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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
New Stations OH Missouri.

Realizing that the value of farms
Llong the Missouri river in South Da-
kota has increased SO per cent with
in the past few years and that the
farmers and truck gardeners are in
danger of great injury from spring
floods DR. II. G. Frankenfield. of
Washington, d. c., in charge of the
government river and flood service of
the entire country, has announced that
several new stations will be establish
ed on the river. One of them will be
located on the river between Yankton
and Chamberlain and another will be
tabliShed above Pierre.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
WHERE THE HIDES GO.
Shoe Men Use Then Up I'm a Way That
Is Appalling.
Mayer Factory, of Milwaukee, Uses
415,612 Annually.
Steers, Cows, Calves, Goats, Horses,
Sheep and Knngaroos, Contribute
to One of the Greatest In
dustries on Earth.

In the mad whirl Of business, people
rarely pause long enough to consider
the little things of life and how close
ly they are identified with the greater
ones-how inseparable, in fact, they
are, from and how essential to them.
Take. for instance, the shoe business
did ever anyone ponder long enough
to realize the wealth Of actual energy
and animal life expended in the prod
uction of footwear for the human
race.
As an example, take the Mayer Boot
and Shoe company, a Milwaukee con-
cern that it in three hundred working
days has consumed no less than 415,-
812 hides Of all kinds during the past
twelve months.
Here, then, We have the hides Of
s0,298 steers, 31,163 cows, S.
I704 calves, 196,S46, goats. 67,-
5s9 sheep, 2,523 horses and
distributed by the great Mayer factory
with in the period of a year. Stand
these animals in straight line and
they would cover distance of 351l
miles. nearly one-sixtieth Of the
earth's circumference. To bring this
live stock to its final point Of destina-
ton, required no less than 5000 26-
foot cars, which strung together would
cover over Is miles of railroad track.
1t takes the hides Of nearly 1900 ami
mails daily to supply the demands Of
this monster shoe enterprise and were
all of them spread out at one time,
It would require an area of 6,000,000
square feet to accommodate them.
Nearly 1000 skilled artisans are
employed by the Mayer company the
year round making the Honorbiit shoe
for men, Western Lady for women,
and the celebrated Martha Washing
ton comfort shoes; also school shoes
that wear like iron, and work shoes
for all classes and purposes. The to-
tai capacity of the Mayer factory is
5000 pairs of shoes a day. The equip
ment of this factory is as thoroughly
modern and up-to-date as money and
experience can make II. Another de-
cidedly favorable feature Is that OF To-
cation, which is in the greatest leather
market In the world, thus enabling the
company to secure first-choice on
products consumed. The uniformly
excellent quality Of all shoes turned
out by the Mayer factory 10 largely at.
tributed to this fact. n
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
SETTLERS MAY SUFFER.
Many Still Living I'm Tents on Their
EOmcStuddS

H. Eayzarian arrived in Miller las,
week from Rapid City across the
country. He predicts much suffering
on the reservation this winter. He
met 100 families going west on the
one stObe road as he came east, the
most OF them new settlers who pre-
sumed that the railway w-uld be fin
isAcd before winter.
Some had tents and in some in
stances he saw some of the early sum-
mcr hOnrsteaders still living in
tents along the road. These late set
tiers expect to have their lumber for
houses hauled out by the railroad, but
it Will not be finished before the mid
die OF the winter at least. 1t is
thought that the late settlers will suf-
fer for water, as the pools that the
herds and settlers now use will freeze
solid in the winter.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
BOYCOTT DEADWOOD GIRLS.
Club Formed to Secure Wives Through
Eastern Agency.

A novel matrimonial club has been
formed in Deadwood, to be known as
the Far Sighted" club, and it has as
Its object the securing of wives
through an outside matrimonial
agency. The main feature of the club
Is that each member has filed his ap-
plication with an eastern matrimonial
agency, and so far as the members of
the club are concerned, there are no
girls in Deadwood. At any rate, the
Deadwood girls need not apply, as
they are not wanted
What individuals compose the
members of this club, or where it
holds its meetings, are matters Of
which no one is as yet informed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Bold Invaders.

