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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-06-01
SOUTH DAKOTA'S
-. GROWTH
Breif Review Of the Conditions Under
which . Great State Was' D. j
veIopsd From Bleak WILDER
ness BY Hardy Pioneers.

Almost 9 half century has
PASSED since the first home
steaders settled in South Da,
kota, and began to win liveli.
hood from tilling The soil There
fore it will be observed that az.
ricultnre here is not longer an
experiment. The best testi-
lnoniaI TO the success Of IL lies in
the fact that those who have
been hcre;jongest are. the most
attached to the soil, the most
loyal TO the state, and the least
inclined to go elsewhere, Of any
class OF citizens. : : -
The first attempt at agricul
tural settlement 10 the state was
made along the Sioux river from
Medary in Brookings county to
Sioux Falls in the spring OF 1857
The settlements along the Mis-
souri,, in Union, Clay. Yankton
and Bon Homme counties, date
from the midsum mer Of 1859.
The settlers of that fertile re-
gion, where for q quarter of q
century crops have been asl GER
tain as the planting, were pla-
gued with grasshoppers,
droughts and foods until in
more than one year the public
was appealed TO for assistance
to keep away the wolf OF starva-
tion. but they stuck it out, and
haye been rewarded with album
dAnt and permanent prosperity,
homes of. the greatest comfort.
and all that goes TO make life en-.
joyable. Z
For nearly twenty years the
settlements were confined to the
Missouri river valley and TO the
Lower 6ionx. The great interi-
or section IL The state remote
from river Or rail transportation
continued 70 be the home Of the
buffalo. the Indian and the
coyote, . terra incognito 10 the
white man.
The discovery Of gold In the
Black Hills In the middle or the
Brought vast throngsl
Of men % pass over eastern
South Dakota in the race to the |
mines. The more thoughtful |
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-06-01

Ats poIitical rally hsld ii III
Pinetrse Stats about tws nv ~
years ax0. we hesrd General
Vim. r Gibson ot 1imn. Ohio.
remark thatif be ersr jalnsd !
church, Il would - - Meth
odlst church. for twas N essy
one 70 get into and equally Aasy
" get out u. We have often
been reminded of the remark Or
late. when we recall how escr il
II - get out of the Republican
party and how superlatisely I've
were aboutto say how ridiculous
I'D easy Il is 70 set back mto
it. Your real oidfAshioned Rs
publican u 20 generous Az
magnanimous and condoniNg.
In this county men are promi
nent today in the party proceyd.
ings wno for nearly 6fsssn yeess
didn't know : Republican by
sight when meeting one OH the
sidewalk. We might cite II.
stances of some people invsriA-
bly, keeping the on other side of
the street for lear they would
meet ons--but for bear, for these
things hare now allbesn reIeest
"a sothe further side ofobliviou !
backyard. A. the god old
Methodist church u noted for
the freedom Of - offers Of
spiritual salvation, - Il the
grand old nepublicsn party
iAmoas for ~ readiness % ~
tsnd : welcome q repentans|
political lhacksIidsrs. Aud prob
lbly. neifher church nor party
buRsr any actuai loss of power
nd prestige IL the performance
,ftheir respective missions ~
,sess of the existepce os shese
'sculiaritis. = DskosA RepnhlI-
IN.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-06-01
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION

To the republican voters ol
the State Of South Dakota:
The republican state commit.
tee of South Dakota Id c<.mpli.
ance with statutory requir-
Fments hrs called q delegate
convention Of the republicans Of
the State Of South Dakota, 70
meet in the city Of Sioux Falls,
on Tuesday the fifth day. of
June, 1905, at twelve o'clock,
noon, for the purpose Of nomi-
mating . United States senator,
and also for the purpose Of
nominating candidates for con-
gressional, and state ofiices TO
be filed ct the election to be
held in November following, and
for the tranaction of such other
business rs may be properly
considered. The nominations
70 be made are as follows:
A candidate for United States
senator.
Two candidates for, congress-.
candidate for governor.
A candidate for lieutenant
governor.
A candidate for secretary Of
state.
A candidate for state .trea-
surer.
A candidate for stnte auditor.
A candidate for snperinten-
dent Of public instruc tiou.
A candidate for com missioner
Of schools and public lauds.
A candidate ior attorney sen.
eral
A candidAts for railroad CON.
missioner.
The ratio = fixed By Inv win
BE- IS follows: One delegate for |
each fifty votes or major srac.
ZION thersof. cast for Hon. |
H Elrod. republican |
Tor governor - tho |
election Of lecA The number |
delegates 10 which Charles Mix |
Dounty will b entitled under
This call, u 81.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-06-01
MUST DISPLAY SIGNALS

