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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

President and Mrs. Roosevelt, with two
of their children, spent one day at Jor-
danvill.. a village of central New York,
to attend the dedication of a public H.
brary given to that town by Douglas Rob
inson, brother-in-law of the President.
Secretary of State Root and Congress
man 81 erman came out from Utica to be
present The speech of the President
was. of course, the feature of the day, and
the most prominent feature of it was the
part dealing with farm life. He hoped
to see the farmers bend their energies
to making life in the country more inter-
esting and attractive, using the library
and clubhouse there dedicated as one il
lustration of ways and means to that end.
He said he had only contempt for the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09
GH0MS
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The trustees of Dakota Wesleyan uni
versity at Mitchell, S. D., have elected
DR.. S. F.. Kerfoot of Mankato, Mimi,
president of the college.
The enrolment at the Winona normal
school, exclusive of the elementary de-
partment, is given at 31S, which is an in
crease of twelve over a year ago.
A new gift of 100000 by John D.
Rockefeller has enabled Chicago univer'
sity to make a general increase Of % per
cent in the pay of the teaching force.
The opening of the two weeks session
of the summer school of methods at Eau
Claire. Wis, witnessed the largest at
tendance in the history of the institu-
ton.
C. w. Ratsall has taken up the work
of superintendent of the government In
dian school at Pierre, S.. D., succeeding Q.
J.. Lcvegood. who has been in charge the
past FIVE years.
\ number of Wisconsin, school superin-
tendents have begun a rigid enforcement
of the compulsory education laws which
REQUIRE all children between the ages OF
7 and II to attend school.
South Dakota agricultural college will
work the western part of the State pretty
thoroughly with farmers institutes this
fall. They have fixed dates for sucn
meetings at about twenty-five places for
October and November, the work reach
ing from Lemon, on the north doWn
through Butte. Stanley and Lyman coun'
ties.
r. The Progressive Journal of Education
;s the name of a monthly magazine which
,f i+nira~o SDciaiiStS are to start
OCT + with the object of leading the
minds of teachers into the paths OF so
ciaiist thought. Peyton BOSWELL IS tns
editor.
Lawrence university has four trustees
in the field for high political office TINS
year. They are Isaac Stephenson, Mari
nctte. for United States Senator; w. Ii.
Hatton. New London, for United States
Senate: Luther Lindauer, Kaukauna, cam
didate for Congress: III. \. Moehlenpaw,
Clinton. candidate for Congress.
In resigning as athletic director of ths
Cleveland public schools George W. Ehle'
ga ID ..Schools are not turning out manly
lads. They are cutters. In their game1
they show no sportsmen's honor Ihey
want merely to win. They lack the quali.
| ties a man would teach them by example:
Women teachers, too, inculcate habits o.
| tale-bearing and their pupils run con.
| stantly into the woman teachers donu.
missing inspiration to constructive, ona!s
| acter building effort" To all OF tnie
| Supt, Elson answered "Bosh.' But Fresi'
! dent Tl,wing of Western Reserve say
! that we must rave more men teachers y
! avert the feminiratinn Of our youth
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

