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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
Worthing.

Aug. 81, 1907.
Mrs. Holt and daughter Marion, Of
Sioux City, are visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Bradshaw.
Miss Cora Madden has taken it up
on herself to do the farming act. She
is keeping house for Gerber Bros,
during the harvest rush. Miss Cora
is a charming young ladies and has a
host of friends and admirers.
Miss Myrtle Kuhns is on the sick
list this week.
The entertainment at the NJ. E.
church was largely attended and all
who took part deserve much credit
for the excellent name in which
they rendered their parts. The re.
ceipts amounted to $3.50.
Mrs. Meyers and Mrs. Thompson
were Sioux Falls shoppers last Friday.
Miss Winnie Bradshaw and Mr..
Lawrence France enjoyed a delightful
ride last evening in the beautiful
moonlight.
G.. NJ. France and son Lawrence
drove to Cunton on business Tuesday,
Miss. Kathryn Norton went to Can
ton last week to take the teachers
examination but after being question
ed as to her age, Supt. Lawrence in
formed her she was too young. So
Kathryn returned home to patiently
await the golden figures.
Mrs. Mat Johnson and daughter
Linda leave Thursday for a visit with
Mr.. Johnson's sister. They expect to
be gone a week or ten days.
John Hurley was fishing down near
Beloit Sunday. and was caught by
the wind storm which nearly over
turned the buggy. John then sought
refuge in the shelter OF grain stacks
but mi by one the stacks went over
under the cyclonic blast. Poor John.
his last hope was to pray and he did
and promised the Lord he would
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

Don't forget to attend the big
"blow out'' at Hudson on Friday
August 30. Hudson will treat you
we'll.
Read the grocery price list publish
ed in the LEADER this week by o. Fl.
Lybarger. He will save you money
on your grocery bill.
President Overseth of the Farmers
State bank is at Wells, Minnesota,
visiting with a boyhood chum who
has been very sick but from last re-
port it is believed MI. Gilbertson
will get we'll.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

The railroads and express companies
are furious because Governor Craw-
ford and the other members Of the
assessment board raised their valua-
ton and by this means compols them
to pay q fair share Of taxes. Hereto
fore the machine made the people pay
taxes for the corporations. The peo-
pie will never vote the machine into
power again or send the head Of the
gang back to the Senate.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

Til Ths railroads are lining UP behind
the Kittredge machine hoping to de
feat the republican ticket in the next
campaign, and II successful, the
railroad would have their assessment
reduced and other reform legislation
wiped out. The express companies
will be eager to knock out the reform
ers after being compelled to pay a
fair rate Of taxes. 1t Is the people VS..
the Kit machine and corporations.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

A few corporation machine papers
are beginning a campaign Of SANDER
against every man who is opposed to
Kit and against every mar who had
any part in overturning the machine
and against all reform legislation.
These machine tools are as pnrchas-
able as dogs and less respectable.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

