davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
TO DIG UP HERCULANEUM.
italian Government Decides to Take
Charge of Excavation.

The proposal to continue the work
OF excavation at Herculaneum has be-
come so popular as a result of the eff
forts made by Charles Waldstein, pro-
fessor of fine arts in Kings college,
Cambridge, England, that the Ital-
ian government is about to take the
matter actively in hand.
Signor Racan, the minister of public
instruction, upon whom the work act
ually depends, has prepared bill t.
be presented to parliament which pro-
vides for an appropriation of 100000
for the purpose of removing the
houses forming the modern town OF
Resina, which is located over Hercu-
laneum, and an appropriation of s3,-
600 a year for the actual excavation
work. This latter sum does not in
clude the salaries of officials.
In the meanwhile special commits
sion under the presidency of Prof. De-
petra, OF the University of Naples. has
undertaken preliminary studies for the
commencement of the work.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
BLOW TO SANTA FEE
Fine OF s:3o,oO Imposed ON Western
Road,

Judge Olin Wellborn in the United
States district court at Los Angeles
Thursday fined the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad company
$3SO,00O for rebating. The fine was
what the court denominated IAN in
termediate penalty" the maximum
which might have been assessed be-
ing Sl,320.000 and the minimum
$4,000. The court reviewed the case
In written opinion Of some length
in which 1T stated that there were
sufficient doubtful and extenuating
circumstances to preclude the posi-
billty OF maximum sentence and yet
sufficient intention OF wrongdoing
shown to make impossible a mini
mum penalty.
The santa Fe company was convict
ed on Oct. IL last by jury in the
federal court Of granting rebates to
the Grand Canyon Lime and Cement
company OF Arizona 1t was found
guilty Of all Of the sixty-six counts
charged in the Indictment after but an
hours celebration. The rebates
which were given on shipments Of
lime and cement from Nelson, Ariz, to
Los Angeles, Cal, ranged in amounts
from 35 cents to SIS. The company
claimed that these amounts were not
rebates on the regular freight rate,
but were in the form of damages to
goods which were allowed after such
claims had been regularly presented
and proved in each instance. The
court Thursday did not take that
view of the case, however. and stated
that it was not convinced by any
means that these amounts represented
bona fide settlements Of claims
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
NO CASHIERS CHECKS.
Banks of Black Hills Paying Out Cash
..." .E.3 as Usual. ..-t..' .'..

While depositors in other sections
of the country are suffering inconven-
fences owing to the stringency in the
money market, Black Hills banks are
cashing all checks and honoring all
demands for deposits. No bank has
yet resorted to issuing cashiers checks
or clearing house certificates in place
of cash, and the officers of institu-
tiOns In each part Of the Black Hills
asserts that this will not be done even
with checks from states where that
practice is at present in vogue. Money
is as free in the Hills today as it was
last month, and there has been no
suggestion of anything like a run,
and owing to the fact that the Black
Hills is a gold producing country
no fear is entertained Of hard times
even should a panic become general
over the United States.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
AT WAR OVER HERD LAW.
Opposing Factions in Lyman County
in Active Campaign.

While the Lyman county home
5teaders are pushing along their petit
tons to the county commissioners for
I special election to decide the herd
question in that county, those opposed
to q herd law are cut with a remon-
STRANGE against the commissioners
tsking any such action. and it is
claimed is securing some of the
names on the original petition. Az
the petition must contain enough
rames to make a majority of the
votes cast for governor at the last
preceding election. it will not be very
hard to get enough names in that
county now on both the petition and
remonstrance to fill the requirements,
as there has been a heavy increase in
population in that county since the
time of the last election. If two such
lists come to the commissioners they
will probably consider the one which
most personally agrees with their
views, and put it up to the ones who
are turned down to take action in
court to force their petition forward,
leaving the field open for long legal
tangle before the question is finally
disposed of.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
IN GOD WE TRUST, LEFT OFF.
New $40 Gold Piece Designed by Saint
GaudenS Arc Issued

