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Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-07-23

eddy brought home to Secretary Will
son that many thousands of acres of
semi-arid land, 10 to Ii inches of
rainfall, were awaiting some other
kind of an annual crop besides coy
Otes, jack-rabbits, rattle snakes,
tumble weed cactus, sage-brush, and
the devil generally.
1t was quite 4 problem. 1t was
solved by sending Prof. Carleton to
Russia, the land of the Durums. and
the s1O,WO worth of seed and ex-
pense account he brought home has
grown Durum harvests in the Dako-
tas and elsewhere during the past
eight years, in the aggregate amount
ing to over $2'O, OOO, O(N)-maybe $780,
OOO, 600.
To plant $1,000 sack of Durum
wheat in a field and keep digging at
it every fall, rs it were, and in eight
years dig up an aggregate return of
5000, OtO, 900 and upward, is agricult-
ural finance with vengeance-not
the Wall street brand of frenzied
finance: but that is Secretary Wilson
did, and, mark my words, Durum SO
far has only scratched the surface.
hit the high spots only, on the road
to 300 ,OOO,O to 4OO, 200, 900 bushel
crop.
What is there to Durum wheat :?
Alphabetically it is the best wheat on
earth. 1t is the finest example of all
the cereals in illustrating the conser-
walton of the natural resources of the
soil.
The fastest bulletin of the Dry
Farming Congress, which recently
came from the press contains much
valuable information for the dry land
farmer. One article that is particu-
larly noteworthy is paper by Chas.
Cristadoro. one of the most famous
experts of agriculture, on "Durum
Wheat and its Commercial Value
Mr.. Cristadoro says that Durum
wheat is especially adapted to dry
land cultivation, and in series of
articles which will appear in the
bulletin he will discuss it's advan-
tages as well as those Of several other
varieties of crop. These articles will
be a special feature which will ap-
pear in the bulletin for the coming
few months and which the journal will
publish from time to time.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-07-23
New II. S. Land Office Orders.

Settlers will take notice that after
today new order affecting the testi-
mony 10 be taken when tina! proof is
offered will go into effect AT all init
ed States land offices. Claimant and
witnesses will both be required to par
ticuiarize concerning the absence of
the claimant from the land from time
to time, giving much more detail than
before. Each legal subdivision, to-
gether with improvements thereon,
will have to be described fully and
eepa! .:..,y, together with evidence
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-07-23

Tie initial number of the Laurel
Ou Took made its way to the jour
MAILS exchange table this week. The
first issue is IA humdin2er, ten pages.
excellent Typographical and press
work. It's Il booster for Laurel. r..
j. johns is down as managing editor.
and +. f.. Johns as city editor.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-07-23

showing how much of the area under
the entry was cultivated with refer
ence to each, and the amount Of crop
harvested. The blank for TRANSCRIPT
ing testimony will constitute three
pages, instead of one as heretofore.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-07-23
GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD

No. 43.-For Great Falls, Spokane,
Seattle and all points north,
northwest and i'll Canada .lO:46 Il. IN
No. l4.--For Kansas City. st. Louis,
Chicago and eastern and south
eastern points 1875 D. m
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-07-23
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & PUGET
SOUND R.

No. l"2.-F"r Harlowton. $500. s: 46 Il. III.
No. lo3.-For Iewistown. ll:O2 Il. III.
No. iMi.-F For Harlowton. .2:46 p. NJ.
No. lo7.-For l.ewistown. ~. 1902 p. M.
Lewistown or Harlowton passengers
enroute for Great Falls or Billings should
transfer at Judith Gap.
Great Falls or Billings passengers en-
route for Lcwistown or EIarlowton should
transfer ut Judith Gap.
Train connections made the same day.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-07-23
Hedges Congregational Church.

sabbath School every Sunday after
noon at three o'clock in the depot.
Preaching service every other Sun
day evening at the same place. The
next evening service will be ut $50
July -. Let everyone who is inter-
ested in the church be present at that
meeting. which premises to he one of
great interest. The general public is
urged to attend all of these services.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-07-23
CHURCH NOTES
,>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Judith Gap Congregational Church.
n. N. Blakeway, Minister.