There were some phases Of country
life with which the little city girl had
as yet only one days acquaintance, but
the rights Of property-owners and prop
erty-renters were firmly fixed in her
mind.
Mother" she called, in evident ex-
citement, the morning after the family
had settled for the summer in Sunset
View Cottage, mother! Just come
here and look! There are somebody's
hens wiping their feet on our nice clean
grass"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Blow to Aberdeen,

The state supreme court has deliv-
cred a staggering blow to the city Of
Aberdeen in a decision reversing the
circuit court in the matter of the cleo
trio light bonds. The lighting ques-
ton was voted on and carried, but be-
fore the bonds could be disposed OF,
proceedings We're brought to restrain
the city from going any further in the
matter, the claim being made that,
with the bonds then outstanding. the
city would exceed its authorized in
debtedness.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh than cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and bellows
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN h MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halle Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
NO DAWDLING.
A Man of 20 After Finding Coffee

A Man of 20 After Finding Coffee
Hurt Him, stopped Short.
When man has lived to be 20
years old with a 40-year-old habit
grown to him like knot on tree,
chances are he'll stick to the habit till
he dies.
But occasionally the spirit of youth
and determination remains in some
men to the last day of their lives.
When such men do find any habit of
life has been doing them harm, they
surprise the Oslerites by a degree Of
will power that is supposed to belong
to men under 40, only.
~ had been a user Of coffee until
three years ago-a period Of 40 years
and am now TO-" writes a N. Oak.
man. II was extremely nervous and
debilitated, and saw plainly that I
must make a change
II am thankful to say I had the
nerve to quit coffee at once and take
on Postum without any dawdling, and
experienced no ill effects. On the con-
trary, commenced to gain, losing my
nervousness within two months, also
gaining strength and health otherwise.
For man Of my age, am very
wcE and hearty. l sometimes meet
.ersons who have not made their Pos
tum right and don't like 1t. But tell
them to boil it long enough, and call
their attention to my looks now, and
before l used 1t, that seems convinc.
ing.
snow, when I have writing to do, or
long columns of figures to cast up,
feel equal to it and can get through
my work without the tagged out feel
ing of old" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Greek, Mich. Read the
book. 'The Road to Wellville," In pkgs.
there's . reason"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
EXONERATE COLLINS FAMILY.
No Poison Found I'm Stomach of Mrs
Collins,

The finding of State Chemist White
head, who examined the stomach Of
Mrs. Charles Collins, who was murder
ed in her home near Parker, was
made public Wednesday afternoon.
Whitehead certified to the coroner's
jury that he did not find any trace Of
poison in the woman's stomach, but
that in examining the lungs he found
a fair, but not entirely satisfactory
test OF chlorofOrm.
The coroner's jury returned the fol-
lowing verdict:
I'VE, the coroner's jury, find the de-
ceased, Emma L. Collins, came to her
death from the effects of chloroform,
administered to her by some person or
persons to the jury unknown"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Wreck Near Aberdeen.

A bad freight wreck occurred We'd
nesday on the Milwaukee line near
Nina, few miles west OF Aberdeen.
Spreading rails caused the engine to
leave the track while crossing a bridge
over Snake creek and five cars plunS-
ed through the structure, demolishing
it. Several cars loaded with wheat
were wrecked.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
New Head for Y. w. G.. A.

Miss Lucy Pearson, of Cincinnati, is
now in charge of the Y. w. c. A. Of
South Dakota, succeeding Miss Inez
Beebe, of Ipswich, whose resignation
the state association reluctantly ac-
cepted. Miss Pearson has just enter
ed on her new work, and her first,
visit was to the Y. w. c. A. Of the
Vermillion university.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Held for EmbeZZlement.

Emory SWEET, young man of Tyn-
dali, was before United States Com
missioner at Yankton on the charge of
having embezzled United States postal
funds to the amount of almost $500
from the Tyndall postoffice, in which
he was employed as a clerk. The
young man waived examination and
was bound over to the next term of
the federal court. In default Of $500
bond he was committed to the Yank-
ton county Jail.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
FIRE MENACES THE TOWN.

Blaze at Lake Andes Destroys Lnm.
Der Yard and Livery Stable.
The Queal lumber yard and livery
stable belonging to Donahue Bros, at
Lake Andes, were destroyed by a fire
Monday morning, which endangered
the whole town. Assistance from
Platte and Geddes was summoned. The
Queal company carried a stock val
ued at between $1,000 and $4,000. The
loss is total, and is partly covered by
insurance.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
but a tramp who slept in the livery
barn is supposehs--b -btnightrU ool Y NJ
barn is suspected.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Delegates ADpointed.

Mayor Aldrich, of Aberdeen, has
appointed Attorney L. w. Crofoot and
State Sentaor J. NJ. Lawson as dele,
gates to the ninth annual session Of
the American Mining congress which
meets in Denver, Colo, Oct 16, II, 1S
and 19. Delegates to this body are
appointed by the president, governors
of the different states and mayors of
the principal cities.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Corn Palace n Success

The corn palace at Mitchell paid out
and put about $1,000 in the treasury
against a similar exhibition another
year. 1t was one of the few affairs of
the kind the present year that en-
joyed favorable weather, and the peo-
pie turned out in astonishing numbers.
1t was one Of the best attractions in
the northwest this season
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18

English Tourist-Waiter, this steak
Is deucedly tough, y'know.
Waiter-Got teh be, sab, In ordeh
teh pass de guv-ment 'spection! Yo'
probably am unaware, sab, dat since
de Packln'town 'sposures Tenderness in
a beef am considehed sign OBJ physi-
cal weakness Puck.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Bad Fire on Farm

Fire on the farm of Fred Esche,
living south of Bristol, destroyed his
barn and granary, together with six
horses, two calves and other proper
ty, and also part of his grain which
had just been threshed. The loss was
considerable, as the horses alone were
worth $1,000. At the time of the fire
Esche was transacting business in
Bristol. The origin of the fire is &,
mystery. e
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Perished i'm Stable Fire.

