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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-10-04

Whether 1t was 100 or 10000 slain
in the Causasus, the average reader
has forgotten the number before his
eyes reach the next headline on the
newspaper page. So cheap Is life
held when it is so for away from
home.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-10-04
CIVIC ASSOCIATION OF
THE UNITED STATES

CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 4.-The
annual meeting of the American
Civic association opened here this
morning in the rooms of the Cleve-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-10-04

land Chamber of Commerce, with
an attendance which surpassed all
expectations. Hundreds of men
and women of prominence, and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-10-04
tJNDERTAKEERRSS To- FEED
THE CANAL LA0RERS

CONTRACT GIVEN MAN A LONG STRING OF RAIL
ROAD RESTAURANTS IN THE WEST-N THE FACE OF FOOO
SCARCITY HE PROPOSES TO FEED WHITE MEN At 81 PER
DAY AND NEGROES FOR as CENTs-HIs PLANS.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-10-04

hitched to a wheelbarrow.
Getting runs is obviously the
main thing. The Giants work con-
tinually and always collectively to-
ward that end
Get the run in. That's McGraw's
shiboleth.
McGraw, team work, harmony
among the personnel of the men
and McGraw, are responsible for
the success of the giants.
FmW&~<~-
Captain of the New York National
League Baseball Club.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
TO MAKE WAR ON SQUIRRELS.
Animals Who Kill Beetie-Destroying
Birds Must Go.

A special effort is being made by
the forestry department to eXtermi-
nate the bark beetles which have been
playing such havoc among the pine
forests of the Hills. Mr.. Ptnchot, the
head superintendent of the forest re-
serve, has been making a visit to the
Hills, and with Capt. Seth Bullock has
mapped out a plan of warfare. AS
above five million feet of lumber has
been destroyed, action has become
urgent. The first fight will be made
upon the red squirrels. 1t has been
decided to offer what is practically a
bounty for the hides of these little
animals. Every boy who will bring to
any forest ranger ten tails, heads Of
scalps of red squirrels will receive free
a box of fifty 22-caliber cartridges.
One Of the best ways TO eXterminate
the beetle is to exterminate the red
squirrel, as the animal destroys the
birds, especially the w~oodpeckers,
which are the natural foes of the
beetles.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
HARD TO HOUSE CROPS.
Farmers Find Storage Of Grain 10 .
PerpIeKing Problem.

Charles Miller's twenty acres OF
common wheat, a half mile southeast
of Miller, yielded 30S bushels, or about
fifteen and one-half bushels to the
acre, sold from the machine as No. 2
and pronounced good milling wheat.
1t contained some smut. This is the
field of wheat claimed by experts be-
fore harvest to have more black rust
than any other in this section.
R. r. Greeves' oats, a half mile west
Of Miller, went As bushels an acre;
NJ. d. Harris oats, nea St. Lawrence,
went so bushels to the acre; Otto Car
rico's oats, thirteen miles northwest
of Miller, went 80 bushels; Ed Van
Camps oats twelve miles southwest
Of Rec Heights, yielded Is bushels to
the acre; ]. P. Tuttle's barley, four
miles north of Miller, ven 40 bush
els'to the acre, and his speltz SO
bushels.
The weather is fine for outdoor
work. From now on it will be the
call of the thresher to the tired pitch
ers to quickly.
Load after load of lumber is being
hurried to the farms for granaries to
house the crop. Some are actually
complaining because they have more
grain than they can house. Chicken
houses are being fitted for grain, as
we'll al any building, large or small,
that can be used. This has reference
to oats, barley and speltz, and applies
more particularly to farmers far from
towns. A perpleXing feature of the
dilemma is that after filling the build
ings with these cheaper crops what
will be done with the wheat that will
be threshed last.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
WINTER WHEAT THE BEST.
This is the Firm Belief of a South d.
kota Farmer.

