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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28
RAIN WAS %oPPoRTuNE.
Dry Weather Has Prevailed THROUGH.
out the Week in South Dakota.

out the Week in South Dakota.
Huron. s. D.. June 21.-The official crop
and weather bulletin for the past week
Is as follows:
Aside from some light and scattered
showers on Friday. dry weathe prevailed
during the week until Sunday. when, as
indicated by the latest reports received.
rain ranging from moderate to heavy in
amount occurred over all OF the eastern
portion Of the state. The rain was accom-
panied by lightning n thunder At
Huron. Isl inches OF rain fell during Sum
day and Sunday night. There was rather
more than the average amount Of sun.
shine during the week, excluding Sunday.
S%outherly winds prevailed much of the
time. and aided in reducing the excess OF
moisture in wet low lands In the northern
portion Of the state.
Moderately warm weather prevailed.
though some OF the nights were rather
DOL. Thursday and Friday were generally
the warmest days. during which period the
maximum temperature ranged from n
degrees at Castlewood. to 81 degrees at
Pierre. Minimum temperatures near. but
above 70 degrees. occurred Wednesday
night over the eastern portion Of the
state.
On the whole. favorable growing wealth
er prevailed. and the conditions were also
favorable for outdoor work. The rain Of
Sunday was ~OpportIne for the southern
portion Of the state, where the need of
rain was being felt.
A number Of the remarks wherein the
need OF rain Is noted, were mailed before
Sunday morning. and It 10 possible that
the showers which occurred OIL Sunday
included most OF these localities.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28
WANTS NEW SCHOOL,.
But Will Have to Go to Legislature for
Special Dispensation for Rondino.

Armour. s. D.. June 2O.-The matter Of
building a new school house in the city
of Armour this year has been shelved for
another year owing to the high price of
material and the scarcity of the where.
withal to build. The school district desires
to build a school with a seating capacity
of 600 pupils with all the latest improve
ments. lavatories. gymnasiums, baths,
etc. The bids ranged in price for con-
struction of school from s29, 600 to s39, 60.
The city this spring voted to issue bonds
for the purpose of building the school in
the sum of s17. coo which is the limit that
can be bonded.
The matter has been postponed for one
year and 1t is thought that the school
district will apply to the state legislature
next fall for powers enabling them to bond
Tor about $2o.0OO. With this object in view
school will commence this year in August
that the school year may finish early and
Civ the builders a chance to m
the erection OF the school at as early q
date as possible.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28
THREE STATES REPRESENTED.
Among Graduates from Lutheran Col.
leoe in Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls. s. D.. June 2s.--Thc
three states of Iowa, Minnesota and
South Dakota are represented among
the graduates from the Lutheran COL
lege in this city, the commencement
exercises Of which have Just been COM
cluded. Elaborate preparations were
made for the exercises, at which many
people from the three states were pres
emit. The graduates are as follows:
English Course-Magne Anderson,
Haufield. Mimi: Charolette Marie Eric.
son. Bede. Ia: Berthe Landsrud. Lake
Mills. Ia: Johanna Peterson. Hanson,
s.. D.: Olaf Smedai. Albert Lea, Mimi
English Norwegian Course-Martha
Berthe BLY,, Cottonwood. Mimi: liver
Walther Manson. Vermillion. s. D.:
Bina Christine Hammered. Starbuck.
MINI: Edward Mosboe. Rembrandt.
Ia: Edward Risty. Shindler. Ia:
Amanda Scheie. Mcintosh. Mimi: Cora
Mae Wilson, Chatheld. MINI.
The selutatory address wa deliv.
cred BY Miss Martha BLY,. while Niso
Amanda Scheie made the valodictosY
oG11OD&
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

The great twonty- eight-story Hotel
Belmont. In Forty econd street.. ops
posite the Grand Central station, which
has cost $4,000, 900. Is now ready foI
patrons. The building Is 200 by lOi
feet. n 1888 feet high. with five Of Its
stol os beneath the street level. 1t has
been five years in building. Each floor
is "a hotel by itself. with n kitchen and
complete arrangements for serving
meals. The five stories below ground
extend sixty feet into solid rock. A I
the bottom are the engines, electric
light machinery. ventilating devices.
etc. by which all the dust and dirt OF
h great hotel are sucked through rub
Dor piping into the basement. where
Is crematory burns tho dust. refuse and
garbage,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28
FOR SAFE MILK TICKETS
Council Decides That Thsy Must Be
Used But Once.

