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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
CONTESTS RIGHT TO SELL.

Bug infested Timber Deal of Uncle
Sam Opposed by Mine Claim Owner
Whether the United States govern
nent has the right to sell dead and
down or bug infested timber from
mining claims held under location but
unpatented, in order to prevent the
spread of the bug, shortly will be de-
termined. A suit entitled Hasbach
against Garlock and Ainslee. which
will furnish a test case, has Just been
transferred from the state to the
United States court, and will be heard
in the federal court at the next ses-
sion in DeadwOod The defendants
purchased from the government GER
lain bug infested timber in the Black
Hills national forest and the plain
tiff at once brought suit for damages,
claiming that the timber belonged to
his unpatented mining claims. The
United States interviewed in the ac-
ton, and the suit now has become
Of great interest to both mining men
and those interested in the work of
the department
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

clear the distinction between these
grains the accompanying illustration
is given. The heads of emmer are
short compact and fiat, the spikelets
being set very close together. The
heads of spelt are long and open, the
spikelets being set quite far apart.
Spelt is generally of coarser type than
emmer and the proportion of husk
present in the threshed grain is usu-
ally larger.
In the matter Of yield emmer is de-
cidedly superior. For five years en-
mer has given an average of 800
pounds of grain more than the highest
yielding variety of spelt at the On
tario agricultural college. at the
Brandon experimental farm emmer
has also shown its superiority as
yielder, though at Indian Head in
Saskatchewan In 1907, the two grains
were about equal, the emmer giving
1920 pounds per acre, and the spelt
2,20G pounds.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.

Congestion in Schools OF Mitchell Re-
Iieved by Opening New Building.
The new East side school building
at Mitchell has been opened for use
of the primary departments OF the
city schools. 1t has six rooms, and
every one Of them was filled from the
congested condition of other rooms
in other buildings. The new teachers
were put on the faculty, which now
numbers thirty. The new building
cost about $4,000. This, however.
does not relieve the condition in the
high school department which has
an enrolment Of over 200 students,
where accommodations are provided
for but 100. At special election held
month ago bonds to the amount of
$4,000 were carried for the erection
of new high school building. 1t is
expected that work will begin on the
building early in the summer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
TIMBER CUTTING CHARGED.
Lennon Liveryrnan Faces Prosecu-
ton for Reservation Offense.

Lennon Liverynan Faces Prosecu-
ton for Reservation Offense.
Information has been received by
the United States authorities in Sioux
Falls of the arrest of Thomas Gordon
of Lennon on the charge of unlaw-
fully cutting and removing timber
from that portion of the Standing
Rock Indian reservation which ex-
tends into South Dakota. The alleged
offense was committed in Foreman
county, which is included within the
reservation Gordon is liveryman
at Lennon, which is one of the new
towns on the coast extension of the
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul rail
way. His preliminary examination
took place before Charles J. Dousman,
United States commissioners, with
headquarters at Lennon, and resulted
in the defendant being held for ap-
pearance before United States grand
Jury which will convene in Sioux Falls
on April 7. The defendant furnished
a bond for his appearance at that
time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
In and About the State
DRAGGED UNDER sEEDER.

Farmer Has Perilous Experience and
Is Badly Hurt in Runaway.
John Folkerts, prominent farmer
residing in the eastern part of Han.
son county, had thrilling experience
in runaway, receiving serious in.
juries and escaping death only by
what seemed miracle. He had com.
Dleted his days work of seeding one
of his fields and was riding home on
the seeder when one of the wheels OF
the machine struck deep hole, break.
ing the tongue of the seeder.
The accident frightened the horses,
which soon were beyond control.
They had scarcely commenced their
wild flight when the end of the broken
tongue caught in the ground and
turned the seeder bottom side up,
with Folkerts caught under the ma
chine. In this perilous position he
was dragged along at high speed for
a distance of about seventy yards.
when the machine struck an obstruc-
ton and turned another somersault,
this time righting itself Folkerts
was released, but he was unconscious.
He was found later by his son.
While his wounds are not fatal, Fol-
kerts was seriously injured, nearly all
the skin having been torn from his
face, and In addition his head and
face were badly bruised and mangled
and he was wounded in the back.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
MAKE 1900 CONVERTS.
REVEALS Dry Up County Until Only
One Village Remains "Wet."

