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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
WIRE STRIKE GROWS.
Chicago Postal Employees Join Western
Union.

Following the lead. of the telegraph
operators employed by the Western
Union Telegraph company in Chicago,
who went on strike Thursday night be-
cause they were asked to work with
non-union men in Los Angeles, tho
telegrapherS in nine other cities
throughout the United States quit
work Friday. The 500 men employed
by the Postal Telegraph company in
Chicago, who belong to the same local
of the Commercial Telegraphers union
as the Western Union men, and who
declare that their working conditions
with the company are unsatisfactory.
took advantage of the situation and
quit work in body Friday night at 6
o'clock
With the walkout Of the Postal en-
ployes Chicago is left with about thir-
ty-fve telegraphers endeavOring to
transmit the business of both telegraph
companies where, under normal condi-
tions, fully 1900 men are necessary to
do the work
The other Western Union Offices
which became involved in the trouble
Friday, together with the number of
men who quit work, are Salt Lake
City, 36; Helena, 40; Kansas City, $50;
Dallas, 05; Fort Worth, Tex, 40; Col
orado Springs, 10; Denver, SO; Ell
Paso, Tex, 35.
In New Orleans the men employed
by the Postal Telegraph company left
their keys to enforce demands made
on the company several weeks ago.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
INTERSTATE LIVE STOCK FAIR.
Big Time Promised mt Sioux City Sept,
Z to IA.


|. 7to14.
The Interstate Live Stock Fail,
which will be given at Woodland park.
Sioux City, Ia, Sept. tc IA. inclusive,
will be everything its name implies.
Live stock from q dozer states will be
entered in competition or the greatly
priced premiums Of this association.
Nowhere in the west his year will
there be more blooded itock gathered
together in one enclosure than within
the boundaries Of Woodland. More
fine cattle will be on exhibition than
ever before at the faf while In the
horse department. also, here will be
larger number of ANIMALS. The ex-
hibit of Percherons will be especially
large. The swine herds will come from
the best farms in the Missouri valley.
Every farmer who blieves in ad-
vanced methods in condcting his bus
mess owes it to himself his sons, and
his family in general, T. go to the In
terstate Fair and inspct this stock
and listen to the owneE explain their
improved methods.
ON the amusement sic the fair this
year will be better tan ever OF
course, the races naturally come first,
and it can be said trthfuIly that if
there were nothing else on the
grounds, the races aloe would be Of
sufficient merit to ut~Gct enormous
crowds. Great string3of horses from
as far east as the gran circuit will be
on hand to mingle viii those kings of
the turf, Dan Patch an Cresceus.
Then there will be Brace Wild and
his airship. How man people in this
part of the country epr saw an air
ship? Not many. WIZ is one of the
most daring and successful aeronauts
OF the day and his 1igts will be one
of the chief attractiOnsof the fair.
The free vaudeville attraction will
contain acts entirely new, one of
which Is said to be themost expensive
offered to western fair managers.
The night attraction will be the
100000 Biblical spectacle, THE Siege
of Jericho"
During the week of the fair the
Catholics of northwestern Iowa will
hold semi-centennial jubilee celebra.
ton in Sioux City
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
STANDARD ON GRILL
METHODS or MONOPOLY ARE
DECLARED UNFAIR.
OH Company PcclSetCd Advantages of
Economics Instead Of Sharing Them
with People, II is Declared in Report
of Investigation.

By unfair prices and Discrimination
the Standard Oil company has sacri-
feed the American consumer on the
altar OF it's foreign business, according
to a report Of an investigation into the
methods OF the oil monopoly made
public in Washington, D. c., by the
bureau OF corporations. department Of
commerce and labor.
Conclusions drawn in this report
are that the Standard sells its prod
ucts abroad much more cheaply than
at home, and that it's prices in various
sections of the country are not based
on the cost of production, but are
purely discriminatlve.
The Standard has repeatedly as
serted" says the report, that comb
nation, as illustrated by it's own his
tory, is great benefit to the public in
reducing costs and consequently prices.
IT may readily be that in some indus
tries combination has had these bene-
hcial results 1t is probable that the
standard, by reason OF its undoubtedly
great efficiency, could had it been con-
made prices to consumers lower than
would have been possible for smaller
concerns, and thus have maintained its
great proportion OF the business by
wholly fair and legitimate means.
THE Standard is, however, a most
conspicuous example of precisely the
opposite-of a combination which
maintains substantial monopoly, not
by superiority of service and by charg-
ing reasonable prices, but by unfair
methods of destroying competition:
combination which then uses the pow
er thus unfairly gained to oppress the
public through wholly extortionate
prices. 1t has raised prices instead
of lowering them. IT has pocketed all
the advantages of it's economies in
stead of sharing them with the public.
and has added still further monopoly
profits by charging more than smaller
and less than economical concerns
could sell for If the Standard allowed
them the chance"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
MAY SOLVE NINE MYSTERY.
Skeleton Found Near Telluride. Colo,
Said to Be Tat of Miner.

