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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
TuMORS CONQUERED
Overwhelming Proof that Lydia G. Pinkhar
Vegetable Compound Succeeds.

One of the greatest triumphs of
Lydia e. Pinkhaln's Vegetable Com
pound is the conquering Of woman's
dread enemy Tumor,
The growth of tumor is so in
sidious that frequently its presence
is wholly unsuspected until it is well
advanced.
So called wandering pains" may
come from its early stages or the
presence of danger may be made
manifest by excessive monthly periods
accompanied by unusual pain, from
the abdomen through the groin and
thigh.
II you have mysterious pains, If
there are Indications of inflammation
or displacements, secure a bottle of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, right away and begin it's use.
The following letters should con-
vince every suffering woman of its
virtue, and that it actually does
conquer tumors.
Mrs. May Fry, Of s3e w. Colfax
Ave, South Bend, Ind, writes
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
II take great pleasure in writ
ing to thank you for what Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. / also took the Blood
Purifier in alternate doses with the
Compound. Your medicine removed y
cyst tumor of four years growth,
which three of the best physicians
declared l had. They had said that
only an operation could help me. am
very thankful that followed friends
advice and took your medicine. 1t has
made me a strong and we'll woman and
l shall recommend it as long as live. "
Mrs. E. F. Hayes, of 26 Ruggles St. /,
Boston, Mass, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:--
Il have been under different doctors
treatment for q long time without
relief. They told me / had fibroid
tumor, my abdomen was swollen and
suffered with great pain. / wrote
to you for advice, you replied and l
followed your directions carefully and
today am well women. Lydia K.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ex-
PEELED the tumor and strengthened my
whole system"
Mrs. Perry Byers, of Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa. writes
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26

Marshall Wilder tells of an elderly
ady in Cohoes, who, besides her deaf
ness, experienced much trouble with
false teeth. Consequently she was
disposed to regard this world as a
vale of tears. A neighbor, passing her
house one day, beheld the lady sitting
at the window, wearing an expression
CT more than usual gloom. Thinking to
cheer the unfortunate one, the good
hearted neighbor screamed at the top
of her voice:
Good morning, Mrs. Blank. Fine
weather we're having"
YES" replied the elderly lady, "but
I can't eat with 'em yit."
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
STANDARD OIL PROFITS.
Earnings from 1899 to 1906 Shown
to he S49O,3l5,934.

Sensational disclosures regarding the
fabulous earnings of Standard Oil were
brought out in New York at the hearing
in the suit of the United States govern
ment to dissolve the corporation. Adroit
questioning drew from the reluctant lips
of Clarence G. Fay, resident comptroller
Of the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey, the admission that in seven years
Standard Oils total profits amounted to
S49O,315, 1874, or something over $70,0OO,-
600 year.
Mr.. Fay was also forced to admit that
in 1899 the profits were nearly $S0,OOO,-
600 instead of $34 100000 as set forth on
the books of the company. The Standard
Oil managed to cover up its great earn
ings in that year by deliberately failing
to credit the earnings of nineteen subsi-
diary companies that contributed vast
sums to the parent corporation. This
is the first time the company's earnings
have been made public.
Figuring on the capital stock now out
standing-$9S,3 1886, ,3S2-tbis is an annual
profit of something over 70 per cent. Fig
ured on the basis of the Standard Oil
trust, which had a capitalization of $10-
100000 when it was dissolved and reor-
ganized into the present company with
out any additional investment on the part
of Mr.. Rockefeller and his associates, the
annual profit is something like 700 per
cent. On the basis of the original Stand
ard Oil Company, with a capitalization
of $1,OOO,0OO, the annual profit is little
more than 1000 per cent. On the basis
of the little refinery Mr.. Rockefeller had
when he started out, with an invested cap
ital principally of nerve the percentage
of annual profit is-well the statisticians
haven't figured that out yet.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
OKLAHOMA GOES DRY.
Election Returns from New State
Indicate Success of Prohibition.


