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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-28
DROVE OFF BRIDGE IN
DARK TO HIS DEATH

washington Springs, S. D., Feb. 25.--
barney Olson, a farmer living near
l. me. this county, drove off a bride
With load of lumber in the dark and
was killed. He left town about mid
night and was found dead by parties
-,assing in the morning.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-28
FIVE FORMER HEROES
ARRESTED; DES6RTERS

New York. feb. 2G-Fivc men whc
sailed away with the American battleshir
feet for the trip to San Francisco re.
TUNED to New York today under arrest
as C'esertcrs OIL hoard the steamer B.-.u
FROM = y tanairo
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-28
SUES cENrERv,LLE
DOCTOR FOR s1r nm

Centervilie. 5. D., Feb. e4.-Gcorge Jen-
ter. young farmer residing near here
has brought suit against !,r. A. j. Struble
for malpractice. asking $1,000 damages
The plaintiff has engaged George w.
Egan. tho noted criminal lawyer of Sioux
E>aAS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-28
TIME AND PLACES
FOR STATE LAND SAlEc

tTerre. 8. D.. Feb. 24.-'rE. sale of state
lands wiz be held in the following coun-
ties on the dates g:vem: Bradlc, April l6.
kpgsbury. April H. Lake, Apr; is: Minor
April 70; Dawson. April u; f,anson. Aprfl
20. Hutchison. April 23. Bon Hom,re. Arril
"a; Turner. April 25: IIanlin. Aprn 27:
brown, April IS: Marshall, April 20; I;a
munds, April 50: Mcpherson May /: Sphinx,
May 8.
The date Of leasing the lands follows tn.
daS af s1ie.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-28
MICE AND MATCHES
CAUSE RIG EIDE

Wagner, S. D.. Feb. 27.-Mice and
matches are supposed to have been the
origin of a fire which caused a heavy
loss to Christopher Johnson. a nromi.
nent farmer who resides six miles north
of Wagner. His barn and two valuable
horses were burned. johnson had no
fr,c -,>~~ -"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-28
JOHN RAMSEY, OF
SIOUX FALLS. EXPIRES

Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb 26.-John II.
Ramsey, member Of the shoe firm of
Ramsey Bros. and one of the most
popular merchants in the city, died af-
ter d few days illness. He was a meu-
ber of the Masonic and other lodges.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-28
FAMOUS kAUFMANN
CASE is AppEAIEn

Pierre, s. d.. Feb. 26--The first move
in the appeal of the Kaufman case
from Sioux Falls in the supreme court
was made by the filing of the record
and bill of exceptions with the clerk OF
the supreme court.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-28
JONES PARDoNED
az THE GOvERNno

Pierre, 8. D., Feb. 24.-Harry A. Jones.
convicted of robbery IN Yankton county.
and sent up for five years, has been par
doned, 1t having developed that his plea of
guilty was not subslantia.ed by the ev;-
derlce given.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-28

INDIANS TO ERECT
MONUMENT FOR
DEAD TRIBESMAN.

; Lake Andes. S. D., Feb. N.-The
; members of the Indian Christian /.
; brotherhood union, which is COM
; posed Of Indians belonging TO the
; Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians, and
; which is the only rgar'sa ton of it's
) lrii.d composed o.. Indians in the
; United States. has inaugurated
; movement for the erection of :
; monument to John Wahcahunka, a :
venerable member of the tribe who :
: died few days ago at the age of
81.
The dead Indian was the leader .
OF the progressive element of his :
tribe. Funds for the erection of the :
proposed monument now are being /.
ra sed by the members of the BROTH :
erhood. Wahcahunka will be one .
: OF the few Indians in the United :
States to have q monument erected .
to his memory with funds raised :
by voluntary subscriptions among .
his tribesmen
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-28
RAPID CITY TO
HAVE MAIL CARRIERS

.,ta Rapid pi. City. S. D.. Feb. 21.-At last
rhis city is to have it's own mail deliv~
cry by carrier. Postmaster Rarher s nv.
been notified that the new service WITH
Two carriers will be started abo,t Maw
Is and that examinations for the nosi.
1ioh non OF carrier will be held here at \
GATE to be announced shortly
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-28
70" GETS CONTROL
OF The cR0llch aa..

