice of his superiors
in office, and that the money was ex'
pended for city purposes. The matter
will be Investigated. In the mean
time il is not charged that he has
been Intentionally guilty Of wrong.do
ing.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
Mlnnesotans Get contract.

Huron, S. d., Feb. 2. - The state
board of regents has awarded the con-
tract for building the normal school at
Springfield to Olson e Son of Red
Wing, Mimi, for s19,S2S. The contract
for the west wing to the normal school
building at Madison was awarded to
A. X. Ofsas for S24 100
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
FINE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM.
Abcraeen's Said to Lead All Others In
the State.

the State.
The Aberdeen high school students
are getting the new gymnasium in the
new Washington building fitted up and
they will have the largest and best
high school gym" in the Dakctas.
The room is 65x4o. and affords ample
room for two basketball courts and
two handball courts. with room for APP
paratus to engage classes of seventy
five in general athletic exercises. The
gym also has dressing rooms with hot
and cold baths for both sexes, and the
whole viii be in charge of the faculty
OF the high school, some one of the
instructors being on hand whenever
athletic classes are at work. The
new school also has an indoor play
room 6OxS0 for forsth smaller chill
dren
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
MERELY Temnorarv.

Jean--Maud says she's going to mar
ry that actor despite the opposition OF
her entire family"
Ethel wonder why her folks OBJ
ject so strenuously to the marriagef
II wouldn't last long, anyway
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
ASSAULT ON HELPLESS GIRL.
Farmer Near lie Sueur Accused ir
Connection With Crime.

lie Sueur, Mimi, Feb. 2. - George
II. Everett of Sharon township in this
county, yesterday swore out war
rant before Municipal Judge Borer OF
lie Sueur for the arrest of Charles
Demo. young man about twenty-five
years of age, charging Demo with a
criminal assault upon Emma Walters,
who is a supplemented girl about
twenty years of age, employed as
domestic servant in the family OF Mr..
Everett. who Is farmer.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
A Way She Has.

Mortou--Is Mrs. Styles much OF q
talker?
Norton-Much OF talker? should
say so! II is impossible for her to play
solitaire intelligently-she has so much
to say to herself, you know.-Boston
Transcript
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
Purse for Miss Pitcher.

Miller, s. D., Feb. 2.-The close Of
the Matte Pitcher case came Satur-
day, when the young lady left the Jail
here to go to Canning, near Pierre, to
visit friend. A purse was presented
to her by her friends and acquaint-
ances before she left town.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04

Duluth, Feb. 2-Ndp-resident parties
have purchased the Banning block.
northeast corner oflSuperior street
and Second avenue vest, for $50 900.
The real estate is fif6 foot front and
brought $4,000. The property is oc.
cupied by a buildingI which brought
$35, 900.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
shot hu Rnhhers.

Joplin. Mo. Feb. 2.-In an exchange
OF shots with two masked men who
had rlfled the depot safe, William Fl.
Broadstreet. station agent at CRANKY,
near here. was fatally wounded. The
men escaped.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
Eor New TeIenhone Company.

Rollag, Mimi, Feb. 2.-The Rollag
Telephone company here has just been
organized with a capital Of $4,000 TO
do business In Clay, Wilkin, Becker
and Otter Tail counties.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
SEEK FREAK BUFFALO.
Giant Animal Is Roaming Around In
South Dakota.