!. On after July /, 1908. p
irons Of the rural delivery ser
wee viii be required to display
Signals on their boxes when they
leave mail in them for carriers to
collect, as. after that date, car.
riers, when serving their routes
win not be required to open and
examine and mail boxes except
those on which they have mail 70
deliver and those on which sig.
mails are displayed 70 indicate
there Il mad for carriers TO col.
|lect.
2. Those patrons whose boxes
|are not provided with signals
must attach thereto some device
winch, whend displayed, viii plain.
y show passing carriers there
il mail % Be collected. II II not
necessary that such device shall
be either complicated or costly;
. very simple arrangement will
answer the purpose.
8. Carriers must lower the
Signals op boxes after making
collections, provided no mail il
left therein; and must display
the signals when they deposit
mail for patrons. unless the let.
rons have made request 70 the
contrary.
I. The carriers must be IN.
structed TO promptly info rm pas
rons of their routes with regr.d
70 this Order. and yon should,
without expense 70 the Depart
ment. use such other necessary
means for informing them =
will secure . conplete under.
standing and full compliance By
al petrons on ths data mention.
ed.
80 go IS 5sHs IS Aaga @58sSS
Very respectfully.
P.V. DeGraw. IL
Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-06-01
FlAo DAx

Gov. Elrod has issued the fol.
lowing Flag day proclamation
The citizens OF South Dak0tz
are earnessly requested % Join
In making Flag day. June II.
1905, . great event. Let us from
one end Of our state 70 the other
ding the ''sta-s and stripes" %
the breeze Mayors Of citiss
aud villages are requested to
have fiags displayed on public
buildings and TO invite their
fellow citizens TO do the same
fr0,n homes and business houses.
Editors are requested 10 make
editorial announcement and %
print aud publish addresses up
on the subject OF tile dag and. 70
ask their readers 70 display the
tiag on Flag day.
Grand Army postsaad Ameri-
can soldiers aud sailors are 70.
questsd 70 arrange for. patriotic
exercises celebrating the day,
and 70 teach the story Of the ilsx
and what IL stands for.
Let rs al rsnemb bsr that our
nAg has become the symbol Of =
great nation and Is seen in III
parts Of the world. and wherever
Il goes IL procIAims human iiber.
". samuel \. Elrod, Governor.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-06-01

ars - common IN IndiA - are
stomach and livsr disorders
with N. For the latter however
there u : snrs remedy: Eisc.
trio Bitters; tho great festorA-
tive medicine. OF which 8. A.
Brown. Of BennestsvilIe. s. G.,
ssys: ssThey restored ny vile
- psrfsct health, sfter pears Of
Of suffering With dyspepsia and
: chrouically torpid liver. Z EIsc-
trio Blssers cure chilIs and fsver
malaria bIIiousnesa. lame back.
kidney troubles and bladder dis
ordsrk Sold on euArsnsss by
Wagner Drug %. price SOC
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-06-01

s.s@@e M<@@e NM4N ~ -
- y - uss.~e Dv.s g ~
IT. AZ, ! wish = aanounco
= NJ pnlrcnn -
F0frOS1S frieuds fhet / laxo
y,n<1 int s1dsa nno1hor
- cnsloA6 a. furnItaro
Friends: = ~ sspclE -
rnrclnsing ! carioad. I rscnivpd
specisl pricesv frsishs pntd -
also fIve PER cent addfsiounl -
connh shieh. will sn.h,e - =
sell - especially Iou prlcee-
Until further notipe I Vim
quote The following pwioax:
Iron bed. spring and . naktnosa
800 and higher -.
Iron beds. III 10 and hirh>r
Springs, n ~ ii. s.. s.il0. 1s.76
.... and up " ek50
Plain mxttrs s<ee 1l.55
Cotton sob naAttrei 49, ~ b. !.
Cotton resefSsble 30o.
Com binstionx -. 50
Silk noss. 20 bestsr nksle t6L50
Steel conches. MI
Cupboards es.73 ~ hixher.
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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-06-01