Tie dead body of a man was found
Thursday morning in the ruins Of
stable that burned down during the
night at James. 1t Is 80 badly burn
ed that identification is impossible. 1t
Is believed the victim was a stranger,
who. failing to find lodging, sought
shelter in the stable.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
COlOred Recruits.

Several new recruits for the Blair
colored colony, in Sully county, ar
rived last week. None are being
brought out who are not able to pur-
chase lands, and up to the present
about a dozen families have been To-
Gated on the land In western Sully
county, where 1t is desired to establish
Such a colony.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
FOUR LODGES JOINED.
In the Exercises of Laying Cornerstone
at SturSiS

The cornerstone of the new beneVo-
lent hall building was laid at Sturgis
Wednesday, the four lodges joining
in the erection of the building and
participated in the ceremonies con-
Quoted under the auspices of the Ma
sonic lodge, J. J. Davenport acting as
grand master. The old fraternal
building erected in 1892 was destroy
ed by fire in March, 1906. 1t was
owned by the Masonic, Odd Fellows,
and Workman lodges. The new build
ing is to cost $4,000 and will be own
ed by the same orders with the locts
lodge of Eagles added.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Women's Clubs to Meet at LSeadwood.

women 5 CIuDs 10 Meet AT TOsltfWOOd.
The Black Hills Federation OF Wom-
ems Clubs will hold its annual meet
ing in Deadwood Oct. 19 and 20. The
state president of the federation is ex-
pected to be there from Watertown
and extensive preparations are being
made for the meeting. There are in
all about fifteen women's clubs in the
Black Hills.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Increases CapitaI Stock.

At special meeting in Sioux Falls
Thursday of the stockholders of the
Queen City Fire Insurance company
the capital stock of the company was
increased from 100000 to $500, 900.
This will enable the company to pay
its San Francisco losses and have over
100000 surplus.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Useless Words.

Statistics show than the sooner a man
allows his wife to have the last word
the sooner the controversy will end
Chicago Daily News.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Farmer Becomes Violently Insane.

Ole Otterneff, a Clark county farm
er, from near Bradley, went insane at
Pierre with a belief that someone
was seeking his life. He became vio-
lent on the street, and when an at
tempt was made to place him in con-
flnement he put up terrific fight. re-
vuiring several men to handle him.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
Some AGyantage at Least.

She-I can never marry you, but we
can at least always be friends.
He-I suppose that is one of the ad
vantages of not getting married.-Phil.
adelphia Record.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18
First Frost MT Pierre.

The first killing frost at Pierre came
IN the shape of a severe freeze Tues
day night, with a temperature Of 20
above zero.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18

Mrs.. wlnslow.s soornue ornuP for clildreH
Hosshing softsns the gums, reduces tndammstioE ab
tays pain. cures wind collie. Is cents . bottle.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-10-18

Together with the tools that were
stored inside it, an entire house has been
stolen brick by brick near Cassel, Ger
many.
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-08
THE GIANT INDIANS.
Peculiar Ways of the onas Of TERRA
del Fuego.

The OnaS, a tribe Of Indians inhabit-
Ing the mainland of the TERRA del Flu
ego island are physical giants. Their
average height is over six feet. A few
are six and one-half feet; a few fall be-
low six feet. The women are more cor
pulent and not SO tall. There IS no
race IN the world with a more perfect
physical development than the Ona In.
dians. This is partly due to the topog.
rapny of the country and the distribu-
ton of the game, which makes long
marches across the country a necessity.
IN mentality they fall far below their
physical attainments. In the past their
supply Of game has been plentiful, and
this may account for the lack of in
ventive genius among them. This lack
Of progressive skill is portrayed in their
home life, clothing and homes. Their
children suffer from it, for, contrary to
the practice common among most In
dians of feeding, dressing and training
the children well, the Onas' little ones
are mostly naked, poorly fed and alto
gether neglected They have abundant
material for supplying themselves with
clothing and homes, and yet they throw
a few branches together. put skins over
the windward side and then shiver un-
der the miserable shelter
Scientists who have made a study Of
the subject say that the language Of
the Onas is the strangest ever listened
to. Many of the words are not difficult
to pronounce. nor is the construction
of the sentences difficult, but very few
words are interrupted by a sound
which It IS impossible to produce. The
speaker hacks, coughs and grunts, dis
tOrting his face in the most inhuman
manner, and then passes on to the next
stumbling block. The Onas live princi-
pally upon meat. which in former years
was obtained from the guanaco.-New
York Herald.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-08
BUSY INSECT EATERS.
What One Days Hunting Brought 20
Brood of Pied WaRtaIIs.

