davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-10

To THE HONORABLE COMMON COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF RIVER FALLS
The undersigned respectfully requests that
license be issued TO him for the sale OF strong
spirituous, malt, ardent and intoxicating hq-
uors. at his saloon, situated north a feet OF
lot three (3), block ten Q0), orig inal plat, ana
that he will keep and maintain an orderly ana
well regulated saloon, and give bond with
George Fortune and Angus Dunn as suretles.
Dated, City of River Falls, June 1st 1909
FREDERICK w. MUENCHoW.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-10
Council Proceedings

COUNCIL CHAMBER. CITY OF RIVER FALLS,
June Sd, 1909.
Regular meeting of the Common Council.
Council convened at eight O. clock p. m, May
or Stiles in the chair.
Aldermen present: Bailey, Demulling, Dunn
and Pritchett
Minutes of meetings of May 9th and May goth
read and approved.
Finance Committee reported the following
claims approved:
STREET DEPARTMENT
F. V Williams. sal ST. GonmlSsloner.--S % W
Randall Chinook, street work--S %
Sidewalks. l 81
bridges........ 50
culverts....... AZ
crossings. 6S
quarrying 5S
water services 81
W. W. plant. SO IL 25
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02
How to Go to the Fair.

Any railroad that enters or connects
with others entering Grand Rapids
will take you to the West Michigan
State Fair, which will be held Sept
1917 this year. Further, they will
give you reduced rates, one and one,
half times the one way fare for the
round trip, very material saving
where the trip is of any distance.
Two roads, the G. r. & l. and the
Pere Marquette, maintain a station at
Comstock park, directly opposite the
upper entrance to the fair grounds
This is an especial convenience for
visitors from the north. Passengers
from the city are transported to Com
stock park with comfort and celebrity
by the street railway company, whose
fair service has ever been marked by
splendid management. All roads, in
fact. lead to western Michigan's great
state faiS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02
Don't Take Our Word

But 90 at once to your druggist and
purchase box of DR.. Herrick's Sugar
Coated Pills. Thew are positive cure
for all disorders of the stomach, liver
and bowels. 1t is rot a new remedy.
but one that has stood the test for over
sixty wears. ana their ever increasing
sale attests their merit. Try a box.
take one or two before retiring and
we are sure you will feel better to-
morrow. Every where csc per box.
Ask for free sample. c. F. Brown.
dealer in drugs mi
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02
REMEDIES FOR
SCABBY POTATOES
Two Poisons Are Recommended
to Prevent Disease, Formalin
Being Less Dangerous.

Potato scab is a disease of the pota-
to tuber caused by a fungous growth
attacking it in the soil. Spores of the
fungus will remain in the soil from
year to year and on the tubers from
one season to another. The disease
causes the surface of the potato TO be-
come rough and unsghtly and very
often extends deep into the flesh, in
juring its food value.
Scab on potatoes can be prevented
by planting uninfected tubers in clean
soil, and the danger of injecting may
be reduced by rotation or by planting
the potatoes in different soil each sea-
son.
To insure a crop of potatoes free
from scab treat the seed with some
poison to kill the scab spores on them
and plant in soil in which no potatoes
have grown for several years. Two
poisons for scab treatment are recon-
mended. Formalin is the less poison
Gus and the one most commonly used.
1t costs about 80 cents a pint and one
pint is used with 30 gallons of water.
Formalin solution may be used either
in a wooden or metallic vessel, and
although a poison, there is little dan
ger in its use. Let the, potatoes soak
in the solution for about two hours.
After disinfection place the potatoes
in bags which contain no scab spores.
Spores of potato scab may also be
killed by the use of corrosive sub
Innate This is a very poisonous sub
stance and must be used with care
Do not use for food any of the pota-
toes after treatment. To use corro-
sive sublimate provide a barrel or
other wooden vessel, as it attacks
metals. Dissolve two ounces of the
poison in two gallons of hot water
When it was has dissolved mix it with
IA gallons of water and sprinkle or
pour it over the potatoes, so that all
of the tubers become moist with the
solution. What is left over of the
poison must be carefully disposed of.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02
Low RATES TO WEST MICH. FAIR
One and one-haif One Way Fares For
Round Trip to Grand Rapids,