REVEALS Dry Up County Until Only
One Village Remains "Wet."
The revival in Kingsbury county I'M.
der the leadership Of Evangelists Os.
car Lowry Of Cedar Falls. Iowa, and
George Moody Of Chicago, continues
with increasing interest and power.
Up to date there have been more than
1000 people who have protested con-
version. The point of special interest
at present is at Arlington, where they
have built tabernacle seating 1900
people. Three hundred and thirty-fiye
have professed conversion ct that
point. There has been three excur-
sions. the last being Tuesday night,
bringing $50 people from De Smet,
Lake Preston, Iroquois and other
towns along the North Western. The
whole county is stirred with religious
enthusiasm as never before in the his
tory of the Oldest settler. Iroquois
lately has voted out the saloons, leav-
ing wet in the county only the vii.
lage of Oldham.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
FARMER is DROWNED.
Swept Under the Ice When He Drove
on Lake.

Swept Under the Ice When He Drove
on Lake.
John Pearson, a farmer living near
the town of Lake Norden, was
drowned while trying to drive from
town to his home He left town
shortly after dark, his way leading
across the neck of the lake, near the
inlet. 1t is SUPPOSED that he became
confused in his reckoning for the
next morning the conductor of the
train from the north sighted his team,
standing almost to their shoulders in
water, surrounded by ice. The news
was spread as soon as the train
reached town, and a searching party
left for the lake. The horses were
eXtricated. the front wheels Of the
wagon still being attached to the
harness. The rear wheels and the
box had disappeared. They had evil
IDENTIFY been swept under the ice, and
with them the driver. All efforts to
recover the body have so far proved
futile, the current having probably
taken it to some distance.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
cREAMERlES IN WILD WEST.

Lennon and Hettinger on Milwau-
KEGS Extension Take First Steps.
Lennon and Hettinger are to have
creamery plants at once. At Hettin-
ger the matter was taken up by the
farmers, who have organized to build
a cooperative enterprise. In this
city the move is business mems af-
fair entirely. Not to have Hetttinger
ahead in any particular the business
men met and organized a creamery
company, subscribed $4,000 worth of
stock and will have the plant run
ming by the middle of June. The
First State bank has sent l.. w. Head
to Iowa with instructions to buy 500
mich COWS at once. Thus the ranges
of the West are to be converted at
once into farming and dairying dis
tricts.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
GOLD HID EVEN FROM SELF.
Takes Many Many Months to Find His
Buried Treasure,

After three months secret search
John Dahl, a resident OF Camp Crook.
finally has uncovered a pot of gold
coin that he mad saved and buried
under his cabin more than two wears
ago. Dahl is one of the men who re-
fuses to trust banks. When he hid
his savings he thought he had marked
the spot securely, but number of
months ago when he went to look he
was unable to locate the money. Dahl
then built a small shed over the
ground where he thought the gold was
located, and, unwilling to allow 9th
ers to know of the existence of the
treasure, lest he be robbed, he set
about digging in the evening by can
die light. After long toll his search
finally was rewarded, and he emerged
from his cabin with the coin. Dahl
is to be married this summer to a girl
In Denmark, and has just left for that
country with his savings.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
a Moderate-Size Barn

This barn is calculated for farm of
100 or $50 acres. The plan is drawn
supposing it to be bank barn. with
side drives. The same plan can be
used for an end drive with slight
changes. 1t will give accommodation
for i've horses, and box stall for
colts (or mare and foaD, u cattle and
box stall for calves; also root cellar.
The walls are to be either stone or
concrete. The windows in basement to
be "a inches by 80 inches OF glass and
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
PRIMARY LAW is UPHELD.
Candidates for Office Must Pay Fit.
teen-Doilar FjIino Fee.

