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The Dickinson press., 1908-01-04
Ih0RSWllL NOTES.
Dan. Larson is now welding the rolling
pin with good success.

Dan. Larson is now welding the rolling
pin with good success
A large supply of goods just arrived at
the Horswill store-bargains in every
thing.
Christ Johnson, our village blacksmith,
spent Christmas and ate turkey with the
Misses Kanera.
]. Ed. Carlson spent the holiday vaca-
ton at his home here and returned t o
his employment in Dickinson Wednes-
day.
J. O. Horswill and C. w. Nancy made
a business trip to Mott yesterday in re.
Spouse to calls made in regard to the Carl
Huffy trial.
Our p%ostofice will be supplied with
mail three times per week hereafter.
The route will be discontinued to the
Wolf Butte postofice.
The following letters remain unclaimed
at the Horswill postofice: Abby NJ.
Wilbert, G. H. Gregg, Fred Kaiser, Julia
| Johren and G. Brakefeld.
A sad shooting affair took place at
Carl Huffy's place which terminated in
the death of Ingvald Tomren at about
II o'clock Tuesday morning.
Another dance was held at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Gray New Years
Eve. A large crowd was present and
the light fantastic was tripped until late
in the morning.
A dance will be held at the Horswill
hall next Wednesday night. Good
music will be furnished for the occasion,
and supper will be served at the Cornell
The Dickinson press., 1908-01-04
ABSTRACTS Furnished Promptly
for Stark, Dunn. Hettinger and
Bowman Counties.
Everett Abstract Company
Telephone No. Of.

The New England stage, which has
been running every day the past sum
mer and fall, made the last daily trip
Tuesday. Hereafter the stage will leave
the city at 8 o'clock on Monday, Wed.
nesday and Friday mornings. Daily
service will be resumed in the spring.
N. P. Greenwaldt, a mar about q
years old, died at the Dickinson hospita!
last Friday morning after a few weeks
illness with typhoid fever. MIR. Green:
waldt was a strong young man and had
been homesteading IL miles east Of New
England for the past three years and
had worked quite a. little for w. F,
Griswold. MIR. Griswold took the un.
fortunate man TO the hospital just a
week previous to his death, but the
patients condition was very serious a,
that time and recovery was impossible
MI. Greenwaldt is survived by a father
and mother. and several brothers and
sisters in various parts of the country
The body was shipped Monday to the
parents home in Milwaukee, Wis.
where the funeral was held later in the
week.
The ladies of the G. 1. A. to the B. oi
L. E. are making extensive preparations
for the grand. masquerade bali to be
given in the opera house on Wednesday
evening, January 22. They have Sc.
lected some valuable prizes for the sew.
eral contests and winners will be proud
to take any of the articles home with
them. The best dressed lady and gentle
man and the most comical characters
lady and gentleman-will be awarded
prizes. Two special features will be the
prize cake walk and prize waltz, a grand
cake for the winners of the first and val
liable prizes for the best waltzers-the
contests to be decided by competent
judges. L. J. Dickinson & Son will take
orders for suits for this ball and the
string of prizes offered will warrant the
ordering Of nice costumes. Every per-
son who wears a mask will be required
to present his invitation card at the door
and no questions will be asked. Specta-
tors will be admitted without cards for
the sum of 50 n The Dickinson
Military orchestra, which has already
made a good record, has special music
ordered for this dance.
The Dickinson press., 1908-01-04
HALLIDAY.

Bye & Hendrickson are drilling a we'll
for Peter Johnson.
Alfred Ledin will work for Ole Chris
tenson this winter.
Ole Gulling% has..6nished work as clerk
at the Halliday store.
Bernetta Kisset from Marshall spent
Christmas with Miss Bang.
The roads are fine and the stage driver
wears a smile on every trip. F.
Sam Juel served a grand Christmas
dinner to a number of his friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Christensen made
a flying trip to Anderson last week.
John Dahlen left Monday flor Taylor,
where he attended the New Years
dance.
There were two Christmas trees in this
locality last week. One at Bangs Thurs
day evening and the other at c. O. Gull
lings in the country On Friday evening.
The Dickinson press., 1908-01-04
R,cnARouoN NEWS.

