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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
RAILWAY,
HURON TO ABERDEEN
Proposed to Build Four Score
Miles Of Trolley line to
Connect Two Cities.

Aberdeen, S. D., April 2S.-There is
every probability that In a few days
construction work on an electric inter-
urban road to connect Aberdeen with
Huron will be begun from both ends Of
the proposed line. Huron already has
granted a franchise for terminal rights
and Aberdeen has been asked to do like
wise. The matter is now being con-
sidered by the business men who have
appointed a. committee to look care
fully into the matter and ascertain just
how the promoters stand financially.
The proposition was submitted to the
city council by j.. A. Cleaver. of Huron.
and at a conference held today with
the business mems committee he ex-
planned the details of the plan. AS bust
ness men generally are in favor of the
new line, 1t is regarded as certain that
the city council will be asked to grant
a franchise as suggested. The proposed
line will be 80 miles in length, just one
mile shorter than the Northwestern
railroads route from Huron to this
city.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
AND
LINER IN COLLISION

Portsmouth April as.-The American
liner ST. Pau and the British cruiser
Gladiator were in a collision. off the
Isle of Wight. AS a result, the Glad
lator is beached now aground off Var
mouth. Several of the crew
Of the cruiser sustained injuries. The
St. Paul. with damaged bow, is stand
Ing by the Gladiator.
The collision occurred off the Needles
IN a snow storm. The Gladiator belongs
TO the home fleet. She is beached a
quarter mile from shore and lies on her
starboard side on the rising tide.
The casualties to the crew of the
Gladiator occurred during the operation
OF taking to boats. 1t is feared no less
than 20 lives We're lost, the operation
being made particularly hazardous by
the blizzard.
All the passengers and crew of the
st. Paul are safe.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
DOUGLAS COUNTY PHONE
COMPANY ORGANIZED

of the west part of the county organ
lied a telephone company Friday even
ing. The proposed line will start from
Corsica, nine miles northwest Of this
city. run west through Harrison to New
Holland and Joubert townships, and
will there make connections with the
Platte, Geddes and Plankinton lines, all
is incorporated for $4,000. The follow
ing comprise the officers: K. Schipper.
president; C. A. VanZante, secretary:
Peter Nieveen. treasurer. and Nicholas
POelstra, manager. The board of direct
ors consists of John Vandenbos, John
G. Van Zee, Peter Jougewaard, G. Lik.
KEEL, and n. Peterson.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
ADMITS MURDER
OF HIS BUNK MATE

Sioux Falls, S. D.. April 30-When ar
raigned before Judge Jones in the state
circuit cOurt today, job Steltz, alias
John Clark, arrested some weeks ago
for the murder of Theodore Sothman
in a lonely cabin on the banks OF the
Big Sioux river. about three miles
northeast of Sioux Falls, pleaded guilty
fenced to life Imprisonment in the
Sioux Falls penitentiary.
After having fired the shot which
killed SOthman. Steltz also confessed
to having murdered a man in Philadel-
phia some years g The murder Of
Sothnan occurred on the evening OF
March 16 last. the crime having been
committed for purposes Of robbery. The
very day Sothman had received a check
for nearly $40. and this came to the
knowledge Of Steltz, the two men were
In Sioux Falls and, unknown to Steltz,
Sothman deposited the check in a local
bank, while Steltz believed he had got
ten the check cashed and thatfhe had
the proceeds in his pocket when The two.
returned home together late in theI
afternoon =
Shot While Asleep.
Sothman was shot and killed as he
lay on the bed asleep. his head being,
nearly blown from the body owing tol
the close range at which the shot had
hred. Instead Of securing nearly
$40. with which he intended making
his way out of b country on late
train that night, Steltz found in the
pockets Of the dead nan only about
- "a cash. and, having no money with
which to nee, he was compelled to
remain and concoct q story to the eff
rect that three mysterious strangers
had appeared al the cabin and that
one OF them had shot and killed Soth-
man. steltx gave the police the infor-
nation which resulted in the discov-
cry Of the cold blooded murder. his
purpose evidently being to divert sus-
picion from himself.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07

