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The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08
pELIcAciEs FOR AN "Ar HOME"
Dainty and Artistic Way Of Serving
Punch, 6onbons and Waters.

Specially dainty and artistically ar
ranged were the refreshments served
last week at fashionable but
honey" AT Home" 1t was in one
OF the new apartment houses. but the
diningroom being at the far end Of
the long hall, refreshments were
served in the little library OF the
drawing-room. The library table. pro-
teeted top and lower shelf with renais-
sance scarfs and twined with smilax
about the rim and down the legs. held
In its center the big cut glass bowl
Of punch. This had a smaller wreath
OF smilax about its base. but the rim
was encircled with small clusters of
white grapes arranged to hang care
lessiy half outside and half in the
bowl. A vase OF American Beauty
roses. plates Of nut and mayonnaise
and cheese and mayonnaise sand
wiches. a loaf of homemade chocolate
cake on silver plate, low glass dishes
OF bonbons each In Its fluted paper
case. and other plates of delicate choc-
olate and nut waters, occupied the top
Of the table. The undershelf held the
reserve of plates, punch glasses and
napkins. The wheeled tea table on
the other side of the room was also
wreathed with smilax. handle. wheels
and all. On this was the coffee serv.
ice and plates Of salted English wal,
nuts and olives.-Kansas City Star.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08
HiGH-PRicED coWPEAs.
II Will Pay the Farmer to Give Them
Fair Chance.

Cowpeas are scarce and high again
this year, and ii will pay every farm
er to see that he gives all he sows a
fair chance. 1t is sheer folly to pay
two to four dollars bushel for peas
and then SOW them on land that has
been only half prepared, or that is too
poor to grow crop. Cowpeas are
commonly regarded as poor land
CROP" that is, they will grow on land
too poor to make a paying crop oS
anything else, and will improve the
land by their growth. 1t must be re-
membered, however, that their great
function is to gather nitrogen from
the atmosphere. and that they cannot
successfully do this without a full
supply of potash and phosphoric acid.
Nowhere do these elements pay bet
ter than when applied to leguminous
crops, since by their use in this way
the nitrogen of the air is more freely
appropriated by the legumes. And
nitrogen is, as is well known, our most
expensive element of fertility.
Prepare the land well, fertilize liber-
ally with the mineral elements, and
cowpeas will pay even when they cost
three dollars or more per bushel. A
bushel to the acre is the usual amount
sown for hay. Three pecks may do
just as well where the land is in good
shape. the peas sown evenly and one
OF the ranker growing varieties used.
When the peas are sown for seed they
may be drilled in rows is inches apart.
This way, says Farmers Voice, a peck
will plant an acre. II they are culti-
waited until they begin to cover the
ground too much. they will make more
seed this way than when sown broad
cast or with grain drill. Some even
recommend sowing rows and cultivat-
ing for hay. In either case there is Of
course less benefit to the soil than
where more seed is used; but peck
sown on well-prepared and well-fer-
tilted land will not only produce more
seed or hay than bushel put in in a
slovenly, slipshod manner, but will
also add more nitrogen and more
humus to the soil.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08
Diagram Of the System.

any develop unless air is admitted to
the tank in which the sewage is being
purified So II one can run his sew
age into a water-tight concrete tank
nearly air-tight above, there the bac-
terra will revel and nearly all the
solid matter In the sewage will be
destroyed. The inlet and outlet to this
tank should be below the surface, both
to prevent the circulation of air and
to prevent any floating solid matter
being drawn into the next tank. The
second tank is like the first one and in
1t the water publication is carried yet
further. From this tank the water is
sometimes carried to sand and gravel
filters, and after passing through them
is said to be clear enough and pure
enough for drinking purposes, though
there would seem to be no valid rea-
son for putting 1t to this test.
There should be, then, two concrete
tanks, made water-tight, each provided
with manhole which should be prac-
tically air-tight. the whole being con-
nected with the house drain with as
much fall as the nature of the soil will
permit. and the drain being of vitrified
tile, with cemented joints. The inlets
and outlets Of these tanks should be
below the surface of the water.
Here is farm system proposed by
Joseph E. Wing and published in the
Breeders Gazette: see nothing bet
ter than to finish the business by lead
ing the water away from the second
tank through glazed. and vitrified tiles
till they join with the regular farm
drainage system. at safe distance
from the well. This should make safe
the farm well against pollution and
the whole system should prove auto
matte In its action, and give no trou-
BILE.
On Woodland farm we have very
tough, impervious blue clay everything
our water-bearing stratum of gravel
and use drilled well. so there is prac.
tically no possibility of water pollution
from our drainage system. We have
but one tank. with drain leading
away. This has worked perfectly since
1904.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08
SEWAGE IN THE COUNTRY.
system for the Farm Which Will Work
Satisfactorily.

