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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
POOR FARM HAND
INHERITS A FORTUNE
James Spratt, Working on
Yankton County Farm,
May Be Wealthy.
WILL CLAIM PROPERTY
Recently Received News That He Had
Become the Possessor Of 1900
Acres Of Irish Land, A Fine
Old Estate.

Yankton. S. D., Jan. 10-Jas. Spratt,
a hired farmland at the county poo.
farm, has literally jumped from tho
Door house to landed proprietor of an
old n fine estate at Bunnikill, Gal.
way, Ireland. Mr.. Spratt came to this
country eighteen months ago, and being
without funds, except for what he was
able to earn, he hired out and eventual,
ly came to this county, where he &C,
copied a job at the county farm, where
he did farm work and ate with the SUI
p~erintendent and his pauper inmates.
two or three in number. Mr.. Spratt
did not mind this blu kept working
away. Now u letter has arrived from
the estate attorneys telling him OF his
good fortune and to come home and
claim the estate, which comprises 1900
acres of valuable property. Mr.. Spratt,
while reluctant to cave his country,
is going after the legacy and will leave
his week.
Eleven below zero is what the GOV
official called it here yesterday
and Yankton is enjoying winter. 1t
now looks as if the river, which is open
here, will yet get a nance to freeze
over, although 1t will be at least six
weeks in doing SO this season.
A made things interesting
at Boyles & Boulan's fruit store yes
terday. The spider was finally cap
tured was landed safely in Il candy
jar. :,
The Henvey and Halo MINISTRIES, car
rying some twenty people, went up
against actors luck here Saturday
night to Il poo house. and the end men
and others are raising cash on their
instruments to get out of town on.
some of the troupe are still here,
awaiting instructions
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
YEARS BANNER CROP
WAS SPRING WHEAT
The Average Yield Over South
Dakota Was 1877 Per
Acre.
CORN is COMPETITOR
Over the State the Amount of Potato
Acreage Is Amazing, $4,000 Acres
Being Planted to That Pro.
ductive Crop.
CORN is COMPETITOR

Rapid city, 5. d.. Jan. lO.-Thc fol-
lowing statistics regarding crops in
South Dakota for the past year are of
considerable interest The banner crop
was spring wheat, of which 44.133.4S1
bushels We're raised. the average yield
to the acre being 1871 bushels. The
value of this wheat on the farm is
estimated at 2I,569.432.
Next In Importance comes corn. of
which a total number of 51,614.739
bushels We're raised, the yield per acre
being 31.8 bushels. The value of this
crop is estimated at SIG. 900. 500.
Potatoes We're also a good crop. 35.-
OIL acres being planted in potatoes,
with an average yield of ninety-six
bushels to The acre. The total number
of bushels produced was 1896. SIG. and
the value on the farm was s1.27y.39O.
Hay to the value of a little over "a
million and "A quarter dollars was
raised. the average price per ton be
ing a trific over 81.
The total number Of bushels of po-
tatoes, faxseed. rye. barley. pats.
spring wheat and corn vas l42.230.S 45
and the value of these crops is csti-
mated at s6O.27l,l4l.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18

Shepard. Ill.,, Jan. sth (SpecialD-
Mrs. Sarah f.. Rowe, who is residing
here. says she feels like "A New Be
ing although she is in her tifty-sev-
cnth year. Why! Because she has
taken Dodd's Kidney Pills, that we'll
known medicine that has put new life
into old bodies, and has come as Il
God-send into homes OF sorrow and
suffering. She says:
NO IL knows what awful torture
1 suffered with Rheumatism and Kid
ney Trouble, until got cured by
Dodd's Kidney Pills. This grand
remedy drove the Rheumatism out OF
my body. nothing else ever did me
any good. Dodd's Kidney Pills are
worth one hundred times their price,
for they have made me, though | am
ffty-sev"n years old. Il new being.
1 am in better shape now than l have
been for many years and I owe it all
to Dodd's Kidney Pills"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
The Real Czai

