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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16
C0TBLUfR|BBONS
SOUTH OAkOTANS WHO SCORED
AT CORN EXPOSITION AT
OMAHA
CORN MADE fine SHOWING
FOR STATE WHERE ITS CULTURE
BUT RECENTLY GAVE 1T
IMPORTANCE

Sioux Falls-Winners of prizes in
South Dakota for best corn, wheat,
oats and barley at the National Corn
exposition, Omaha, December 6 to 1S,
1909, are as follows, the amounts rep
resenting the value of the prizes:
For best ten ears Of yellow dent
orn-
J.. P. Thompson, Elk Point, first $4,000
George H. Whiting, Yankton, sec 1900
For best ten ears dent corn, other
than yellow-Hugh c. Pierce, Fairfax
Banner Bros, Hurley second ....15.00
for best ten ears flint corn, any
variety
l.. H. Kruger, Orient, first ...... $20.0 90
George H. Whiting, Yankton, sec
ond ........ ......... ........ 5.oo
Peter Newburg, Sioux Falls, third 2.20
Fol best single ear dent corn, any
color
]. P. Thompson, Elk Point, first 5 500
John Laking, Hurley, second 80. 400
George H Whiting, Yankton third 800
For best peck fife wheat
Jacob Mees, Alpena, first ......s35.00
]. L. Jones, Clark, second $500. 500
For best peck blue stem wheat
Charles p. Schultz, Cavour, first $1,000
Nels Johnson, Mount Vernon, sec
ono ........ .......... ......' o.uV
Jess Johnson, Beresford, third :. 400
For best peck of wheat, other than
fife or blue STEM
Charles A. Schultz, Cavour, first $3.50
For best peck of white oats
John Johnson, Beresford, first. $500
]. l. Jones, Clark, second ...... 500
Drummer Bros, Hurley, third 80. 400
For best peck oats, other than
white
William Scissors, Bonesteel firsts15.00
Jacob Mees, Alpena, second ..... 500
For best peck six-rowed barley
VIM. Scissors, Bonesteel, first ..S35.00
Nels Johnson, Maunt Vernon, sec
ono ........ -....... ....''.. o'oo
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Grain Dealers Association

Sioux Falls-A meeting OF the ex-
ecutive committee of the South Dako-
ia Farmers Grain Dealers association
was held in. Sioux Falls Tuesday after
noon. and as a result IT was arranged
to hold the annual meeting OF the
association in Sioux Falls on Febru-
airy 8 and 10. The members Of the
directorate who met in Sioux Falls
Tuesday afternoon were: G. M. Bow
er, president, Mt Vernon; l. M. Doyle,
secretary. Letcher; j. r. Dalton,
Woonsocket; J. T. Melk. Henry; II.
G.. Solum. Baltic: Matt Wanken, Brit
ton; William Selpp, Grover; L. S.
Henjum. Hartford: w. p. Manning,
Fairview: NJ. A. Butterfield, attorney,
Montrose. There are in the state at
the present time something like one
hundred and eighty-four farmer ele-
vator companies and the association
is adding to It's membership each year.
It was at the meeting in this city
three years ago that the organization
was made strictly a farmers affair,
other Independent grain men being
cut out as they were considered the
allies of the combine.
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Gross Tax Receipts

Pierre-The report of the auditor
shows hat the different counties Of
the state received in taxes for the last
fiscal year $11 ,OS6, 1897 and that their
expenditures for the same year were
So 1888 $40, leaving a net balance Of
about $500, 900. Many of the counties
show a good sized cash reserve above
indebtedness. outside of what they are
charged in the way of loans from the
permanent school fund. While this
is a ledger debt against each county,
it is one which is secured to the coun-
ties by loans on real estate, or on
school or municipal bonds in the coun-
ties, and is not a debt in fact. While
it is the boast of the state 1t has but
little poverty, yet the different coun-
ties OF the state paid over $4,000 for
care of poor for the year. Beadle heads
the list with $15,265 and it ranges from
that amount down to S11 for Jerauld
county. For care of insane, Lawrence
heads the list with s13,4S0, which was
by far the heaviest charge against any
one county for this purpose. Deue
county paid but So for that account,
and Sanborn but $14. The total paid
for such care in the state was S65,293.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16
Can Husk Some Corn

