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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
GOVERNMENT PERIL IN STRIKE.
Weather Bureau Crippled, Crop Re-
ports Affected, and Danger at Sea.

That part of the administration remain
ing in Washington is deeply concerned at
the growth of the telegra piers strike and
is hoping for Intervention by the Presi-
dent. 1t has been advised of the Presi-
dents concern and determination to do
what he can to prevent serious Interrupt
ton to the business of the country and
the government, but unfortunately the
situation is of a character that does not
admit of interference at this stage.
A general strike would seriously embar-
rass the federal government Operators
are employed IA every executive depart
ment and bureau, while the weather and
crop reporting services depend in the main
on regular and uninterrupted telegraphic
adviccs. A widespread walkout of teleg-
raphers might result in disasters at sea,
especially as the hurricane season on
the Atlantic is approaching. Mariners
depend upon information furnished by
the government as to the state of weather.
This particular service depends upon ad-
vices from the interior, and any prolOng-
ed Interruption or suspension Of tele-
graphic adviceS from the various stations
of the weather bureau might be serious
to shipping and life at sea.
This is one feature of the condition that
might follow a general strike of telegraph
ers that gives authorities great concern
Already the weather bureau has felt the
force of the sporadic strikes This is
about the tins of year when frosts begin
to make an appearance in the wheat belt
o. III" No",,~.r~-. Prices Of grains arn
maHe in Sew York largely on the 0ut.uJH
of the crop. The uncertainty as to actual
conditions in the field might have a ten
dency to send prices skyward. In any
event any failure Of the government in
bringing crop reports out on time or as
completely as usual would tend to demor-
alize trade in grains.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
NEWS DISPATCHES ARE MEAGER
Strike Curtafls All Messages, Even
Over the Leased Wires.

Owing to the almost complete Interrupt
tion Of telegraphic communication be-
tween various parts of the country the
news dispatches in the city dalies, both
those sent out by the Associated Press
and those received over special leased
wires, were greatly curtailed When the
command. Strike was flashed to Chi
cago at midnight Thursday every union
operator in the Western Union office stop
ped right in the middle of his dispatch,
signalled go" closed his key and left his
desk. Postal operators followed Satur-
day, and Chicago was practically isolated
from the rest of the country so far as
telegraphic communication was concerned.
Many portions of the country were en-
tirely cut off from the news centers and
even the messages received from the larg-
er cities were in many cases meager,
showing the strain put upon the available
wires. Operators on the leased wires COM
plained of frequent Interruptions and the
service showed the results of general de-
moralization. As a result, there was a
sensible diminution in the bulk Of outside
news which reached the news cepters
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
THE WAR ON MOSQUITOES.
ny Persistent Effort New Jersey Has
Triumphsd Over the Pest.