pictures showing the progress OF tuber-
culosis and the various stages of cur.
ables$ tuberculosis literature has been
provided by the ton and elaborate dis
plays Of window tents. cots. beds, all
sorts of outdoor appliances, models Of
buildings, sanitaria, hotels and homes
built for the purpose of treating tuber-
culOsis In all its stages.
President Roosevelt accepted the
presidency Of the congress and DR.. Ed.
ward l.. Trudeau, OF Saranac Lake, has
been made honorary president. Vice
President Fairbanks, Speaker Cannon
and the Governors of the States have
agreed to serve as vice presidents.
Among the distinguished physicians
present are: Robert Koch. LandouZy,
of Paris; Sprouck, of Utrecht Tendc-
loo, Of Leyden; Philips. Of Edinburgh ::
Conf, of BuenOs Ayrcs; fIugge, of Bres.
lau; Bang. Of Copenhagen; Vargas, of
Barcelona Marchiafava, of Rome:
Egger, Of Basel; Wladimiroff. of st.
Petersburg; Kayserling, of Berlin. and
Calmette, of Lille.
AHe HLSl uay VI tHe congress was
marked by simple but unique cere-
monies. Preliminary to the formal
opening, the diplomatic corps, the
spokesmen Of the several countries, the
officers Of the congress, the honorary
presidents and the section presidents
met in thesofice of DR.. Henry G. Boyer,
chairman Of the committee on exhibits
In the museum building shortly before
II o'clock. and accompanied by Drs.
Boyer and John s. Fulton, the secretary
general, proceeded to the stage in the
great auditorium.
There Secretary Of the Treasury Cor
telyou, az the personal representative
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09
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The Hamline university football team
has established a training camp at Wa.
coma. Twenty men are in training there
this week.
II have rowcd my last race and next
year 1 will not defend the title l won
back from Harry Bennee.' This is the
statement made by national champion
amateur s%culler, Frank Greer.
M%elisande, a 2-year-old chestnut flly
owned by James r. Keene, smashed all
previous records for the five and a hall
furlong course at the Empire City track
BY running that distance in 1 :O6 %.
At Amsterdam, Holland, a race between
Dutch and American dories was won by
the American entry. The winning dory,
the Tautos, was sailed by George Gardi-
ner. and covered the five miles in so min
utes and 10 seconds.
AT Melbourne Tommy" Burns, the
American heavyweight p~ugilist, defeated
"Bill' Lang of Australia in the sixth
round. Lang was outgeneraled by Burns
in the infghting and after the first two
rounds the American had it all his own
way.
John Loell. captain of the Escanaba
baseball team. one of the leading con-
tenders for the Upper Michigan champion
ship this season, has been rendered and
has accepted the position of athletic direc-
tor at the Northwestern Military Acad-
envy at Highland Park, Chicago, the COM
ing year.
At Sheepshead Bay, James r.. Keene's
entries ran one, two, in the great Filly
stakes, six furlongs, when the Futurity
winner Maskette o with Wedding
Bells second and Lady Bedford third.
Maskette displayed a wonderful turn OF
speed. She carried top weight, 127
pounds, and, after being outrun to the
bend, took the lead and won.
Half Sovereign, owned by A.. Belmont.
won the Ocean handicap at Sheepshead
Bay. The FLY stepped the mile in the
fast time of / :33S - Big Chief, closing
strong under a drive. was second, half a
length behind the ely. Restia .ache was
third.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09
DIGGING FAST AT PANAMA.
Labor Supply Is Plentiful and Canal
Work Is Pushed.

wOrK Is TuSQeQ.
Satisfactory progress in making the
dirt fly was reported by Colonel George
w. Cocktails, chief engineer of the
Panama Canal, On is arrival at New
Orleans, on the steamer Carriage from
Colon, en- route to Washington.
Natives and Jamaicans," Colonel
Cocktails said, constitute practically
all the manual laborers at the canal.
An attempt to use American labor fail
ed mainly because it could not be Sc
cured. At present the labor situation
is very good.
p considerable numbers Of our labor
ers have been accustomed to leave from
time to time, and later to return happi-
ly for WORE. again. This coming and
going has resulted in developing 4
source of supply Of labor more or less
suitable and trained for the canal
work.
"As a rule there are about as many
returning to work as there are leaving,
80 chat we almost always have sufl-
Gent labor at hand. Just at present,
In fact, there are more laborers than
we can well use"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09
Sees with a Rabbits Eye,

DR.. Henry X. Lesser of New York de-
scribes in the Medical Record the remark.
able operation by which he recently graft
ed the eye of a rabbit to the optic nerve
of a blind man, SO as to give him sight.
He says the patient is a young man Of
a years, blinded through measles at the
age of o. so that his right eye was entire
ly useless and the left darkened by a
dense leucoma. He was placed on one
grain of mercury with chalk three times a
day for two days before the operation,
and the eye was bandaged with a dressing
of bichloride the night before. The eye
was irrigated and cocaineized and a disk
cut from the cornea, and in its place
was affixed a disk from The eye of an
S-months-old rabbit. The vision. after
three months, improved so that the pa
tient could count fingers and get about
unaided. Also, he is beginning to learn
colors again.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