Oklahoma has ratified the enabling act
and become State so far as Oklahoma
and Indian Territory are concerned. Re
turns from the largest cities and coun-
ties of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
up to midnight Tuesday indicated that
the constitution of the proposed new
State has been adopted by large major
ity; that the prohibition clause of the
constitution has been adopted and that
the Democratic State ticket, headed by
c. n. Haskell of Muskogee for Gov
error, has been elected over Frank
Frantz, the present territorial governor
of Oklahoma, who was the Republican
nominee. In the enabling act Congress
provided for prohibition in Indian Terri
tory for twenty-one years from Jan. J.,
1906. The prohibition clause voted on
applies the same provision to the Okla
homa side of the new State.
All Of the elements of a national CAM
paign were at hand in the canvass. Secre-
tary Of War Taft was the chief represent.
ative Of the Republican side and William
J. Bryan was brought in to answer Sec
retary Taft and to lead the Democratic
fight for the constitution and the Demo
cratic ticket.
The election was held under the terms
of the act of Congress granting joint
statehood to Indian Territory and Okla
homa Territory. The statehood bill was
passed at Washington after a strenuous
fight which was carried through several
sessions of Congress. President Roose-
Welt intervened on behalf of the people
of the territories, and while each terri
tory was anxious for separate statehood,
a compromise was affected by which the
friends of statehood accepted the joint
bill rather than have none at all. Imme-
diately after the statehood bill was sign
ed by the President the battle for the po.
litical control of the new State opened.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26

There Is more Catarrh In this section of
the country than all other diseases put to
gether, and until the last few years wa.
supposed to be incurable., For great many
and prescribed local remedies. and by con
stantly failing to cure with local treatment
pronounced 1t incurable. Science has prov
en- catarrh to be constitutional disease
and therefore requires constitutional treat.
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured
by f. J. Cheney Co, Toledo Ohio. l. the
only constitutional cure on the market. II
Is taken internally in doses from 10 drops
to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system
They offer one hundred dollars for any cnse
It falls to cure. Send for circulars and tes
timOnals
Address +. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
KINDNESS OF FRENCH HUSBANDS
Delicate Attentions That Win the
Heart of Women,

"a NO"cus
The French husband has faculty
that amounts almost to a genius for
bestowing the delicate attentions which
cost little except the exercise Of a mo-
dicum Of tact and thoughtfulness, but
which carry Joy to every true wom-
ans heart. He not only thinks to take
home to her often Tin the absence Of
the means to make larger offering) a
lO-cent bunch OF violets, pinks or roses
from the flower market or the itinerant
flower vendcr's barrow on his route,
but he presents them gallantly with
the compliment and the caress the oc-
casion calls for; and that makes them
confer a pleasure out Of all proportion
to their intrinsic worth.
He remembers her birthday or fete
day with potted plant. bit of game,
q box Of bonbOns, 4 cake from the pas
try cooks or bottle OF good wine. He
making the time pass quickly and
agreeably for her He has a thousand
amusing and successful devices for
helping her to renew her youth. He
projects unique and joyous Sunday and
holiday excursions. He improvises
dainty little banquets. He is a past
master especially in the art Of conjur-
ing up 0miable mysteries and prepar-
ing charming little surprises.
And in all these trivial enterprises
he vindicates the old French theory
that true courtesy consists in taking a
certain amount Of pains to so order
our words and our manners that 9TH
ers "be content with us and with
themselves"
The American husband is particular
ly sOlicitOuS to do the proper thing;
the French husband to do the agreea-
bic thing.--The Independent.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
NEW CHARTER BEATEN.
ChicagO's Proposed Measure Is De-
feated Two to One.


feated Two to One.
Chicago's proposed new charter was
defeated at the polls Tuesday by vote
of more than two to one. The measure
was showed under in many strongholds
of both parties alike, losing in all but
four of the thrty-five wards. Fifty per
cent of the registered electors turned out,
and their ballots killed the act by vote
of 59,5S1 for to 121, ,479 against.
knowledge had hardly been obtained
that the charter was dead than a move
ment was on foot to secure another in
strument that will contain the good fea-
lures of the defeated measure while hold
ing none of the alleged defects that led
the voters to turn it down.
An analysis of the vote shows that the
campaign made by the United Societies
bore much fruit in the shape of ballots
against the measure. A survey of the
situation indicated that the defeat of the
charter was due most largely to the con-
tention that taxes would be raised un-
der the instrument, and that the Sunday
closing laws would be put into force.
On the North and West Sides hundreds
of small property holders turned out to
register an adverse vote because of the
taxes argument, while in the thickly set
tied foreign sections heavy vote against
the act was tailed because of the per
sonal liberty" appeal.
The ward gerrymander, too, undoubted-
ly played an important part in the defeat.
The political aspect it gave to the char
ter led many an Independent voter to show
his resentment by marking an adverse
ballot.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26