Sept. 1917, on All Roads.
All roads lead to the West Mich.
igan State Fair in Grand Rapids Sept.
Is to II.
Better still, all roads converging in
Grand Rapids are making 1t worth
while 10 the public TO attend the fair
by materially. reducing their transport
tation rates for the occasion.
The Michigan Passenger association,
which has Jurisdiction over the grant
ing Of special rates on all roads, has
determined upon one and one-half the
one way fare for the round trip as the
rate which shall prevail during the
big fair. Thus a regular fare of 81
each way may be obtained, going and
coming, for $3.50, the saving in trans
portation paying admission TO the
grounds, no inconsiderable item in the
necessary expenses of a trip TO one OF
the greatest Of educational exhibits.
This is reduction over last years
rates, which were one and two thirds
the regular fare, denoting the growing
Importance of the West Michigan Fair
as viewed by the transportation com
panies.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02
GOVERNMENT in
WILLOW BUSINESS
Free Distribution Of Best Varie-
ties Made from Nurseries
Located Near Wash
in3ton

The government is right in The
midst of the harvest of most unique
crop at its experimental farm near Ar
lington, just across the Potomac from
Washington, where corps of laborer'
in charge of trained foresters are pre-
pairing for the annual free distribution
of 100000 basket willow cuttings.
Uncle Sam is encouraging the grow
ing of high-grade willow rods in thi!
country, and in the five years since
the establishment Of the hollis at Ar
lington approximately a half million
select cuttings have been distributed
among farmers, with directions FOL
planting and preparing for market.
Particular attention is given to Sc
lecting the varieties and strains best
suited to the soil where the paintings
will be made.
Willow craft is an industry which
is constantly growing in Importance
in this country, yet the culture of bas
ket willow in the United States made
very little progress until five or six
years ago.
Even now, practically all of the best
grades of basket willow are imported
from Europe chiefly from France Ex-
periments have shown that the best
grades of willow can be grown in this
country at a good profit.
This years harvest began early in
March Four proved varieties are
being sent out. md only the best and
most thrifty rods are selected for dis
tribution. Cuttings for experiments,
planting and information on manage
ment of the willow holts are furnished
those who make the request of the for
ester at Washington.
The government recognizes the lm-
portance of good cuttings, a point
more commonly overlooked than the
matter of cultivation. Only the best
and most thrifty rods are selected for
each seasons distribution.
The forest service is receiving a
constantly increasing number of re-
quests for basket willow cuttings.
These requests came from farmers
all over the country, many of them
coming through members of congress.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02

For growing potatoes on hill land
or where they are often damaged by
moisture the straw mulch will be
found to bring good results. For
straw covering the potatoes should be
planted the last of May or the first of
June. We have the soil well prepared.
Mark off the rows two feet apart and
not too deep. Straw potatoes require
only about half the row space that cul-
tivated ones need, as the vines are
never so large and cultivation is not
required. Cover the seed with two
inches of soil and then with about ten
inches of straw, or enough to make
four inches when we'll beaten down by
rain. This will keep the weeds down
and hold the moisture throughout the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02

have found that at least rs per cent.
of the farmers of this enlightened coun-
try put in their crops and do a good
many other things about the farm gov
erned absolutely by the moons
phases. Almost any farmer will tell
you that if you plant potatoes in the
dark of the moon they will run to
tubers, and If in the light of the moon,
they will run TO tops. This is said to
be true of any root crop, and it is
planted accordingly.
There is only one difficulty about
this theory and that is that it is not
so. The agricultural experiment sta
tons all over the country have been
defying the superstition for years and
raising just as good crops when the
moon was one way as when 1t was the
other
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02

Summer. Potatoes grown in this way
are always free from scab, clean and
of finer quality. Glover chaff makes
a good covering, but should not be
put on so heavily as 1t forms a more
compact covering, and with too much
rain will cause the potatoes to rot.
There is nothing in the current SUI
perstition about planting potatoes in
the dark of the moon and similar
pieces of farm lore which have been
accepted as gospel truth from time
immemorial. This is the dictum of the
department of agriculture, which made
a serious study of the moon supersti-
ton and laid the Luna wrath at least
to it's own satisfaction.
There is usually a basis in fact for
any superstition, and the moon super
stition was so deep-rooted that num-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02
GROWING POTATOES UNDER
STRAW MULCH BENEFICIAL
About Good Results On HiIIy Land Where
Moisture Often Does Much DamaSe.-By
M.

