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The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
ARDMORE HAS MANY
ROADS TO WEALTH
Continued from Page one.

whites had made. as the town now had a
main street OF many brick buildings and
nearly 5000 population.
This was a step forward, but the pro-
cess Of settling the farms with actual
farmers and owners was a slow one. as
one ruling after another was made bv
the Indian Bureau Of the Interior De-
partment until no one. except the land
CRATER. would take a chance 10 lease OF
contract TO buy from an Indian, although
the land was no use 70 the latter as Uncle
Sam had taught him that II was beneath
his lordly dignity 20 work.
Gradually some OF the Indians Of little
native blood were allowed 70 sell. and
just year ago a restriction bill passed
by Congress went into effect which per
mitted the sale Of the greater part OF the
Indian lands. something Ike 100000
acres. previously held by Indians Of nalf-
blood and less. While the provisions OF
this bin have been ruled on variously by
different officers Of the department. fl
has at least afforded some relief and has
had the effect OF drawing thousands OF
practical farmers here from the Middle
Western States. and the bountful crops
this year are evidence Of the intelligent
energy which has been infused into our
agriculture
This year Carter County alone viii pro-
duce not less than 3O3.000 bushels OF
corn. while the State OF Oklahoma may
be counted upon for 200. 10000 bushels
safely. and Of an excellent quality al that
The illinois, Missouri Iowa and Kansas
farmers are getting a better stand of
alfalfa here than they ever did back
home" and have already made their sec
ond cutting on their first years crop,
something unknown in the old alfalfa
sections With the alfalfa comes the
fine Duroc Jersey hogs and peanuts TO
fatten them.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
" ATLANTA SPIRIT"
INSPIRES GROWTH

Continued from PAGE One.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
WOMEN CLASH WITH POLICE.
~ufyra-c1tcs Make a Demonstration i'm
London.

The suaragpttes failed in London
Thursday In their attempt 70 present
Premier Asauith with 3 resolution Of
the Women'x Freedom league declar-
ting for tie continuation Of the mill
iani propaganda for suffrage They
drss attempted 10 march in process
saon. but the line being broken Up by
the police. they mingled with a crowd
CT the curious. who had gathered 10
witness the scene. and saungered sin
gay towards Downing street
The police, however. pletely
blocked all entrances to the thorough
fare and twenty of the more militant
su6ragettes. who tried to break
through the lines. were arrested,
charged with interfering with the po-
lice- Fer a time there was q scene Of
great disorder. the worne time ard
again throwing themselves v~aiiantly
against q double line Of police. only TO
be forced back, or If unusually persist
enL 10 be handed over TO c-onstables.
who marched them OF to the police
station amid cheers. boots and Kisses
from q throng-
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
THIRSTY FOR BLOOD
ANGRY CROWD ATTACKS GREENS
m SotTu OMAHA.
~ Iajnrcis Two Srrsoaay-Mc&
san1En ~ Arwuyc Death al = Patrol
mnn-Falsc~ Cen Itsotrrs Tndes
gAmner0i Afser Heavy Damage.

Three sssex sssaary sarws hroks oat IN
tke Greek qssayses aesas ise o'clock
ArgssMy rnernanx hst ty prompt sesassss
~ TIM Ere department sAey were pat
cus ~zssyGs ~pessezaE damage Ore us
tAesr Ares Gas discovered ~ Tweusy~
sExsa ard u streets ts = nagaAtsag whscs
AAa h~em partially vrrSkea earlier ia
th~ nlenE
Fxxssas sssa-sssesssaor aasil fs .nso
SsaaAy nsxfs Suasa Omaha Was
xA~ mc~ss% 81 rsoslsr. n~sardeTSsas 81
Anass &Ea sagasxe. Mere sasaa ssssrts
6uGA3arrx have s@sn harxeS. wrecked
cr haafs aazrarcd airs preeassy q
ecare 81 rers0s4s sTs@rwa. hat tfas
euzssAxr s1f3e@sgs
The srn-assaE4se CO kAe - she trouble
Was The ksssanE on Frssay night OF
Peaseesasn Edward Iowery ny Tesn
MAsauseass. i SsrAs. aaana she nsacrr
hxs paAgssa za.s~ arrest
xsn SATURDAY d resstso@ ~ax carcn-
lated len Sessas ssFzaha ama sawred ~
h~nssarsxsx xF c~sszseSss setting farsh that
= sarxe sua&a,er ~ Ers~s residents Of
shs place wx-e Il ire undesirable class
arsa casaaExS d rssass xse*ssnE 81 ssae city
Aaas Ger Sunday afternoon 10 discuss
aaesAVsds Ut ra6aanx ire cssy cg saxra.
N@re sAsxn s.Aae rzs~n attended h
rn@cztnk- wfssrA mas addressed ny naen
~ prominence. lrscs1ssnr swe syaexr-
osrs u6 xfsx ssasf legislature
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
INSURANCE CASE.
Company Forvrd TO Pay Although
EfrTm Had RcincorIorated.