M Il. Z. b. FlZER, Mt. Sterling, KY,
Nl writes:
~ have suffered with kidney
and other trouble for ten years past.
Last March | commenced using
Peruna and continued for three months.
i have not used it since, nor have l felt
a pain.
Il believe that am we'll and l there
fore give my highest commentator to
the curative qualities of Peruna."
Pe-ru-na For Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Geo. Ii. Simser, Grant, Ontario,
Can, writes:
Il had not been we'll for about four
years. / had kidney trouble. and, i'm
fact. felt badly nearly all the time.
This summer | got so very bad l
thought l would try Peruna, so | wrote
to you and began at once to take Peruna
and Manalin.
Il took only two bottles Of Peruna
and one of Manalin, and now | feel
better than l have for some time.
Il feel that Peruna and Manalin cured
me and made a different woman of me
altogether. l bless the day | picked up
the little book and read of your Peruna."
Ii Is the business of the kidneys to
remove from the blood all poisonous
materials. They must be active all the
time, else the system suffers. There are
times when they need little assistance.
Peruna is exactly this sort of rem
edy. 1t has saved many people from
disaster by rendering the kidneys SER
vice at time when they were not able
to bear their own burdens.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26

Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
Il was told by my physician that I
had a fibroid tumor and that would
have to be operated upon, ! wrote to
you for advice, which followed care
fully and took Lydia +. Piukham's
Vegetable Compound. am not only
cured of the tumor but other female
troubles and can do all my own work
after eigh years of suffering"
Mrs. S. j. Barber, of Scott, N. Y.
writes
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:.-
Sometime ago l wrote you for
advice about tumor which the doctors
thought would have to be removed.
Instead 1 took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and to-day am .
well woman"
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Funk, Vandergrift. Pa,
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:--
'I had a tumor and Lydia z. Pink,
hams Vegetable Compound removed
it for me after two doctors had given
me up. was sick four years before 1
began to take the Compound. l now
recommend Lydia E Pinkhaln's Veget-
able Compound far and near"
Such testimony as above is con-
vincing evidence that Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound stands
without peer as q remedy for Tumor
Growths as well as other distressing
ills of women, and such symptoms as
Bearing-down Sensations, Displace-
ments, Irregularities and Backache.
etc. Women should remember that ID
is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound that is curing SO many women
Don't forget to insist upon it when
some druggist asks you to accept
something else which he calls Just
as good"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
His Reason.

"why do you drop the h out of your
name" asked one of his acQuaintances.
Not because I'm a cockney," answered
Ben Jonson with spirit, but for purposes
of Identification. If you look in the direc-
tory you will find there is altogether toe
much johnson in this town."
Subsequently, by way of further dis
tinction, they carved Rare Ben Jonson''
on his tombstone.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women.

Women suffering from any form
of female weakness are invited to
write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass,
for advice. She is the Mrs. Pinkham
who has been advising sick women
free of charge for more than twenty
years, and before that she assisted
her mother-in-law, Lydia E. Pink
ham in advising Thus she is especially
we'll qualified to guide sick women
back to health.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26

Made 5 SssS Sas whsren' eb any Gnn f5eHS fbsS
head. Stop falling hair for good. Eradicate
any dandruT or scalp trouble. Reproduce
the the eoSE %, In the the foIlcs Of grey or faded
Of this $40 remedyif you send me 81 money
order. | simply do this to advertise and
show you. Want partner with 81, 900 cash to
open office in Minneapolis. The only man,
The Prince Of Hair Growers
G. w SCHOENHUT. Sioux City Iowa
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26

Hotelkeepers in London complain that
their guests stay shorter time than they
once did, and spend less for food and
drink.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26

Green chrysanthemums were exhibited
the other day at a flower show in Essex,
England.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
BLAST ON JAPANESE SHIP.
Twenty-seven Men Killed by Ex.
piosion On the ksshima.