Der of the experts of the department
while going up and down in the land
made it their business to study the
question and see whether there might
not be a germ of truth, or, at least.
some reason for the general belief that
the moons phases have an effect on
animal and vegetable life. They have
concluded after patient investigation
that the moon myth is one of the COM
paratively few myths that dates back
to pure savagery and has absolutely
not a scientific leg to stand on.
Almost every one, even If he has
not reared in the country, has heard
of the idea about planting potatoes in
the dark of the moon. The field work
ers of the department of agriculture
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02
TAKINGHIS
TIME

OBBY knew he
would marry Beth
eventually. IL @
had known Ii for
a year - ever
since that night
Beth Unexpectedly
passed through
t h g orw a y
where he was la
zily leaning, wait
ing for something
interesting TO hap
pen.
who Is she ?"
a S k Q d Bobby,
suddenly alert.
IN y cous l n
Beth" said the
hostess.
Introduce me
at once" said
Bobby. Il want to
ask her to marry
me"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02
A DISTRESSING Sioht.

A stingy man is bad enough, but
who likes to see stingy woman cut
ting q pie7-Detroit Free Press.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02
Lice Infection.

1t is a mark OF poor farm manage
ment to allow any animals to become
infected with lice. Hogs can not
thrive when their vitality is sucked
away by these insects. There are sew
eral good dips on the market, and
kerosene and grease, mixed warm, are
q good common remedy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02
Brood Coos Face South.

See that your brood coops face the
south at this time of year so as to give
the chicks as much of the suns rays
as possible, but reverse this method
as the season advances and the heated
months approach.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-02
Exercise for the Horse.

1t is mistake to keep either young
or old horses stabbed several days at
a time. They need daily outdoor exer-
else for development OF muscles and
bones. If the pasture is too short for
them to run in, allow them daily ex-
ercise in an open lc,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
HOW WE INVITE FIRE LOSSES.

American civilization has developed
a number of highly specialized and
costly institutions which, while they
lead the world in equipment and eff
cheney, are things to be In reality rath-
er ashamed than proud Of, since they
are merely the o~utgrowths of great
lack of development along other lines.
A striking example Of this is seen in
the fire-fighting organizations of the
United States. These are admitted by
far the best in the world; but they
have simply reached their high state
of excellence in order to enable us
to combat dangers arising from condi-
tons in building construction which
are the worst in the world.
The fire losses of the country the
past year were over 5000, O0O, 900, or
about $3.50 per capita, while tine adj
d'tional cost of maintenance of fire
departments and of excessive insur-
ance premiums swells the figure to
$500, 900 900. In the six leading Eu-
ropean nations the fire losses are 33
cents per capita. This applied to the
United States would reduce our fire
losses to the comparative small sum
Of $685. 00, 900. The cause of this diff
ference lies in the material Of which
we build our houses. This invites
CONGREGATIONS, and is solely our own
fault that we are burning up and pay
ing out needlessly every year one half
of the value of the buildings erected
that year. finder boxes! Fire traps!
Such are the structures that in the
majority of cases Americans, erect, al
though a few Of our buildings may be
considered models. In no country in
the world, however, is substantial and
~fire-resistart building material so
cheap as in the United States.
Foreign buildings, on the other hand,
are put up with the intention that
they shall stay. They are. as a rule,
more substantially built in every par
ticular, and the material used is far
more hre-resistant. The entire water
supply of London at the disposal of
her fire department would be barely
sufficient to put out such fires as may
occur in any Of u good-sized towns.
Prom New Tests for Building Con-
struction," by Guy Elliott Mitchell, in
the American Review OF Reviews for
August.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON APPLICA-
TON OF q
OF SALE Oh REAL estate.