Rochus Gress returned from Dickin-
son on Tuesday morning.
Carroll & DAILY give a show at the
city hall Saturday evening.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Pathmann last week.
George Davis recently took a position
in the store of Koesel & Co.
Marshall Armstrong went to Dickin-
son i IN bis official capacity on Monday.
Joe Killer went to Lennon this week
to look after the firms branch yard on
the Milwaukee.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C.. Gordon and Mrs.
Horn Of Antelope we're business visitors
in town on Tuesday.
Halvor Woolsey Of Dickinson takes
a position with c. G.. Hill as druggist
about the middle of the month.
Tom Glyenn returned from Lake
Crystal, MIMI, on Sunday. He was
called east by the death Of his mother.
W. R. Everett, the abstract and real
estate man of Dickinson, was looking
after land contract collections here on
Tuesday. f...
Henry Klein has been local manager
for the Mandan Mercantile Co. for seven
years and reports a very satisfactory
years business.
Cecil, Youngest child Of Mr.. and Mrs
Guy DeFrance, has sufficiently re.
covered from his long spell of sickness
to be down town again.
The Modern Woodmen gave a dance
New Years eve and the following night
the people also enjoyed a dance in the
new Henry Baumgarnter building.
William Colgrove has been hauling
flax and wheat to Richardson. He is a
resident of Hettinger county and has
s2+5 in taxes to pay this year. The
rate or a single quarter Of land, Mr..
Colgrove reports, is $3.50.
Richardson has made a good showing
for the year just closed, as in former
years. The public improvements are
particularly noticeable. Streets have
been graded, sidewalks constructed on
the principal streets and several fine
brick buildings erected. Koesel & Co.
put in the 4th lumber yard the past
season and seem to have had a good
business along with the other lumber
firms the past year. The place now has
a German paper in addition to the
English paper which was established
here in 1906. The Improvements made
at St. Mary's college amount to many
thousand dollars, and altogether few
towns in the Northwest have made
more substantial growth for the year
than Richardson.
The new two-story brick building
erected by the Merchants State bank
and Henry Baumgartner Vas recently
completed. The bank people. who have
the east half OF the block, Is feet 'front.'
age on Main street, have been in their
new quarters several weeks. The
furnishings are attractive, and with the
steam heat the new rooms are modern
and comfortable. The approximate cost
of the bank building, complete, is
5000. The Baumgartner part Of the
building, the west IS feet, is fitted up
for a restaurant and is in charge of
Jacob Schwitzer. The service and
furnishings are f~rst.class and being
centrally located it should receive
general patronage. The facing brick
for this block came from the Hebron
The Dickinson press., 1908-01-04
Annual Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the tFarm'
ers Elevator Co. of Gladstone will hold
its annual meeting next Tuesday, jan
uary 7, at I o'clock p. m, at the com
pany's Office in Gladstone.
l-4-1t ]. P. Jungers, Secretary.
The Dickinson press., 1908-01-04
A MOUNTAIN Of 8
lutte ia Adams County said 10 consist of nburoed Cement Clay the fqusI Of porussA
Cement and Worth Fortune.

White Chalk Butte, a n interesting natural curiosity Of western North Dakota,
looks like poured limestone. When a chunk o it is broken of and submerged in
water, the mixture will boil and bubble the same as a piece of kinburned lime
when water is burned over it. It's adhesive qualities are found to be almost
equal to Portland cement Experts say that after burning and grinding it would
be equal to any wall plaster now in use.
IN butte is W. or three miles northeast of Hetunger county seato Adams
county. tits o. the homestead of States Attorney 2. D. Norton. Should the
The Dickinson press., 1908-01-04
GoodaH's Dray Line.

The undersigned has purchased the
Pelissier dray line and respectfully
asks for a portion of your patronage.
Leave order at the St. Charles hotel.
Phone Il6.
6.15-tf b. GooDALL, Prop.
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Get legal blanks at the PRESS.
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Your Wind Mills.

am prepared to oil and take care of
your wind.mills, make all necessary re-
pairs etc.
4-I4-tf E. WHITTIER.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
The Baby show.

Don't forget the baby show at the
home of Mrs. Judge Kennedy on Fri
day afternoon of this week 2:30 to 5
o. m. Admission Is cents which in
cludes refreshments, mothers and
babies admitted free. Everybody cor
daily invited, especially the backe-'
lors.
1t has set the whole world aAthlnk1ng
Upon 1t all Doctors, as one, agree;
The tonic all your friends are taking IS,
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea.
M. fieimey s. Go.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
A Statement.