15l9-Cortcx entered the Indian city of
Tlasca.
1535-Cartier left his ship and proceeded
up the st. Lawrence in boats.
163S-De Vries sailed from Holland on
his third expedition to America.
1871-Mediators between the colonists
and the Indians met ut Plymouth.
16S9-Count Frontenac arrived in Can
ada to reassume the government Of
the province. -.
1693-The British army adopted the
ring-bayonet.
1737-lhe Hebrews disfranchised by .
vote of the New York Legislature.
1776-Congrcss appointed Benjamin
Franklin, Silas Dean and Thomas
Jefferson commissioners to the court
of France. The nes constitution
of Pennsylvania was formally pro-
claimed.
l779-paul Jones with the Bon Homme
Richard captured the British frigate
Scraps.
17SO-Americans under Gen. Marion at
tackled a party of Tories at Black
Mingo. o. t.., ..s.s.
17S9-Samuel Osgood of Massachusetts,
became Postmaster General of tbs
United States.
1SO3-First Catholic. church in Boston,
Mass, dedicated. -s..o,
1813-Americans defeated the British il
battle of Lake Ontario. 4ya .F
1s15-First daily paper printed 1t Al
bany, N. Y. ..qa1.ls
1S2S-A monument vas unveiled in
Charlestown, Mass, to the memory
Of John Harvard.
1S39-Treaty between France and Texas
signed at Paris.
1854 Boston merchant paid $626 for
the choice of seats for the first per-
formance Of Jenny Lind in that city.
ls54-A reciprocity treaty between the
United States and Canada signed by
the governor general. United States
sloop Albany sailed from A%spinwall
and was never more heard of.
1S55-The corner stone Of the Masonic
Temple was laid in Philadelphia.
1e62-Gcn. Nelson shot by Gen. JEFF @.
Davis at Louisville.
1SG3-Confederate troops attacked Gen.
Burnside at Knoxville.
1SG4-Union troops victorious in a con
fict with the Confederate forces at
Athens, Ala.
1S65-The Bank of Concord, Mass,
robbed of 100000. $40
1S6S-Gov. Warmouth's veto of the
negro equity bill was sustained In the
Louisiana House. Gen. Mcclellan
welcomed in New York upon his re-
turn from Europe.
1S7O-President Grant paid = visit to
al Boston.
1SS9-The judicial system Of the United
... States established by act of Congress.
1s9G-A strike began on the Canadian
Pacific railway.
1S99-Naval parade in New YS-k har-
Dor in. honor of Admiral Dewey.
19O2-A 100000 fire in Stockton, Cal.
19O4-Earl Grey was appointed governor
general of Canada.
19O5-Robert Bacon resigned as director
of the steel trust to become first
Assistant Secretary of State....Di s
astrous fire in the business section Of
Butte, Mont. Highest court in
Canada denied the appeal of Greene
and Gaynor against extradition.
i9Nb-Race riots continued in Atlanta :;
two negroes lynched. Mayor Nc
Clellan of New York, announced that
he would support William II. Hearst
for Governor.
19O7-Cuban agitators were arrested
near Havana.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

in America, and great interest is being
shown in its work. If the people can
he thoroughly aroused to the danger
there is in tritiing with this subtle foe;
If they can be led to comprehend how
much valuable aid they may easily
render by presenting a. united front to
this arch enemy among fatal diseases.
then the efforts of this congress will
have accomplished a great and lasting
good; then we may hope, and not in
vain, to see each year many sweet lives
spared to add brightness and beauty to
the world instead of being sacrificed to
this Unsuitable Moloch through u
careless treatment of a matter so Sc
riouS
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

In Norman county, Mimi, wheat has
been threshing out 20 bushels to the acre.
Barley and fax are exceptionally good.
The State land department of South
Dakota has made the first Offering OF
State lands in the old Fort Sully mill
tary reservation, which was practically
all taken by the State at the time it was
thrown open to settlement.
While the South Dakota State veteri-
marian and the government authorities
are watching the anthrax situation in the
counties of the southeastern part of the
State, the Governors Office is yet receiv-
ing complaints in regard to the situation,
and demanding something more in the
way of stamping the disease out. All
such complaints are turned over to the
officials who have the situation in charge
for investigation. From reports the indi-
cations are that the situation in that part
of the State is Of a serious nature, and
will require careful handling to get the
disease stamped out.
The Red river valley is being invaded
by representatives of seed houses in the
Southwest who are after the potatoes
grown in this section to use for seed po-
tatocs through Kansas, Missouri, Okla
homa and Texas.
Following out his declaration of i'm
munity to any one defending lives or
property against night riders, Coy. Will
son of Kentucky granted pardons to Wal
ter Duncan, who was convicted of shoot
ing and killing Newt Hazlett at Jackson
vile, Shelby county, in June. and Riley
Harold. who was indicted as an acces-
sorry to the murder.
Night riders are organizing in North
eastern Arkansas, for the purpose of re-
ducing the cotton acreage for next year.
and compelling the holding of this years
crop for the minimum price set by the
International Farmers Union convention
which met at Fort Worth recently.
The eighty grain elevators and ware
houses owned by the Minneapolis and
Northern Elevator Company, one of the
concerns controlled by the Pillsbury-
Washburn Flour Milling Company, which
passed recently into the hands of receiy-
ers, will be leased. for the next eleven
months TO Charles a An:sden Of Mime
apois. the highest bidder.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

further emphasized when compared
with the bubonic plague in India, which
has not, since its first outbreak in 1896.
caused as many deaths In that country
IN proportion to the population as were
caused by tuberculosis in the United
States during the same period.
statistics show that tuberculosis in
the last Our years caused more than
three times as many dcs. tbs in this coun-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

on Tuberculosis Of Wild Animals in
Captivity One of the most interest
ing TOPICS Will be the open air treat
ment which is in vogue now all over
the world. In addition to private SAIL
itariums in this country, New York
and other cities and State institutions
have tried it, and many hospitals have
roof gardens for consumptive patients.
The congress meets ~trienniaHy, but
this is the first time it has been held
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09
woman C1imb. Hu..caran.

