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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
MANY WERE INITIATED
Last Sunday a Busy Day fof
the Knights of Columbus

The local council of the knights OF
Columbus secured.a large accession to
it's membership roll on Sunday last.
There are only three or four councils
in the state and each n draws for
it's membership on quite a large scope
of country as the names and residences
OF the new knights initiated will
show. The council located in this
CITY is one of the strongest in the
state as we'll as a remarkably progress
Sive one.
The proceedings of the day began
by the knights attending mass in a
body at the church of the Sacred
Heart where Father Dermody's SER
mon for the day had especial applica-
tion to the duties and privileges of
this order. The work of which was
under charge of eminent knights from
Sioux City and Sioux Falls began at
1:3O. The work on the first two de-
grees was done by the officers of the
Sioux Falls council and the third de-
gree by T. f. Griffin, state deputy of
Iowa. This work was not concluded
until 10 o'clock in the evening when
the knights were in good condition to
attack the viands that awaited them
at the Sherman House. Here, with
speeches and feasting and social en-
joyment they remained at the board
until 2:30 in the morning.
The candidates who were initiated
were: James Cotfey, Selby; W.. w.
O'Malley ,JacobStobel, Bowdle; George
H. Owens, N. j. Engler, Joseph Brady,
Ipswich; j. J. Hovan, Evarts; William
Wagner, Webster; Lee ]. Murphy, Carl
L. Fuller, G. r. Plant, Andrew Ball
veg, Pat Feely, j. T. Griffin, P. II.
Guhin, M. M. Guhin, j. E. McNeary,
j. W. Riley, Zeno T. Moser, w. M.
Hirsch, G. B, Mikkelson, Phil Nc
Hugh and Dennis O'Donnell, Aber.
deem.
The program at the banquet was as
follows:
Toastmaster, H. ]. Rock; Our
Guests, W. H. Kearney; Fraternal
Beneficiary Orders and their Mission,
J. D. LAWN; Our Order, Joe Kirby;
The American Citizen, Rev. M. Der
mody; Why l am a Knight, T. f. Crit
fin.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
Impressions Of an Aberdeen
Mans First Visit to the
Hills
Rapid Growth Predicted for
Rapid C~ity-Remarks by
Professor Todd
(By FRED G. HUNTINGDON

Two very pleasant gentlemen who
have lived in Deadwood for years were
recently in Aberdeen. OF course, we
know that the wind blows here oc-
casionally. 1t creates no surprise
when it does and we have learned
that profanity is worse than useless
under the circumstances. So we 60
ahead and make the best of it. These
gentlemen, however, could not quite
understand il. Such a gale as blew
while they were here, they declared.
was unknown in Deadwood and / can
believe it,. The old story that you
have to look up to look out is about
as true as a be in Deadwood. just
imagine a town set down between the
walls of solid rock, so close together
that a visitor wonders how they find
room for a street and a railway right
of way.
The principal industry in Dead
wood is the extraction of gold. 1t is
not done by the cyanide process. 1t
isn't necessary. They have a better
n in Deadwood and it has been in
continuous operation for years. 1t
works equally well on gold, silver or
currency. When they tell me that
they are going to shut up the "Green
Front" and the "Combination", world
famous, almost, theaters and dance
halls, I am led to wonder if Dead
wood really means to kill the goose
that lays the golden egg. I don't
believe it.
Lead is quite a city. 1t looks to a
casual observer, however, as if the
Homestake Mining Company owns
pretty much the whole town. Lead
is said to be somewhat more sedate
than Deadwood. It is about as unlike
aprairie town, such as is Aberdeen,
as anything can be. There is money
in Lead, all right enough, and they do
say that a good lot of it finds its way
down the canon to Deadwood and is
there reduced to possession by the
process 1 mentioned. It is true, no
doubt.
FIT. MEADE, sTURG1s AND RAPID CITY
Ft. Meade is now the only United
States army post in the state. 1t is
situated in a hill sheltered spot, just
where they begin, and yet on the
prairie. Bear butte, a mountain of
volcanic rock, stands up out of the
prairie a few miles away. The build
ings at the fort were originally all
frame but are now being replaced by
substantial structures of brick and
stone. They quarry the stone out of
the hills about a mile from the fort
for some. of their buildings. At the
present time there are eight troops of
cavalry at the fort and there ought to
be twelve. Wyoming, asmaller state,
has three army posts and is annually
getting large amounts of money APP
propriated for improvements at these
posts. A cavalry post furnishes a
local market for d great amount of
produce, hay, feed etc. and the more
troops at the fort the better for the
farmers in that vicinity. The money
of the men gets into general circula-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
Cure for Sore N;nn,oa