Kansas City. June 2o.-Havine been
passed by the upper house last night.
the milk ticket ordinance. previously
passed by the lower house OF the
be signed. and an end will be but To
the dangerous practice of milk tickets
being used many times. BY the terms
of the new ordinance a milk ticket
must be used but once and then de.
Ssroyed: CITY Phystcian Sanders and
nance drawn up to terminate what DR..
Cutler declared to be THE fithia.t
practice among the food trade
IT 10 enough to say" explained In.
spsctor Cutler yesterday. that no q
what bed OF pestilence Il Va. i..t
week. A. the milk ticket 10 kept IN
g kitchen. coming In contact with
vlands: the enormtty Of the DANGER Of
eonsace u At once apparent"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28
POISONED BY DRINKING WATER
Wealthy Citizen Of Watertown Nsarl,
Loses His Life.

Watcrtown. 8. D.. June 2O.-Charles Kre.
gar nearly lost his life yesterday by drink
ing from a pail Of stagnant water which
had become poisoned either as the result
Of chemica! action Of 1t upon the tin pail
IN which 1t was contained or by the hand
OF someone In an attempt at foul play.
Saturday MIR. Kregar was at his farm
supervising some work there and carried
to the field q tin pail Of drinking water
which he set in a post hole to keep cool.
He visited the farm again yesterday and.
coming across the forgotten pail, took a
drink from 1t. He was at once taken with
cramps and realizing that he had been
poisoned staggered to his automobile and
ordered his man to speed him to the city.
but by the time he had reached town he
was stin and unconscious and seemingly
beyond help. Three physicians worked
over him desperately all night and today
he II pronounced out Of danger.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

An Englishman. who is a large m
ploysr OF labor. has beon investigating
h argument OF those who say that
"A w~orkingman under modern condi-
tons ecomes at an early age value
dents that have incapacitated his men
for three days and upward. The peo-
pic engaged In his employment are
from Is to IS years of age. and he as
sorts that moro accidents occur to men
under 80 than to those over SO. He
says: Il would much rather intrust
an exceptionally dangerous Job to u
man over SO thar to one of 30 years OF
age"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28
TOOK A DRINK; WANTS TO DIE.
Black Hills Man Falls OFF tho Water
Wagon and Tries Suicide.

Galena. S. d.. June 22.-N. G. Bur-
ton attempted to commit suicide by
cutting himself In the wrist with a
cattle knife. and had he not been dis
covered in time he would unQuestion-
ably have bled to death. About a year
ago Burton determined to quit the use
Of liquor. to which habit he was adj
dicted, and up until a few days ago
he was successful in his resolution.
Last week.. however, he fell from grace
and Wen on a protracted spree, and
when he realized that he had failed in
his attempt he fell into a fit of des-
pondency in which he attempted to end
his life. 1t Is thought tina his chances
for recovery are good. He is a men,
Der IN good standing Of the orders OF
the A. 0. U. w. and the Elks.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28
RACE SUICIDE in WATERFOWL
Census Shows There Are Children in
Only One-Fourth the Homes,

4 total OF nearly 1900 homes in this
,tty 3S7 have no children between the
lges Of Z and 81. is the fact disclosed
by this years school census 1t might
pc exploited as a horrible example Of
American race suicide" still the citi-
lens feel no immediate alarm. as the
population has increased over 900 in
twelve months.
Charles Springer, a carpenter,
dropped lead from his chair at the
breakfast table. rheumatism of the
heart being the cause. He had been
In vigorous health all summer. so the
end came with a sudden shock to his
family.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28
M FOR TARGET.