The question is often asked by the
farmer how one could have a bath
room in the country. with safe disposal
of house sewage. especially where the
land is quite level
A few years ago there was no
known way Of doing this that was safe
and practical. Recently certain ex-
periments made in the treatment Of
sewage and waste from water closets
have revealed some curious truths con-
corning bacteria and their ways. 1t
seems that certain bacteria attack or
ganic matter and destroy it best when
they are In perfect darkness and also
shut away from oxygen. These bac-
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08
Scrub Mop,

The best scrub or mop cloth is
made this way: Take old stocking
legs, cut open at seam in back, sew
together, using the longest stitch of
your machine. alternating tops and
bottoms, which will make the cloth
square. Use as many as you wish
These take up the water more readily
than any other kind and consequently
save much time.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08
Keen Ranae spotIess.

I have two sheets of asbestos to
cover the top Of my kitchen range to
prevent spattering with grease when
frying steak, etc. use 1t wash days,
SO that II the boiler boils over the
stove will not be soiled and there will
be NO danger of cracking the iron.-
Chicago Tribune.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08
To Make Own Baking Powder.

Take one-half pound cream tartar,
one-half pound soda, three ounces tar
taric acid, one-half pint -four Sift sew
eral times so as to be sure it is thor
oughly mixed. Put in tight. tin can
In using 1t when baking use the same
amount you would of any good baking
powder.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08

Trellis Folded for Storage.

through each lath, as shown In the
first cut, and fasten them together
with common wire nails we'll clinched.
Five-foot posts are set one foot in the
ground and wire strung at top and
bottom. The lath are fastened to the
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08

The cattle will get uneasy these
days longing for the hills and the
fresh pastures. Feed them little
better, and do all you can to make
them patient. 1t will be better for
them and for you. too.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08
The Difference.

The man who saves when he has lite
tie is called stingy. He that saves
when he has much is said to be ju.
dtcious.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08
A FOLDING TRELLIs.
One Which Will Prove Exceptionally
Serviceable for Pole Beans.

'.he best way that I ever found to
pole beans is to make folding trel-
lis out of plastering lath, as shown
in the cuts, explains writer in Farm
and Home. l bore three small holes
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08
Trellis in Place In Garden.

wires with string, as shown in second
cut. The trellis is made in sections so
as to be easily handled When not In
use it is folded up and laid away under
shelter. The posts are spaced evenly
so that one section of trellis will just
20 between two posts.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08

Before turning pigs to pasture, be
sure there are no lice on them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-07
And There Are Others

The Huronite has recently called
attention to something that interests
every borrower in the state as we'll as
every tax payer. Last year there
were new banks started with one
million dollars capital and yet banks
were assessed lower than the year
before. 1t is true that the banks
loan money to outsiders at five per
cent and six per cent and charge ten
and twelve per cent at home. 1t is
true that the present state govern
ment in South Dakota and the crowd
that control the politics are all bank
ers. The insurgent state ticket
should be called the bankers ticket
instead of the republican ticket.
Just think of this. The campaign is
conducted by Dick Richards, man
who has half million dollars made
as a result of his operations as
banker and is said to have spent
S25, 900 two years ago to elect Craw-
ford to a $4,000 office.
Lieutenant Governor Shober is
banker.
r. s. Vessey, insurgent nominee
for governor is banker.
D. D. Wipf, secretary of state, has
interests in state banks.
Land Commissioner Dokken has
bank interests.
State Auditor Hirning has inter-
ests in state banks.
State Treasurer Cassill is a
banker, gets several thousand dollars
a year as salary for vice presidency
of another bank where he keeps sew
eral hundred thousand dollars state
money on deposit. He had over a
million dollars cash on hand the
first of the month with a $500, 900
bond.
Not satisfied with this they nomi-
nate for national committeeman,
Thomas Thorson, another banker.
Then they make up an executive
COMMITTEES to run the state politics
and G. S. Hutchinson, a Huron
banker, A. w. Ewert, Pierre
banker and bunch of other bank
ers are committeemen.-Pierre Cap
ital.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-07

you not become the general attorney
for that road shortly alter you
retired from the board?
5. Why was not the Northwestern
railway from Rapid City, forty miles
east, assessed for valuation by the
present board of equalization of
which you are memberH
Beginning with the last question
the governor replied by saying that
he did not know the forty miles of
railroad referred to was there, or if
there, that it had been completed.
He admitted the charge contained in
the fourth question but argued that
the Milwaukee was earning more
than the Northwestern. This answer
bursts the theoretical bubble about
the fixing of rates and assessments
on the physical value of railroad
property and not on the earning
power, as advocated by Crawford and
the machine. Regarding the interest
on state deposits the governor said
he did not know that Cassill, the
state treasurer, is taking the interest
on state deposits and denied that he
had helped to kill the stalwart bill
introduced at the last Legislature
providing for the disposition of state
funds. The governor paid no atten-
ton to the first question and the
meeting was about to close when sew
eral persons in the audience called
for reply, and this is the answer he
made: "The appropriation was not
sufficient"
1t is recalled that in his previous
campaign the governor declared at
was a shame and disgrace" to have
the state capitol constructed of out
side stone 1t is recalled that the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-07

