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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-18
TWO SUGGESTIONS

Gen. S. J. Conklin has been
down from his claim near Orion
the past week and was an interest
ing financial and social caller at
the Fairplay shack Wednesday.
Among other topics the General
acquainted us with the fact, as
demonstrated by himself and rela-
tives at the ranch in the Chey enne
river country, that the same pro-
cess which separates cream from
milk will separate alkali from
water. He says that with a De-
Lavel separator he has been manu-
featuring drinking water of the
finest quality from the mixture of
water, alkali and other liquids,
solids and gases which he has here.
tofore found it impossible to sue
cessfully assimilate, that is, he
said he couldn't drink it until after
he had applied the separating pro-
cess. Among his various other
qualifications the General is an ex-
pert authority on Buck Wheat
Flour, having been born and raised
and worked in the field and in the
mill, in the famous buck wheat
country of York state. He says
there is a so called buckwheat -four
on the market in this immediate
vicinity which is the most abomin-
able mess it has ever been his dis
pleasure to set his teeth into.
There is one brand from Cohocton,
New York, upon which the General
will readily place his official O..
K, but the other one, oh, my
and it causes him to make face
when he thinks of it. He says if
there was ever a violation of the
pure food law this is one, and that
in the interest Of all delicate
stomachs Of children and old folks,
and any domestic animal which
might be fed on buckWheat, in
cluded, the matter has been called
to the attention of the authorities
and will doubtless be remedied
within short time. Fairplay.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-18

In solitary and hung up. because he
performed his work badly, although
he was capable Of doing his task we'll
He was employed in bolt shop No. 8. /
After he had been hanging for q
short time Guard Bowman was at
tracted to the cell by loud voices.
Chandler was in an argument With
another prisoner being punished In the
same manner and confined In neigh
boring cell The guard warned the
prisoners to be quiet, and they settled
down The guard walked out into the
prison courtroom. Things were very
still for the next quarter of an hour;
then Guard Bowman decided to take q
peek at the boys again,
81 When the guard had left them the
FIRST time Chandler got busy. He
slipped his thin wrists forward through
tho rings, which slipped up to his arm.
pits, and removed the belt around his
waist, The belt was q large one and
wide. He tied one end OF 1t to one
ring and the other TO the second ring.
Then he slipped back IN position. SIT
ting on the belt and had perfect ease.
He was preparing to snooze for two
81 three hours, until s O'Clock, when the
prisoners are s'let down" for the night.
But his swing was short, The guard
had discovered him.
Chandler smiled little Ia the police
court when he admitted to Deputy
warden Wood that hs had performed
the feat
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-18
SEAL MOTOR MOVES SHIP.
Playful Animals Take the Place of
Paddle Wheels.


Captain John Truebridge, the vet
eran skipper who took the great liner
Minnesota around to Seattle from New
York and who now is master of the
steamship Northwestern, once was res
rlled in manner he states Is one Of
the lucky and remarkable experiences
h his strange and interesting career.
II was master Of the old side wheel
steamer Molliofsky, carrying supplies
to the Russians at Kamchatka, way up
In the arctic circle" said the captain,
when this adventure happened. We
had nothing on board but mining ma
chinery and hardware We expected
to get additional supplies at the sta
ton.
well, when we got away up to the
westward Of Norton sound, in the
Boring sea, the machinery Of my old
boat broke down, and she couldn't
move. The engineers tinkered with it
for week and then 1t became worse.
1--WE were about to give up hope
when along came Il herd Of seals. They
sdluDOleu ana plaSeu AROUND lne sup,
and finally one swan up in the box
around the paddles. The paddles were
covered over. and when he got in the
others. butting against the lower
spOlies, turned the wheel until he was
clear on top. His weight then brought
It down, and others were taken up on
It, The same thing happened to the
wheel on the other side. They kept
this up until the old ship was scooting
along at a lively rate.
las soon as | saw what was up /
had a large, heavy net rugged clear
around the lower portion of the wheel
so they couldn't escape
well, sir, they kept this up day
after day, going around and around
and forcing that old ship through the
water faster than she ever went under
her own steam. | would feed them.
and they never seemed to tire Of the
sport.
II navigated that ship clear into port
in this way, and then sold every one
of those seals for enough to pay for the
repairs"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-18

You should always remember
that cough and cold cures are con-
sipating. Yet the most imp rtant
thing to do when you have a cold
is to move the bowels. You cannot
promptly cure q cold until you do
this. Kennedy's Laxative Cough
Syrup stops the cough BY allaying
inflammation of the throat and
lungs, and it drives the cold from
the system by gently moving the
bowels. Children like it for it
tastes nearly as good as maple
sugar. Sold BY all druggists.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-18

3. ]. Carnahan, Real Estate Elk
change, Estell line, s g. can sell
your property Of find You buyer.
1871.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-12-03
METHODS OF STEERS
 KOEBUCK & %.