teen-Doilar Filing Fee.
In an opinion handed down at Dead.
wood Circuit Judge MCGEE sustained
the legality of the South Dakota pri-
mary law, which eXacts a fee of SIS
from any candidate for office before
his name can go on the official ballot.
Socialists of that county contested the
law On the ground that it would pre-
vent poor man aspiring to Office.
The ruling was made on a motion to
quash a writ of alternative mandamus
brought by local Socialists against the
county auditor in the first test case of
the South Dakota primary law. The
court held that while his personal
opinion on the fee question favored
the contestants, he believed that the
state supreme court should decide the
matter. An appeal to that court will
be taken at once by the Socialists, and
1t is hoped to have final decision be-
fore the June primaries.
Jesse e. Ballenger socialist candi-
date for treasurer of Lawrence county,
objected to paying fee for the priv
ilege Of becoming candidate, and
when the auditor declined to accept
mis- petition without the money
brought mandamus proceedings. Free
man Knowles, several times Socialist
candidate for governor. and R. c.
Bayes, a Republican attorney, both Of
Deadwood, are his lawyers. The state
was represented by States Attorney
r. P. Stewart
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
MORE BID ON DiTCHING.
Belle Fourche Irrigation Work Soon
Will Be Resumed

With the appearance at Belle
Fourche of government engineers
from Washington, active preparations
for the resumption of spring work on
the big Belle Fourche irrigation prof.
ect is being made. Chief Engineer
A. p. Davis of Washington is outlin-
ing the work expected to be accom-
plished during the present year, and
the first contracts for this will be let
on April 20. A feature of the bids
this year is that they are much more
numerous than before, and this I'M
doubtedly will result in the work be-
ing done cheaper than in former
years. The first contract calls for
100000 yards of ditch work northeast
of here and other lesser contracts
will be let a few days later
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

cross stills, 10 by 10 inches. 40 feet
long; side girts, s by 6 inches, 10
feet long; 6 end girts. by s inches,
l6 feet long; 6 center purline girts.
6 by inches. 16 feet long; 10 girts.
6 by s inches. IL feet long; door
caps, 6 by 6 inches, la feet long; "a
girts, 6 by s inches, IL feet long; IL
girts. s by s inches, IA feet long; 50
joists, 2 by 1G inches. Is feet long:
SO joists. 2 by 10 inches, Ia feet long:
10 long braces for purline posts, 4 by
inches. 10 feet long; 40 scantlings,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

set on, -stsmo wall stills they are to be
inches by 10 inches; if on posts stills
must be 10 inches by 10 inches. The
wall should be 9 feet clear, and wall
10 feet high over all The following
is bill of the material apart from
the stable.
Ten stills by 10 inches, IL feet
long; 4 main plates, s by 10 inches,
81 feet long; 4 purllne plates, 8 by 8
inches, 80 feet long; 10 main posts, 10
by 10 inches, IS feet long; 10 purline
posts, 9 by inches, 80 feet long: 3
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Goes Mad on Train.

John Flitsch, who accompanied a
car load of emigrant goods from Ian
caster, Wis, and was bound for Woon-
socket, was found about two miles in
the country, near Mitchell. in an in
sane condition, while the car was wait
ing to be sent on to Woonsocket,
Flitsch left the car and wandered off
in the country where he was found
near farm residence in a raving CON
dition and having alarmed the farming
community by his queer actions. He
was taken before the insanity commits
sion and was adjudged insane.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
DRY FARMING
REQUIRES BRAINS

Dry farming does not require any
special or new equipment but neces
states more brains than most people
are willing to give. Every dry farmer
should have four or six horses a
Intersection drag harrow, two IL on
l4-lnch gang plows, subpacker. q
disk harrow and float If not weed
er., Most Of the disks are now made
16 inches in diameter but they should
not be larger than Ia inches, as the
small disks seem to do better work
harrow is valuable for maintaining
soil mulch. One or more good cult,
vators are needed and lister is quite
essential. Several farmers could club
together and buy harvesting ma
chine, for unless man has a large
farm he would not need It's exclusive
USE The press drill is>one OF the ca.
sentlals and may be either OF the
shoe or disk type. The disk drill
has some advantages when there i,
much stubble or coarse manure on
the ground, but on well prepare rcd sum.
mer fallow the shoe drill with press
wheels following to firmly pack this
soil around the seed does the best
work. On heavy clay soils where ado
be abounds a double press wheel
should be used. II the soil bakes, the
double press wheel will leave crack
in the middle directly over the seed
through which the rain may enter and
the terminating plantlets push their
way out Of the ground
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

