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Big DRAINAGE DITCH
CONTRACT AWARDED

Nermilion, S. D., March 4.--After con-
s.deration OF over two years, In which IL
law suits took place. the joint boards of
county commissioners from Clay and
Yankton counties let a contract for the
Clay creek drainage ditch to Pollard &
Campbell Dredging company of Omaha
The work involves the dredging of a
ditch 15 miles long, SO feet wide and 8
feet deer The proposed ditch will have
nearly five miles of its length in YanlSton
county and the remainder IN Clay, having
it's outlet in the Vermillion river. The line
lies principally through a dirt cut but a
portion is through rock. and the entire
undertaking involves the dredging of S3l,-
O0O cubic yards of material and an ex-
penditure of 100000, including the dam
ages.
The expense of the course will be borne
by adjoining property owners and will not
come on the counties. The date for the
completion of the excavation is April l.
1853. and two dredges will be put to work
in order to finish the job by that time.
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RlNE OPERATORS
WILL NOT INSIST ON
A NEW SCALE NOW

Indianapolis. Feb. 2s-Unless there ,s
decided change in sentiment, the;
western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois coal miners and operators1
committee meeting in this city today
will adjourn tonight without issuing .;
call for Joint interstate wage confer
seems to be general among operators
Business conditions are such, it is asa
serted, as to make this very bad time{
to enter into the work Of making Il
contract to govern the operation Cd
one or two years.
Illinois operators also Offer a m AZ:
cuse for postponement that they arei
still In joint conference with their
miners at Peoria. trying to reach the
settlement OF alleged unfavorable con-
dttio,,s In that state. ss -.
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ALAeKAN GOVERNOR
CAPTURES BRIDE

Utica, n. Y, March 2.-'rhe culminat;o,
Of a romance which had it's beginning in
the Klondike was reached in this city
when Miss Clara Eames Millard, of Utica.
became the bride Of Wilford Bacon Hog
gait governor OIL Alaska. Three years
ago. while touring Alaska, the bride met
Governor Hoggatt. Six months ago the
girls engagement to the Alaskan execu.
tive was announced.
. Governor Hoggatt came from Washing
ton yesterday, accompanied by Colonel
william r. Richardson, U. S. A. Follow
ing the ceremony Governor and Mrs. Hoe.
gait left for Washington, where official
business will claim the executive until
May. Then with his bride he will 70 to
Junaau. Alaska.
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PARTING OF THAWS
is kEA.f At HAND

New York. March 3.-The separation
IF Harry Kendall Thaw from his wife.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. is taken to be
near at hand.
Mrs. Thaw admitted today that she
had not seen her husband for some
sme and she felt the Thaw family was
engaging itself in the task of "eliminat-
ing her"
Attempts are being made to induce
Colonel FRANKLIN Bartlett to assist A.
Russell Peabody in untangling the
Thaw matrimonial skein. Colonel
Bartlett is expected to bring about a
quiet, sensible e-arrange ment He de-
clines to talk Of the Thaw case at pres
Cnt.
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POOR MEN FED ON
CONFIS ATED QUhl1

Enid, Okla, March 3.-Sheriff Campbell
seized car of quail being loaded here on
the Rock Island and billed to Chicago and
confiscated 100 egg cases. each containing
ten dozen birds or total Of 1900 quail
Eight hours later the sheriff was notified
that second attempt was being made to
load the same car and 81 more cases were
seized. all filled with birds. There arc
over Is. 600 quail in all.
Under an order Of the court the birds
were distributed to all poor families in
the city through the Associated Chssi-
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DRUG FlENo, FoReER,
CAUGHT AT HURON

Huron, S. D.. March &C. w. Town
send, arrested here Thursday afternoon
while attempting to pass forged
check ut a leading hotel, is believed to
be G. j. Harris. who is wanted In Los
Angeles. New York. Denver st. Paul
and other cities, where he has noated
checks drawn on the Farmers and
Merchants bank. OF Los Angeles and
the First National bank, of New York
Townsend had in his possession a large
number OF blank checks on the banks
named and before presenting one at the
hotel endeavored to get one for $50
cashed at local shoe store where he
purchased a pair of shoes. Townsend
is morphine and opium f1end, and a
was found On his person and he
pleaded with the sheriff to allow him to
retain them. but without avail.
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FIGHT FOR LIFE
WITH VICIOUS BULL