state OF south Dakota In County
County OF Brooklngs IS Court.
In the Matter of the Estate and Guardian
ship OF Charley Martinson, Albert Martin
son. Harry Martinson and Herman Mar
tnson. Minor Children OF Lena Martin
son. Deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of
Thomas Martinson, the Guardian of the
persons and estate OF Harry Martinson,
Albert Martinson and Herman Martinson
minors, praying for an order OF sale OF
certain real estate belonging to the said
wards for the uses and purposes therein
set forth:
III is HEREBY ORDERED, That the
next OF kin of the said wards and all per-
sons Interested in the said estate, appear
before this Court ON Tuesday the 18th
day of August, 1903, at two o'clock p. M,
az the Court Room of this Court, at the
city or Brookings, in the County of Brook
ings, then and there to show cause why
An order should not be granted for the
sale OF such real estate:
AND 1T Is FURTHER ORDERED. That
q copy OF this order be published at least
three successive weeks before the said day
of hearing in the Brookings Register. a
weekly newspaper printed and published
in said County OF Bookings.
Dated July the 20th. A.. ID. 1909.
Albert Matson,
Judge of the County Court.
Attest:
Norman a. Hanson,
Clerk. 3w
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE OF REAL
ESTATE.
Norman a. Hanson,
Clerk.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that under
and by virtue of an execution issued by
the Clerk OF the Circuit Court within and
for Brookings County. South Dakota with
In the Third Judicial Circuit OF said state
July 13th A. ID. 1909 upon a Judgment en-
tered and docketed therein on the 18th dav
OF April. A. ID. 1909 in an action therein
where j. q. Miles Is PLAINTIFF and John
Mefsenheimer and Emma Meisenheimer are
defendants In favor OF said plaintiff and
against said defendant for the sum OF Two
hundred and Twelve and 52-1O0 Dollars,
which said Judgment and all the right,
title and interest OF the said J. q Miles.
plaintiff therein. was thereafter on the Sd
day of June. A. ID. 1909 assigned by the
said ]. q. Miles plaintiff to q. +. KNAPP
pen the present owner and holder thereof.
and which said assignment was duly nled
for record In the office OF the Clerk of said
Court on the 5th day of July. A. ID. 1909.
will sell at public auction at the front
door OF the Court House In the City OF
Brookings. Brookings County. South Dako-
Ia on the 2Sth day OF August, A. D.. 1903
At two o'clock p. m. to the highest bid
scribed real estate situated. lying and be-
Ing In the County of Brookings and State
OF South Dakota. to-wit:
The East half of the Northwest quarter
and Lots One and Two, sometimes other
wise described as the Northwest quarter
Of Section Seven, Township One Hundred
and Twelve, Range Forty-Nine West Of
the Firth + N: together with all the right.
either of them had or claimed to have at
the time Of the docketing OF said Judg-
ment or at any time subsequent thereto.
Judgment together with interest thereon
from the 18th day OF April, 1909, the date
thereof. and costs and expenses OF sale.
Dated AZ Brookings. South Dakota. this
sist day Of July. 4. D. 1909.
eh<rlr. Brookings County. south Dakota.
et-s-3s-es.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
A TUSK HUNTERS ESCAPE.
So Close a Call the Native Rcall,
Thought Himself Dead.

Hunting elephants for their tuSks in
wolves courage. patience and infinite
cunning. Frequently the hunter be
comes the hunted, and the tables may
be turned fatally. A writer in Nc,
Clure'S Magazine tells of an escape
vOuched for by IAN Indian dealer who
never lied about anything and who
claims to have seer this deliverance
exactly as he reported it,"
Some natives were hunting elephants
In the neighbOrhood of Lake Rudolph,
and he was with them for the purpose
of trading cotton cloth for ivory. Ele-
plants like old bunch grass that has
become dry like hay, and a herd of
them, attracted by dry grazing" as it
is called, came suddenly within an
eighth Of q mile of the camp.
One native named Juma, from the
coast, an unskilled hunter, observing
that the wind was in such a direction
that it blew news of the herd to him
rather than blowing his whereabouts
to the knowledge of the herd, ran out in
the open with his rifle and aimed at
short range at a powerful creature
which was watering a Struggling
shrub with water he had taken in his
trunk from the pond.
Once hit, the elephant was CORE
spondingly furious and rushed at
Juma after a deliberate scrutiny Of
the immediate foreground to discover
his whereabouts. Having determined
where his assailant stood. he tore along.
crazy with rage, toward the shaking
savage.
Juma, with an oriental's instinct of
prostration before such an overwhelm-
ing force. merely threw himself fiat
upon the ground.
The elephant rushed completely over
him. but by accident left him safe,
although choked and blinded with the
disturbed and sandy soil. The great
feet cleared him, and the tusks missed
him.
Almost twenty-four hours passed be-
fore Juma dared believe himself alive
and sound, and for the first twelve
hours after the excitement he spoke of
himself only in the past tense. as of
n dead.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
O. j. bitterness,
County Auditor.
Washinoton's Plague Spots