NOW SlV Soku IlcCe DtSiSsHtG
Gaudens Are Issued.
'In God We Trust" does not appear
on the new $40 gold piece, the design
of which was selected by the thirty
dent This is the first time in thirty
four years that there has been such an
omission. The new gold piece was
designed by the late Augustus Saint
Gaudens at the special request of
President Roosevelt and personally
approved by the latter.
Instead of the reverential expression
on the coin there is the belligerent
American eagle on one side and head
of the fighting American Indian on
the other. Above the head Of the In
dian, are thirteen stars. Below the
head Is the date of 1907 The eagle
appears a royal bird as he clutches
a bunch of arrows in his feet. Unit
ed States of America" appear above
the indiana Below is "Ten Dollars"
and to the right in small letters is "E
Pluribus Unum," which is never left
off q coin.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
NEW $40 COUNTERFEIT.
Secret Service Announces Discovery of
Spurious Bank Note Paper.

Chief Wilkie, of the United States
secret service, reports the discovery Of
a new counterfeit $40 national bank
note. The counterfeit is on the Wells
Fargo-Nevada National bank, of San
Francisco, and is a poor Photographic
production. printed on heavy bond
paper with no silk fiber. The treasury
numbers have been traced over with
red ink. The back Of the note Is bet
ter than the face, being fair ini-
tation OF the genuine except the color
ing around the charter number, which
is a muddy green.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
THEIR "HEARTS ARE GOOD"
Long Rock Gays There VIII BE No,
War With BtcS.

Long Rock, one Of the prominent
Sioux Indians. who was asked to go
to Thunder Butte and confer with
the Utes, was in Pierre Thursday,
having just come from the Ute camps.
He says there is not the slightest prob
ability OF danger from the Utes. They
tell him their hearts are good. and
they do not want any trouble with the
white men. That the reason they re-
fused to so to work was that they did
not have shoes and overalls. and 9TH
or clothing such as they should have
20 do the kind of work the agent
wanted them to do. And when they
declircl to so to work he got scared
and ,olled for the soldiers to come.
He docs not believe that there will be
any clash. and that the call for sol
ller3 was entirely unnecessary.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
Cucccssful Revival Meeting.

T.. e. Johnson closed very sue
cesscul series of meetings at Chamber
ain recently. The people erected a
large tabernacle for the meetings,
which lasted month. There were just
about 200 conversions, including many
If the leading citizens The people
rajsed a purse OF several hundred
dollars for Mr.. Johnson to show their
appreciation Of the good work he
las Cone.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
Dutch NOtabfeS Perish.

Minister Of State Jonkser Van
Panh Uys and his brother-in-law,
Mayor Leek, and their wives were
all drowned at Amsterdam Wednes-
day night while out driving, their car
riage falling into the canal during a
dense fog.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
FOREST SUPERINTENDENT OUT.
z. NJ. Hamilton to Succeed J.F. Smith
Temporarily.

TO devote his whole time to active
ranching in Colorado, Superintendent
7. r. Smith. of the Black Hills nation
Il forest. has rendered his resignation
"a the department OF agriculture, and
will leave the government service on
o~ about the first of the coming
month. lie will be temporarily sue
ceeded as supervisor by E. NJ. Famil-
ton until an appointment is made.
Mr.. Smith has held Office for two
wears past. during which 400 exami-
nations Of homestead entries under
me June, 1905. act have been per-
|oaaly Y made, and under his admin
'stration tie first conviction for IL
egally grazing cattle on the reserve
aas secured.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
HE DELAYED roc LONG.
Farmer Refused to Sell Barley az
St.Q0 p"r Eusilei.

J. r. Shea, a Miner county grain
buyer. tells OF a farmer in his neigh
borhood. who Ky a recent incident
proved that his h!adstght il bettcr
than his foresight. A few weeks ago
when the price Of barley was soar
ing skywarG the farmer asked Shea
to 'fome" him when the price reach
ed $1.00 per bushcl. When the price
had reached that figure the e evator
man, true to his promise, phoned the
farmer. who, however, decided that
he would hold his barley until the
price reached $3.50 per LJshcl. He
can now get about so cents for l..
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
Two Men E!cctrocuted.