: Correspondence :
Grant Township

81 S>S
Where did Henry 60 Sunday? We
don't know but hope the roads will
stay good and that he will get back
in a day or two.
Ole Lees folks of Perry township
came down Sunday to make a visit
with Iron Thomson and family.
Adolph Brandhagen has had quite
a little of his threshing done already,
but we are not informed as to the
yield per acre.
Blanche Larson has been nursing a
sore finger for several days.
Knut Johnson and John Johnson
expect to leave Tuesday for North
Dakota to take in the harvest and
threshing season.
Henry Hanson and sister arie
were callers on Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
Hanson Sunday.
We had a refreshing shower Sunday
eve which was welcome. The boys
claim that ducks and geese were SO
dry out this way that they could not
spit.
b. r. Sundvold of Canton came out
Saturday afternoon to see how the
folks were getting along out this way.
He stopped with Melvin Sundvold
over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernhard, Torberson
of Grand Valley were out this way
Sunday to visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Melvin Sundvold. Mrs. Torberson
and Mrs. Sundvold attended church
while the boys were getting dinner.
We will bet that dinner was ready
when the ladies got home.
Math Iyerson of Beaver Creek, at
tended church here Sunday. We had
not seen him for some time. He told
us he liked Hudson the best to live in
and give his reasons. He liked they
ladies of that place The best. He feels
and looks young for a man of his age.
Gilbert Johnson was u with his
camera and took several snop shots at
the QlCCn crew.
Tillman Mausbach from near
Worthing, with a carriage load OF
ladies was out this way Friday to take
a look at the ditching machine and
workmen. You will always find Mr..
Mausbach in company with a lot OF
ladies. IT'S said that the ladies love
his manly figure, his cheerful laugh,
his genial presence and mirthful
mirth, and as a ladies man he out
classes Jim Madden on points.
Tillman Larson and H. A. Skie
we're helping Melvin Sundvold stack
grain the first of the week, while B.
r. Sundvold a helping the cook.
B. T. says he never broke a dish or
missed a meal in harvest time.
Mrs. X. o. Gedstad received a letter
from our old friends and neighbors
the Gundersons, who live in Cavalier
county, North Dakota, telling that
they were totally hailed out up there.
We feel sorry for them.
A person would be led to believe
that Mr.. johnson had followed a cir
Gus for a time from the way he has
got a Pekin duck and a cat trained.
He can call the duck and cat out in
the yard and they will follow him
around and when he takes to them
they will answer with aquack, quack,
and new, NEW. After performing
for a while the duck will get thirsty
and will commence to bob its head
up and down to let Mr.. Johnson know
it is dry Mr.. Johnson. says to them,
'scome on,'' the duck and cat will
start and follow down to the we'll
where they are given water to drink.
When through drinking, johnson and
his pets will go back to the house
and take a rest. Mr.. Johnson prices
his performers very highly and it Is
interesting and amusing to watch
them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
Engage The Best Teachers
For The Country
Schools.

We do not know Of anything else
for which the farmer pays so much
and yet gets SO little as for country
school education. The towns and
cities have been leyying high taxes
and paying the highest wages for the
best class of teachers In the market.
The farmer has beengrumbling at the
high prices, taking the best OF what
was left, and then complaining OF the
deficiency and inefflciency OF teachers
in the country schools.
In educational lines, as In every
thing else, supply and demand rule
the market, and unless the farmer is
willing to pay the ruling prices he
must expect to secure inferior teach
ers. Other things being equal, teach
ers, like all other young people, pre-
fer to live in the cities and larger
towns. and hence the farmer must
pay even more than current wages If
he is to secure the right kind OF teach
ers.
The farmer can better afford to
skimp on alnest anything else than
the wages OF the young woman who
teaches his children. He. had better
do with q poorer house, or with poorer
live stock, or with poorer machinery,
than with a poor school teacher. For,
after all, the reason why we have i'm
proved machinery, improved live
stock, and better homes, is to develop
a higher type of children and fit them
better for their life work, which bids
fair t0 be more strenuous In the mex
generation than in the present.
1t will be necessary, however. If
the farmer wishes to have his child
rem properly educated to do more
than pay the price that is demanded
by the best teachers. 1t will be
necessary for him to take a deeper
personal interest In the school than
ne has done heretofore. We have all
known farmers who have travelled a
mile past the school house twice q
week to notice how a tenant or m
ploye Of his was feeding hogs or cattle,
but who seldom or dropped in
to see how the teacher, whom he with
others has employed, teaches his
children.
No matter how well qualified a
teacher may be, she needs this kind
Of support and encourage cent from
the parents OF the students. An in
different teacher Will do reasonably
good work II she knows that the
parents Of the children are deeply in
terested In her work and are ready to
give her any moral support, help, or
encouragement that lies In their
power.
With better teachers and with
more personal attention on the part
OF parents we may reasonably hope In
time to check this lamentable decline
In the attendance upon the rural
schools. This matter Of attendance is
not wholly a lack of children, but a
lack Of interest on the part Of the
older children in the work that is
going on In the school. We cannot
blame them for insisting or going to
a town school unless they are getting
their moneys worth In the country
school. The proper thing to do is to
get the best teachers, pay them good
wages, then stand by them and en-
courage all the children Of school age
to attend these country schools,
which are the basis of onr educational
system. Wallaces' Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

When the weather cools off we de-
sign giving Col. Editor Arthur Linn a
!!stle, lecture or i..s..rgencyy as a hel-
low humbug. It's too hot just now
for Indulgence in political palaver to
any needless extent. -Vermillion Rep
No man is so competent to lecture on
any subject as he who is a specialist
In the work he talks about.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
Canton Township.