The hunting party which went out
from Pierre early In January to Sc.
cure buffalo, went seeking a particu.
lar specimen, which is declared to be
the largest buffalo known to be in ex.
istence. but failed to fad him. t. e.
Phillips Of Pierre and few hunters
from Fort Pierre have gone out into
the country where this monster gen.
orally roams, intending to stay out
until they get him. and he will be used
as specimen for an exhibit at st.
Louis.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
Fatally Shot In a Saloon.

st. Louis, Feb, 2. - Two city en-
ployes and saloonkeeper were shot
yesterday in saloon during a quarrel
over the payment for drinks. One OF
them is believed tn be fatally wound
ed, the others slightly.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
Shot In a Race War.

webster, Pa, Feb. 2--One of party
~ Ten negroes fired upon a party OF
White men who were making fun of
mem. Two of the white men we're
wounded, one Of them fatally. One OF
me negroes was drowned while trying
to escape
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
SWALLOWS DRUG AND DIES.
Sioux City Manager Of Job Office Is
Killed by Medicine,

Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. flames M.
Ainslee, manager of the job printing
department Of the Sioux City Journal,
died yesterday as the result of drink.
ing a quantity of hartshorn for tenn.
porary relief from asthma. Ainslee
had been accustomed to drinking 1t,
and got some at drug store. In q
few minutes he was unconscious. He
died in sixteen hours. A widow and
three children survive him.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
NOSE sLEEDs TEN DAYS.
War Veteran and Pioneer Dies From
Alment.

Racine, Wis, Feb. flames Smith,
aged sixty-one years, Civil war vet.
eran, member of the Masonic lodge
and Modern Woodmen of the World,
died at his home at Union Grove, after
bleeding at the nose for ten consecu-
tive days. Medical aid was of no
avail in stopping the flow. He h.
lived in Southern Wisconsin for over
fifty years.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
Town Almost Wined Out.

Greenville, Miss. Feb. 2. - Fire at
Hollandale destroyed every building in
Sae town except two dwellings, caus-
y q loss estimated at from 100000
100000.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04

Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. "A jury In
the district court returned verdict Of
guilty against Police Captain Edwin
Anderson on a charge of accepting
brides from an owner Of slot ma
chimes.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
A Doubling Dreamer.

She-Do you believe In dreams!
He--Not always. Sometimes I'm
quite skeptical In thcm--especially
when they are OF woman's constancy.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
HITS DIVORCE SEEKERS.
Bill Would Make Decree Ineffective
Until Year Eiapses.

Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 2.--Senator
Jones has introduced bill to make
divorce DEGREES ineffective for one
year after granting, and to prohibit
courts from granting DEGREES upon the
unsupported admissions of defendants.
The measure is designed to stop re-
marriage Immediately after divorce.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
Poker Helned Him

Poker Helped HIM.
Hewitt-There is no royal road to
wealth.
Jewett-Oh. I don't know. I got my
start with a royal flush.-New York
Times.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-02-04
GIRL OR COFFIN NAiLY

Kenosha Young wen Wust Give Up
One or the Other.
Kenosha, Wis, Feb. 2.-The young
women Of the Kenosha schools practi-
cally have declared boycott on the
boys who smoke cigarettes. Fifty of
them are represented in new society,
the rules of which make 1t an offense
punishable by fine for young woman
to be seen in the company Of man
smoking cigarettes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-08
Wind Going to Waste.

An Anthony man said: THE wastes OF
the people of Harper county would make
lots OF people rich. There are three
thousand farmers in the county. and two
thousand OF them each have nice little
bunch of cattle. over a thousand OF
them let their stock drink in stagnant
pools, or pump water by hand. Either
way is bad: one for the cattle. the other
for the owner. 1t is worth twenty-five
cents day to pump the water for TWEEN
~ cattle. and it hurts the stock more
than that TO drink the concentrated filth
that gets in ponds. A well and a windmill
is the solution \ good pumping outfit
can be put up for fifty dollars. which
VIII include a tank. If man hasn't the
fifty dollars, he can do as W. A. George
did twenty years ago: Get big dry goods
box and make a little jumbo wheel all
Of wood, and hook il onto his pump
three or. four years, and didn't cost over
a dollar and a halI, new. There is a
daily loss of at least two hundred and
fifty dollars TO the farmers of Harper
county in not doing what they surely
should do, IN utilizing the wind fer pump
ing. When one considers how many uses
might be made of il, there is loss of
a thousand dollars a day in .he power
that might be harnessed and made to help
in a dozen ways.'-Anthony Republican.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-08
Bunch Of Scotch Stories.

