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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
TILE DRAIN FARMS.
Provision Needed Where Not Long
Ago Irrigation Was Agitated.


Around Salem, in McCool county,
they are beginning to tile-drain their
farms, and as far north as Iroquois in
Kingsbury county they are discussing
the erection Of tile factories as paying
propositions.
Only few years ago in these same
sections the question which received
the greatest amount of agitation was
a cheap and effective method of irri-
CATION, and means of holding water on
the lands, and the rainmaker found
many who were willing to pay for his
services The situation was such that
when it was decided that ditching was
necessary in the southern part of the
state few years ago, it was learned
by those who desired to do such work
that the state had no laws which
would allow comprehensive system
of drainage to be carried out, and only
the last legislative session cured this
lack. The fact may exist, as is claimed
that there is no increase of rainfall in
the state, but the breaking of the
prairie has allowed what does come tt
soak into the soil instead of running
away, and when the subsoil has takeI
a certain amount of water provisions
must be made for getting rid of the
surplus, and thing is now necessit.
where more water was wanted few
years ago.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
Rode With Dynamite.

A couple of girls, San Francisco
refugees, tell this story of their trip
from the city to the station, where
they boarded a train for the East:
zone driver asked us $50" said
they OF course we couldn't afford to
pay that, so we stopped another, the
driver of wagon this time.
tive got a load Of dynamite here
said he; you can ride on that if you
like
and we rode on it." they finished,
"and paid him good price for the
privilege, too"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
cHlLD's AWFUL SKIN HuMoR.
Screamed With Pain-suffering Near.
Iy Broke Parents Heart-Speed-
lily Cured by Cuticura.

''J WI WY SAN'SN' -
II wish to inform you that the
Cuticura Remedies have put stop to
twelve years of misery | passed with
my son. AS an infant l noticed on his
body red spot, and treated same
with different remedies for about five
years, but when the spot began to
get larger put him under the care of
doctors. Under their treatment the
disease spread to four different parts
of his body The longer the doctors
treated him the worse it grew. Dur
ing the day it would get rough and
form like scales. AT night it would
be cracked, intlamed and badly swol-
len, with terrible burning and itching.
ly breaks my heart. His screams
could be heard down stairs. The
suffering of my son made me full OF
misery. l had no ambition to work,
to eat, nor could sleep One doctor
told me that my sons eczema was
incurable, and gave it up for a bad
Job. One evening l saw an article in
the paper about the wonderful Cuti
cura and decided to give it a trial
l tell you that Cuticura Ointment is
worth it's weight in gold; and when
| had used the first box ce Ointment
| there was great Improvement, and
! by the time I had used the second set
| of Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resell
| vent, my child was cured. He is now
twelve years old, and his skin is as
fine and smooth as silk. Michae
Steinman, Sumner Avenue, Brook
Ign, N. Y, April 16, 1905"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
s1OO Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there is at dreaded disease that science
has been able to in all Its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
being constitutional disease. requires constitu'
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken In
ternay acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers that they one
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t falls te
cure Send for list of testimonials,
Address F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
Few Inches.

Eyes, your husband wrote me a very
abusive letter. said the lawyer. Il
don't think much of him"
you don't?" retorted the caller
holly. Il wish you to understand
that my husband is every inch a gen
tleman."
"Ah, in that case, madam, you
should place him in museum"
Why So"
because he must be dwarf"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
Same Old Stump.

Count Doughlass-To make favor
able impression would smoke every
time called on the American heiress.
Baron Brokem-But didn't you find
difficulty in smoking such strong
cigar after smoking stogies?
Count Doughless-No. The Difficult
ty was in putting it out and slipping it
in my posket until the next time
called.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
Work.

"Old Grossly worked eighteen hours
out of twenty-four until he amassed a
fortune"
Yes, and now his son is working
twenty-four hours out of every twenty
four"
Making another fortune?"
mo, trying to find way to spend
the fortune his daddy made"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
Fooled Again.