What is said to 1e the skeleton Of
w. J. Barney, a tinberman employed
on the Smugglertnion mine, who
mysteriously disappeared in June
1901, has been exiumed near Alta
Mill, twelve miles from Telluride,
Colo, by Gen Bulhley Wells, mana
ger Of the Smugeer- Mining
company, and othes.
According to Wells account, the re-
mains were found in an improvised
grave, its location being pointed out
by Steve Adams, nov in jail in Idaho
waiting a second tial on the charge
Of murder.
Barney incurred The i'll will Of the
union here by working at the Snug
gler- Union mine after the strike in
1901.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
MANY TEACHERS NEEDED.
Not More Than Half Enough in Sight
I'm BOnhOmmc County.

There is a scarcity of teachers IN
Ronhomme county. Only forty Of the
eighty-five schools have secured teach
ers. The new law putting the mark
ing of all manuscripts into the hands
Of the state has caused many teachers
to drop from the ranks until they
have made more adequate preparation.
OF twenty-five who took the eNamina-
ton on July 25 only four secured GER
uiicates of any grade. There is
strong disposition on the part Of school
officers to secure teachers of eXpcrien-
ce holding at least a second grade
certificate, and they are paying from
$40 to $50 a month for such.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
SUCCESS IN WINTER WHEAT.
Ranchcrs West of River Raise Good
f'rODS.

crops.
With the experiments that have
been made at different points west Of
the river this year there will be large
acreage of winter wheat SoWn this fall.
While spring wheat has been the gen.
eral crop in this part of the state,
last fell some of the new settlers who
came from winter wheat sections made
a venture in that direction, and al
ready have their harvest in the shock,
which they say will give them fully
thirty bushels to the acre. All who
have tried it say they have secured a
crop which would be satisfactory to
them in any state. One of the old
time cattle ranChers who was attempt
ing to make game of some of his new
neiGhbors for attempting such a move
was induced to try few acres of it
himself. and is now an enthusiast on
the question of winter wheat for this
part of the state. In the line If thu
small grain farming west of the Mis-
souri, river three new traction threSh-
ing outfits have been sent across the
river from Pierre the rast two weeks,
and with the machines which were
taken in last year the raiscrS Of grain
will not have to go far to get a thresh-
er to put their grain in shape for the
market.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
ORCHARD INTEREST AT STAKE.
Attorneys VIII Bring Suit I'm Name OF
His Wife and Child.

Attorneys for the Western Fedora
tion of Miners are preparing suit
against Dan Gardener in the name of
the wife and child of Harry Orchard
for the purpose of setting aside the
conveyance of Orchards interest in
the Hercules mine in the Coeur
d'Alenes, east of Spokane. to Carbon
er. Jesse D. Root, of Butte. has just
returned from Canada with authority
to act The contention by the plaintiff
is that the transfer of interest in the
Hercules was based on the deed to
Gardener, which was in reality mort
gage to Gardener. The claim is also
set up that the failure of the wife to
join in the deed to Gardener will in
validate it, and insufficiency Of consid-
Grafton for the property will also bf
claimed
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
HOLDUP MEN IN LOSING GAME.
Farmers Team Gets Scared and Car
rieS Him to Safety

Andrew COerner, prominent farm
er living south of BridgeWater, while
on his way to town was held up about
mile out of town by two strangers
who made desperate attempt to rob
him, one catching the horses by the
bits while the other seized Mr.. koer-
ner in the buggy, in the struggle tear
ing a portion of his clothing off. In
the meantime the team, which Is a
spirited one, became frightened and
broke away from their captor. carry
ing the occupant of the buggy with
them and leaving Ihe holdup artists
behind.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
TRAMPS SLUG BOY DRIVER.
Make Unsuccessful Attempt to Steal
BrOOkingS Team.