. Rapid City. S. D.. Feb. 2a-,rhs
sr6ueh GRO M,,1,,n line. operating between here
over by the Chicago, Burlinxton Il
Quincy railroad. It Is claimed the sale
was forced, as the Crouch line was in.
debted to the Burlington to the amonnt
OF $4,000. The Crouch line is SO miles
long. A series of mishaps followed its
opening two years ago. 80
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-28
TO PROSECUTE sELLE
EOURCHE u.loHeow

Belle Fourche, S. D.. Feb. nScha.
Lavezzi. the 22-year-old youth Who
threw dynamite cap into horf,re
here few days ago. killing one nan
and injurtng several, is unable az W.
.t,r 10 realize the enormity of his act. He
sti!i seems dazed from the explosion
When he RECEIVERS he viii be nroea.
cuted. pAes'Se'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-11
A New Method Of Forestry.
(The Farmer.

Among the various propositions for
the demonstration Of our rapidly dis
appearing forests comes one from our
neighbors on the north. It is pro-
posed by the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way to plant row of trees on each
side of the railroads right-of-way from
Winnipeg to Vancouver. These trees
will be of some hardy, fast-growing
variety and 1t Is believed that while
they are small they will answer the
purpose of a snow fence. In their
growth they will not only beautify the
railway property but will help to keep
the land adjoining the roadbed In q
firm condition and at maturity will
furnish valuable lumber for ties. poles
and other purposes. In most sections
of the country the land adjoining the
roadbed of the railroads is practically
useless and many times grown up to
weeds. We believe a few American
railroads are already experimenting
with catalpa tree paintings along their
right -of-way. 1t Is more than likely
that the railway people have discov-
cred a solution of many problems
which have been troubling them and
at the same time the growing for
ests will represent an asset that can
easily be converted to cash whether
or not they are used for railway pur-
poses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-11
smithy on the Farm.


The farmer, to be a successful farm
er, can have no special line, but must
be an all around man. He must not only
be able to run all kinds of farm ma
chinery, but make repairs and locate
trouble.
A small shop. where repairing can
be done, is almost necessity. This
should be we'll equipped with tools,
for it matters little how good a work.
man is, without tools he can do moth
ing. In such shop one can find
work on rainy days and have all ma
chinery in working order when the
owner is ready to use it. A man Is
never. heard grumbling about time lost
who has job laid up for rainy day.
Such shop will soon pay for Itself
in time and money saved. We do not
expect a farmer to do all his own re-
pairing and blacksmithing, but he
could do great deal that he would
otherwise be obliged to take to a
blacksmith and thereby lose time that
he would not have lost had he been
equipped for doing his own work. A
great many farmers, not being fixed
for doing their own work, will allow
machinery to run as long as it will
run, and then be compelled to stoI
in the middle Of their work for re-
pairs that should have been attended
to before they began using that par
ticular piece of machinery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-11
HOUSEHOLD HEALTH RESORT.
(Alden Times)

The above mystic symbols are
printed at the head of this article to
represent a. lawn mower and a saw
horse. For convenience in printing,
the handle of the mower has been re-
moved and the stick that fastens the
two crosses has been omitted from
the saw-horse, but the principle re-
mains the same. These two tools are
being utilized these days by our con-
,troller of the currency, T. j. Birdsall,
as the most efficient health resort OBJ
.tainable. They act as physician,
trained nurse Turkish bath, appetizer
tonic and medicine, all combined.
Every dose is worth more than the
combination looks like, and the dose
comes every evening, rain or shine,
Sundays excepted. If it rains, the
Xxx works all right In the woodshed
and if it don't rain the grass has
grown long enough since the last rain
to be ready to cut again. Nobody
could handle the s more like a profess
sional than Mr.. Birdsall does, or with
better effect, but there are "a lot of
people who might try, and if they try
they will get the benefit. 1t is worth
SIX to anybody who does not have
any regular out-of-door work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-11
FACTORY MEN DO NOT STICK.