A decision Of the supreme court on
an insurance case Is not only or inter
est 10 insurance men Yer the state.
but 70 business men generally who car
~ risks on their stocks of goods. The
case is that OF the Peeyer Mercantile
company. Of Sisseton. KS. the Mutual
Fire Insurance company, Of Canton
The company resisted, payment on the
grounds that there had been "a transfer
OF the property insured, without noti-
hcatfon 10 the company. The circuit
court held against the company. and
has been sustained by the supreme
court. which holds that the mere act
of reincorporation under a slight
change ~ name. with the business con-
tinuing with the same management.
in the same building. and with the
same stock. was not a change such as
would affect the Interests Of the com
rany.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE NEWS
BOWERS CHOSEN PRESIDENT.
Mi. Ncrnpn "a IL Elected lead of
thu Grain Dealers.

Mt Ncrnpn Man is Elected Head of
thu Grain Dealers.
The election OF the officers OF the
South Dakota Farmers Grain Dealers
association resulted as follows at Wa
tertoNn.
Presidents NJ blowers, MI Yer
non.
Vice ~prcsidents-N, II Menzie, Ged-
des. and John Gross. Ramona.
Secretary and Treasured NJ,
Doyle. L*tcher.
Directors II Dalton, Woonsock-
ct. J. II Beik. Henry II NJ. Solurn.
Baltic; W +. Manning, Fairview;
Matt Wanken. Hritton. William Seip,
Grover; l. : Gontun. Hartford.
The convention began It's sessions
Wednesday afternoon with a most
gratifying attendance. exceeding by
far the most sanSuine expectations OF
Its officers When President 6. NJ,
Bowers. ~ M. Vernon. called the con
sention Ia order he was confronted by
an audience Of visitors numbering soc,
which with additional delegates ar
irving on later trains, was swelled 10
nearly zoo.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
AFTER LIQUOR yIOLATORS.
Enforcement League Offers Reward
of 500 for Conviction.

Following the example set by the
enforcement leagues of several other
towns in the state, the Enforcement
league of %Iroquois has offered a stand
ing reward Of 800 for evidence that
Will lead to the arrest and conviction
Of n person who unlawfully sells in
f~oEicating liquor within the limits Of
~iroquois. The reward will be paid
upon the conviction in the state circuit
court Of the person or persons charged
with this ofense. By the offering Of
the reward the temperance people Of
Iroquois hope To e~ffectually put a stop
to the operations Of blind ~piggers"
and others who are engaged in the IL
legal sale of liquor.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
BODY FOUND IN A OAR.
PoStmortem Over the Remains Re-
yeals Strychnine Poisoning.

