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Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-26
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Notice to T.nxpayerr

Notice is hereby given that all taxes
due the City OF Los Angeles for the fis-
cal year 1905-06 are payable on Sep
tember 23, 1905.
All taxes on personal property will
be delinquent Monday November 27th.
1905, at o'clock p. m, and unless paid
prior thereto, ten per cent will be added
to the amount thereof.
One-half of the taxes upon real es-
tate, mortgages, deeds of trust, con-
tracts or other obligations by which a
debt is secured upon real estate, will be
delinquent Monday, November 27th, 1905,
at o'clock p. m, and unless paid prior
thereto, ten per cent will be added to
the amount thereof The remaining
one-half of the taxes upon real estate,
mortgages, deeds of trust contracts or
other obligations by which a debt is
secured upon real estate will be delin-
uuent Monday, April 30th, 1906. at s
O'clock p. m, and unless paid prior
thereto, five per cent will be added to
the amount thereof.
Taxes are payable at the office Of tha
City Tax and License Collector, room
CITY Hail. and the taxpayer has the
option OF paying all taxes assessed
against his property on or before Mons
day, November 81. 1905, at s O'clock
p. m.
City Tax and License Collector.
9-19-30, 1913 lot
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-26
Notice of Award of Contract


Pursuant to Statutes and to the Resoli-
ton of Award of the City Council of the
City of Los Angeles, adopted September
hereby given that said City Council, in
open session, on the 18th day of Septem-
ber, 1905, opened, examined and publicly
offered for the following work, to wit:
1st. That cement curb be con
structed along each line of the road
way u VALENCIA STREET
from the southerly line of Pico street
to the northerly line of Sixteenth
street .(excepting. along such portions
OF tine fe Of saae erb bas
been constructed to the official line
and grade), in accordance with speci'
fications for constructing, cement curbs
said specifications being No 1 (New
series( and adopted by Ordinance No
8572 (New Series).
feet in width be Gronstructed along
each side of said Valencia street from
the southerly line of Pico street to tho
northerly line of Sixteenth str street Gex;;
between said points along which ce-
ment or asphalt sidewalk four (4) feet
in width has been constructed to the
to be constructed in accordance with
specifications for constructing cement
sidewalks on file in the office of the
G Clerk bsbr Of No sa oX Xew saa gdrpes ipsSGad and
adopted by Ordinance No. 1872 (New
Series).
And thereafter. to wit: On the 18th day
of September, 1905, said City Council
awarded the contract for said. work to
the lowest regular responsible bidder, to
To c. L. McCombs at the prices named
for said work in his proposal, on file, to
wit;
80 cents per lineal foot for curb.
IL cents per square, foot for sidewalk.
And that said award has been ap-
proved by the Mayor.
Clerks office, Los Angeles, Cal,
September %, 1905. ,x
city Clerk of the City of Los Angeles,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-26
NotIce s Of pubIlc WORK

Public notice is hereby given that at
its meeting held on Tuesday, the 5th day
of September, 1906, the City Council Of
the City OF Los Angeles adopted an Ordi-
nance, designated as Ordinance No. II B67
(New Serles). declaring its intention to
order the following Improvement to be
MADE, to wit:
That .
FORTY SECOND STREET,
a public street of the City Of Los An
geles, be opened to a width of sixty feet
between Central avenue and Hooper ave-
nue. Gas said Hooper avenue is proposed
to be opened under Ordinance No. 1862
New Series), in said city.
Reference is hereby made to said Ordi-
nance, on file in the office Of the City
Clerk of said city, for further particulars.
JAMES HANLEY,
Street superintendent of the City OF Los
Angeles
$3.50. 10-1-4 lot
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-26

Everything you wanu you will find in
the classified page-a modern ,encyclo-
pedia. One cent word.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-26

More than 100 blackbirds dropped
from a tall tree in bridgeport Conn,
the other night The birds had nests
in the tree, and II is thought that the
wholesale slaughter was due to pois-
oned corn.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
ADOPT new METHOD
TO CAPTURE THIEVES
the Prevalence Of Rustler. Ia
South Dakota Arouses
the Settlers.
THE BAIT is TEMPTING
Have Association for Protection Which
Offers Reward for Thieves-Many
Bad Men Give Evidence
Against Their Pals.