lie in the low. marshy bottoms of the
Potomac, the breeding ground of ma.
laria germs. These germs cause chills,
fever and augue. b%illiouness, jaundice.
lassitude, weakness and general de
bility and bring suffering or death to
thousands yearly. But Electric Bit
ters never failed to destroy them and
cure malaria troubles. They are the
best all-around tonic and cure for
malaria l ever used" writes r. NJ.
James OF Louellen, s. c. They cure
Stomach, Liver, Kidney and Blood
Troubles and will prevent Typhoid
Try them, soc. Guaranteed by c. d,
Kendall.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
Tho ClothesIine Test.

LET me see her clothes on the line,'
said an old fashioned woman recently
land I a tell II she is a good house
keeper" The test lies in the way the
garments are hung. If the shirts are
scattered around promiscuously the
woman let's garbage stand on bel
kitchen table overnight. The shirts
like we men, should always hang to
gether. shoulder to shoulder, and ev
erything Of its kind should hang in 9
row.-Atchison Globe.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
The Crime of ldleness.

Idleness means trouble for any one,
It's the anne vita a lazy liver. 1t
causes constipation, headache jaundice
sallow complexion, pimples and blotch-
es, loss of appetite, nausea, but DR..
Kings New Life Pills soon Danish
liver troubles and build up your health.
25c at G.. d. KendalIs.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
Saturday, July II, 100!

Saturday, July II, 1909.
Board met as per adjournment, with
all members of the hoard and the
county auditor. as clerk, present.
The board on motion appointed
Albert A. Ort as engineer to examine
and report to the board at his earli-
est convenience the Feasibility of max
ing a ditch or drain across the county
poor farm.
In compliance with Section 4, Chap
ter 240 Session Laws of 1909, the
board took up for consideration the
nomination Of a county game warden.
The m Of e. ]. Ray and Gerhard
Sterud were presented by petition.
The board by a majority vote recon-
mended to the state game warden the
of Gerhard Sterud Of volga.
The vital statistics report of the
clerk of courts vas on motion approx.
ed and warrants for fees ordered
drawn as follows:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
DROPPED THE TUB"
And Like a Coed Girl Pronounced the
Word Correctly.

W. 5. Gilbert contributed an anus
ing article on Actors and Authors 10
a program Of The London Drury Lane
theater. The following extract VIII
be read with appreciation:
The authors greatest difficulty lle'
In the necessity Of directing an actors
attention to an obvious m~ispronuncia-
tion-a feat that must be achieved
without humiliating the actor in the
presence Of his professional brethren.
Many years AGO / was engaged In
rchearsing "A burIesque, and Il very
clever young lady had to sing the coup
let:
Individually If you do
1t will be the worse for you.
The clever young lady. whose pro
nunciation was not always beyond re
proach. delivered the lines thus:
Individually if you do
1t will be the worse for you.
This, of course, would not do, so !
determined to alter the word to lin,
evitably." The young lady agreed that
the alteration greatly improved the
verse. but she was not to be deprived
of her tub" so she sang it:
Inevitably If you do
1t will be the worse for you.
This was just as bad, so | made it
"unquestionably," and, Of course, ii
came out:
Unquestionubly if you do
1t will be the worse for you.
/ could think Of no other word that
would answer the purpose. so, as a
last resource, | said to her:
"Do YOU think it advisable to give
the word its French accent"
How DO you mean?'
"Why. unquestionubly'- that's the
way it is pronounced in Paris. In ad.
dressing an English audience perhaps
the simple English version Of the word
would be better. Try it, at all events,
'unquestionably,' "a instead of u
'Unquestionubly' would be all very
well for the stalls. but the gallery
wouldn't understand it,"
"Of course" she said, 1.-The English
accent would certainly be more appro-
pirate"
And she sang it "unquestionably"
like the good girl that she was.-Argo-
naut.