w. t. Stead, who has twice had a
personal interview with the ear. writes
thus OF him. i'll the World Today, for
January:
was a very stupid, ignorant and even
h~alf-witted man, who cad nothing,
knows nothing, n spends his life in
terror. l have been told thai he was a
nervous wreck. that his hair had turned
gray. and that his face was haggard
with wrinkles plowed by care. He has
been represented as false. treacherous.
cunning and heave knows what. So
the old hag. Rumor, spins her spider
web of calumny round the person of
the emperor until the car. to many of
his subjects and the outside world, has
completely disappeared and been re-
placed by Il kind of mythical monster
who is only saved from being a hob
goblin by the consciousness that he is
impotent to harm. The people who
say these things and the still greater
humber who believe them will be
somewhat rudely surprised when the
dourna releases Nicholas III. from his
prison house and restores him to his
proper place as the czar-tribune of d
loyal and self-governing people.
There is not a word of truth in the
popular legend as to the physical
weakness or nervous p%rostration of the
emperor. 1t was six years since l had
seen him. And such six years! But
when he greeted me at Petcrhof only
Il few weeks since. he did not seem to
have aged Il day since / bade him good
by at Tsarkoc Selo on the eve of The
Hague conference in 1899. His step
was as light. his carriage as erect. his
! expression as alert. His brow bore
no lines of haggard care. l could not
see a gray hair on his head. His spirits
we're as high. his courage as calm. and
his outlook as cheerful as ever. TIL
last time l had seen him was on TIN.
V of tho greatest victory of his reign.
I vas now meeting him on the morrow
of his worSt reverse. But the man was
exactly the same. He might simply
haVe returned Instantly from the door
that had been closed six years before
To rpppat his alden
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
CANDIDATES FOR TREASURER.
Representative T. p. Blain Of Sphinx
County an Aspirant.

Aberdeen. s. D., Jan. 10.-Representa-
tive L. p. Blain. of Ashton. Sphinx coun-
ty, is as a candidate for the
republican nomination for state treas
urer at the state convention to be held
at SiouX calls June :. Mr.. Blain was a
member of the legislature from Sphinx
county in the session of 1905, serving
acceptably in the lower house. He has
long been conspicuous in political cir
cles In his county and in the state. For
many years he was engaged in the
banking business ut Ashton, selling his
interests in the bank recently and en-
gaging in the lumber business. For sew
eral years he was receiver of the grand
lodge of the South Dakota Jurisdiction
of the Ancient Order of United Work.
men. acquiring a wide acquaintance
and making many friends in this posi-
ton. 1t is understood tina the Sphinx
county delegation to the state w
ton will be instructed for Mr.. Blain,
md his friends assert that he will de-
velop great strength throughout the
state.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
YOU HAVE No RIGHT TO
SUFFER
From Constipation, Bowel aud Stom-
ach Trouble.
q. What is the beginning of sickness :
\. Constipation.

q. What Is the beginnin. Of sickness?
A.. Constipation.
y. What is Constipation:
y. Failure of the bowels to carry off
thc waste matter which lies in the ali
nientary canal where it decays and POI
SONS the entire system. Eventually the
results are death under The name of some
other disease. Note the deaths from
typhoid fever and appendicitis. stomach
and bowel trouble Mt the present time.
y. What causes CONSTIPATION?
n, Neglect to respond to the cal! of nv
;ure promptly. Lack of exercise. Excess
sive brain work. Mental emotion and
improper diet.
y. What are the results Of neglected
Constipation?
y. Constipation causes more suffering
than ANY other disease. 1t causes rheu-
nnatism, colds, @fevers. stomach, bowel,
kidney. lung and heart troubles. etc. 1t
is the one disease that starts all others.
Indigestion. dyspepsia. diarrhoea. loss of
.lcep and strength are its symptoms
piles. appendicitis and tistula are caused
by Constipation. Its Consequences are
known to all physicians, but few suffer-
'rs realize their condition until it is too
lake. Women become confirmed inyalids
rs & .e. ii!t uf Constipation.
y. DO Physicians recognize this:
y. Yes. Tie first question your doctor
?S!> You is arc yoG constipated:' That
Is HE secret.
q. Can it be cured:
\. Yes. with proper treatment. The
cninisioa error is to resort to physics,
sucii az pills. salts. mineral water. castor
nil. injections. etc. every one of which
Is injurious. They weaken and increase
the malady. You know this by your own
experience
y. What then should he done to cure
it:
a. Get a bottle of Mulrs Grape Tonic
ct once. Mull's Grape Tonic will posi-
lively cure Constipation and Stomach
Trouble in the shortest space of time. No
rure Constipation positively and pern,a-
Nentiy.
q. What Il Mull's Grape Tonic?
\. 1t is a Compound with 10 per cert
of the juice of Concord Grapes. 1t ex-
crts Il peculiar strengthening. healing in
tluencc upon the intestines. so that they
can do their work unaided. The process
is gradual. but sure. 1t is not IA pinysic.
bur it cures Constipation. Dysentery.
Stomach and Bowel Trouble. Having n
rich. fru;ty grape favor. it is pleasant to
take. As Il tonic ii is uneG Jailed. imsur-
Ing tao system against disease. Ii
strengthens and builds up waste tissue.
y. Where can Mull's Grape Tonic be
dad:
. \. Your druggist sells it. The dollar
%f,o,tle contains nearly three times the 30
cent size.
Good for ai)ing children and nursin.
!not:'er>,
y free bottle TO all who have never
use! il because we know it will cure you.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
STATE DECIDES TO
DISPOSE OF LANDS
South Dakota Board Will Offer
to Public Much School
Property.
IT is IN MANY COUNTIES
Sc :tions in SeverAf Counties Selected
for Sales. to Begin March b
Long Dates for Leases
Arranged.