Topbar, S. D.. Sept. 14.-Angered by
the continued the. of cattle and horses,
the ranchmen residing in this part Of
Stanley county have adopted a new
method of tracing the .'rustlers' so
they may be brought to justice.
In the past it has been customary
for cattle and horse r~aisers, when their
herds have been raided, to offer min
lmum rewards for the detection OF the
thieves and recovery Of the stolen ami
mails. These rewards nave not been
large enough to tempt weakened
members of the gang OF thieves to be-
tray their pals, and the result has been
that the thefts have continued.
1t is conservatively estimated that
during the past year a sufficient num-
Der of horses alone to mount a small
army have been stolen from the ranch
men living in this and other parts of
Stanley county.
Under h leadership of A. j. Hauge,
one of the most prominent ranchmen in
the county, a new method is now to be
adopted, which 1t is hoped will ave
good results. Recently Mr.. Hauge had
three head of horses stolen, and instead
of offering the customary paltry re-
ward of $25 or $50 for information which
would lead to h recover of the ami
mails and detection of the thieves, he
has offered a reward of $500 for the
arrest and conviction Of the person or
persons who stole the horses.
1t is believed that the Offering Of a
reward of this size will some
of the "rustlers' to give away their
pards, and that by this means horse
and cattle "rustling" in Stanley county
will become a thing of the past as in
Lyman county, where a vigorous and
persistent crusade against the thieves
has reduced thefts to the minimum.
The legitimate cattle and horse rails
ers will also endeavor to discourage the
practice of some Of the ranchmen, who.
when called upon, have not hesitated
to furnish bonds for those who are ar
rested on the charge of stealing horses
and cattle.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
Man IS WANTED
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
Clark County Authorize. Ar,
Searching for Frank
Smith.
VICTIM Is JOHN WICK
Believed Smith Planned to Kill vieI
in Order to Secure Team Which
Was a Valuable one-offeers
in Pursuit.

Madison, S. D., Sept. 1.-THE local
authorities have been advised by the
authorities of Clark county to appre-
bend, If possible, a nan giving his
name as Frank Smith, who is wanted
in Clark county ON h charge of at
tempted murder.
The attempted murder was commit
ted at what is known as the old Perry
Robinson farm, situated in Woodland
township. There are several buildings
on the place, which is deserted. The
neighborhood is a lonely one, is over
grown with dense thickets of weeds.
and as it is unfrequented it was just
the spot for an attempt at murder.
Smith and a companion named John
Wick, both of whom were travelling
overland through the country, camped
there the night preceding the attempted
murder. Vick owned a team, which
was driven by them, while Smith had a
bicycle. Wick states that he first met
Smith only about two weeks ago.
Vick's home is at Trip. He first
met Smith at Mitchell. Smith claimed
his home was at Yanlton. Soon after
they had started out after camping
over night at the old Robinson place in
Clark county. Wick announced his in
tention of proceeding to the town Of
Clark.
Without a wore Smith drew a revolt
Ssi and commenced shootlne at tne
astonished driver of the team. One Of
the bullets ook effect in Vick's right
shoulder II the other in his left side,
striking a rib just below the heart
and %glancing somewhat. By a miracle
Wick escaped with his life.
He abandoned his team and sue
ceeded in making his escape from his
assailant. Wick fortunately was not
dangerously wounded. His theory is
that Smith planned to kill him and
hide his body in the bushes surrounding
the old Robinson place, or in n of the
old wells in that vicinity, thus cover-
ing up all traces of his crime, the Sc
curing of Vick's team being the object
of the attempted crime.
Officers at once started in pursuit of
the fugitive.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
YOUNG GIRL Met
A HORRIBLE DEATH
May eunning's Clothing
Caught Fire While Pre-
pairing a Meal.
SHE RAN OUT OF o v
Then Eneircled 1t Three Times in Vain
Endeavor to Extinguish Flames
Her Body Was Literally
Baked.
SHE RAN OUT OF HOUSE

