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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-03

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all right. though maybe after
you hear the story you'll say it's
another case Of Betty and Me-
killing the bear and I will say
that the credit belongs mostly to Ned.
You know father owned the Fayelle
ranch Just above the Laguna, for years.
I believe there was a lawsuit over II
once. and father. being a lawyer, got
the ranch. Howseever that was, he
owned it and for a long time had it
rented to an Italian named Bianci.
Well. In the freshet of 0e. you re-
member. the laguna overhowed The
country thereabout for quite stretch
One of Biancfs cows got carried away
By the current, Bianci went after her
and both were drowned
After that another Italian named
Marcelii wanted TO buy the ranch, but
wouldn't offer anything like 1t was
worth. So father rented IL to man
named Davis. This was the fail after
Bianci was drowned.
The next spring, Ned and l happened
to be in fathers office ore day when
Davis came in. He was a wishy-
washy little chap with light colored,
scared looking eyes and his clothes
hung on. him like meal sacks on a
milepost.
Ned and I had just been trying to
hit father up for some chink.
-Ncl A-du SPlcu O4l a eau tdIutld--1 gu
remember how daffy ne is on pho
tography-and my old bike had gone
silly, so / was putting up a good case
for a new one Father hadn't seen fit
to cash our claims when Davis ap-
peared. so we hung about and over
heard their talk.
Hope you are going to let me out
easy on that lease, Mr. Harvey" says
Davis Il can't stay on that accursed
place any longer"
Father inquired as to the trouble.
It's 3ianci," says Davis. shaking so
his pants legs tapped every which way.
''Mareelli says Bianci swore no Amer
ican should live on Fayelle ranch and
he is driving me off"
-Pish, manr says father. "Bianci is
dead"
"Bianci is dead. all right, all right
agrees Davis. didn't / help fish him
out of the laguna. It's Bianci dead
that troubles me, Mr.. Harvey. Why,
cir" he says. getting all excited. and
his teeth sounding like castanets. .he
comes right up out of the laguna all
dripping. night after night; I've seen
him twice Marcelli has seen him 1
don't know how often"
1 expected TO hear father snicker
right out. but he sat UP and took no.
tfce as though it was an important
case and he was scraping up every
point, asking all sorts of questions
Finally he seemed to have exhausted
the subject and sat back twiddling his
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-03
THE EMPIRE OF INDIA

T this great distance India is little
"a more than name 10 US. It con-
lures up visions Of elephants, pre-
.elons stones. rich woven stuns and
.olRer articles OF oriental splendor. but
we have no definite conception of either
The country or the people.
British India, or that wholly under
British rule, comprises about 100000
square m!les, with a population Of
22o,oooooo. The native states cover
100000 square miles, with popule-
1ion Of 65.o0e0o0. making the total
area Of India 10 be GEO. 900 square
IA llesi aRd a total population. accord
.ing 80 -he recent census. OF 2s5,000. GOO.
u The -Anglo-Indian government, under
tl1e supreme authority Of the British
crown. eEercises as a central power a
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-03

Easter card: (Required parquetry
circles used in kindergarten, paste.
gray card. scissors.)
The child may make an Easter card
by pastlng upon neutral tinted card
pictures of tulips made of the kinder
garten parquetry papers. Cut in half
either red or yellow circles. Place so
that the lower ends touch and the up
per ones are a little apart, suggesting a
tulip. strip of green paper will
represent the stem and an older child
can cut leaves of the green paper and
paste on. Have real tulip from
which to copy.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-03
Rainfall at the Panama Canal

The January rainfall at the Panama
canal was the heaviest on record for
that month since American occupation
The total excavation for the month was
2.s24.551 cubic yards. which is 391 .31S
yards less than the December output.
There was a temporary disturbance OF
the work on the central division. due TO
a heavy freshet OF the Chagres river
when a maximum height OF SIS feet
above sea level was reached No SER
ious damage was done to the work
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-03

cut the quill into shape of a bill and
Sc winto place. Let wooden tooth
picks form the legs, or. better still,
take picture wire made of several
strands. Wind some of this around the
body, letting the ends of the wire eX-
tend about an inch and a half below the
body; sew to the body to keep in place.
Then pick out the ends of the wire a
little to suggest toes and wind the
legs with worsted. Sew chicken to a
card.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-03

circles until it is completely filled. SO
that the needle can not be pushed
through Hold in the left hand. and
with sharp pointed scissors cut the
worsted at the edge of the circles.
spread the circles a little apart. and
tie a strong thread firmly around the
worsted between the two cardboard
circles Then tear the cardboard cir
cles away and a pretty ball remains.
A smaller ball makes the head. Sew
on the beads for the bright black eyes;
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-03
Why Jeanne Ate the Second