The mail order houses are get ting busy and have agents dis tributing their sweat-shop cata- logs in this city, and sending them thru the express office to farmers.
 We have taken especial inter- est in finding the methods used by these corporate concerns as to the way in which they obtain these names, etc. The methods being used in Prescott are simple, but very expensive, viz:
 They write parties whose names they have obtained, ask ing them to be their agent or representative, stating they can make $4 to $5 a day soliciting and leaving these catalogs. If they take orders at the time they leave these bulky looking cata- logs, the agent receives on diff erent articles from 25 to 30 per cent-fo~ leaving the catalog they receive 10 cents, always taking the names of these par ties; the agent sends these names to the concern, and for articles these parties send for, this agent receives one-half of the per cent which his personal canvas amounted to, which would be 12 1-2 per cent.
 The following is a written note we found pinned to the first page of a well known starvation non-Union, sweat shop concerr of Chicago:
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-12-03
FE TIME SCHOLARSHIP
 GIVEN AWAY
Golden Opportunity For Some Young Man or Lady Boy or Girl To Obtain Thorough Business Education No Strings Tied to
 Our Proposition.

spend all the time in the school he likes, or whenever it suits best.
 Up to this date there are two boys from Prescott and four scholars in the country hustling for subscriptions, and in all have sent in seventeen new sub- scribers. The ones from the country district are ahead and by hustling can easily distance the ones from town.
 Remember, the ones sending the largest number of cash sub- scribers or renewal of old ones, from six months to a year. will receive this scholarship.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-12-03
NEW YORK STORE, l.. Sucl<le, Prop.
FARMERS EDUCATIONAL AND COOPERATIVE UNION OF
 AMERICA.

Tho in its infancy this organi- zation has total membership of over 3,O00,000 in the United States. about 1500 in Nevada county, and is rapidly gaining both in membership and in- f1uence.
 In Union there is strength, and no greater illustration could be shown than the advancement the farmers of Nevada county and the United States, have ma e, both in harmony to each one's interests, scientifically meeting the advanced theories of cultivation, seeding, sowing, harvesting and marketing their products.
 If there was ever a cause for concentration of interests and united strength to break the cor porate and eastern sharks con- trolling the markets of the soil. it is the farmers of America.
 Other interests in every line of trades and trusts are united to protect their own interests, and why not the tiller of the soil? The men to whom this na- ton owes it's very existence, both commercially and otherwise.
 The industrial farmers were the last to awaken to their own interests and break the chains that have bound them, assert their own independence and de- mand a just compensation for the products of a years toll.
 It rests entirely with the sea- son, it's rainfall and sunshine as to whether the farmers labor, not taking into consideration
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-12-03
Three things are required of you that may get PAY FOR DELIVERING CATALOGS.

1. That you send order with in 20 days after you receive cata- logue.
 2. That you send coupon pro- perly filled out with order.
 3. That you send order in same name that you gave me.
 Signed,
 We omit the name of Pres cott's representative.
 Are you sending your order and money to these concerns?
 Do you know you are helping one of the most damnable Trusts in existence today, to destroy your home merchant and your town? Besides getting inferior goods you are sending money out of your community that will never be returned, and every dollar sent them adds to the millions these TRUSTS already possess?
 Do you believe you are giving your town and merchant a square deaf?
 Have you ever been entirely satisfied with the articles shipped you from these Mail Order Trusts?
 Did these child labor concerns ever send your money back for goods that were not as repre- sented?
 Do you believe in concentra- tion of money and interests in the community in which you live and have interests?
 Money sent to these concerns for the same dry goods, grocer ies, jewelry, hardware and other merchandise when you can pur- chase them as cheap here, is all folly and an injustice.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-12-03

