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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18
GOLD AND REAL ESTATE.

The Free Press has several times
invited attention to the effect Of the
great output of gold upon real estate
values as Wellas values of other kinds,
Gold is falling in value and real
estate is going up. It therefore pays
better to have real estate than gold.
The National City bank Of New York
has just issued a circular in which it
shows that the world $ supply of gold
is increasing the cost Of living, as
the gold, and all money based on the
gold unit, buys less and less.
The gold output of the mines Of
the world for this year is estimated at
s45o,oo0, 900, or $4,000 more than the
total for last year. AT the present
rate OF increase, and there is no rea-
son to believe it will fall off, the ail-
nnal production will be $500, ,O00, 600
in 1912. The algold output of tha
worlds mines from the time ColuH.-
bus discovered America in 1892 un to-
1880, inclusive, was approximately
So, sos, ,o33 900. The total since 1886
has been sc, 1920, ,925, 600, or nearly as
much in the last twenty-eight years
as during the previous Sss years. AT
present the silver mines are turning
ont 100000, 900 ounces year. making
IAN enormous stream Of precious
metal. ID, ss
1t is only natural that the cost Of
things we buy, measnrsd in gold and
silver, should be greater than when
the metals We're not SO plentiful.
And as for the increased cost of living,
taken ON the general average OF
things, it is more apparent than real.
What hurts most is the artificial
boosting Of prices of certain neeessi-
ties out of their proper relation to
wages, and the general ad instment Of
income to ontgo.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18
SURPRISED HUGHES
COUNTY PEOPLE TOO

The Gas Belt exposition at Pierre fay-
ored with fine weather and a large at
tendance. The Exposition building was
decorated in way that gives much
credit to the promoters. The interior
of the building was decorated with
corn and other grain until the walls
and ceiling We're wholly invisible.
Several counties We're represented
by booths filled with specimens Of
farm products, and many were labeled
wits the name and location Of
raiser. The specimens of grain and
vegetables surprised even some of our
own citizens. Harrsld Pioneer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18
IooK CTR FOR FOR PIERRE j :ER:,R:;Ez:.

One party Of capitalists have expen-
ed $50. 600 in buildings in Pierre within
the last year and a capitalist is expends
ing $l2O, 900 this season in brick blocks.
The young capital is whooping it up.
Where iathe Sioux Falls moneyed man
who will DO the same for this city? On
Tie CsFs ,3
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18
A PROCLAMATION

1t 1s an old and beautiful custom
established by our forefathers many
years ago to set apart each year day
OF special prayer and thanksgiving
for the many blessings received.
Therefore, I, r. E. Vessey, Gov
ernor of the State of South Dakota,
do hereby designate and appoint
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1909.
as day of general Thanksgiving
and request that it be observed as
such throughout the Commonwealth.
The year 1909, for South Dakota.
has been most wonderful year and
as 1t draws towards the close it is fit
ting that the people of the state
should rejoice and be thankful FOR
the eminence which our Common
wealth has attained; for the wonder
full development of our resources
and for the material prosperity which
has come to us.
| Earth has been gracious in giving
from her store, bountiful harvests
have been reaped, and our mines
have yielded generously.
Throughout the state there is gen.
eral awakening to the responsibility
OF citizenship, to higher standard
OF public morals, and to most
wholesome regard for the dignity of
the law.
Let us be thankful, also, that no
pestilence or dire calamity has be-
fallen our beloved state and, while we
render thanks for the many blessings
vouchsafed to us, let us not forget
those less fortunate than ourselves.
1t is becoming for us at this time
to take some thought of the manner
in which we are performing our part
in conserving, for the use of future
generations, the provisions which
the Almighty has placed in our hands,
as His cnstodians. The streams, the
timber, the soil, and the mineral and
fuel deposits have been entrusted to
us, not to be despoiled, but to be
conserved and passed on to future
generations, as little depleted and in
as good condition as is consistent
with our intelligent USE
Let us, on this day, offer our thanks
to the Giyer of all good for our spiri-
tnal, material, and moral, blessings
Let us trust Him, even as our fathers
trusted Him, and render due acknowl-
edgment to Him for all that we are
or hope to be.
Given under my hand and the
Great Seal Of the State, at the Capt.
tol, in Pierre, this Fifteenth day Of
November, A. d., Nineteen Hundred
and Nine. II. S VESSEY
Governor.
By the Governor:
Samuel e. Policy,
IlSEAL Secretary of State.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18
10. 600 NEW SETTLERS y,
ENTER souTHDAK0rA

Deadwood. S. D., Nov. L. Especially
Figuring from the reports Of the
thing over l0, 600 new settlers and ~
sidents, have entered the northwestern.
part of the state during the present
year, The reports only cover u
Is Aug. To that period the road CIR
lied into this section 600 full carloads
Of household furniture The PieEra
Rine hlso.,ght ~ cay oais q goodia
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18
SOUTH DAkOTA'S
PRODUCTS FOR 1909
Total Exceeds 100000. 900 State.
Production Has Increased SIS. 100000
In Four Years Still Leads.