Twenty-seven of the crew were killed
and many We're injured on the Japanese
battleship Kashima by the explosion of
powder after target practice near Kure.
The Kashima, under command of Captain
Koizumi, went to Kure, where the wound
ed were placed in the hospital. The dead
included lieutenant, two cadets anu one
sta Il sfIioer
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26
SWESsS New and Liberal
H1:aESEN Homestead
IGESDSDp Regulations
:. GSMak&A Western Canada
NEW DISTRICTS
Now Open for Settlement

Some of the choicest lands IN the grain growing
belts Of Saskatchewan and Alberta have recently been
opened for settlement under the Revised Home estead
Regulations Of Canada Thousands of home :teads of
100 acres zach are now available. The new regula-
tons make II possible for entry to be made by proxy
the opportunity that many in the United States have
been waiting for. Any member Of fam ily may axe
entry for any othsr member Of the family who may
be entitled to make entry for him self or herseE
Entry may now be made before the Agent or Sub
Agent Of the District by proxy ION certain conditions
by the father mother, son. daughter, brother or sis
tor Of an intending home Stesder.
ANY even numbered section Of Dominion
Lands in Manitoba or the North West Provinces,
excepting and 26. not reserved. may be home
steaded by any person the sole head Of family,
or male over ls years Of age, to the extent Of
one-quarter section of 16o acres, more or less. -
The fee In each case will be $1,000. Churches,
schools and markets convenient. Healthy climate
splendid crops and good laws. Grain growing and
cattle raising principal industries.
For further particulars as to Rates, Routes, Best
Tine to Go and Wh.re to Locate. apply to
W. d. Scott, Superintendent OF immigration,
Ottawa, Canada. or f. 7. Holmes, 3Is Jackson
ST., St. Paul, MINI, and J. NJ. MacLachlan, Box
no, Waterfowl, So. Dakota. Authorized Govern
nent Agents.
Please say whore you saw this advertisement
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-09-26

DU EnQo S9OGG cannot No GQusffeo NJ 7rsH prfC0
ne haye W. L. p9ngs name and price stamped on bottom Take
ent everywhere By mail Cstalog free WLDous BoekOn. Mass
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01

wars. The speaker said he wished to emphasize the almost sacred charac- ter of the proposed building. It rep resented new principle in the rela- tions of people, namely, peace by jus tice and right. M. Nelidoff then re- ferred to the antiquity of the worship of war, and said there has never been "cult' of peace In the world. Of all the precepts preached by the Sa- vior, 1900 years ago the. idea of peace had been the most neglected. "To make this idea triumph-and the honor therefore accrues to the em- peror of Russia---tke governments of the world must agree to study in com mon a means of making universal peace a realty by seeking every pos sibility of assuring its maintenance, said NJ. Nelidoff.
 Some disappointment is felt that Queen Wilhelmina, who is at The Hague, was not present at the cere- monies, and it is reported that the real reason for her absence is to be found in a dispute which arose re. garding the choice of a site for the palace.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
ANOTHER NAVAL STATION
Three Admirals to Visit the Pacific Coast at Once to Select
 Site.
SAN DIEGO, CAL. TIE PROBABLE CHOICE
AdmiraIs cowIes, capps and HoIIyday to Mako a General Inspection of the Yards and Stations in the Pa cific and Report on Navy's Future Needs.

