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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
MILES is BoNND OVER.
NsId to the Circuit Court Under Bond.
Of 5000 for Tapping Tele-
araph Wires.

Gettysburg, 8. D.. Oct. 2.-The pre-
timinary hearing of F. e. Miles, charged
with tapping telegraph wires and OBJ
tanning money from the Stockgrowers'
State bank by false pretenses, was held
last night before Justice j. W. Ken
nedy.
The testimony offered by the state
showed that the mayor of Sioux Falls
and one Wright, striking Great
Northern telegrapher, and the manager
of the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany. and the authorities at Gettysburg
entered into scheme to have Wright
appear to fall in with the plans of Miles
to tap the telegraph wire and send
Miles bogus kilograms, so as to work
the cashier of the hank to pay Miles
the money on draft onsone Wiley of
Miles City, Mont.
The cashier OF the bank, it appears,
swore gut warrant for Miles, charging
him With having Obtained money by
false pretenses from the bank day,
or at least several hours before Miles
actually received the money.
1t was developed further that every
including the cashier Of the bank. knew
long before Miles drew the money that
the telegrams were bogus and were
sent by Miles and the bank from Le-
banon by Wright, who was stationed
there for the purpose.
The sheriff, armed with his warrant,
was across the street from the bank
for some hours before Miles drew the
money, waiting for the plans of the
state to mature. so as to arrest Miles
redhanded with the goods upon him."
The defendant was bound over to
the circuit court, which convenes here
on October IL, in the sum of $4,000.
,nf hot, ,,1.1 %o ;1L,
was taken to the Jail at Pierre.
H. H. Keith, of Sioux Falls, repre-
senting the Bankers association, con-
Quoted the prosecution. The defendant
was ably defended by T. F. Murtha.
Miles is considered dangerous man
by the bankers of the state, and it is
said he is wanted in Colorado and
other states for the commission of of
fenses similar to the one with which he
is charged here.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
PROFIT IN SUGAR REETs.
Factorie. May Be Built on Big Bell,
Fourche Ditch.

Belle Fourche. s. D.. Oct. 4.-Chas Eur
wick, of Detroit, Mich. representing Fl. V.
Havemeyer, IS making tour of investiga-
ton through this country. He is looking
up especially the possibilities of erecting
sugar beet factories along the big ditch.
He will be here again next spring and it
is probable his Investigations will be so
satisfactory that he will advise his COM
pany to build several factories to handle
all the beets that can be raised. This
company asks no bonus If the soil and 9TH
er conditions are satisfactory and the
farmers will contract to furnish the beets
in sufficient quantities the factories will
be built and a rate of IS ton paid for the,
beets. AS from fifteen to thirty tons of,
sugar beets can be raised in this country,
to the acre and as the cost per acre does
not exceed $50, it will be readily seen that
there is nice profit in this enterprise.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
lcE suPPLY CONE.

Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 3.-The local
supply of ice is exhausted and Aber-
deem is confronted with an ice famine
The local firm which has a monopoly of
the ice business in the city put up over
800 tons more than it's usual supply, but
this was exhausted last week, and it
has since imported six carloads of thir-
ty tons each from Minneapolis. It is
places where ice is a necessity, but the
housekeepers have to do without. The
scarcity is attributed partly to the fact
that the warm season is this year
more prolonged than usual. The ther-
mometer during September registered
above so upon many occasions.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
TO AID TROY CITIZENS.
Little Town After Hard Fight to 3.
Givar, Serviee

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Oct. 5.-The Of
ficials of the Minneapolis and st. Louis
Railroad company have advised the
state board of railroad commissioners,
whose headquarters are in this city,
that immediate steps will be taken to
improve the station facilities of the
company at the little town of Troy
This will be in accordance with ac-
lion taken at a recent meeting of the
board, when d. ri. Heath. member
of the board. made report to the ef-
feet that an Improvement in the depot
facilities would be of great benefit to
the travelling public. The citizens Of
Troy some weeks ago filed with the
board a petition asking for an inn
provement in the station facilities.
Commissioner Smith made a personal
investigation, and g copy of his report
was se1it to the railroad officials. with
the result thar in addition to improving
the accommodations for passengers, the
railroad company will not put in
telephone for the convenience of ship
pars and make other important inn
DroyenentS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
A NEW CORN PEST.
Crop Is Considerably Damaged in
Many Placer,