by Persistent Effort New Jersey Has
Triumphsd Over the Pest.
BY the intelligent expenditure of what
seem like absurdly small sums of money
when compared with the supposed diff
Guilty of the task to be performed, several
of the parts of New Jersey that have
long had a national. If not an interna-
tional, disrepute for the number and vo-
racity of their mosquitoes have been prac-
tically cleared of the dangerous pests.
The suggestion that the great Hacken-
sack Meadows could be freed of the in
sects, and the joys of summer life in the
cities around them thus be vastly in
creased, was received with derision, and
almost with indignation, only few years
ago. Yet few thousand dollars spent in
digging bitches has done away with the
stagnant pools in which alone the mos
quitoes could breed, and they are no more
except in the benighted towns where the
people lack either the sense or the energy
or both to avail themselves of the relief
so close within their reach. incidentally
and it is Incidentally lot of worth
less marsh has been turned into good dry
land.
What has been done on and around
the Hackensack Meadows can be even
more easily done almost anywhere else. 1t
ought to be as isgraceful-indeed, it is
as disgraceful--for town to have MOS
Quitoes as it is for a town to suffer from
an epidemic of typhoid or diphtheria, for
the mosquitoes, too, are ''preventable,"
and their presence anywhere convicts
their human victims either of gross ig-
norance or of criminal carelessness. And
always it should be remembered that the
use of oil in a mosquito campaign is JUS
tifable, if at all, only as a temporary ex-
pedient, to be resorted to only for instant
effects while the real work of extermina-
lion is in course of preparation and per-
iormance.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
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Winnipeg (Canada) carpenters are
asking for an increase of 10 cents an
hour.
The Plumbers Union of San Jose, CAL.
has made a demand for an increase of
wages to So a day.
brotherhood of Railroad Freight and
Baggage Men has established it's national
headquarters Office at Boston, Mass
Canadian unions favor international
rather than national affiliations, and this
sentiment is prevalent in all trades.
An expert who has been compiling data
on strikes declares that the greatest num-
Der of strikes occur in the building trades.
The first steps have been taken in Bos-
ton, Mass, for the purpose of organizing
union of the Hebrew painters of that
city.
1t is said that Cleveland Ohio. stands a
good chance of being selected as the ma
tional headquarters of the Stone Cutters
Union.
Union molders in Milwaukee. Wis,
have appealed to the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals against the decree
issued by Judge SanbOrn, preventing pick
citing.
Leroy Parke, an agent of the United
States War Department, who has been
in Europe some months soliciting foreign
labor for work on the Panama canal, has
succeeded since October in shipping 1900,
nearly all Spaniards or Italians.
International Ladies' Garment Work
ers' Union will hold its convention in
Boston, Mass, next year. In the interval
special attention is TO be paid to local
organizing work by the local organizers
and also by special international ones.
\ joint conference of employers and
workmen in the South Wales tin plate
trade was held recently, when it was de-
clded to renew the wages agreement now
IN force for another year, dating from
July i, 1907, with few minor altera-
tions.
The Endorsement of the project for a
labor temple for Pittsburg, Pa, by the
Iron City Trades Council has resulted in
subscriptions for stock from fifteen new I,
unions. There will be at least fifty Or
ganizations represented at the annual cleo
ton of officers.
The annual convention of the Trades
and Labor Congress of Canada will be
held in Winnipeg, Man., from the 10th to
the 21st of September. A large number
Of delegates from labor organizations
throughout the dominion is expected at
the annual meeting. +.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
STRIKE OF TeLEoaApHERs.
Operators Quit Their Keys and Busl-
ness Is Badly Crippled.


With Chicago as the center. tie strike
of the commercial telesraphers had
spread to nearly every section OF the
country. Sunday. The strike fever
seemed to run rampant city following
city in suffering isolation until the tele-
graph offices of thirty-fve cities had
been deserted by the keymen. Chicago
was virtually isolated. Although few
leased wires were working when the
operators employed by the Western
Union Telegraph Company in Chicago
walked out Oh strike at midnight
Thursday the industry Of the entire
country was affected. The men quit
work after voting sympathetic strike
to aid the Los Angeles operators. who
struck twenty-four hours earlier. Their
immediate reason was that the com.
pany officials insisted on their working
on Los Angeles wires with strike-break-
ing operators at the western end.
The telegraph strike swept in wave
crippling the service Of the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph Compa-
MES in New York city, and then
spreading, within few hours, to
Washington. Philadelphia. Baltimore,
Pittsburg, Buffalo, Cleveland. Cincin-
natl, Detroit, Atlanta and other cities
Of the East and South, SO that by
nightfall there Nas hardly a union
man at work III any of the larger
cities. A score or more OF smaller cit
les in the East, South and Middle
West also added their quota to the
ranks of the Western Union and Post
al strikers The Postal operators at
Denver, Salt Lake and Los Angeles,
who had held aloof from the strike,
went out, joining their Western Union
brethren.
The operators employed on the
leased wires Of the Associated Press
the country's general news association
went on strike in Chicago and in
many other cities Monday night. The
step was taken suddenly at I 30
o'clock and was Il surprise even to the
national labor leaders For the time
being the action completely crippled
the news service of the organization.
The Associated Press employs through
out the country 800 operators for it's
leased wire service. The strikers re-
fused to give the corporation any fur
ther time in which to consider their
demands.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
A New Foundation Method.