The life time scholarship to |giyen away at 6 o'clock, De. hber 31, is certainly a fine or Ftunity for some one to get a Prough education in one of the et Commercial Colleges in the pntry, Hills Business College Waco, Texas, or Memphis, |kas, which includes
 Bookkeeping, double and sin
 entry, Wholesaling, Bank !, Penmanship, Business Law,
 einess Arithmetic, Rapid Cal |ation, Letter Writing, Eng
 D and Spelling.
 This is a life scholarship, which |ans that the student can
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-12-03

costs of seeds. etc. his wife's labor of household affairs, his children's labor. and also the labor of his stock shall be re- warded with a fruitful crop so they can stem the tides of adver- sity, school their children, pay their debts and be prepared for the next season.
 The farmer of today believes in diversification of crops, there by placing him in a position of certainty as to marketing some one of his crops. If he fails in one, he will gain on the other.
 The new agriculture is an ex- act science. The farmers of to- day mix brains with work and labor is dignified and manhood exalted. The growth is the result that farming is no longer the occupation of the minimizing people, but of progressive, alert business men. There is no longer reason that the bright young man or the sweet young woman should seek the cities and towns as the only places where they may suc- cessfully employ their intelli- gence where happiness may be l found.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-12-03
STATE OFFICIAL RETURNS ARE IN

The last of the returns of the federal election in Arkansas have been received by the secretary of state, the last county to re- port being Newton.
 The returns show that 151. .7l0 votes were cast in the state, be- ing II. 964 less than were boiled in the September election. The plurality for Bryan over Taft IS 27,793, and his majority 19, 458. The total vote for the presiden- tial candidates were as follows: Bryan, Democrat, 85,584; Taft, Republican, 57, 791; Debs, Social ist, 5,750; Chain, Prohibition 1.151: Hisgen, Independent, 3i3; Watson, Populist, 1.12l.
 One of the features of the result is the vote polled by the Socialist party, 5, 750, which is 3,175 gr at CT than the combined vote of the Populist, Prohibition and Indepen- dent party candidates for presi- dent.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-12-03
KjLL|ARD AND STEELE
 FOR PRESCOTT
Rev. T. H. Ware and T. D.. Scott Goes to TeXar-
 kama District.

I
 The appointments for the Little Rock Conference were read Mon- day morning by Bishop Hendrix and there were quite a lot of changes as we'll as surprises in store for the preachers. Our presiding elder T. H. Ware and pastor T. D. Scott were sent to Texarkana. Bro. Ware as presid- ing elder and Bro. Scott as pas tor of First Church of tha. city.
 The following preachers will fill the various charges in Pres- colt district. w. c. Hilliard, presiding elder. Prescott Station, ". A. Steel. Okolona Circuit, J. w. Berry. Emmet Circuit, M. J. Kidding. Hope Station, w. P. Whaley and
 one to be supplied. Washington Circuit, A. D. Jen-
 kl l1S.
 Mineral Springs Circuit, fl. E.
 Van Camp. Center Point Circuit, L. E. N.
 Hundley. Nashville Station, z. D. Lindsay. Bingen Circuit, D. D. Warlick. Blevins Circuit, J. J. Mellard. Murfreesboro Circuit, P. s. Her
 ron.
 Chidester Circuit, Supplied by c.
 F. Messer. Spring Hill Circuit, F. R. Can
 field.
 Pike City Circuit, J. L. Johnson. Gurdon, F. N. Brewer. Harmony Circuit, Supplied by
 w. A. Greer. Nathan Circuit, Supplied by Isaac
 Webb.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-12-03
Dr.P PRI(;EE z
 CREAM BAKING POWDER
CREAM
More Home Baking

You will make biscuit, cake and pastry clean, fresh and tasty-better every way than the ready made foods.
 Dr. Prices Baking Powder is specially devised for home use, and makes home baking easy and a delight. 1t will pro- tect you from the dread alum baking powders, which are too frequently found in the ready made articles, and insure
 you food of the highest healthfulness.
Middletown transcript., 1908-09-05

The TRAsscRlpr 81 PER YEAR,
Middletown transcript., 1908-09-05
THE SEPTEMBER AMERICAN BOZ