Sioux Falls. 8. D., Oct. 5.-Some
alarm has been created among the corn
raisers of the northeastern portion of
the state by the discovery that some of
the corn has been attacked by new
pest which may do considerable dam
age to corn in cribs and granaries. The
pest is new one so far as most farm,
ers are concerned, and none of them
have yet been able to clearly Identify
1t. The pest resembles the gray cut,
worm, and works entirely on the ears
of corn. 1t attacks the ears at or near
the tips, and burrows into the ears
eating out q cavity and causing rot.
So far as the observation of the farm
ers whose corn has been damaged the
worms appear to hatch out from a nit
that is deposited in the silk and works.
itself into the husks. They develop into
a large worm very quickly, and then
attack the ears. The extent of the
damage thus far done by the new pest
cannot even be guessed at.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
A SERIOUS FIRE.
Farmer Near Armour Meets with :
Heavy Loss,

f1eaVy Loss.
Armour, S. D., Oct. 5.-Fire destroyed
half of the entire crcp Of wheat be-
longing to E. N. Renshaw, who resides
eight miles northeast of this city, Mon
day evening. Threshing was in oper-
alton and a spark from the engine ig.
nited The strawstack and spread rapidly
to the adjoining wheat stacks, and with
great difficulty the farm house and out
buildings We're saved. The loss is esti-
mated at $1,000, no insurance.
The Armour Roller mills are engaged
in making Improvements on their mill
property here Some $4,000 is being
spent in making necessary changes. A
new 80 horse power gas engine, with
gas plant, electric light plant, and a
steel elevator of 25,c00 bushels capacity
is now being installed. When these
improvements are completed there
mili be no better mill in the southern
art of the state.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
OPEN MEETING.
Good Citizenship League Held ses.

Canton, s. D., Oct. 5.-The first open
meeting of the Good Citizenship league,
which was held at the Lutheran church
was pronounced success. The at
tendance was large and enthusiastic.
The management acted wisely in Sc
lectiE., the largest church, building in
th,. the city city IN which to hold the meeting,
being occupied. some We're standing up
while others were unable to secure ad-
mission to the building and returned
to their homes disappointed. Rev. G.
s. Evans, pastor of the Congregational
church, delivered the address, which
was on the subject of "The Good Gifts
zen" The meeting struck popular
chord in Canton, and it is proposed to
hold similar ones at regular intervals
Turing the fall and winter months.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Ladies Dornaitory at Yan<ton Barely
Saved from Fire.

Yankton, S. D., Oct. 5.-Dakin Hall,
the ladies' dormitory at the college, and
one of the finest buildings on the cam
destroyed by fire. One of the girls lit
the gas in her room and then left.
Shortly after another girl going down
the hall noticed a bright light proceed
fne, from the room, and looking in was
startled to see the whole room ablaze,
the gas having ignited the lace cur
tains.. The first girl returning, the two
went quietly to work without raising
an alarm and they succeeded in putting
out the flames, not until the room had
been badly scorched. however.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
BANK RoBBERs FAIL.
Masked Men Attempt to Blow How
ard Safe.


Howard. s. D.. Oct. 3.-Five masked
men. after overpowering the night
watchman at this town Friday night,
dug under the walls into the First Ma
tional bank and began work on the safe
which contained 100000 legal tender.
The watchman finally succeeded in
freeing himself and reused the town,
but the robbers had been warned OF the
.watchman'ss escape in time to secure q
team and delivery wagon from neigh
boring barn. AS they were making
hasty exit from the bank building a
few Of the citizens appeared armed
with revolvers, rifles and shotguns.
They fired on the robbers, who fired in
return. Several shots were exchanged,
but the robbers succeeded in making
their escape. One Is supposed to be
wounded. The sheriff is searching the
surrounding country and their capture
seems certain.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
RANGE IS BEING
CLEARED OF CATTLE;
Great Movement to Market 4.
just Beginning in the
Western States.
MAY BE a CAR FAMINE
Railroad Companies Find It Difficult t.
Rush Cars to the Terminals Where
Cattle Are Loaded Fast Enough
to Satisfy D.mand.

