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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
A CRY FOR HELP.
thousands of Men Needed in Rapid
ly Growing NOrthwest.


Once more a cry for help is going up
from the West. Twenty thousand men
are needed by the lumber mills oper-
ating in eastern Washington and Ore
gon and northern Idaho, and as many
more are wanted by the Northern Pa
cific and other railroad companies,
building lines in part Of the Northwest.
The situation has become so acute
that unless men can be secured at once
much construction work will be delay
ed and many of the mills will be forced
to close, sending their laborers into
the woods. II. y. Kennedy, general
agent Of the Northern Pacific Railway
Company, has dozen Representatives
scouting for men, but, he says, they
are not securing more than half of the
number required. The Western Pine
Shippers Association will send several
agents across the continent as far as
Maine to engage men.
w. c. Clford. president of the asso-
citation. gave out this statement at the
quarterly meeting a few days ago:
1T will require G0O00 men to keep
2c,WO men ut work, and we will give
steady employment at good wages to
every man we can find. We want skill
ed labor and men OF capabillty and sta
bility. who will not quit their jobs
every few days. To men with families
the members of our association, who
cut more than 1.OO0OOO.OO0 feet Of
lumber IL 1906. will pay higher wage
than is offered in any other part of the
United States and Canada for similar
work. The men in the woods receive
from So to S75 a month and board,
while in the mills the scale ranges from
$3.50 to SO day.
Probably the best answer to the
question of the shortage of men is too
much prosperity We cannot get men
for railroad work for the reason they
are offered higher wages in other
branches Of labor. This Is felt also
in the clerical department, where ev-
cry little while some Of the employees
leave to go to better paying positions.
l have canvassed the situation careful
ly in the last ten days, and can say
that no able-bodied man in the North
west is idle except through his own
choice"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
GREAT WATER DUEL,
Cornell Defeats Columbia OaFsmea
After Desperate Struggle.

After Desperate Struggle.
IE probably the greatest rowing race
ever seen in this country Cornell Uni
versity won the big intercollegiate
aquatic event over the POughkeepse
course on the Hudson River recently.
Columbia University made desperate
fight for the honor and was beaten
only by three feet. The two crews
rowed side by side for four long, hard
miles and the men in both boats were
thoroughly exhausted at the finish.
Columbias grand showing was a big
surprise, as it was figured that the
struggle lay between Cornell and the
Annapolis crew. The navy could do no
better than third. Pennsylvania was
fourth, Wisconsin fifth and Georgetown
sixth. Syracuse did not finish, her
shell being swamped in a big swell.
The water was unusually rough and
some Of the cOntenderS were badly
handicapped by their shells shipping
water
Cornell won by a magnificent burst
of speed in the last ten strokes, the
nose of her shell just sweeping across
the finish line ahead of the New York
ers. But from the first dip of the oars
at the head of the course until the
winning Ithacans dropped their sweeps
and fell back, half senseless, In their
victory, not twenty-five feet separated
either shell, and at the end the Column
bians were so close up that the great
crowd on the banks thought the tri-
umph was theirs. Unusual picturesque
ness was added to the scene by the
fact that darkness closed so quickly
that the glare Of the great searchlight
from the United States monitor Arkan-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11

The first test of the combination of a
dirigible balloon and aeroplane construct
ed by Santos Dumont, which was made
recently at Paris, resulted in complete
destruction of the machine. 1t consisted
of balloon shaped like cigar. % yards
long and 3A in diameter at the center,
hitched to two aeroplanes directly under
meath, and frame carrying a 80 horse
power motor, with screw 400 centime-
ters in diameter the whole being so kilo-
grams heavier than it's bulk in air. The
machine started all right and SKINNED
along over the grass a short distance un-
til the rear of the aeroplare suddenly
lifted and caused the front end of the
balloon to strike the ground so that the
whole thing collapsed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
Famous Doctor Opposes Drugs.