A crystalline body that he calls
tricho-toxin is regarded by DR.. Delos
8. Parker as an active agent in produce
ing badness. It Is carried in the blood,
being chiefly produced in the lungs. and
1t can be detected in the exhaled air.
The fact that females who breathe more
fully-are less affected with badness
than males. Is cited as evidence sup
porting the theory. It is concluded that
persons who are losing their hair
should practice breathing exercises,
and the investigation seems to have
shown further that t~urpentine lie SUI
lpefior to the usual remedies as q local
application.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
TWO ARE SENTENCED
TO THE PENiTENTiARY

yankton, S. D.. April 29.-At the spe-
cial term of circuit court here two were
sent to the p~enitentiary. John Martin
to say nine months for trying to pass a
false check inc John Nemic six months
for breaking into George Browns sa-
loon.
Rev. Thomas Stubbins. who attend
ed college here a ago, but now a
Congregational preacher at Harvey,
III, has written a book called The Pa
triot." which has brought him consid-
cradle fame. 1t deals with the evils
which attend the non-enforcement of
law.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
/, A great dea, of interest has been

/. A great deal OF interest has been
aroused In the proposition worked out
by Thomas A. Edison for the construc-
ton Of dwelling houses in a remark
ably short time n at al equally re-
mark able decrease in the cost, as COM
pared with the cost of construction
today. The erroneous impression has
gone out that an inexperienced person
with a few barrels Of cement and sand
ear build his own house in a few days.
In order to carry out the Edison
scheme it 10 necessary to make a set
of molds in which the walls Of the
house may be shaped and these molds
will cost no less than $25. 1000. Thus 1t
is evident that this idea can be eco
nomically made use OF only when there
are many houses to be erected on the
same lines, such as the building OF q
new town like that in progress at
GA1Y. Ind.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
HOWARD THREATENED
WITH TWO CYCLONES

Howard. S. D.. April 29.-Two cy-
clones swept down on Howard Friday
forenoon. They were headed directly
for the town and people were terribly
frightened and cyclone caves were in
great demand. They broke just before
reaching town. One was in the form Of
a great water spout and the other like
a huge balloon. They looked pretty
threatening and the people were nearly
frantic. Nc damage was done to speak
of. The cyclones were followed by a
heavy rain which was badly needed.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
FOUNDING OF vERMILLloN

Vermillion, S. D., April 28.-April %
last was the 39th anniversary since a
came to Vermillion. Clay county. to
take homesteads under the United
States homestead laws, which had
been in existence only a few years.
There were two families, Mr.. and Mrs.
lens P. Peterson and Mr.. and Mrs. c..
L.. Jorgensen and three unmarried men,
Ole p. Peterson, Christian and Stephen
Robertson. All are still living except
the wife of c. L. J%orgensen, and four
are living a retired life here.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
NEW TOWN WILL TRY
TO INCORPORATE

Kernebec. S. d., May 1.-THE local
commercial club has inaugurated a
movement for the Incorporation of Ken
nebec as a city under the general laws
OF the state. A committee has been
appointed to arrange with the county
surveyor to make a survey and plat Of
the territory which 1T is proposed shall
be included within the limits of the
W A special election will then be
called at which the residents of the ter
rttory to be included within the limits
of the town will vote upon the question
Of Incorporating.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
JUDGE GARLAND HOLDS
COURT AT MANkAro

Sioux Falls. S. D.. April 29.-Judge
Garland of the United States federal
court vent to Mankato today to hold a
term of court in the place of the reeu-
lar Judge Of hat district. From there
he will go to Aberdeen to hold the
regular term OF court beginning May
8, and is due to open court at Dead.
wood May 10, at which time De-
Marsche, the cattle rustler will he
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
CORNELL WILL
BE CITY AUDITOR.

Sioux Falls. S. D.. April 30
travelling men throughout the
west, among whom he has a
wide acquaintance, will be
pleased to learn that William
A.. (Billy) Cornell, one Of the
best known men in Sioux Falls.
and the northwest, will in ali
likelihood be appointed to the
position of city auditor .6y
Mayor-Elect Billy" Doolittle
n the latter assumes the du-
ties of his position on Mon
day evening of the coming
week. For many years Mr..
Cornell was day clerk at the
cataract hotel and is very pop
uiar with the travelling frater-
nifty.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
FREE N QUESTION
TO BE DECIDED MAY II.