Evarts. S. D., Oct. 5.-The movement
of range cattle to the market has com-
menced in earnest and there are many
hundreds of carloads of fat cattle wait
ing for the means of transportation.
Railroads through the range country
are swamped with orders for cars
though no more so than for many years
past.
1t is estimated that over 5000 cars of
range cattle will find their way to va
rious markets in the next two months.
In addition to this vast number OF
cattle over 5000 cars of sheep will be
rushed through this state in the next
Month.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
FREsHIEs HELD UP.
College Boys at vermiilion Have
Strenuous Iima.

Vermillion, S. D., Oct. 2.-This has
been a strenuous week for the new
students at the state university They
have been put to all sorts OF tests by
the old students to show that they are
worthy of becoming good students.
Ready cash has been a perquisite for
escaping torture, and as a result the
former students have been feasting to
been well patronized.. Campus tickets
emitting the holder to all the privileges
of the buildings have been sold at any
old price, according to the size and
strength of the students pocketbook,
The old style of initiating the new ones
has been relegated to the rear, and as
q result good feeling has prevailed and
there are no bruised heads and limbs
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
PRAIRIE FIRES BAD.
Great Stacks of Wheat and Other Small
Grain DESTROYED.

Huron, S. D., Oct. 2-Joseph Dele
vaux and L. Ranny, living on farms
near Cavour, in the eastern part of
Beadle county, are the first to suffer
loss this season from prairie fires. A
Chicago and Northwestern freight train
set fire to the prairie grass east of Ca
YOUR resulting in the destruction of 400
bushels of wheat, quantity of other
small grain and about 100 tons of hay
belonging to Mr.. Ranny. A few miles
dentally started by a party of hunters,
and quantity of hay was destroyed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.

In a spirited game at Redfleld the
Aberdeen high school football team de-
feated the Redfleld high school by Q
score OF II to 0.
thrashed SAT bushels Of wheat from
seventeen acres. q. II. Kibler OF near
Pierpont. in Day county. raised thirty
one bushelJ OF macaroni wheat per
acre.
John Erickson. the partner Of Cap
tain Jacobs. of Columbia, in a thresh-
ing outfit, lost the sight OF both eyes
outfit. A plug blew out and the escap-
ing steam struck the unfortunate man
in the face.
The report Of the United States land
office in Aberdeen for September shows
that there were eighteen homestead
entries. comprising 1855 acres. twenty;
homestead proofs, comprising 3,O363
acres. and 2.5l6 acres OF land sold In
isolated tracts. Y:
A new German Congregational
church has been built in thickly set
tied German community south OF Ban
gor, the old county seat OF Walworth
county. The church was dedicated on.
Schurr was installed as pastor
George Alquist. Ktngsbury county,
farmer, is experimenting with grape
growing with fair success. Last year
he planted 375 grape vines, of which
365 are still living and some OF which
bore this year. He is putting In an-
other half acre this year and is con-
fident vineyards can be madc to pay
even as far north as Kingsbury comfy.
A number Of Brown county farm
ers, notably Isaac Lincoln and /. o.
Curtiss, of Aberdeen, experimented
with winter wheat last season with
fairly satisfactory results and more Of
the farmers are trying 1T this season.
K. Mckenzie, a prominent farmer and
land man Of Groton, will SOW twelve.
acres to winter wheat this fall.
In number Of places in the northern
part of the state elevator agents have
received Instructions to lower the
grades ON wheat. AS consequence.
many farmers will hold their wheat.
They claim that wheat that is now
being graded No. 2 or No. 8 northern
Will grade No. northern when the.
rush is over and the mills neett the
wheat. .s s.
W.. Fl. Kearney, an Aberdeen mer.
chant. is holding q unique exhibit at;
his store. He is offering a list gOf thirty
prizes for potatoes grown In Brown
or adjoining counties and has received
many hundreds OF buShels from com-
petitOrs for, the pTf:s s. The potato
crop in northern South DAKOTA 10 GOOD
this year and the exhibit AFFORD s =:
splendid advertisement Ssofs South Da.t
kcta az q potato growing i tate.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
LAYING RAILS.
On the Armour Extension of the Mil
Waukee.