Little Jeanne was at lunch There
were two cakes on the plate. she had
already disposed OF one and was max;
ing ready to finish the second when
her little brother stopped her. saying..
you know, there Is one for me-"
Jeanne hesitated a moment. then ex-
claimed. How sorry I am; I began
with yours"
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-03

tective work.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-03
By Lillian Cone

v = EP, Ned and I laid the critter,
all right. though maybe after
you hear the story you'll say it's
another case Of Betty and Me"
lrlllfra the hear and will say
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-03
The Juniors al the White House

HE new children in the White
House are as interesting group
as any who have preceded them,
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-03

= AEDEN. lhequired, shell earth,
bird seedD
Z Cut an egg shell IN half hori-
zontally with a sharp pair ef
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-03

Easter chicken: (Rcquired. yellow
,-orsfed black beads. quill toothpicks,
cardboard. wooden toothpicks. or pic
ture sstre)
Make the ball by cutting from card
board Two circles. about inches IN
dtsynster. Inside the large circles
6r4W smaller ones about half an inch
sn diameter Cut the smaller circles
entirely out. thus leaving a hole IN
the middle Of each large circle. Keep
these two large circles together Now.
with needle. wind worsted round and
round through the opening in the two
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
six INDICTED AT SIOUX FALLS.

CoIored Men and Indians Charged
With Selling Liquor illegally.
The United States grand jury at
Sioux Falls has returned soTefTs Cd
ditional indictments. and is at work
On other Eases The latest indict-
ments returned by the grand jury are
as follows:
Will Jackson of Mitchell, a colored
man. on the charge of carrying on the
business of a retail liquor dealer
without having first paid the special
government tar.
Henry Stella, on the same charge
as Jackson.
Prilip Swift Bear, an Indian, on the
charge of having introduced liquor
inta the Rosebud reservation.
Blue Eyes and Catch the Enemy,
Indians. on the charge of introducing
liquor into the Rosebud reservation.
S~muel Rainbow, also an Indian.
On The same charge.
w. G. Porter. assistant United
States attorney. moved tn earraign-
ment of VIII Jackson, who entered a
plea of not guilty.
Henry Stella and Philip Swift Bear
were a~rraigned, and both entered
pleas Of guilty.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
REFUSE LIQUOR LICENSE.
TWO Applications TO Sell Booze at
Enemy Swim Lake Turned Down.

TWO Applications TO Sell Booze at
Enemy Swim Lake Turned Down.
The board Of county commissioners
has turned down" two applications
for license to sell intoxicating liquor
on the lake from which the hamlet
Of Enemy Swim Lake received its
name. One of the applicants wished
to conduct a saloon at the east end
of the lake, while the other wished
to carry on a liquor business at the
west end. The principal reason why
the county commissioners refused to
grant the applications Is because the
lake is In close proximity to the Sis
seton and Wahpeton Indian reservar
ton. Owing to the sale OF liquor at
points or the lake in the past one In
dian murder and another assault by
an Indian, In which he crushed a
white mans face with a neckyoke,
resulted, and the county was put to
an expense of abort $4,000 in prose-
cutting the cases and seeing that JUS
tice was melted out to the guilty par
ties. While liquor was sold on the
lake it was a gathering place for In
dians Of the worst character from the
reservation, and drunken carousals
were so frequent that the law-abiding
people of the county have strongly
protested against the further sale of
liquor on the lake.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
Topics of Interest,"
TO OPEN LANDS SAME TIME.
staading Rock and Cheyenne Reserva-
tioas VIII BE Entered In Fall.

