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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-27
THE CHRISTMAS
ENTERTAINMENT
An Enj0yOble Christmas Tree
and Entertainment n Given
at the Church
A Large Crowd Attends Many
Beautiful Presents are Distri
buted TO Young and ON

One of the most enj oyable gather
ings that has taken place In Gam
Valley was that which attended the
Christmas exercises at the church
NJ onday evening. The church WAS
crowded to- the doors and many
were compelled TO stand.
The program which was arranged
for the occasion WAS most elaborate
and the pupils did much creditto
tn. inselves and their teacher In it's
rendition.
A large stage had been erected mt
the front OF the church, and In front
OF this on each side was large
Christmas tree decorated with orna
ments and popcorn. Across the
front OF the stage was suspende,lil
neatly designed "Merry Christmas "a
AL" So numerous were the pres-
ehts that tin. trees could not hold
tnrin ..;ld iuaay were placed upon
tables and on the floor.
The entertainment opened by the
singing OF n hymn by the congrega-
ticn. After which "a comic Christmas
recitation by Mr.. Huckins brought
forth heurty applause, An exercise
In callisthenics was then gracefully
executed by several OF the little ones
which pleased everyone.
A number Of excellent recitations
Were then given by the pupils Of MiSs
Stahl's and Mrs. Wells schools.
The cantata by the pupils Of the
Gam Valley school was n most
elaborate one both In the costumes
of the participants and the manner
in which it was rendered, which
showed much hard work and pains
taking had been exercised ny those
who had its preparation In hand
Several songs 10y the little ones.
were important features In the even
ing's program,
Miss Myra Hughes was the organ
accompanist for the little ones and
Miss Winifre Sceats presided at the
instrument during the cantata.
After the program was completes
distribution Of presents took place
and many beautiful presents were
handed out. Every person present
received large sack OF candy and
nuts and a generous supply Of APP
Piles.
In all 1t was n Merry Merry Christ.
mas eve, and all went their way
pjniring and feeling better for the
evenin g's enjoyment,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-27
LOCAL
Happy New Year

Happy New Year
Teachers meeting Saturday.
Milton Derby made final proof on
his homestead Saturday
Ashley Dunham on last Saturday,
shot big mallard duck on Crow
creek
Mr.. and Mrs. f Il Dye departed
Friday for a winie.' sojourn In
Florida.
Martin johnson did some naces-
sary work. this week for the bank
and Chief.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gilclirist
were the guest Of the editors family
Christmas.
Mrs. &. A. Winter went TO Cham
berlain. yesterday, returning this
afternoon.
DIR Clara McManus is spending
Christmas week with her mot her at
Cherokee, la.
Mrs. David Conklin OF Newail. Ia,
is visiting her sisters, Mesdames
Geo. and Chas. Fraser
Martin j Johnson and John Nelson
left this morning for Alceater, in
which vicinity they will visit rela-
tives and friends
Vesta Water IL home from Canton
where she has been attending school
aud willspen,l the holiday vacation
with her parents
Joe Machovec and wife came up
from Loomis Saturday ito make II
holiday visit with the Machovec
and Etbauer families
The stockholders ia the Gam Val
cy Creamery company held it's an
nual meeting this afternoon and re.
elected the old board of directors
A dance will be given tomorrow
evening at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. j. LinGscheit on Elm Creek, in
honor of Mr., and Mrs. Jacob eleven.
Taken up-AbOut October 15. 1906
one dark bay mare weight about
$50 or 1000 pounds, branded 8 on left
shoulder, one white hinsi foot
A S Cruson, Duncan, S II
1t is announced that Roy Swart,
out has been united In marriage to
Miss Ruby Groat Of Aberdeen, the
wedding occurring I'm that city ON
Saturday last.
A Christmas tree was held at the
Amos Cruson home In Eden town
ship Sunday evening and the festivi
tiles attending were greatly enjoyed
by large number of the neighbors
A nice program was given and I,
happy evening was passed by all.
The Miller Press celehsated Its 25ti
annivers ,ry last week with nicel,
, gotten up special edition. containing
items of % Years ago. The Press Il
one Of the best local papers in tin
state and deserves the, liberal pat
ronage OF the people Of Miller an,
Hand county.
Jas Krick departed Monday morn
ing for Stearns. where he was call.,
by the serious illness Of bis son Char
! lie. Mr.. Krick himself having I'm
3 recently recovered from severe sic
8 spell; makes it an ordeal for him &
make the trip at this time.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-27

