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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Pistol Duel In Denver.

Jas. Thornton and E. Hoffsess en-
gagged in a pistol duel in the Offices of
a brokerage company on Curtis street,
Denver. Colo. Friday and Thornton
received a wound in the abdomen
which may prove fatal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
HIGHER Pay for Freight Handlers.

Freight handlers in Portland, Ore,
have been granted an increase
amounting to about 10 cents a day.
The new scale will affect truckers,
haulers, carmen and checkers.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Prices Are Cut.

All grades Of refined sugar were re-
duced 10 cents per 100 pounds at New
York Friday.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18

Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturdays quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
tbssves, $3.50. Top hogs. $3.50.
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
HE HELPS A PRISONER.

Bring In TIE hoboes!" was the or
der, and Policeman Flynn knew that
that meant to round up all vagrants.
The department had been severely
scored because of the increase in the
number of petty thefts.
Now, the term "vagrant' Is compre-
-hensive in it's meaning, and may be
made to include many different kinds
of people. Anyone who has no visible
means of support and no place to sleep
comes under that general classifica-
tion. Whether he is anxious to steal or
anxious to work Is quite immaterial;
If he has no job and no home and no
money, he Is a vagrant, and his inten-
tions count for little or nothing. A
man of Policeman Flynn's judgment
would like to discriminate occasion
ally, but, under such an order as had
been given, conscientious officer has
no chance. So, when he saw the man
ager of small manufacturing estab-
lishment on his beat holding shabby
looking fellow by the collar, he knew
that the time had come for him to act.
Here, officer" said the manager,
run this fellow in
whats he been doin'?" asked Po-
aiceman Flynn.
"Oh, he's plain hobo,' was the
reply. This is the second morning
I've caught him sleeping in the door
way, and he had the nerve to ask me
tfor job"
why don't ye give 1t to him?" in
quired Policeman Flynn.
ITO him. exclaimed the manager.
why, look at him! Do you think he
really wants job? It's only an ex-
.cuse."
eye can't tell be a ma-ans luks
what he wants." was the sage sugges-
ton of Policeman Flynn. ITO LUX at
me mebbe ye might not think I wa
anted a million dollars" Then he
turned to the vagrant and demanded:
Where d ye live?"
Anywhere" sullenly answered the
lman.
What d. ye do FIR livin'?"
I'm looking for work"
Where d ye work. la-ast?"
The man gave him an address, but
added:
THAT was three months ago. I got
"a dollar day as a sort of genera
hustler, but they cut down the forcS
=and let me CO.
AN we've had no job since? Nc
wondher ye're lukin' r-rocky," com
mented Policeman Flynn. But or
edhers is ordhers. an IL ye ha-ave M
home an no money, an no work., II
sha-ave fr to take ye in"
On the way to the station the MAJ
complained bitterly of his hard luck
He was a comparatively young fellow
hut poorly equipped for the battle will
ythe world. His education had beei
neglected, and he was handicapped b,
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From Clyde Fitch's scrapbook.

Clyde Fitch, at dinner that he
gave in honor of noted dramatic
critic, read from his library of scrap
books a western criticism on Hamlet
The criticism. which was dated 1873,
ran:
There is too much chinning in this
piece. The author is bahind the times,
and seems to forget that what we
want nowadays is hair raising situa.
tions and detectives.
in the hands of a skillful play.
wright a detective would have been
put upon the track of Hamlet's uncle,
and the old man would have been
hunted down in a manner that would
have lifted the audience out of their
cowhides.
"The moral of the piece is not good.
The scene where Hamlet sasses his
mother is bad example to the rising
generation.
Our advice to the author is more
action, more love-making, and plenty
of specialties. The crazy girl scene
should be cut out altogether and a rat
ting good song and dance substitute
ed"
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Farms Valley Twelve Miles West of Calgary