The Poet-Congratulate me, my
dear; have Just sold poem.
His Wife-Oh, am SO glad. Now
can have a new bonnet for Easter.
The Poet-I'm awfully sorry to dis
appoint you. but bought celluloid
collar with the money.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
Care of Oilcloth.

Oilcloth should never be scrubbed with
stiff brush or washed with strong soap.
Remove all dirt by carefully sweeping with
soft hair brush Then wash until clean
with tepid water and Ivory Soap. Rinse
with clear water to which has been added
teaspoonful of kerosene. Polish with a
dry cloth. ELEANOR R. PARKER.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
Nautical Notes.

Mrs Yacht (superciliously) - My
husband has beautiful yacht. don't
suppose your husband can afford such
a luxury yet?
Mrs. Nacht-No, the best he can do
is to hold the mortgage on the one
your husband has.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
Kicking.

do you see that player arguing
with the umpire?" said the fan in the
grand stand.
"Yes," replied the rooter, "but why
are the bleachers yelling 'Dowie' at
him."
Because when he is put out he re-
fuses to stay out
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
-
PATENTS.
List Of Patents Issued East Week to
Northwestern Inventors.

fNU1 t11WeotSFTI 1ETrsST1h0' q
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson,
patent lawyers, oil Pioneer Press
building, St. Paul, MINI. William O..
Crawford, Beaver Creek, Mimi, ma
chine for loading shocks; Birge w.
Davenport, Minneapolis, Mimi, merry
go-round; Louis Dunn, st. Paul, Mimi,
operating device for slip-switches;
Albert M. Graf, Carpenter, S. D., milk
pail holder; Alexander McDougall, Du-
luth, Mimi, ore cleaner; Col. A.
Murphy, Chatfield, Mimi, trap; Wifi
lam A. Mushatt, Brainerd. Mimi.
stump puller
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21

The town Of Highmore, Hyde coun-
ty, is congratulating itself on the fact
that it can show more nominees for
state offices this year than can any
other town of the state, regardless of
size. It has a man on each Of three
Of the state tickets which have been
placed in the field.
The Republicans selected Howard
C. Shober for the position of lieuten-
ant governor; the Democrats decided
that Frank L. Latta would make a
good candidate for secretary OF state;
and the Socialists picked /. M. Burn
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
INT RESTING LETTER
WRITTEN BYANoTABLEwoMAN
Mrs. Sarah Kellogg OF Denver, Color
Bearer OF the Womans Relief Corpa
Sends Thanks to Mrs. Pinkham,

! ] ! ] ] J.
S The following
sAsA letterwas written
AfSGS&SsNNA by Mrs. Kellogg.
~ &#A of 1928 Lincoln
::: E:T Ave, Denver,
::::::s.a = :: :: Col, to Mrs. Pink
::#:$::::.st ~ ham Lynn, Mass:
a:::::ahy Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
4&SSNEyfAsW For five years
ESANNEw was troubled with q
~, >, tumor, which kept
<Nrs. oar0hHeNoS2 growing, causing me
Intense agony and
great mental depression. was unable to at
tend tony house work, and life became bur.
den to me. Twas confined fordays to nv he'd.
lost my appetite, my courage and all hope.
II could not bear to think of an operation
and in my distress | tried every remedy ,ich,
thought would be of any use to me. and
reading Of the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to sick women decided
to give it trial felt SO discouraged that I
ta bee the second WeeS b 6sgaa
it only meanf temporary relief; but to nv
great surprissi found that I kent oainingy
while the turNor lessened in size. 81
1.-THE Compound continued to build I'm NV
generP health and the tumor seemed to he
absoTbed, until, inAsevea months, the tumor
Wy entirely gone and a well woman. / am
iythankfuI for my recovery that ask YOU
lopublsh my letter in newspapers, SO other
f2women may know of the wonderful curative
powers Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
When women are troubled with irreg-
ular Or painful periods, weakness, dis
placement or liberation of the female
organs, that bearing-down feeling, in
fammation, bacl1ache, fatulence, gen.
eral debility, indigestion or nervous
prostration. they should remember
there is one tried and true remedy.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound at once removes such troubles.
No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement. No other medicine
has such q record of cures of female
Ills.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She is daughter
in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for
twenty-five years under her direction
and since her decease has been
advising sick women free of charge,
She has guided thousands to health.
Address, Lynn, Mass.
Remember that it is Lydia E. Pink.
HAMS Vegetable Compound that is cur.
ingwomen, and don It allow any druggist
'nsell you anything else in its place.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21

