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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21
HOPI INDIAN WEAVERs.


They Taught the Act to the Navnjos
of the Southwest.
The Hopi were the original weavers
of the southwest and taught the Nava-
10 the craft that has made him famous
her. rather, for it's the Navajo
women who do their weaving, the men
-devoting their time and energies to-
ward the business end, disposing Of the
women's products at the trading posts,
says the Craftsman. Very few speci-
mems of the Hopi's exquisite work
reach civilization, for nearly every
thing they make is for their own use.
The women Of the tribe are most
conservative and adhere to the native
dress woven in one piece, folded, laced
together with colored yarns and belt
ed In with a ten-lnch sash of bright
hue. 1t is black, a diagonal weave,
with diamond pattern. This Is caught
over the right shoulder, leaving the
left bare, and they generally wear a
mantle OF a smaller blanket, or of cali
CO., caught over the left shoulder and
flowing free behind. With this ar
grangement of costume and their own
3ou1 nSShoo VI AaiiGiSsSiiS II NoAiu
be q long trip to find anything more
picturesque than a group of women
and girls gathered for their daily trad
Ing bee and mothers meeting on a
kiva roof, or on a house terrace, weav-
Ing their bright-colored trays, and
lunching, or particularly IN the house.
tops, viewing a dance in the plaza,
when each n wears her best. AT
such times the unmarried girls are
supposed to retire modestly to their
homes before the close OF the cere-
mony that they may not have to min.
gle with the Distressing crowd
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21
GHOmS 4
(3ILEaEs

Simplifed spelling has been adopted in
the schools of Plainfeld, n. J.
New Britain, Conn.,. raises the mini.
mum salary from $3.50 to $500.
There are now BOB schools in Canada
for Indians, who number 1O7,637.
In Milwaukee college graduates receive
500 more salary a year than others. 4
Forest sanatoria for weakly school chill
dren have been established by the Berlin
municipality.
The New York City board of education
has adopted a list of 300 words with sim7
plifed spelling.
The children Of Kansas City spelled 10y
per cent better than those of SpringfeldS
Mass, in 1916. n
Russia devotes 20 cents a head to eduR
her total budget. IN
South Carolina is discussing publiS|
high school system, recent legislation havN
ing been passed in its favor. N
In New Jersey the average annual sal
airy Of the teachers is S56S.S3, an increase
of $3.50 over the preceding year. ii
An Iowa County Superintendent had
his teachers send in a report of the planti
ing of trees and shrubs on the schoo,
grounds to be kept and displayed in HID
Office.
There are $1,000 colored teachers in thel
United States, thus divided between the
two sexes: Men, 100; women, 1890. I
1t costs London $40 a year to educs1S l
child in school. In Germany the AT.
cost is about $14, in New YorI
$31.
Col. Charles r. Hall has been
ed ~commandant of the infantry nj
airy school, the signal corps, and the\
college at Leavcaworth, Kan.
Omaha's board of education has
creased the pay of teachers in that city X
schools from a minimum Of $3.50 a year t i
$500 and from q maximum of $76O IN
$3.50.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21
PACKERS BUSINESS INCREASE.
GriIIing Has No Appreciate Effect
on the Domestic Sales.

Grtl1ing Has NO Apprcc1nb bic EHect
on the DOM stic Sales.
The output of products of the Chicago
stock yards packing companies for do
1nestic consumption, for the first seven
months of this year has increased mate
rally over the volume of business for the
same period in other recent years, in spite
OF the severe grilling the biz packers re-
ceived during most of that time at the
hands of federal. State and city officials
and the of the entire world.
The report of the Department of Com
merce and Labor, made public in Wash
ington, shows this to be Il fact. The
figures of the trade movements OF the
country are given for July and for the
seven months ending with July.
Shipments of packing house products
from Chicago, with comparisons. follow !:
July-19O4 13G.GGO,7 ZIG pounds: 1905,
192,490, 724 pounds; 1906. 203,252,GN
pounds. u
First seven months-1904. HOO. OOO.j
600 pounds: 1905. ,:3SO.00O,OO0 pounds
1906, 1.67J,436,2G2 pounds.
The three largest items were G1O,941.-
6 pounds of dressed beef, 5lO.712.16
pounds Of cured meats and 24S,929,2J2
pounds of lard.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