Joel Fry of Sioux Falls has returned
from a visit TO his Turner county
farm. He is a firm believer in winter
wheat, and the success he had this
year confirms him in the belief that
winter wheat is the variety for South
Dakota.
He had t~hirty-five acres of winter
wheat. He has completed his thresh-
ing, and the wheat yielded an average
of twenty bushels to the acre. Both
as to quality and yield the winter
wheat is proving better than the
spring variety raised in Turner coun.
ty.
He found that the wheat raised on
ground which was last year devoted
to a crop of other than wheat yielded
better than that raised on the ground
which last year was sown to winter
wheat.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
ALL GAINS IN TOWNS.
Mccook County Farming Population
Falls of.

fdliS vi.
The censu figures for McCook coun-
ty show a population of 9,l37, a gain
Of 45S in five years. This population
is 4,747 male, and 1876 foreign born.
While the county shows a gain it has
all been in the towns, and the country
precincts have been losing. Bridge
water has 49,, a gain of 151; Salem
has $40, a gain of SO; Spencer 493, a
gain of 261; Montrose AL, a gain Of
SO, and Canistota 36S. The last cen
sus did not list Canistota separately,
but the towns which are so listed sGow
a gain of 557, 80 more than the general
gain for the county, and Canistota has
added to it's population, showing a
heavy loss in country precincts.
The Sanborn county figures show a
total of 5,397, a gain of 93c in five
years. The population is 2,S6S males
and 7S9 foreign born. The combined
gain in the towns is 625. W~oOnsocket
has 929, a gain of 321; Artesian has
444, a gain of l05, and Letcher has 329,
a gain of 1919.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
STATE FAIR WILL Be GREAT SUCCESS
Good Weather Is the Only Thing Now Needed for Fair Week
Many Interesting Features Being Prepared.

The South Dakota state fair, to be
held this year at Huron, will proba.
ably be the greatest fair evers held in
the state. Il will be remembered that
the first fair yer held in the state
was held in Huron in 1884, and it was
remarkably successful. The present
location is an ideal one for the pur-
pose. The Chicago & North-W Western
Railway company has decided eighty
five acres of ground within the city
limits of Huron, and the state legisla.
ture has appropriated $13 900 for build
ings, all of which are nearing compile
ton.
The most imposing structure is the
horticultural and agricultural hall,
which is in the form Of a Maltese
cross, Is by 80 feet, with sufficient
for fifteen county exhibits. The
extreme height is IS feet to the wealth
er vane, which is surmounted by a
twenty-foot flag staff. On each corner
of the building is a twenty-foot flag.
staff, with a gilded ball, upon which
will be strung banners with the name
of the building. Upon the central flag
staff will be unfurled a large Ameri.
a flag; in fact, flags will be unfurl-
ed from all the buildings on the
ground. In the center of this building
there is a fountain playing all the
time, which serves to equalize the tenn
perature. The floor of the building is
of cement throughout.
The cattle barn was designed by c.
c. Moulton of Faulkton, and is one Of
the most commodious and up-to-date
structures ever erected upon any fair
ground in the United States. There
is sufficient room in this building for
800 head of cattle. The draft horse
barn is 40x100 feet, and contains fifty
stalls for the exhibition of draft
horses. The speed horse barns are To-
Gated in another part of the grounds
and are amply sufficient for all the
speed horses that will be in attend
ance.
The sheep and swine pens are built
In nests of four, and eight feet square,
with eight-feet alleys between, so Wis.,
itors can see the sheep and swine with
ease and comfort. There are 206 of
Cl.cyG} snd as each pen will hold from
two to six animals, all of the sheep
and swine will be comfortably housed.
The woman's building is 24xlO feet,
with a rest oom 12x16 feet and a
toilet room adjacent. Two of the old
buildings which were formerly used
by the local fair association have been
fitted up for poultry exhibits. and n
other building similar to them has
been fitted up for dairy products. The
grand stand has been removed from
the old state fair grounds at Yankton
and erected upon the grounds at HUI
ron, giving a seating capacity of over
5000. The race track Is in the best
condition that it has eve been in and
a special prize has been offered for the
breaking of the track record, and some
fast time is expected. Mr.. w. B.. Nor
gan of Frederick, S. D., has charge
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
SOUTH DAKOTA CENSUS.
Figures for Marshall, Grant and Nc
Pherson Counties.

The census figures for Marshall
county show a total of 1896, a gain of
1924. This population is 1888 male,
and 1,577 is foreign born. Britton has
a population of 704, a gain of 1S5 i n
five years. Veblen has LAG and Lang.
ford 314.
Gault county figures show a total of
$500, a gain of 397 in five years. This
is 4,S97 male, and 2,231 is foreign
born. Milbank has a population of
Ills, a gain of 292, the population of
the city being SOS male and $50 fe.
male, and sol foreign born. Big Stone
has 522, a loss Of 6S, and Revillo has
153, a loss of "a. Twin Brooks has
It's.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
THE MARKETS..
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