The Literary Digest quotes from for
eicn engineering paper the description of
q new method of making foundations now
used in all sorts of conditions. 1t is
known as the compressed system. 1t con-
sists in making holes through the soft
soil down to the hardpan by means of a
tapering arm, which is forced down like
a pile driver, and then CLING these holes
with stones and rubble in successive lay
ers, each of which is firmly rammed
down. The result is to produce a mono
lithic block of great strength. No ground
Is reno, ed in the boring of the shaft, the
sides of which acquire great compact
ness.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22

Of over $1J0.00O. Gov. Charles f. Hughes
with his military staff will take part in
the ceremonies and President Roosevelt
and former President Grover Cleveland
have ben invited to attend and speak
Militsry parades will be feature of the
occasion.
Buffalo's Old Home Week will be a
succession Of civic and military payean-
try. carnival sports and games, and the
Electric City will be ablaze with twink
ling lights and patriotic decorations. For
ner residents of Buffalo are asked to
send their names and addresses to James
W. Greene, chairman Old Home Week
Committee Buffalo, n. Y. A beautiful
souvenir invitation will be mailed to each
The railroads will offer excursion rates
to and returning from Buffalo. ...
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22

A number Of the farmers of Orange
county, n. Y, have organized an associa
tion called the Orange County Union, it's
purpose being to cut out the middleman's
profits and sell direct to consumers. To
this end they would form a company
composed exclusively of members of the
union and operate a large exchange in
Newburg, selling farm and ga,den pro-
duce slightly below present prices. To
secure the cooperation Of the labor in
terests the farmers have asked to join the
Central Labor Union. The novelty of this
proposition has proved somewhat puz-
zling to the labor leaders, and a commit
tee has been appointed to look into the
matter. The union men of Newburg are
enthusiastic over the project, but are not
little perplexed as to the proper way
of labelling the products of the farmers
organization.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
NEW YORK.

Cross currents in crop and trade devel
opments render generalization difficult.
Dispatches to Bradstreet'S point to fur
ther favorable progress by leading crops,
notably corn, cotton and spring wheat,
but excepting oats, reports from which
are not favorable. In the Southwest,
Northwest and at large eastern centers
sentiment as to fall trade has been helpes
by these developments, and fall buying is
becoming more noticeable. as country mer.
chants are coming in increasing numbers.
In some of the large industries, however,
there is quieter trade in some branches
with prices easing. Business failures for
the week in the United States number
157. against 142 last week. 1877 in the like
week of 1906. 166 in 1908, 167 in 1904
and 100 in 1903. Failures in Canada
number Is, against 16 last week and 10
in the week year ago.-Bradstreet'
Commercial Report.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22

Preliminary returns indicate a winter
wheat crop of about 400 100000 bushels,
or an average OF 14.G bushels per acre,
as compared with 16.7 bushels per acre
last year. This preliminary estimate of
the yield of winter wheat and the esti
mated acreage on which it is based are
subject to revision and correction when
the final estimates of the bureau are made
next December.
The following table shows the estimat-
ed average yield per acre in each of the
eleven principal winter wheat States in
1907 and 1906, the figures for 1906 being
the final estimates issued Dec. 20:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
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AFNXNCIK
CHICAGO.

In the disturbing developments OF the
week, dearer money, weakness in the Sc.
curity markets and the more cmbarrass.
ing telegraphers' strike, there are rci'ons
for conservatism in business undertak-
iRgs. Aside from these drawbacks trade
maintains n steady course. with prepara.
tions for fall activity more in evidence,
new demands equaling expectations at this
time in the manufacturing branches and
the buying of general merchandise being
stronger. Crop reports carry additional
encouragement ssasonable weather having
brought rapid progress in corn and spring
wheat growth, and this increases conf
dence among the agricultural interests.
Transactions make satisfactory ex.
hibit in the steel industry, especially for
rails, plates, wire and miscellaneous
shapes, while specifications cause further
pressure upon capacity Of rolling mills.
Furnace output is yet in rapid consump'
tion and bookings run well ahead in this
district. but commitments for the last
quarter show hcsitancy, buyers awaiting
price concessions.
Some shading in quotations of iron for
future delivery is reported and copper is
"4IupuI Jul iihpoA'oA'
deals.
Distribution of the necessaries and
heavy materials is seen to be remarkably
active and freight earnings of the Chi
cago roads surpass the high records made
year ago. Large numbers of interior
buyers crowd the wholesale market for
staple wares and the general buying
makes substantial gain in dry goods, cloth,
ing. boots and shoes and food products.
The markets for live stock and proyis-
ions touched the highest average values
recorded this year, owing mainly to small
er supplies OF the former. but spot grain
and -four were in slow request.
The markets for live stock and provis-
ions touched the highest average values
recorded this year. owing mainly to small
er supplies of the. former. but spot grain
and -four were in slow request.
Bank c!earings. $221 $50, 16S exceed
those of corresponding week in 1896 by
134 per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis.
trict number %, against SO last week and
"a a year agO-Duns Review.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
MONUMENT TO M'kINLEY.
Shaft to BE Dedicated in Buffalo
September ).