Standing Rock and Cheyenne Reserva-
tons Will BE Entered in Fall.
That both the Standing Rock and
he Cheyenne Indian reservations In
south Dakota, which are to be opened
or settlement, will be opened at the
same time, and that the registration
or both will take place this fall, is
he opinion of all the members of the
South Dakota delegation In congress,
according TO tsiegrams received by
hon. George w. Case Of WATERFOWL,
president of the Business Mems union.
United States Senator Robert j.
Gamble wires Mr.. Case as follows:
L am in close touch with the depart
nent, and have urged and am urging
he utmost expedition. / am satisfied
hat the registration will be had this
all on both reservations, and the
ilings made In the spring of 1919.
rhe allotment work is complete on
he Standing Rock reservation, and
he appraisement is now being made.
The allotments will soon be completed
IN the Cheyenne, and as soon as this
s finished the appraisers will be APP
pointed"
Congressman Eben w. Martin tele-
graphs. There is every probability
hat the drawings for both
ions will be had the coming fall"
Representative Charles H. Burke
wires: Il am confident that both res
ervations will be opened this fall and
1t the same time"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
TO MERGE WITH NORMAL.
Springfield City Schools to Become
Part of Normal School.

Springfield City Schools to Become
Part of Normal School.
The Springfield board of education
has made the following proposition
to the state board OF regents, and the
regents have accepted the offer,
whereby the city schools shall be-
come the training department of the
state normal located at Springfield.
The head of the training department
at the normal becomes the principle
of the city schools, the other teach
ers are nominated by the normal au-
thorities and receive a small compen-
sation from the state, but the city
bears the great bulk of the expense
which will mean a considerable saw
ing OF state funds. This will also be
OF great advantage to the graduating
classes because Of getting their
training under the dollhouse condi-
tons of a model school they win
meet real conditions, such as they
will have to face after graduation.
This method is in successful opera
ton at the Indian state normal at the
teachers college OF the University OF
C~insinnati, at the Montana state nor
nal at Dillon and in variou sother
places. and has been uniformally sue
cessful. These changes will take
place at the beginning of the next
school year. The people OF the COM
munity are very generally wen
pleased with this arrangement.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
ENLARGED COURT TO MEET.
First Case Before Supreme Tribuna
on April II VIII Be Telephone Sui
Against Huron.

First Case Before Supreme Tribunal
on April II VIII Be Telephone Suit
Against Huron.
Judges E. c. Smith and j. H.. Nc
Coy will be in Pierre April 20 to take
up their duties on the supreme bench.
and the FIVE judges will sit for the
first time on the following day in tie
case in which the Dakota Central
Telephone company seeks to prevent
the city of Huron from interfering
with their making extensions of their
lines in that city.
Judge Smith was a college chum of
Judge Haney, both coming to South
Dakota from Iowa. Both were elect
ed to the circuit bench through APP
pointment from Gov. sheldon. Judge
Smith has remained on the circuit
bench all this time, and now joins
his old classmate on the supreme
bench through appointment by Gov.
Wesley.
One peculiar feature in regard to
the hearing before the court in it's
first session with five members will
be that the first argument presented
to them will be by T. H. Null of HUI
ron, and the further fact that when
the supreme court of the state was
organized in January, 1890, the first
argument presented to them was by
T. H. Null Of Huron.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
BARK BEETLE Is GONE.

rhe Forestry Department Has Issued
Orders to Cease Distribution Of
Cartridges.
AS another evidence that the bark
beetle which proved so destructive in
the Black Hills National forest, has
left the Black Hills section, the for
estry department has just issued or
iers to cease the distribution of free
cartridges for squirrel shooting on
the reserve. When the fight against
the bark beetle was at its heighth
the service conceived the idea that
IL the squirrels are killed off 1t would
aid in the fight. According to Pin
chot, the squirrels eat the eggs Of
w~oodpeckers, and these birds had
proved the worst enemy of the bark
beetle. But, as a matter of fact, this
theory did not work out as expected,
for, while the squirrels decreased,
the woodpeckers did o show any
material increase In numbers. Last
year but five trees In this whole for
est were struck" by the bark beetle.
and the service has announced that
the fight against the insect is over.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30