All of us have a habit of
thinking and saying that
the old days are the best.
1t does seem that tn young
folks are less sociable and
stand less on the platform
of Having a good time"
than when folks now grow
ing old were young. We
suppose that most all of the
older folks who read this
will remember the old
spelling schools, singing
schools and ''literaries'
that were once held in the
ol d school house. We
seem to stand too much on
the order of things to gee
out and have a good time
now as we did then. In
the first place, it seems that
the older the world gets
the buster the people are.
Times of prosperity and
good crops calls for a lot of
work, and hard work too.
When night comes, even
ifit does come before the
strike of the hour of 6, we
are ready to sit down and
read the daily mail, and
when this has been read,
bed seems the next best
thing. However it appears
to us that a good old fash.
loned literary society could
still be made to flo urish il
every country school house.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-27
The vani shing Prairie Hen
(Clate Tinan in September Recreation)

'"The people of the western prai-
ries should rea,li re that all the game
laws are not I'm the interests Of a few
-as some would have them believe
but in the interest of the many, of
which they constitute the major
part. The prairie chick ems shonld
be protected with reasonable assur
apce of maintaining the supply II
for no other reason than to supply
food to the farmer. to the stockman
and to the rancher. With this. the
pursuit of them furnishes th . youth
OF the prairie homes about the only
recreation with dog and gun that
the country affords.
"The rich and well-to-do can eithe
stock private game preserves
journey afar off to distant land
where game is plentiful. To thi.
latter class the coming or going of
the prairie chicken Is of small NOM
ent, for the whole world is theirs in
the pursuit of pleasure. Notwith-
standing this, and the further fact
that the prairie chicken is the best
friend in bird life that the farmer
has, destroying as it does Inyriads
of bugs and grass hoppers and never
mok'sting standing grain. nine
tenths of the opposition to effective
game laws I'm every legislative as
sembly come from the farmer mem
bers.
"rhere is feeling among this
class of men that game protection
Is I'm the sole interest of the city
sportsman, notwithstanding that
the laws of most states have string
ent laws, which give to the farmer
absolute control Of his lands where
the prairie chickens breed and make
their homes. The city sportsmen
are perfectly willing it should be so,
resting IN the bel'ef that there viii
always be enough birds to get over
the line to give reasonable sport.
"'rhe posting OF farms, too, ia
approved by the better class of
spOrtsmen. IL is a pi otection to
the birds and restraint on vandal-
ism. That is to say 1t is q protec-
ton to the birds II the farmer will
let them alone until September l.
AMI see that his hired help and son
do likewise. There is a feeling
among the farmers that any law
which cOnserves the game is but the
saving Of them for the hunters from
the towns and cities, They come on
to their land on the opening day aud
let their dogs run riot. not only
cleaning up whole coveys. but doing
more or less damage. to grain anu
fences. The provocation is strong
then. to get out little in advance
and get Il few messes before the
shooting opens in September.
There is only one remedy for this
and that Is the appointment OF
effective gstme wardeEs from the
farming community. In some OF
the western states-notably the two
Dak OF as, there is no state game
warden or game commission and
but few county game wardens ap-
pointed. none Of whom receive a
dollar of compensation. The i'm
possibility Of a single county war
den watching from $50 to 1000
square miles OF territory Is at once
apparent
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-27
FROM EXCHANGES

The man who puts all
his eggs in one basket can
not watch that basket close
enough to always insure
himself a fair profit. This
is made plain to anyone
who has tried exclusive
grain raising for a number
of years. No better object
lesson Of the out come Of
one crop system can be OBJ
tained than by watching
some neighbor who has
kept no stock, no cattle or
hogs for the last few years,
and has tried to make a go
of it by raising just grain
for the market. You will
find, if you make a close
studyof his circumstances,
that when he has the largest
crop he has to take the
smallest price and when he
has the small crop he has
very little to sell, as it
takes it all to feed the
teams, necessary to carry on
so much farm land in order
to raise any amount of
grain for market. While it
takes some work to raise
stock, and a little closer at
tention to business than
grain raising does, espec-
tally in the spring of the
year, the man wlo has sew
eral loads of fat hogs to sell
each year, and some fat cat
tie is the one who is getting
farther a head.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-12-27
Birds Eye view jamestown Exposition

