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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01
Sale of Common School Lands ant
Lease of Common School and
Endowment Lands.

Notice is hereby given that on April
10Th 1906, all Unbiased common school
lands in Day county will be offered for
sale at public auction, between the hours
Of ten o'clock a. m. and five O'Clock o.. M,
at the front door of the court house in said
county. On April 18th, 1906. all of the
common school lands remaining unsoId
and the endowment lands will be offered
for lease at public auction, between the
hours OF ten o'clock a. m. aud five o'clock
in said county.
Dated at Pierre, S. D., Jan. s, 1906.
CD Bach,
Com'r. School and Public Lands.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01
Notice for Publication.
Dan IL owl

Land office at W~atertown, S.D.,Jan.4, 1906
Notice IL hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice of his
to make homestead final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the clerk of the
circuit court at Webster, :. D.. on Feby.
18th, 1906, viz: Anton A. Skaaden, III. f..
23Sl5, for the southeast Il of section Is.
l24 N. of range So w. of 5th II. NJ.
He named the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
Peter III. Baukal, Matthias Nyvold, f. H..
Negaard, Anton Hagen, all of Roslyn,S SD.
H.. "A. H~ildebrandt, Register.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01

Nelson's attachment to his friends
was as ardent as his courage. When he
was presented to King George III. at
his levee, his majesty congratulated
hira on his great actions. After this
eulogium he condoled with him on the
loss Of bis arm. Nelson turned around
b Captain Berry, who had been the
companion of many Of his exploits. and
introduced him to the king with this
remark: MY loss. I assure your maj
egty. II not so great as you imagine,
for here Il my right hand"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01

For three years there has not
been a bank failure in South Dakota.
This is a record but few states in the
union can equal. The annual report
OF Public Examiner Bramble, just
opt, gives many interesting figures
indicative Of the prosperity Of South
Dakotans as shown by the banking
business. During the year from the
close of business Oh November 10,
1904 10 the close Of business on
November 10, 1905, forty. nine new
nlate banks were established, and
w resources n the 282 state banks
lnexeassd n ,5o1,614.20,
Although private banks il ths
elate dofine that period dscreassd
lzen lorty " thlrsy, reaovxoss
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01
DissembIinE.

"That mar in there is a hypocrite, "
said Jackson as he left the drug store.
you mean the druggist?'
yes. When / went in | interrupted
him IN the midst Of compromising a
prescription. l told him / wanted a
two cent stamp, and he smiled as sweet
ly as II he was glad to see me."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01

1t is stated shat IN behalf Of the
Kansas corncob hat after it serves
as a base for large quantaties CT
maple syrup it is manufactured into
a breakfast food hat sells for 10
cents a pound, But everybody
knows that the vast possibilities Of
Indian corn keep on growing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01

The story is told of a congressman
that he once declared In an address
to the house, AS Daniel Webster says
in lis dictionary"
1T was Noah who wrote the die
tionsry." whispered a colleague who
sat at the next desk.
Noah nothing" replied the speaker.
"Noah built the ark"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01
South Dakota Railroad
Commission Gives
Warning.
GRAIN LAW TO Be ENFORCED.
Minnesota Board Sends Letter
Regarding Appeal to Farm
crs to Demand Lawful
Weight-Car Shortage
Complaints to be In
vestigated by the
commissioners.

The state railroad commissioners
at their recent meeting considered
the complaint of II. j.. Fannestock
Of Watertown, who charged the buy
ers with taking more excess weight
than the law permits, thus mulcting
the farmers for more pounds per
bushel than is allowed by law. The
matter was first called to the atten-
ton of the board at its December
meeting, and at that time the case
we5 referred to ID. G. Kicker, ware
house and scale Inspector Of South
Dakota; for Investigation. Inspector
Kicker made a careful investigation
and at the meeting of the board
which has just been concluded
made his report.
The report states that the inspec-
tor found it was the general practice
Of grain buyers to take thirty-three
pounds per bushel for oats, and fifty
pounds per bushel for barley, the
buyers %contending that the nupber
of pounds. thus taken over. and above
the legal weights per bushel is the
amount Of dirt in the grain.
The inspector calls attention to
the laws of South Dakota, which fix
oats at thirty-two pounds per bushel
and barley at forty-eight and states
that the practice of the buyers there
fore is illegal. Under the law the
practice of the warehouse men in
taking pounds per bushel than
is permitted By law is a misdemea-
nor, and the railroad commissioners
announce it as their purpose to in
future enforce the law to the letter,
by requiring warehouse men to take
only thirty-two pounds per bushel
for oats and forty-eight pounds per
bushel for barley.
The warehouse and railroad com.
misoioners of Minnesota were com
.mun;cated with by the South Dakota
commission, and during the meeting
d letter from the Minnesota board
was read. In this letter it was
stated that the rules Of the Mime
sofa and South Dakota boards in
this connection We're practically the
same. The Minnesota board stated
that il had issued a circular letter 70
farmers, advising them to refuse to
sell at any other weight than thirty
two pounds per bushel OF oats, and
fifty pounds per bushel for barley
except with the consent Of the seller
was deemed illegal.
The a shortage question in
South Dakota is becoming a serious
matter, and while the board believes
that the railroads are doing every
thing possible to furnish cars and
keep the crop moving, it viii inves-
tigate the matter, and in the near
future viii visit the terminal points
Of the railroads for the purpose Of
~ascertaining whether the complaints
are we'll grounded.
-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01