Miss Annie s. Peck Of Providence, r.
L., in a second effort within a month, sue
ceeded in reaching the top Of Mount
Huascaran, in Peru, which she estimates
to be 10000 feet high. During the first
ascent she got to a height of $4,000 feet,
buAhad to come back on account of the
illness of one of her guides. In the last
CLIMB her Swiss companion had one foot
and both hands frozen.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

National Museum
in w Il $ h i gton.
Among the eXhib-
its are maps and
charts showing the
cNtent and growth
0f the campaign
against tubercu-
losis. location of
dispensaries, hos
pitfalls and ;,sSocia-
tons where treat
incnt is given, and
he methods used.
The walls are COW
cred with photo
graphs and Ii
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09
DESERT TO BLOOM AIM.
Grea. Meeting of Irrigation Experts
Begins Work at Albuquerque.

The sixteenth annual meeting OF he
national irrigation congress was called
to order at Albuquerque by President
Frank Cloudy of Denver with every n
of the I,GOO seats In the convention hall
occupied and crowds clamoring for adj
mission to the gallery. Nearly $500
delegates were present.
The days sessions were devoted to
speeches of welcome by Mayor Lester
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

responses by the representatives Of
about thirty foreign countries.
The congress will make an epoch i'll
the fight against this dread scourge the
world over. The opening meeting vas
the most Impressive event Of the whole.
On that day the representatives Of the
participating governments presented
their formal greetings to h govern
ment Of the United States. Among
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

the many prOml-
nent speakers were
Dr.. b Koch
and wife, Surgeon
G e e Walter
Wyman, who will
speak on estate and
Municipal Control
of tuberculosis
and DR.. w. Reid
Blair, Of the New
York Geological So
ciety, who SDeaks
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

years as many deaths as occurred last
year from tuberculosis.
"By figures given for the United
States it is estimated that since the
year 1913 there have beer approximate
ly 100000 deaths from yellow fever,
whereas tuberculosis is estimated TO
have caused 10000 deaths last year
alone.
1.-THE mortality of tuberculosis Is
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09
WINNING THE FIGHT
AGAINST CONSUMPTION

try as occurred in action and from
wounds received in action during the
entire period of the Civil War"
A welcome to the national capital
was then spoken by District Commits
sioner MacFarland. followed by brief
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09
idlers, whether rich or poor. He had a
good word to say for the overworked
farmers wife and urged that her bur-
dens be lightened.

late DR.. I.eonidas Hubbard, explorer Of
Labrador, and Harold T. Ellis. son of
the former English under secretary of
state for India, wee married at Toronto,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

Washington correspondence:
Very important indeed to the world
of humanity has been the International
Congress on tuberculosis, held at the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09
Of the President Of the United States,
extended greetings on behalf Of the gov

eminent.
1.-The menace Of tuberculosis from a
hygienic and economic standpoint is
demonstrable in many ways" said Mr..
Cortelyou. 1T is remarkable that yell
low fever, Notwithstanding the many
panics it has produced, has not caused
in the United States in the last 115
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09
MOUNTAIN SANATORIUM OF SEPARATE COTTAGES.

handing the department, took part in
the parade.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

Reports from the Panama Canal con
tinue to show n surprisingly rapid rate
of progress. More than three times rs
much earth was ~eXcavated i'll June and
July of this year as was dug out in the
corresponding months Of last year. and
the rainy season., which it was thought
,would check the work, has had prac-
tically no effect. At the present rate ,f
three million cubic yards a month it
will not take long to cXcavate a han
dred million cubic yards.
Following Instructions from the Pres
ident. notice has been served upon all
civil service employees that those who
resign to take up political work during
the present campaign will not be rein
stated after election day.
When Congress meets In December
members of the House and Senate will
find awaiting them in the corridors q
lobby working to secure IN increase Of
the pay of army and navy officers above
the relative grade OF captain In tAs
army.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-09