Sir Frederick Treves, physician to the
King of England, speaking at the opening
Of a London hospital, expressed the be-
lief that the time was not far off when
bottles on doctors shelves would be re-
duced to a very small number. and when
people would leave off the extraordinary
habit OF taking medicine when they are
sick" At that time people would resort
to simple living. suitable diet and plenty
of sun and fresh air. He said the time
would come when it would be as anom-
alous for people to die of scarlet fever,
typhoid, cholera and diphtheria as it
would be for a man to die of a VOLTS
bite in England. He referred to the dis
coveries in meteorological science as being
capable of reducing mortality from infec-
tious diseases to the zero point.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11

er, but in its ultimate consequences af.
fects the well being of the whole coun.
try.
The aid OF the North ls required, as
most Of the swallows spend part of the
season in the Northern States and in
many cases do their nesting there. The
bird is disappearing however, because
the English sparrow harries him and
kills his young by the thousands. Va.
rious methods of exterminating the
English sparrow are recommended by
the department. Most Of them consist
in the use of poisoned grain.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
CHINA is GRATEFUL.
Uncle Sam Makes Her a Present of
Many Millions of Dollars.

Many MillfOns or DOLLARS.
! Through her representative in Wash
lngton China has expressed her graft
i tude to the United States for an eX-
aibition of consideration not often dis
played by strong nation toward a
weaker one. The Empress Dowager
later will personally acknowledge
Ch;na's appreciation of our generosity.
1t Is not often that one nation practi-
cally makes to another present of
about $27,OOO,O00 but that is what
President Roosevelt and Secretary Root
propose to do and the people of the
United States will agree as to the JUS
tice Of the act.
In 1900 there was q sort of rebellion
in China on the part of the anti-for-
eign element. This is known as the
Boxer outbreak. The legations were
besieged and lives and property en-
dangered. The European powers and
the United States sent soldiers and
these marched as a united army upon
Pekin, restoring peace.
Then came up the question of pun
ishment and indemnity, for, of course,
the nations could not be expected to
stand the expense of the expedition
and suffer the wrongs of their citizens
to go unrghted. Some of the Euro
pean nations were for slicing up China
and dividing the slices, but Uncle Sam
frowned on this and the proposition
was abandoned. An agreement was
reached on September Z, 1901, by which
China bound herself to punish the Of
Tenders and to pay to the injured ma
tions the following sum:
Russia .................. $S7,5OOOOO
Germany ................. 60.OOOOOO
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
WAR ON SPARROWS.
Government Asks People to Help
Exterminate Pest.


Tho government is asking people all
over the country to make war on the
English sparrow and to put up bird
houses and bore holes under the caves
of the barns to encourage the swallow.
This measure is made Imperative in
order that the cotton industry of the
United States may not be destroyed.
All insecteeating birds are of i'm
lnense value to the farmer and the for
ester, but it has been discovered by the
government bug experts that there is
no bird equal to the swallow. Particu-
larly is this true in the matter of the
Insect which is destroying the cotton
plantations of the South.
The boil weevil, despite every effort
] to stay its march, is spreading at the
rate Of about fifty miles year, and
sooner or later it is said that it is
certain to infest the entire cotton pro-
ducing area-a fact which not only
seriously concerns the Southern plant
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
.$333,OOO,OOO

Total .................$ 3333,OOO,OOO
This tremendous sum was to be paid
In annual installments, covering a per-
iod of forty years, with interest at
per cent. Uncle Sans share af $685.
40, 100, by the time it was all paid,
would amount to nearly $41,OOO,OOO.
The annual revenue Of the Chinese
government is only about $6S,O0O,OOO
Manifestly the exaction of such an
enormous sum as agreed upon in the
protocol would be burden upon China
not easily to be borne. President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root have re-
vised our claims and find that our ac-
tual expenditures, together with inter
est up to date, would be covered by
S14, 100000. China has already paid
us $6,OOO,OOO, and the President and
Secretary Root propose to release
China from all further claims on pay
ment of the balance Of $S,OOO,OOO.: This
Is In effect making China a present Of
nearly S27,OOO,OOO.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
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Union BARRIERS of Cleveland Ohio, are
watching all the shops to see that they
close on Sunday, according to law.
During the last twelve months there
was an increase of 5571S members add
ed to the rolls of trade unions in Ger
many.
The labor movement has taken hold in
Egypt. The printers employed on a Cairo
paper, Les Pyramides, are out for bet
ter conditions.
Chicago elevator men have submitted
to Il board of arbitration proposition
made to building managers for an in
crease of $40 a month.
Miss Anastasia O'Meara of Cambridge,
Mass, has the honor of being the first
woman to hold an office in the strong
Retail Clerks Association of that city.
She was also the first woman member of
the association.
Il. V. Powderly, known to all older
union men as the head of the Knights Of
Labor when that organization was at the
height of its power, has been appointed
chief of the Bureau of Information un-
der the Bureau of immigration.
The National Farmers Education and
Cooperation Union has organized its first
branch in Oregon, in the Hudson Bay
country with a membership OF fourteen.
It is expected to organize unions in va
rious other parts of the State in the near
future.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11