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pressed with the fact that, how.
ever rich the diggings might be,
the fertile, richly .grassed prai.
ries were richer still, and ont.oi
that gold rush came the railroad
development which resulted In
the great homestead boom o1
twenty-five years ago. It wal
an even race between the home
steader and the railroad. Like
magic the rails were laid into
every valley and across every
coteau Of eastern Dakota. : :
In . twinkllng towns took root,
cities were born church spires
shot upward, schools were
founded, merchandising was in
full swing, farm and home and
mart we're established, and BE-
tween snow and snow the vii.
derness Of Dakota was trans.
mitted into = busy, populated
community Of white people en-
| ioying all of the conveniences
Of modern civilization. :
The chief diiiicnlty which con
fronted the new settlers was
ignorance of the methods OF
agriculture best adapted TO the
natural condition existing In Da-
kota. They brought their east
ern methods with them, and
they we're not well adapted 70
our conditions. Only the hard
school OF experience could teach
the way. Too many Of the home
steaders were wholly without
means. II had just fifty cents
left when had paid for my Ill
ing and got my claim shanty. 2 is
q favorite formula in the exper-
ience meetings of .the old set.
tiers. : = Homesteaders con-
tr.cted debts Tor seed grain,
TOOLS and seamS. Because they
bought on credit tasy y paid un-
conscionable prices. When
wheat failed their only resource
was gone. Thousands gave up
the tight in despair. Those who
stayed profted by hard expert
ence.
IL was not until the middle
nineties that the trying. out pro-
cess was completed, and coquet-
tish nature turned q smlling
countenance upon the state.
But once satisfied that she had
selected the lmen who could not
be frightened, she has NOT cnce
withdrawn her favor.
Ten years Of such plenty has.
rarely been vouchsafed TO- any
people as have been given TO
South Dakotans beginniny with
1905. Season has followed sea
son in which all Of their labors
have prospered 10 them. The
hard experiences Of the early
days taught the settlers conser.
vatism, aud they continue ~ live
plainly within their means, but
great comfort. So
The new farm homes which
have been erected in South
Dakota in the psst twelve
months would aggregate mil
lions Of dollars II value. There |
Is great satisfaction to all or rs |
who have watched the develop
ment Of the state from the be-
ginning, TO see the comfort and
abundance with which the old
homesteaders are surrounding
lhemselve. ~ the years advance.
The people Of South Dakota
aave more than thirty-iive mil.
iop dollars Of reserve funds
deposited In the banks Of the
'tate. Nearly twenty million
iollsrs Of this amount Is the
property Of farmers and ranch
men. A short time ago the
writer was shown : demand
tote made By one Of the largest
,usiness concerns III New York !,
icy Tor the sum Of ten Thousand j,
lollars, which had been negoti
ted here. There II eomekhinO
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-06-01
Very respectfully.
P.V DeGraw. n
Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General

Eat ons Of RinG's dyspspsaa sshasss sfaes
each meal and yoa viii not sa6sr vith In
Digestion. Sold By The Wagner Drug @. ! -
, 1906-04-02
HON. DAVID 0. ROBINSON
Benefited by vlnoI After All other
Medicines Had Failed.

The Hon. David o. Robinson, county
treasurer OF Frankfort, KY, writes: 81
was very much run down from We
work, and suffered from indigestion
and a severe nervous trouble. The
medicines prescribed all failed to help
me, and | could not take cod liver oil
or emulsions, as the greasy mixtures
upset my stomach. One of our county
officials told me about your delicious
cod liver preparation, Vinol, and what
it had done for him. 1 decided to try
it, and in a remarkably short time
was a well man. Vinol built me up,
cured my stomach and nervous trou-
BILE and l have not been so well for
years"
Mills, A Druggist, graduate of Phila-
delphia College of Pharmacy, says, wi.
mol cures conditions like this becauseit
positively contains in a highly concen.
trated form all of the matchmaking
and bodybuilding properties of cod
li'Sl Ol ACTUALLY LdhSu llOh lISSu COuS
~livers, and without a drop of oil to up
set the stomach and retard its work.
we ask every run down, nervous,
debilitated, aged or weak person in
Laramie and every person suffering
from stubborn colds, hanging on
coughs, bronchitis or incipient con.
sumption to try Vinol on our guarantee
to return your money if it fails to give
satisfaction" Red Cross Pharmacy.
, 1906-04-02
500 Reward S1OO,

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive. cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be
ing a constitutional disease, requires 6
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroy,
ing the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by build
ing up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The propri-
etors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer one hun
dred dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address. F. :. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
, 1906-04-02
Blonde or Brunette

