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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
II SPACE TO BUY AND SELL.
, the Buyer Works and How the
Product L. Disposed OF.

= the Buyer w OFkS ana AAoN t"S
Product Il Disposed or.
concern dealing in wall sign adj
Using will buy any space that can
hade available for that purpose pro-
ID that it can be made to yield a
It, theA New York Star says. The
f. buyer for such a has to
man Of intelligence and adapta-
y, for he may cover the city and
{rtain area of the surrounding ter
", meeting all sorts of people, city
and farmers.
line won't sell their space at any
h. some want too much, and then
are some who will sell for some
of signs but not for others. The
must know how to get along
everybody with whom he does
hess.
:identally the wall-space buyer
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
Where 1t RcsembIed.

There are some points about your
writings that resemble Milton" said
the editor.
DO you think SOP" cried the de-
lighted author.
Yes" the editor continued, you
employ almost the same punctuation
marks"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
= Insf IrD5.imlnI.

young man" said the severe par
ent, when | was your age, | was de-
termined to work. | started in as a
clerk and salesman at a cOmpensa-
ton of SD a week"
WELL" answered tho needless
youth, business methods have
changed. | doubt if YOU could com
mand that now.'-WashingtOn Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

Did you tell that photographer you
didn't want your picture taken?'
Yes" answered the eminent but
unCOmclA parsonage.
Did he take ~Offense?"
NO. He said he didn't blame me.
Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
Have iuu Noticed:

Bink-Well, it is one consolation to
have your friends at the summer re-
sorts send you souvenir postal cards.
Wink-No consolation about it.
They only send them to make you
feel bad because you are not there.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

Mrs. Hovard-The walls of your
apartment are very thin, aren't they?
Mrs. Coward-O, very! We could
actually hear our neighbors having
celery for dinner last n~ight.-Judge's
Library.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
a Good Opportunity.

"Your pas coming down on Satur'
day. 1 wonder If that would be a good
time to speak to him."
Yes. When ma tells him what
she's spent down here he'll be glad to
get rid Of the lot OF us!''-Comic CutA
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
Why Thex,re Di.appointed,

Some men sit with folded hands
waiting for their ships to come in,"
remarked the Observer of Events and
Things, who never made q single
move toward even raising a SAIL
Workers Statesman.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
HI Fatal loot.

First Farmer %(pointing to the far
ing horn of an MISUNDERSTANDING
thet thing for?
Second Farmer-Thet's tn thing
they blow jes' before they run y'down!i
Town and Country.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
Looking Forward.

Mrs. Gossip hear the widower
you have been keeping house for has
married again, Jane.
Jane-Yes, ma'am.
Mrs. Gossip-And how do you like
your new mistress?
Jane-Oh, | guess she'll be all right
when | finish breaking her in.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

Poet-Have you ever, Miss Plainly,
felt an intense y%earning for the lat
tainable?
Miss Plainly-Yes, indeed. I've long
ed to have the end seat on an open
car many a time.-Boston Transcript.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

You say you enjoy having boob
agents come ~around?"
Yep" answered Farmer Corntossel,
But you are not fond Of reading.
NO. But | have made several
book agents pay 10 cents a glass for
condensed milk an | purity near sold
one of en- a hoss."-Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
Friendly Y crdict.

Say" q~ueried the indignant artist
after he had gone over the entire art
exhibition. "why didn't the committee
hang my canvass"
Il believe" replied the nan in
charge. they decided that hanging
was too good for it"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
A Candid Retrospect.

"Why are you in this prison, my
friend?" asked the pilanthropist.
1t was the result of my own folly
In what way were 0 foollsh?'
Il didn't employ the right kind OF
a lawyer for my caSe.'-Washington
Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

Mlfkins-I understand your daugh-
ter is learning to play the piano.
BifkinS-Then your understanding
must be better than mine 1t SOUNDS
more like work than play.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
At II Casino.