the combined amounts, together with
er sources, are bound to make finan-
cial conditions very easy in the Cana
dian West until the next harvest ma
lures.
In the last week of August tour
OF inspection was made along the line
Of railway In the wheat area by the
Northwest Grain Dealers association
and a number Of American grain ex-
perts. What they saw convinced
them that not only was the crop q
good average one, but the quality OF
the grain grown was admittedly OF
the best quality, and more than one
of the visitors stated that although
the yield might have been larger, the
quality could hardly have been Inn
proved, Speaking on this point, Mr..
]. F. Whalley, the well-known wheat
man Of Minneapolis, said:
"The quality of the crop Is excel
lent, and think the average will be
No. l Northern. I was up with the
grain men two years ago, and I am
very much struck with the improve
ment that has taken place in these
two years. The growth is certainly
Marvellous there is not better coun-
try in the world than the Canadian
Northwest"
The past few years, in which agri-
culture has been carried on to any
great extent, have brought the prob
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
A Still Better Outfit Seven Miles West of Morden.

lem of transportation very prominent
ly to the front, and there Is railway
development in Manitoba, Saskatcne-
wan. Alberta and British Columbia.
Such as has never been seen
anywhere. There are at present
over 5000 miles of railway in
operation in that country, and
conservative calculation of the
lines now in course of construction
places the extent at 5000 additional
miles; a large portion of which will
be completed during the present year.
This means the opening up of con-
siderably increased agricultural area.
and there is every reason to believe
that in a very few years the agricul-
tural wealth Of the country will be
developed to such an extent that in
stead of "A Hundred Million Bushel
Crop" it will not be out of place to
refer to the crop as 900, 900 900 BUSH
els of wheat for export" This may
look like drawing the long bow at the
present time, but. in the light of what
has been done by Western Canada
in the past five or ten years, there
is no limit that can be placed upon
what may be done in the five or ten
years Immediately in front of that
lusty young giant Of the West.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21

upon. This is less than was looked
for by some enthusiastic western peo-
pie, who maintained that increased
acreage necessarily meant an in
creased aggregate. Still, 90,000,000
bushels of wheat is 100000 better
than what was looked upon last year
as good crop, and we do not think
Western Canada has much cause to
feel down in the mouth because the
acme of its anticipations on the wheat
crop may not have been realized.
Taking one year with another, that
country has demonstrated that it can
be depended upon as great wheat
growing territory, and has to be reck-
oned with in the markets OF the
world.
The yield in oats has been in
creased this year by nearly 1900, 900
bushels, the aggregate estimate being
75,725, 500, with the average at 41.2
bushels to the acre. The estimated
crop of barley is placed at 16,9S0.60
bushels, which is a slight increase
over the total Of last year. OF flax the
estimate given Is 690.1S4 bushels,
which is a material increase upon last
years figures.
Following are the figures in detail
for wheat, oats, and barley in West
ern Canada for the three years last
past:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
Cure for Whooplns Cough.

Irwin, Pa.-The mine cure" for
whooping cough among small children
is attracting attention in this section,
where the disease is almost epidemic
In one case Jeanette father daily
takes his ten-months-old baby girl
down into the Penn mine. He re-
mains half an hour, comes to the sur
face for the same space of time, and
again goes down and remains another
half hour. This will be repeated daily
for two weeks. The child has Sc
we're case, and from a fit of cough
ing goes into spasms. A Pittsburg
physician recommended the mine
cure" as the only profitable relief,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
Wheat iga Western Canada
A Good Crop of Excellent Quality Has Been
Raised This Year.

The grain crops estimates from the
Canadian West make a range of from
S7000,000 to 115,000,000 bushels, and
an accurate statement will be some
where between these figures-prob-
ably not far from 90,000000 bushels.
This year larger acreage was sown,
estimated at an increase of from 1S
to 20 per cent, and had the average
yield of last year been maintained,
the aggregate would assuredly have
gone considerably beyond the 10O,O00,-
900 bushel mark. The exceptionally
large influx of settlers was responsible
to considerable extent for much of
the increased area, and, there can be
no doubt, is also responsible for
part of the decreased average yield
The first crop raised by the new set
tler-often unacquainted with the
conditions of western agriculture-is
not usually prolific, and 1905-06 placed
very large number of amateur farm
ers behind the stills of the plow; but
they will learn, and learn fast, and
with another season or two will help
to raise the average instead of de-
pressing 1t.
OF the estimates to hand, that of
the Northwest Grain Dealers asso-
citation is the lowest: Wheat, S7,203,-
600 bushels; oats, 75,725,6O0 bushels,
and barley, 16,9s0,600 bushels. The
Winnipeg Free Press sent out five
special correspondents, who returned
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
HOW HARRY WAS TO BLAME
Not Even Willing to Apologize for Part
He Didn't Play.