sas was thrown over the crews at the
finish to aid the judges in their de-
cision.
Twenty thousand people saw the
great struggle from pleasure craft, OBJ
servatiOn trains and various vantage
points along the course. Wisconsin was
victorious In the freshman eight-oared
event and Syracuse triumphed in the
varsity four-oared race.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
JUDGE LOVING SET FREE.
Father Who Kills Daughters Assail-'
ant Acquitted.


At Houston, Va, former Judge Will
liam G. Loving Of Nelson was acquit-
ted of the charge of murder In killing
Theodore Estes, son Of Sheriff NJ. X.
Estes Judge Loving shot and killed
young Estes on the afternoon of April
%, following buggy ride Estes had
taken with the judges daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Loving, who told her father
that her escort had drugged her.
Judge Barksdale thanked the Jurors
for their attendance upon court at
great sacrifices. He declared he be-
lieved the verdict was in accordance
with the conscientious views Of the
juymen. Foreman McCraw, a mer-
chant and farmer, said that on the first
ballot every juryman favored the ac-
quittal Of the defendant. When asked
what the basis Of the verdict was he
said insanity" and that he and other
members Of the jury believed that
Judge Loving was out of his mind at
the time he killed young Estes. The
stress, he said, had been brought on
by the story told him by his daughter.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
Knockout Blow.

/ which knocked out Corbett
Ilation to the prize fighters.
Earliest days of tho ring the
blow was aimed for the jaw,
br tho jugular vein. Stomach
kre thrown in to worry and
lighter, but If a scientific man
(e of the old fighters that the
Fable spot was the region of
4. he'd have laughed at him
kamus. DR.. Pierce is bringing
. public q parallel fact; that
I is the most vulnerable organ
.c ring as well as in il. We
|heals, throats, feet and lungs,
are utterly indiffer-
] diseaSA finds the solar plexus
us out. Make your stomach
strong BY The use ot Doctor
6deD MEDICAL Discovery, end
1 YOnrself Ia YOUR moSsXllnsr.
wGOlden Medical Discovery
k stomach" indigestion, or
korpid liver, bad. thin and i'm
land other diseases Of the or
kstion and nutrition.
hen Medical Discovery" has q
tative effect upon all mucous
nd hence cures catarrh, no
Ere located or what stage 1t
fcached. In Nasal Catarrh it
kleanse the passages with DR..
irrh Remedy fluid while using
tery" as a constitutional rem
1.-The Golden Medical Discov-
catarrhal diseases, as of the
bwels. Bladder and other pelvic
be plain to you if you will
tlct Of extracts from the writ
1ncnt medical authorities, en-
ingredients and explaining
I've properties. It is mailed
hest. Address DR.. R.V. Pierce,
tY. This booklet gives all the
entering into DR.. Pierce's
rom which it will be seen that
n not a drop of alcohol, pure,
kd glyccrinc being used instead.
e's great thousand-page Illus
AmOn Sense Medical Adviser
free. paper-bound, for 81 one
or cloth bound for 81 stamps.
1 Pierce as above.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
kenegrO Chicken Trade.