A couple of tramps attempted to
steal a team of horses from Peter
Thompson, a Volga liveryman. They
hired a team from Thompson to go to
Brookings and ThOmpson's 15-year-old
son was sent along to drive. When
about two miles from the latter town
they slugged the boy and threw him
out Of the buggy, where he was found
by an automobile party a few minutes
later. The auto gave chase to the
thieves who finally drove into corn
field and unhitched the team and rode
off The sheriff went out and rounded
up one of the pair eight miles north
east of town, but the other is still at
large, and it is not thought that he
will be captured. The horses were re-
covered
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
YOUNG DOCTOR FOR GOVERNOR.
f. T.. West Named for Hot Springs
Home.

The board of managers Of the Ma
tional Soldiers home at its meeting n
New York selected DR.. +. F. West to
be governor and surgeon for the Battle
Mountain santarium at Hot Springs.
Dr. West has been surgeon for Noun
tain Home branch at Johnson City,
Tenn, for the past five years and i3
reported to be a man of splendid ex-
ecutive and professional ability. He Is
80 years Of age and is to be married
to a Virginia girl on Aug %, and
with his bride will arrive at Hot
Springs Aug. 29 and assume charge Of
the Battle Mountain sanitarium Sep
tember l.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
SAVES NEGRoES WITH AUTO.
Sheriff Gets Black Men Away from,
Mob Violence

Bud and Charles Tarr, negroes, were
spirited from Jail at Georgetown, Ky,
Sunday by Sheriff Warning and taken
to Lexington to prevent being mobbed.
The negroes walked into the place
OF business of Albert Sacre last week,
and after forcing him into a quarrel
struck him across the head with
club, from which he has been gradual
ly dying. Sunday Warning learned
that a mob was collecting and would
attack the Jail that night. He took the
automobile of Richmond Levering,
and secreting the negroes in a house
near the Jail until he had an oppor-
tunity to slip away, took them to Lex.
ington.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
GOV. HUGHES COMING.
New York Executive to Attend Baptist
Meeting at DcadWOOd

The feature of the state convention
of Baptists which will be held at Dead
wood early in October will be the
presence of Gov. Charles f. Hughes, of
New York. Gov. Hughes is a promi-
nent member of the church in his
home town and has promised to take
this opportunity to see something Of
the Black Hills. He will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the convention, and
arrangements are now being perfect
ed to entertain a large number of vis-
itOrS
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
DOGS TELL OF FATALITY.
Lead to Discovery of Body Near Belle
EOurChe.

The intelligence of two shepherd
dogs has led to the discovery of what
may prove a murder in the Slim Butte
district some miles north of Belle
Fourche.
Word of the affair has just been
brought by courier. 1t seems that a
rancher was passing a couple Of miles
from the wagon outfit of a sheep herd
er named Cooper, when the latter's
two dogs appeared. The animals
whined, and running slowly TO-
ward their masters camp evident
ly sought to draw the rancher's atten-
ton there. He decided to investigate
and followed the dogs. Cooper was
found lying face down in a pool of
k:s own blood with a bullet wound
through his heart. There was no
sign of a revolver.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
BerCSfOrl Man Injured.

A. J. Wimple, editor of the farm de-
partment of the Beresford Republic,
and during late years made famous by
the Introduction and breeding of the
Wimple yellow dent corn, was severe
ly injured and narrowly escaped death.
A pulley which he used in putting hay
into the haymow broke loose from It's
fastenings and flying upwards struck
him in the face.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
Mrs. Sage Gives $4,000.

Mrs. Russell Sage has given $50, 900
Tor new building for the Long Island
railroad employees branch of the
Young Mems Christian association AT
Long Island City. Announcement of
the gift was made Thursday.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
Goes to School of Mines.

1t Is announced that Oscar Allen
Anderson, the we'll known young
Deadwood mining man, has accepted
the chair of metallurgy at the state
school of mines in Rapid City Mr..
Anderson Is at present superintendent
of the Dakota Mining company's mill
at Deadwood.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
Live Stock Rates Slashed.

In sweeping decision Wednesday
by the Wisconsin railroad rate COM
mission ali charges on live stock be-
tween nearly all parts of the state and
Milwaukee were reduced approximate
ly from 20 to rs per cent.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
FUNDS FROM UNCLE SAM.
State Treasury G"ts $2.752.23 on Ac.
count OF Forest Reserves.