Thomas Haugh and Charles r.
Knutson, laborers employed by con-
tractor in Chicago, were electrocuted
Wednesday while operating a derrick,
the steel cable Of which came in con-
tact with a trolley wire.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
Fire in Steamer Subdued.

The Old Dominion line steamer JET
ferson came into port at New York
Friday with a small fire in her hold.
Steam was promptly turned into the
forward hold as soon as the fire was
discovered and the blaze quickly ex-
tinguishnd. Only one bale OF cotton,
in which the fire originated. was dam
aged. .
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-14
Urccd to store Water.

If the new settlers west of the river
do not build dams this fall to store the
water which pOurs down the little
draws on their claims while the
snow is melting in the spring, and the
spring rains are on, 1t viii be only be-
cause they refuse to take the advice,
which every paper printed in that sec
ton of the state is pouring out every
week
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02
z5SSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSaA
4 va FOB AND yN7OTylT7Tyl VA \
Y : ABOUT HIOF1aAI Y
Nssssssssssssss sssssssssssssssseg


The housemother's bureau drawers
must be so well ordered that she need
never waste a minute hunting for rib
bon or glove Her bread-making must
not be done at an hour when it is Ike
ly to be Interrupted by caller. Club
day and sweeping day will each have
its place in the weeks program.
The motto of our grandmothers, do
the first thing that comes to your
hand" will no longer serve in this
strenuous age. The head must plan
the work Of hand and foot, If the home
to to be well kept, and weariness held
at bay.
Even the children In an orderly
household catch the infection of sys-
tematic living. A 5-year-old daughter
of an "up-to-date' family announced
in twilight talk with her mother re-
Gently, Mamma, / have decided not to
ask so many questions. 1t wastes SO
much time. I'm just going to keep my
ears open and remember all the things
hear, and then after / go to bed,
shall sort them all out" There Is -
promise of an orderly home maker.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02
Times Are Different.

Not long ago farmer in Iowa went
to a harness dealer to buy team Of
harness.. He found one that suited him
and the price was $45. The farmer
happened to remember that about
dozen years ago he had bought har-
ness just like 1t from the same dealer
for $35, and he mentioned the fact.
The dealer went to his book and found
this to be true. "But," said the dealer,
my books show that you did not pay
cash for it because. you did not have
the money. You hauled In 300 bushels
Of corn and gave 1t to me for the $35
harness. Now, I'll tell you what I'll
do. II you will bring me 300 bushels
of corn | will give you the s45 harness,
also double buggy harness worth $35,
single buggy harness worth $15, a
81 plush robe, boys riding saddle
worth $5, one whip and riding bride
worth $1.50, two leather halters worth
$3.50, brush and currycomb worth 81
and rawhide buggy whip worth ST."
Mound City Enterprise.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02
Glover Hay.

It is claimed that clover hay may be
baled in the field, but experiments
made are not sufficient to show the
benefits derived, compared with storing
clover in me NOV. The clover is cut
In the morning, after It is free from
dew or rain, and when well wilted the
hay tedder is used, so as to give it ev-
cry chance to cure. In the afternoon
the hay ik oaled and hauled to the barn.
II this method is practlced, care must
be exercised in having the hay prop
erly cured and In just the proper con-
dltion for ballng, as baIed clover Is
more liable to heat than timothy or
other kinds.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02


often save the beauty of the tree. With
as little delay as possible shorten all
the small branches of the limb to make
their weight as little as possible, then
carefully lift the broken limb back into
position and lash it firmly with ropes
or straps.
Now with bit or auger bore hole
through the limb and tree trunk as
suggested by the dotted line in Fig. 2.
Through this insert bolt Of iron hav-
ing head on one end and a nut on the
other. Turn the nut on the end, with a
big washer beneath 1t, until the crack
in the break has been made as small
as possible, then cover the crack neatly
over with grating wax. Many a tree
has such gaping wound as that
shown in A, Fig. 2. 1t is caused by
saving off a big limb and neglecting to
protect the wound until nature could
extend new growth Of bark over 1t.
The new bark has begun to grow about
the edges, but the wood has decayed
within, and nature can carry growth of
bark no further.
Cut out all the decayed wood and fill
the cavity completely with portland ce-
ment mixed with water. DO not add
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02
TO PROBE VICE AT 1sTHMUs.