A close student OF bird life writes:
Conservation of several species of In
sectivorous birds has shown that the
parent birds will, when their family is
growing up. make between them In the
neighbOrhood of 500 visits to the nest
IN the course of a day, carrying on
each occasion Il whole beak load Of
gnatS or spiders or larvae For the
bt5iS which feed ON gnats or other
small life generally take to their youn-
gest not single insects, but a whole
ColleCtiOn at a time. On one occasion
| spent an hour in taking the record
of a pied wagtail which had It's brood
of newly ticdged young ones In an old
disused punt that had settled down at
its mooringS into the mud at the side
Of the pond. During the hour the male
bird alone was looking after the fami-
ly the female amused herself by run
ming about on the bank catching in
secJs for her own consumption and
varying the occupation with long spells
of attention to her toilet. The male
bird, on the other hand, never rested
for one minute from his work OF bread
winning As his hunting ground was
the open surface Of the pond, above
which he fitted, he was never out OF
my sight
In the course Of the hour he made
twenty eight trips, the shortest absence
from the young lasting one and a half
minutes and the longest nearly six
minutes. On no occasion did he remain
at the punt for more than fifteen sec
onds or Just long enough to turn over
the food collected on the last trip to
the proper youngster and he off again.
Myriads of gnatS were dancing above
the water, and at each dip the bird
struck at one, but one could not see
whether he always caught his quarry
or not. As far as il was possible to
guess he always did. On his shortest
absence he made over forty shots. and
from that the number ran up to con
siderably over 200
"Supposing that he missed his aim
half the time or afterward dropped or
swallowed the insects, SO that half Of
them were wasted and failed TO reach
the family at home, there must have
been from 1900 to 1000 gnats brought
back to the punt IN the course OF that
one hour. Later in the day both parent
birds were hawking simultaneously,
each returning methodically to the
young every two or three minutes.
What the gross consumption of Insects
was in the course Of the day 1t is i'm
possible to guess, but it can hardly
have been less than 10000 or $1,000
and was PROBABLY twice as many"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-08
ANTIQUE SEVRES.
You Can Always Distinguish the Gem
mint. by LIZ Gliding.

False SrvrcS in the bric-a-brac shops
is offered as genuine by reputable
dealers" in Load ,n and Paris as well
as in Nnv York. II Is old. il is true,
but only as old a, the restoration" IN
France. although H." marks would indi,
cate much earlier and better period
The couatrrfcitS may usually be de.
tected uy ,he surface of the gliding
IN the real ii was FURNISHED in lines
by mean. Of mct,;l nails with rounded
point. N.h..h wc"c SET in a piece of
wood
The limitations Of later date than the
real have been FURNISHED in similar
manner. IlA with am agate. 1t re.
quired considerably more force to OBJ
tain Il bright surface by the ancient
method lh1n 10y the use Of the agate
point; hence the FURNISHED lines in the
genuine ware Irc perCeptibly sunken,
while in tie counterfeit ware they are
hush with the general surface of the
gliding. There are other means Of
'srotting" the limitations. such as the
incXact copying Of the marks which
have served since 1853 TO denote the
date Of fabrication. and the use of
chrome green, which was not discov,
cred until lSO2. but the test of the
FURNISHED parts OF the gliding Is the
easiest for the ordinary huyer.-New
York Herald.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-08
RaiIroaderS Nav Strike.

The main topic of discussion among
the railroad men in this vicinity at
the present time is the trouble Of the
conductors and trainmen with the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad Company. which may end in
a strike being declared
After four weeks of conference the
Joint grievance committee of the Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western con
ductorS and tralnmen on Tuesday con-
cluded that they cannot reach an annie
able agreement with.General Superin-
tendent I. f. Clarke, and they will
ask for his best ultimatum, prelimin-
airy to reporting to the local lodges
that they cannot secure an adjustment
and asking for vote as TO whether or
not to order a strike. This was given
ont Tuesday night by the committee
after a session at their headquarters in
the st. Charles Hotel at Scranton The
announcement was received with great
surprise in Lackawanna and other rail
road circles.
The grievances are mostly about
wages. The men are demanding a re-
vision of the constructive mileage"
schedule, more pay for through freight,
because of alleged additional labor en-
tailed by reason of the laying off of
the third brakeman in each crew. and
increased pay for the roustabout and
other 12-hour crews. The action of the
joint committee has been approved by
the grand officers of both organiza-
tiOns.