81. Paul, Aug. IS. - Wheat No. l
Northern. 81 O2Q1.O6; No. 2 Northern,
9Sc0sl.04; No. 8, 96c4sl.O1. Corn
No. 8 yellow, 52Q53c. Oats-No. 3
white, 25 1-2626c.
Minneapolis. Aug. 2S. - Wheat-No.
l hard, $1.OS; No. l Northern, s1.06;
No. > Northern, s1.0341.04. Oats -
No. 8 white. 243-4c.
Duluth. Aug. IS. - Wheat - No. /
Northern. sos; No. 2 Northern,
81 1-4c; fax, 81 80; rye. SIC.
Chicago, Aug. %. - Wheat No. 2
red, 81 l-2GS2c; No. ? hard, S1090c;
No. 3 hard. SoQS7c; No. l Northern,
s1.CG6l.05; No. 2 Northern. s10103.
Corn-No. 2. 50 l2c. Oats No. .,
25 lie.
Milwaukee, Aug. IS. Wheat-No.
l Northern, s1.04Ql10; No. > North.
ern, CSC. Rye-No. l, 60961c. Barley
No. 2. sic. Oats-Standard, y 100
2 s1.2c. Corn--No. 8, IS 1-2G5G lee.
Sioux City, Iowa. Aug. 2S.-Cattle-
Beeyes, So so a SIS; COWS. bulls and
mixed, s2.25G4; stockers and feed.
ers. s275@365; calves and ~yearlings,
S25Vp3,50. Hogs-Bulk, s. s0G5.S6.
Chica.y Aug. 2S.-Cattle-GOod to
PRIME steers. $3.50 q $50; stockers
and feeders, 50 04,3O: cows, s2.500
4.50; heifers. s2204480; calves, $50
7. ~Hogs--MIixed and butchers, s5.70Q
6.37 u: bulk, s590Q620. Sheep -
Good to choice wethers. s46005;
native lambs, S5254725; Western
lambs, S5.7507.
South st. Paul, Aug. IS. - Cattle
Good to choice steers. $50 q $50;
good to choice coNs and heifers, $3.50
"a: butcher bulls. s2.75Q3.50; veals.
s2G45o; good to choice stock steers,
s2.5O6350; good to choice mich cows,
s2OQ 35. Hogs-Raage price, $3.50
Go; bulk, S5.S5q5.?0. Sheep-Good
to choice lambs, $545.S5; fair to good,
s4G5; good to choice yearling weth.
ers. $46od5,50; good to choice ewes,
81 .75g4.40.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
IoWAN HAS NINE LIVES.
Henry Shafer Of Eldora Is Struck by
Lightning.

Eldora, Iowa, Aug. %. - Asserting
that he has the proverbial nine lives
of a cat, which a cat has not. Henry
Shafer, for the sesond time in his life,
was struck by lightning and he will
recover. When a boy Shafer barely
escaped drowning. AS a coal miner
SEafer was buried alive by a cave-in,
but recovered. Shafer was picked up
for dead several years ago o. the 4th
Of July, a cannon shot depriving him
Of an arm, an eye and two fingers.
He vas all but killed in two runaways
and last fall he fell from the top Of a
fifty-foot cliff, being taken home ap-
parently dead. He said after recov-
ering consciousness from the stroke
of lightning that he might survive
another fatal" accident, as he felt
strong.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
DROP MAILS AT HIGH SPEED.
New Device Is Successfully Tested by
Postal Men.

Chicago, Aug. 27.-Capt. f. L. West,
superintendent Of the railway mail
service at Chicago, and other post
office officials have been experiment
ing with a new device for discharging
mails from high speed trains. Repeat.
ed tests have been made on the Rock
Islands Colorado fast mail at a num-
r of stations between Des Moines
ID Omaha. 1t had been possible for
fast trains to pick up mails without
stacking speed, but the discharge Of
mails by use of the crane endangered
the mail by throwing it beneath the
wheels. The new device makes 1t pos
sible to unload mails from one or all
cars of a train without decreasing the
speed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31