Rapid City. s. D., June 20.-Mrs. Earl
Strange. who lives near Hermosa, was
accidentally shot by some men who
were .p%racticing with a target. They
placed the target cornerwise Of the
house. and Mrs. Strange. who did not
know Of their plan. walked directly into
the path of the bullet. The ball lodged
In her chest, and she was in great
danger for some time from lose Of
blood. The doctor was summoned from
this city. and 1t IL now thought that
she will recover.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

The new standard time for India was
adopted in Bombay on January l and
Ii gradually overcoming the prejudice
incident to a new departure. The In
dian standard time Ia in advance five
hours n thirty minutes of Greenwich
time. being nine minutes faster than
Madras time. about twcnty-four min
utes slower than Calcutta time and
about thirty n minutes faster than
Bombay local time,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

Figures for 1904 show that 470,s63
emigrants left Italy: those for 1905,
which will soon be published by the
ministry of the interior, reveal the ex-
odus OF TIC. 343 persons. a number never
reached by any other country in the
world. Emigration has been providen-
tial for Italy. but who can say hat II
1t passes certain limits It may not
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

Honors are being stolen from most
Of the great men of former days. Gal
ileo was said to have discovered the
Law of isochronism Of the pendulum
while pursuing his studies at Pisa in
1881. Now we learn that the pendulum
vas used as a correct OF time
among the Arabs as far back as the
year 1000.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

There is being built on the Mime
sofa state fair grounds. in Minneapolis.
the largest live stock amphitheater in
the world, at a cost Of 500, 900. AL
though the building Is designed wholly
for fair purposes. 1t will be available
at other times In the year for conven-
lions or gatherings requiring a large
seating CAPACITY.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

James H. vassar, who has been con-
nected with the United States sub
treasury at Boston more than forty
years and nearly that length Of time
in the important position Of specie
clerk. 10 the most remarkable and ac-
complished coin expert In America, and
has few, II any, equals in the world.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

Window glass is the novel covering
for wounds recommended by q British
surgeon. The glass is smeared with
carbolated oil and packed around the
edges with absorbent cotton, and gives
protection against blood poisoning.
hemorrhage and irritation. The glass
can be removed for cleaning without
trouble.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

Pupils In the English national schools
are being taught the American custom
Of saluting tho nag. But they do 70 on
national anniversaries only. April -,
st. Georges day. the pupils In one Of
the schools sang patriotic songs while
nifty OF their fellow pupils accompanied
on tho violin.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

Chinese Commissioner Shang Chi
Heng. before leaving England for
France. recently. paid the British quite
Il compliment In n farewell interview.
He said: What has chiefly impressed
me Is the dignity and solidity OF your
nation. There Is q compactness OF
spirit and q conservatism which. in
spite OF any political differences. keeps
h race we'll together. You remind
me of the Chinese in his respect"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28
w~ATERwoRks FOR TT. PIERRE.
Plant viii Be Operated by Natural
Gas Power.

Fort Pierre. 8. D., June 20.-The city
council has decided to require the success.
full bidder for the construction of the new
municipal waterworks system at this place
to install a gas engine and a single acting
pump. with a capacity Of 500. 600 gallons
every tw~enty-four hours.
Fort Pierre will be one Of the few placea
IN the country to operate its waterworks
plant by natural gas.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

A steamer built for the United States
Steel corporation was launched at
South Chicago a few days ago that
would compare favorably with the
large transatlantic ships. This vessel.
named J. Pierpont Morgan. Is 900 feet
long. 90 feet beam and 80 feet deep.
She will carry some Il. 900 tons Of car
go and Is IL of a feet Of four sister
ships being constructed for the steel
trust.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