Vermillion-Frank Orr, of Meckling,
Clay county, a student Of the univers-
ity of South Dakota, does not claim to
be the best corr husker in the United
States, nor even in South Dakota, but
he makes the assertion that he can
husk and crib $50 bushels Of corn in
ten hours, and so sure Is he that he
can do 1t that he is willing to wager
almost and amount.
Orr's statement has given many a
fast corn picker food for reflection,
and while some of them feel that he
can do 1t. others are certain that he
cannot. Orr claims to have turned
the trick already this fall in a little
less than ten hours in Ole o. Jetley's
corn field near Meckling. The corn
is running seventy bushels to the
acre. Since the discussion has arisen
there are any number of men who
have offered to contribute to a fund
which is to be given Orr In case he
can live up to his agreement. Aside
from being DESTROYS Of witnessing the
husking, the contributors say that 1t
will be well worth the money to get
such a record in a Clay county corn
field.
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MASoNs GATHER AT FARGO.
Dedicate Temple Erected Twelve
Years Ago.

Fargo, N. D.-Friday is a big day
In Masonic circles in Fargo and the
state. The big Masonic Temple,
erected a dozen years ago, al dedi.
Gated with fitting ceremonies. The
exercises were notable In many re-
spects. A large class was given the
t~hirty-second degree by the Scottish
Rite at night. In the forenoon, through
q special dispensation, a deputy su
preme council was organized and the
thirty-third degree vas given some
candidates who had been voted ON at
the last biennial session Of the 81.
preme council in Washington.
In the afternoon the ~dedicatory ex.
ercises were held. Minnesota was
represented by Inspector General
Adams of the Scottish Rite bodies,
His address was followed by those OF
Grand Master Bendeke, Grand High
Priest Taylor, Grand Commander
Moore, J. F. Treat. chief rabban OF
the Imperial shrine. and the presen.
tation of the temple by w. A. Scott,
president Of the trustees and a thirty.
third degree Mason. Inspector Gen.
eral Plumley presided.
In the evening a banquet was
served to all Scottish Rite Masons and
their wives.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16
WOLF BOUNTY
Pennington County Has Paid Bounty
For 1000 During Year

Rapid City-Early winter SHOWS
have made wolf and coyote hunting
profitable for ranchmen now that the
fall work is interrupted. Since Deem
Der 1 County Auditor Fall issued
vouchers on fifty pelts, which be- e
been returned to him. During ,
year beginning with December /, 1893,
there have been returned TO the audi
tors office about 1000 pelts Of wolf
and coyote, all killed in Pennington
county. The proportion Of wolves
killed to coyotes is about one to seven,
and the early summer months are the
ones when the returns are greatest,
because during these months the
whelps are easily captured and size
does not count as far as the bounty
is concerned. The state is supposed
to pay a bounty Of 50 on every coyote
killed and So for each wolf, but as
the appropriation for the entire state
is only $13, 900 and the number of ami
mails slain is considerably in excess
of the funds provided, but seventy
four cents on a dollar is paid this
Last year 1t vas seventy cents
on a dollar. There are men, however,
who gain q fair livelihood by devoting
their entire time to hunting the pests
and some are said TO make as high as
SIS and at times 500 per month kill
ing them. In addition to the state
bounty some ranchmen pay a person.
al bounty of from 81 to 81 per pelt.
Among these are G. X. Howard, OF
S%mithville, and ]. H. Hart of Scenic.
A wolf pelt is worth from S. to $40
and that Of a coyote from 81 to So.
This applies to animals killed during
the cold weather and those that are
full grown. For a hunter knowing
the habits OF the animals, 1t is not
much of a trick to average one coyote
a day with an occasional wolf. When
1t is taken into consideration that the
ranchmen furnish the hunters with a
horse and then find them, the wolf
and coyote hunter makes pretty fair
wages as wages go and In addition
to all that has a lot Of good sport.
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The implement Dealers

Sioux Falls-The South Dakota I'm
plement Dealers convention which
convened in this city last week, was
the largest and best attended meet
ing ever held of this popular organiza-
ton. There were more people from
all over the state, and more eastern
manufactures present than ever at
tended a former meeting, and the pro-
gram was one Of unusual interest to
all. Sioux Falls has again establish
ed her reputation for entertaining
conventions. About the one subject
being discussed is the renewed lire
which has been given the organization
and II the expressions often heard are
to be relied upon it will be some
time before another city is selected for
the annual conventions. There were
more displays than ever before. As
the local dealers have made a special
effort to put up an attractive display
while the outsiders have also been
most lavish in their work of arrang-
ing their stock for display purposes.
Upwards of $50 dealers were in attend
ance
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16
The Homestake's Notice