mer tour Sorrentino has arranged a
special program, introducing selec-
'tions from grand opera and otD
classics in which the Banda Rosa Is
supreme, reaching a perfection only
attained by the "Red men from
Italy, but this band needs no intro
duction to Mitchell, or the surround
ing country.
The second part of the program will
be a grand scenic production of Don
Lorenzo Perosi's devotional o~ratorio,
The Resurrection of Christ" The
oratorio will be sung by distinguished
vocalists from grand opera and the
production will ee elaborated by mag
nificent scenic display. The scenes
will consist Of fine paintings, each 80
by 40 feet, which will be enhanced by
drapery and the most effective light
ing. The production is a dignifed,
impressive and fascinating spectacu-
lar Interpretation of the greatest Of
Biblical stories.
The impressions of such a perform.
ance are u~ndeniable. They held the
public as if in a spell, first through the
finely wrought music, then through
the changing scenes and the awe-in-
spring representations of incidents
of THE Resurrection of Christ"
Mitchell's corn palace is the great
est attraction held in the Northwest.
People from all parts of the Union
have visited the corn palace in pre-
vious years, and every n cannot say
too much for this glorious enterprise
and the beauty of this grand palace,
and declare that they never dreamed
that such beautiful effects could be
wrought out of the products Of our
fields.
Free street attractions every after
noon and evening, twelve bands have
been engaged to play on the streets
during the week. Arrange to take a
vacation and visit the corn palace at
Mitchell, S. D., Sept. % to 80, inclu.
sive. The railroads have granted half
fare rates on all roads during the
week and will run special excursions
to accommodate the crowds that wish
to visit us.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
PRESIDENT DIVES IN PLUNGER.
Immensely Impressed With Submarine
and Way 1t Is Handled.

Oyster Bay, Aug. p. - President
Roosevelt late yesterday afternoon
made a descent in Long Island sound
On board the submarine torpedo boat
Plunger. He was aboard the vessel
about three hours. At n time the
little boat was submerged for fifty
minutes, and in that time was put
through all the submarine feats Of
which she is capable. The president
expressed last night his delight at the
novel experience and said that he was
immensely impressed with the boat
handled.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
MORE GOLD THAN EVER.
The Output in 1905 Will Break All
Previous Records.

Tppleton, Mimi, Aug. 29.-The APP
pleton roller mills were destroyed by
fire last evening and are a total loss,
together with all their contents. A
hot box in the machinery was the
cause of the fire. The mill was one of
Appleton's landmarks, having been
built thirty-three years ago. 1t was
owned by w. J. Jennison of Mime
apolis. The plant was a 5O0-barrel
mill and fully equipped. BY splendid
work by the firemen the large eleva-
tor and engine house adjoining were
saved. The loss will be fully 100000;
covered by insurance.
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of the speed department and says that
the races are filling very rapidly and
that he is able to offer the best speed
program ever given in the state.
Among the new features this year
will be the auction sale of pure blood.
ed live stock. There will be Here.
fords, Angus and Shorthorn cattle of.
fered for sale. There will be Duroc.
Jersey, Poland-China and other breeds
of swine offered, and all kinds of the
leading breed, Of sheep will be repre-.
scented. Cary H. Jones Of Davenport.
Iowa, has been engaged to cry the
sale, which will be held in a commo
dious tent, with seating capacity for
three or four hundred people.
On Tuesday, Sept. II, will be Gov.
errors day. Gov. Elrod and his en-.
tire staff, together with all of our con-
gressmen and senators will be in at
tendance, and addresses will be made
by Hon. James w. Wilson, United
States secretary of agriculture, upon
the subject of What the Government
Has Done for the Farmer" and Gov.
Elrod will also deliver an address.
The amusement feature has not
been overlooked, and the greatest list
Of attractions ever seen in this state
will be offered free of charge to every
one in attendance. There will be
baseball games between Brookings
and Watertown on Wednesday and
Thursday, Sept. 13 and IA, and a game
between travelling men from the Wa
tertown council and the Huron coun.
Gil, U. c. T. There will be a splendid
racing program every day Of the fair.
There will be seven. bands in attend
There will be the usual amusement
features, such as trapeze performance,
balloon ascension, high dive, horizon
tai bar, negro minstrel entertainment
and various other features too numer-
out to mention. The Pike will be in
evidence, but no lewd or immoral en-
tertainments will be permitted. There
will be an Indian village of 500 Sioux
Indians. A herd of buffalo from the
Scotty Philips herd at Fort Pierre will
be on exhibition. Bring the children
and let them see the last of the
bison"
There is an artificial lake fed by
water from an artesian well. About
1000 trees have been set out and are
all growing and doing we'll.
The board Of agriculture is com-
prised of Forester H. Smith, presi-
dent; John H. King, vice president;
H. S. Fletcher, WATERFOWL, superin-
tendent of cattle and horses; c. G.
Moulton, Faulkton, superintendent Of
sheep and swine; G. H. Whiting, Yank-
ton, superintendent Of horticulture and
agriculture, all of whom have been CIV
ing a large share of their valuable
time to the success of the fair. All
that could be done by human efforts
has been done, and if the good Lord
will only send us good weather for
that week a record-breaking attend.
ance is certain.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
HORSES KILLED IN STORM.
Eleven Burned to Death Near Iowa
Falls,