an nS soon as the child is done nursing
opp .y, unamoerloin's salve. Wine !.
o uns enid to nurse. Many tralnag
purses u use this with the best. rss'ned
all druggists. 'oN' FOR sale by
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
FOR SALE-I have d
mich COWS for sale.
WARD RUSSELL, 0FdE

FOR SALE OR EXCHl3
four-year-old registered BID
bull. Nubian Sire, a fine Y
II. ELLIOTT. Westport, SD
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
CORN GROWERS ORGANIZE
Board of Directors Elected and
the New Association Duly
Launched

On Friday last a gathering of farm
ers VINO had met in the farmers room
a1 the court house to hear the an.
nouncement of the prizes awarded in
tf1e orn contest resolved themselves
INTO a meeting for the purpose Of
organizing a corn growers association
o MS county. George B. DAILY was
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01

WILL TRADE Blood
Leghorn cockerels for lain
F. G. Huntington, lol5SAh
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01

O SALE-BARRED
Cockerels of choice breeding
$500 each. W. E. LoFap'
Aberdal
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
WANT C0LQ
Advertisements under
are printed at the rated
per line for one inserdN|

WANTED-Three rcHl
housekeeping. Inquire at I
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01

WANTED-A BuYEs
hotel property in CoIuna.|
In good condition. staos
% horses, with shed ID. v
IL more. Fine we'll Y
Would take stock, ca'es'
in exchange. address
JAMES GEER, Colup'
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