kenegrO Chicken Trade.
pon the principle that time
the people Of this Western
rive such business as goes
channels SO that it may be
With the least possible delay.
managed in the older parts
ID. The author Of The Land
k Mountain" tells what diff
bad in Montenegro dispatch
hndise and messages. He
an amusing account of how
Bargain and sell.
wished to send a parcel Of
pme, and accordingly went
bflice. 1t was towards even
ind we were informed that
Eter was mot at home" and
to come next day. The fol-
fning we again visited the
when the contents Of our
e carefully noted and Ions
fllled out, which took about
pr. At the end of this tins
thrust out Of the window
% call in about an hour and
was because no pOstoffice
Owed to receive money: he
enough, not always honest.
ester was again out. At the
hour we returned and paid
time l rendered a gulden in
+ a telegram, and had to
rter of an hour while a boy
nto the town to obtain the
RS of business it is well to
S soul in patience. A more
Ike lot of people is hard to
let in driving Il bargain they
kably shrewd, to put il
50 trivial a matter as the
Oh hen no indecent hurry
Such a transaction may take
instance, you wish to buy a
lgnify the same to a man.
J say:
P hen which can sell thee,
break my heart. Such a
lch eggs. l feel l cannot
her"
ell," YOU say; "don't make
lserable. III buy one some.
We llll tomorrow. 1t is
goes away. If you are not
1t does not matter, and you
ne Will come again, and say
ther hen nearly as good as
ut as he loves vou and re-
ne will part with his beloved
consideration, and he names
beyond its worth. You re-
tate Your price for the good
uiiiary market price. which
ptly refuses and departs. In
ne will come again. bring
which. almost with tears in
e tells You is the hen-his
b.
r,' he says, "as a present"
|n you press upon him the
e, which of course he takes.
tter is flushed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
Short News Notes.

All of the mail carriers of Butte,
! Mont, went on strike, the men declar-
ing they could not live on 5000 to $3.50
a year, the wages now paid.
A severe earthquake shock was felt at
Anglesey, England. Buildings were rock
ed, but no damage was done. Seismo-
graphs in Austria and England record
ed violent shocks at distances of from
$500 to 1900 miles.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
AH Tangled Tn,

temporarily in charge of the
the office of the Daily Thun-
not sure whether he had
rfralt the night editor want
there was no name on it.
he called up that function
the telephone.
exclaimed, II wish you
somebody down here that
Ehether this is a cut Of Sena-
hoss Croker or Harry Or
e blamed quick about tip
bune.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
AXE ANDES

tacles in BaH|
n Water.
S being expsd
| s who are ia
o governmeaI
| shores Of GkI
county. CG'
appropriation N
wells, which y
water Level III
| the lake one q
iter in South !
| in one Of thl
| tn Of about III
vein Of wateI, :
washed larse :
|ole. The d'l
the drilleF
work and Si
tn which lhd
|,struction. Hl'
not occura
ave been COM
; latter part d
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
LIEN CPIInl
Case by The
c Court.

c Court,
j. Hahn va
ny, Western d
N. Van DuS, l
: Elevator CON,
lded down By!
|er, Of the su;,
|le lower cg,
was sustalnslI |
, of special nd
| | over the stss
ad been puna
ed. and HsA.
a lien on Ii, 4,
|bill. after tn
| elevator men. F,
the grounds I
S well as On /
| I We're defeat.
nd again in Ii
court holds i
| laser Of gra,
X unless he !
| |B bill has hez
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
ON FAST Ip
Fatally

likely Fatally
Parker.
rk De Jong' .
stocknan Tl
/ Parker, ~
ain running .
e miles and
fatally injuIa. .
| cir home ran y
the boys to @
o train to W
ey counted o.. ea
avs celebrate, y,
wn without "
,ys jumped &, |,
fearful impa'.. .
||ver. Their ID.
ID they are ID
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
tally InjllIeG.

l1it. A
| hi, the wife ~
|Bridgewater' '
from a 6a9'|
ding to tcEA !,
vas running ]
ground win ~ !
on her he'a =.
sustaining vi ~
will proye tai'
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
NJ Inrt PTI'N

at Il W. III
the CongTra~|
Fort Pierre az
fnss' for the es1']
Ee = of worship. |
rch builtl9S., ~, !
apacity Of ooi..'i.ts III
Ee of fuF'''
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
,own IdeIhip's ~