His lips satined with a white. foamy
substance led to a postmortem on the
femains Of nh unknown nan found
lead I'm a freight car at Caster and the
discovery that he had drunk n quaint
Is Of whisky heavily dosed with
strychnine,
On the person of the dead ia was
found a memorandum book that may
lead TO his identity. 1t contained the
name of Theodore Lafgreen. Burke's
quarry. Hot Springs. $ ID, and n
beautiful poem entitled, Have Mer-
cy, Jesus: Quicken Me" written I'm a
hrm n legible hand. Inquiry at
Rurke's quarry showed rat n man of
such "A name had worked there. but
nothing is known OF him The man
was 6 feet in height. or light complex
ion. with blue eyes, auburn. curly Lair,
was shout As years Of age. and weigh
ing loo pounds.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02

- NAMA
TO how great = degree has bull
ngfting had 20 DO with the decline o.
Spain ~ . wcrid power This cues
sion has been raised by Andres osuna-
director a. public education, who has
asked the state government az Goa
hula 10 enact an order prohibiting
school teachers and children rom at
tending eua fights
Seror 0sara contends the witness
ing CT snch brutal exhibitions as bull
fights tends il harden the rninds Of
students ard make them unfit for cit
snsnshzp. The huli ring. contends Sen
or osuna~ has been responsible fer the
decline o@ Spain as q world power.
sass as fAe g2aasator3al contests and
similar bloody exhibitions caused the
decline az the Roman empire.
Whatever action Ray be taken by
the state authorities. IL is q fart that
tts sentiment against bull fighting is
gradually growing among the best eie-
rsacrt Of Mexaco ard probably IT will
Let BE Long before this age honored
sysort 81 the spanaards viii have be-
~ = thing OF the past in that coun-
try
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
rorlCE OFFICER Killed.
south Omaha Man Shot Three Tunes
by d Greek.

Edward Lowery. a pairolnnan. wax
shot and killed at Tweuty-foarth and
n streets In South Omaha Friday
nisaat by a man known Us Greek
Suln.~ Although Iowsry was mor
tally wounded. ne fired = bullet into
tire Greeks lungs. which probably VIII
presw fatal.
TIE officer had arrested the Greek
uno MAS Ina cosnpa with a sirl. and
Wa taking tssssn IN the taa wien stse
prisoner suddenly drew . revolver
shcs tne policeman three Times. The
rarl ~ under arrest
The gsreek MA able e. make his es-
xare ~nanensar4ly. aas vas s~saa 1eeai-
es rear the place wheve Tho shooting
occurred He attempted 10 draw ms
rcvasver. hat Vas quickly elunhed inte
submission A r~aadaefes crowd fash-
~Yes arennd sAss osAeeTs and thcsT prs
e-aes en- thear uav 70 the police STA
ssssn. hut we're prevented from making
asv shssw az violence Iater she Greek
~as nr.wrsss g. az omaha hospital
TIE Girl Little rrecee. Es Us years
"a. n camoa*8an. ard her parents 1--we
az Grans Issaea At ;he station sac
saaa tfse rretk saa beer in the habit
er gusnS ~ hew vxssrs evenings. where
Ysse taught Airn English she declared
their relations we're perfectly ferats-
Tmate, The Greek was az her room
Friday night wien rswery went there
"a make she arrest he taek the Tsaan,
ARD sesa the woman 10 corac aannE.
aging. according 10 her story. thaf
ssse wun2d ne permitted 20 return In q
shrrs fsn9r D. says she was q few
feet ahead ~ the two smen when the
she4otsnT hesars. ard THAT after being
sAe; Pasvaassan Lowery yose % his
kvseeg asra sesf the haise; into the
creeks body.
n-hsse fAa Greek was being taken &C.
shs county taga a rsoh followed for 8
distance. firing several shots after the
ambulance, sus nc damage wa done
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
DIDN'T LOSE A FORTUNE.
Story About Naughton's Railroad
Contract is Denied.