Anyhow" said the girl in the new
spring hat with the trelliswork of
roses on it, ''it was Harry's own fault.
He is always trying to do things that
are FUNNY, and expects us to go into
ecstacies of mirth over them. How
were we to know this wasn't one of
them? 1t was my turn to entertain
the club" and 1t was to be costume
party.
Il decided to have Dutch lunch
con, and every one was to come dress
ed as Hollander. Nearly all of them
came early, but Harry, and we were
laughing at each other, when | heard
some one on the front porch. When
| opened the door l nearly died of
laughing. l knew at once it was
Harry, for recognized his eyes He
must have gone to an awful lot of
work getting up his costume, I
thought, for he had on big blue trous-
ers and checkered shirt with pearl
buttons, and under his cap was wig
of straight yellow hair, and he wore
a big yellow mustache.
He hung back and acted as though
he was ashamed of himself-and, real
ly, l didn't blame him, for you know
how proud Harry usually is of his ap-
pearance. | grabbed him and dragged
him in, and shrieked for every one to
come and look. They just went crazy
over him, told him he was splendid
and asked where he got the costume,
while they were turning him around
till he must have been dizzy.
He played the part pretty we'll,
too, actually stammering some Dutch
at us and sending us off into fresh
spasms. We all laughed so no one
could have told what he was saying
if anyone had wanted to. Then he
backed up against the wall and got
mad and threw his arms round and
knocked over lamp. When he didn't
stop after that or seem sorry, we all
stopped laughing and began to feel
little indignant. 1t seemed to be car
rying the joke too far.
Goodness knows what would have
happened next, for he was breathing
hard and glaring at us, when there
was a fresh commotion in the hall,
| anu w llO ouOulu VAIN III DuI ulIl-
self, in ordinary clothes, with moth
ing but a big Dutch cap to disguise
! him.
81 looked at him, and then looked
at the man l had dragged in, and 1
thought | must be losing my mind.
Who are you, anyway | demand
ed of the man against the wall.
He took long breath and swal-
lowed hard and looked as though he
would like to eat some one in re.
venge.
81 haf try to tell you,' he said.
am the brudder of Lena, und 1 come
to see her.
Lena is our new maid. / led the
man out into the kitchen, where Lena
was. Then l hurried back to scold
Harry. We all took it out on him
and he got real provoked about it
though l am sure he might have seer
he was the one to blame, and ought
to have been willing to apologize fol
IL
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
rhe Acc Of Maohlnarv.