The Homestake Mining Company VIII
Make interesting Experiments This

-
Make Interesting Experiments This
Summer.
In view Of the fact that the timber
supply is year by year becoming
more limited, the famous Homestake
Mining company is during the COM
ing summer to make interesting ex-
eriments. If the exeriments result as
expected timber will be abandoned for
tunnel sets in the mine and concrete
osts, reinforced with old iron and ca
bles, will be substituted.
1t is planned to utilize the concrete
supports throughout the mine work
ings where unusually large timbers are
not required. 1t is believed the result
will be more than a financial saving
.%.Il insure the permanency of sup
ply of material for this work which
now is being menaced by the scarcity
of desirable timber. There has been
a complaint of late as to tho nlality
of the timber which the forest re-
serve service has permitted to be cut
for mining purposes. Much of 1t is
bug-infested and not desirable. hence
the interest of the mine officials in
the experiments which are about to
be made for providing a substitute.
The plant for carrying on the ex-
periments will be located on ground
belonging to the company, where a
large yard will be provided for dry
ing the posts after they are taken
from the moulds. The tunnel sets
will consist of a cap and two posts,
each about 10x10 INCHES and nine feet
long. The posts, as before stated,
will be strengthened by old iron and
cables.
The proportions of the concrete
mixture will be one part cement, two
parts sand and four parts porphry.
The last named ingredient Is present
In the mine workings In unlimited
quantities, and there always is a
plentiful supply Of the metal intend
ed to be used in the reinforcement
of the posts.
An employe of the mining company
named Henry Toenges, who is of an
inventive turn of mind, already has
devised a small hoist, which can be
mounted on a fiat car, and which will
set the posts in the interior of the
mine without requiring much manual
labor.
During the experiments cost figures
will he carefully kept to determine
the comparative cost of the posts and
timbers. All mining companies in re-
gions where timber Is becoming
scarce will be benefited by the result
of the experiments.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
NEW COUNTY IN LEGAL KNOT,
South Dakota Petitioners Now Reside
on indian Reservation.

South Dakota Petitioners Now Reside
on indian Reservation.
A petition has been presented to
Gov. vessey asking for the organiza-
ton OF the new county OF Corson,
which the last legislature created in
rne ut,fs=S narf nf the state west
of the Missouri. While the petition
contains the required number o. sig
natures it win be submitted to the
state legal department before any ac-
tion is taken to settle the question of
the rights of a legal county organiza-
ton on an Indian reservation. While
a portion of the new county is expect
ed to be opened to settlement the last
OF the present year, rs 1t now stands,
1t is all reservation, and will be such
for some time to come: The question
of legality of such an organization
will have to be settled before action
is taken on the petition.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
ITALIAN SLAIN
BY BLACK HAND
Murdered by Four Countrymen
in Broad Daylight on st.
Paul Street.
IS RESULT OF AN Old ftUD

st. Paul. April 27.-Althouah fore
warned and forearmed, yincenze Mey-
ma, an Italian, was assassinated by
four OF his fellow countrymen In
broad DAYLIGHT yesterday afternoon at
the crowded corner or seventh S
Neil streets.
Gestinat Meyna, a brother OF the
murdered man, escaped death by 2
hairsbreadth. the bullet fred at him
striking a money belt at his waist,
following 1t around his abdomen.
The murders escaped to the nearby
railroad tracks and eluded the police.
Motive Not known.
The cause of the tragedy is not
known. but the police hold to the
Black Hand theory, although some
believe that the killing was the sequel
to an old feud.
Mayna died in the police ambulance
while being taken to the city hospital
and the body was then removed to the
morgue, where Coroner A. w. Miller
will hold an autopsy and inquest to-
day.
The murderer and his three accom-
plices are known to the surviving
brother, and the police are confident
that they will be captured before long.
Warned Of Danger.
vincenze Meyna and his brother. II
is said. formerly worked in st. Paul
under direction OF the st. Paul pa
drone, Paul Carbon. Last winter the
brothers went to Winnipeg. and they
had just returned to this city yester.
day morning.
Al third brother lives at Winnipeg,
and when vincenze and Gestinat were
leaving the Canadian town he warned
his departing brothers that they would
have trouble In st. Paul. He said that
they would be killed because OF trou.
BILE that originated In this city be-
tween the three brothers and mem
bers of the italian colony here.
The brothers arrived in this city
this morning, and after dinner started
east on Seventh street. When they
reached the corner of Neil street.
four italians emerged from a building
and before the intended victims had
time to realize what was happening
the four men fired a fusillade OF bull
let's at them.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
TEST CASE AT DEADWooD.
Is of Interest to Every County II
South Dakota.