Aug. 81.
A nice shower came Sunday evening
after a very disagreeable day of heat,
wind and dust and such a welcome it
received.
Will Trip is baling and shipping
hay this week, He has been haying
for a month.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

II would like to sell at private sale
some portion OF my household furni-
ture during the coming two months.
Should any one wish to buy at their
own figures anything In this line
let them call at my present residence
and see what I have.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

Rev. W.. W. Fowler and wife are in
the city.
Mrs. Sam Thorson and Miss Marie
Engen are home from their Wiscon-
sin visit.
Miss Mylly Goetz and her brother
Arthur, arrived home Tuesday after
an extended visit with Iowa friends.
Mrs. r. P. Eastcott entertained the
Methodist Ladies Aid Society We'd
nesday of last week. A delightful
luncheon was served and all present
reported a pleasant time.
j. j. Richardson advertiscs one
hundred high grade ewes for sale. See
his ad. in the special sale corner.
Herb Fitch has just had a six horse
power Lewis & Thompson gas engine
placed in his new elevator.
A. e. Manson has IL acres south of
town planted to strawberries, black
berries and red raspberries, and an in
spection Of the fruit bearing plants
last Tuesday evening indicates that
Mr.. Manson has a very fine prospect
for a big yield next season. He is GO
ing to install a larger engine for ir-
rigation purposes and will spare no
means to make his berry farm a
splendid success.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
West Canton.
Aug. 81, 100

Stacking is pretty we'll done around
here. A good deal Of the shock
threshing is done and some have COM
menced stack threshing.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Viland and Miss
Ida loft visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Millage Sunday.
Mrs. E. Osvog has been enjoying a
visit from two of her sisters from
Iowa. They report crops far better
around here than in Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schlosser spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. II. Straw.
Mrs. G. r. Moulton called on Mrs.
Roy Millage Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Flory of Canton
and Mrs. Doland Of Chicago, were en-
tertained at dinner at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Beck Wednesday.
Mrs. w. L. Millage has been on the
sick list.
Mrs. Tom Wallace has gone to Bel
levue, Iowa, to visit her parents.
Mr.. Cornelius of Bellevue, Iowa,
has been visiting at the home of his
son, J. c. Cornelious.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
He Was Disseminated.

Disseminated" is the headline over
a letter in a Vienna paper from a cor
respondent in Constantinople. When
/ told my friends that | was coming
to this city they envied me. and when
one man said: You go to the city Of
beautiful women, ! smiled with salts.
faction because / believed as he did,
and pictured TO myself the living
forms Of those whose pictures we had
seen SO often as representing the
women of Turkey. / have seen them.
Those who are young, II they have
any beauty nc one knows 1t because
their faces are hidden, and those who
have passed beyond the youthful
period are-well, certainly not beau
tiful. Take a walk when you come
here, on a day when the streets are
wet, when the women lift their gowns
to ave them from the mud, and you
will find that there is not a we'll
formed Turkish woman's foot in th'
place and that the majority are stock
ingless"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

Insurance against losses by fire,
tornadoes and cyclones is a necessity.
How many farmers estimate the vast
amounts that are paid yearly to for.
eign insurance companies for which
comparatively small returns are re-
ceived? How few realize that farm In.
surance is the less hazardous of any,
and that 1t is too often the case that
the farmers are compelled to pay
losses incurred on hazardous risks,
such as factories Of various kinds, and
crowded city buildings? It is best to
patronize some home insurance com.
pany which you know to be sound,
and every state has a number OF such
ones. For the farmer good mutual In.
surance is always the best. It costs
less. because the risks are select ones,
and the insured Is not compelled to
make up losses On the more hazardous
kind.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
SCHEMES FOR MoNEY.MAKiNo.
Alleged "cIubs" That Operate to the
Loss OF Their Members.