Presho. 8. d.. April 3d. The
commissioners OF Lyman county
have finally accepted the petition
Of the homesteaders calling Tor
vote on the free range question
ana have ordered q special cleo
tsons Tor May ~ to determine
whether cattle shall have free
range over the prairies Of this
county.
At the same meeting the com.
missioners also accepted q peti-
ton tor a vote on. thesrelnOyal az
the county seat from OaCona Is
Rresho and@to divide the county.
the electors will vote on the laf-
ter questions 1t the regular feil
election.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
INDIAN iNvokEs LAW
AGAINST AsaAllANr

Kimbail, s. D., April %. - James
Reilly, the mixed blood Indian. who
was shot by j. s. Stewart, city mar
,shal, last week, laid his case before
County Attorney House and succeeded
in having the marshal arrested and
bound over in the sum Of $500. Reilly
and with influential friends back of
him will push the case against the
marshal % the limit, claiming that he
was not breaking the peace at the. time
Of the shooting. but was merely refus-
ing TO leave the town and evading Gus.
t0dy.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
INDIAN AGENTS AND CIVIL
OFFICERS IN CONFLICT

B,nesteel, S. D.. May Whether
an Indian agent has a right to exercise
the duties of his Office as against AN
Indian who is holding land as an allot-
ment from the government and conse-
qnently a. full fedged citizen. is the
question which has been raised in con-
nection with an Indian on the Rosebud
reservation.
Indian policemen under. the direction
of the Indian agent arrested nothe
Indian by the name OF Chasing Crane
for violating the agents prohibition
against dancing. and he was obliged TO
work ten days on the woodpile to ex-
plate his ~offense.
The county authorities found The po-
licemen off Of the reservation and with
In the boundaries of Gregory county
and placed them under arrest. The In
dams gave bond and the case will soon
up for trial.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
PRIZES FOR PARTICIPANTS
IN ODD FELLOWS, pARAnE

Sioux Falls. S. D., April ga fea-
tufe of n meeting of the Odd Fellows
grand lodge in this city May 10 and 20
will be the parade in which various
lodges will compete for prizes which
are offered for the largest delegation
from any one lodge. he first prize will
be a silk flag: second, a silver loving
cup; third, q large mounted flag.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE
At SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco, April 2s-The weather
bureau reports a slight earthouake
snock felt here at 3:34 this morning.
no damage was done.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
SOUTH DAKOTA FRUIT
BELT BADLY DAMAGED

AlceSter. s.. D.. May 1.-The Ole
wave which swept over this county last
sunday wrought terrific damage.
Farmers In this community are esti-
mating that the damage to fruit alone
is from $685. 900 to $50, 600. saying nothing
the damage to stock.
Miss Hilda Larson. the operator at
the telephone exchange, who was SO
severely injured some time ago by being
thrown from a buggy, is again at her
post in the central office.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
COMPLAINTS ON MILK
RATE TO BE HEARD

Sioux Falls, s. D., April ga hear
ing in regard to freight rates on milk
and cream will be held by the state
board of railroad commissioners at a
meeting which will be held the latter
part OF this week at the Headquarters
OF the board / n this city.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07

The latest amusement device is the
Giant Flip-Elap" which is being con-
structed for the Franco-British EXPOSE
ton. which will be held at London.
The apparatus has two arms. each $50
feet long. and at the end of each arm
is a car called a Hanging garden"
are worked by hydraulic power and are
raised slowly from the ground until
they meet in midair. It Is designed that
they shal remain at the full height
for a few minutes or each trip and
h the voyage shall be continued, the
passengers being delivered at a point
opposite that at which they boarded
he car In this manner they have de-
scriDed a complete half-circle in the
air. The trip will occupy a period Of
Ave minutes.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07