Morning service II o'clock. Theme
for july - will be 1.-The Divine Pot
ter"
Sabbath school ut II NJ. every sun
day.
Evening service every other Sunday.
The next evening preaching service ut
$3.50. August l.
All are cordially invited to attend
these services. Strangers in our town
are always cordially welcome.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-01
A PHENOMENAL SUCCESS.

The fact that The Lion and the
Mouse has been such a phenomenal
artistic and pecuniary success over
the country for three years, has a
peculiar bearing Oh the work of Chas.
Klein, the author. John Burkett
Ryder, the lion OF many millions. has
never experienced defeat. during his
strenuous business career and every
turn he makes brings monetary gain.
1t is not know whether or not Henry
B. Harris placed an credence in the
existing triumph OF the leading char
acter in the play as a money maker.
being brought to a pleasing and un-
questionable reality. Nevertheless.
Ryder and his business methods as
pictured by Mr. Klein, have carried
the play to a point Of success that
brings the line OF comparison within
small radius Few plays have
achieved the success enjoyed by this
great drama of finance. Mr.. Harris
sends a special company and an en-
tirely new production of The Lion
and the Mouse" 70 the opera house
next Tuesday evening. April c.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-01
HOMECOMING
OF DAKOTANS
WILL BE HELD AT ABERDEEN
NEXT JUNE.
COLONEL THOMAS 6. ORR
OF eRookINGS WAS ORIGINATOR
OF REUNION.

Col. Thos. c. Orr and Prof A. II.
Wheaton were at Aberdeen last week
TO attend meeting OF the business
men Of Aberdeen and arrange the
preliminary details for the big
Homecoming" of the two Dakotas,
which will be held at Aberdeen the
middle of June. The Aberdeen
Daily News says:
The meeting of citizens at the
Commercial club last evening to dis
cuss the Dakota homecoming to be
held here June 16. Il and IS was at
tended by large number of public
spirited men and the greatest en-
thusiasm prevailed. The meeting was
called 10 order by President J. S.
Hart Of the Commercial club. who
briefly stated the purpose Of the as
sembly He introduced Colonel Thos.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-01
AN OLD NEWSPAPER.

! 5. \. Durand brought to our Office
Weekly Museum" which is nearly
, hundred years old. its date being
| April &, 1871. 1t consists OF four pages.
| twelve by fifteen inches, and is printed
on coarse paper but in spite of its
age every word can be easily read.
| Mr. Durand has had il for years among
his old papers. and it is very valuable
as curiosity, showing as ii does the
art preservative" as it WAS a hun
dred years ago The first page is
devoted to Il continued story and the
rest of the paper TO local news, poetry
and advertisements
1t has communication from one
! of its readers doploring the increase
| in divorce and urging the people to
| hold the marriage tie more sacred
1t is a good thing that the gentleman
never heard of Sioux Falls. The
I"Cheap Shoe store" has the follow
ing to say in its advertisement: kid
| and Morocco, dreSt and undrest, satin,
| silk, velvet, jane shammy. nankeen.
etc. shoes of the most favourite col
ours now worn in Europe and Ameri-
! ca A large assortment of the newest
and most elegant silver and plated
buckles. cheaper than they can now
, be imported. \ ieweler advertises
/ very low prices on candlesticks and
snuff boxes A chemist puts forth the
merits of Rose Oil Antique" as Il
! hair restOrer, and OF "Carbonic Char
coal to whten the teeth In what
we Judge is the editorial column the
paper says: when mankind are in
an humour to be Captious. moral writ.
! ings in the press are liable to their
cenSure. The most formidable Of all
breads TO writers. who rest not content
! ed with the testimony Of clear con
science is a laboured. shivering kind
of charitable praise, intended to COM
j H'"'il'' ''l' At 9''t VI lIt.llHl dSuc 10 tne
soaring mind Evidently the editors
of those days had troubles much the
same as bcset their brethren of today.
The columns are eighteen ems wide
and double column rules are used.
! giving it a unique appearance 1t
is set in eight point, the same sized
type as is uscd on the Register, but
the face is an old fashioned one and
seldom ever seen now. The rules and
dashG3 are all different and from a
printers view its makeup" is very
! poor But then, every trada has
progressed wonderfully in the past
hundred years
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-01
CONTEST FOR
GlRLSAND BOYS
BY THE COUNTY FAIR
ASSOCIATION.
OFFER VALUABLE PRIZES
WHICH WILL BE AWARDED AT
COMING FAIR.