The picturesque features of the great
West are well symbolized in the general
makeup of the picture of The Young
Ranshman, which decorates the front
cover of the September American Boy,
and the contents of the magazine will
prove delightful reading. The serials by
Houston, Tomlinson, and Optic, with
Mr.. Weir's vivid experiences Under the
Great White Canvas, are continued.
Among the many fine short stories in
this issue are: Kenton's League with the
Sun, telling of some of the thrilling ex-
periences of the Kentucky pioneer with
the Indians; The Story of Spot, Mus
tang, shows the splendid devotion OF a
pony to his young master The Penance
OF Michael Moran points out the good
that is in even the most troublesome boys;
Facing Death in a Balloon, a thrilling
story of the experience of boy in bal
loon; Barefoot's g Outing shows what kind
ness did to poor little street Arab, and
The Education of Chipmunk, tells all
about the training of one of these interest.
ing little animals. All the articles are OF
more than usual interest, the titles being:
Unusual American Children; Lawn Ten.
mis-; A Home Industry for Boys; What
Can Young Man Do; How Butterfly
10 Born; and Farming the Salt Sea. The
various departments are full OF the things
that appeal to the boy with hobby. S0
illustrations. $1.00a year. The Sprague
Publishing Co, Detroit, Mich.
Middletown transcript., 1908-09-05
WATERMELON RIND PRESERVES

The prettiest and best OF all the famous
preserves that Southern housekeepers
make are those of watermelon lind.
Select thick rind cut off all the green
and the soft inside; then let the rinds
stand in weak alum water over night. In
the morning, wash in cold water and
drop them into weak brine, where they
should remain for twenty-four hours.
On taking them out of the brine, cut
the pieces into any pretty fancy shapes
desired-chaius, stars, leaves, hearts,
rings, etc. The more ingenuity here
displayed, of course, the more pleasing
will be the result, and every experienced
housekeeper is especially particular about
this part of the work, bearing also in
mind that every mark in the design will
show better when the preserves are done.
Next, throw the pieces into cold water
and let them stay until the salt is soaked
out. To every pound of rind, allow
three-fourths of pound of sugar. Boil
the rind in clear water until each piece
can be easily pierced with fork. Make
the sugar into thick syrup. To every
pound of rind, add one lemon, and to
every two pounds of rind add one rounded
teaspoonful of ground ginger, tied in
cloth.
Drop the rinds in the syrup and cook
until clear. Then take them out, dry in
the sun, and cook again until done.
This makes a delicious preserve. The
addition OF the lemon gives a delightful
flavor, besides preventing the formation
of sugar in the jar, which sometimes
spoils the whole.
Middletown transcript., 1908-09-05
AFTER OYSTERS in THE BAY
Encouraging Growth of Spawn, Sad ABB
sence of Buying Boats


Monday marked the opening OF the
oyster season, and more fortunes will be
made this year by skilled and painstaking
oyster experts.
On the best of authority it is asserted
that one man last year. Christian johnson
Of Camden, caught $35, 900 worth Of oys-
ters on the Delaware beds. 1t is positive
ly known that Pennsylyanians, New
Jerseymen and few Delawareans have
made enough off the Delaware oyster
beds to retire at ease.
About $50 tongers, in sail or power
boat, equipped with pair of tongs, set
out to tong for plants. The plants are
taken up and sold to oyster planters and
are placed upon the oyster beds in the
Delaware Bay and elsewhere that they
may multiply and grow to full size and
maturity.
The $50 boats is slight falling-off from
the two preceding years, not because the
oyster business is deteriorating, for
there is better growth of spawn noted
this year than at any time in this country
for ten wears. But the decrease is the
direct result of hard times. The falling
off in the demand for the luxuries OF oys-
ters has caused a decrease in the num-
ber of buying boats, which put in along
the Delaware Bay shore and buy oysters
at good price as fast as they are''t ''tonged." "
This falling off will mean that there
there will be more oysters for home
consumption. The Philadelphians and
the Baltimorean's loss will be the
Delawarean's gain.
Under the law, longing began any
where within the month OF Simon's Creek,
Little Greek or Leipsic River, While the
Middletown transcript., 1908-09-05
OyERcHARGES ALLEGED
Kent County Levy Court Finds Serious
objection to Those of Sheriff Hartnett