The records of the old Yankton and
Norfolk railroad tell a story widely at
variance with that of a correspondent,
who recently stated that John Naugh-
ton. a contractor OF Vermillion lost
some $4,000 when the railroad project
fell through. No one in the west lost
any money on the deal through the
only the English hackers Of
the road getting stuck"
This statement. taken from the
books of the company at Yankton
seems necessary, as the good name of
the city II Yaukton is involved. This
= not the first time the story Of Naugh-
ton losing a fortune over the Yankton
and Norfolk grading contracts has
been denied Every claim on that road
Of Naughton's was paid in full.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02

rreadcnt-E Elect Receives Master DE-
gree nj C~inclnnaai.
William II Tail, pr~esident-eIect OF
the United States. Ia a master Mason.

william II. Taft. p~rssident-elect OF
the United States. Is a master Mason.
Tha impressive ceremonies which
brought him that distinction ii Gin
cinnatt. O.. Thursday. were conducted
By Charles s. iroskInson. Ohio grand
master.
TIE highest Masonic authorities ~
seventeen states Witnessed MI Taft's
admission into the order, as dtd tho
members of kilvinninw lodge, Of
whteh Alfonso Taft father ot tho
pfessaent-elecC was n member. and In
ehich Charles r. TAFT VAS INDICTED
auder the auspices ~ his father.
SCOTTISH site cathedral was the scene
RI tho cers monies Its fnasn fioaT Il
gallery were allied whein slac atstln-
guislaad candidate arrived. The pro-
cednye. which culynina.ed I'm TIE dec
~laratiun that Mr. Taft was u Mason, oc-
eppsed thirty IKE minutes. Mr. Taft
received nsauy greetings on 5 new
psane % fellowship ms he was escorted
from the halt hs the committee hav-
ine ln charge hls imitation
The experience Of being declared a
Mason at sight was not ended with the
a~fternoen session ~ the grand lodge.
Mr.. Tafg Witnessed daring she evening
the regular form of initiation ~ 3
member.
Frank III Hitchcock at the request
II Mr.. Taft. came Is Cincinnati Thurs
@ny f~4Ay4s fkkeapv. m,7& nFemr hts ~sn-
fpsence. left for Washington That
they discussed the undecided post ef
secretary II the treasury WAS admit
ted hgt seyon5 the statement that no
decision Mas reached. no information
was obtasrabEe The suggestgon that
TIE place likely viii 60 to Chicago. or
further west, was made.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
DEATH OF 4 LITTLE GIRL.
Backward and Strikes Her C
on a Brick Walk.

Stella Hunter. aged ? years, the little
daughter OF O. c. Hunter. depot agent
at Van Metre. and wife. met her death
as the result OF a peculiar accident.
The little girl was sitting on the de-
pot platform when she lost her ball
ance and fell backward, striking her
head or the brick walk. Her mother
saw her fall and rushed TO her assist
ance. only TO find the little body rigid
and her breath coming in gasps.
Treatment that for a time appeared to
relieve the unfortunate girl vas adj
she would recover she became worse.
she would o she bacem verse,
and about an hour after the accident
breathed her last. 1t is supposed the
force with which her head struck the
brick platform injured her brain or
spine.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
EXPIRES FROM PNEUMONIA.
Pioneer OF the Plains Passes Away at
Rauhaix.

In the death from pneumonia In his
cabin at Roubaix. a small mining
camp near Deadwood. of James l..
Corners. the west. and particularly the
Black Hills. he's lost a picturesque
type Of the cid time buffalo hunter.
Although he was but SIS years old.
Corners had for the past quarter OF a
century devoted himself to prospect
Ing and mining in hat section and
leading a retired life. His earlier his
tory was made on the plains among
the Indians, by whom he was known
as "~Comanche.' a scout and crack
shot Of some repute, and even as late
as the late 7os he made his living by
his frequent trips TO the plains, from
which he returned with buffalo hides
which he sold. Corners was a dead
shot with both rife and revolver.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
TAFT CABINET Is COMPLETE.
Knox Agrees to Serve, but Will Take
No Increase in Salary.