yarikton. S. D.. March 5.-Fighting
for life with hammer against vi
cious pull. George Moon, we'll known
farmer. drove Off the infuriated animal.
but retired from the battle terribly
wounded. Several ribs and his collar
bone We're broken and he sustained in
bruised where the animal crushed him
against the barn wall, where the strug-
gle took place. The bull then attacked
q COW and killed it. 1t is thought Moon
will recover
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NEW RACING CIRCUIT
FORMED IN DAKOTA

ing held here this week by turf enthu-,
siasts from several points in Gregory!
county and from Boyd county. Nebras-i
ka final steps were taken in the orr
ganization of what will be known as!
the Boyd-Gregory County Racing CIR,
cult are Spencer. Butte. Naper and,
Lynch. in Boyd county, and Bonesteel.!
Gregory and Dallas in Gregory coun-'
ty. The meetings in the towns will be,
in conjunction with the fairs in theI
Ger. The Gregory county fair will be.
held in Bonesteel on September 8, 81
10 and IL next. The Butte dates are
the week previous. while the Spencer!
dates will be the week following tho
Bonesteel dates.
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LANGFoRD ASSUMES A
METROPOLITAN AIR

Langford. S. D., March 2--IIhis place
is putting on many metropolitan airs,
the latest being the installing of o
street lighting plant by the town com.
Gil. Many new cement walks have been
built during the past year. and this
work will be extended, throughout the
business and residence districts during
the coming season. The business mer
are now asitating the matter of organ.
izing Boosters club" for the purpose
OF pushing the interests of Langford
One of the proposed improvements il
the removal of all telephons and othe,
poles from the main business street to
the ALLEYS
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CITY OF HURON AND
TELEPHONE COMPANY
HAVE OcKEn Lnohc

Sioux Falls, S. d.. March 2-The
Dakota Central Telephone company
and the city Of Huron have locked
horns In the United States court in
this city over the question of
whether or not the telephone COM
pany shall be compelled to cease
business at Huron
1t appears that the franchise of
the company for conducting an ex-
change at Huron has terminated.
and that the company fears an ef-
fort is to be made to remove its
poles and wires from the streets
OF the city. The company there
fore has commenced an action in
the federal court N this city to test
its rights in Huron, and upon its
application and pending a hearing
on the merits of the case, Judge
Garland. of the federal court, has
granted temporary order restrain
ing the authorities of Huron from
removing the wires and poles of the
company from the streets.
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IN PROTEST AGAINST
WuITE PAPER TRUST

Washington. March s.-!ierman Rid
der. president of the Ar.erlcan News
paper Publishers association, and edi.
tol of the S;taats Zeitung, New York.
called upon President Roosevelt and
Attorney General Bonaparte today IN
connection with the fight OF his associ-
alton upon the white papsr trust.
Mr.. Rddaer laid before Mr.. Bonapartc
eNlds nee to show that the paper trust
is violating the Sherman antitrust Law.
At the White House MIR. Ridaur took
up the question of urging congress to
repeal the duty on white p az and
wood pulp from which paper iNoat,e
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RlsTAp RECEIVES CALL
TO SIOUX FALLS COLLEGE,

Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb 29.-Dr. A.
Mikkelson. who for some years hasl
been president OF the Lutheran Normalt
college in this city. but who assigned,
last year will retire at the close OF
the present school year.
their way about 1t, DIR. d. G. Ristad.
president of the Park Regain Lutheran
college at Fergus Falls. Minn.. will bel
persuaded to forsake Minnesota andi
come to South Dakota and assume the
duties of president of the college. 1
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SON OF FORMER IOWA
GOVERNOR IS DEAD

II Vinton. Ia, wife of the late Buren
r. Sherman. ex-governor Of Iowa, who
is spending the winter here with herr
brotherinlaw. j. A. Colcord. is in re-.
ceipt of news of the death Of her son.,
Oscar z. Sherman. which occurred at
Phoenix, Ariz few days since. Mr..
Sherman was about 35 years of age
and at the time of his death was man-i
aging editor OF the Daily Gazette at,
Phoenix. The cause Of death was COM
sumption.
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ioWAN ESTABLISHES TWO
NEWSPAPER IN DAKOTA