y, B. lngersOn is hauling grain I'd
Kimball this week.
DIR. J. w. Clevinger. resident de n
tist, Chamberlain, y ID. Office over
u +. Scott's drug store
Drake, the Washington Springs
land man, spent Il couple OF days in
this county last week looking after
his farm and stock north west Of
here.
Roy Wooiedge came near getting
crushed beneath a load of lumber
Saturday evening. AS he was re.
turning from Kimball he struck a.
side hill and the wheel went into
rut overturning the wagon and load
Although he had his clothes badly
torn, Roy escaped injury and as sew.
eral We're along with him help was
at hand anil his wagon was soon
righted and reloaded.
A married couple were coming out
OF the house and went peeding
down the steeat, he dressed to kill
and she with a hairpin In her mouth
and doing gloves. why don't you
dress In the house," he growled, 81
would as soon see a woman put on
her stockings In the street as her
gloves. Most men would" she
said sweetly and then the silence
was SO intense that you heard "a
chocoia te drop as they hurried to
catch the train.
Wednesday evening, December l6,
at 6 O'Clock. at the home of the
brides parents Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Lingscheit, 8 miles northeast of this
city, Rev. S Surback pronounced
| the words that united the lives and
fortunes Of Miss Katherine Ling
scheit to Jacob I'll. eleven, The
bride is an accomplished young lady
who has resided In this vicinity for n
nu,lber OF years and is highly re-
spected by all who knew her. The
groom is u resident OF Richards.
South Dakota, and is an energetic
and prosperous young business man
OF that place. The many friends OF
the young people unite i'm wishing
them long and happy married life.
-Parkston Advance,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur &. Hill ON
Christmas day entertained the fol.
lowing relatives and neighbors at
their home in Gam Valley. Floyd
Swartout and family John Stroud,
and family and Miss Jessie Plrnie.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. III, Duzan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Reb.r and L. /. Hall and
family. 1t has been the annual Gus.
tom of MIR and Mrs. Hill for mum
Der of years, To entertain these
friends on Christmas day and u::less
some unavoidable cause interviewed,
each succeeding Christ mas day they
dined beneath tine same hospitable
roof. Gu this occasion, with one Oh
two exceptions, the festal board
was surrounded by II circle of the
same happy faces who graced it up
ON former like events. The after
noon and evening was spent In vari
GUS amusements, the occasion wa.
one that will long be cherished |,
: hearts and memories of the partici
pants. To them, it was indeed q
Merry Christmas
Taken upon my place, sec. l0--
1865 one red cow about yrs old
: with white face and blind In one eye
! one red steer cali with white face
Owner can have same by proving
, property and paying all charges
W, W. Wells
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
BERNH4RDT OUTFITS TRUST.
Denied Playhouses by Theatre Com
bine, She llays to Vast Audience
in Tent.

in ent.
Nine. Sarah B~ernhardt. the cele-
brated actress has entered the arena
as a trust buster" When she made
preparations for bookings in Texas,
she found the playhouses of the state
closed to her on account of her re-
fusal to appear under the patronage
of the theatre syndicate. In Iexas,
therefore. she was compelled To appear
IN q tent. A week or two ago, a novel
method OF producing a play was in
augurated at Dallas. when Sarah
PLAYED Camille in Il big circus tent,
with an audience of 5000 persons.
During the performance fully 10000
persons crowded around the tent and
would have paid to get in II 1t had
been big enough. AS it was he tent
only seated 400 and 800 had to stand
or sit on the ground. 1t was the most
novel wild west show ever seen. The
tent was a huge affair, and from the
outside looked big enough to house a
three-ringed circus.
The novelty of playing in a circus
tent appealed to the actress and she
gave her Interpretation of the char
acter of Camille as naturally, as
c~leyerly. and with as much force and
power as if confronted by an audience
of New Workers or P%arisians in the
most modern of theatres. The thou
sands who greeted Nine. Bernhardt at
Dallas desired as much 70 show their
Endorsement of her fight against the
true as TO be entertained by her
m~atchless talent as an actress.
Nine. B%ernhardt made arrangements
TO appear in the tent at Waco
and Austin, Texas, and Oklahoma
City. Oklahoma Territory. In other
Texas cities on her itinerary large
halls were secured and specially equipped
for the performance.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
OXEN ARE OFTEN EMPLOYED TO BRING rptls DOWN FROM I'M MUS.