Sioux Falls, S.. D., Sept. 13.-Miss May
Burning, daughter of prominent resi-
dents of the little town of Humboldt.
situated west of Sioux Falls in this
county, met a horrible death as the re-
suit of her clothing catching fire while
getting the family meal.
Her clothing in some u~naccountable
manner caught fire and instantly she
dashed for the outside of the house
in a wild endeavor to e%xtinguish the
flames. Before she could be stopped
n the fire extinguished she had made
three complete circuits of the building.
1t was found when physicians arrived
that the body of the poor girl had been
literally baked. 1t is stated by one
of the physicians that there was not
a space four inches square OF her en-
tire body, aside from the face, that had
not been burned to a crisp.
The unfortunate girl lived for many
hours before death ended her suffer-
ings.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
SHOCK INDIAN SOCIETY.
"Dead Horse Wears Too Flash.
Clothes on Reservation,

Pine Ridge Agency, S. D., Sept. 12.-Be-
cause Dead Horse, lately returned from a
trip to Europe, made his temperance in
Sioux Indian society in a pair Of check
cred trousers, bought in Paris, he was
threatened with expulsion by the tribe.
Dead Horse and his family were with
Buffalo Bills show in Europe, and during
his tour Of the continent took great pride
In display of his feathers and beads and
painted legs. But on returning to this
country and just before he took the train
from Omaha for his reservation in South
Dakota he donned his Paris clothes. In
place Of mis- beaded chaps We're a pair of
trousers with cheeks so large they fairly
cracked. His moccasins were discarded
and in place appeared highly figured
brown hose and bright yellow OXfords.
His blue army shirt resigned IN favor Of
a lavender and pink silk affair. But he
retained his blanket n the green n
scarlet ribbons hat bound up his hair.
He wanted to spring his new clothes upon
his fellow tribesmen as a surprise.
n first the tribe knew of the return
of Dead Horse to his tepee was when he
burst in Upon a circle of Indians in the
fervor of a native dance. Now, it is the
height of rudeness, in Indian etiquette, to
attend these dances with any more clothes
than the laws of the white man absolutely
require. The attire consist largely Of eagle
tails and ochre and green paint, in alter
mating splashes.
The indignation of his tribesmen can be
understood then, when he suddenly leaped
into the circle, checked trousers, pink
shirt, yellow shoes and all. and began
dancing to the incarnation. The effect was
electrical. 1t promptly broke up the fes-
tivities. The offended Indians gazed in
disgust at the returned traveller. and then
retired into a council, to which all the
chiefs of the tribe were called.
II was decided Dead Horse should be
notified that If he should appear in these
strange garments he would be excluded
rom all future meetings and dances.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
PRINTERS GO ON STRIKE
Sioux Falls Establishments Experience
a Walk Out Over Eight Hour
Question.

Sioux Falls. S. D., Sept. lathe
printers employed in the big printing
establishments of Brown & Saenger, H.
c. Sessions & Sons, Will A. Beach and
w. c.. George went on strike this morn
ing. From twenty to twenty-five men
are affected. There is a possibility that
h strike may exterd to the printers
employed in the weekly newspaper Of
fees of this city.
The walkout followed the presenta-
ton of a demand for an eight-hour day.,
to go into effect January l next. The
ments rejected the demand A fight
to a finish will now result. This is the
first strike of any Importance in the
history of Sioux Falls.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
ABUNDANCE OF HOP VINES.
Banks of Streams Are Loaded will.

Pierre. S. D., Sept. 12.-The wild hop
vines along the streams in the central and
western part of the state are this year
bearing prolif1cally, and to those who have
Investigated these vines it is believed that
the state has in them a source Of wealth
and profit to the men who will devote their
attention to their raising. The fact that
they grow wild and bear a%bundantly with
out any care whatever is an indication
that the country is suited to their culture.
Every stream in this section of the state
shows a growth OF hops, many OF the
smaller streams being lined with them.
So much interest is being taken in the
matter thai the quality of the hops will
likely be tessed, and II they prove all right
the culture will be looked into.
Vines growing wild have lately been
picked in the vicinity of this city, which
are as well loaded with hops as any cul-
tivated win wouldNbe. The wild hops are
smaller than the cultivated varieties, but
the probabilities are that they could be
improved in this by proper care and at
tention.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
May BE FORGERY CASE.
Believed oroanizsd Gang Of swindlsr,
@ Are Operatinn in Wet.