ed by the State of New York in Niagara
Square. Buffalo, y. y, to the memory of
President Mckinley, is to be formally
dedicated Thursday, Sept ), and the
event will be the central feature of Buff
falo's Old Home Week. Sept. l to I.
Former residents of Buffalo and the pub
lie ut large are cordially invited to at
tend the dedication. and the gay carnival
that will run all the week.
The Mckinley monument was planned
and executed under the direction of q
commission of prominent men, at a cost
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
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Chicago-Cattle. common to prime
$4.OO to $50; hogs. prime heavy. $4W
to $6.4O; sheep, fair to choice, 500
to $3.50; wheat, No =. SIC to Sic
corn. No. >, ;J3c to J4c: oats, standard
4Sc to 49c; rye. No. .. 74c to 7Jc; nay
timothy. $l4.Oe to $2l.5O; prairie, $40,
to Sl1.JO: butter. choice creamery, 2Ic
to 2Jc; eggs, fresh. 14c to 1Sc: potatoes
per huShol, GIc to GSc.
ndianaroIis-Cattlc. shipping. $3OC
to S1.1J; hog. choice heavy, $500 tc
500; sheep, common to prime. $500 tc
$3.50: wheat, No. >, Sic to S2c; corn
No. . white, 53c to soc; oats, No.
white, Acc to soc.
ST. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to $7.2J
hogs. $4.OO to $G.7O; sheep. $500 tt
$3.50 wheat, No. :, S3c to SIC; corn
No. .. 52c to :J3c; oats No. =, Acc tt
47c: rye, No. ., 1Gc to 7Sc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $4.0O to $G.1O
hogs, S4.OO to SG.62; sheep. $500 tt
$500 wheat. No. =, sc to Sic; corn
No. . mixed, ,5c to SIC; oats. No. .
mixed, 47c to 4Sc; rye, No. >, Sic to Sc
Detroit-Cattlc 500 to 5000; hogs
$4OO to $6.25 sheep, $3.50 to $40
wheat. No. 2, S3c to Sic; corn, No.
yellow. 59c to Goc; oats, No. 3 wEts
soc TO 52c; rye. No. ,, 15c to T6c.
Miwaukce-Wheat. No. northern
94c to 96c; corn. No. 3. :lIc to 54c
oats, standard, 5lc to sc: rye. No. |
76c to 7Tc; barley. standard, nc to &c
pork, mess, $l6.45.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers
$4OO to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice. $4.Ot
to $6.75; sheep, common to good mixed
$4.OO to $5.25; lambs, fair to choice
$500 to $7.25.
New York-Cattle, $4.O0 to S6.65
hogs. $500 to 800; sheep. $500 II
$3.50; wheat, No. red, soc to Ole
corn, No. 2, 59c to Gle; oats, natural
white, 5Sc to 60c: butter. creamery, 22c
to 25c; eggs, western, 16c to 19c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, SIC tt
Sc; corn, No. mixed, 55c to SIC
oats, No. 2 mixed. 42c to 43c; rye. No
2, 74c to 76c; clover seed, prime, $1,000
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
CORN CROP is SHORT.
government Report shows Only
Slight improvements.

The crop reporting board of the bureau
Of statistics of the Department OF Agri-
culture finds, from the reports of the cor
respondents and agents of .ie bureau, as
follows:
The condition of corn on Aug. J. was
S2.S, as compared with SO.2 last month,
$50 on Aug 1, 1906. 500 on Aug. 1,
1905, and a ten-year average of S3.2.
The following table shows, for each OF
the States having 100000 acres or up
ward in corn. the condition on Aug.
in each of the last two years, with the
ten-year August averages:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
1160-Frederic |. defeated by the ItaI-
ians at Carceno.