Chicago Girl Goes to Panama to Se-
cure Facts for Government.
Miss Gertrude Beeks, Chicago
young woman, has gone to Panama un-
der commission from Secretary OF War
Taft to investigate the social condi-
tions in the Panama canal zone for the
United States government. Technical
ly her commission is secretary OF the
national committee on welfare of gov
ernment employees.
Miss Beeks for several years has
been secretary of the welfare depart
ment of the National Civic Federation.
She formerly worked for the McCor-
mick Harvester Company, and through
her efforts the company adopted many
improvements for the comfort Of wom-
en- employees and other great manufac-
turing concerns followed the sugges-
tions. She for several years has de-
voted herself to the task of alleviating
the conditions under which the mem
bers Of her sex toll In factories.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02
successful Book Agent.

The most successful book canvasser
in the United States is woman. She
is Russian, and came over here ten
years ago, unable to read or write En-
glish. Now she is earning $4,000 a
year selling special limited editions
for Philadelphia house. This woman
thinks it nothing to sell set Of books
for $4,000, of which she receives 40
per cent The books, of course, are
supposed to be bound in covers of spe-
cial design, the paper, printing, and
illustrations are Of the finest, and the
edition Is said to be limited The wom-
an sells the books mostly to wealthy
women. She drives up to their homes
in a magnificent carriage, attended by
a footman in livery. She never fails
to impress the prospective customer
with her refinement, and frequently
poses as a Russian countess. There Is
hardly society woman In the country
who has not purchased set Of books
from this woman.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02

The new settler in an irrigated dis
trict seldom appreciates the Importance
of preparing the surface Of fields so
that they may be cheaply, easily and
properly watered Crops In an arid
climate are, as rule, good or bad, ac-
cording as they have received the prop
er amount OF water at the right time,
and when the ground is left SO rough
and uneven that water cannot be even
ly applied the effect is shown In the
reduced yield, The preparation OF the
land is first cost, and If done thor
oughly during the first or second year
little expense need be incurred after
wards. Foster.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02
wooden water Motn.

Somewhat like returning to first prIn-
riples and methods which had apparent-
ly been outgrown and discarded seems
the import Of an article by Andrew
Swickard which recently appeared in the
California journal of Technology, regard
Ing the use Of wooden pipes for convey
ing water. He says that the use OF wood
IN pipes has been greatly extended In
recent years. a number Of long lines hay
ng been built in the East, where 1t has
!ound favor with the engineers, and that
N America it is in use from Alaska to
Peru. Its employment is, Of course, sub
ect to some limitations, especially where
is necessary to Withstand very high
pressure. The pipe now used is not made
Ike that Of long ago, from bored logs.
he modern wooden pipe being built from
taves fastened together with metal clips.
In favor Of wood it is urged that the in
erior Of the pipe does not deteriorate as
where iron is used, and that 1t Is from 80
o 30 per cent cheaper than riveted steel.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02
southern Creameries.

With Bermuda grass for summer and
oats, wheat, or barley for winter pas
turage, together with the various hay
and silage crops which may be grown,
the dairy herd may be maintained with
small outlay for grain or concentrated
foods. There is need Of large num-
her of creamerles and well-maintained
dairy herds in the populous sections Of
Texas and Louisiana. At present the
people of Texas alone, probably pay out
$10,000,000 annually for butter which
could be produced at home. With the
wide range Of forage crops and corn,
cattle feeding may prove profitable
both to farmers and to mill owners.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02