The Maryland legislature has Just APP
p~ropriated 8 1000 for the construction
Of q macadam boulevard from Balti.
more to Washington. on which convict
labor will be partly employed. The dis
tance IL thirty miles by a route that
will avoid railroad crossings.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

The Children's hospital. Bristol, Eng
land. has three dogs which collect for
It. Thoy have been trained to catch
In their teeth coins thrown to them and
hospital has given theirtrainer q medal.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

Apropos Of the San Francisco disas-
ter the London Daily News published.
in two or three installments. Pepy's
account of the great IRE OF London.
neW0papAr roaderD.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

A British newspaper publishes this
advertisement: "Widower. living re-
tired. without ~incumbrance, would like
TO correspond with lady. about %. with
small means. With ~ leg preferred,
with . view to an early marriage"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

Ths a~boriGtnes Of South America ana
A1eeca consider the guiana. Q large 10.
Mt unlike . small crocodile. but -
Deeo unsaghuy tAAn that creature.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

The new virchow hospital In Berlin
will have go beds. The total cost OF
construction Will reach 41,o00.oo0. Tho
attending physictAns win have salaries
from about el.loe to $500 . year.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

The name John Magoon is not given
In the city directory and is not known
to the police OF Sioux City.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
a Japanese Railway Oddly.

Some OF the institutions OF j Japanese
railways are peculiar to that country.
One of these is Il smear of paint across
the windows Of third-class carriages.
This is made necessary because thous.
auds OF native travellers in Japan, &C.
customed to only paper walls for let.
ting in light, have no knowledge of
glass. Its utter transparency leads
them to believe that the window Is
simply = hole in the side OF the ar.
With painful results many native pas.
sengers have stupidity attempted to
stick their heads through the glass.
For q long time ambulances from re.
ceiving hospitals had to meet nearly
every train arriving in Japanese
cities. and hence the streak Of paint is
a warning to the Oriental farmer from
the back country that there is some.
thing more than atmosphere in the
window.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
Cans Wins Fight On Foul.

GoLDFlELD, Neva ada, Sept. 3.-Bat.
fling Nelson deliberately fouled Joe
Cans in the 42nd round of the best
and longest fight seen In many years.
Both men were tired when the fight
ended, but Cans was apparently the
stronger. He IA away ahead on
points and had smashed and cut Mel.
son all drought the fight without be.
ing badly hurt himself.
Shortly after the And round com.
menced the men were in their usual
clinch. Nelson had his head on Cans
shoulder and his arm down. Several
times he hit Cans below the belt, APP
parently feeling for a vital spot. At
last he drew back his right arm and
hit Cans q vicious blow, square in
the groin. The colored boy sank to
his knees and rolled over on his back.
Referee Siler, without hesitation,
ordered Nelson to his corner and
awarded the fight to Cans on u foul.
Siler's decision received almost unau.
imous approval. The foul was so OBJ
vious that not even the men who had
bet on Nelson could say that it had
not been committed.
The attendance was about 5000, al
though estimates were made as high
as $500. The Goldfeld Athletic club
arrangements were perfect. There
was not q hitch of any kind and the
fight could be seen from every portion
OF the arena. About 200 women were
In attend ance. The receipts were over
go. 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
ORIGINAL NEW ENGLAND.
Il IL Said That 1t Was Located ON the
Pacific Coast.

Il IL Said That 1t WA Located ON h
Pacific Coast.
There is a common saying that II the
pilgrim fathers had only landed on the
Pacific coast a large portion of the
Atlantic seaboard would never have
been settled. Californians, Oregonians
and Washingtonians believe this inn
plicitly. In other words. the charms Of
the Pacific coast in the way of climate
are SO appreciated that, having once
experienced them, men are unwilling
to live elsewhere ~contentedly. Now, not
man In a thousand living on the
Pacific coast knows that as a matter
Of fact the accents Of our mother
tongue were heard on the beach not
far from San Francisco forty.one years
before English was spoken on rlym-
outh rock.
More amusing still is the fact that
the original New England was IN the
Pacific coast. for Sir Francis Drake in
1879, at the close Of a months stay.
took possession of the country for his
sovereign. Elizabeth, and named the
new acquisition Nouva Albion (New
England, because he thought the white
cliff near what is now Point Reyes re-
sembled the chalk cliffs near Dover
Alexander Meade in Outing Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
IMMUNE TO POISON.
Practical Methods Of the Snake
Charmerx Of the Orient.