side as their candidate for state treas
urer.
In the hope of lettering the fire pro-
lection of Artesian. it is proposed to
sink several hundred feet deeper the
artesian we'll from which the town
now receives its supply of water for
domestic and fire protection purposes
It Is believed by drilling the well deep
er vein of water can be struck which
will greatly increase the pressure Of
the well, and thus render unnecessary
the Installing Of a gasoline pressure
system of water works.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21
PLAN "HoME coMERs" DAY.
Movement Starts in South Dakota t.
Bring Back Former Residents.

Movement Starts in South Dakota to
Bring Back Former Residents.
A movement has been started at
Aberdeen for South Dakota Home
Corners day." The plan is to select a
date during the present summer and
urge all former residents of South Da-
kota to return for a reunion and a
talk about old times. The plan, as
outlined, contemplates the establish
ment Of registration bureaus and the
appointment of committees for the
purpose of bringing together former
and present residents of the state for
the renewal of old friendships and the
establishment of new ones. "A tenta-
tive program contains addresses by
some of the prominent old timers, a
picnic and outdoor sports of various
kinds. The matter is not yet in def
mite shape, but the movement has
aroused considerable enthusiasm and
! it is expected that a mass meeting of
citizens will be called at which def.
mite plans will be made.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething. softens the gums, reduces IN
aammation allays pain. cures wind collie 25c bottle
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21

God gives all things to industry.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21

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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-21

The following
letter was written
by Mrs. Kellogg,
OF 1928 Lincoln
Ave, D e ver,
Col. to Mrs. Pink
ham, Lynn, Mass. (:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
!" For five years I
was troubled with a
tunor, which kept
growing, causing me
intense agony and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17
INJURED BY TERRoRISTS.
Governor General of Moscow Has
Foot Blown OFF by Bomb.

Foot Blown OFF by Bomb.
Vice Admiral Doubassof. governor gen
eral of Moscow. was frightfully wounded
by the explosion of a bomb thrown at
his carriage Sunday afternoon. One foot
was blown off and he was seriously in
Jured in the back and head. 1t is feared
his injuries viii terminate fatally. This
was the third attempt this year 10 as
sasslnate Doubassoff.
1t was learned that the would-be as
sassin of Doubassoff was a revolutionist
disguised as naval officer which enabled
him to approach the place without Gre
atlng suspicion. He carried the bomb in
candy box and had false passport, in
which his name was given as Metz, which
proved his connection with the three rev.
olutionists who were killed by the explo-
sion of a bomb in their room on Saturday
last, that being the name under which
the apartment occupied by the revolution
lst was rented. News comes also that
the governor general of Ekaterinoslav was
shot and killed by six men who escaped.
The man who, threw the bomb at Ad-
miral Doubassoff was killed by the explo-
sion. Col. Kokonetzoff. the governor gen.
erals adjutant, was killed, as was a po-
liceman and a boy who happened to be
near at hand. A number of bystaflers
were injured and the coachman's skull
was fractured. The carriage was demol-
ishel
Wee Admiral Doubassoff has long been
under sentence of death by the terrorists
The unexampled severity with which he
put down the revolt in Moscow in the
closing days of last December made him a
marked man. He has, however, treated
all warnings with disdainful Indifference.
The governor general is about % years
old.
The terrorist branch of the Russian
revolutionary party has been active in
the last five months, the list of notable
assassinations of Russian officials since
Dec l, 1905, including:
Dec. Cen. Sakharoff, at Saratov;
shot and killed by woman,
Dec. 29-Chief of police of Moscow;
killed by a bomb.
Jan. 4-Governor of Ufa; killed by
bomb.
Jan. 31-Gen. Griaznoff, chief of staff
of governor general of Caucasia; shot.
Feb. Gov. Falonoff of Poltava; shot.
April S-Governor. of Tver; killed by
a bomb.
April 29-Chief of police of Odessa;
killed by bomb.
In addition score or more of chiefs
of police in smaller cities of Russia and
Poland have been killed by bombs. On
Feb. II woman tried TO kill Vice Ad-
miral Chouknin, governor of Sehastopol.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17