Buying Of goods from a distance has
a charm for some people that in many
cases proves expensive. Fields are
green far away" and 1t is too often
that fads are responsible for many
things that work against the Interests
Of the individual. Opposition should
be given to every plan and scheme
that works toward the impoverishing
the smaller towns, and which work
against their progress. 1t is only by
combating the concentration of capt.
tai in the large financial centers can
the rural towns be kept up to the
standard that they should have.
These small towns depend upon the
business Of the merchants for their
life, and when this business is divid-
ed, the town Is made so much the
poorer and kept from advancing. Here
is where there is justification in advis-
ing against the patronage Of so-called
Clubs" which agree to send premi-
ums to the getter-up of orders for their
wares. The secret Of the Club bust
ness lies in the selling of large lots
OF goods to individual purchasers and
giving a premium, representing the
lot as valued at twice the amount paid
for 1t. The truth is, should the pur-
chaser go to the average merchant,
and desire the same class and guam
tity Of goods and pay cash for the
same, the saving in dollars and cents
to the purchaser would enable him or
her to buy a better piece of furniture
or other prize than offered by the club
concern.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

Nothing happens without a cause,
Some cellars are too damp, while
others are too dry. In either case the
house itself is affected more or less
according to the extent Of the trouble
and the amount and quality Of yentila-
ton.
1t pays to put a little extra work on
the cellar. You have W pay extra TO
have the wall pointed up on the in.
side. but IT pays not only to have the
mortar smoothed on between the
stone, but 10 have II spread over to
the thickness Of a plaster coat so the
wall may be finished smooth. Then
II can be brushed with a soft broom
at any time and the dust removed.
Ventilation usually can be controlled
by having opposite windows. All eel
lar windows should be hung at the top
with good solid hinges, and each sash
should have a hook TO hold II open
or part way open. II you depend on
getting a stick to prop II open with,
this little chore is neglected most OF
the time and the cellar is not yenti
lated. Physicians about the country
are having a good deal TO say about
the value Of good sanitary conditions
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
A REIGN Of CRAFT
GRAFT" NOT A NEW WORD IN
THE WORLDS LExIcoNs.
OF HIGH AND LOW DEGREE
Ionoble Practices That Are Con-
demned, Blu, Recognized In Bust
~ness-people Responsible for
Their Existence.

Graft is not a recent innovation.
History of remote periods tell of 1t,
though perhaps the word that desig-
mates It now may belong to the newly.
created words, and may be credited
to the category Of slang, In the times
of Moses and Solomon there were
grafters, and the Egyptians and later
the Greeks had their priests and their
oracles. common gratis Of the times.
History is replete from beginning to
the present with tales of graft and
grafters. Without graft to add its
zest, the work of the f%ictionlsts and
the historian would be prosy reading.
Graft lends its charm TO The Epi-
curean." "Rasslas.' and the works OF
historians from Pliny down to the
present would be woefully dead with.
out the recitals of the do
ings OF quacks, ~charlatans and graft
ers in general. Who has not been
charged with the tale Of the diamond
necklace" and what reader of history
has not laughed over the other opera.
tions Of ~Cagliostro?
Perhaps never in the past has graft
been reduced to the science that 1t Is
now. 1t is so closely interviewer in
the mesh of legitimate transactions
that there is hardly a branch of bust.
ness that is free from it. Alas, not
alone is II found in commercial and
financial affairs, but is abundantly in
evidence in governmental transaction,
national, state and municipal. Revela-
lions of the methods of great corpora.
tions, the timber land frauds, count
less railroad transactions, government
buildings, construction of municipal
improvements. etc, give a wide knowl-
edge OF the world Of graft.
Like an unbroken chain it extends
from the highest to the lowest in pow
err, The greater the interests, the
greater is the opportunity for the
operations for the grafters. The small
fry politician lives by it. The big.
gun in adds to his prestige
and his bank account by II. 1t APP
pears that 1t is only a matter of de-
gree between the CRATER who stands
CT the street cc-2c- and hawks his
wares and the man Of honor who holds
a place in the United States senate:
between the policeman on the beat
who cautiously takes a dollar TO close
his eyes to the doings of the law.
breaker, and the man OF millions at
the head Of some mail-order house, or
monopoly who can rob the masses
high.handed six days in the week and
teach a Sunday school class on the
seventh.
Graft teaches an ignoble lesson. II
is a creator Of the hypocrite, and the
hereto. 1t is a poison that benumbs
the finer qualities OF manhood, and
strifles all that develops the spiritual.
Yet God reigns; immutable laws ex.
Est; and 1t is poor philosophy, indeed,
that teaches that such qualities as
sincerity, goodness, and other virtues
are merely creations of the wind,
They are real, living, lasting, eternal
truths that cannot be downed. Graft
may exist, and have its baleful inhu
ences; yet in the end will be vic
torious.
d. NJ. CARR.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