do you believe in marrying a girl
for her money!
Not as a general thing, but some
times that's the only way you can get
it away from her, cleveland Leader.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01
BURIED LIVING PERSONS.
HORRIBLE Custom of Japanese Prior
20 Year OfG 4. ID.

NhNAtkA OF g4flaNlgAfA Prior
TO Year GAG &. ID.
Prior TO the year GIG a. ID. the Jaua-
nese had one Of the most horrible
burial customs that can be Imagined
thot Of burying all the immediate
friends ANA retaincrs Of a prince or
other person of note IN a Standing po-
sition around the p~otentate's grave ard
leaving them IN the earth up to ulelr
necks to perish Of thirst ana hunger.
The custom cannot be said 10 have
been general as late as the date given.
for the japanese records prove that ia
the time Of the Emperor Suinin e97-3O
b. O. The burial rites OF royal person
ages were SO modified as to partially
abolish former cruelties. Speaking OF
a young brother Of SUNNI. who died
and had bis retinue buried standing
around his grave, the old record
says: For many days they died not.
but wept and cried aloud. At last they
died. Dogs and crows assembled and
ate off their heads. The emperor's
compassion was aroused, and he de-
sired to change the manner of burial.
When the empress died, soon after, the
mikado inquired of his officers if some
thing in the way of a change could not
be suggested. and None proposed to
make clay figures IF men and bury
them as substitutes
That this did not entirely do away
with the former custom is proved by
an edict issued in the year 646 A. d.,
the date given first above, which forbid
the burial of living persons and pro
ylded a penalty for further adherence
the awful rite.-St. Louis Republic.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01
she Knew His secret.

TEL me honestly, now, Clara, did
Harold confess his love last night?"
Confess. What do you think I am,
a chief of policeT'-Milwaukee Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01

apparently you don't admire Miss
Skreech."
mo. ! don't like her airs"
'sWhat airs 2"
Those she sings and those she
wears."-Exchange.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03


length Of the ladder, but at distances
of IL inches apart the wood is cut
away slightly to make fiat place for
the rung to lie against.
The rungs must be flattened also
where they touch the side rails, so the
union can be made more secure than
two round surfaces bound together.
A rope ladder can be made from
hickory rungs and rope little stouter
than a clothes line, as shown in Fig.
5. Each rung is cut away near each
end, so the rope will lie snugly to the
stick; then two lines Of rope extend
down each side, and are securely
lashed with stout cord and tied fire.
Quently, SO there will be no slipping.
Loops made at the top of each line
OF rope can be dropped over stout
wooden pegs driven at the edge of the
platform, as shown at the right side
Of Fig. 5.
The advantage of this rope ladder Is
that when the owners or occupants of
the house are within the ladder may
be raised and undesirable callers can
be excluded.
A cot or bunk may be constructed
across the back of the hut, and If one
or two boys want to sleep here over
night an old mattress and a pair Of
blankets will make that pleasure pos
sible.
Some crude furniture may be con-
structed from pieces of boards with
steel wire nails or screws for the fas-
Jennings.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03
INDUS1RY&A25<
q q hECAkE95
A TREE HOUSE.
Directions for Building a Most At
tractive and Commodious One
for Summer Use.

Almost every boy has built hut at
some time or another. whether 1t was
Of boards, brush, tree boughs or straw
thatched between rushes that were
gathered from the marshes. Huts and
houses In the woods are always invit-
Ing retreats for boys, and many happy
hours are often spent in them during
Saturdays or vacation time. One of
the most interesting retreats to own Is
a tree house built high enough to be
inaccessible to the outsiders, but not
too high for comfort In getting up or
down. A house of this kind is shown
in the drawing, and it is securely con-
structed between two trees of substan
tial size to bear it and not rack 1t
when the wind blows. The details OF
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03
TO PREVENT SEASICKNESS.
Russian Seeks to Overcome the Effect
of the Motion Of Waves by Elec-
trio Rocking Chair.