Secretary |. +. Lees of the Brook
ings County Fair association makes
the following announcement regard
ing the prizes the association will
offer tc the boys and girls of the
county
The Brookings County Fair Asso-
citation. with a view to interesting the
young people Of the county in the
fair, and interesting them in better
agriculture and better homes on the
farms. has determined to devote
100000 to two contests. $4,000 to
a boys contest. divided as follows:
lst. sl00oo; 2nd, $1,000; %rd. $250O:
4th, $500; 9TH. $1,000; and $4,000
for a girls contest. divided in four
prizes: list, $4,000: end $500: 3rd,
$1,000, ith, $1,000.
The prizes are on basis of 200
points. in the boys contest as follows:
800 for stock: $40 for sheaveS of
grain: l3o for grass; 500 for corn;
80 for beans 30 for potatoes: $50
for miscellaneous
For the girls contest as follows:
baking, SO; canning. 450; pickles,
450; vegetables grown. 200; flowers
grown, 100 poultry, 200; butter, 800;
wearing apparel $50; darnmg and
mendiug. 300. miscellaneous, coo.
Any boy or brothers between the
ages of - and % or any girls or
sisters between the ages Of / ( and y
can enter this contest.
You can e.sily observe from the
article mentioned in the lists. that
il is y,ry essential that those who
wish to take part in this contest
next fall look the matter up at once
and thoroughly study the conditions
as set forth in last years premium
lists II YOU have not cne Of the
last Years catalogues and are inter
ested. the secretary will furnish YOU
a copy OF the conditions fully explain
! ed
The management Of the fair asso-
! citation is Offering some very liberal
prize in this contest and have given
! il great deal Of their careful at.
/ tontion and liberal consideration and
! believe that if our young people in
the county will take hold of this con
test properly they will realize great
deal OF benefit regardless OF the cash
prizes offered by the fair association
! The cash prizes themselves are well
worth quite an effort both for the
money received and the satisfaction
and honor that goes with the capture
OF such IA prize
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-01
ASSESSMENT
BASIS FiXtD
AUDITORS AND STATE BOARD
ADOPT SCHEDULE.
FARM VALUATIONS RAISED
CHANGES SHOW AN INCREASE
OF TEN PER CENT.

County Auditor O. J. Bitterness re-
turned home the last of the week
from Pierre, where he attended the
annual meeting of the county audi.
tors Of the state. NJ. Bitterness was
elected member of the executive
committee of the auditor S associa-
tion for the coming year.
The auditors met with the state
board Of assessment on Thursday and
for the coming year. In the meeting
there We're thirty-Sevcn counties rep
resented, regardless of the fact that
TIE legislature refused to make amy
provision for the payment of such
officers in attending the meetings.
The representation was well scatter
ed over the state. every section be-
ing represented. even if ev@rT county
was not After a short discussion
of The question of real estate values
for assessment in the state it W2@ de-
cided to appoint q committee to con-
side, that schedule and report to the
meeting The committee selected for
this purpose was Governor NesSey.
and the county auditors from the
counties Of Y2nkton, Codineton, Kings
bury, Brown, Meade, Sphinx and Clark.
Il, t.. of hp
noon session with a schedult for farm
land assessments. which, ;itCr being
slightly amended. was adopted by the
whole body. The changes arc all in
the way of Increases. and r"nec from
ten per cent up.
The farm lands Cf BroohinHs coun.
ty were raised one dollar in :, lIat;on.
from SO 70 $ll, AID there ar now
but eleven counties in the state where
the valuation of farm lands is at a
greater figure Il AZ in BroOkings, and
they are the older counties in the
southeastern part of the state.
The changes will add materially 10
the real estate value Of the state Tor
this year, and with the other increas-
es in the way Of new property both
real and personal. should bring the in
crease III valuation Of the state nearly
$i0,000,000 over the figures of last
year.
On other schedules. all We're adopted
the same as they were for last year
with the exception Of pianos and or
ganS, which were reduced. 1t was
generally understood by the auditors
present that their efforts should be to
get assessments for this year at as
nearly as possible one-third actual val
ue.
An effort was made by some of
the auditors to reduce bank stock to
the same ratio of assessment, but this
was voted down. and it was left at
forty per cent, the same as it has
been the last two years
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-01
PIERRE AGAINST PLAN.