DOVER, DEL, September 1st. That
Sheriff William F. Hartnett, of this county
had made overcharges of $3470 IA was the
charge made at a meeting of the Levy
Court here this afternoon. The body
then adjourned until September 14th, at
which time plan of action will be de-
cided upon. The evidence taken in the
case, by a special committee appointed
for the purpose, was not made public but
the report on the figures of alleged over
charges were read to the court. The
sheriff and his friends deny the charge,
which has been made and it is under
stood that they will bitterly fight the
report of the committee.
About three months ago the Levy
Court, through committee composed OF
three of its members and assisted by J.
Hall Anderson, its attorney-began an
investigation into the bills of magistrates
and constables for the commitment of
vagrants to che county Jail under a law
passed by the General Assembly at its
last session, which increased the fee for
the arrest and commitment OF each pris-
oner $1.l0. The bills were so high that
the body desired to fnd out the reason
and it was found that the increase was
due to the new law. In the course Of the
investigation, however, the committee
found what it alleged were overcharges
in the bills of some of the county officers.
The first meeting of the levy court this
afternoon was a secret session at which
the evidence secured by the committee
was gone over. Then there was public
session at which the amounts OF the
alleged overcharges were given and found
to amount to the figures stated. The re-
port gave these figures
Total amount of overcharges, $3470. IA
up to March 1st, 1908. Total amount re.
ceived by sheriff up to March 1st, 1908,
$685.. 20; amount which sheriff should
have received, $2S97.29. The last bill
presented by the sheriff, covering March,
April and May, 1908, amounting to $2,-
10S.67, is said to be incorrect with the
exception of sally.
The committee itemizes each bill Gs
follows:
Bill No. 9494, for January and Febru-
ary, 1907, $1079.48; less overcharges
amounting to $l. .003.
Bill No. 97OS, covering March and
| April, 1907, S13l462; less overcharges of
$4l853.
Bill No. 1882, covering May, June and
July, 1907, $9l0.95; less overcharges Of
$672.75.
Bill No. 1O,O56, covering August, Sep.
tember and October, 1907, $1075.75; less
overcharges of $667.75.
Bill No. 10,25l, covering November and
December, 1907, 1884 40; less overcharges
amounting to $667.49.
Bill No. 10,448, covering January and
February, 1908, $ll52; less overchages
amounting to $931.I5.
Having heard these figures the levy
court adjourned until September l4th, at
which time action in the matter will be
taken aud when it is expected that a
further report will be made on some
other accounts.
Middletown transcript., 1908-09-05

right to tong on the natural rocks of the
Delaware Bay is, of course, open to every
man with boat who will pay $3.50 Ii.
cense to the Stste.
The same law provides for the opening
OF the longing season in the st. Jones,
Murderkill, Mispillion, and Broadkiln
Rivers, on October l. From these rivers,
however, the tongers are not allowed to
take the oysters out of the mouths,or sail
away with them, the law intending that
these oysters shall be for the use of the
contiguous residents of Delaware. 1t is
"home consumption" law.
On the same day, October !, the oyster
feet in Delaware Bay will begin its work
of dredging and digging for the city
markets. The famous Delaware Bay
Salts" will then be brought up for the res
taurant tables and hotels of the big
cities.
Forty schooners as we'll as motor boats
will start out on this business on October
/. These boats have q right to go
out on their own oyster beds after Sep
tember l, but as September is great fat
tening month, the oysters are not molest-
ed, as it would be like pulling green
peaches and trying them in market against
ripe ones, to gather in the oyster during a
month when he is making greater growth
than all the year previous.
The oystermen are greatly encouraged
by the increase in the growth of the
spawn. Stones, old boots and boat fun
nels, when brought to the surface in the
oysters waters are literally covered with
the young growth. The same condition
exists on the other side of the peninsula,
in MaryIande waters, where the growth
OF the young indicates an increase rather
than adecrease in the yield OF oysters.
The Maryland oysters business amounts
| to between 81, ,0O0, 600 and 5000, 600 her
oysters are shipped to all parts of the
world.
That the business is continually increas-
ing as well as holding its own is dem
onstrated by the State OF Delaware's
official watch over and regulation of the
traffic. Originally it was all the State
could do to collect licenses enough to
keep the natural rocks in growing con-
dition, prevent poarching and keep
| the mouths Of the oyster rivers in con-
ditiot for the young spawn to hatch and
grow.