as Are Operating In Wet.
Chamberlain. 8. D, Sept. G-The author
tiles of Buffalo county are investigating
two cases of forgery In the transfer 81
farm land situated In that county and II;
Is feared that an organized gang Of switd-
lers have commenced operations With.
fraudulent deeds to Buffalo county farm
land as their stock In trade.
1t Is possible the swindIers have K
adyantageAof the brisk demand for farm
land In all parts of the state to extend
their operations to other parts OF south
Dakota, but, II SO, their fraudulent work
has not yet been detected except in Buff
falo county.
a bogus abstract OF this land was In ex-s
%istence. n that the land had been trans
ferred to innocent purchasers
of a forged title. The abstract has been
sent to the authorities OF Bunalo county
for investigation. It bears the ~iKnatur
OF Dora b. Newhousesan alleged bonded.
abstractor and shows that one George r.
Hickman received a United Gtates patent
to the land.
The patent to Hickman purportss to- have.
been issued under q military bounty land
warrant n by IA series of three trans.
sfers by warranty deed without any othes
entries, purpoTted tospass into the hands
q Claude a. Miller. It ii signtfcGntSthat
the abstract has no seal.
Tho county Records shows Z transfer
from Miller toll. q. Hamilton ana fromm
Hamilton to John II. Augustines h 8tvsa
question whether HamiltonSis aaginnoceIntS
p~urchaSer OF whether th6Ssfrnk real VIC.
tim OF the bold ptece Of forgery Was AuGI-
Justine. 9 sa4A y.assss
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
FROST IN HAND U N
But in Other Parts Of State Corn Wa


S1S u OSn6E FdTCS OF State Corn wa.
Untouched.
Huron, S. D., Sept. lathe report Of
the bureau of crops and weather for
the past week says.
The weather during the week was
generally dry, the showers that oc-
Cured being light. Aside from some
fogginess on several mornings, which
slightly retarded threshing from shock,
the conditions were favorable for field
work, except that in the southern coun-
ties it was rather dry for blowing.
There was fairly general frost on
Monday, the 4th inst, but it was light
and injurious only locally to tender
vines. except iii a part Of Hand county,
where the foliage of corn was injured.
T%hreshing is now general, prin-
cipally from shock in the northern
counties. Stacking is about completed
in the southern counties. Returns indi-
cate. so far, mostly favorable yields of
wheat but of variable quality, with
considerable smut. Wheat yields are
disappointing in some localities. Oats,
spelt and barley are generally yielding
we'll. but considerable barley is discol-
ored.
Corn is maturing very f~avorably,
much Of h early planting is now past
danger from frost and some is being
cut, and reports indicate that a week
or ten days of favorable weather will
place the bulk of the late corn beyond
danger of injury from frost, The crop
promises very good yields.
Potatoes, fax and millet are very
good, except that locally in some north
eastern counties potatoes are rotting
on low land. Millett cutting is also well
advanced.
The securing of a very good crop Of
hay is being pushed. In the southern
counties haying is nearly finished.
Range grass is curing favorably and
the outlook is good for ample winter
~pasturage. 1t is rather dry for pas
ures in some southern counties.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
THREsHlNe IN POTTER.
County, Like Others in State. Has
Bumper Crops.

lty, seven steam rigs n a number of
horse power machines doing their best
to thresh the bumper crop. Mr.. A. w.
Clark, who lives three miles north OF
this place, threshed twelve acres of
wheat, hat gave him 44O bushels ma
ichine measure and $40 by weight, or
l41.17 bushels to the acre. From a fifty
acre field he got 36h bushels to the
acre. MI. James Gidley, who lives six
miles south of town, got so bushels of
,speltz to the acre. Such are the re-
ports that come in from all parts of the
county. Our corn is out of the way Of
frost and it is a good crop.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
SOUTH pAkoIA NEWS.