Iowa Falls, Iowa. Aug. 29.-Reports
are still coming in of the damage
done by the severe electrical storm
that passed over Hardin county last
Wednesday night. The barn owned
by Doniel Sherer, who lives neal Hub
bard, is reported as having been
struck by lightning and burned, the
structure and contents being a total
loss. including eleven head of horses,
harness and other farm equipment.
The barn of D. Gregory, near Gearing,
is also reported as having been struck
and destroyed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
FINE NEW DEPOT.
Great Northern Station at Sioux Falls
Is Progressing.

Sioux Falls. 5. D.. Aug. %. - Good
progress is being made on the new
Great Northern railroad is erecting in
this city. The foundation is complete.
and the cut stone work is being put in.
There are five courses of cut jasper
and the rest OF the walls will be built
of a deep red brick, making a pleasing
contrast to the Sioux Falls jasper.
Within a few months it will be ready
for occupancy.
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IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE TOGETHER.
North Dakotan at S~eventy-Two Sc
cures a Divorce.

Fargo, n. D., Aug. %. - Judge Pol
Mosher,> aged 70. from his second
wife, whom he married two years ago.
Mosher is a prominent farmer in the
western part of the county, and be-
came acquainted with the last Mrs.
Mosher while the latter was a profess
sional nurse. The marriage was
against the protest of children by a
former marriage, and never resulted
happily. The charges were largely of
a petty nature, but the testimony con
vinced the our of the impossibility
of the couple living together.
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CHILD GETS $1,000 A YEAR.
Son of Former Mrs. Molineaux Pro-
vided for by Grandfather.

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Aug. 90. - Mrs,
Wallace D. Scott, formerly Mrs. ROl-
and B. Molineaux of New York, TO-
gether with her husband and their
little son, left Sioux Falls Yesterday
afternoon for New York, where they
will reside. A short time prior to their
departure. D. A. Scott Of this city,
father of the husband, surprised the
couple by announcing that he would
on each birthday of their little son de-
post in a bank the sum OF $1,000 TO
the credit of the youngster.
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ed ears of coal down and off the track,
tearing up the track badly for about
100 feet. The accident took place as
a freight was going out to the works
and traffic vas seriously delayed for
some time.
For the first time in the history Of
the state, the state board Of reviews
finds some real work before 1t. The
radical changes in some classes Of as
sessments have brought numerous pro-
tests from telephone people, Western
Union Telegraph representatives and
real estate professors.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
Cuardsmen Nav Use Pass.

Madison, Wis, Aug. 21.-The attor.
ney general has rendered an opinion
that national ~euardsmen and non.
commissioned officers in the employ Of
the state can use railroad passes, but
that commissioned officers cannot.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
Falls Dead in DoorYard.

Crookston, Mimi, Aug. 27.-Mrs. An
drew Swanson of this city. mother OF
Oscar Fredericks, bookkeeper at the
Scandia-American bank here, fell dead
from %apoplexy while in the yard pick
izg up chips.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
WINNING HORSE FALLS DEAD
Just After Going Under Wire Ahead
PAGER Drops.

Oshkosh, Wis, Aug. %. Little
Man, a PAGER owned by John Foss of
Appleton. fell dead after crossing the
wire a winner in the first heat OF the
2.2S pace of the Oshkosh Driving
club meeting. The horse Won the heat
without apparent effort in 2:22 IA,
but ii is reported he was not in con-
ditiOn.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31
RAIN DELAYS HARVESTING.
Crops Are in Fine Shape and viii
Yield Well

st. Paul, Aug. q. - The sixteenth
weekly crop report issued by the
Northern Pacific shows that harvest
ing is well under way, with excellent
prospects for a good yield. The heavy
rains early in the week delayed harv.
10 grain.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31

George B. Mcpherson, a prominent
rancher of Meade county was arrested
ON a warrant sworn out by United
States Special Agent Wadsworth on
the charge of fencing $500 acres of
government land nea Hereford, in
Meade county. He waived examina-
tion and was released on a bond OF
$500 to appear before the federal court
I'm Deadwood at the next session.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-31

An accident occurred on the cement
line at Yankton through the track
~sprsading. This let two heavily load