3 by inches, IL feet long; 81 rafters.
2 by inches, 10 feet long; 62 rafters.
Q by S inches, 8 feet long; 10 cross
beams, 8 by 2 inches, u feet long; S
cross beams, 8 by 9 inches, 1e feet
long; $500 feet inch flooring; 2.240
feet planks for five floors; 1900 feet
siding. 10 feet long; 1000 siding, IA
feet long for ends; $500 feet inch
roofing; 26 NJ shingles; S pieces
l by for ridge brands, IA feet; 5
pieces by Z, for ridge brands. Ia
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

feet; IL pieces / by IL for cornice.
IL feet; 2 granary girts, 6 by 6, 10
feet; 2 granary girts, by 6, 10 feet:
l6 fancy studs, 2 by s, 8 feet long:
$40 feet matched sheeting for gran.
airy; $40 feet inch sheeting, for gran
airy; 400 feet inch sheeting for ceiling
granary; ~ joist granary top, 2 by 8.
II feet; 10 pieces by Z, IA feet face
boards. The stone wall should be 10
feet high, and will require 80 cords
stone, or 100 wagon loads; 80 yards
sand 100 bushels lime.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

hung on hinges at the top; fan lights
above doors, u inches by 40 inches;
roof to be a hip" with lower rafter
half pitch, and upper rafter third"
pitch; purline posts to be placed IL
feet inside of outside of side posts,
main posts and purlines post to be
10 by 10 inches, and upper cross
beams s by inches. The barn Is to
be 40 by 60 feet, and basement wall,
8 feet clear of poists, The main and
purline plates are to be "spliced" II
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Conditions for Stake Races


All stakes close June 15 1908 No
entries received in stakes after closing
date, June Is, 1908. Entrance 3 per
cent of stake, payable as follows: l
per cent June Is, 1908; ] per cent
July Is, 1908; l per cent, Aug. Is,
1908.
An additional S per cent of stake
deducted from money winners. Par
ties may declare out on or before the
date any payment is due by paying up
all back payments; otherwise they
will be held for the full 3 per cent.
must comply with the above condf-
tons and notify secretary in writing
The department reserves the right to
declare off any or all stakes before
July ! that do not fill to their salts,
faction. Topples barred in two-year
old pace race.
Conditions for Glass Races.
Entries close on Aug. 25, 1908.
Records made afte rAug. 10, no bar.
In all class races five paid entries
required to fill and three to start.
Entry fee 5 per cent Of purse, and
per cent Of purse additional from
all money winners.
General Conditions Applicable to All
Stake Class or Special Races.
All trotting and pacing races to be
mile heats to harness, except as 9TH
erWise specified. The two-year-old trot
and twoyear-old pace will be one-half
mile heats, best three in five. The
three-year-old trot will be best two
in three. All other harness races will
be best three in five. All races to be
conducted under the rules of the
American Trotting association (of
which the South Dakota state fair is
member), except as otherwise speci-
fed. Only first money will be paid
for a horse distancing the field, or
walk over.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
MINIMUM is ss5 AN ACRE.

The state appraisement board has
completed its work in the counties in
the southern part of the state where
state school lands are to be offered
nexe month, placing the minimum at
from S35 to $45 per acre in the differ
ent counties. This week the board will
make the appraisements in the north
ern counties in which lands are to be
offered, and as these include a large
number Of endowment lands the gen
eral average probably will be some
what lower than those fixed in the
southern counties.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
A Cause of Worry.

Wise-Poor Burroughs! He's wor-
rying a great deal about debts
Newitt-Nonsense! You'll never
catch him worrying because he can't
pay his debts.
Wise-He's not worrying about old
debts he can't pay, but about new
ones he can't contract.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

Rapid City man who probably will
be honored in having new county ere.
ated by Dawson county division
named after him. He is one of Rapid
Citys foremost citizens and boosters,
and he was recently made secretary
of the State Federation of Commercial
Clubs of South Dakota.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
EMMER AND SPELT

Although closely related to true
wheat, both spelt and emmer are in
commercial sense quite distinct from
1t, and should be compared rather
with oats and barley. Emmer and
spelt are used for the feeding of cat
tie, and it is for such purposes that
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
CONVERTS FOR MANY sEcTs.
Catholic as Well as Protestant Church
es Profit by Revivals.