Lead-The various semi-official ru-
mors as to the future policy of the
Homestake Mining Co, with regard to
the employment OF n%on-union men
were thoroughly verified by the post
ing of the following notice, which sets
forth the plans Of the company in no
u~nmistakable words:
"Notice,-Notice is hereby given
that the Homestake Mining company
will employ only n%on-union men after
January /, 1910. The present scale
Of wages and the eight 81 hour shift
will be maintained. All employees who
desire to remain in the company's SER
vice must register at the general Of
flee OF the company on or before De-
cember Is, 1909.
T. ]. GRIER, Superintendent.
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TRUST C0NyICTfc
FINE IMPOSED UNDER ANTI-MON.
OPOlY LAW OF NEW
YORK.
COMBINE TO BE CRUSHED
: Finding First Step In Its Dissolution,
Says John 3. Stanchfield,
Counsel for Prosecu-
ton.

New York, N. Y. - The American
Ice Company, one of the great corpo-
rations which lives by dealing in the
necessities of life, was found guilty
In the state supreme court, of restrict
ing competition in and attempting to
create a monopoly of the sale Of ice.
The jury was out one hour and 40
minutes, and when the foreman an
nounced the verdict, the court i'm
posed the maximum sentence of S., 900
hne, under the provision of the so
called Donnelly anti-monopoly law OF
this state.
The conviction is the first under the
new law and will probably be fought
to the highest court in the state.
The significance of the verdict lies
not so much in the relatively trivial
amount of the fine imposed, as In the
Intimation made by John B. Stanch-
field, Of counsel for the defense, hat a
finding against the company, which.
he said, supplies 5000, 900 customers,
would mark the first step in its dis
solution.
The American Ice company, though
tried under the laws of New York, was
Incorporated under the laws Of New
Jersey for $40, 000, 900 and later taken
over by the American Ice Securities
company, Of the same state. after q
drastic reorganization.
The company has plants in New
York, Washington. ID. c.. Baltimore
and Philadelphia, and has absorbed
many smaller companies along the
Hudson river and in the Maine ice
fields. Before Wesley N. Oler was
elected president of the company.
Charles w. Morse, the convicted bank
er, was active in its affairs.
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rop to the ground without treatment.
he seed was brushed in with a brush
rag or harrow on the second tract
I'D upon the third a band of sheep
as passed over the area in a com
lct body twice. This summer 1t has
zen found that the area not treated
Is the lightest stand of seedlings,
bile the resulting Seeding stand on
e other two areas showed but little
i%riation in density, but later, during
e period of drought, the seedlings
the area brushed over died out
IDLY, while on the area upon which
I sheep narrowed in the seed there
Is very little loss.
Closer examination developed the
1t that the ROOT systems of the seed
Itch had been tramped in were one
I to one inch deeper in the soil
In the root systems of the seed
bch had been brushed in, this o
Ion being due to the fact that the
Id was ground into the soil more
Iply by the sheep tnan Dy the
Ish harrow.
10 far as the investigation has
In carried 1t indicates that a dens-
and more drought-resistant stand
bunch grass a be secured where
sheep are allowed or an area
r the plants have seeded and
bped the seed than where they
excluded throughout the entire
ION. This discovery is a confirma-
Of the pr~acticability Of the plan
se-~rgrr~>sE rrrsNTrdgs
fall periods so that a thorough
edlng may be secured by natural
us.
be stockmen grazing their cattle
he national forests In the south
especially in Colorado and New
co, have suffered serious losses
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16