NUIIIII UI OfN~t INNNNL w.
The state has received from the gem
erai government $2,752.25 as ita por-
tiOn of the forest reserve fund, which
amount goes to the different counties
of the state in which the forest re-
serves are located, and by them it IS
applied to the road and school funds
of such counties on a basis of 80 per
cent to the road fund and 10 per cent
to the school funds. The counties
which get the benefits are Lawrence,
Pennington, Custer, Meade and Butte.
the money coming from the Black
Hills reserve, with small payments
from the Cave Hills, Short Pine and
Slim Butte reserves, the three being
in Butte county. and the general re-
serve in the other counties named.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
Claims He Is Innocent.

G. A. Odamserthe. the accused de-
faulting agent of the Goodridge-Call
Lumber company. has been brought
back to Parker from Chicago, where
he was arrested by the police. He re-
turned without extradition and main
tains his innocence. He Is held under
5000 bond.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15

Beng unable to secure cars on ac-
count of the trainmen's strike on the
Colorado and Southern railroad, six
teen coal mines in the vicinity of Trim
idad closed down, throwing out Of
work $500 men.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
Farmers arc Harvesting.

Farmers are in he midst Of their
early harvest around Yankton. Barley
and rye are in the stack and oats are
pretty generally cut. There is an ex-
cellent yield of the two former. and
the oats are expected to be an average
crop. Some folds of wheat are much
better than on Nnary, but much Of vt
is thin.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
Boosting Coal at DeadwOOd.

In line with the announcement that
the Black Hills would suffer this COM
ing winter a coal famine, the price of
coal for domestic use has been jumped
up 81 per ton by the companies,
and so cents per ton for the mines
and mills Everyone who can is get
ting In a supply against the threaten
I'd shortage
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
Building Strike Spreads.

Acting on orders of the executive
officers of the union, 100 more union
mechanics Joined the building trades
strike at Washington Sunday Accord
ing to the labor leaders every build
ing where non-union mechanics were
employed is now tied up.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
Burn Towns, Cary on Girls.

The latest advices from the Persian
frontier say the Turkish troops which
recently crossed the northwest frontier
are marching on Urumiah, burning
and devastating villages along their
route.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
Engagement Likely Broken.

Losing his temper because Of his ef-
forts as peacemaker did not succeed,
Edward Mulvaney. young man,
knocked down and killed his prospect
I've father-in-law Robert Sealander. a
contractor, in Brooklyn.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
Offer Reward for Nurderer

Gov. Deneen, of Illinois, has offered
reward of $500 for the capture of
the murderer Of James L. Williams.
who was mysteriously killed at Mt.
Vernon, and citizens have added 500
TO the amount
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
Jaiier Made Prisoner: Boys EscaDe.

Noah Coffee and Fon Frazier, boys
who were in Jail at Mayfield, KY,
charged with burglary, while in the
Jail yard Thursday locked the keeper
in Jail and made their escape over the
high wall.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
POLISH PRIEST TIAMURDERER. A
Shoots Two PrOpriet6s of Pittsburg
Hotel

Ludwig Sczegie, said to be an unat-
tached Polish priest d Chicago, walk
ed into a hotel on Carson street in
Pittsburg. Pa, early Thursday and
without warning whipped out a re-
volver and opened fire upon the two
proprietors. Steven and Andrew Star
zynski. Steven died within an hour
and the physicians say Andrew cannot
recover. The cause Of the shooting Is
shrouded in mystery.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
New Rnnk Mt Hcrrcid.

Articles of incorporation have been
hled for the Farmers state bank of
Herren, with capital Of $1,000. The
|incorp,rators are c. ]. Hazel. J. H.
Holma Aberdeen; T. A. Fossem, OF
Eerrel
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
WESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL.