Father Crowley is plain, practical,
kindly man in priestly garb. with a
haunting touch OF brogue on his
American tongue. His is d kindliness
that he expresses ia action, for when
we were driving over the fields in a
one-horse surrey AID came 10 = steep
banked creek he promptly jumped out
according to habit. and eased the pull
by running down one bank and push
ing the vehicle up the other.
'.One thing leads to another. YOU know. .
Father Crowley was saying as we sat
there rocking and that's how we came
TO establish this school of agriculture"
Father crowley's Identification with the
Youths Directory here in San Francisco
IS too Teil known to need retelling. L
has been IN its fourteen years OF existence
the protecting shelter OF over 1000 boys.
who have been taken from the streets or
worse shan the streets.
-'In the Youths Directory we do all
We c1n for cur boys, so long as we can.
but there comes the time when the boy
must prepare to do for himself. and must
make room for some other boy in the
same need that he was. That time comes
when q boy is about fourteen years old.
WHAT 10 do with our boys-that was
the problem II IS hard enough to solve
IN the family where there are only one
or two or three boys, and in the Directory
where We have hundreds it is far more
perplexing.
The professions are crovded-ove.-
crowded; We can't make doctors or law
yers Of them
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after having begun the work of making
them good citizens. let them go out again.
exposed 10 the temptations of the streets
and the evils OF city life. to become I'M
skilled laborers. or, more likely. yaea-
bonds, or worse?
The work of the Directory would 90
for naught if we did that. This is what
cur work there made US realize-so we
looked about for an opening in life for
eur boys, and we saw that here in Cali
fornia their way-the very best way for
them-lay back to the land
There is no place where the land offers
so much to man willing to do even .
reasonable amount of work as here in
California. There is no place where the
farmers life has such Conversations
such pleasant conditions. such an ade
quate return. and therefore 1t seems tc
me that here of all places is the place to
check the tendency toward dwarfing city
life. to lead our boys back TO the land.
and the more natural and independent
life it offers.
Why. compare the life of the city la
borer or average mechanic with the
farmers:
The laborer or mechanic in the city
works for master. for a boss with
no prospect of becoming Independent.
He lives in cramped quarters in the
poorer, least healthful sections Of
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fsfactory. Through the slipshod meth
DDS of many ranchers, through care
lessness and indifference in instruct
ing them. through entire lack OF in
struction,. they benefited little. except
in rare instances What our boys need
ed was intelligent training in the art
OF agriculture and what the whole
State needs is trained and intelligent
agricultural workers
1T was upon this idea we started our
farm school here at Rutherford
L found that we could get this land
here at a very reasonable price 1t Of
fered every advantage; the climate is
so favorable that almost anything can
be grown here, we do not require irri-
cation: the situation is one of the most
beautiful in this beautiful Napa VAL
ley. and the ranch buildings already
on the land offered sufficient accommo-
dation until we could establish our
selves. So, three years ago, we made
our beginning
1t was a beginning eminently character
istic OF Father Crowley
You've heard of running a shoestring up
to a tannery. That superlative sporting
feat is mere child's play compared with
what Father Crowley has done in es-
tablishing his Rutherford Agricultural
College.
He started out with the realization OF
the need for it. and the determination to
supply that need
Then he found this land in the Napa.
Valley, 1921 acres of it rolling back from
the very bank of the Napa River TO the
very feet OF the blue-veiled foothills.
watered midway by the Conn Creek
which. is itself almost a river. Nearly
two miles up and down the valley this
thousand-aere tract Of fertile field and
woodland runs. 1t was in the market for
the price of the s65 900 mortgage on ii,
and Father Crowley bought it forthwith.
on credit. with another mortgage. If you
please.
Then he proceeded TO colonize ii with
some thirty of the Youths Directory boys.
and to stock It.
Those first days were real pioneering
days.
They started out from the Youths Di-
rectory, each boy carrying his kit. and
they went up by boat to Vallejo. Father
Crowley equipped with 4 horseless saddle
and bride. At Vallejo some friend Of
the enterprise gave him a couple of farm
horses. Some other friends OF the enter
prise had given him seven cows. and
Father Crowley clapped his saddle and
bride on one Of the horses and buck
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

when money. real money. was returned
IN exchange for it.
This was a community matter. not
a cut-and-dried institutional occur
renee. Each boy had a personal inter-
est in It. Father Crowley announced
first money return for a product" and
the boys cheered.
This sort OF thing has gone right
along during the three years
The pronoun used in reference to
anything and everything-to the 1921
acres. to gates and roads and fields, 10
the horses and cattle and chickens and
pigs. to the COW that has a calf and
the cat that has kittens--is always the
plural Dossessive.
1t doesn't take much acumen TO dis
cover what a difference that makes. to
appreciate how much more important
and exciting 1t is when OUR" cow has
a calf than when merely "a" cow has
a calf.
As 1 intimated. the shoesTing that is
inflated into a tannery is nothing COM
pared with the development OF this ag-
ricultural college.
A comfortable. substantial. sanitary
two-story building for dormitories and
schoolroom and sittins-room has Ceen
built
A large new creamery is going up
the boys are taking lessons in masonry
now on its foundation walls
A big galvanized iron building has
been put up TO keep the farm imple-
ments and machinery IN. and it Is we'll
stocked with up-to-date. labor saving
machinery
Where there Were two horses three
years ago there are seventeen now,
strong and well kept.
The seven cows that comprised the
embryonic dairy department. have in
creased to a herd OF ESQ sleek animals.
In place of the two pigs that found
all the holes in the fences three years
ago there are over a hundred now to
dash out of unsuspected hiding places
and trip the feet from under visitors
And there's been an abundance OF saw
ory bacon and juicy hams for the boys
besides-not counting the pork chops
There are more than 600 chickens
now, instead OF the six or seven that
were brought in a crate
There are $50 acres in grain
There is q vineyard newly planted.
There is an orchard growing bravely.
There is a chapel for religious SER
vices.
There is a well equipped steam 1aun-
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