Among the hornbiilS of Southern Asia
the Malayan Island and Central and
Southern Africa most of the species
have a curious habit of Matching their
young in the walled-up hollow of the
tree chosen for the nest, says the Sci
entific American. The birds have i'm
mense bills and horny crests.
The mother bird is walled up by her
mate and remains imprisoned until the
eggs are Matched, and in some species
until the youngs birds are able to fly.
Meanwhile the mother has become tenn
porarily incapable of flight, as she has
moulted, or at least shed all her wing
feathers during her captivity. But the
male is interchangeable in providing for
his family, and is said to work so hard
that he is reduced almost to a skeleton
at the end of the brooding season.
According to the theory of many ma
tives the female is imprisoned to pre-
vent her neglecting her duty of brood
ing, and if she has been unfaithful or
negligent her mate closes the little
window of her cell and abandons her
to a painful death by suffocation.
The true story, perhaps, is this: The
female walls herself in so that she can
not fall from the nest after losing her
feathers, and also to protect herself
from enemies. This version is less
poetical than the other, but it is prob
ably nearer the truth. 1t is supported
by statement that the female liberates
herself as soon as the young birds are
well grown, so that her prison is less
formidable than it appears.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17
HOMES OF THE MINERS.

confidence. Ten days ago, after their
original demands had been rejected
they abandoned their previous claims
and presented two new propositions
asking for a sliding scale increase of
pay or an advance in wages of 10
cents a ton upon the total production.
These, too, were rejected by the operat-
ors, who announced that the utmost of
their concessions would be a renewal
of the agreement reached by the an
thracite strike commission and a limit
ed arbitration of new issues that have
arisen since the commissions award
was made.
With the stipulation that the men
who quit work on April / be taken
back, Mr.. Mitchell advocated the ac-
ceptance of these terms. He recon-
mended this course, not because he con-
sidered the miners original demands
unjust, but because he believed they
are not in condition to carry a strike
to success and would be defeated if
they undertook one 1--WE must retain
what we have" he declares, rather
than lose what we have gained in the
last two strikes" This is the counsel
of leader who is looking for practi-
cal results and sanctions only such
measures as will be likely to bring
them.
From the outset offers of arbitration
and other conciliatory measures have
come from the miners side. Their eff
forts having failed, they announced
themselves ready to accept present CON
ditions rather than plunge into a ruin
GUS and probably unsuccessful strike.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17
4CHO0zS
9ILEas