4 dispatch from Pierre says that
the question of changing the city form
of government to the commission plan
was presented to the people of that
city Monday, and but little general in
terest was shown, less than half vote
being cast. The liquor interests got
busy late in the day in opposition TO
the measure and it was defeated by
majority of twenty-siX. The result
is an indication that if the friends of
the measure had attempted to get out
the vote it would have been carried
The question will be submitted again
next year at the time of the general
city election.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-01

orr of Brookings, who is credited with
the distinction of having first con
ccived the plan of calling back all
the sons and daughters of Dakota for
a reunion. Mr. Orr showed how the old
pioneers would be glad to return to the
scenes Of their former homes and
again mingle with fac friends and
neighbors of quarter century ago
The next speaker was +. +. DoWdell
of Artesian, and he too dWelt upon
the pleasure that citizens of former
days would gain in comparing the
Dakota Of the present with that OF
the past In place of drought-burned
fields and barren wastes they would
now see magnificent farms and pros
porous towns and cities. The last
of the speakers from out Of town was
A. II. Wheaton, of Brookings. He
pointed out that the Homecoming was
one of the biggest things over under
taken in North or South Dakota and
that already people thousands of
miles from home were asking about
the matter and seeking information
The advertising that both North and
South Dakota would get from such
an affair would be incalculable.
After the visitors had given their
ideas on the matter, local business
men were called upon for sugges-
tons among them being J. II. frey,
J. L. Browne, r. T. Taubman, +. A.
Brown. l. o. Curtiss, C. A. Howard,
A. c. Witte, Tom Roberts, the newly
appointed secretary of the homecOm-
ing, and c. n. Harris, who took the
chairman $ seat, after the out-ol-toWn
men had spoken. !. W. Parmley of
Ipswich. was also present and as he
I'D just returned from the east was
able to state that the people there
were alert to the fact that the city
was preparing to welcome them
home
The speakers advanced valuable
suggestions and turned upon various
matters which were advisable for the
committee in charge to take up.
Probably the most important matter
in connection with the great meeting
in June will be the providing of room
for the horde of visitors that will be
here to attend the gathering. The
number of former Dakotans that have
left the states is far into the thou
sands and the number that will re-
turn is also in the thousands. Special
preparations of great magnitude will
have to be made to furnish sleeping
places for the people but from the
sentiment developed upon this point
there will be no hesitancy upon the
part of the citizens of Aberdeen to
open their homes to guests.
The Homecoming is not an Aber-
deem affair, nor a. Brown county en-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-01

terprise but it is an undertaking
which will be backed by the entire
populations OF North and South Da-
kota. Mr.. Dowdell spoke of the re-
ception given himself and Mr.. Whea-
ton, on their recent trip through North
Dakota in the interests of the reunion.
All the public men approached eX-
pressed themselves of the mind that
the thing should be pushed with
state could rest assured that those
of North Dakota would do all they
could to boost it and would be here
enmasse in June.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-01

Continued on page S.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-01
CITY CAUCUSES.