P~resident-elect Taft has completed
his cabinet. Announcement was made
Tuesday that Senator Knox would ac-
cept the Secretaryship Of State under
the enabling act passed by Congress,
but that at no time during his incll,n-
bency or that office would lie ACCEPT m
Increase Of salary, ever If Congress
were TO vote one. Jacob NJ. Dickinson
OF Chicago and Nashville is to be Sec.
rotary OF War, accredited to Tennessee
Judge Willis NJ. Vanderventer OF Wyo
ming Is to be Secretary Of the Treas.
ury. This was the last place filled by
Mr. Taft and is subject to poss ,b,e
cnange between now and March 4. The
remainder OF the cabinet is to re as
heretofore understood:
Secretary of the Navy. George Won l..
Meyer Of Massachusetts.
Secretary of the Interior, Richard A.
Bailinger OF Washington.
Postmaster General, Frank Hitchcock
of Massachusetts.
Attorney General, George W. Wicker
sham of New York.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Charles L. Nagle of Missouri.
Secretary of Agriculture, James Wilson
of Iowa.
Inc positive announcement that Mr..
knox would be the new Secretary Of
State W. made by T~'resident-elect Taft
himself at the White House. The state
ment was made after two conferences
Det"ee the incoming executive and
Mr.. Knox. in which Mr.. Taft insisted
that all question Of eligibility had now
BEEN settled by the action Of Congress
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
OWN 4 TELEPHONE LINE.
Farmers Around OkobOio Purchase
the Great Western System.

The farmers in the country about
Okobojo ave formed an association
Of their WI and purchased the tele-
phone line of the Great Western sys-
TEN, which run north from Pierre.
They have formed a company under
the name of the Gas Belt Telephone
Company of Okoboio. Sully county.
lines as they exist at the present
run from Pierre To Onida, by way Of
okobojo. and from Okobojo spread out
IN different directions TO cover a good
sized scope Of country. reaching about
fifteen miles north of that place and
quite a distance west.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
xGu<sCIxzD IN fEoM MEXICO.


$3.50 49,
An orEHrsssrd yss&r 20 xsnuEEse Assat-
- Int fhsx ccu7sry wAs uxearshed n
kh< r~suas ~ tks discovery CT twenty
twn rhassxse In y sox car In San Luis
Oh ses Cal S1ssd&y. The mcss pe
cs1 { SeMsus~ cs shs discovery was thai
~ cAsAszSA1s we're In q Bonded cxr
eaAsxd EsxA the government stamp.
II CIR wAs billed from AagseYx. .
eewn - Nsw ors&xns. where IT leTs
on February iE. ard was billed to San
Frnnctscn- On account Il tie runser-
cus ~aAndaaidsx~ The car was delayed On
The cosss elwssson O. she Southern Pa
cts1- Wh1ae passing the sealed box
= In ths yards Sunday Conductor
FsEs hsard ~csesss sn II. sn response to
caessscn who was IN he car. he ~
ceavsd IA ossay 90 - Tor a nacket Of
~ziG n ths pigeon Engissh 81 the
C1hinene-
The ahsrzEs oFsce WAS notified. b
seA1s orckrn ard twenty-five haaf
st2rvsd Caasvese taken CIT All had
aaEgs cazzteszss. hut during the ionx
3ournsy kat neen drained 81 every
drse ~ wxasr-
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02

Tbs turbine steamer Mauritania OF
The Cunard Lire. not only broke her
rwn record over the long wfnfsr
ccrrse ~ s,seb rallies by 2 hour ard
Is minutes. nat she also hauled down
the figures he'd by her sister ship. the
LaG.Ania- and has set the nsw record
O9 : tayF. II hcgrs and 80 minutes,
which - ] hour ard 80 minutes better
tkan the Lusst2nfats EeFt time ovey the
courna-
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
TO CUT PRICES AND WAGES.


Conferences between the heads Of
TIE subsidiary nses Of the Unit
ID States Steel corporation were held
IL New York Saturday 70 discuss con-
dIfaans in the trade.
While nc csfssc4as statement has been
given cut II Was a current report tina.
sweeping reductions IN the prices OF
steel. except steel rails. had been de-
cate6 upon by The corporation. TO be
accompanied ~ co~responoingiy lowe.
w1xsa. and that 10 meet this situation
rhe various independent steel cornpa-
ns0 were ORGANIZING fer self protec-
1ze1.
q Il Cary, chairman q the board
81 directors ~ the Taise6 States Steel
corEorGt4ca~ expected 10 issue q state
rnenf dsAratng tne position 81 the cor-
poYHxson
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02

A decree Of divorce. with alirnony Of
ss.3o9 a year and the custody OF her
son. was awarded Mrs. william J.
Lrnp, sr.. known as the Lavender
Lady" by Judge George Hitchcock in
the circuit court at st. Louis, Me-.
Thursday. The decision followed q
sensational trial. which lasted more
than q week and closed Tuesday last
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
ALIVE. THOUGH PARALYZED.
Black Hills MAJ Falls from Wagon
and Dis.ocats~ His Neck.