Pierre, s. D.. Jan. 9.-The state lands
board has decided on offering lands for
sale in several counties neXt spring
Common school lands will be offered
at Pennington, March 3: Minnehaha.
March 13; and Deuel., March Is.
Common chool and capitol building
lands will be offered in Hyde, March
10; Hand, March 20; Faux. March 81,
Edmunds, March IS, and Mcpherson,
March 20.
lands will be offered in Brown. March
%: Day. March 81. and in township
l25. range SIS, I'm Marshall, March %
The lease date for all counties south
Of the I'd standard parallel, including
Gregory. will be March Is, and all 9TH
err counties in the state on March 90.
except in counties where lands will be
offered for sale. In these the leases
will be made the day following the
sales, except at Pennington, whore the
leases will be made March %.
The lease price for lands west of tho
river is from 10 to Is cents N acre
in Gregory, according to location; 10
cents in Lawrence. 8 cents in Stanley
and Lyman. and : cents in all other
counties in that part Of the state. East
of the river the rate runs from 81 an
acre in Union TO 8 cents in the north
ern counties. ranging between the two
prices In different counties. The term
of lease will be three ears in the
southern and eastern part of the state
and five years In the rest of the state.
Or January 10 the state treasury
will take up $500. 900 of the emergency
warrants issued Il year g at a shade
over 4 per cent. interest. h will
about eXhaust the cash on hand ami
will leave practically 100000 of out
standing Z per cent. general warrants.
Whether it will be decided to fund the
outstanding Is at Il lower rate in emer-
Scncy warrants remains to be seen.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
,Nclp,ENT
How Food loaded on the Insidiou,
Disease.

Now Food Headed on the InsidiouA
Disease.
The happy wife Of a good old-fash-
Toned Michigan farmer says:
I'm the spring of 1902 1 was taken
sick---a general breaking down, as
1t were. was excessively nervous
could not steep we'll at night. my food
seemed to do M no good, and I was
SO weak l could scarcely walk across
the room.
THE doctor said my condition was
due to overwOrk and close confinement
sumption would set in. For several
months l took one kind of medicine af-
ter another. but with no good effect
In fact. l seemed to grow worse.
Then I determined to quit ali medi-
cines. give up coffee and see what
tirape-Nuts food would do for me. l
Legan to cat Grape-Nuts with sugar
md cream and bread and butter three
times a day.
THE effect was surprising. / began
to gain flesh and strength forthwith.
my Earves quoted down and grew o
mally steady and sound. sweet slecl,
came back to me. In six weeks time
l discharged the hired girl and com
menced to do my own housew0rk 70,
a family Of six. This was two years
ago. and am doing 1t still. and enjoy
It." Name given by Postum Co, Bat.
tie Greek. Mich.
There's 4 reason. Read the little
book. THE Road to Wellyille." IN pkgs
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
NEWS OF THE ROSEBUD.
No Cold Weather Has Occurred Vet o.
the Newly Opened Section.