Water. looked upon as the tamest Of
liquids, is as great an explosive as dy-
Mantle under certain conditions. In
one day water breaks up more earth
and rock than all the gunpowder. gut
cotton and dynamite in the world do in
9 year. These explosives can be con-
.trolled by human agency. but water
does not hold itself accountable to man.
pancs and splits the soil into little
ptec .s. Finding q crack In a huge rock
1t repeats the same process, forcing 1t
asunder. II frozen in the pores Of a
tree 1t often explodes with a report
Ike a gunshot n the force of a dyna-
mite bomb.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07

The English baronetage is fairly
fruitful in romances. A cabman bar
'onet who resides at Burton-on-Trent,
Sir Walter Tyrell. cal trace his de-
scent from the Sir Walter Tyrell whose
arrow killed William Rufus in the New
Forest so many centuries ago The an
Gent borough of Tamworth boasts a
tobacconist baronet, Sir Harry Goring,
who serves workingmen customers with
ounces of thick twist, his family estate
having long ago vanished into the ewig-
keit. The master of the Whitby Union
workhouse. John Lawson, has a we'll
founded claim to a b%aronetcy conferred
in Stuart times. Sir Thomas Echlin,
who died las year. was a constable in
the ranks of the Royal Irish constabu-
larry, and the seventh holder of a baron
etcy conferred 81 far back as 1921.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07

The Mecca railroad is being con-
structed rapidly, solidly and methodic-
ally Foreigners are employed in posi-
lions Of leadership and management.
BY imperial order 1t is now proposed to
complete h line from Medina to
Mecca, a dis IA Of $50 miles. before
the next pilgrimage Il. e., in about n
year,. also to construct a railway from
Mecca to Mount Arafat, a distance Of
~ miles. Mount Arafat and the re-
ligious ceremonies annually conducted
there. during each pilgrimage possesses
such an Importance in the eyes Of pill
grims that they. all endeayor to reach
that mountain of sacrifice. Last wear
The number Of Mecca pilgrims was Of
hcially estimatcd-at 10000.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-24
PET1lNe A HORSE.
X You Want to Please Him Rub Him
Between the Ears,

X You Want to Please Him Rub Him
Between the Ears.
Not many people know how to pet
4 horse, from the horses standpoint,
at any rate" said a trainer. "Every
aice looking horse comes in for 4 good
deal of petting. Hitch a fine horse
close to the curb and you'll find that
half the men, women and children
who go by will stop for a minute, say
Nice horsy' and give him ar affec-
tionate pat or two.
'"The trouble is they don't pat him
In the right place. If you want to
make a horse think he Is going
straight to heaven hitched to a New
York cab or delivery wagon, rub his
eyelids. Next to that form Of endear-
ment a horse likes to be rubbed right
up between the ears. In .petting
horses most people slight those nerve
centers. They stroke the horses nose.
While a well behaved horse will &C.
cept the nasal caress complacently, he
would much prefer that nice, soothing
touch applied to the eyelids. Once
in awhile a person comes along who
really does know how to pet a horse
Nine times out of ten that man was
brought up in the country among
horses and learned when a boy theil
peculiar ways."-New York Globe.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-24
rei,quary in which was set a diamond

retiquary In which was set a diamond
cut in the shape Of a shield.
History informs us that $50 years
before the first work of Louis de Ber-
QUEEN there were 1t Paris, at the o r
ner Of the Corroyerie, several diamond
cutters.
The Duke Of Burgundy. after a fas-
t3dious repast given at the Louvre to
the king and the French court in 1903,
offered to his noble guests eleven dia-
m0nds estimated to be worth 7sd
pieces Of gold, the money OF the Pc
Rod.
1t is hardly possible to suppose that
these were uncut diamonds; all Of
which goes to prove, Notwithstanding
some opinions, that Louis de Berquem
did not invent the process Of diamond
cutting.
1t Is no less interesting to follow the
fortunes Of the Sancy a little further.
It remained in the Sancy family some
time, and Henri III. took 1t from
them. 1t was destined to serve as a
pledge for the raising of q body of
Swiss soldiers, but the servant intrust-
ed with bringing this diamond to the
king was attacked, put to death. and
the diamond was thought to be lost,
Finally 1t was discovered that the
servant had been assassinated in the
forest Of Dole and through the care
Of the priest had been buried in the
Village cemetery. Then the Baron de
Sancy resolved that the diamond must
not be lost. In fact, they found it In
the stomach Of the hapless, faithful
servant, who swallowed it at the mo
ment that he fell. According to the
inventory Of 1871 the Sancy weighed
39& carats.
1t disappeared in 1892 to reappear IL
Russia. Its value is estimated at 8
million francs. Before the revolution
1t was among the French crown Jew
els.-New York World.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-24
ARCTIC TEMPERATURES.
Zero Weather Is Regarded as Mild and
Agreeable.