Charmers NJ the Orient.
For many years it was regarded as
one of the East Indian miracles that
the snake charmers of the orient could
encounter the cobra in an arena, allow
the serpent to bite them time and
again and survive the deadly poison.
This dangerous feat puzzled the doc
tors of the British army and was never
quite understood by scientists general
" until within recent years, when the
secret Of these jugglers with fate leak
ed out. The East Indian snake charm
er begins at an early age to make him
self immune from the venom Of the
cobra. He takes the infant serpent
and allows it to bite him. This injects
into his system a very mild dose of
the poison. He repeats the operation
many times, and then ventures to al
low a cobra somewhat older to bite
him. Gradually he permits himself to
become %inoculated with the enom of
younger serpents until he has become
80 accustomed to the poison that his
system is immune. BY the time he
grows up he has become SO thoroughly
accustomed to the spell that it has
practically no effect upon him. It is
like the drug .habit-One can work
oneself to a pitch Of enduring a dose
that would he sufficient to kill several
persons unaccustOmed to the influence
Of the drug. Thus the seemingly au-
dacious trick was exposed as a very
practical thing, after all.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
After Two Western Years.
Review Of Reviews.


Less than two years ago, a pros
pector lost his way on the desert,
near the California line, in Nye coun.
~, Nevada, and died Of thirst. On
the spot where that mans body was
found is the town of Bullfrog. A
waterworks plant costing $50, 600 sup
plies an abundance Of water. There
are hotels with baths in many rooms
and residences equipped with all the
modern paraphernalia that make for
comfort. Electric lights illuminate
the streets where only the stars OF
heaven looked down on the death of
the lonely miner, and within the rad.
ius OF a very few miles there are now
about Ii, 1000 people.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
The Osprey.

In the highlands of Scotland at the
present time the osprey usually makes
Its nest in the tiat top of II pine tree.
but formerly it just as frequently Sc
lected Il battlement or Il chimney of
some ruin. generally on an island. The
nest is a pile of sticks as much as four
feet high and as many broad-the az
emulation of many years-intermixed
with turf and other vegetable matter,
lined with finer twigs and finally with
grass. much Of it often green.-Glas-
row Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
WHO Is CHARLES n. PRAY!

The above question will not be
asked by any citizen of northern or
central Montana, but there may be
residents of other parts of the state
to whom information regarding a
worthy candidat for the republican
nomination for representative in con.
gress may be acceptable. Public an.
nouncement OF Mr.. Prsy's candidacy
having been made, his friends and
supporters invite careful c~opsidera.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
san Francisco Death Roll,

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.-ln all
452 people persisted as the result of the
disaster OF April Is. The local health
department so stated in a formal re.
port sent to the state board of health.
OF the victims 2e66 were killed by fall.
ing walls, II. persisted by fire, seven
were shot and two died as the resul,
OF ptomaine poisoning due to eating
"emergency'' canned goods Of poor
quality.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05
Easy.

Easy.
did you sell horses to those two
customers yesterday" we ask OF our
friend the horse dealer.
Eyes"
snake %anything?"
"Of Of Jones-ycs."
Zones? Why. Jones was the n that
said he knew all about horses"
Il know. He was easy. The other
fellow didn't know a thing about them
aud brought around three or four ex-
perts before he would buy."-Life.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-05

BUTTE. Aug. 3O.-Peter Hanson, a
plumber, aged ~, and his daughter,
aged 10, were burned 10 death in a
lodging house fire this morning. They
cam here from Salt Lake two days
ago.