ians at Carceno.
1316-Irish defeated at Athenry.
1519-Magellan started on his famous
voyage of exploration.
1035-Carter entered the st. Lawrence
on his second voyage of discovery.
1557-Spansh and English defeated the
French at st. Quentin.
1607-First settlers from England land
ed in Maine.
1625-King Charles I. of England dis
solved Parliament.
16f0-Arras taken by the French.
1642-First commencement exercises OF
Harvard college.
1647-Irish defeated at DUNCAN Hill.
1666-First ships built in Canada said
to have been launched at Quebec.
1675-Greenwich observatory commenced.
1690-Limerick besieged by William III.
17O4-Narva taken by Gar Peter of
Russia.
1736-First newspaper printed in Fir-
ginia, at Williamsburg.
173S-Orsova taken by the Turks.
1741-Frederck III. took Breslau.
1763-British defeated by the Indians at
battle of Bushy Run, in Michigan.
1764-Civil government established in
Quebec.
1792-Attack on the Tuileries and mas
sacre of the Swiss guards.
1s12-Madrid entered by Wellington and
his forces.
1S14-Commission from England and
the United States met at Ghent to
arrange a treaty of peace.
1S21-Missouri admitted to the Union.
1S22-Suicide of Lord Castlereagh.
1S3O-Louis Philippe proclaimed King Of
the French.
1S31-Louis McLane of Delaware be-
came Secretary of the United States
Treasury.
1S32-Gibbeting irons used for the last
time in England.
1S36-Revolution in Madrid and fight
of 1sturitz.
1S3!-Seven lives lost by the falling of
suspension bridge at st. John,
N.B.
1S40-English Parliament passed an act
prohibiting the use of boys as chin
ney sweeps.
Disqualification treaty signed at Wash
ngton. defining the boundary between
Canada and the United States.
1S43-Natal annexed to the British pos
sessions.
4-COmmemoration festival held at
Ayr in honor of Robert Burns.
observation-disclosures of Sweaborg.
lS57-Napoleon III. and Empress Eu-
Queen Victoria.
1SG2-Battle of Culpepper Court House,
Virginia.
Notwithstanding Debtors act passed
by British Parliament. :. Germans
defeated the French at the battle Of
Woerth.
1SS4-GordOn held Khartoum.
1SS9-MrS. Florence Maybrck convicted
of the murder of her husband.
1S0O-William Krmclcr executed at Au-
y L.
death Dy electricity in the United
States.
1S92-Great strike of switchmen began
at Buffalo. Declared off Aug. "a.
shocks felt at Mem
phis, Tenn. The President formal
" recognized tie republic of Hawaii.
1S97-Senor Canovas. prime minister of
Spain, assassinated Sy an anarchist
The Anglo-Egyptian army cap
tured Abu-IIamid on the Nile.
1S99-Dreyfus trial opened at Rennes.
France .Twenty-nine persons kill
ed in trolley car disaster at Bridge
port, Conn.
1907 Outlaw Harry Tracy committed
suicide in Oregon. Coronation OF
King Edward VII.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
Cuba's Annual Budget.

Gov. MagoOn reports to the War De-
partment that the expense of running the
government of Cuba for the next fiscal
year will be $23,309, $50, or an increase
of 81 100000 over the previous year.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22


IL 800.
The average condition of spring wheat
on Aug. ! was 19.4, as compared with
SD last month. 500 on Aug. l, 1905,
So on Aug. /, 1893, and Il ten-year aver
age Of S3.4.
The average cor.lition of the Oat crop
on Aug. l was 1916, as compared with ).
last month. S2.S on Aug. |, 1906. O.S on
Aug !, 1908, and a ten-year August aver
age of $40.
The average condition of barley on Aug.
1 was SD, against %l.4 one month ago
0O.3 ON Aug. ]. 1906, 800 on Aug. l,
1905, and a ten-year average of ST.
The average condition of rye at time
OF harvest was $50, as compared with
S9.1 one month ago. 90.S on Aug. T. 1906,
92.G on Aug. l, 1905, and ten-year ave-.
age of $50.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-08-22
English Clergyman Enters Politics

EnEI1sh tIerB5Han EhterS POHtfcE.
The Rev. r. J. Campbell, the English
clergyman, has been formally invited by
the labor party to contest the new va
cancy in the parliamentary representa-
ton of Cardiff.