Alrculdr lelCcFS sSlIlllSiT " lile AVA
lowing, a part of which is given, are
just now being mailed extensively by
the secretaries of free employment bu-
reaus in the east to the heads of var
ious organizations in Iowa, thru whom
farm labor may be reached:
Dear Strive are informed that
the Iowa farmers and stock growers
are in need of able-bodied men the
year round. The chief manufactur
ing i'm this place being with iron and
It's products, there are very large
numbers of la!boring men of good
character who are out of employ
ment, and for whom we do not an
ticipate employment for more than
year Therefore, 1t occurred to us
that If the above need exists we
might assist in sending to Iowa. men,
particularly those who in the old
country have had experiences on the
land, providing we could have as
sistance In making sure they would
have fair treatment after their ar
rival"
There is far greater likelihood that
the iron working laborers would re-
ceiye fair treatment at the hands of
their western employers, than that
they themselves would be satisfied to
remain for any considerable length OF
time at farm work should they at
tempt II. in fact, the result OF recent
experiments IN this line Is not such as
to encourage further efforts of the
kind Several farmers in one Iowa
county during the present season en-
ployed the different members OF a
band of Chicago factory men, who had
been thrown out of employment be-
cause OF a shutdown. They worked
only long enough to purchase return
tickets to the Illinois metropolis. The
work was new and strange, the isola-
ton and comparative quiet were OPP
pressive. the hours OF labor greater
than those to which they We're &C
customed and within 2 weeks time
they We're ready to quit.
There are occasional instances in
which men reared in a city environ
ment and unacquainted with any other
occupation than that of factory work
have turned their attention to farming
with satisfactory results. They are ex-
ceptions. however, which, owing to the
INCREASING complexity of modern
farming operations. will become yet
more rare. II the eastern factory Ia
borer is DESTROYS OF trying his hand
at farming there would seem to be an
abundant opportunity for experiment
nearer home in retaining the aban-
doned farms Of the New England and
middle Atlantic states. 1t is not at all
probable that he will ever be largely
instrumental in solving the problem OF
how to obtain farm labor in Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-11
Potato Cultivation.

Northwestern ASrlCulluFlSl.J
Potato cultivation does not vary
much from corn cultivation, save that
we should use the harrow and weed
err more. Potatoes take a long time
to come thru the ground. They should
not be neglected, however. Keep the
harrow moving sufficiently to go over
the field at least twice week until the
potatoes are we'll out Of the ground
When they once break thru the soil
especially if there is danger of frost
go over the field with the cultivator
throwing the dirt right onto the row
Leave it until all danger of frost IL
tooth harrow crossways, and Level
field. 1t will not only save potatoes
from getting nipped but will also in
sure clean row.
Remember that potatoes have roots
as we'll as corn and that deep cultiva-
ton will break them off and injure the
crop Just as much as tho it We're
corn crop. If potatoes are planted as
deeply as they should be they neeo
no killing. 1t is time worse than wasted
to rob the soil from between the rows
to pile up around the plants in the row
When you do this you leave the roots
between the row to the scorchins
sun and do not benefit the potatoes
themselves. This practice originated
in Ireland where the land was low and
needed drainage, and not on high, well
drained soils.
Late cultivation is very beneficial
to potatoes provided that 1T is shall
low and done with machine that
does not injure the vines. Our or
binary corn cultivators are objec-
tionable in that the wheels run on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-11

National Biscuit Company has been
forgiven by the company as his wife
interceded for him. Thus detective
who went from Des M Dimes to Sioux
City to get his man. had a fruitless
trip. But the state may be no worse
off for the loss of passage money, If 1t
signifies future happiness and peace
for young married pair.
Federal Judge Peter s. Grosscup at
Chicago makes no denial that he has
solicited railroad passes. Honesty is
the best policy, but this admission will
hardly rebound to the credit of this
judge. Judges are usually paid
enough to enable them to pay their
railroad fares and in instances where
the salary Is insufficient it should be
raised.
"a man lives and learns" remarked
the husband with some bitterness.
Well, the school of experience
doesn't bar co-eds,'' retorted his wife.
kansas City Journal.
In contrast TO the universal accep-
lance of the result by progressfv eS
without even an intimation of bolt
comes the Cedar Rapids Republican
serving notice ON Jim Good that II
he dares be a progressive ne can not
be elected this fall Discussing his
nomination the Republican says: 1T
was not an anti-Allison victory In this
congressional district. The candidate
who won the nomination could at no
time have been nominated had he
avowed progressive beliefs. Having
been nominated he could not now be
elected at the November elections If
he should declare himself to be an
anti Allison kind of republican"
The arch conspirator OF standpatism
in Iowa is early ON the ground at Chi
cago trying to head off the Dolliver
boom because he is afraid that Cum
minis will break thru the next sena-
torial vacancy.
It has now become question of only
five votes as to whether Hull goes to
work for a living or runs again for
congress. 1t is time he withdrew vol
unfairly.
Notice how little Bill Taft says about
his business and how much wood he
saws in the campaign?
The man who can build this year
and does not will pay dearly for his
experience next year. Lumber is seek
ing a higher level of prices every few
years as the forests disappear. Build
ing material always rises in cost as
population grows denser, just as the
value of land increases with the grow
ing demand for its use. This is the
history Of all nations.
Come on now with Fourth OF July
celebrations. Let the merchants get
ready to entertain the public.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-11
BREWERS DISCERN DANGER.