She says she's rather waltz tina
eat"
We'll she'll find plenty Of men who
would rather sign a dance program
than a dinner check."-Kansas City
Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

Percy-Why. Kitty, how fast you
walk, / have been twying to over
take you foh twee blocks.
Kitty wasn't hurrying especial
ly. Percy. | didn't know you were
coming.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

mo doubt the woman's rights meet
ing interested you"
Not in the least; there wasn't a
single up-to-date gown there!"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

Hostess-Did you enjoy your Afri-
can trip, major? How did You Ike the
saVages?
Major-Oh, they were extremely
kind hearted. They wanted 10 keep
me there for dinner.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
4 Learned Lesson.

Teacher-James, what is grammar,
James (alias MISUNDERSTANDING Is
the science which learns Us how to
speak correct.-Life.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

DO you remember the first dollar
you ever earned, SAM
Deed | does, boss: my wife guy 1t
Z me."-Yonkers Statesman.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
Our Casualty.

Was everybody rescued from the
burning building?"
Everybody but the night watch
man. We couldn't wake him up
Cleveland Leader.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
Philosophy.

What! You don't expect to go tC
Heaven when o die?'
Nope, folks say the unexpected al
ways happens
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
An Explanation.

He-People like the old jokes best
She-I suppose that Is why the HUI.
morists are always at q womau's aga
Baltimore American.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

If a man never told a lie it's be-
cause no young mother ever asked him
what he thought of her baby.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
Dropping Bolts.

Every notable invention alters Jul
language"
That's right. Bolts from the blue
may get to be very common when air
ships come in.'-Kansas City Jour
nal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
J Journal.

Agent-Listen to me, young man.
Own your own home. Re your own
boss,
Y. M.-lmpossible, sir! I'm mar
.iAlL
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
Double Order, If Trusted.

D. Broke, '12-Send a dozen roses tt
this address.
Salesman-Yes, sir.
D. B.-Will you trust me?
Salesman-Certainly
D. B.-Then make it two Dozen
Lampoon-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
The Luck He Had.

He-So poor old Monty has been
run over by a motor car. How did 1t
happen?
She-The poor chap was STOPPING to
pick up a horseshoe for luck.-Town
and Country.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
A Green One.

do you look for news of Towards
hunting trip in the sporting column
mo, in the obituaries. Life.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

so Uncle Jasper has gone to raisin'
chickens!"
Il didn' say he were raisin' EN-" re-
piled Mr.. Erastus Pinkly. Il said he
were liftin' 'em.'-Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
4 "ifeIy Hint.
Going fish ing, hubby?'

Going fishing, hubby?'
Yes; | hope to bring home some
nice fish tonight
well. don't buy fish If you fail to
catch anN.'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

Wifey-But, Jack, you surely don't
consider yourself a financier?
Hubby-Certainly | do. How do you
suppos I've kept from paying your
milliner's bills so long if I'm not a
~fnaDcier
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

Howell-A girl insultcd me to-day
by asking me what | paid for my
clothes.
POWELL shouldn't call it insulting,
| should call it flattering, if Il used
the word "pay."-Tit-Bits.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
marryln' in Four Corners Just now,

"a "a - J"Ss N'
dad. Don't waste him."
This yer alleged marryin' man
said Tollevents, carefully resting the
gun against the veranda, comes down
this yer road 'sif it belonged to him.
1t blOng5 to me; and I'm goin' to
drive the truth into him"
Not with buCkshot," implored Sc
lima. turning a little pale.
TOllevents rested his gun in a fork
Of the lilaCS which grew greenly
around the vcranda, brought u his
Bible, turned to his favorite chapter
wherein many Amalekites wero
slaughtered, and read it with gusto.
Docs D to me- he unused, keep
ing one eye on the road-'Does seem
to me 'sif thar's more real wholesome
ness in gittin' a man under the fifth
rib stead of film him UP with buck
shot; but we can't be choosers Of
what is set afore us. We must do the
work in the way as ONE ~handiest
| reckon young Hopper Ill be along
in an hour. If he amt, III so and
fetch him"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
Another Definition.