Armour, s. D., Oct. 5.-Rails are now
laid on the Armour extension of the
Milwaukee railway as far as Corsica,
the first town north, and it is expected
trains will be running soon. Many new
buildings are going up at Corsica and
with the advent of daily train SER.
vice the work of building will progress
much more rapidly. In the past it has
been necessary to haul the lumber
and other building material from Ar.
mour by team ten miles, Five elevators
will be erected at Corsica, sites having
been granted to c. E. Floete L. Markus,
Leroy Booher, Carbon Elevator COM
aany and Frank Strobehen.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
BOY LOSES LEG.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 2.-The s.
year-old son of John Johnson, one of
the city sidewalk contractors, while
attempting to initiate older boys who
moving trains within the city limits.
had one of his legs cut Oft just below
the knee by falling under the wheels
q freight train on the Omaha road.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
REFORM AT. YAlskToN.
Same Wave That Struck DsadwooA
Recently in Progress.

Yankton, s. d., Oct. 4.-With one paa
per offering prize Of $25 for the best
essay on good citizenship, the states
attorney and city marshal joining
hands against the gambling joints, and
q number of private citizens Joined to-I
gether for the avowed purpose OF buy-l
ing up the red light district OF the
city, and to turn the same into cityl
park, it does begin to look as IL Yank-i
ton had entered the reform class that
struck Deadwood with such a force
this summer, and which is at present.
agitating more than one South Da-ls
kota city Certain it Is anyhow thatl
in all directions a healthy sentimentI
towards a cleaner Yankton Is beingi
encountered and it will soon, from ALL
indications, change the political mapIi
locally quite considerably. Not that
the movement can be said to be politi-IE
cal, for so far it is strictly non-parti-3
san and efforts are being made to keep
it so. Two cases, growing from unex-I
pected raids, come into court today, ini
which prominent gambling places areI3
implicated. A number of the frater-ls
nifty have already Skipped town and
others are ready to jump, provided
they are convinced the reformers real-I
ly mean business. A unique side Of the|f
present movement is the business like
way in which the. shady district is tOl
be cleaned out. This occupies sev.l
eral blocks in length south Of Third
street, the main business street. Ops
tions are being obtained on all this
property and owners will have sthe|
Choice ne gecepting a reasonable CASH
offer or of being prosecuted vigorous-|
ly. Once cleared 1t is one plan to turn
the section into a park, and to build
on the site magnificent cement pail
ace, of which Yankton has longl
dreamed and will before another year,
zee realized. ~. \
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
MASONIC TEMPLE.
Corner Stone Will Be Laid at Sioux
Falls October 10.

Sioux Falls, 8. D.. Oct. 4.-Tuesday, Oc-
tober 10, has been determined upon as the
date for the laying of the cornerstone Of
the new Masonic temple which is being
erected in this city. 1t is planned to make
the day one long to be remembered in To-
cal Masonic circles. With that object in
view, invitations have been sent to the
various Masonic lodges OF the state re-
questing that delegations be sent to par
ticipate In the services attendant upon
the laying OF the cornerstone Of tho new
building.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
PosTMAsTERs MEET.
Organization is Perfected in conven.
ticn at Mitchell.

ticn at Mitchell.
Mitchell, S. D.,5oct. "a conven-
ton of fourth-class postmasters was
held in this city yesterday afternoon.
the object of which was to perfect an
organization, which was accomplished
through. the election of the following
officers:
President-E. A. Wigton, Esrnond.
Vice President-O. p Ashley, Lennox.
Secretary Treasurer. e. Brown.
Z. j. &. Lillibridge Of Blunt and Rob-
sert Martin of Andover were elected
members of the executive committee,
and w. NJ. Vandely of Marion and e.
A. Wigton Of Esmond were elected
delegates to the National League of
Postmasters of the Fourth Class, which
meets In Washington. d. c.. October
3s-27.
Arrangements were made to supply
the finances for conducting the busi-
ness Of the new organization
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
HEcLA BANK SOLD.

Aberdeen, S. d., Oct. 3.-The Bank of
Hecla private institution. has been
sold, with it's real estate, by it's own
ers, A. T., I. G. and b. S. Clark. to
r. b. Cannon, Charles Eygabroad and
Roswell Bottum, Aberdeen business
men. The capital of the bank will be
raised to $4,000. and it Will be incor-
porated as state bank. with Roswell
ROtti1fn as cashier
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
ATTACKED sY ROBBERS.