The four weeks series of reviva,
meetings in Arlington closed with
meeting Of the pastors with the evan
gelist, Rev. Oscar Lowry, who, with
Prof. George Moody, has conducted
forty religious services here since
March 1. During this time nearly
500 persons have protested CONVEX
sion. In the entire county 1,2OC have
made religious profession as a result
of the meetings held by these men.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Shoots Boy in Neck.

Lake Crystal, MINI, April 5. - A
young son OF Hans Anderson, while
handling target rife, accidentally
shot son of ]. D. Roberts in the
neck. The bullet fortunately only in
ficted flesh wound
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
NEW WAY is THE BEST.

Better and More improvements When
Settlers Can Get but One Claim.
The record of immigrant cars going
west of the Missouri was better than
a hundred a week all through March
and they are being unloaded at every
station between Fort Pierre and Rap.
i'd City. The record at Wendte, TWEEN.
ty miles out from Fort Pierre, was
thirty for the past twenty days, and
at stations farther out they are stop
ping in greater numbers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
OBJECTS TO FREE TRIAL.
State Wants Property Conveyance by
Alleged Murderer Set Aside.

The states attorney for Charles Mix
county, John E. Upton, has inter-
posed and seeks to have the deed
made by William Hippen Of that couD-
ty set aside. Hippen is being held on
a charge of numbering his brother
Harm. He Immediately after his ar
rest, conveyed all his real and per-
sonal property to the wife of the muir
dered man, it is alleged, to reimburse
her for the loss sustained. The
states attorney now seeks to have the
deed set aside. arguing that William
Hippen is not pauper, but that he is
possessed of sufficient means to bear
the expenses of the trial, which other
wise will fall on the county.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
GREAT SPEED PROGRAM.
State Fair Will Attract Some of Best
Horses in Country.

State Fair Will Attract Some Of Best
Horses in Country.
The South Dakota State Fair asso
clation has prepared an unusually at
tracuVe race program for the state
fair, to be held at Huron Sept. s, 8.
10 and II; $3.50 in stakes and prizes
will be offered, and it is expected that
some OF the best horsee in the coun
try will be entered The following
is the list of prizes offered:
rrotting.
No. 1-Three-year-old stake one
mile heats. two in
three. For horses bred
or owned in South Da-
kota June IS, 1905. $500
No. 2-2:35 trot. Stake ...... 1000
No. S-Two-year-old trot for
colts bred or owned in
South Dakota June Is.
1908. onehalf mile
heats, three III 5...... 200
No. 4-2:17 trot. Purse. ....... 500
No. 5-2:24 trot. Purse. ....... 500
No. 6-three-minute trot. Purse 400
Pacing.
No. 70: 25 pace. Purse. ..... 400
Old pace for colts bred or owned
in South Dakota June Is, 1908,
,one-half-mile heats, three in
five thopples barredD. Purse. 200
No. 50: 10 pace. Stake. ........ 600
No. 10--3 minute pace. Purse. 400
No. 11--2:30 pace. Stake. $3.50. 1000
No. 12-2:14 pace. Purse. 1855. 600
Running.
No. 13-Four furlongs, pony
race, two in three. -. so
No. 14-Six furlongs, horse race,
two in three. ........ $50
No. I5-Eight furlongs, dash... $50
No, 16--Four furlongs, two in
three observation-disclosures. 100
Conditions for CtakA Races
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

Cows That Pay.-The farmer with
30 cows that produce an average OF
two gallons of four per cent. to five
per cent. milk a day, has source
Of income that is worth more than
$4,000 per year in the cities. True
there will be expense and great
deal of work, but the profits will be
more and the work no harde, than
the man who can command $4,000 per
year in the city.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

Learn Howl find by experiences
that not one farmer in five knows how
to prepare the seed bed and plant po-
tatoes and attend to them and do It
In a systematic manner. Some farm
ers think they are doing fine IL they
raise $50 to 200 bushels of potatoes
the acre. while il they attend to the
business in the right way they could.
raise 500 bushels. 81.