Zero Weather Is Regarded as Mild and
Agreeable.
According to eminent arctic explor-
srs, physical sensations are relative,
and the mere enumeration Of SO many
degrees Of heat or cold gives n idea
Of their effect upon the system.
One explorer states that he should
have frozen at home in England in a
temperature that he found very CON-
Portable indeed In Lapland, with his
solid diet Of meat and butter and his
garments Of reindeer.
The following is a correct scale of
the physical effects Of cold, calculated
Tor the latitude Of 05 to 70 degrees
0orth:
Fifteen degrees above zero-unpleas-
antly warm.
Zero-mild and agreeable.
Ten degrees below zero-pleasantly
fresh and bracin8.
Twenty degrees below zero-sharp,
but not severely cold. One must keep
ones fingers ana toes In motion and
rub ones nose occasionally.
Thirty degrees below zero-very cold,
Particular care must be taken Of the
nose and extremities. Plenty of the
latest food must be eaten.
Forty degrees below zero-intensely
cold. One must keep awake at al haxt
ards. muf1ie UP to the eyes and test the
circulation frequently. that It may moi
stop somewhere before ono knows it.
Fifty degrees below ero-a struggle
for life.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-24
Tho sailors Prayer Book.

'"This is what you call the sailors
prayer book" a anna said bitterly
as he kicked a holystone out of the
way. why IL it called that? Well.
in the first place, it is called that be-
cause in using it, in holystoning the
deck, the, sailor has to kneel down.
and, in the second place, because all
holystoning is done on Sunday. Don't
you know the chantey-
''8ix days shalt thou work and do all that
thou art able
And on the seventh holystone h decks
n scrApe the cable.
1.-THE stone il called holystone be-
cause the frst holystones were bits Of
tombs stolen from cemeteries. It's
got a pious, religious sound-holy and
prayer book and Sunday and all that
but 1t is when he is using this stone
that the seaman is most profane."-
New Orleans Tfmes-D Democrat.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-24
A NOTORIOUS OUTLAW
Fearless BILLY the Kid" Who
ReveIed In Carnage.
ONLY 4 BOY, YET A TERROR.
This Youthful Desperate Of the South
western Territories Was but TWEEN
ty-ens When He Met Death at the
Hands Of Sheriff Pat Garrett.

When General Lew Wallace was
governor Of New Mexico and the war
that ragged for several years between
the rival cattle companies was at its
height BILLY the Kid" had reached
the flood of his murderous career. He
arrived in Lincoln county to take sides
in the cattle warfare, known and
feared in every range town and min
ing camp in the southwestern terri
tories.
Pure wanton love Of carnage was all
that attracted him to Lincoln county.
With the band Of desperadoes he led
he raided ranches, ''shot up towns,
killed, burned houses and committed
outrage after outrage with the blind
recklessness Of a maniac. Fear was
extinct within him. He cared no more
for detachments of cavalry than be
did for covering .sherifs.
Affairs in New Mexico finally came
to such a pass that half the cattlemen
paid the youthful desperate tribute.
1t was only after Pat F. Garrett was
made sheriff of Lincoln county and the
author Of "Ben-Hur" General Wal
Lace urged that fearless gun fighter
and gambler to capture Billy the Kid
that a determined effort was made to
end his reign of terror.
The obstacles that Garrett had to en-
counter called for all his headlong en-
ergy and nerve. Billy had the entire
countryside in a state Of abject terror;
friends were ready to give him timely
warning Of pursuit; ranchmen dared
not deny him Judgment or conceal
ment.
Pat Garrett undertook the capture in