listed men similar to that at Newport be
constructed there. AT Honolulu he found
health conditions satisfactory.
At Yokohama the United States has a
large naval hospital, over which the med
ical corps exercises complete jurisdiction.
This was found in good condition and
work WAS in progress upon n new admin
istration building. At Nagasaki and
Shanghai the sanitary conditions of the
hospitals where the sick sailors are taken
were found in a fair condition. but not as
satisfactory as the hospital at Yokohama.
Surgeon General ltiXey passed some
time in the Philippines ard not only visit
ed the hospitals of the navy. but went
through the hospitals in Manila, and cs-
p~ecially studied the sanitary conditions of
that city. The naval hospital at Cana
Gao, near Cavitc. is declared to be in good
condition. especially from a sanitary
point of view. At Olon%Opo, which is the
proposed naval station for the Philip
pines, but which is still in Il state OF in
completeness, the sick quarters We're
found unsatisfactory
At Paris and London the general Wis
tied the hospitals. From the nava! hos
pital at London, an institution similar to
the building this government is erecting
at Norfolk. he obtained Information th2t
will be useful in the arrangements of the
Norfolk hospital.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

uIIU NVI No "NNH
until the end Of the war. lie was a
private throughout the first three years
Of his service, and then became Il non
commissioned officer. He has always
been active and prominent in the work
of the Grand Army. Mr.. Brown is now
editor of the GAINESVILLE Courier. lie
was born In 1910.
The son of the late Marshal Bazaine
of France. VIII soon publish IL book to
indicate his fathers memory lie is an
officer in the Spanish army.
-
Mrs. Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie
(Johu Oliver lIuhhrS) died suddenly in
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

convention for the Office. The nominal
ton was put through by acclamation.
Miss Grote lives in Bellville, Ill. and
has devoted her life to educational
work. At present she is County Super
%intendent of Schools Of her home
county.
49,
William J. Bryan's daughter Ruth,
who is now Mrs. William II. Leavitt.
has bloSsOmed out as Il playwright. One
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

ination of the Dem
Ocratic State con
n for til
office of State Su
permit II dent 0
Public instruction
Although under tn
laws of Illinois Sh
cannot vote, t Il
men can vote 70
her. Her name WA
the only one whic
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

braska since 1883. AS Attorney Cen
eral he has won a number Of import
ant cases against corporations.
Charles Hercules Read, keeper of an
tiuuities of the British museum and sue
cessor Of the la.e Sir Wollaston Franks,
has sailed from Queenstown for America.
49,
Caroline Grote is the first woman to
be nominated for a State office in ILL
nois. She received the unanimous nom
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

tion at Lincoln. is
Attorney General in
the present State
government. He is
the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II. II.
Bro of D g S
~AIOines. Iowa, and
was born in Jack
son County, Iowa,
'orty-three Y e a + S
ago. lie has been
:, resident Of Ne
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21
His Future.

SIN this sentence we read that Thorn
s.as strikes Henry" said the teacher.
Now, what is the object OF the word
strike p"
Shorter hours and higher wages re-
piled the future walking delegate at the
head OF the grammar class.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

\ s-Tom's a fool!"
why, Margery! ] thought you liked
him"
We'll, we were sitting o. the sofa
last night and he bet me that I couldn't
whistle. And / turned to him and puck.
cred up my lips to start and"
1sWel1?e
well, he let me whistle !"-Cleve-
land Leader.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

years on. III h't'iI
ton To her work -
q novelist and play
wright, by Whlrl
she is best known
she made frequent
contributions t I
newspapers a II {
magazines. NJ :
Craigie was born il
Boston. Her father
John Morgan Rich
ards. was the frs
krn,.t,,,,r 70 ntpn
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

had hidden nothing from mo Yozr
husband tells me that be has hidden
you here bcraGse you shot Lady Ham
i!ton on the evening Of the thlrty-frss
that you confessed your guilt"
Without q word or murmur she look
ed at him, and then fell like ole lead
1T his fccf.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

X. BRYAN LEAIITT. Mrs. 5. Holmes,
Detective which has since been high
ly praised. Mrs. 'Leavitt is not quite
p years of age. She is a graduate of
the University of Nebraska, and mar
ried Mr.. Leavitt, who is an artist, in
1903.
Henry BroadhurSt was at one lime I'M
der secretary Of the home Office of Eng
land, but managed to fulfill his duties
without being presented at court, and
has never worn either court or evening
dress.
Apart from his extensive library John
Morley has no amusement whatever: but
to be surrounded by his books is his ideal
of happiness. He is a capital walker, but
from his youth upwards games never had
any attraction for him.
The late Henrik Ibsen was once asked
his idea of Americans. "Well," said Ib-
sen, smiling, "it is my idea that the aver
age American baby, 5 or 6 months Did.
sits in his mothers lap and eyes his W
cradle to see if be can't invent a better
one, or Mt least suggest some improve
ment."
Bronson Alcott, the Concord philoso-
pher, once made a strong and almost I'M
answerable argument for cannibalism. III
you are going to cat meat at ALL" said
the Yankee Plato, why rot eat the
best?"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21
book. for Common Carriers.