governor referred many times to the
last session of the legislature as my
legislature" and it is notorious that
he whipped his LEADERS into line on
every measure that came before the
session. "My legislature" killed the
repositories bill and the governor
helped give the measure its death
blow because the state treasurer
declared he would refuse the office if
he could not use the interest on the
states deposit. 1t is recalled that
Crawford was the paid attorney of
the Northwestern railroad. If he did
not have close affiliations with that
road, how was it possible for him to
have such accurate information about
the roads earnings and urge a
reduction of the Northwestern's
assessment on the ground that the
Milwaukee's earnings were more?
In this connection the question
might be asked why the state is to
spend money to ascertain the phys
ical value of railroad properties when
Crawford admits that taxation should
be based on a roads earnings?
The governor failed dismally in
his efforts to reply to the questions
given him. The people now know
tae facts and no amount of subter-
fuge on the part of the governor or
his machine can check the awaken
ing that is spreading so fast through
out the state The governors audi
ence at Lead new the facts and the
speakers efforts to dodge the ques-
tions given him gave the people
striking illustration of the "decep-
tive methods" he so earnestly advo-
Gates "as the only means by which
the opposition can be defeated. -
Aberdeen News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-07
Crawford is Called.

The governor was the central fig
ure in pitiful scene enacted at
Lead. He is making campaign
speeches in the Black Hills and if
the result of the Lead speech can be
taken as the standard of the work he
is accomplishing in that country, it
may be said that the governor is fast
losing the few insurgent votes remain
ing in that country. The governor
was handed a card containing five
questions and he made an attempt to
reply to four of them at the close of
his speech. One question he tried
to ignors but the audience would not
have it SO. He was forced to make
an answer and when he made the
attempt it was most distressing but
fitting climax to the demagogic
utterances that had gone before.
The five questions were as follows:
l. Why did you promise to build
the state capitol of South Dakota
stone and then break the promise?
2. Why did you labor to defeat
house bill No. 159, providing for
repositories of state funds, thereby
allowing G. III. Cassill to draw as his
personal emolument $4,000 annually
which should be paid the state?
3. Has the state treasurer used
any Of the money paid him by the
Sioux Falls Savings bank for the use
of state funds to further your candi-
dacy for United States senator? If
not, why are you supporting Mr..
Cassill?
4. Did you not, as a member of
the state board of equalization, move
to reduce the assessment of the
Northwestern railroad? And did
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-07
Meeting of the Day County
Republican Central
Committee.

Notice is hereby given that meeting
of the members of the Day County Gen.
trail Committee of the republican party,
will be held at the court house in the
City of Webster, Day County, South
Dakota, on Friday the 9Th day of May,
A. d. 1908, at one o'clock in the after
noon, for the purpose of fixing the ratio
of representation for each precinct 1T
the Republican County Convention. to
be held on July 7th, A. d. 1908, and to
transact any other business that may
properly come before said meeting.
Dated this 10Th day Of April, A. d.
1908.
John w. Arthur,
Chairman.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-15
CATHOLIC FAIR WILL l
 CLOSE THIS EVENING
Final Voting in Different Con tests Will Take Place
 Just Before Close.

The attendance on the third night of the Catholic far was larger than on either of the preceding evenings. and the proceeds Ea.e cur~cslnndii E. ly larger. This evening will conclude the event and promises to be an en- thusiastic conclusion of one of the most successful church entertain ments ever held in the city.
 Great interest developed last eve ping in the diamond ring contest, as well as for the handsome doll, as this was the first time that the op- posing sides had voted publicly. The result of the evenings vote showed that both Miss HaRkins and Miss Ia More have reserved most of their re- sources for this evening, when the secret voting will take place. The result the close of voting last nignt, Miss Lahore, 142; Miss Hankins. Ss. In the doll contest the vote sJooo, Sophia Metz, 90; Florence Lindsey, 40.
 Miss Loretta McKenna rendered several selections in most pleasing manner, and responded to several en. cores. She is endowed with a won derfuily sweet soprano voice.
 This afternoon the fair will be open for the children and this evening the closing exercises will be had. After the musical and dancing program, public and secret voting in the ring contest win take place, and the re. suits of the various other contests will be announced. The fair win close at 12 o'clock.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-15
ARE ARRESTED ON
 CHARGE OF HORSE-THEFT
Two Men Taken into Custody at Fairbanks Animal In
 Kruters Mystery.