Mobridge. S. d.. March &c. b. Coate
late of Arispe. Ia, has concluded ar
rangements for establishing a new
weekly newspaper at this place and
also at Glenham situated on the Mil
wauke railroad few miles from here.
Mobridge is the Missouri river CROSSING
of the Pacific coast extension OF this
Milwaukee railroad.
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PERKINS SELLS OUT
TO THE OPPOSITION

Wilmot, S. d., March At is an
nounced that l.. S. Perkins, publisher
OF the Wilmot Reporter, has sold his
newspaper plant to the publisher OF
the Wilmot Republican and that it will
be consolidated With the plant Of tho
latter, giving to the Republican the en-
tire local field
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GRAVEL PIT TRACK
ASSESSED BY BOARD

Pierre. S. D., March 2.-The state
board of assessment met in special ses-
sion at the offices of the board on
Wednesday to assess a strip of Chicago
& Northwestern railway track which
was not assessed at the regular meet
strip Of track runs for distance OF
eight miles from the town of Blunt to
the gravel pits of the company. The
assessment was $1,000 per mile.
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HORSES AND CATTLE
Ale ROASTED ALIVE

Marshalltown. Ia, March 4-Eight
head of horses, Is head Of cattle, 40 tons
of nay and other contents were burned
in the destruction of the new barn Of
j. C. Yetley. near here this morning.
Origin is unknown. LOSS, Sc. 600: insur-
ance, 5000.
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PRETTY WOMAN IS
GUILTY. OF EoRcEpv

Deadwood, S. D.. Feb. ga Jury inii
the circuit court here found Mrs. Anna.
Miljas. the pretty young Slavoniani
woman, guilty of forgery in the third,
degree and she now faces peniten-
tlary sentence. Mrs. Miljas whose es.,
capades with checks created sensa..
ton in Lead last summer, is believed:
by many TO be of unsound mindf
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STOCK GROWERS TO
MEET AT RAPID clTv

Rapid City. S. D.. March s.-The
Western South Dakota Stock Growers'
association will hold it's 10th annual
meeting at Rapid City, s. D., April 13.
IA and Is. The officers of the associa-
ton are: President. c. K Howard:
vice president, H. A. Dawson; Il. M.
Stewart, secretary-treasurer The
largest attendance in the history Of the
association is predicted.
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DEsPoNDENT, YANkToN
MAN ENDS HIS LIFE

Yanl1ton, S. D., March 5.-While des-
pondent Chris Christianson, janitor of
the Federal building, committed sui
eide by hanging. He is survived by one
son, Randolph. and a daughter, Mrs. j.
Z. Nelson.
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DIES AS HE TALKS
LIFE INSURANCE TO WHEEL

Lead. 8. D., Feb. 29.-During a dis
ability of increasing his insurance poll
icy. Tony Arpino, one of the leaders or
the Italian colony at Portland, sur,
fered an apoplectic stroke and toppled
over dead without word. He was q
well known miner for the Imperial
Gold Mining company and had resided
in the district for many years.
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HOT BATTLE ON
BETWEEN EDITORS

Watertown, S. D.. March g.
Not content with treating each
other to brown roasts through
their editorial columns each
week two Hamlin county edi-
tors, Mr.. Warner, of the Hazel
New Era, and Mr.. Marshall, of
the Haiti Republic, met in open
debate IN the town hall at Hiatt
and said it to his face"
The Hazel editor is stall
wart of the radical stripe while
the Haiti man is pronounced
insurgent.
Zach succeeded in convincing
the other that there was no use
in arguing with him, and in sill
ent pity for the others pervers-
ity went back home to continue
their paper battle.
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RAPID CITY WOMEN
WORK FOR NEW SCHOOL

Rapid City. S. D.. March 5.-By a
vote of s66 to 60. Rapid City voters de-
cided to issue $4,000 worth of bonds
for a new school. The women took
a keen interest and worked even hard
er than the men to bring out vote.
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WOLVES KILL -
over $50 LAMBS.