dry where the boys can do their OWE
washing.
There is a line Of aIIuring hills on
one side. where the boys can go explor-
ing
There are abandoned orchards on ths
other side that the boys can raid on
their outings.
There is an Industrial school in con-
temptation where those who are not
fitted or pleased with the more rugged
work of farm life may learn broom
ma king stocking knitting and the
making and repairing OF farm machin-
cry.
And there is besides all these very
admirable improvements the ~dandiest
swimming hole in Napa Valley" in ac-
tuaI existence and almost continuous
use
Father Crowleys plan IS to make
this farm college self-supporting, to
increase the accommodations until $50
boys can live and learn and work
there, and TO make the output OF the
land cover the outlay for their susie
nance.
Already the practicabiIity Of this has
been demonstrated Butter. poultry.
beef. pork. hay and grain have been
sold, and in paying quantities
In the item OF butter alone 1000
pounds a month is sent TO market and
If you get any with the wrapper
stamped Rutherford Creamery and
bearing the picture OF a stone doorway
with a COW on one side and a boy on
the other. you may be sure that, it is
college" butter. and very good
The effort TO make the undertaking
self-supporting is not carried on at
the expense of the educational side. nor
at the expense of the strength and Spir-
its OF the growing boys.
The heaviest of the farm work. be-
yond the strength and endurance OF
the boys, who range from IL TO IS
years in age, is done by men. seven or
whom are now Employed yet in spike
of this il is surprising how much is
accomplished through the boys own
interest and the patient diplomacy OF
the Xaverian Brothers who are in
charge of them.
When the haymaking Is on. as IL IS
now. the boys, being after all merely
human boys, with an inherent distaste
for continuous labor. don't ind haymak-
ing particularly interesting after the
first fifteen minutes But it must be
done and the boys must do it, so Brother
Paul bangles the charms Of the SWIM
ming hole before them Fifteen minutes
in the swimming hole for so many stacks.
half an hour for SO many more. and the
stacks spring uD ike huge mushrooms
under the incentive OF the promise. and
the joyous shouts OF those already
splashing.-
Interest in the care OF the stock Is
stirred by giving one boy calf. another
a pig or two, another a brood OF chick
ems to tend and sell for himself. One
lucky boy made so out Of the sale or two
pigs this year and Is the proud possessor
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arooed" the cattle UP to Rutherford, al
though he hadn't been on horse for
years or used any mode of transportation
more untamed than cable car.
When they got to the Rutherford farm
they lived a sort of camp life. cooking for
themselves. and got to work curing hay.
making roads. fixing fences, planting
trees. plowing fields. and the like of that.
Another friend of the project started
the poultry department for them with the
present OF a rooster and half dozen
hens
A cat was on the place. of course.
A dog adopted the new college students
as his masters.
Another present in the form of two pigs
found its way to them.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

the future of his children. if he can at
ford to marry and have family
The farm laborer, If he is sensible,
masters the art of agriculture In Cal
ifornia with its millions of acres await
ing cultivation. with its new acres
daily being entered upon. there is lit
tie danger that he will fail of employ
ment if he is willing to work His
work has the always pleasurabIe charm
of variety and interest. whether it is
in the orchards The fields or in stock
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

Farming implements and machinery
were acquired by gift and on the credit
system.
The prospect of wealth opened before
them with the acquisition of a cream
separator and an incubator.
Each new piece of portable property
was regarded by the boys as a personal
benefit.
Before long the day came when a
case OF butter was shipped from the
farm, and the still more eventfuI day
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raising He has always the hope be-
fore him. so easily realized. OF becom-
ing his own master. of securing some
acres of his own. of having his own
home where he and his family can live
in security and where his children can
live after him.
I'VE sent a hundred or more boys TO
the country every year to learn the
work of the orchards. the vineyards, the
grain fields. finding them homes with
ranchers; but the result was not sat
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

The trades arc not orcn to them. The
trades unions for their own protection so
severely limit the opportunities for ap-
prentIces that there is no hope for them
there.
shall we. after having given them the
protection and training of the Directory,
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tase sitting room behind us came the
punsent smell or woodsmoke from the
smoldering log in the fireplace
fireplace for the hearth OF which
Father Crowley brought bits OF tiling
from the city in his travelling bag and
laid them with his own hands.
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city: be goes back to the same task
every Cay, living a treadnlfff life year
in and year ont He is ct the mercy
of our unsettled Tabor Conditions He
has little or no hope of becoming his
own master or owner of his own home.
and less hope of making provision for
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Continued on Page Nine }
The Newtown bee., 1905-09-22
Ten Pages.
LOCAL AFFAIRS. WEDDING BELLS.
MISS WARNER-MR GRIFFIN.