fects Of the tannic acid and IL the dis.
ease is not advanced too far and the
animal can be furnished sufficient
food so 1t will not be forced to eat
the oak 1t will generally recover
There are emergencies in which
the government must depart from the
usual policy of conserving the timber,
and ~disposing of it by well regulated
sales. 1t is some times necessary to
destroy bodies of timber of consider.
able extent, or at least to cut the
trees and leave the logs lying in the
woods, where they may, or may not,
become useful before decay sets In.
Such apparent wastefulness is made
necessary most frequently by attacks
Of the Black Hills beetles upon the
western yellow Or Rock Mountain
pine. The destruction of beetle-infest-
ed trees is in reality no more waste
full than would be the destructive ac-
ton necessary to stamp out an infec-
tious disease among cattle, horses or
sheep. Trees which have been at
tackled by the Black Hills pine beetle
are harboring the dangerous pest for
almost a year after the attack Is
made. After that period. the beetles
having left them, they are no more a
menace than are the bleached bones
of a steer scattered upon the prairie.
The Black Hills beetle has long
since passed beyond the confines Of
the region which gives it a name. Last
w~intsr~the insect was discovered in
menacing numbers upon the San Lsa.
6ei n6tl6haI Forest IN southern Colo
RADIO, AS the result OF 1908 depreda-
,-tsoNsy"nearly 900 yellow pine trees,
practically in a solid body. were
dying.
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during the present summer through
the cattle eating oak leaves.
In that section of the country the
season has been unusually dry and
grass extremely scarce. To exc out
the scanty forage supply the cattle
have browsed heavily On the scrub
oak which covers large portions of
the range. Ordinarily the stock does
not browse OF the oak and the little
they do get, taken with the other
food, is not injurious, but when, as
in the present season, the oak browse
furnishes a large proportion of the
daily food of the cattle the results are
serious.
The oak leaves and sprouts contain
a large percentage of tannic acid. The
action of this acid on the stomach is
extremely injurious and the losses
have been unusually severe. The
symptoms of the disease are staring
eyes, feverish and blistered lips and
nose, the animal ceases to Craze or
seek for food, and the hair is all
turned the wrong way, as in case of
loco poisoning. The animal does not
chew its cud and in a comparatively
short time 1t becomes too weak to re-
main on its feet and death rapidly
follows.
So far as Is known the only avail
able remedy for this trouble Is lin
seed oil given as a drench in amounts
from one to two quarts. The oil ap-
pears to overcome the injurious eff.
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Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Dec. 11.-Cattle-Market
weak; beeves. $4.00G8.75; western
steers. $4.25@7.00; stockers and feed
ers, $3.10Q5.26; cows and heifers
C.fH5.665 calves. S7.00W9.5O.
Hogs-GsEket sfEang tR f.
light, $s.00@8.50; mixed. S8.10Z8. so
heavy, $s.2008.65; rough. $8.20G8.35;
good to Choice. heavy. $S.s5@S.65;
pigs. $6.s0@7.s5.
Sheep-Market, strong; native, $3.50
$3.50; western. $3.75@6.S0; yearlings,
$6.25G7.65; lambs. native, $6.7608.50;
western, S5.7598.5O.
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Found Guilty of SwindIjnu,

Denver, Dec. 1.-THE jury In the
case of Ernest l.. Powers, accused Of
swindling j. c. Bowman by means Of
an alleged fake race at Council Bluffs,
Iowa. returned a verdict OF guilty.
Powers. who is a Denver university
graduate, is alleged TO be a member
Of the Maybray group of swindlers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16
MARKET REPORT.
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, Dec. 11.-Wheat, Dec.
s1.03$; May. $1.09%; No. 1 northern
s1.07A; No. 2 northern. $1.08A dur
UNI, No. /, S9c. Corn-No. 8. 57%c
Oats-No. 3 white, $3.50. Rye-No
2, 70Ac. Barley-62c. Flax-No. /
$1.79k.
Duluth, Dec. 11.-No. l northern
$1.0S; Dec, $1.08%; May, $1.09H.
South st. Paul. Dec. 11.-Cattle-
Steers, $5.00Q6.75; cows, fair, S3.2s
@4.25; calves, S3.50Q5.50. Hogs
ss.05@8.10;sheep, yearlings, $3.50
SIS; lambs, $5.0096.60.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16
Posse Gets Burglars

Milbank-Burglars broke into the
store of A. A. Anderson at Labolt,
last night. An alarm was given and a
rosse Of men r~rsued the fleeing bur,
glars west to Troy, fifteen miles. The
place where they tok refuge was sur
rounded by the posse and then they
telephoned to Sheriff Cross OF this
city, who went to Troy during the
night. Notwithstanding the bitter cold
weather. The men stayed on guard
until the sheriff arrived. A full kit
OF burglars tools was found in their
possession when they were arrested.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16
ACCOUNTING ITCHING.
Eczema for a Year-Got No Relief
Even at Skin Hospital-In Despair
Until Cuticura Cured Him.