Sioux Falls, 8. D., Feb. ga
farmer residing in the western por-
ton of Minnehaha county reports
that during the past three OF four
lambs and several calves in one
locality. 1t appears that rabbits
and other natural prey of the
wolves have become scarce. and
that the wolves by hunger have
been driven to attack the sheep
folds. The wolves are of the prairie
variety and are SO ravenously hun
cry that they frequently attack
sheep in broad daylight. The farm
ers of that locality are striving to
induce the county commissioners to
increase the bounty paid for killing
wolves, IN hope that this will serve
as an inducement for hunters to
exterminate the animals.
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TEN HORSES BURNED
IN VERMiLLION FIRE

vermillion S. d.. March 5.-Ten
horses, several hundred bushels of
grain. harness and machinery were
consumed in e. fire which DESTROYED the
large barn of the John Gunderson farm
Total loss. $4,000.
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JUDGE GARLAND GRANTS
BANKRUPTCY DISCHARGES

Sioux Falls. S. D.. March 5.-Dis-
granted by Judge Garland. of the Unit
ed States court in this city, in the cases
Of the following persons: Johannes
Hors' ad, Of Dolph, Hamlin county;
Frank w. Shaw. Sioux Falls; Fred
Glen. Bath; Leonard D. Summers,
Sioux Falls; George w. Rutan. Water
town.
Leonard Schryver. of Sioux Falls,
who gives his occupation as a carpen-
ter. has filed petition in voluntary
bankruptcy in the federal court. In
he places his liabilities at sS4S.4O and
his assets at s1,305. The full amount
Of his assets is claimed to be exempt.
The case has been referred to Henry
A. Muller, referec in bankruptcy OF
Sioux Falls. by whom it will be adjudi-
Gated.
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BRITToN FARMERS
TO ERECT ELEVATOR

Britton. S. D., March 4-,rhe farm
ers of this vicinity are taking great in
terest in meeting which they are to
hold in Britton on Tuesday of next
week for the purpose of arranging to
erect or purchase an elevator at this
place. The elevator will be operated
by the farmers as a cooperative con-
Germ. 1t is expected that sufficient
stock will be subscribed to enable the
company to incorporate.
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BISHOP DUNCAN DEAD.
Spartansburg, s. c., March 4.-Bishop
w. w. Duncan, of the Methodist Epis-
copal church in the South. died here
today.
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PECULIAR ANSWERS
GIVEN BY WOuL LD-BE
SCHOOL TEACHERS

Pierre. S. D.. March 4.-trhe correct
ing of the manuscripts here by the
state examining board has unearthed
some knowledge of strange and Won
drous makeup. The results of the eN-
aminations are the more strange when
1T is taken into consideration that the
applicants are all over IS years of age
while many in their preliminary state
ments confess to having taught some
years before coming to this state
Of all the people trying for certift-
Gates, 500 of the 1000 are women. Full
~ 90 per cent of the applicants will
fail to gain the required marks to en-
ulle them to a certificate.
Some Funny Answers.
The general grade of intelligence and
the reasons for such wholesale failure
OF the applicants may readily be de-
ternlned from the answers given to
the questions below. These questions
ana answers are taken just as they
happen TO occur in the manuscripts:
g. What knowledge should a teacher
HosseSs aside from text books?
events.
9. What is a seyscr?
"A. "a: geyser is frozen stream running
Q. Name u substance which transmits
A. Sound is transmitted by the Erie
Q. What are civil rights?
A. 10 see and be seen.
O. Give an exclusive right of the Sem
A. The Senate has the exclusive right
to embezzle the president.
The great earnestness with which
Shese would be pedagogues persist In
Trying tor tho examinations makes the
humor cf the above answered uues-
lions take on a tingc of the pathetic.
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LOSES TO
ABERDEEN NORMAL

Yankton, S. D.. March 5.-Aberdeen
Normal basketball team defeated Yank-
ton college here. Score. IA to 10.
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BITE OF BABE MAY
BE FATAL TO MOTHER.

Lead. s. D., March 5.-A bite
by her infant child in a rage
over punishment inflicted by the
mother may cost the life of Mrs.
John Zurich. Of this city. The
baby caught his mothers little
finger in his mouth and bit it,
Blood poisoning resulted from
the injury.
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-30

Souvenir Medal, Off-Hand, Hale,
Press and officers and Inspectors mat.
ches. There will also be some Re.
yolver matches including a revolver
team match, a Novice military reyol-
yer, all-comers rapid-6rc military, any
revolver, a pistol match, disappearing
target bobber and others
The matches of the New York State
Rifle Association are headed by the
Company Team Match at 200, 500,
and 600 yards, open to teams of four,
This match is open to teams fromfor-
eign governments and registered clubs
and societies, as well as to the army,
navy and national guard. Gen. L, A.
McAlpin presents trophy. for the
McAlpin Trophy match and F. A,
Cruikshank one for the Cruikshank
Trophy Match.
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GREATEST AMERICAN EVENT
SHoRN OF ITS BETTING
FEATURES.
NO MORE MONEY WAcERED
Yesterdays, the First one-New Law
TO be Enforced to the Last Extreme
Something Brand New For the
Workers.