The Interstate commission
has sent a circular letter to all the rail-
roads in the United States saying that no
change in the present method of account
ing will be required until the commission
shall prescribe the forms and books. All
must file anual reports on or before Sept.
/ Of this and subsequent years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21
No Faith in the simllc.

Mr.. Upmore-What is your objection to
young ITihrosgins coming to see our Ks.h-
-~rine? I consider him perfectly unobjec-
tionable. He's as clean as a hounds
tooth.
Mrs. Upmore-Just about.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

cnCalllplnrnt, en-
listed in tn" 10TH
Ohio l%nfrntry at
the age of IL years
and served i'll the
l4th Army corps in
the Army of the
Cumberland until
he was mustered
out III S 6 He
then re-enliSte1 as
IL veteran soldier,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

night about six
months ago when
she was attending
the production of a
new play in Den
yer she declared to
some friends that
she could write 4
better one herself.
In due time she
finished a one-act
sketch, entitled
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

William Stanley B%raithwaite, a colored
man of Boston, is attracting great atten-
ton as q poet. He e considered by
critics to be one Of the finest singers Of
b younger generation il America.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

duce improved advertising methods INTO
England. At the age of 10 years Miss
Richards married Reginald Walpole
Eraigic. an Englishmnn. The MO
vas unhappy and soon ended in divorce.
J.. S. Sargent, the painter, is cosmopol-
itan to a degree. He is the son Of .Amerl-
can parents: he was born in Florence,
gained some of his education in Germany
and France, and makes England his home.
-.--
Norris Brown of Lincoln. Nrb.. who
was nominated for United States Sen
ctnH by the kNnuhlicnn State NOMEnM-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21
out OF the Dim Past.

Belshazzar's attention had been called
70 the handwriting on the wall.
Looks like a Chinese laundry check"
he said, carelessly.
But he learned later that 1t was a
weigh check and that he was short weight.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

Robert Il. Brown. of GAINESVILLE, o.,
who was elected cOmmallu"r III 'l4Iei
Of the &. A.. X. g the MinnrApoIls
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

ltdI N'i'iNC VI TIC
nnvirS of several
countries. but more
particularly the hos
pitnl service of the
United States. At
San Francisco he
: found much that
could be improved at
the hospital station
and h" will recon-
mend that a deten-
ton house for en-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21

In 1898 earthquakes were felt in Aus
tc.s Gu go C:ys.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-21
RIxEY SEES MANY HOSPITALS.

VIII Make Recon- ~mcndations as to
the Service In L. =.
Surgeon General RiXey of the navy in
4 trip around the world acquired cOnsid-
srable information concerning the hos
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

Bkwty.), Egamborough Head, spurn Head 0rifnsby. AIdeburs. Oxford Ness, Portland Bill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

Mccormick and Pullman had hard work to convince a doubling public of the prscticability ef their devices but those who believed and believing ventured are today miliionaires No less a struggle had the inventor whose steel processes have made mil lionaires of Carnegie. schwab. Dick and the others.
 Where today are the men who laugh cd at S. F. B. Morse, when he promised to put a girdle around the earth in thirty minutes? Where are the men who said the. teisgrapb could never be made a comperciai success? Certainly not numbered among the thousands who coined. wealth out of the Western Union Telegraph stock.
 When George Eastman invented the humble Kodak, who believed that he one day would control and dominate the photographic trade of almost the whole world? A few recognized the possibilities of his invention and these are now among the new-made million aires of the United States.
 When the old, clumsy velocipede was used as a means of locomotion. few dreamed that one day George Pope would be counted millionaire and thousands of his packers made rich by the safety bicycle that was It's direct liIeal descendant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