Little Willie-Say, pa, what is a
genius?
PA genius, my son, is a person
whom nature JETS in one the ground
foor, but whom circumstances force
to live in ar attic.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

means. Me bein' a shy sort of man,
| git lost in the crowd. lit makes
my head SWIM" he added, feebly.
Then if you tumble in the river
you won't drown. But did l orter be
gettin' on?"
"What's your hurry?" implored Mr..
Hopper, hen blushed crimson.
There was a twitch of Selina's pref,
ty lips as she looked down the road.
"Nothin'! Nothin'! Only, you don't
know what you're lettin' yourself in
for if you so down that road tonight
"NOthin' can be worse'n goin' on
like this" declared the pessimistic Mr..
Hopper. "Old man on the warpath?
Thinks he owns this road, don't hep
Selma nodded. He's got his best
clothes On, the old guns filled up to
the brim with-buckshot!"
I'D like to fill him up to the brim
with whisky, hen turf him loose in
lmeetin'," said Mr.. Hopper, vildictive-
ly. whats he want to take a hand
in his yer game for?"
He thinks it's time some of us got
settled. If you go down there you'll
find out what he means. Better go
home"
See here Mr.. Hopper looked into
the charming face until she blushed
most becomingly. See here. I'm the
man who's dom the marryin', amt
II"
"Ye-es."
Then blamed If l don't go and tell
him So"
But you've no gun" declared Sc
lima in terror. He'll make you mar
ry Sars'prilla cause she's the Oldest"
IT." said Mr.. Hopper, with a dark
meaning-"If l git out Of this alive
I'm going to marry the gal l darn
please, Tiff she'll have me-"
Selma held him back a moment,
her radiant eyes flashing into his.
Something he saw there filled Mr..
Hopper with sudden courage. Blush
ing fiercely the while. he took her in
his arms. kissed her ~fervently and
marched valiantly down the road,
leaving Selma gazing after him.
And they call him shy!" she
unused. Shy! With a moustache like
that" Her cheeks famed as she
dived into the mysterious recesses Of
the pines, which stood in serried
ranks upon the river shore.
III.
You, Hopper! Stop!" cried Tolle-
vents, as young Mr.. Hopper came rap
idly abreast Of the house.
Mr.. Hopper caught the CLINT Of a
gun barrel. The sun set fair behind
the gloomy hills. Ranged in a row
on the veranda were nine fair girls.
At the end Of the veranda stood Toll
levents, tall, gaunt, thin, clad in his
Sunday best, leaning carelessly on the
shot gun.
"Wishful to speak to sme?" ~jauntily
inquired young Mr.. Hopper. you
amt turned road agent. Deacon?"
The Deacon cleared his throat. cts
a sin and disgrace you amt married.
You're the Oldest young man in Four
Corners, and all the others is waitin'
for you to give 'em . lead. Yet you
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
&ilD; mdn
same Thing.

Did she refuse him.
"Practically; she said she would not
marry him till he arrived at years Of
discretion. "-BrCONlyn Life.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
What do YOU mean?'
Their Real Rights.

I'D rather nave a couple Of dew
lied abs.'-kansas City Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
! l..

Selma. noting that her sisters. obey
ing a hint from Tollevents, were all
Qttired in their Sunday best, laughing
mirthfully. Dad II scare the life out
OF him." she said, gaily. That Hop
per can't say boo to a goose"
She slipped round the back of the
shanty, her lark face framed in a be-
coming sunbonnet, dived down to OF
tawa shore, then up again through
he pines, some quarter of a mile from
her fathers house.
Presently, young Mr.. Hopper, pic
turesque yet shy, also blue-eyed. and
with a fierce moustache, which belied
his youth, sauntered ~irresolutely down
the road. AS he did so, he was aware
of Selma coming towards him, the
one person in the world whom he had
hoped to see. "Snakes!" he murmur-
ed to himself. My hearts pumpin'. I
cant run now"
Selma affected to pass him, then
road?" she asked; and took him with
yelled eyelids.
I've bin down this yer blamed old
road all the winter. and all the spring,
and all the summer" declared Mr..
Hopper, fiercely; IAN thar's min Of
you alters sittin' on he veranda and
you never show up"
"Thinkin' of turnin' Mormon. Mr..
Hopper? Amt inc of us enuff for
you?"
"N-no," declared Mr.. Hopper, ir-
r%esolutely. Not by no name Of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

nition.
xchange rema
that we are l
warning. Do
is hot enough
we v
ed that had \
could get IN
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