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/ of the s.',r'i,,|
the body gg,''~s,,|
OK * near Pis" .s, |
ai cy : in the ! ,''4i]'|
e ticket "
specified |
l. Fort reei''s'r1
[erre geneIass, "A
[.re where s.sgl
was prese.l' .S.0i|
wild wes' . |
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-11
= Man AM,
Burglarr

burglary. \
lloyd vapgatl
+ man res!jrl
se of burglssj
Ion. This n
ed by the n,1]
tablishmeat \
pany Of Ayasl
ed during II
4, lrcuit cour Il
he MANAGE \
d been avail
be store wu
glarized, as j
| dences Were 4
been in n, |
a few dols]
| often cigas1
missed. Snl
s. who had N
in the drug |
was emplg|
in the act M
an remainei \
ad not been a
alleged, he 4
act Of bursL,l
New-York tribune., 1907-08-26
MORE LINES FOR QUEENS
Belmont Bugs Land Near Flushing
for Great Car Barns.

August Belmont has purchased several acres of
meadow land Just outside OF Flushing. Long ISL
and for the purpose of preparing for street ran
wsv development in Queens Borough. WhlIe the
plans OF Mr.. Belmont and his associates ror eN-
tending the trolley lines in Queens Borough are
not made public, It Is announced that the measoW
land will become the site Of the largest car barns
in the city as we'll a1station 10 supply addi-
tionaI electric power
Mr. Belmont owns the New York & Queens
County Railway Company. and has already taken
steps TO extend the road TO Bayside and White
stone and there is talk of his making n quiet
effort 10 secure a franchise for a line on thomson
avenue Long Island City. and the Hoffman Boule-
ward in Newtown, in order TO have A direct route
from the Blackwells Island Bridge TO Jamaica,
where the road would connect with his Nassau
County trolley system.
Work on the car barns and power station
M Flushing is TO begin at once. The barns VIII
be used by the cars in service on the Flushing.
College Point. Corona and Jamaica lines and the
proposed lines TO Bayside and Whitestone. II IS
estimated that the building OF the car barns near
Flushing will add largely 10 the population OF that
place as the railroad men will have TO live nearby
New-York tribune., 1907-08-26
BUILDINGS HIGH NOTES.
Singer Skyscraper About to Beat the
Washington Monument.

Piercing the sky line OF New York above ell the
other skyscrapers Of the downtown district 'he
Singer Building, fast nearing completion, VIII WIN
in the coming week exceed in height the Washing
ton Monument, which rises 555 feet above the
ground
When the structural steel workers riveted home
the last steel beam yesterday the steel frame Of
thirty-six floors of the building had been completed
and the workers began theiI long descent OF 40
feet 10 the sidewalk Eleven stories remain to
be built. and when the towering pile Of steel and
masonry is finished 1t will be 6i2 feet nch from
the sidewalk on Broadway to the pinnacle.
This skyscraper will be the highest occupied
building in the world and will overtop all other
existing structures except the Eifel Tower, in
Paris Not life has been lost far IL the con-
struction of this forty-seven story Office building
When completed time ball will drop every hour
from pole on top of the building. and at night the
falling hour globe will be illuminated by three
lights which will play upon IT constantly
The foundation of this building is set in solid bed
rock ninety feet below the level OF the sidewalk.
On the bedrock built calssons of cement. A
heavy steel body laid over the caissons forms the
underbody of structure. floors OF which
comprise the main section OF the building, from
which rises the tower up 10 forty-seven stories
with its Of office rooms.
The engineers say the total weight of steel and
masonry in the tower is 1886 tons. while nearly
1oeo tons of steel have been used in the frame
work. Eighteen elevators will carry the twenty
five hundred tenants 10 their Offices and min
ute is required for the elevators TO make the run
from the sidewalk floor TO the top of the structure
Fifteen thousand ncandescent lights sufficient, the
engineers to light town Of 5000 inhabitants
will illuminate the and Railways for late
Office workers. Fifteen miles of pipe will be re-
CURED for steam and water purposes.
An immense copper lantern will form the pin
nace Of the building, from which night a pow
erful searchlight will flash forth. furnishing a
beacon 10 mariners visible than sixty miles