Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-04-16

barn .'VNoV at cheyenne y Agency.
Barn is doing business Of ~l25
TO il5o. OGa month. Good Proper
tv-- what ann | offered for itI II.
Z. Laiiertv. Cheyenne Agency. OF.
Forest City, ). ~.
Thru travel is picking up in these
parts the last few DAYS. Among
them WAS a party who tried to-
cross the river ut III Pierre but
bad to come up on the west SIDE
OF the river to this place. us they
could not Get either railroad or
fcrl's to cross them below.
I-obcan phenix: The FIRST con
si@nnent Of government freight
over ihe M&S;L road was recciv-
ed in I.eheau the frst of thc week
and is being Transferred across the
river by boat. The consignment
consists of lumber aud equipment
for q new school building at one
OF the substations on tac rescrva-
ton.
TIE meeting OF the N!oniiou
Literary Society last FRIDAY even
ING was ONE Of the best OF the
series in point of attendance and
excellent program. The dcbatc
was limited TO one on each side
viz: ]. t. TimherlaiSe. for the
affirmative, and Il. II. 'Thornc for
the negative. The Judges we're
Messrs. r. G. Craig, Pearl Doss
and Mrs. Pence who decided that
a liar did more harm in com
munity than u thief, by Il vote of
two TO one. This is the last OF
the Literary Society for The sea
son, bat the final entertainment, of
the school VIII hc given week
after next viz: on 2ith inst.
Died = Collins. Mrs. Ruby
Collins, wife of Fey. and Co.
Supt. }. w. a. Collins. passed
away on Monday at-y.3o p. M. at
her residence in Gettysburg after
a severe illness of about two
weeks. The deceased was widely
known all over Potter county.
having been brot up at Potter z.
o., where her aunt Miss Kate
Sutton and Grandparents Mr.. and
Mrs. jacob Sgtton were among
the earliest settlers of the coupty.
RUBY was always a favorite at
the numerous country parties of
the neighborllood that have passed
into history, but since Lcr mar
rlage to Rev. Collins has been am
Invalid for most Of the time.
She was married to MIR. Collins
about six years ago, and after
thclr marriage was u resident Of
Forest City during ller husband's :
pastorate OF ,i,c ii. T.. church.
The funeral service 5 were held
in Gettysburg and were attended
BY Two nncles from Clark county
besides several relatives from
THIS and Sully counties.
$500. 600 FOR A GIRLS TRAINING
It Costs That Sum TO Rear The Society
Girl Of To-Day.
lhe most pronounced type of
the modern American Beauty is
trained from babyhood to fulfil
her destiny. She is born with a
gold spoon in her mouth instead
OF the traditional silver one.
The father of one of these
millionaire prlnccsscs was asked. Il
few days after her advent. how
much he had estimated it would
cost him to bring hcr up.
about two hundred thousand. !"
was his answer, until she is
ready to come out. and" he adj
dcd thoughtfully. THAT is really II
conservative estlnate.''
Two hundred thousand for an
American Beauty When il is
remembered that to finish her at a
select school and then give her a
year or SO of travel with tutor and
chaperon costs some sixty thous-
and. this statement does not seem
exaggerated, says the May Deline-
ator. But two hundred thousand.
1t could endow a whole orphans