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went hom'
lace.
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demanded
laid of homo
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Ter she did.
the Orchar
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/, thus resto
hum Of HUI
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
went no

10 Evils.
hight OF the1
+ in the WASH
successf1
parents to i
Some Of II
and in the|
pair contri|
credit for va
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In y
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Il nan 'in
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01

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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-03-16
OBITUARY.

Emma Jane Ayres was born at Nc
Henry, ILL.,, in 1851, and died at her
home in Cresco, Iowa, March II, 1909.
She came with her parents to Fillmore
County in 1853, where she grew to
womanhood. She was married with
VIM. Benson, Dec. IL, 1871. Seven
children were born to this union: Arthur,
Walter, Dollie, Bernard, Howard,
Olive and Earl, two Of the children,
Arthur and Olive, dying in infancy.
Besides her husband. children and
grandchildren, one sister and two
brothers and host of friends survive
to mourn her loss. She was good
mother, devoting her time to the
welfare of her childrer. She was q
member of the M. E. church.
The funeral services were held in the
M. E. church, Saturday forenoon. Feb.
18th, conducted by Rev. John Gammons.
Interment was in the State Line Gene
terry near Harmony, Minnesota.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-03-16
STEEL CORPORATION
BUYS GREAT ISLAND
isle Royale, In Lake Superior, Is Sold
to American interests
by British.

Houghton, Mich, Mar 9.-The
largest island in fresh water in the
world has reverted to American own
ership through the diplomacy of bust
ness, and without, probably the knowl-
edge of Washington. Isle Royale, in
Lake Superior, in almost its entirety
has just been purchased by American
interests from the English syndicate
which owned 1t for many years. The
deal was concluded in London by F..
w. Nichols of Houghton and Oscar j..
Larson of Duluth, the latter the agent
for the United States Steel Corpora
ton.
In the copper country it is believed
that the steel corporation intends to
cut the timber from the island and
probably to exploit anew its aban-
doned copper workings, these latter be-
ing the Island mines of Siskowit bay
and the Minong mine at McCargos
Cove.
The company making the sale is the
Isle Royale Land Corporation, Limited,
with an Office at "a North John street.
Liverpool. The company was organ
lied June 21. 1890, as the Wendigo
Copper Company, Limited, but the
name was changed to the present title
in July, 1901. The company owned
S3,720,000 acres of the island, virtually
its entire area with the exception of
two small portions operated as sum
mer resorts.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-03-16

ence to the position Of the regulars"
in the house of representatives in their
skirmish with the insurgents"
While President Taft has done some
preparatory work on the message he
will send to the special session of con-
gress Tuesday, that document was not
in shape to be read to his second cab
met meeting to-day. This was the
first meeting of the full Taft cabinet,
as Mr.. Dickinson was made secretary
OF war in time to be in attendance.
President Taft suggested to Speaker
Cannon the ACCESSIBILITY of appointing
committee of Is members to exam
inc the rules of the house and to sug-
gest changes in them as compro-
mise which would be acceptable to the
insurgents" The speaker is said to
be agreeable to the proposition pro-
viding he be allowed to appoint the
committee.
To counterbalance the influence of
President Taft, understood to be in
favor of the Cannon organization of
the house, the name of Theodore
Roosevelt promises to be brought forth
prominently by the insurgents as
among their supporters in the fight
against the rules of the incoming
house. A letter has been received at
the capitol making DR.. Lyman Abbott
authority for the statement that at a
meeting of the editors of the Outlook
Wednesday it was decided to continue
the support of the insurgents. Elk
President Roosevelt attended.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-03-16
PLANT EXPLORERS TRIP.