Gould said 1t would never be more than a playthins, a toy, and declined to buy the invention from Bell for $ieo,ooo. Yet the telephone. according to its best statistical authorities has added one hundred millions Of new wealth to the possession of man. One hundred dol lar invested with Bell in the telephone brought a total return in twenty-sev- en years of over s2oo.0oo.
 If you will inquire you will find men today who will tell you that Mareonfs wireless telegraph is dream. That 1t has numerous defects and is not of commercial use: that 1t will never amount to anything. Those men are likesth progenitors who derided the locomotive, the reaping machine, the steamboat. the telegraph and the teie- phone.
 They are the men who always know better"--the men who believe in noth- ing. but themselves--and occasionally doubt themselves. They would tell you that the wireless telegraph Is of no practical utility. and would advise you to have nothing to do with it.
 We have in mind one case that came under our personal observation quite recently, that of savings bank presi- dent of Haverhill, Mass. This gentle- man attended one of our lectures and exhibitions at that place. and at the conclusion came forward and purchased
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

Neither was Edison's photograph nor his electric light believed to have the potentialities of wealth creation that they have proved to possess. These two inventions have added billions to the worlds wealth.
 The simple invention of method of petroleum refining mads billion aire of Rockefeller and millionaires of dozens of his followers.
 The invention of vaseline made many men rich who had the courage to back the inventor,
 Purchasers of the stock in the Mer- ssnthaler Linotype company in the early stages of it's development became rich beyond their widest dreams.
 Men who backed Cyrus w. Field in his project to connect Europe and America by telegraph wires lived to enjoy lifelong ease from the earnings of small sums invested.
 Yet what each of these inventions ac- con.plished was often declared by doubters and skeptics to be yimpossi- ble.
 Just so men declared that the tele- phone could never be Of any practical comercial utility--no demand for 1t ex- isted-,ao need for It was known, Jay
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
THE MARCONI SYSTEM

TECHNICAL BoARD---G. Mareeas, Thomas A. Edison, M. I. Pupin.
 DrRECToRs-The following named gentlemen are associated with MT. Mar corni in the development of the Mar conf system in the capacity of company directors: Col. Sir Charles Evan Smith. K. c. B., C. S. l.: Hon. John W. Griggs, ex-Attorney General. U. s. A; Col. F. C. Henshaw. Montreal, F. O.; James Fitzgerald Bannatyne, London; Eugene II. Lewis, of Eaton & Lswis, New York; J. N Greensihelds, K. c. Montreal; H. H. Mcclure, of Mcclure's Megazine; Andrew A, Allen, Allen Line Steamships; Major Samuel Flood Page, London; William woodcock Goodbody. London; Joseph de yolder, Brussels; Maurice Travailleur, Brussels; Charles BaIser, Brussels; H. c. Davis, John D. oppe, Isidor Loewe, Berlin; George Naegelmaeckers, Paris; A. L. Ochs; Le- opold Renouard. Paris; Charles Roux, MarseiIles: H. S. Saunders. Colonel Thys Brussels; E. de St. Paul de Sincay. Pa ris; E. NJ. Pinto, Lisbon; Colonel Sir Henry M. Hozier; H. Cpthbert Hall.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

q number of shares. Then he told us that years ago, when Professor Bell visited that city giving demonstrations of the telephone and selling telephone stock. that he. the president of the Fbank, then only cashier, had not only declined to buy the stock. but had ac- lively interested himself to prevent others, particularly his depositors. from doing so.
 Why I did it." said he. lis 2 mys- tery to me now; knew nothing of the merits of the telephone and nothing of the character of the man financing it; I just took the position that any thing that was offered to the public in that way was apt to be a fake, and so went about telling people to be- ware l have regretted it q good many times since, for if l had not been so cocksure of the superiority of my judg ment very many of my fellow towns men would have made large profits on investment in, telephone stock; just little ventured on my account would have made me a millionaire. after ward paid $500 share for Bell stock that could have bought then for $5.
 q don't know much about the Marconi system. but have Investigated the char
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

 The Msrconi system not only dAr creases the initial cost of establishing a telegraph system. but ( D. It decreases but the cost of .op- eration.
 CD. It decreases the cost of main- tenance.
 D. It almost aboiishes the cost q repairs,
 (D. It decreases the time required for transmission of messages. Furthermore CD. It increases the usefulness of the telegraph by making available dis. tant and inaccessible and hitherto in- possible points as ships at sea. small islands. etc. etc, t2). It increases the demand for tsl- egraphic facilities by decreasing the expense of utilizing them.
 fa). It increases the profits of teie graphic operation by reason of all q the above cited facts.
 The Marconi Wireless Teiegrsphy Company of Canada, Is already in ae- tive commercial operation; is in the receipt Of substantial revenues--nct yet sufYscient to meet all the srewing needs of the company for extensions. hetterments and Improvements, but none the less highly satisfactory. mak-
 