Gregory. $. ID. Jan. lO.-About six
inches of snow has fallen during the
last few days. but has not affected the
arrival of the mails or %freighting cams
to n great extent. The weather on
tinues mild with II west and northwest
erly Wind and unless greater prccipi-
tation occurs will not lay upon the
ground long. The weather up to this
time has been very mild for the time
of year. Some of the settlers who
have arrived within the last month
may not be very well prepared To stand
the %severest weather, but those who
came earlier than October are COM
%fortabiy housed and have sheds built
for their stock. Those who put up light
houses during the summe have sod
ded" them or the outside and Il great
many hav plastcred them either with
mari" Il native lime or cen,ent some
both inside and out. making them able
to stand winds and cold in Il manner to
make the owners of the best frame
house turn green With envy. Where
this was not done they have erected
buildings entirely of sod. and amy M
who has lived in Il sod house. properly
constructed, can Vouch for their COM
fort.
The sod crops were sufficient 10 fur
nish feed for those who were here in
time to get them planted and IL great
many had some to sell of corn and POI
tatoes especially.
Trade among the merchants has been
good. The holiday trade was in the
more substantial and useful articles.
but was a good healthy trade.
Wood can be obtained for $1.50 to So
a cord and coal from $11.50 to SIS per
ton.
Already the more northwesterly por-
ton is taking on the aspect of Il bust
ness boom. a $1,000 stock of general
L: L.. .s,.~ ,..,t L., - F,-L,
The Rosebud Lumber company and
VIM. kris.ler & Co, will put in lumber
yards AT Dixon, S. ID. Johnson &
Gardner. bankers. of this place. will
soon have Il bank opened in that place
with G. +. Brown. manager.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
A LICENSE.
Lincoln Clerk of Courts Forced b,
Reason to Take This Course,

Canton, S. D., Jan. 1O.-The clerk OF
courts. A. Brady Beck. refused to issue
a marriage license to one Howard Par
nell. who has for some time been work
ing IN the barber shop of Oehmen &
OVre of this city. II II young woman
from Sioux Falls. 1t is understood that
the Womans parents are prominent
people of Sioux Falls. Parnell declared
that he would get a writ of manGamus
compelling the clerk to issue them IA.
license. He later changed his mind and
ms prospective bride departed on the
morning train for Sioux City, expecting
that Howard would follow her there on
the afternoon train. At the depot.
however. an officer Eabhol Parnell and
took him back to Sioux Falls. The
ould-b bride in the meantime had
reached her destination. having been
driven to Belolt to take the train. ami
called up the barber shop, inquiring
for Parnell.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
IMcENDlARY AT sEREsFoRp.
An Attempt to Burn Lumber Yard
Fooled by High Wind.

Beresford, S. d., Jan. 1O.-It is very
evident Beresford has an incendiary.
Since the fire which DESTROYED the mill
M electric light plant here. another
attempt has been made to do away
with another n of Beresford's bus
mess houses. One night during the
last week some unknown person sat
urated several bundles of laths in the
lumber sheds of the Queal Lumber
company with oil and then look the
top off Il lighted lantern and threw the
burning wick in on the laths. but luck
seemed to be against them in this in
stance, as the wind blew the light out
and it failed to do it's intended de-
StructiVe work.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
lHOW'S This!

We oHrr One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hairs Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known +. j.
Cheney for the last IL years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able TO carry
out amy obligations made by his firm.
, WAIDING. KlNNAN * MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Caialrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price q, cents per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Tanc Halls Family Fms for constipation.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
Such Is Life,

from M ,llcdSO .\fWS.
And so they were married.
The day after the parson had collected
his fee the newly elected freight payer
said: Darling, you certainly have lovely
teeth"
I'm SO glad YOU like them, dear" re-
Joined her br,dclets. ''rhey were a Christ
mas present from grandma three years
ago"
Shanghai. II is estimated. will. in ten
years. nave a population of 1860 600. AT
present 1t is 1900.
at II glance. What are a farmer's tastes.
What appeals most 10 a farmer he asked
himself hurriedly. And then he said:
I'VE car give YOU all the home com
forts here. sir
The farmer LAID down the pen with
which ne had been entering his name and
said in a disappointed voice:
want morc'n that when ] come 10 a
York hotel. young man. | kin git thu
homo comforts at home"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
PEcuLlAR FATAL ACCIDENT.

Canton. 8. d.. Jan. lO.-The dead body
OF Henry Knudson IA found three and
a half miles southwest OF Worthing. He
was last seen alive at WOrthing Mon
day evening and started home on a
two-wheeled cart. When found the
horse was standing by q straw stack
on Nelson's farm and the dead man
with his head caught between of
the thills and an iron support Of the
seat. His body remained on the art.
He has been a resident Of this vicinity
ror twenty-five years and RAJ about IS
years old. Coroner Mold brought the
body to Canton.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18

The English people were taught tho
cultivation of hops by a native of
Artois. who in 1874. introduced them
into this country, but the physician
represented them ms unwholcsome
ana parliament was pctitioned against
hops as being IL wicked weed In
lo2S their use was prohibited under Sc
we're penalties. Henry VIII. appears to
nave been prejudiced against hops. for
In a MS. dated Ethan. January. 1880.
occurs an injunction to his brewer mot
TO put hops or birthstone into the
ale. In the year 1902 the term hop
grounds first occurs in our laws.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
ESCAPED PRISONER CAUGHT.