The thinking, directing mind becomes
daily Of more account, while mere
brawn falls correspondingly in value
from day to day. That eccentric phil
osopher, Ebert Hubbard, says in one
of his essays, where a machine will
do better work than the human hand,
we prefer to let the machine do the
work
1t has been but few years since
the cotton gin, the Spinning Jenny"
and the power loom displaced the
hand picker, the spinning wheel and
the hand loom; since the reaper and
binder, the rake and tedder, the now
ing machine took the place of the old
cradle, scythe, pitchfork and hand
rake; since the friction match SUI
perseded the flint and tinder; since
the modern paint factory replaced the
slab and muller, the paint pot and
paddle.
In every case where machinery has
been introduced to replace hand labor,
the laborers have resisted the change;
and as the weavers, the sempstresses
and the farm laborers protested
against new-fangled looms, sewing ma
chimes and agricultural implements,
so in recent times compositors have
protesteds against type-setting ma
chimes, glass blowers against bottle
blowing machines, and painters
against ready mixed paints. And as
in the case of these shortsighted
classes of an earlier day, so with their
imitators of to-day, the protest will
be in vain. 1t is protest against CIV
ilization, against the common veal,
against their own welfare.
The history of all mechanical i'm
provements shows that workmen are
the first to be benefited by them.
The invention of the sewing machine,
instead of throwing thousands of wom-
en- out of employment, increased the
demand to such an extent that thou
sands of women have been employed,
at better wages, for shorter hours and
easier work where hundreds before
worked in laborious misery to exc
out pitiable existence. 1t was so
with spinning and weaving N chin
cry, with agricultural implements-in
fact, it is so with every notable i'm
provement. The multiplication of
books in the last decade is a direct
result of the invention of linotype
machinery and fast presses.
The mixed paint industry, in which
carefully designed paints for house
painting are prepared on large scale
by special machinery, is another i'm
proVement of the same type. The
cheapness and general excellence OF
these products has so stimulated the
consumption of paint that the de
mand for the services of painters has
correspondingly multiplied. Before
the advent of these goods well-paint
ed house was noticeable from its
rarity, whereas to-day an ill-paintet
house is conspicuous.
Nevertheless, the painters, as /;
rule, following the example set b!
the weavers, the sempstresses and th'
farm laborers of old, almost to a man
oppose the improvement. 1t is a rea
improvement, however, and simply be
cause of that fact the sale of sucl
products has increased until during
the present year 1t will fall not ia
short of 9O.OOO,OOO or 1OO,OOO,OOO gal
Ions.
Hindsight is always better thai
foresight, and most of us who Geplor,
the short-sightedness of our ancestor
would do we'll to see that we do no
In turn furnish terrible examples" t,
our posterity.
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the fact that he had been prepared for
neither a business nor a trade. So,
while it was possible to get men Of
abetter attainments for even minor po-
ssitions, his services were at dis
count Even as a day laborer, he
lacked the physique that would COM
mend him to an employer.
But I'm honest" he protested. II
really want to get job, but what
chance is there for me in thess
1clothes?"
"Thrue FIR ye," replied Policeman
Flynn, looking at the dilapidated suit.
," 'Tis like ye dhressed in tn da-ark
AN didn't notice what ye was ta-akin'
from tn wardrobe"
Flynn was on night duty at the time.
and the arrest was made just as he
was relieved in the morning, so he
brought the prisoner in himself and
had him booked" as a vagrant Then
he sat about the station and smoked
for time before going home to break
last.
"'Tis a sha-ame." he muttered, "that
tn la-ad sh'u'd be sint up II he wa-ants
f'r to work."
After little he went to the cell In
which the man was confined and beck
-oned him to the door.
Honest, now." he said. "w'u'd ye
work. II ye had tn chanst?"
lust try me-" answered the man In
a tone that carried conviction with IL
Policeman Flynn left the station In
thoughtful mood. but. instead of go
ing home to the waiting breakfast. he
went back to his beat and presently
stopped at the place where he had
mads The arrest. In one of the win
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21