Aberdeen, s. D.. Oct, 33.-As Police
man George Harrington was going
home he was attacked by holdup
man who failed to recognize the officer.
as he was In plain clothes. Harrington
overcarne his assai!ant and he was
lodged in Jail to await trial
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
FIRES PREVALENT.

Aberdeen, s. D., Oct. 4.--Owing to tlas
extremely dry weather that has pre-
vailed in northern South Dakota for
several weeks fires in threshfnB out
The stacks of grain are as dry as
powder. needing but spark to set
them ablaze. On Friday three outfits|
caught fire from spark from the en-
gine within q short distance Of Aber-]
deem, and in each instance q consider
able quantity Of grain was burned be-
fore the blaze could be extingulshed.
In one case fourteen. stacks Of grain
were burned and in another 400 BUSH
els of wheat were destroyed. At ASH
ton and Mellette two separators werel
destroyed by explosions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-30

This amount is subject to slight but not material change.
 The receipts for the fiscal year have been about s543,oo0.o0a. s2.o00, ,oco more than the receipts estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury In his last report. The expenditures have been sBl5, 4se,eoo. or about ss,5o0.0oo more than was estimated. The month just closed showed a handsome surplus and reduced the deficit several millions A comparison of the receipts of this 1scai year with those of the preceding year shows remarkably small changes. Customs receipts for the fiscal year, 1904, were approximately s2s2. .ooo, ,000 {; for this year approximately s2el, ,5o0,- O0O Internal revenue receipts for 1904 were s232, ,4oo.0oo; for 1925. s2as.5O0. .00o. Miscellaneous receipts in 1904 were sl6,7oO,ooo; in 1905. $ts.ooo.o0o.
 A comparison of the expenditures of the two years she ws wider variations. Civil and miscellaneous expenditures in 1904, excluding payment for the right of way for the Panama Canal and the loan to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company were s1s2. 2.4o0. .00o; {; this year they were s147,200.o 900. an in- crease of s15, .0c0 of which more than half Is an increase in the defi- cheney. War Department expenditures in 1904 were s11b.s00.060i this year. sI22. 100000. an increase of s7.ooo,00o; Navy Department expenditures in 1904. were s102. .e0c.0 .000; this year. s117.s00,- dians in 1904, s1G,<So, ,ooo; in 1905, s14.- 500, ,000; an increase of s4.200.oe0. Pen sion payments in Is9s. sl42.e00, ,00e; in 1905. ei41.70o,oaa; a decrease of s1.- 100000 Interest payments were the same for the two years, $24,5e0.0oo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-30

land have never failed to get a. plenty of that. To that in large measure attribute my long life and constant perfect healtn.'
 He smiled when he compared the trip with some of those of former years, that of 1872, for instance.
 That wes the best fishing trip ever made to Maine. Tn day and q half my brother and I, fishing from a raft in B pond, near middle dam, at the foot of Umbagog lake. caught ninety three trout. which aggregated 20s pounds in weight. Pretty good fishing, that. chr
 Tn speaking of his earlier trips to the Rangeley and Dead River region. Mir. Goes said that larger strings and larger trout were taken then than nows but the fish didn't taste any better--- in fact, believe I am stiIi growing more and more fond of them"
 The largest speckied trout Mr. Gees ever caught in Maine weighed eight and one-quarter pounds and the best salmon he ever got was seven-pound- CT. These are not record Ash. but they are mighty good ones, and he is still proud of them. Last year he had good luck. catching six salmon, the largest of which weighed six pounds and the smallest four and one-half pounds, The landing of that six-pounder was queer.
 Mir. Goes has peculiar ideas about reels. He has one that is set into the rod instead of being fixed on the side and held by a ring. It is a single reel with a drag, but, being a narrow spool, the fisherman can wind 1t as rapidly as an ordinary multiplying reel.
 Mir. Goes struck a salmon which came toward his boat faster than he could reel. in his line. The salmon darted under the boat and rose out of the water on the opposite side in an ef- fort to get rid of the hook.
 When it went into the air the line frightened around the boat and the fish was snapped toward the boat. To the surprise of the fiesherman and hia companions, the salmon was carried almost into Mr. Coes's lap by lts own momentum and was cautured safe ana sound.