81 was troubled with a severe itch
ing and dry, scrufy skin on my ankles,
feet, arms and scalp. Scratching made
1t worse. Thousands Of small red pim-
pies formed and these caused intense
itching. l was advised to go to the
hospital for diseases of the skin. I did
so, the chief surgeon saying: II never
saw such a bad case Of eczema" But I
got little or no relief. Then / tried many
so-called remedies, but 1 became so
bad that ! almost gave up in despair.
After suffering agonies for twelve
months, l was relieved of the almost
unbearable itching after two or three
applications of Cuticura Ointment. I
continued its use, combined with Cuti-
cura Soap and Pills, and I was COM
pletely cured. Henry Searle, Little
Rock, Ark. Oct. s and 10, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16

Mitchell-The central and southern
part of South Dakota is proving to be
quite a hunting ground on the hog
question, since buyers from Tacoma
and Seattle Nasf- have ,za+ered the
field. Representatives Of packing
tablished headquarters for buying
hogs in three directions. with buyers
located in many parts. As fast as the
hogs are bought they are shipped here
and held until about twelve cars are
massed. They are then shipped direct
to either Seattle or Tacoma. In the
two weps over seventy carloads have
bean shinned
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16

Pierre-The past week the members
Of the Baptist church Of this city cell
ebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary
Of the organization here. The organi-
cation was formed in 1884, and for
several years, what services were held
were at the homes Of the different
members, and later In rented build
ings. In 1899, they built a large tar
paper shell which they used as a
church for several years, and in 1894,
they began the construction OF their
present church building which has
been enlarged and improved, since
that time, and with the addition this
year OF a neat residence for their pas
cor, they now have as good a church
property as any Of the religious asso-
Citations In the city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16

ShiNuC OApSl lulSutS HOW Ue-
Ing conducted by the United States
forest service at the experiment sta
ton within the Wallowa national for
est, in northeastern Oregon demon
strate that the grazing of sheep un-
del proper restrictions is an impor-
tant factor in the work of ~reseeding
overgrazed ranges.
The problem being studied is that
of restoring to depleted ranges their
original covering of mountain bunch
grass, the scientific name of which is
Festuca viridula. This grass Is one
OF the most important Of the summer
forage plants in the higher ranges of
the northwest and its rapid disap-
pearance from the ranges by reason
of overstocking could only be regard
ed as a direct economic loss to the
stockmen. Special attention has
therefore been given to the restora-
ton of the grass by the plant ecolo-
gist of the forest service and his lat
est report shows that a thorough re-
seeding has been secured upon the
areas to which a protective grazing
system has been applied.
In the initial stages three different
methods of reseeding were used. Upon
n area the seed was allowed to
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16
FREEZING Weather In Florida.

Pensacola. Fla, Dec. 1.-THE cold
est weather of the season was expert.
enced here, the temperature early In
the day registering 80 degrees above
zero. Ice was formed in all open
places. Considerable damage to gar.
den and fruit crops is feared.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16

waubay-J. NJ. Long, an elevator
manager was found dead along the
railroad track. having been struck and
killed by a Milwaukee train. He fs
believed to have been struck by one
train and badly. Injured after which
he attempted To crawl up town for as
istancs but -ucc22skss 70 Aisvdksssts
and the cold. After his death, 1t ID
thought another train hit him. The
body was not discovered until the next
day, though the accident Is thought
to have taken place at night. Long
was prominent In the business affairs
Of the town. He leaves a "tdow and
several children.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16

Financial.
Stella-Isn't Mabel going to marry
the duke?
Bella-No, he rejected the budget.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16

Only people who agree with you
listen to reason.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16

II have suffered with piles for thirty
six years. One year ago last April I be-
gan taking Cascarets for constipation. In
the course of a week i noticed the piles
began to disappear and at the end Of six
weeks they did not trouble me at all.
Cascarets have done wonders for me. I
am entirely cured and feel like a new
man" George Kryder. Napoleon, o.
Pleasant. Palatable, Potent. Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or Gripe.
l0c, 2Sc, Soc. Never sold in bulk. The gem
uine tablet stamped &C Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. $50
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-16

TOCKMEN throughout the
west will be gratified to learn
that Uncle Sam is studying
means for using sheep to re-
generate o~vergrazed ranges.
Uniuue exDeriments now ha-