The caucuses in the city wards will
be held Friday evening, April 8, in
the regular polling places of the diff
ferent wards. The Fourth ward has
two aldermen TO nominate, while the
other three wards have one each
The regular city caucus will be held
at the G. a. r. hall Saturday evening
April 10 for the purpose of nominal
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-04-01

The following tribute to Colonel
Orr from the pen of Charles +. Hall
of this city, appeared in a recent
issue of the Aberdeen Daily News:
Let it be read here as it will be
read in many other places during the
next three months that all those
sturdy pioneers who trckkcd into the
lands of the Dacotah in the early
days and founded the great states of
North and South Dakota, who have
for this, that and the other reason
made homes elsewhere, will be 1T Alb
erdeen June 16, Il and Is, 1909. Just
keep those dates in mind These
good folk are going to get together
again to live over the strenuous hap
py long-ago days when strong of
limb. bright of eye, and more full OF
courage than they are today full of
years, they set foot upoH the Land
from which they carved two great
states, and out of which they wrested
a living and in many, many cases
competence
1t is good that they should once
more gather. Hard indeed would be
the heart, and dead to all sentiment
would be he who will not be glad as
these Youngsters of yesterday gather
in your fair city AID live over again
the happy thor"h hardship laden
days of their pioneering.
Elsewhere and by other pens will
these things be recounted, ours the
task and wish to tell how came about
the first Dakota territorial homecom-
ing and to say a word of him who
fathered the idea. and nourished it
until fruited.
On the 23rd day of May, 1907, a
group of men of large learning and
much skill in things medical told
Col Thomas G.. Orr that in the condi-
tion he was then his demise was but
matter Of hours and that an opera
ton would give him one chance in a
thousand to round out life which
had been filled to overlooking with
things done for his country and his
fellowmen. AS Mr. Orr meditated up
on the things the medical men had
said there passed rapidly before his
minds eye that panorama which it is
said is always seen by those who
stand just this side of the great
crossing. There passed by III this
hurrying procession many things, but
that which loomed the largest was
the old homestead in Walworth coun-
ty and the old friends he knew in
those days when he with them was
striving to maintain a livelihood, to
build a home, to raise a family and
good it would be to look once again
upon those kindly faces, TO grasp
again those labor marked hands, to
hear again those voices, Then and
there he vowed, that God willing, he
would strive to bring them together
once more this side of the great river.
He lived and together they are COM
ing. The Lord is as good as he is
just.
And so really, it will be Tom
Orr's homecoming and yours because
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-13

they encountered open wafer. On
this point the boys were clear, en-
phatic. and unshakable They spent
a good deal OF time il this region,
and finally abandoned their dogs
and one sledge, took to their boat,
crossed Hell'S Gate to North Kent,
up into Norfolk Inlet, then back
along the north coast of Colin Archer
Peninsula to Cape Vera, where they
obtained fresh elder duck eggs. Here
they cut the remaining sledge off,
that is shortened it, as it was aWk
ward to transport with the boat, and
near here they killed a waIrus.
The statement in regard to the
fresh elder duck eggs permits the
approximate determination of the
date at this time as about the first
of July (This statement also serves,
if indeed anything more than the
inherent straightforwardness and de-
tail of their narrative were needed,
to substantiate the accuracy and
truthfulnesS of the boys statement.
This locality of Cape Vera is men
toned in Sverdrup's narrative as
the place where during his stay in
that region he obtained elder ducks
eggs).
From Cape Vera they went on
down into the southwest angle of
Jones Sound, where they killed a
seal; thence east along the south
coast of the Sound, killing three
bears at the point noted on the map,
about midway on the south side of
Jones Sound. Here they killed
some musk-oxen and, continuing
east, killed four more at the place
indicated on the chart, and were
finally stopped by the pack ice at
the mouth of Jones Sound. From
here they turned back to Cape Spar
DO, where they wintered and killed
many musk-Oxen.
After the sun returned in 1909
they started, pushing their sledge,
across Jones Sound to Cape Tenny-
son; thence along the coast to Clar-
ence Head (passing inside of two
small islands not shown on the
chart, but drawn on it by the boys),
where they killed a bear; thence
across the broad blight in the
coast to CadOgan FiOrd; thence
al OuHu cape 1SdDeIld anu up " OoIH-
mander Peary's old house in Payer
Harbor near Cape Sabine, where
they found a seal cached for them
by Panikpah, I-toOk-a-shoO's father
From here they crossed Smith Sound
on the ice, arriving at AnoratOk
(Signed) R. E. PEARY, U. S. \.
ROBERT A. BARTLETT,
Master SIS. Roosevelt.
D. B. MCMILLAN,
GEORGE BORUP,
MATTHEW A HENSON.