No vegetable grows quicker than the
radish, and few rows only are neces-
sary to supply quite large family.
Radishes are unfit, unless grown quick
ly and pulled at the proper time. AS
they are ordinarily grown the family
Is kept supplied from the same bed
until the radishes are hard and woody.
Instead Of so doing SOW only part OF
row at a time. The way to have
them as they should be. until late In
the season, is to procure quite num-
Der OF packages, putting in the seed
from a package every week until too
late to sow them. By pursuing this
method they may be had in a crisp, ten
der state long after the usual first crop
Is hard or gone to seed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02

Sleep is great preserver of youth.
Eight hours at night and a short nap
in the day will do much to keep the
face free from wrinkles. Always sleep
with the bedroom window open few
inches at the top, both in summer and
winter. A daily morning bath, tepid
In winter and cold in summer, with a
brisk rub to follow, win keep the skin
fresh and clear. Two hours must be
spent in the open air, walking, riding
or playing games
All tight clothing and especially
tight lacing must be avoided. as com.
preston distuTbts the circulation ana is
often the cause Of enlarged veins and
red noses.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02

Miss Mary A. Stubs, of Indianapo-
lis was appointed head of the Indiana
State bureau Of statistics some time
ago.
The only woman ever elected to e.
flee in Texas by the qualified votes OF
a general election is Miss Zena Dali
rymIle, who was elected county and
district clerk.
Tie thirty-two women who were wild
owel by the explosion at Wattstown
colliery, Rhondda, in July, 1905, have
been awarded by the owners $4,000 in
excess of the sum payable under the
British compensation act, or $500
each.
10 have discovered more stars than
any one else in the world is the repu-
tatlon of Miss Dorothea Klumpke, an
American girl astronomer, who won re-
nown for herself at Parts. Since 1899
Miss Klumpke has devoted herself to
taking photographs of the heavens from
q balloon.
Miss Marianne birmingham is prob
ably the oldest woman journalist in
England, having already celebrated her
jubilee Of work, since she was writing
for several magazines in 1855.
The first metal thlmble with top on
it was made In Amsterdam, Holland,
for Mrs. Kilean van Rensselaer,, wife
Of the patron who founded Albany. In
1884 the bicentenary of the invention
of the thimble was celebrated in Am
sterdam. Dominic Nicholas van Renns-
salaer, who came to New York in 1914,
owned the first watch ever brought to
America.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02
Groyine Celery.

Transplant celery to permanent beds
in May or June, placing large guam
tity OF manure In the. trench. This
crop is one that cannot be surfeited by
too much manure, as it Is one Of the
grossest feeders known. The plants
should be frequently watered, soapsuds
being better for such purpose than any
thing else, and the beds should be kept
as clean and nice as possible. 1t re-
quires care to have celery that is large,
crisp and white, but 1t is a valuable
crop when grown and pays well for the
attention bestowed. If you neglect to
SOW the seed you can procure the
plants from seedsmen and should not
fail to have a supply.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-08-02

Trimming In alternate rows Of rib
bon and lace insertion are seen on some
OF the late summer-silk models.
For indoor gowns or elaborate tea
gowns the broken or primitive Greek
key pattern is much used as trim
ming.
Pompadour silks make charming
evening gowns under transparent over
skirts of point d'esprit, net or span
gled tulle.
Navy blue is more In favor than it
was at the beginning of the season, es-
pecially mixed with crude green and
mandarin.
AS relief from the ubiquitous
brown, there is medium tint of rath-
er yellowish green, known as ''tilleul,'' .
which is seen in many of the new sum
mer silks.
Some of the new hatpins can truly
be regarded as jewelry. One Of the
novelties was large head Of tortoise
shell, set with rubles and diamonds.
Still another was was incrusted with
turquoises and diamonds.
Underskirts are growing more and
more elaborate, and broad ribbon
plays an important part in them.
Many are of peau de suede, with deep
silk fiounces, while white batiste net
ticoats are much trimmed with inser-
tions Of lace and minutely plated
batiste and mousseline de sole.
The Algerian bolero, which is a fad
of recent vintage, is made of four EN-
broidered squares about the size Of
handkerchiefs Joined by passementerie.
1t is caught together on the shoulders
and in the front with passementerie
ornaments to match and is sometimes
covered with braidlng.