after 20 days with somewhat better
report and gave reasons for the faith
that was In them. They had travelled
all through the spring wheat district;
had driven 1,400 miles through the
grain country, besides travelling thou
sands of miles by rail; and they had
visited SO localities and knew where
of they spoke. They reported: Wheat,
90,250,000 bushels, on 4,750,0O0 acres,
with an average yield of 10 bushels
per acre. The western division OF
the Bank of Commerce also investi
gated with the following result:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
Pension Head works savjno.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Pen
sions Warner has worked economies
in the service which have saved the
government $201,346 during the last
fiscal year. He has reduced the ex-
penses of the bureau 2,552. has cut
the expenses of special examiners $780,
39S, of examining surgeons $4,000.
has made saving in salaries and
clerk hire at agencies of $7,242, In
rents and contingent expenses OF
agencies, 1854, and in the examina-
ton of pension agents has saved
$500.
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dows of the establishment was the
sign: Man Wanted"
Il thought l Numbered It," he
said, as he went in and asked to see
the manager.
"Ye're lukkln' FIR a ma-an?" said
Policeman Flynn inquiringly, when he
had reached the managers Office.
YES" admitted the manager. do
you know of one?'
"Ye're lukkin' FIR ma-an," repeat
ed Policeman Flynn, "an' whin ye
ha-ave ye-er ha-ands on wan that
wa-ants f'r to work. ye sind him to
tn polls station"
I'm looking for man and not a
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out oliver Oollor, ana Sooly hdnaSo
it to the Prisoner.
hobo" retorted the manager, sharply.
There's tn maxim iv ma-an in
nanny a hobo" suggested Policeman
Flynn.
Possibly, possibly" admitted the
| manager, but this is no eleemosynary
institution"
Say that ag'n," said Policeman
Flynn; 81 don't folly ye."
II say this is no charitable institu-
tion," repeated the manager. We're
looking for a workman and not a
that he really wants 10 work?"
"I'll la-ay me hat agin plugged
nickel that he wa-ants + to get a job
tn wor-rst wa-ay," asserted Police
man Flynn. "If ye're lukkin' fr a
ma-an, why don't ye give him a
chanst?"
The manager looked surprised, but
not convinced.
why, as a matter of fact" he said,
,"I don't believe he wants job. That
was only an excuse to escape arrest
as a vagrant. Just remember how he
looked. Everything was against him."
AN iverything will be ag'inst him
till some wan gives him tn chanst"
insisted Policeman Flynn. "oho!
we're fine lot iv gazabos In this
world, we are FIR sure. We throw a
ma-an down an shtand on his chist,
an thin we ask him. Why don't ye
get up?' I'm thryin' to- says he;
give me a ha-and,' he says. Get up
fir-rst,' we says, niver takin' fut off
his chist; well be gla-ad f'r to help
ye,' we says, 'whin ye're on ye-er feet.
Did we niver notice how we hold out
tn helpin' ha-and to thin that's up
an turn our ba-acks on thin that's
DOWN."
ITO tell the TRUTH" said the man
ager, thoughtfully, 'if the fellow had
looked halfway decent and had had a
home l would have been tempted to
give him a trial, for we need good.
willing man"
"Ye must ha-ave a home befoor We
can get work., and ye must get work.
befoor we can ha-aye home," COM
mented Policeman Flynn. "Ye must
ha-ave tn clo'es FIR tn job, but ys
must ha-ave tn job f'r to get tn clo'es.
Dye see tn wa-ay it comes out?"
You're a clever pleader," asserted
the manager, with laugh. "Sit down
and tell me what you have learned
} about the man. It's strange to find a
policeman helping a vagrant."
"'Tis often done, If ye only knew 1t. -
said Policeman Flynn.
When the case was called in the po-
, lice court Policeman Flynn gave all
present the surprise of their lives.
l "Ye-er Honor" he said, "I'll ask ye
f'r to Fave tn ma-an go. l made q
( mista-ake He do be havin' job"
He doesn't look It," returned the
magistrate. He looks like a hobo
!. without food or shelter. Has he any
. money!"
g Policeman Flynn looked troubled
1 but only for a minute. Then b,
4 reached into his pocket, pulled out {
j silver dollar and coolly handed 1t tC
: the prisoner,
"Yis, ye-er Honor" he ssid. blandly
I discharged" said the snagistrate
s Then he added thoughE'lly, half t
himself: you can make a man anC
q unmake him and remake him. and tn,
: job that's least often done is the las
one, but | believe that policeman Il
Q trying It,"
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph b. Bowlea.)
!. (Copyrlsht by the Century Coz
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Sure of That.

81 suppose" said the tenderfoot.
preparing to mount the bucking
broncho, this horse may behave all
right with me and then again he may
not"
We'll" replied the wise cowboy.
Its toss up. p."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-21
Saw NOTHING to Fear.

with all your wealth are you not
afraid of the proletariat?" asked the
deliver in sociological problems.
No, amt" snapped Mr.. Newrich.
I'VE boil all our drinkin' water.'-
Philadelphia Record
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There Arc prawbacks.

r. r. Passenger-Do you believe
that confession Is good for the sonli"
Casual Acquaintance-Yes but 1t Is
hard on the body. 1t once gave me
three years In the penitentiary.-De
troit Free Press. A.-