Still alive and conscious at inter-
vals. although partially paralyzed. is
the condition Of Peter Hedin. a Swed-
ish homesteader living about twelve
miles from Rapid City. who had his
mech dislocated by a fan from a load
% logs.
Physicians reduced the dislocation
ard placed the mans neck in a plaster
cast. and they state that he has a
fighting chance to recover. He was
standing on the load attempting To
tighten his boom chain when the chain
broke. preelpitating him 70 the
ground.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
GOLDEN EAGLES CAPTURED.
Two Fine Specimens Taken Alive i'm
Lawrence County.

Golden eagles are xery rare birds in
South Dakota. and yet two fine speci-
mems have within the past few days
been captured in Lawrence county. 1t
II believed that both of them were
driven from their home in the rocks
by the extreme cold and by hunger.
TIE eagles were discovered on the
ground, and upon the approach Of hu-
man beings attempted to fly away. but
were too weak, and after raising them
selves a short distance from the
ground were obliged tn give up the
effort 10 escape and drop back TO
earth. They were easily captured.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02

With ave stitches in his heart hold
Ing IL together. Albert johnson, a 3s-
yesr-old colored man, OF P~hiladslphia
Is alive In the Pennsylvania hospital.
following an operation In which b
u was sewed together by DR.. Francis
r. Stewart
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02

1mmv 0naE Two Namrn = Uakm
01n1kun "a C1nCxnnnd-
kkA IN SAx-szAssftsnw warwhoop N
ax3Asmf1esd Eassse Indian war CHIEF
-a1nak - ths ursipn stx<son - ca
-Nnnsd- o. oxxsday ss6 bsfere he ocrle
- svHDewasd he had fatally Stabbed
- 90 4rG Arassa D<rxyr6. "a Hunt
tngas@ - w. and MEx Meyers, -
Gnr1mnsE md sarsoushsy wounce6 TO-
asph = cerdOn- NJ csmbrs4se. IL.
On - xxz4n the In6s&n~ wins had
- - Washington tD 80 the ssrrs~
10y - Ehs tzateysor. wa3 .sossosc by
@noMv 10 be tsrs.s1ssag arsd suller.
0uf - sr1ncet na signs ~ frenzy.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
Res.cptiOn To Crawford

An immense gathering filed the op-
era house Monday night at Huron, the
occasion being a farewell reception to
senator Crawford. who departed for
Washington, Tuesday evening. DIR. @.
IL. Afford presided. and with him on
the platform was the guest Of the
evening n representatives Of all po-
liticai factions, indicating that the af-
fair was one in which all were inter
ested.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02

The Catholics OF Farmer. a small
town situated on the Omaha railroad
In the eastern part OF Hanson county,
nave subscribed the sum Of 10000
toward a fund for the construction OF
a Catholic school at that place. The
work OF construction will m
as soon a. weather conditions are IA
gorable.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02

Judge Henry G. Ash. who died at
his nome II Sturgis last week. was
born in Allegheny county. Md, on
Christmas day, 1s27, and had attained
the ripe old age Of 81 years at tbs
time Of his death. On August 7, 1877,
the town Of Sturgis was staked out.
and the next day Judge Ash located
on the site OF the home In which he
@fa1
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-02
Manr Girls i'm Peril.

Many panic stricken girls leaped
from the first floor windows and fire.
D rescued msry others when a fire
attacked tie plant 81 the Kinley Nan
ufacturlng company, liza Chicago Thurs
Gay. The building and contents were
destroyed. lnfilcting a ross of s225, 600.