Gathered in Marshalltown this week
were a number Of earnest Catholic
folks interested in the cause OF tenn
perance. They comprised priests. lay
men and visitors, and made up the
seventh annual convention Of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union OF
Iowa, body Of peaceful citizens who
follow the cross and are striving to
promote the cause of correct living.
In the same issue of the Times Re-
publican which told of this gathering,
but on another page, was a dispatch
from Milwaukee, relating what was
regarded as the most important con-
ference of brewing interests ever held
in the country.
The two gatherings represent the
tumult and the cause thereof, the up-
heaval and Its origin. The brewing
interests seek to continue the free
and uninterrupted sale of intoxicants,
while the temperance advocates seek
to have the business which goes TO
make up the occupation of distillers,
brewers and barkeepers. forever
banned and, II possible, obliterated.
There is good reason why the Mil.
waukee conference Of beer makers
is the most important ever known In
the United States, and the acknowl-
edgment of its gravity is a direct tes-
timonial to the efficacy Of the efforts
of the Catholic Total Abstinence I'm
ion of Iowa, and all other organiza-
tions which seek to enforce sobriety. In
the Milwaukee dispatch we were told
that in Milwaukee, where is made and
sold more beer than in any other
American city. Mayor David s.. Rose
address to the brewers referred to the
fact that he was cunning for all sa-
looms which did not come within the
decent" GLASS.
Even the brewers and liquor men
have lately been stirred up to the
necessity of voluntarily aiding in the
suppression of indecent barrooms, con-
Quoted on the happy o-lucky plan
which includes any infraction of law
or decent regulation if an extra dol
lar is made by it.
This alarm on the part of the brew
ers at am encroachment on their
profits accomplished within practic-
ally the past two years, is naturally
looked upon by advocates of temper
ance and prohibition as great vic
tory 1t is certain that the country
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-11
The Winter Wheat Crop.

wv y II GIlIlGIJ
Spectators and railroads expect the
winter wheat crop of the United
States to do much toward reviving in
dustry and Putting the wheels OF com
merce in motion. 1.-THE prospect at
present is for very good crop, and
it will undoubtedly do much in adding
freight business for the railroads, and
in bringing down the price of bread.
thus cheapering the cost of living in
the eastern centers. It is seldom that
the prospect has been better at this
season of the year but it will not be
safe to figure on the present indica-
tons. There will no doubt be more or
less reduction from insect ravages, es-
pecially In Kansas and Oklahoma.
There Is a very large winter wheat
territory, where the crop is not yet by
any means out OF danger from drouth.
The return of normal rainfall on the
plains, of which there is every indica-
ton this spring, will determine wheth-
er this is to be permanently winter
wheat country or only in years Of SUI
perabundant rainfall.
1t is we'll to be hopeful, but It is
not wise to figure definitely on the
wheat crop, especially on the spring
wheat crop. until the grain has passed
thru the thresher We remember forty
years ago. when travelling by stage in
Illinois, we stopped for dinner with
farmer one day in June and greatly
admired his prospect for spring Wheat.
The old gentleman evidently compass
stoned our youth and inexperience for
after sizing us up, he said: young
man, it is the Lord makes the wheat
crop. We don't know anything about
it from the time it leaves the hand
until it gets back In the granary."
There is less danger with winter
wheat but in regard to spring wheat
the old man was pretty neal, right.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-11
Topics of the Times