In view of the irresponsible talk floating around our
regarding the extravaganza of the present admins
raton and the hopeless condition of city finances an
outline of the facts hereby presented to the citizens and
taxpayers who are too often at the mercy sidewalk
and examination of the city books will verify the
statements herein made:
fair make comparison between condition at
the close of the previous two and
what it will be at the close this year May lSt.
AS assetts the former administration turned over to
the present 81 90 in money and uncoected sidewalk
81 90 making total of 50, 10000 in resources
Against this amount there warrants outstanding
amounting 90 leaving shortage of
1854 90 and the administration began with
debt.
In 1904 the previous administration levied tax Of
5000 sinking fund but used the for other purposes
violation both of the law and with the
of the bonds Had this 5000 been properly applied
they would shown a deficiency of 81, ,854.OO.
Today in the city reasurers hands So 7o4 90
and 1886 co uncoected sidewalk account and
tmated up May 1st, easily in of $500,
total of amounting to 81 $1,000 Against this
unpaid amounting to S1755OO also 5000 due
the sinking fund.- and still further the warrants to be issued
April and May meetings estimated at ST. 10000 total
of 4 leaving net shortage Of only 500 against
$3.50 two years ago.
In 1905 the previous administration built extra street
crossings amounting ST. 100000 giving time warrants for
same which the present administration paid.
In 1907 the present administration built extra cross
ings to the amount of $4,000 and paid for them
This review shows in brief, that the present admins
ation instead Of running the city hpeessy IN debt as IS
being charged has paid off the debt inherited from the last
put 100 into sinking fund instead
Of 900 and will wind the practically even show
ing clean sheet to the year beginning May 1st.
The principal reason why taxes somewhat higher
this because the school board levied tax
the before in order take school bonds
DUE which the city council is in wise
responsible.
The citys books open to the public. Examine
W. g. GEMMILL.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
UsTRuD's WORK IS REcoeNlzED.
Five More High Schools are Put
on the College Accred-
tied List. iz

Pierre, S. D., April 3. Special: IN
der the wise and progressive policy Of
the present state superintendent Of
public instruction, Hon. n. "A Ustrud,
South Dakota is gradually emerging
from obscurity and taking It's honored
position in the front rank Of the lead
ing states Of the union SO far as edu-
cation is concerned.
At the meeting Of the North Central
Associat tion Of Colleges and Secondary
Schools, held March 18th at Chicago,
five high schools OF South Dakota were
added to the list Of accredited schools.
This makes II high schools or the
state now on the list.
Those having been placed there Ia
previous years are: Sioux Falls, Lead,
Aberdeen, Watertown, MITCHELL,
Yankton and DeadWood.
The ones added at the 1908 meeting
are: Vermillion, All Saints, Brookings,
Webster and Madison
The state superintendent, Hon. 81.
A. Ustrud who Is the official Inspector
OF the nigh schools FOR South Dakota,
has been very active In encouraging
the high schools Of the state to meet
the requirement. Of this association.
Mem bership in this means that gradu-
ates from accredited schools may en-
ter without examination the colleges
and universities composing It. This
includes practically all the great in
Istitutions OF learning between the Ap-
palachian and the Rocky mountains,
as Chicago university, Oberlin. Wis.,
consin university and other equally
important institutions.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
ARBoR DAY PROCLAMATION.