There is a revival of controversy ov,
Ter the relative merit of the blonde and
brunette. Major Charles E. Woodruff,
a surgeon in the United States army,
believes in the superiority of the
blonde, says the Washington Star.
1t is a difficult question. Most men
at some time in their life have prefer,
red a blonde and at some other time a
brunette. Some men have no doubt
endeavored to prefer both a blonde and
a brunette at the same time, but efforts
of this kind are fraught with danger
and have been known to cause trou.
BILE.
Almost as much depends upon the
manner of a lady as upon the color of
her hair, and both are changeable. A
blonde who will let a man talk big, en-
courage him to talk about himself,
make him feel that he is the whole
thing and otherwise tickle his vanity
is apt to be preferred to the brunette
who makes a man feel that he is only
. feet tall, with a consumptive chest,
no more backbone thar an eel and alto
gether a pale gray half-brother to a
horse. There are many men who say
they are not susceptible to lattery, but
they are falsiiers. Every girl, blonde
or brunette, knows that if she should
kick the conceit out of a man his best
friends would not be able 10 identity
the remains.
So, a good deal depends upon the
manner n habits of a lady, as upon
ther hair. Then, there are so many
kinds or blondes. There is the born
blonde n the blonde by adoption.
Some blondes by adoption have been
SO recently ~naturalized as blondes that
the color does not seem to fit, while
others are such old offenders that they
don't care what the neighbors say
Blonde hair has n great advantage
over brunette hair in that it does not
show gray so distinctly.
Altogether, blonde ladies are very
proud persons, but there seems no rea.
son in logic, or out of it, why a scraw-
ny blonde with frowsy clothes should
be preferred to a brunette who is ade.
p~tely fed and takes intelligent inter.
cot ! - toilet. On the other. hand, it
Is c~ohcelva" that in some circum.
a brunette.
, 1906-04-02

lite variety of subjects. Today the Judge
passes a trespass case. tomorrow a
~murderer's life depends upon his de
cree-constant change from n years
end 10 another. With a commission
its work can be specialized and
brought down to almost an exact sci
encc.
In all probability the railroads will
continue to fight the bill as a whole.
The amendment will not prove salts
factory to them for the reason that it
will not suspend the operation Of or
ders made by the commission pending
ali appeal to the court They have been
hoping for an amendment that would
act as n stay Of execution. as it We're,
and made the complaining party bear
the burden through a long legal battle.
When a vote is taken in the senate
there will not be many who will care
to be recorded in the negative.
, 1906-04-02
souter Has Heavy Loss.

Casper, Wyo., April "A telephone
message from Lander, the only means
of communication with that town at
present, on account of high water and
impossible roads, says that Charles
Souter lost 5000 sheep by a flood of
water which came down through his
iambing sheds, carrying away 1900
ewes and the same number of lambs.
Mr.. Souter has for years carried on his
Landing operations in March in these
sheds and until now a had great good
luck. The snow at Lander is melting
gradually, and most of the streams are
full to their banks, some of them ov,
erflowing.
, 1906-04-02
THE RATE BILL.

1t now seems certain that a rate bill
nex thirty days. If the wishes Of the
president and many of the republican
leaders are regarded the Hepburn bill
will be amended by the adoption of a
court review amendment The provis,
ion was discussed at the White house
Saturday and agreed upon.
While the amendment will make lit
tie difference in the operation of the
law, it will in some measure afford the
opposition TO rate legislation a means
by which they can climb down and
square themselves with their constitu-
ents.
The amendment as agreed upon by
the conference Saturday is as follows:
That all orders of the commission.
except orders for the payment of mon
e, shall take effect within such reason
able time as hal be prescribed by the
commission and shall continue for such
period of time not exceeding two
years, as shall be prescribed in the or
der of the commission, unless sooner
set aside by the commission or suspend
ed or set aside in a suit brought against
the commission in the circuit court OF
the United States sitting as a court of
equity for the district wherein any car
rier, plaintiff in such suit, has its prin.
cipal operating office, and Jurisdiction
is hereby conferred on the circuit court
of the United States to hear and deter
mine in any such suit whether the or
der complained of was beyond the au.
thority Of the commission or in viola
ton Of the rights of the carrier secur-
ed by the constitution"
If this amendment prevails, and it
now seems certain it will, the DEGREES
of the commission will stand until set
aside by the commission itself or sus-
pended or set aside by the circuit court.
court.
The Republican believes the senate
has given altogether too much weight
to the court review and amendment 1t
VIII DO no particular harm, perhaps,
and it can do very little good. A com.
mission Of able men such as the inter
state commerce commission, giving
their entire time to the study of a sin,
gle subject is certainly just as well
qualified to pass intelligently upon the
reasonableness of rates as a circuit
mo NuhnCA mimi - A.
take up and deal with an almost infin-
, 1906-04-02
LARAMIE AND RAWLINS.