There are almost as many recipes
and methods for avoiding seasickness
as there are for curing colds, and the
latest is an invention by Russian in
a chair actuated by electricity and in
tended TO lessen or counteract the
rolling, heaving and settling. The seat
of the chair is movably arranged with
respect to the legs, arms and back. and
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

inch thick, and securely held together
with clinch nails or screws.
Bench sets may be built along the
sides of the hut, or chairs can be used
instead. This twin tree house Is more
secure than one built in a single tree;
it is easier to construct and the two
trees make 1t possible to anchor It
more securely as we'll as to construct
it on larger scale. Tree houses SIM
liar to this have been built by boys all
over the country, and each summer
the tree hut is becoming more popular.
for it can be used from year to year
with but little labor spent on repairs.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

end stops at the hinge side. The roof
of the house Is made from matched
boards and afterward covered with a
thickness or two Of tarred paper and
painted to make 1t watertight.
The platform or landing outside the
house at the front is protected at one
end with a rail made from two-inch
square spruce. The ladder is made
from two straight pine saplings, with
hickory rungs lashed fast to them with
strong twine, bound round the joint,
as shown at Fig. 4.
The rungs must be flattened also
less than one and one-quarter inches
in thickness. The size of the saplings
used for side rails will depend on the
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03
Ian Joints should be made so as 70

Lap joints should be made 80 as 70
insure a stronger union and not allow
the furniture to rack easily.
The bench shown in the drawing IL
16 inches high, IL inches wide and %
inches long.
The two ends are made from three
pieces of board, then braced with two
diagonal sticks at each side.
The chair is 16 inches high to top
of seat, the seat is 16 inches square
and the back is 80 inches high from
the floor All the framework, legs,
rails and braces are of wood three
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

its construction are given by the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat as follows:
1t Is IL feet above the ground and
Is reached by straight or rope lad
der, which may be hauled up after the
occupants are at home.
Select two good trees 10 or IL feet
apart, with trunks not less than l.
inches In diameter. Twelve feet above
the ground cut laps in the trunks, as
shown in Fig. l, so a cross timber
eight inches wide and two inches thick
can be spiked securely to the trunk, as
shown in Fig. 2.
These cross timbers are eight feet
long and near each end notches are
cut, as shown at Fig. "a, so the ends
Of the braces, BIB, will fit into them,
and spike or two will hold the parts
together.
There Is more Of the timber on one
side of the trunk than on the other,
because there Is landing at the front
Of the house two feet wide. Below the
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

drawing Of the frame. Spike these Sc
curely to the tree timbers, then lay
flooring of six inch matched boards,
as the drawing will show.
OF two-inch square spruce sticks con-
struct frame six feet and six inches
high at the front, five feet ten inches
at the back, and arrange a middle rail
on all sides against which to nail the
sheathing boards, as you can see in the
drawing. The sheathing can be Of six
inch matched boards that may be pur
chased at lumber yard for three and
half or four cents a square foot;
they should be planed on one side, or
IL they can be had with two planed
surfaces 1t will greatly improve the
interior appearance Of the hut.
A sash containing small panes of
glass and door can be had at the
,,,t1 I,,N h.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

braces. BIB, plate of wood is spiked
fast to each trunk to lend additional
anchorage, as you can see in Fig. 2.
The cross timbers anu braces are ar
ranged at the inside of the trunks
facing each other, as shown In the
drawing OF the frame.
Be careful to get both crossbars the
same height from the ground, or so
that beam laid across them will be
level. Obtain five spruce poists two by
four inches and place them on edge
across the timbers. as shown in the
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

when woman makes UP her
mind kill hen these days" says
Alma Todd, she's always careful in
selecting one that hasn't shown any
tendency to want to set and one that
hasn't been particularly good layer
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

Is too expensive
one can be made
from boards and
battens, as shown
at Fig. 3, which is
an inside view. The
top and bottom bat
tens are within six
inches of the ends
of the door, and
the top OF the dag
onal strip extending
between battens be-
gins at the lock
side and the lower
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

the sharp up-and-down movements are
given by small electric motor which
connects by means of a belt with an
eccentric moving the seat. The speed
and intensity can be regulated at will,
and on the preliminary trial of the
machine, which took place upon the
European liner Patricia. 1t seemed to
work well; but, then. all remedies for
seasickness and colds work well for
some people and at soem times. In
commenting on the invention the Ma
tional Tribune says that 1t seems like
ly that the machine would only az
gravate the malady.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

The secrdetary Of the treasury has
designated the American National
bank of South McAlester a govern
ment depository.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

The commercial club and the This
ty-thousand club of Sulphur have de-
cided to employ a press agent to
boom the town.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03
INDIAN TERRITORY NEWS

A private grist mill is being erect
ed on the J. j.. McAlester ranch near
Crowder City
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

bands bad faults and not believe it
when somebody else does.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