been made, as nature has done so
much and man so little.
More than 1000 square miles. or
3, 80, 900 acres, of land still remain
ployed and unimproyed, waiting
for capital and brains to make ii yield
large returns. The resources are al
most beyond limit or belief.
Thousands of Lakes and Rivers.
In this state alone there are over
five thousand rivers and streams with
more than fifteen hundred lakes rs
reservoirs, to furnish power for in
Vulnerable manufacturing plants.
Besides natural water power, Maine
is rich in timber, which in this age
Is a most valuable asset.
The timber lands of northern Maine
can, with judiciouS management, be
made to yield for generation after
generation and supply a vast amount
of lumber and wood pulp. The larg'
est paper mill in the world, Is located
at Millinocket on a small branch OF
the Penobscot River where a drop or
one hundred and fifty feet furnishes
25, 900 horsepower. From this mill
is turned out each day between 100
and 1870 tons of newspaper, made from
wood pulp.
It is commonly supposed that paper
making from wood-pulp is one of
the greatest to our forests,
but exactly the opposite Is the case,
where the forests are handled intelli.
gently.
The modern policies adopted by
many paper makers in regard to per
petuating the forests are doing much
for the cause of forestry.
One Maine company has secured the
ownership of 300.0 900 acres of forest
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

northern Maine has increased the
value of timber lands over ESQ per
cent and timber which before was too
remote has become available for mar
keting purposes.
Capital from Canada.
1t is to be regretted perhaps from
an American standpoint that a large
part of the capital employed in devel-
oping this new old state" has been
furnished by Canadian capitalists
rather than by New Englanders them
selves.
The farming possibilities of Maine
are almost as great as the water pow
er and timber business offer, as 1t has
been demonstrated that the soil n
climate are particularly adapted 10
the raising of potatoes on a large
| scale; over 10000 bushels having been
shipped to various parts OF the coun-
try in 1904.
The railroad officials realized from
the start TIL g.. in order to settle and
build up untry through which
their brancL : ran the freight rates
must be low enough to enable manu-
facturers to compete with more &C
cessible factories, and have borne this
Continual o. Neft Pare, e..
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

necessary to develop high speed. or
the greater bunker capacity essential
to wider steaming radius. They point
out that in the Dreadnaught it was at
tempted to preserve two of these
factors, gun power and speed, but that
to do so il was necessary to sacrifice
the armor protection, which they be-
lieye such a blttleShip should have.
M Limit to Cost.
No sacrifice in arNament, speed, or
steaming radius will have to be made
in designing the new Constitution.
The only limitation placed upon the
Secretary of the Navy by the Naval
Affairs Committee is that her hull and
machinery shall not cost more than
5000, 900. The provision fDr. the bat
tleships Michigan and South Carolina.
now the largest ships building for the
navy, was $I,000,000 each, and there
is no doubt in the minds of the mem-
beers of the committee that If the
Secretary decides to go to 10000 tons
or beyond, the extra S2.00O,0O0 now
provided will easily accomplish it.
1t is estimated that the armor IN i
armament for the ship will cost some
where in the neighhorhood of $780,
600 in addition to the hull and ma
chinery, and that other fittings will
bring the total for the new Constitu-
ton up approximately to 100000
The Dreadnaught is planned to
carry ten 12-ineh rifles. The Michi-
gan and South Carolina are TO carry
eight Pinch guns. The Dreadnaught
will be able To concentrate six guns
for bow or stern fire, with eight on
either broadside, while the American
ships ear use four guns dead ahead or
dead astern, and all eight ahead or
astern ON Il quartering fire, with all
eight on either broadSide. so that in
point of fire they are nearly as eff
ieient as the DreadnIught, which OK
GELS materially only in the single
point of speed. To counterbalance
khis the American ships have the de-
cided advantage in armor protection.
The Advantage of Guns.
The Constitution will have as high
speed as the Dreadnaught, and the
double advantage over the British
ship of greater gun power and more
complete arnlor protection. She will
be more able to inflict blows and bet
ter able to Withstand them. She will
carry twelve Pinch rifles, so ar
ranged that she can concentrate eight
Of them in firing dead ahead or dead
astern. or off the bow or quarter, and
ten on either broadside.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