Yesterday afternoon Walter Angel and Lee Choat were arrested at Fair banks by Deputy Sheriff William Ben nett on charge of horse stealing. the complaint having been sworn to by the proprietors of the Palace Livery stable yesterday morning. They were taken to Tombstone last evening, and will be brought to Lowell this morning for preliminary hearing.
 On Thursday Waiter Angel, who had been in the habit of hiring horse and buggy almost daily for the past week at the Lowell branch of the Palace stables, telephoned for the rig, and it was sent to him, but as he started for the stables about the same time. he did not get it at the house, and the deliveryman brough it back to the stable. Hubbard asked the man where he intended driving, and the latter re- piled that he thought he would drive around the district for a couple of hours.
 When Angel did not return with the horse and buggy on Thursday night Hubbard appeared before Justice Grier. and swore to complaint charg- mig the man with horse stealing.
 Yesterday morning Sherin White was returning from Tucson to Tomb stone. and from the window. when the train was about two miles east of Tombstone, noticed horse end buggy standing near the right-of-way. He knew the animal, because it was the same horse that Smith had used when he took the German harnessmaker, Krutus. out on the desert a couple of months ago, and is alleged to have killed him. At that time White found the horse on the deesrt.
 On arriving at the county seat, the sheriff heard of the complaint sworn out at Lowell and immediately tele- phoned Bennett at Fairbanks to arrest the man who had driven the rig through there. Angel and a compan- ion named Lee Choat. were taken into custody short time afterwards, and placed in jail at Tombstone last even ing.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-15

up to high state of efficiency. appear ed off Boston harbor and on June 1, 1913, the Chesapeake went ,dt to meet her.
 The two frigates engaged six leagues east Of Boston fight and soon were, at close quarters. Captain Law renee fell, mortally wounded. and as the gallant commander was carried below he exclaimed:
 Don't give up the ship!"
 Captain Broke boarded the Ckesa- peake. and at five minutes after the first gun was fired, her flag was struck. and it appears, WAS secured by Midshipman Grundy. of the Shannon.
 Out of the crew of 379 the Chesa- peake lost 61 killed or mortally wound ed and had S5 severely and slightly wounded, while out of a crew of 320 the shannon lost 8 killed and 50 wounded.
 The Chesapeake was taken as a prie to Halifax, N. S., was afterward used as a British war vessel and in 1920 was sold as old timber.
 The British sometimes refer to the War of 1872 as the War of the Ches- apeake."
 In 1794 congress ordered that from and after the first day of May, 1795, the flag of the United States be fif- teen stripes, alternate red and white, and that the union be fifteen stars. white in Q blue field" but in ApriI 1918, congress enacted that from and after the fourth day Of July next the flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-15
MANY CONFLICTING STATEMENTS MADE
Trial of Bunch Concerned In Free-For-AlI Productive of
 Contradictions.

In Justice Hogan's court yesterday afternoon the territorial statutes mak- ing it a penal offence to swear falsely, when being examined as witness, were totally disregarded by at least some of the persons concerned in a free-for-all fight which took place in a barber shop on O. K. street on Thurs day evening, as result of which four were arraigned on a charge of disturb ing the peace and fighting.
 All concerned in the affair were Mexicans, although Michael Harp, one of the defendants has ruddy complex ion, fiery red hair, and the features of a fullblooded son of Ireland. It seems from the statements of others con- cerned that it was this same personal appearance of Harp that caused the embryo riot.
 Harp, who understands little Eng fish. although he speaks Spanish flu ently, stated that he entered the shop to get a shave, and that one of the other defendants, commenced abusing him, and finally wanted to fight him. He stated that the said party had struck him, and that in the scrimmage which ensued. the proprietor of the pIdSC C1uDs hC bASo6NS into contact w/h Harp's head with terrible force, while two others made several iabs at him.
 The story of the other defendants, is diametrically opposite to this state ment in every particular. They con- tended that Harp had caused the trouble by addressing opprobrious re- marks to all present in the shop, and that he had only been struck by the proprietor after he had been requested to leave the place, having caused a disturbance.
 Two more witnesses were intro duced whose veracity was attacked, it being contended hat they had net wit messed the affair at all, but had been brought into court by the remaining defendants to cinch Harp. Each of them gave a very realistic description of the fracas, coinciding in all par ticulars with what the opponents of Harp had stated!
 There were charges and counter charges of lying passed between Harp and the remaining defendants.
 Justice Hogan took the matter under aodvisement until this evening.
 Harp claimed later that because he worked in the mines the others were jealous of him. while his opponents contend that he is very conscious of his white appearance, and takes it upon himself to lord it over other Megicans.