Clipped from Rawlins Republican.
Miss Alice Smith returned Wednes,
day from a visit with friends in Lara.
mic.
Miss Mile and Myrtle Ware of Lar,
annie are here visiting Mrs. ]. A. Ben.
nett.
Misses Mildred and Marguerite Nc.
Intosh are spending their Easter vaca,
ton with their mother here.
John McPeek, a boiler maker at the
shops had his index finger on the left
hand cut off between the first and mid.
die joints while grinding some tools
Thursday. Mr.. McPeek and family
will leave for their home in Shenan,
doah, Iowa, shortly.
, 1906-04-02
France Has powers, support.

In her trouble with Venezuela,
France has sufficient ground to justify
her conviction that there will be no op-
position from the other nations having
claims against that country. In fact
Great Britain, Italy and Germany have
already so assured her. When you Sc
lect a medicine for any stomach, liver,
bowel or kidney disorder you want the
one that offers the best assurance of
being able to cure. Then you want
H~Ustetter's Stomach Bitters, Int as
proof Of its merits we refer with pride
to the thousands of persons it has al
ready cured during its SO years expert
ence, Try a bottle this spring and see
for yourself that it prevents and cures
spring fever, grippe, colds, dyspepsia.
Indigestion, c~ostiveness, kidney trou-
bles, female ills and malaria.
, 1906-04-02


While the newspaper push on the
Union Pacific are doing some mighty
stunts in locating registration points
along that line fer the Wind River OPP
Iening-and you and | would do the
same thing didw live there-it's really
Tout OF the question to ask the land Of
fee to do such a thing The boys down
the line ring the changes on the dread
ful outrage of compelling citizens liv-
ing among the Union Pacific to come
all the way to Lander or ShoshOni to
register! Think of it-while We poor
devils up. this way have been compelled
to travel over a thousand mites and
traverse four states whenever we have
to visit the state capital! Honest In
jun, now, if this Is good argument, why
not extend it and let everybody regis
ter at home. At least put registration
places at Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake,
Chicago, New York and a few cities
scattered over the country. It's a shame
to ask citizens of those states to come
way out here Just to register, when
they may not draw a thing
It's an injustice the state hasn't mer-
tied if anyone is allowed to register
further from the land than Worland-
and if 1 haven't misjudged Governor
- hards all these years, thatll be
about the way the general land office
will look at it.-Big Horn County News.
, 1906-04-02
cent.a.MIIs Rate to Mexico.

From February Is to April Z the Col
orado and Southern railway will sell
one way tickets from Denver at s29.10,
from Colorado Springs n Pueblo al
s26.60, and from Trinidad at S24 to all
points on the Mexican Central railway
north of and including the City OF
Mexico and to all points on the Nation,
al Line of Mexico between Eagle Pass,
Laredo, Torreon and Mexico City.
These rates are OIL practically a cent
a mile basis and afford a splendid op-
p%ortunity to visit the sister republic at
small expense. Write for particulars.
ais T. E FISCHER,
General Passenger Agent, Denver.
, 1906-04-02
Marun win Go North.

Centennial, Wyo, April 2.-R, l. Mar
tin, cashier of the C~ehsennial Trust
company, one of the companies of the
Van Horn-Miller syndicate, and eu4or
of the Centennial Post, has rendered
his resignation and will go to the
northern part of the state to engage in
newspaper work. The Post is publish
ed by the Central West Publishing
company, one of the companies of the
Van Horn-Miller syndicate.
, 1906-04-02
WHEATLAND T
Reprinted from wheatland worl

Reprinted from Wheatland World.
Mr., Robinson " owen brought iP
his t~wo-year-old daughter Saturday who
had the misfortune to run a needle iu-
to her hand. DR.. Rigdon removed it
and dressed the wound.
Alex Sellars came down from the
ranch Monday and left on the after
noon train for Laramie, where he went
to be at the bedside of Mrs. Senars,
who has been quite sick for several
months. Mrs. Sellars had an operation
performed Monday morning, a portion
of her foot being amputated. She with
stood the operation well and is report
ed as improving fast at this writing.
Mr.. SefIars was delayed in making the
trip to Laramie on account of not re-
ceiving any mail for several days, the
roads being so bad in the hills that the