Gen. Allen. chief signal officer OF the
army, has received adviccs that The
two wireless telegraph stations located
at Fort Gibson and Nome. ALASKA, have
been completed and put in operation.
These are the last stations Of the tIir-
graph system which extends from Seat
tie. Wash, to Nome.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
Export. bv the Pac,sc liner

The British steamer Inveric sailed for Auck-
land and Sydney via Apia Friday with q gen.
ersl merchandise cargo laden at this port valued
at S63,35s to be distributed follows: For
New Zealand, S23, sos; Australia $34 155; Sa-
islands, Sc. 700: South Africa. 1929; Bis
ments and tneir destina tions were as follows:
To New Zesland-7T, 10 lbs dried fruit, 81 7sC
lbs raisins, 10 cs wine, 1887 lbs and 16 cs
meals IL syrup, 154 canned goods 234
rolls and is cs roofing material, IS and SO
bbls oils. % pkgs drugs 645 pkgs metal polish,
s53 lbs seeds, "a cs books, "a pkgs agricultural
implements, 100 bdls shingles "a pkgs paints, 4
cs leather, % cs boots and shoes, bales rubber
packing, pkgs electrical goods
To Austrslia-I9, 77S lbs coffee. 5.825 lbs dried
fruit. $50 lbs Goldfish 16T cs canned goods ot5
los hops, 10 cs olives, ce salmon, pkgs gro
ceries and provisions. 31.610 tt lumber, 25, ,999
lbs seeds, cs typewriters, cs boots and shoes,
2 cs arms and ammunition, pkgs rubber goods,
bales overalls. 80 bales hose 1,232 rolls, 95 cs
and 102 bbls roofing material; 81 bales packing.
6 bales betting. 10 bbls ink, is bbls oils II pkgs
machinery IL rolls leather, II pkgs agricultural
implements, 10 pkgs drugs, 976 pkgs metal pol
ish. IS pkgs electrical goods, 80 pkgs paints, So
cs books.
To Samoan islands-5e3 pkgs naval stores 900
lbs meals BAKING powder, Il cs canned
goods. 135 cs and kegs salmon, 81 pkgs candy,
> honey. and ammunition. 3 cs BIZ
cycles. ; pkgs drugs, pkgs dry goods. bales
To south Afries-sO rolls and cs roofing ma.
terial.
To Bismarck archipelago-150 cs salmon.
In addition 20 the foregoing the steamer had
627, ,e4S It lumber and ]. III bdls shocks. valued
AT $500. laden at Tacoma and consigned to
Sydney.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVED

ARRIVED
Saturday, April IL.
stmr Argo Taylor. 25 hours from Port Ken
sfmr South Coast. Klinkner, Ie hours from
stmr Yosemite. Aspiund, 81 hours from San
Pedro.
Stmr George W. Elder, "a hours from San
stmr f. A. Knburn, Mcclellan. 20 hours from
stmr Redonoo Bendesard. 80 hours from
strnr Iakme. Prebie, 27 hours from Eureka.
stmr Brooklyn, Hendrickson, is hours from
BEtn Mary winkelmsn, Jacobsen, days from
Eureka.
CLEARED
Saturday, April II.
stmr Alameda. Dowdell, Honolulu; J. D.
Spreckels Bros & Co.
Stmr Hanaiei Mcfarland. San Pedro: Cres-
cent wharf and warehouse company.
Stmr Washington, Mason, Portland; Wash
ineton marine company
Stmr Buckman. Wood. Seattle; Alaska Pacific
steamship company.
mox: Australian mall line
Ger stmr Ilse, Rcmier, Vancouver; z. @.
Shin Santa Clara. sohlin, Pyramid hsrbor:
Alaska packers' association.
Bark Electra. Martinson, Bristol bay; Alaska
psckers' association.
bark George Curtis. Herbert, Honolulu; Mat
son navigation company.
Bark Gerard C. Tobey. Scott. Hil0i Matsos
navigation company.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
rRANs-pAc1EIo MAILS

The following are the sailing dates
and closing times of trans Pacific mails
from the port OF San Francisco: Mails
for China and Japan will leave April IA
at 1890 a. m. on the steamer Mongolia
mails for the Hawaiian islands will
leave April IL at Q a. m. on the steamer
Alameda, April IA at 1880 a. m. on the
steamer Mongolia, April II at $3.50 a. m.
on the steamer Nevadan and April %
at 1880 a. m. on the steamer Hong
kong Maru; mails for the Philippines
will leave on the Mongolia and Hong
kong Maru on the dates mentioned
above and the Tahiti mail will leave
April IA at 9 a. m. on the steamer Mari
pOsa.