Howard, s. D., Jan. l0.-J. J.. Moren
ous. alias J. NJ. Allen, an escaped pris-
oner of the st. Cloud. Mimi. reform
atory. was taken of the w~estbound
freight here by Sheriff Ed Clark and
lodged in Jail to await the officers from,
st. Cloud. Morenous is deaf and dumb
and was serving time for grand lar
ceny. He had ordered goods and con-
templntei starting II blind pig in Vi
las. Il little town west of here. He es-
capped from prison last June.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18

Although ellis abound In Scotch wa
ters II are caught In great quanti-
ties. they are not considered ft food
There. No matter how plentiful and
now very fine and large they may be
In amy district of Scotland, no native
VIII eat one. The objection to the ell
Is said to be based on its serpentlike APP
pearailce and the fact that 1t Is not
overfastidtous as to what 1T feeds ON.
Tons of choice cells for the London mar
,ket are from streams that are
nOt free from sewage.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18

Thomas A. Edison declares that New
York Ia too noisy for him and prefers
the seclusion OF his New Jersey work
shop. He says: Il can't stand New
York. You are too glaring and noisy
over here. one of the chief reasons be-
ing that you are using SO many of my
cOntriyances"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
MANY WANT WORK..

Canton. S. D.. Jan. S.-Many Of. the
people of the county want to work for
Uncle Sam. The following named per-
Sons were here to take examination for.
rural mail carrier. From Lennox, w.
F. Little. J. ]. Hanigan, F.. d. McCum-
Der Mrs. p: E.. Gilmore; Worthing. Err
WIN swartz; Earnest Madden. Henry
Gerber; Fairview. Ross Maple. ]. w.
Jones: Harrisburg. NJ. A. O'Connor. r.
+: Robinson. J. E. Gopher, ana Canton.
Henry Feldman, WILDER Kinsley. John
fe.ers"n. A. A. Arnold. Albert Ala
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18

a sikh recruit ran amuck in an IN
I.ian regiment at Bombay the other
day He had been punished for some
offensc and became very angry. He
procured bah ammunition for his rifle
ana during parade broke from the
ranks and after running a short dis
lance turned NJ fired into the regi-
ment. "A native officer ordered the men
TO lie down and sent for an armed
picket, whom he ordered to follow the
mutincer a, a safe distance and shoot
nm down. This was done. The mu
tineer died fHm the wound he received
the same evening. A coinrade he had
hit also died.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
is A GOOD RECORD.
In Union County Five Deaths ans
Seventeen Births Recorded.

Elk Point. S. d.. Jan. 10.-Durins the
month of December there We're five
deaths M seventeen births in Union.
county. The birth rate for the year
just closed shows a good increase over
the death list. The census Law passed
at the last session of the legislature re-
uuires all deaths and births to be re-
,ortcd to the clerk OF courts.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18

lame in the morning. Doan's Kidney
Pills helped me right away, and the
great relief that followed has been per
manent."
Sold by all dealers. 10 cents a box.
Foster ilburn Co, Buffalo, y. Y.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
SOUTH DAKOTA FACTORIES.
Census Bulletin Shows Substantial In
crease in State's Producta.

Washington. Jan. lO.-A bulletin is
sued by the census office relative to the
manufacturing industries of South Da-
kota shows that there has been "A sub
%stantial increase I'm the manufactures
of that state. For 1905 with $50 estab-
lishments. 441 clerical employees and
2.491 workmen the product was valued
It $13, OS3, 253, ag ,inst 9,523,3 $40 In 1900.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
AM Accented ProposaI.

\ colosed young fellow at yelling
ton was s~neitten b.. Il dusky maiden,
and. not having the courage to propose
face to t.ce, called her up over the tel
ephonc. Whcn he got the proper party
On the line, he asked:
Is dat Miss Johnsing"?"
"fa-a-'
We'll. Miss jchnsing I've got q most
itnlortai,, message To ask YOU"
'Na-as'
Twill you marry me-"
"Ya-as. Who is il. please"