The marriage of Miss Lila M. Warner
 of 1173 Broad street, Bridgeport, and Wilbur B. Grippen was solemnized land H. Shaw in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Outside of the immediate relatives of l the couple the marriage was surprise. The bride for the past eight and a half years has been head bookkeeper
 at the Bridgeport Public Market. She
 is the only daughter of Russell L. Warner of Newtown. The groom is l we'll known in Bridgeport. He is as
 sistant foreman at the factory of the
 Holmes & Edwards Co. He has been
 with the company for the past five
 years, and has made many friends. He
 is Knights Templar, and member s. of Troy, N. Y. The couple left the city on a morning train, September 4, and upon their arrival at Poughkeep- sic were met by MT Shaw. MT Shaw is personal friend of the groom. He
 was formerly secretary of the local Young Mems Christian Association, and at the present time holds similar position with the POughkeepSie aSSOci- atiOn. They were escorted to his res
 idence where the ceremony was per
 formed by Rev J. J. Reid, D. D. The
 brides go1ng-away gown was of blue
 silk with hat to match. Her wedding
 dress was of champagne voile, with
 lace trimming. The wedding dinner
 was served at MT Shaw's home, after
 which MT and Mrs Grippen left on the
 honeymoon trip to Saratoga and to MT Grippen's former home in Corinth, N
 Y. The triennjal conclave of the grand commandery of the Knights Templar of New York state was held Septem- Der 5 and 6 in Saratoga, and MT and
 Mrs Grippen visited the convention. They now reside at 1173 Broad street.
 Bridgeport Bridgeport Telegram.
The Newtown bee., 1905-09-22
ARE YOU ENGAGED?

Engaged people should remember, that, after marriage, many quarrels can be avoided, by keeping their di- gestion in good condition with Electric Bitters. s. A. Brown, of Bennetts- vile, S. O., says: "For years, my wife suffered intensely from dyspepsia, com plicated with torpid liver, until she lost her strength and vigor, and be- came a mere wreck of her former self. Then she tried Electric Bitters, which helped her at once, and finally made her entirely we'll. She is now strong and healthy." R. H. Beers & Co.,, New town; Betts x Betts, Sandy Hook; P. J. Garvin, Bethel; W. N. Noble, New Milford; E. J. Buckingham, Huntington; Allen Joyce, Roxbury Station; G. w. Hurlburt x Co.,, Rox- bury; c. N. Hatch, Bridgewater; Con. nery Bros., Georgetown; ". B. Flaw ley, Sherman: Honan & Soule, Gay. lordsville; George D. Odell, Cornwall Bridge, druggists, sell and guarantee them, at soc bottle.
The Newtown bee., 1905-09-22

Meigs & Co., 'sgreat exhibit'of fall suits | which is thrown open Friday of this week. Grays in plain soft shades gray mixtures, gray checks and overplaids range through the new long model suits in single and double. breasted cut and in the smart English walking suits we used to know as cutaways. In design Meigs tS Co.'S fall suits show the unmistakable impress of master designer, and all the little knacks for merly known only to the custom tailor are in evidence in these suits. There is also strong showing of blue and black suits, and the seasons novelty, green, is shown in a handsomely modelled single breasted sack suit. Among the young men the Varsity suit brought out some time ago by Meigs & Go. is famous for it's youthful style and smart fit, and this seasons collectiaa of these suits is worthy of the name and fame of Meigs x Co. Every department of the big store is alive with new fall wears-hats, fur nishings and shoes all up to date and all sponsored by this well known firm. If you want to get acquainted with what's what in dress for this fall and winter, visit the exhibition at MeigS x Co. $ as soon as you can.