A test case of interest to every
county in South Dakota is to be made
In Deadwood to determine whether
county commissioners may use money
from the general fund for the con
%struction and improvement of roads.
A we'll defined movement has been
started to give Lawrence county bet
ter roads, but the attempt is ham
pered by the fact that so little
money is ~obtainable from the special
road fund. The good roads commit
tee, through N. T. Mason, suggested
that the commissioners draw on the
general fund.
States Attorney John t. Hebron,
on request, filed an opinion that 1t
would be unlawful to use the general
fund for road work. The road fund
amounts to only $4,000 a year, and
is overdrawn to the amount of $45,-
900. The statute permits the com
missioners to levy on the ratio of ST.
900 to each $500, 900 of assessed valu-
alton for Dad purposes, and that adj
ditional sums may be expended for
building bridges or roads, if ratified
by a vote of the people. 1t is further
specified that the towns through
which any county road passes shall
keep 1t in repair.
Attorney Hebron called attention
to the fact that the road levy is made
only on property outside of the
towns, and that II the general fund
is used those in the towns would not
only be taking care of their own
roads but be required to share in the
cost of the roads in the country. 1t
is further contended by Mr.. Hebron
that the law would not have required
a vote on additional appropriations II
it was net intended to limit the levy
to 2 mills on the dollar and keep the
road expenditures within the amount
raised by such levy.
Mr.. Mason, on the other hand, con.
tends that the $1,000 for each $780,
900 of assessed property which the
board may appropriate for road work
is in addition to the regular road
levy. Consequently a test case will
be brought before Judge Rice of the
circuit court by Mr.. Mason.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
LAWYER IS INDICTED AGAIN.

Fraud and Embezzlement Laid to
Great Mcrthern,s Attorney.
Spokane, Wash, April ~. ~ Three
more true bills against Judge M. J..
Gordon has been returned by the
grand jury, making six In all. The
six indictments charge him with ut
tering worthless checks for $4,000 and
with with five cases of embezzlement
from the Great Northern railway
while acting as it's counsel.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
MYSTERY IN HINES DEATH.
May Have Been Slain by Robbers, o
NirSipa rf = E-ll

May Have Been Slain by Robbers, or
Victim of a Fall.
Was John Hinze done to death by
unknown persons who were trying to
rob the mining property he was guard
ing, or did he accidentally fall and
receive a mortal injury?
Hinze. who was receiver of the
property of the Globe Gold Mining
company. died at st. Joseph's hospital
at Lead as the result of concussion of
the brain. after lying unconscious sew
eral days. Although a careful search
was made no trace o fthe supposed
assailants Of the old mar was found,
and no definite clue obtained. Hinze
was unmarried, and had no known
relatives.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
BAGGAGE sMAsHER is SHOT.

Throws Grip Containing Revolver
Onto Station Platform at EdInburu.
Grand Forks, N. D., April 27.-Dan
Bull, an employe of the Northern Da-
kota Railway company. was wounded
when he threw q grip in which was a
loaded revolver on tn. platform at
Edinburg. The bullet lodged below
his knee. He continued the journey
to Grand Forks. where the bullet was
located by an Array.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30
sss DIVORCES IN A YEAR.

The report of the vital statistical
department for 1908 indicates that
the divorce colonists" lost no time
in pushing their cases when it be-
came apparent that the old divorce
m~ade-easy law was about to be
Knocked out. The total number of
divorces for the year was Cos, an In
crease Of 113 owe the previous year.
OF Ills. number but 239 were granted
to bona lde residents 81 the state,
the rest being granted 10 the colo