lands and placed the cutting OF all
timber under the direction of the
Government Forestry Bureau. A
corps of experts was sent into the
Maine woods and a close study made
of the trees growing on each acre
of this company's holdings. A plan
a agreed upon which assures a per-
petual supply of timber. No tree UNI
der nine inches in diameter is to be
cut. At the end of sixteen years the
spruce growth will have renewed it
self again and under this plan the en-
tire three hundred thousand acres
may be cut over every sixteen years.
At Rumford Falls on the Andres
coggin in western Maine about 54,-
600 horse power is now utilized, and a
recent state report says that $4,000 as.
ditional horse power is available
from this stream alone.
Beyond doubt the railroads of
Maine are responsible for the open
ing and developn Vt of the upper half
of this state. as - years ago only
thirty or forty m-ies at railway were
built north OF the centre and manu-
Featuring or farming was almost IN
known above this point.
Capitalists at last realized what a
vast amount of valuable territory
was being ignored. and built branch
lines into the Wilderness until now
there are nearly 500 miles of tracks
connecting thriving cities and villsges
which have sprung up in the wake OF
the steel bands.
IT, ADVENT or the railroad in
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05
EDUCATION FOR INDIANS.
"uOTHER KATHERINE'' DREXEL
SPENDS MILLIONS IN THIS
WORK.

Has Founded Many Schools, Employ
ing Indians to Build Them.-Only
Full-blood Indian Catholic Priest in
the World.
Many thousands Of Indian children
in Oklahoma and Indian Territory
have been educated 10y means Of the
''Drexel Millions a large portion of
which has for years been devoted to
the cause of Indian education by
Mother Katherine, formerly Miss Kate
Drexel, of Philadelphia, sister of John
II. DreXel, banker and sugar magRate,
and closely related to the others of the
same name who have made it famous
in the world of finance. 1t was
Mother Katherine who started the In
dian school at Chilocco, which has
now been taken tn charge by the
government, and made the principal
Indian training school of the South
wost. The two schools at Pawhuska,
In Pottowatomie county, are also ZION
unlents of her bounty.
She keeps in close touch with her
work. and visits the Oklahoma schools
n which she is interested at least once
a year. She is usually accompanied
by her sister. who is also deeply in-
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-05

terested in the work, and who nearl-
lily approves it, in common with the
other members of the family. All OF
the millions she has expended for In
dian education have been employed
under direction of the Interior Depart
ment, as her long study OF the lndlah
problem is recognized TO ave maze
her n of the best authorities on the
subject il the country.
Planned the Buildings Personally.
The st. Louis and ST. John schools
at Pawhuska. both founded by Mother
Katherine a number of years ago, are
GOOD examples of the work she Is do
ing for the education of the Indians.
Both have handsome and commodlouS
buildings. planned personally by
Mother Katherine. and have given
hundreds of Usage children their first
knowledge of the white mans learning.
MANY of the teachers are themselves
Indians, graduates of these or similar
schools. who have entered with en-
tbusiasm into the education of their
fellow tribesmen. The Usage schools
receive some assistance from the gov
and their scope Is greatly
widened by the orders now in erect
from the agents office that every
Usage child of school e must be in
school in order to draw its share at
the annuity payments.
Used Indian Labor.
WhIie Mother Katherine's benefae-
tions have always been liberal, 1t is
her plau to let the Indians do the work
whenever possible, in the construction
of buildings and work of a similar
character. When the Sacred Heart
school burned five years ago. ana WAS
rebuilt Pottawatomie ana hlckapoo
Indians made the brick for the new
structure. and did much of the work
towards its construction, working, OF
course. under the direction of Il white
contractor. Much of the maintenance
of this school, which is claimed TO be
the oldest west of the Mississippi river
is borne by Mother Katherine, II II
was by her visits TO this school that
she discovered Albert Negahnquet, the
fullblood Pottawatomie boy educated
by her. and who is now the only tuii
blood Indian Catholic priest in the
world. After his graduation at Sacred
Heart. she paid his expenses throuSl
Carlisle and the Catholic university a.
Washington. finally finishing his edu
cation at Rome, from whence he re
turned only two years ago, to take VI
his work among his W people.
Is Founder of Several Schools.
A number of schools of tine SAM
sort have been founded and maintained
hg Mother Katherine, probably the bes