Schedule Of Games to Be Played at
Sioux City In
Followia' is a schedule of the West
e-n League games to be played at
Sioux City in the Immediate future:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-15
Sioux City Live Stock Market

Saturdays quotations on the Sioux
city live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $6.15. Top hogs. 5000.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03

gether until May 20, 1872. the occasion
of the eighth annual commencement"
as the programme Of exercises stated.
Their names were: May Anderson
inow Mrs. English), Lizzie Barton (de-
ceased). Bessie c. Bunner. Addie l..
Chaplin (now Mrs. Charles L. Sleeper),
Ella A. Clark, Mary 1. Connell. Mary
Mrs. G. E. RalD. Carrie M. Give (now
Mrs. Joseph H MerralD Fannie Hare,
Minnie f. Harris (now Mrs. A. K. Hol-
lis). Fannie e. Hawley (now Mrs.
Cook. Emma w. Healey (now Mrs.
Parkes) Theresa Herman (now Mrs. NJ.
Regens burger). Ahbie A. Hillman (now
Mrs. G. Studley), Lizzie Hutchinson
(deceased). Marie e. Kaplan. Susie E.
Kelly (deceased). Nellie NJ. Kelsey
(now Mrs. FRENCH. Matilda E. Lipman
(now Mrs. EnkeD, Mary M. MILAN
(now Mrs. McKenzie). Josephine Miller
(now Mrs. Tantau). Carrie E. Pinkham
(deceased). Hannah Philips. Effie B.
Quint (now Mrs. B. l.. Diggins). Pau
line Raphael (now Mrs. Henry Myers,
Anita A. Sack (now Mrs. Larkin).
Katie NJ. Simmons (now Mrs. Hare).
Franc E. Steuart (now Mrs. Blood.
Alice ST. John (now Mrs. Smitten),
George A. Traver.
To Miss Ella A. Clark belongs the
credit of originating and successfully
starting the annual reunions. Miss
Clark, ably seconded by Miss Donnelly,
has undertaken and kept UP the work.
sending out notices. keeping track of
addresses. and gathering statistics.
The reunions have been entirely social
and are utterly devoid of formality.
sPicnics and outings have been greatly
favored. Several picnics have been
held gat sCordonices Creek. in North
Berkeley. and not few In Golden
Gate Park. April 81, 1905. had been
chosen as the date for a picnic at the
latter place, and arrangements were
all complete for the annual gathering.
but the stirring events of the days
preceding made postponement inev-
liable. Individual members of the
class have frequently acted as host
esses in their own homes and have
presided at luncheons which were bril-
liant social affairs. Mrs. Alice Smit-
ten has twice invited the class to
her beautiful country seat. Crespi
Wood in San Mateo County, and Mrs
Josephine Tantan has also entertained
at FerndaIe. her charming Santa Clara
home. Miss Clark. Mrs. Sleeper and
Mrs. Merrell have given luncheons in
Berkeley. and two years ago Mrs.
Henry Myers was hostess at an elabo-
rate function I'm her beautiful home on
Washington street, San Francisco.
while on other occasions Mrs. Regens-
burger. Miss Donnelley, Miss Gala
CHER, Mrs. Studley and Mrs. Hollis have
done the honors at their respective
homes. The hostess last year at Pied
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03

n low many OF the girl graduates
IL Of this year OF grace. 1907, will
be able to collect their scattered
numbers and have a class meet
ing IN 1912. thirty-five years from now?
Yet the class OF 1872 from the San Fran
cisco Girls High School is preparing to
hold its annual reunion. having kept
up the custom for that number of
years. The girls" of '72 are grand
mothers now-some Of them-but they
have not lost their class feeling nor
the merry spirit of their school days.
That explains why they look so young
and why they have such jolly times
when they meet every year around a
bountiful lunch table. 1t is the heart
that counts, and not the years.
They were thirty one IN number when
they left their alma mater. and in all
these years death has claimed but four.
1t was a strenuous year for the high
school when in 1859 a class of one hum.
dred and odd juniors clamored for ad-
mission, while the little brick building
on the corner Of Bush and Stockton
streets could accommodate but third
OF that n1uber in addition to the mid
dies and seniors. That old building
belonged to a type of schoolhouse now
obsolete, and consisted OF an assembly
room on the ground floor, with three
small recitation-rooms above. Ellis III.
Holmes was principal; Mrs. c. r. Beals.
teacher OF belles-lettres; Miss E. A.
Cleveland, mathematics; MISS s. A. Barr,
science. and Madame yirginie Brissac
French. OF this faculty none are now
among the living, Miss Cleveland and
Mrs. Beals having passed away during
the year 1905.
AS space and teaching force were
inadequate to the handling of 100 new
pupils. quarters for the overflow were
found In the basement of the Temple