lleve this statement, but upon trial,
they will find the apple most obedient
to their orders. The explanation Of the
mysterious movements OF the apple,
says Good Literature, is this: The ap'
pie must be pierced by two goose
quilts so as to form a rather large
angle about the middle Of 1t. Then
pass the Irvine through the opening,
Holding the ends between ones hand
and foot so as to control the tension
Of the string, one car make the apple
do ones bidding absolutely. 1t will de-
scend or pause Immediately upon or
der. When you draw upon the Irvine
the portion which Is in the apple will
press upon the angle formed by the
passages and with this pressure will
hold the apple wherever any n de,
sires 1t to stop. On the contrary, when
you hold the line loosely all rightly
is removed and the apple Of course
descends.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
Cash VS.. Credit.

A cash transaction Is more desirable
than a credit one. II customers would
only pay the small town merchant
cash for all things purchased, the
same as the department stores and
mail order houses in the large cities
require, there would be no reason why
goods could not be sold at lower
prices. 1t is the constantly turning
I've Of the money invested in bust
ness that makes the profit for the
merchant. This is one of the reasons
of the success of the bly, city concerns.
Few farmers when they sell their
crops are willing to wait six months
for their pay. Why then should the
small merchant in the town be asked
to do SO. II he has the ready cash to
discount his bills, he will be enabled
to sell his goods at a lower margin OF
profit. He cannot have the ready
money to do so II he does a credit
business.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
TALc DEPOSITS IN BRAZIL.
This Stone Said TO Be Practically In.
eShaustible There.

Consul General G. f. Anderson. OF
Rio de Janeiro, advises that consider.
able interest is being shown by the
tale deposits of Brazil by both Ameri.
a and European manufacturers Of
talcum powder and similar repar
tions. He states:
Apparently the Brazilian deposits
Of the stone are ineXhaustible. The
price of the stone depends upon labor
and transportation rather than upon
the element Of supply. Practically all
Of the principal deposits now being
worked are in the state Of Sac Paulo,
in the mountains near the city Of Sac
Paulo, notably near Lorenzo In that
state.
Three qualities of the stone are pro.
duced, the quality depending upon the
color. The stone ready for crushing ia
being furnished in Rio de Janeiro at
from SO to 100 milreis per ton, or from
s25,42 to 1920 per ton at present ex
change, 1t seems to be Of very good
quality in the three grades"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

Don't be afraid OF criticism. Study
well your duty as a citizen and go
about It without fear or favor, and you
will find that those simpletons who
may at first call you a busy.body will
be willing to give you credit for being
an en~terprising citizen when the need
ed reforms are brought about by your
work
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
A STORY.
The Mother Love Displayed by a Polar
Bear for Her Cubs.

A touching story Is told by an arctic
explorer about the motherly love Of a
bear for her cubs. He states that
while his ship was locked in the ice,
they noticed three bears making their
way toward the vessel, attracted no
doubt by the smell of blubber which
some of the crew were burning. The
intruders proved to be a she bear and
her two cubs. The three ran to the fire
and drew put part Of the flesh and Ntc
it voraciously. Then the crew threw
great Jumps of food to them, but the
mother bear left her babies of at a
distance, and she got the food, taking
it to them and keeping the smallest por-
ton for herself. AS she was fetching
away the last piece the men fired and
shot all three bears, killing the cubs
ard MORALLY %wounding the mother. II
would have drawn the tears Of pity
from any eye to have marked the
loving concern Of this poor animal
for her dead babes. Badly wounded,