AS one travels over our state and
comes In contact with its active,
pushing people, he is deeply I'M
pressed by what he sees IN the way
of material growth ano deyelopment;
and while he is often delighted with
the neat farm house and it's pleasant
surroundings, he is too often de-
pressed by the total neglect to plant
and cultivate trees, which leaves the
home exposed to the burning sun OF
midsummer and the cutting blasts OF
midwinter, aud gives to the farm a
naked, cheerless appearance that IS
unattractive to the visitor and
stranger and to the children grow
ling up there. There is no good ex-
cuse, for this neglect. Since the ad-
vent of the artesian we'll water Is
plentiful, and wherever water IS
plentiful, trees can be grown with
out difficulty. We must have more
of them. The elm, ash, soft maple
are more beautiful and longer lived
than the box elder and cottonwood,
and should be planted in abundance
around every farm house in the state.
In the eastern and southern part
of the state the monotony OF the
prairie is immensely relieved by nI-
merous groves of trees in every
neighborhood, but they are far too
scarce in the central and northern
parts Of the state. No other I'M
provement so materially adds to the
beauty and substantial value ofathe
farm. Plant trees in abundance and
take care Of them. 1t will prove TO
be your best Investment.
L, Coc /. Crawford, Governor OF
the State Of South Dakota, do here
by designate FRIDAY, APRIL oath,
A. ID. 1908, as
ARBOR DAY
and proclaim 1T TO be legal holiday.
/ earnestly recommend and urge
that the day be universally observed
and that those In charge of school
and college grounds, court yards.
parks, and grounds surrounding all
public institutions, also that home
owners everywhere, in town and In
country, observe the day by planting
trees generously and carefully, with
the purpose OF afterwards cultivating
and training them successfully.
Done at the Executive Office at
Pierre, this 18th day Of March, A. D
1908.
Witness My Hand and the Great
Seal of the State Of South Dakota.
COE l. CRAWFORD.
By the Governor:
D. d. WIPE,
Secretary of State.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
j. G. Laxson for the senate.

Senator Laxson, until recently, had
not fully decided to be a candidate for
reelection, but his many friends all
over the county finally induced him
to accept denomination and he has
consented.
No man in the senate at the last
session made better record for care
full and considerate committee work
than Mr.. Laxson. He never missed a
meeting of the several committees of
which he was a member and his re-
cord will prove that all his work was
for legislation demanded by the peo-
pie. His well known business ability
proved valuable id committee work
and nearly all the work of a legisla-
tive body is done by committees
maker at Pierre was spotless and he
stood strongly for every temperance
measure that came up.
He is an old citizen of Canton, was
a prominent business man here for
years, and was mayor Of the city ard
made splendid record as SUCH He
is a gentleman with excellent judg-
ment and has plenty Of backbone and
understands the wants of the people
as well as any man in the county. He
is Roosevelt republican through and
through and believes in square deal
and economy in state affairs.
His friends all over the county will
delight in supporting him at the June
primaries and his election will re-
fleet honor upon the county and
prove the wisdom of his friends in re-
turning him to the senate. The
LEADER congratulates Mr.. Laxson on
his decision to again become candi-
date and his majority at the polls will
prove that the people have confidence
in his ability to represent them hon
estly and we'll.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
First Terners.

County Auditor Kundert is serving
his first term and will be renominated
without opposition. He is one Of the
best and most accommodating auditors
the county has ever had.
County Superintendent Lawrence,
Clerk of Courts Olson, States Attor-
ney Carlson, County Treasurer Hok
enstad, Senator Laxson, Representa-
tives Cable, Brynjulson and Peterson,
are all first termers and with clean
records are entitled to second term,
and not one of this splendid aggrega-
tion of able young men is more wor-
thy, of the honor of a second. term
than the able and accomplished coun-
ty superintendent, e. G. Lawrence.
He has involuntarily assumed a great
work in organizing the boys of the
district schools into corn planters.
and there is no other work outside
the schools, which Superintendent
Lawrence could have taken up that
will prove of such general benefit, and
the wisdom of this new departure will
add laurels to his reputation as a
public benefactor and true friend of
the boys of the county who will be-
come experts on the farm before they
are voters.
The LEADER is pleased to congrat-
ulate these gentlemen over their sue
cess, as well as the people in having
such faithful and accomplished pub
lie servants.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10