Another ideal Iowan has become a
bridegroom Mr.. George Korrect and
Miss Maggie Lynch We're married at
Bancroft. 1t is superduous to state
that all the appointments of the nup-
tails were without error. Mr.. Korrect
will no doubt be the right kind of a
husband.
A western anthropologist says Japan
was once upon a time, about 5000
years since, inhabited by Anus, long
bearded alborigines. Like the more
modern whisker cultivators, the pop
ulists, they are now practically ex-
tinct. Even the most beautiful beard
is not necessarily a talisman OF suc-
cess
Ut seems to be a good stroke of pol
icy that Senator Money was put on
the congressional currency commits
sion. He was born in the business.
James Hazen Hyde has offered a
prize of $4,000 for horse race in
which society women shall be the jock
eys. The great interests of life seem
to affect him as deeply as ever.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
"How quiet the office boy is"
"Yes; L just raised his salary He
thinks it's a dream and is afraid he'll
wake up"-Life.
When 11igh-priced attractions come
to Marshalltown and endeavor to sep
arate the populace from SO per, or
thereabouts there is clamor from
the ones who want to attend. 1t may
interest them to know that they have
the sympathy Of King Edward, who
says that at London's opera "prices
charged are too high for the old
noblesse."
Emperor William made a trip in Ber-
Inns subway and distributed orders
in honor of the trip, including one to
the motorman. The orders given by
the royal passenger We're decorations.
An order for a suit Of clothes or
something substantial might result in
just as nice a decoration for recipients
like motorman, but kings and
princes prefer to distribute ribbons and
medals.
What will a good wife not do for
her husband? A young man in Sioux
City charged with embezzling $500
from the Des Moines branch Of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-11
NOT GETTING ANYWHERE.

CSlOuX city JOurnal)
Railway plans for promoting gen
eral increase in freight rates do not
appear. to be getting anywhere. The
Interstate commerce commission has
announced that there will be no in
crease in eastern territory July I, a
fact which had been pretty we'll I'M
derstood9 previously. The western
roads have been trying to get to-
gether In regard to higher class and
commodity rates, but without much
success The plan for a 10 per cent
general, increase has been practically
abandoned. and the effort now is di
reeted toward increases on some COM
modities. A feeler in this direction
was made with the publication Of new
rates on sugar. to be effective July /,
between Pacific coast and Utah points
and the Missouri river. The new rate
is so cents from coast to river and 45
cents from Utah points to the river.
an increase Of 10 cents per hundred
weight in both cases. The railroads
insist that this rate has been too low
and that a readjustment is necessary.
The Missouri River Wholesale Gro
GERS association. embracing the job
bers of Kansas City, Omaha and Sioux
City is preparing to resist the in
crease, and will ask an injunction to
prevent the rate from becoming eff
fective on July 1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-11
dOWA'S MINERAL PRODUCTION.
(Keokuk Gate City)

The report of the Iowa geological
survey lately printed gives some in
teresting facts regarding the mineral
production Of the state in 1906. The
total value of the mineral products
for that year was nearly $4,000.
Coal easily holds the lead as an i'm
portant mineral product as there were
mined 100000 tons, having a value
of $11,62O,000. Monroe county is the
chief producer, and Polk ranks second
with an output of 100000 tons. Iowa
ranks ninth among the coal producing
states of the union tho her output
is eighth in value. 1t is worthy of
note that the average price per ton
at the mine of Iowa Is higher than
in most of the states, higher in fact.
than in any other state east of the
Missouri. excepting only Michigan. and
the Pennsylvania anthracite district.
For 1906 this figure was $3.50.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-11
Caleb Powers, Case.

(F'rom the st. Louis Globe Democrat.1
The constitution of the United States
declares that "in all criminal prosecu-
tions the accused shall enjoy the right
to a speedy and public trial by an inn
partial jury Of the state and district
wherein the crime shall have been
committed" The case Of Caleb Powers
shows that, nevertheless, an American
citizen can be kept in jail eight years
without conclusive verdict from a
succession of juries emphatically not
impartial and picked out for that rea-
son.