(Fronl Geikie's Scottish "reminiscences )
\ man who was vending his way home
ward very unsteadlly from a heightened
courthouse was heard 10 address the whis-
key inside Of him. Il could ha' carryit ye
easier in jar" The quantity OF liquor
he had consumed may be imagined from
the size Of the vessel be required to con-
tain It
A. a funeral in Glasgow a stranger who
had taken his seat in cBe OF the mourn
ing coaches excited the curiosity Of the
last addressed him. Yen be brt,her o
the eorpe- no. I'm 10 brither o the
corp was the prompt reply 'weei.
then. yen be his cousin No. I'm 10
that. No then yen be az least a
frien G the corp No that either
To teil The truth. I've 10 Ssea that Vesl
myself. and as ny doctor has ordered
ne some Garage exercise I th0cht this
Wsd b the cheapest way to TAX tt
A clergyrrs was rebnsed b. one Of she
ruling elders for szarate-iEg on Sun
day along the hillside above tire u,anxs-
The clergyman took the rebGse IN good
part. bat tried 10 show the rsmonstrzni
that the acton ok which he complained
was innocent ard lawful. aid ~ vas
about % cite the famous example os =
Sabbath walk. with the piuekizg of the
ears OF ecrn. as -, forth ia the Gospels.
xhez he Was intercepted with tbe ~
marx. Gu az. SIR. kez weei what you
mean to say. b., for nay palzt hae nefsr
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-08
The Eagle Studio

lefs card Inscribed: '.Jchsnn van Bee
;hoven. Land Proprietor. Next day he
had it returned to him. writer on the
back: Il. van Beethoven. Brain Proprie-
tor He was also fond of bestowins
nicknanes on his friends. and his pufss-
were numerous.
THE oRIGINATEE OF FTNGERINc;.
The system OF lingering as used at the
present tine originated with Johann See-
astain ch,-leS-f-50 His soa.s carl
Philip Emanuel Bach. i7ii-i7SS perfected
the system. and afterwards Clements,
cramer. Field. Humsnei Chaplin and
Lisxt. brought into use tire present form.
which with some few notifications Is es-
sen.ially the same lingering as that In
treduecd bv Bach 50 many years ago
The fingers are designated as ]. .. 5. l. b
The system of lingering tincorrectlyi
called the American lingering, is tn real
ity the English mode. In IL the fingers
are /. ?. s. 4. the thumb being represented
by x There Is an American hagertng.
however. where the thumb Is Indicated
by an o. These different ways of naming
the thumb and fingers all are intended
facilitate the proper use ef the fingers in
playing any kind OF instrumental music.
and whether the fingers arc designated
as l. . 4 4. 5. or X. /. :. s. 4. or O. l. 5. 5, 4.
they all express the same idea. but In
different ways. Germany. France and
Italy use the i,e. ), & 5 In England the
X. i. ?. ), Z. is used. have had parcats
come to me In great distress OF mind TO
explain that tas;r children had been taxi
ing lessons Of a teacher who had taught
them wrong lingering. that they had been
using the old fashioned American finger
ing. They were quite impressed 10 learn
that the lingering OF l. . a 4. 5. was ths
oldest Of all; and that there was no iegi-
innate reason FOR giving IL preference
over the other: indeed il would be better
If this were not So. because music for all
stringed instruments is marked With the
sO-called American lingering. aad where
one learns. the piano. and afterwards
wishes 10 learn the VIOLIN for instance.
then another mode of lingering Is an
countered. There should be one system
Of lingering for all instruments. As is
is at present when composer writes a
piece OF music the publisher has 90 pub
lish two editions. one in which the nn-
gering is according 10 the foreign mode.
the other the English. IL is a great mis-
take. and some day VIII be corrected
along with much needed reforms IN mus
ical notation, etc.