NEW YORK, Aug, 2o.-The stran,
gest iuturity that has been run in the
rs years that the most valuable fix
ture OF the American turf has had its
existence will be run at the opening
of the Coney Island Jockey Clubs
Autumn meeting on the Sleeps Head
Bay course, The race in itself pre-
sents unusual and attractive features,
the chief OF which is the rivalry be
tween the John L. Madden and James
r. Keene stables, with two entries for
each representing the best OF the two
year olds that have been shown in
public this season, but the futurity
simply as a horse race falls into sec.
ond place behind the test which rae
ing is TO undergo as spectacle TO alb
solute independence of betting.
The futurity of today will be the
first that has been run under absolute
prohibition of betting, the prohibition
having been declared by the executive
committee OF the Coney Island Jockey
Club and the stewards Of the Jockey
Club as we'll as the Kings County Of
ficials, under the new anti-betting
law. With the running OF the futur-
ity race returns today to the county
to which trials OF the betting law took
place this Spring, and that with the
full understanding that the state law
will be enforced to the last extreme.
The managers OF the Sleeps Head
Bay track, together with the managers
OF racing in the east, have decided that
they will comply in the letter OF the
law, with the conditions offered by
the Kings County officials and with
unanimous agreement OF the matter
the Sheepshead Bay melting will open
today with professional betting pro,
hibited.
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TO INSURE THEMSELVES.
Greet jrdustrial conesrns Encoa sge
Mutual Insurance.

CHICAGO, Aug, 2o-The thirt,
thousand employees OF the Information.
al Harvester Company are to have
their own sick benefit and insurance
association, according to an announce
met made by C. S, Funk, general
manager of the company, The plan
is the result of several months inves-
tigation, both in this country and in
Europe by committe. including be-
side harvester officials, Professor Hen
derson of the University Of Chicago
and other welfare workers.
In brief, the plan provides that ev-
cry employe who contributes two per
cent of his wages to the fund becomes
member OF the association and is
entitled to all its benefits. He is in
sured against death, from sickness, or
accident and receives half pay while
disabled by illness or injury.
The family of man who is killed
by accident, whether on or off duty,
receives two years wages, He re-
receives the same for the loss Of his
eyes, both feet, or both hands. In case
Of death from natural causes, one
years wages is paid to the family.
As an inducement to employees to
join the association the harvester COM
pany will contribute $4,000 to the
fund if fifty percent of the employees
join and $4,000 if rs percent become
members Membership is absolutely
voluntary and in joining employees do
not waive any legal rights against the
company in case of accident
The plan also provides a pension
fund to the benefit of which any EN-
ploye is entitled after twenty years OF
service if he has reached the age of 65
years AT that age retirement is po-
tional: at 20 it is compulsory
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-30
SECURITIES WORTHLESS.
Receiver States They Have Shrunk To
Almost Nothing.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 29.-In .
report filed with the county clerk, Ed.
ward J. LeBreton, receiver for the
California Safe Deposit & Trust Com
pany, charges District Attorney Lang
don with having exaggerated and mis-
represented the services rendered by
J. Dalzell Brown to the receiver in
recognizing securitis. The one mil
lion dollars worth of securities re-
turned by Brown he says have an ac-
tual cash value of less than Sl00.
LeBretoh asserts that he has re-
ceived valuable information from Bar
nett and Trcadwell as we'll as a re-
turn Of all moneys in their power to
return.
At the time of the receivers report
the resources of the bank were $l2,-
247, $50, of which nearly six million is
represented by miscellaneous stocks,
many having only a nominal market
value. OF the liabilities 8,739168 is
due depositors. There is now on
hand cash balance of $563,478. The
market value Of the resources is plac-
ed at $2,482,323, which would leave
23.6 percent for the general creditors.
The receiver estimates that it will
take four or FIVE years more to liqui-
date the bank and pay the final divi-
dend.
The downfall Of the institution is
attributed to the loans made to John
and James Treadwell but it is asser-
ted that its connection with the Wes-
tern Pacific prolonged its life.