Ian Maclaren of Liverpool, England,
will be the lecturer extraordinary in the
Western Theological seminary next year
The New York Herald has been offer
ing prizes to the school children of the
city of New York for the best exercises in
the Metric system.
Connecticut has authorized the local op-
ton system as to the furnishing of free
text books, as the general election showed
seventy-three townships to be in favor of
free books and fortyfour against them.
The public school authorities of Colum-
bus, Ca, have ordered all teachers to
hold special exercises on the Confederate
memorial day, June 3, and on the birth
days of Lee and Davis, and to explain
their meaning.
Supt. Jordan of Minneapolis opposes
the plan of the national board for the
promotion of rife practice to have target
shooting as a part of the public school
curriculum, He says, at is not within
the scope of school training, which should
teach the ideals of peace rather than
those of war;
In his annual report to the New York
Boord of Education, Superintendent Max
well refers to the recent test of present.
day pupils with the spelling papers used
in 1916 in the Springfield (Mass.)
schools, and says that spelling and arith-
netic instead of suffering in a course of
study which trains the child to use all of
his power f preston, are actually far
better than they were under a curriculum
with endless brain-tiring, uninteresting
drill and nothing else. on the three Rs.
He recommended that the self-government
plan be applied to the high schools and
the upper half of the elementary schools.
The total enrolment of New York schools
was 6JJ,5J3. The teaching force consist
ed of 1882 men and 1925 women.
Only four States in the Union pay an
average salary to men of more than 500
per month. These States are as follows
Massachusetts, S14j.27; Rhode Island,
$119.06; Nevada, S10S69: Connecticut,
SfO2.44. California pays the highest av-
erage monthly salary to women, SS0.44.
The average monthly salary paid to men
in this State is 1921. The State paying
the lowest average monthly salary to men
is South Carolina, $3.50. The State pay
ing the lowest average salary TO women
is Louisiana, S21.13. South Carolina pays
TO women 1920, average monthly salary.
State Superintendent C. P. Cary OF
Wisconsin has made distinct success this
season of a session of school board con-
ventions. Mr.. Cary and Mr. Wood, the
rural school inspector, have been holding
conventions in various parts of the State
attended by school board members, taking
as special topics for emphasis The SAM |
tary Condition of the School and How to
Improve It." and THE Working Tools |
of a Rural School" The success attend |
ing the movement proves that all that is !
needed is to get at the local school au-
thorities under favorable conditions, pre-
senting them with the facts explicitly and |
stated.-Exchange
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17
Whist Once a Crude Game.

Whist was first called triumph" a
name which was afterward corrupted
into trump" The eighteenth century
saw whist in its primitive form, the
whole object Of the game being to win
tricks by leading high cards or by
trumping.
Then came the era of Hoyle, which
may be said to have lasted from 1870
to 1860, and taught players to think
not only of their own hands, but of
the other hands also, and to take ad-
vantage of the positions of the cards
in them. Hoyle also taught that
trumps might be more profitabIy en-
ployed than in simple trumping, and
showed that they might be used to dis
arm the adversary and to obtain sec
ondary advantage in trick-making by
other suits of less apparent power.
1t was not until 1860 that the phil
osophical era can be said to have be-
gun, and the origin of the new move
ment was knot of young men at Cam
bridge, England, known as the Little
Whist school. This body kept records
of its games, but no one thought of
making the data known until 1861
Conference in the system of play was
still wanting. and this was supplied in
1864 with DR.. Poles essay on the the
DRY of the modern scientific whist
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17
Cabinet Families.

"hen people talk about old-fashioned
families, it is rather vague saying,
as for instance, take the orficialdom in
Washington. President Roosevelt has
the largest number of children in the
executive set, six, and the Vice Presi-
dent is a close second with FIVE The
Postmaster General and Mrs. Cortel-
you have four children, two girls and
two boys, and the Secretary of Agri-
culture has the same number, three
boys and one girl. The Secretary of
State and Mrs. Root have two boys,
Elihu, Jr., and Edward, and one daugh-
ter, Miss Edith Root. Three is the
favorite number of children in the
cabinet families. The Shaws have two
daughters and one son, the Tafts have
two sons and one daughter. The Hitch
cocks have three daughters. The Sec
rotary Of Commerce and Labor and
Mrs. Metcalf have two sons, one of
whom is in the army and the other
student at Annapolis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17

The idea THAI G razor needs fire.
quent grinding or honing is not in
keeping with my experience" said a
man who shaves himself. Il have a
razor that l got ten years ago which
has never been out of my possession,
never had any other treatment than
stropping, and is to-day the sharpest
and best of six. A razor can only be
kept in this condition without honing,
however, by using a hard strop-that
is, one which is rigid instead of flex-
ible and not the kind that makes an
are Of circle when you use it. This
latter sort will sharpen a razor for
awhile, but it also makes the edge
round until at last it ceases to cut.
Why do l have six razors? Well, that
is to use them in regular turn and give
each one of them rest. I shave every
day, which | find the least troublesome
method, and if l use the same blade
every day it would soon play out. The
edge of razor needs rest, just like
every other machine