Frank N. Meyer Finds New Strange
Fruits For the United States.
Persimmons four and half inches
in diameter, seedless and of delicious
favor, transplanted from northern
China to North Carolina; Chinese dates
which can be grown throughout the
dry southwest Of the United States.
where there is an insufficient quantity
of rainfall and many other peculiar
freaks Of nature along agricultural
and horticultural lines We're recently
told of in an address bristling with
picturesque illusions at Chicago by
Frank n Meyer, agricultural explorer
for the United States government.
In the pursuit of his duty as-to give
him his official title-agricultural ex-
plorer Of the Office Of foreign seed and
plant Introduction Mr.. Meyer has for
three years lived in the open in far
countries and many times In the midst
Of great danger The widest parts Of
Manchuria. of Siberia and Of Korea
are known to the intrepid government
explorer. whose duty it is to investi-
gate the fora Of foreign countries with
view to the transplanting Of suitable
fruits and flowers into the United
States. He Travelled mostly ON foot.
OF the peculiar persimmon discover
ed by Mr.. Meyer in northern China,
near Pekin, one village, he declared,
exported $4,000 worth in season.
Yet it was unknown in the United
States. Mr.. Meyer determined that
others should taste the delicious fruit
and sent cuttings of the tree home
with the explanation that he believed
they would grow in North Carolina
soil. And they did Today the gov
eminent has a flourishing experiment
patch" in that state. where pcrsimmons
are being raised minus their seeds.
The ordinary Persian date. known ia
the corner fruit stand. grows on a
great palm tree in hot countries. but q
date was discovered in China by Mr..
Meyer which grows on tree more
resembling plum than palm tree
and which flourishes In cold countries.
This, said the speaker. could be trans
planted to good advantage In Texas,
Oklahoma or neighboring states In the
| great southwest
In Manchuria, he stated, in higher
latitude than that Of Chicago, grows
an upland rice, sown and harvested
like wheat and for the happy growth
Of which only the ordinary rainfall Is
necessary. while the ordinary rice field
\ h., hn IN
clared. before rich crop can be yield
ed. This also, said Mr.. Meyer, could
be transplanted to the southern states
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-03-16
S&sasus<seas8 a1nzR 1lzasnaanhn1 Allnu-D
INAUGURAL
Executives Address
Carry Out Roosevelt
Revision Of the Tariff
Federal Control of
= Lock Type Favored

and, above all, the increase of the
army and navy and coast defense
these things must be continued, and
they cost money.
On the subject of armament the las,
of our presidents says in substance
what was said by the first of our presi-
dents, "ln time of peace prepare for
war" That is, he wants all the
world to know that we favor peace, but
we will not be stepped ON. "We don't
want to fight; but, by jneo, if we do
you know how it runs. Only Taft is
not jineo, not in the least. He only
wants US to use common prudence.
In the very next paragraphs this
significant takes up the Japanese
question. Here his tone seems en-
tirely pacific. He desires to keep out
undesirable immigration, bat to do II
withou. needless friction. He makes a
most important sueeestien-that the
control of immigration, the treatment
Of aliens, all matters, in fact, that re-
late to treaty promises and rights
should be under the exclusive control
of the federal government and should
not be left to states or cities. He says
that these at present "exPose US to
the risk CT war" In the mouth Of g
president that phrase might have ar
ominous sound. What does it mean7
There is need of monetary reform
The law should not add to the embar-
easements of financial panics. The
currency should be expanded anc
made more elastic. Tho monetary com
mission is at work on the subject anc
is studying European systems. 1t i:
plainly intinlated that some OF these
European methods may be used in re
visins our own financial legislation.
There is strong recommendation
for postal savings banks. 1t has beer
promised in the platform and must b,
performed.
Congress is urged to bring about al
increase Of foreign trade, especial,
with South America and the Philip
pines. To this end tine president boldl,