INDIAN TERRITORY NEWS
A private grist mill is being erect
ed on the ]. J. McAlester ranch near
Crowder City.
Il takes a woman to know her hus-
bands bad faults and not believe it
when somebody else does.
The secrdetary Of the treasury has
designated the American National
bank of South McAlester a govern
ment depository.
The commercial club and the This
ty-thousand club of Sulphur have de-
cided to employ press agent to
boom the town.
Ground will soon be broken at Che
cotah for the elevator to be built by
the Lawrence Grain and Elevator Co.
Part of the building material has ar
rived and work will be commenced as
soon as the remainder Of it comes.
when woman makes UP her
mind kill hen these days." says
Alma Todd, she's always careful in
selecting one that hasn't shown any
tendency to want to set and one that
hasn't been a particularly good layer
An oil company OF Knnsas has
leased large tract Of land adjoining
Madill and will put down a well at
once. The machinery is on the road
and will probably arrive next week.
The lease calls for a thirty-day limit
TO begin operations.
The gas wells being drilled by par
ties at Estella is now nown a little
more than 600 feet The drill is
making only nine or ten feet day.
The oil or gas sand struck at about
400 feet has not been shot. 1t is the
intention TO drill at least 900 feet.
Excitement is running high in
Bennington over the discovery Of a
flow of natural gas in we'll one and
a half miles north OF town The we'll
is only thirty feet deep and the sound
OF escaping gas can be heard quite
distance.
Teachers in the Indian Territory
who will attend the GUNNER normals
in June are to be instructed in a
course of agriculture, in order that
1t may b. properly taught 20 the
10000 Indian pupils in the schools
OF the territory.
There n rau,ua1 oyar Doune
last week and several converts were
taken into the churches. The same
week a tent show loomed up there
and the attendance was So small that
the show broke up and the actors
and actresses scattered.
The eighty seventh anniversary o,
the /. o. .. Il. lodges of the United
States will be celebrated at Ward
park in Alton on Thursday, April 70
under the management of the Aftor
Odd Fellows. There are ffteenr
lodges in this district which will take
part in the celebration.
Miss Lola Smith, IS years Of age
was burned to death Thursday after
noon at the home Of her stepfather
JIM idShCt, tnIec mics nOrtnWes
of Tahlequah, The young lady wa,
working, in the field about stacl
OF burning cotton stalks, when hei
clothes caught on fire.
The Deming Investment company
has been granted ten year exclusiv,
gas franchise at Wagner by the cit,
council, the price of gas to be 2!
Al. II.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-05-03

Ground will soon be broken at Che
cotah for the elevator to be built by
the Lawrence Grain and Elevator Co.
Part of the building material has ar
rived and work will be commenced as
soon as the remainder Of it comes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-27
SPEAKS OF BUSY JAPAN
Interesting Lecture by Dr.. Lambuth
Last Night
DESCRIPTION OF COUNTRY IS GIVEN
STORIES OF JAP ABILITY AND
GROWING ENTERPRISE HOLD
APPREcIATIvE AUDIENCE.
DESCRIPTION OF COUNTRY IS GIVEN

The address by DR.. w. R. Lambuth
on Japan; Commercial, Politically
and Religiously," delivered in Marvin
Methodist church last night, was WE'LL
received by an intelligent and appre-
ciative audience. The speaker held
his auditors for an hour with un3ag-
ging interest.
He spoke Of Japan as being the size
Of North and South Dakota, but made
up of almost innumerable islands
many of them rocky but ornamented
with ferns, wild flowers and pine
trees SO that the eye Of the islanders
becomes the eye of the artist. The
larger islands are terraced from the
waters edge and these terraces irri-
gated for 1000 feet from the sea level.
In spite of this only 10 per cent Of
Japan is under cultivation and suffi-
cient rice cannot be raised to feed
explorations of Korea and Manchuria
How Whales Are Caught.
The doctor told many things about
the marine life which greatly inter-
ested the children in the natural his
tory of that portion of the globe.
Whales are caught in nets; salmon
are found in immense numbers about
Yezo, the northern island; and in
southern waters the halothurian, "tne
boarding house fish," appears, which
has a mouth like a sucker and which
swallows a smaller fish which, upon
the approach Of an enemy runs to him
for protection. The jelly fish accord
ing to the folk lore of Japan, was
once a perch. The latter under a curse
from the dragon-fish lost his bones
and has remained spineless and flab-
by ever since.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-27
IF It's a Reputation

You are after, Whites Cream Verm1
the best of all worm destroyers, and
for it's tonic influence on weak and
digestion and assimilation Of their
food, strengthens their nervous sys-
vigor natural to a child. If you want
a healthy, happy child get a bottle Of
Whites Cream Vermifuge.
Sold by A. B. Shelton.