mayor and aldermen and city attor-
ney and police for being too extreme
in law enforcement, but the viola
tions of law have been so few, especi-
ally in the past year, that law en-
forcement is only necessary when law
is violated, and when one violates the
law he must expect the law will call
his hand. When statutes for the de-
cent and proper government of city
are violated openly or secretly it be-
comes the sworn duty of the city gov
ernment to punish those who by their
acts invite punishment.
Mayor Gemmill and the board of
aldermen and the legal department.
have done everything that the law
and order loving people Of the city de-
manded, and beyond few violations
of law in which the sale OF liquor
figured, the city has indeed prospered
in decency and sobriety.
Mayor Gemmill has again consented
to be candidate for Mayor at the
earnest solicitation of the ministers
and leading members Of the several
churches, as well as nearly all the
leading business men in the city, be-
lieving as they do, that his election
means much for the future of our
beautiful city and a guarantee Of law
enforcement and decency, and none
appreciate this more than the hum
dreds of fathers and mothers who
send their sons arsa daughters here to
be educated at one of the best colleges
in the northwest. All these guar
antees for a clean city has done much
to invite favorable consideration of
Canton as one of the most attractive
home cities in the entire state.
AS an evidence that the city is well
managed the aldermen from each
ward whose terms expire next month,
will be renominated unanimously,
with the exception of David Brenner,
who could have had the unanimous
endorsement of bis ward if he could
have been Induced to accept another
nomination. In his place Ex-Mayor
Thayer will receive the unanimous
endorsement of his ward for alder
man, and Mr.. Thayer will make a
very valuable member of the city gov
ernment.
AS an evidence of the stupid false
hoods in circulation the editor will
only mention one. 1t has been re-
ported by some one that the city is
hopelessly in debt and that there are
about $4,000 in unpaid warrants
floating around and no money to pay
them
There is more than enough money
on hand now to meet all present OBJ
legations of the city.
The only increase visible in city
taxes comes through the necessity OF
the school board to raise $500 to
meet bond interest and take up ~, 600
in school bonds. Onr school bonded
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
The Open Saloon Caused Brother
to Kill Brother. Do You
Want the Open Saloon
in CantOnp

No better illustration arguments
can be found by temperance advocates
than the case of William Hippen, a
prominent farmer of Charles Mix
county, who is lying in the squalid
little county jail at Wheeler, the coun-
ty seat, with the brand of Cain upon
his brow.
The unfortunate man is under ar
rest on the charge of numbering his
own brother, Harm Hippen, and he
will be tried at the regular June term
of the state circuit court in Charles
Mix county. Over indulgence in in
toxicating liquor was solely reSponsi-
BILE for the crime.
The remorse stricken murderer, in
an effort to right the great wrong so
far as lies within his power, has
decided to the widow of his victim a
valuable farm in Charles Mix county,
and in addition is reported to have
turned over to her the sum of $1,000
in cash. The property and cash thus
given to the widow is of the value of
about $4,000, and the murderer is
left a pauper.
The tragedy took place on the farm
which has been decided to the widow,
Harm Hippen and his family having
occupied it, while William Hippen,
| who is unmarried, made his home
with them. On the day of the tragedy
the two brothers had been to town
together. Both had been drinking.
| The coroner's jury which investi-
gated the tragedy returned the follow
ing verdict: "We, the jury, do say
that Harm Hippen came to his death
by means of a gunshot wound at the
hands of William Hippen, and that
said act of shooting was felonious.'
The charge against William Hippen
is murder in the first degree. He has
only one arm, but for years has had
the reputation of being quite marks
man. Attaches of the county jail in
which the murderer is confined say
that the remorse of the murderer was
really pitiful when the fumes of liquor
had left his brain and he came to a
realization of the enormity of his
crime 1t was too late. The open
saloon furnished the brain poison and
the law will execute the murderer.
Such is the open saloon in Charles
Mix and everywhere else. The man
that votes for the open saloon assumes
terrible responsibility.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
Mayor GemmilPs administrator

Mayor Gemmill's Administration
One of the most disagreeable feat
ures of public life is The unjust criti-
cism and falsehood secretly put out to
poison the minds of those who are
honest but unprepared to meet the
secret falsehoods of designing dema-
gogues.
1t is the privilege of any citizen to
criticise the acts of public men when
their public acts demand censure,
and it is equally a privilege and a
duty to sustain public officer when
he carries out every pledge faithfully
and we'll.
Mayor Gemmill was elected when
the treasury was empty and the city
IN debt for current expenses, and
drunkenness was rife and bootleggers
busy. The era of saloons had left a
sickening stencil behind and spirit
of lawbreaking lawlessness prevailed,
and the people were demanding re-
turn to Canton's former reputation of
being one of the most progressive,
clean, orderly towns in the state.
Those opposed to saloons and in
favor of strict enforcement of law in
duced w. c.. Gemmill to become a
candidate for mayor and he finally
consented and was elected. Every
citizen knows the record since he as
sumed authority as the head of our
city government, and all have reason
to be proud of that record, because
the mayor and board of aldermen,
composed Of representative citizens.
have given of their time freely to
make Canton decent and compel all
to obey the law. Some criticise the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10

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