A party of los Indians from the.
agencies at Santee, Neb, and Yankton.
passed through Aberdeen On their way
to Devils Lake, N. D., to attend a
They were Joined here by a party from
Standing Rock reservation and an
other party from the esSisseton reserva-
ton. will join them at Sisseton. The.
Indians were in charge Of Rev. DR.. Will
Hanson, the pastor in charge of the
work OF the Presbyterian church on
he Yankton reservation, and were ac-3
icompanied by a number of mission
aries. Many of the. Indians were ac-
companied by their wives inc children.
a leak in the artesian well at the
mill Of Ashton is causing the residents
OF that town some u~neasiness. The
leak was first discovered through a
spring which gushed forth at a dis
lance of 400 feet from the well. The
water in the well is heavily permeated
with natural gas, and 1t Is supposed
the leak is due to this cause. AS the
easiness is felt lest the leak become
0 extensive and cause serious dam
age.
In the summer of 1904 an artesian.
we'll was sunk on the ranch Of the
Iowa Live Stock and Investment COM
pany, eight miles southwest of Bangor,
in Walworth county. At the time 1t
was noticed that the water was strong
" impregnated with gas, but no at
tempt was made i o utilize Il until re-
Gently. Last week the manager OF the
ranch piped the gas into his house and
1t furnishes enough light and heat to
run the building.
The farm of DR.. D.. w. G. Fowler In
RondeI township, Brown county, gave.
a yield of 90 bushels per acre Of No. 1
northern wheat. John Engals, living
three miles south Of Aberdeen. threshed
381 bushels of No. I northern wheat
from ten acres of ground and IL be-
leved to have beaten the South DAd
kota record FOR this year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
FIND NATURAL GAS.
Company Being Organized at Marion
Junction for Developing Enterprise.

Marion Junction. S. d., Sept. 49,
Some twelve or fifteen years g a t1ow
of natural gas was discovered on a
farm eight miles west of Marion juno
ton. At that time for some unknown
reason the report of the discovery was
silenced n was thought by any to
have been n of those boon agitations.
During the past few weeks there
have been reports of the finding of
natural gas in large quantities in the
Silver Lake region of Turner and
Hutchinson counties, and while it has
been rumored that numerous strangers
have recently visited and investigated
that region, still but few thought of
taking the matter seriously until last
week.
Secretary of State d. d. wipf, a
resident of Hutchinson county, and a
number of Pierre people came to Dol
ton last Friday and after giving the
matter careful investigation concluded
that there is natural gas in that vicin-
ity and that its development was pos
sible, in fact 1t is assured by specialists
that 1T can be secured without any
very great expenditure of money. A
number of capitalists, headed by Mr..
Wipf. after making the preliminary
arrangements with a umbe of the
land owners, organized a company and
have Incorporated under the laws of
South Dakota, with the intention of i'm
mediately sinking wells and securing
apparatus.
1t is rumored that the company in
tend to have a supply of the gas ready
thirty days, and as soon as possible it
will be piped to the adjacent towns,
where 1t may be secured very cheaply
for lighting and heating purposes.
Since a number of able men have TAX
en- hold of h enterprise it is certainly
ID rray1po Z0 ~ IT,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
SURPRISE AT YANkToN.
Announcement Of Professor Griffth,s
Resignation Unexpscted.

Announcement Of Professor Griffth,s
Resignation Unexpected.
Yankton, s. D., Sept. 9.-The
ment Of the resignation OF DR.. Elmer G.
Griffith from the chair OF history and po-
litical science OF Yankton coliege5and prin-
cipal Of the academy has come as a SUR
known for several week that other col
leges were ~endeavortng to get his services
and Yankton increased his salary. but
William Jewell college, near Kansas CITY
purchased his release from Yankton for 4;
money Consideration and raised their Of
fered salary to DR.. Griffith.
Professor Griffith came to Yankton col-
lego three years ago az the successor 81
President G.. W. Nash Who had been prin-
cipal Of this academy. In addition DR..
Griffith has been h college professor
of history and political science and the
past two years the principal Of Yankton.s
successful summer school,.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-15
AGENT WATCHING INDIANS.
Major Hatch Keeping Close Tab OF.
Redskins.

Pierre, S. D., Sept. S.-Some time ago
an Indian, writing from the Cheyenne
river country, bitterly criticised an In
dian agent at the Cheyenne river
agency for allowing the Indians to at
tend celebrations of the reservation %
the Fourth Of July, where they INDUCED
agency people state that a number Of
Indians did secure passes to attend a
religious gathering. and attended.
dances, and that the leaders in this
trouble are even yet doing time in the
guard house for their misdoings, and
that on account Of such action, a squad
Of the Indian police was sent along
with the party which is now attending
the convocation at Lake Andes. to see
that nothing Of the same character oc-
CURED on the nreSent trim