Washington, July 31.--lt is proba- ble that another naval station will be created on the Pacific coast as a result of the forthcoming visit there of Admiral Capps, chief naval con structor of the navy, and Admiral Cowles, chief of the equipment bu. reau. The former left Washington Tuesday for New York, where he will be joined by Admiral Cowlss and the two will journey together to the Pa cific coast under special orders from the navy department and make thor ough inspection Of the yards and sta tions on the coast, and report upon the future needs of the navy in that quarter.
 Admiral Hollyday, chief of the bu- reau of yards and docks, will follow these two officers to San Francisco on a similar errand. This will involve A very careful examination of the Mare Island navy yard and that at Bremerton on Puget Sound. The re- sources of the two navy yards, which are the only ones on 2,OOO-mile stretch of shore land, are scarcely sufficient to make even the temper ary repairs and dockings that will De required by Admiral Evans battleship fleet if 1t makes only a temporary visit to the coast. Hence the inspec- tion of these yards will probably re suit in recommendations to congress at it's approaching session for con siderable enlargement of the plants at both places. The difficulty of procur' ing skilled labor at these yards, and especially at Bremerton. will also be considered with view to making the conditions more attractive to such labor, if by no other means than by assuring the men of continuous em- ployment at good wages.
 But from naval point Of view, probably of more interest is the pro position to establish a naval station at San Diego, Cal, which will be ex- amined from all points of view by the visiting admirals. The harbor at this point possesses superior ad- vantages as naval anchorage; there are good railroad connections, insT- an abundance of coal overland If wa ter communication is cut off in war time, and the harbor can easily e~ made impregnable. The distance Y san Diego southward from San Fran cisco, and on the same line with the protected Panama canal would also make 1t an advantageous coallng point. Of course the consent of con. grsss would De necessary to render effective ifs selection
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
NEBRASKA LAW UPHELD.
Judge Munger Decides That Act Reducing Express Rates
 is Constitutional.

Omaha, Neb.. July 28.-Judge w. il. Munger, in the federal court Friday handed down a decision holding that the Sibley law. passed by the last legis- lature providing for reduction of 70 per cent in express rates is constitu- tional and denying tho application of the express companies for temper ary injunction restraining the Nebras- ka railway commission from enforcing the law. The court holds that the ex- press companies have made no show ing that the commission has done anything to impair the rights of the companies. pending an action filed in the state supreme court and are there fore not entitled to an order restrain ing the commission from enforcing the law. He says the express companies will have opportunity to make its showing before the supreme court, but gives the companies leave to again apply for snch an order should condi- tions change
 The decision is confirmation of the refusal of the court to issue the in junction prayed for last week.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
---------------=---H-- NORTH CAROLINA WINS.
Pending an Appeal to Higher Courts Low Passenger Rate Will Go
 Into Effect.

Raleigh, N. C., July 30.--The state of North Carolina has won in it's fight to have it's passenger rate law oi two and one-fourth cents observed by all the railroads pending an appeal to the courts by the roads of the state which propose to fight the law.
 The promise of obedience to the law by the Southern railway and the Atlantic Coast Line railway, whlch since July I, the date set for the rate law to go into effect, has been violat- ing the law, was given Saturday ar ternoon at conference which the railroad company sought with Govern or Glenn, who had stated that as 2 precedent to any agreement he migh' make the two and on-fourth cent rate first must be put into effect.
 The conference was a private one newspaper men being excluded at tne request of the railroad attorneys. AT ter the conference Governor Glenn stated that at the beginning or tne conference the railroad representa- tives stated that they were ready te agree to the two and one-fourth cen rate, it later to be tested in the org inal injunction case before Juog' Pritchard. an appeal if necessary t' be taken by the state to the supreme court of the United States, while th' railroads would appeal the case t' the North Carolina supreme court ah' If necessary take the case on writ 2 error to the supreme court of th United States.
 August was agreed upon as th time for putting into effect the t"' and one-fourth cent rate.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-01
The Exhibition of Fruit, Farm Products, Etc. Will Be Held in Menas New Auditorium and Should All
 Be in Place by Monday Noon, Aug 10.
Fine Display of Fireworks Tuesday Nght-Other Fea- lures of Entertainment Are Being Arranged-
 Farmers Unions Invited to Take Part.

premiums exhibitors Meas Eleventh Annual Fair and Cebra in will products be building besides balcony ordered the biggest display of fireworks Tuesday night
 the attendance the finest band Arkansas Smith national reputation will on and Future Development
 al allotted their speakers interesting will announced week.
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