 porting. It Is constantly developing new avenues of usefulness for the Mar conf system. That, system is now in daily use by the Associated Press. the New York Herald. the London Times. and all the great traps-Atiantic steam ship lines.
 It has been estimated that one branch of wireless service only tthe traDs- Atlantic traf,e of one station). win hs sufficient to pay over i5e per cent an. nually.
 To paraphrsse Llncelns TAaf sene men have grown rich emt ef tetegroph ana teiephone isvestmsrts, shows eAat others msy become rich hy sassstinG in the Marconi systena. public realization of the facts above cited is what has caused the price of Marconi shares to pass par. Marconi shares have steadily advanced and show a greater increase In value than any other security on the market during that time. There is a reason for this. Bsckiu& Mareeni shares Is an organizatien sound in every detail; wisely. capabiy managed. honestly administered; faith fully served. Ahead of them ia fu- ture that promises extraordinary prof. it's.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
UNITED KINGDOM.
UNITED STATES.

southend. North Foreland. Deal. Do yer. Sandgate, Dungeness, Beacny Head, Neman's Fort (Spithead). Nettle- stone Point (Isle of Wight, St. Cath erine's Point Usle of Wight), Anvil Torbay), Prawle Point. The Lizard, Penzance, Aldernay, Scilly Islands, Lundy Island, Penarth. Flathome Is- land, Barby Island, Mumbles, St. Ann's head Milford Haven). Calf of man, Roche's Point, Old Head of Kinsdale, Brow Head, Tery Island, Innistrahull, Malin Head. Rathlin Island, Torr Head, Kildonan (mouth of the Clyde), Lam
 lash. Stornoway. Butte of Lewis (IIeb-
 tidos). Dunnet Head (Pentland FiFta). Fair Isle. Peterhead. May Island. St. .
 &bb's Head, River head, May Island, St. Abb's Head. River Tees (S. Care
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
SOME MISTAKES OF THE sKEPTI-
 CAL.
How Opportunities for Wealth Passed Them and Were Grabbed by
 Believers.

When Stevenson proposed to draw goods vans" by means of his "Puftna Billy there was not lacking men who exclaimed:
 'Impossible." /
 And when he proved it possible they then exclaimed:
 Tt can never be made to pay
 Needless to say they are not among the railroad miillonaires today.
 When Fulton proposed steam -propul- sion for water craft he was laughed at, but Commodore Vanderbilt, the water man, the boatman of North River be- lieved and became a millionaire.
 When Howe invented the sewing ma chine there were thousands to call him dreamer A few investigated and be- came rich because they were willing to investigate and Investigating, became convinced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

Bkwty.), E9amborough Head, spurn Head. Grifnsby. A1deburg. Oxford Ness. Portland Bill.
 ABROAD.
 Krasnaja Cork (gulf of Finland). EIsinore, HeliogoIand. Heys tBurgss Port de Merk), Flushing,. Gibraitar, Malta, zea isiand. Dardanelles. kertch. Port Said, sues. Perrin. Alden. Cape spartel. Ascension Mt. Helena Bird island. ~
 Cape Colony--Cape Point. Cape L. ,Agulhas. Cape St. Francis, Cape Re- ceifge. Cape Hermes. Dassen island, Binff.
 = (Port NataI), Mauritius, Flat island, Butte Aux Stables. Butte Aux Papayes. Port Louis Mountain. False Point lBay of BengaD. Saugor island (Riyre Hoo ghly), sandheads (River HooEhlyD' Gale. Mount Faber iSingapore). Fort Canning (Singapore), SebanG Bay (Pu- lo weh, North Sumatra). Gap Rock {HongkonE). Fernando Noronha Bra zil), Barbadoes (Needham's Point1' Montserrat (West Ipdiesi. Bermuda Whitehead fNova 6cotia), Bneakssa island (King Georkc's Sound), Caps Borda. Cape willoughby. Cape Jer- wis, Cape Nortbumberiand, Cape Nea- son, Cape otway. Point Lonsdale. Cape Schanck. wilson's Promontory. sGabQ island. Quenscliff. Table Cape. Mersey Hun. Low Head. Eddystone Point. Cape Sorrell, King island. Cape Wiekham, Curry Harbor. Goode island (Tcrres straits). Cape Maria Van Diennan tN. a. Nugget Point ~. z.). Norfolk is- land. Cape Breton--St PauIs island Cape st. Lawrence: Anticosti--SoutIl Point, Southwest Point, West Point; Amherst island tMagdalen islands). <