Sioux Falls, 5. D., Sept. 14.-Dur-
ing the present year South Dakota
enjoyed the most prosperous season
in it's history and contributed very
materially to the new wealth of the.
nation The nature and value Of the
various products of South Dakota for
the year 1909 are set forth in the fol-
lowing table, which was prepared
after painstaking efforts and inyesti-
gation:
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18
November report of treasurer puts
state debt at $766, 900.

Another land opening in prospect
in Pine Ridge reservation.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18
WON'T TAKE HIS OWN MEDICINE

The oldest business man Of our ac-
quaintance is j. +. Hyde Of Lincoln,
III. He was reelected city treasurer
last spring at the age of 9e. He has
been city treasurer or deputy, also
city comptroller for the last twenty
years. Had charge of all the city ac-
count books and has as nicely kept
a set of books as you ever saw. He
also keeps the books of the largest
grocery and meat market and is cash
Ter and bookkeeper of the street rail
way. When saw him last spring I
asked him why, he didn't quit w ork
and gosout and help his son, Charley
Hyde, the multi-millionaire of Pierre
and Winnipeg, spend some Of his
cash. He replied that he liked his
work and was afraid he wouldn t en-
Joy hiinsuif II ne gaye It a
A man isn't dead until he lays
down. Half of8the old rooaters III
tie country eE sRhe 6 go ares,ns bessa ing
their age and hunting for q soft spot
to draw their last breath in could be
ploWing corn or showing q plane or
running some big enterprise il they
kUsssa only brace Up 6 0ntha Cars. J,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18

State department won't meddle with
the North Pole controversy. Another
signal example of clean diplomacy.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18

That Thanksgiving turkey will
taste all the better because you had
been led to believe you couldn't buy
it on account of prohibitive prices.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18

The postal deficit is now seventeen
and one-haf millions Must have been
unusual lot of congressional dirty
linen sent home Under franks during
the year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18

"Roar of Cannon Welcome Taft, ;"
reads the headline. Up this way the
roar of Cannon is regarded as welcome
to anybody,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18

The interest collections on public
funds for October amount to $8l5. so,
which has been returned into the state
general fund.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18

The simpleton who rocks the boat to
frighten the girls has ended his season
for this year-but the fellow who
''thoughtit was deer" will soon be
at large.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18

Congressman Burke has gone out
into the country along White river in
southern Stanley county to learn the
wishes of the people of that section
OF the state in regard to the opening
to settlement Of strip of country on
Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations
along the south side of White river.
IMs was asked for by Il bill intro
auced py Senator Gamble at the last
session, OF congress, and if enacted
Will give the state another lot Of new
settlers A move is under way to
ask for the opening Of these same res.
eryations p along the sonth line of the
but the bill for the strip along White
river river 3 was the first to be brought up,
ana will probably have the right oi
~
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18

Safe blowers have just robbed a
steamship safe. Very likely the mis-
creants hrst broke into the boiler room
to get a crowbar, and made their es-
cape in the captains gig.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18

There is a feeling in the United
States, which is growing very rapidly
in the last few years, that notwith-
standing all that has been done to
build up manufacturing the farmer
runs, after all, the best end OF it;
that not only the health but the
money is i'll the country; and many a
toWnsman, regretting that he cast
his lot in the city, is now trying to
get back to the land.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18

The Gettysburg News tells of Sully
county farmer, H. A. Brooking, who
came down town last week with nine
wagons heavily loaded with grain to
which he hitched gasoline eugine.
The net proceeds of the wagon train
amounted to 1,O00
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18

Austria has invented an aerial tor
pedo that will smash a balloon 1000
feetin the air. Now up to someone to
invent torpedo net for balloons or an
armor plated parachute.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-18

d tIIG UUVFFIIUT.
Samuel e. Policy,
[SEAL Secretary of State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-23
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
What the Church Folk Are Thinking about ndDoing--RelIgiou
news From Elsewhere

, snots however great the Inconvenience
to the individuals. personal liberty
is a plea given scant attention when
the board Of health officer comes
around with his nOt1ceS.
The welfare Of the whole supersedeS
the privileges of the Individual.
Science says that, willy nilly," men
must be altrulStlc IN certain HAT
ters.
Of late a cry has been raised which
has stirred men to the depth con-
corning the merchandising In human
beings. It. seems to be proved that
| there is an international white slave
traffic. and that the infamous business
has political Qualifications. The same
wave Of altruism which has driven
out the liquorsaloon from wide areas
will ultimately stop this business. Be
fore that end is attained, Christian
men and women will have to arouse
themselves to relentless activity. If
the ideals of Jesus are ever to pre-
vail, his disciples will have to con-
tend for them vigorously. 1t is a shame
tina selfish lawlessness should be
more shrewd and diligent han unset
fish humanltarlanism and Christianity.
The Positive Side.
No platform Of negations ever per-
manently wins. Mere prohibitions
cannot public allegiance.
Just as a child cannot SUCCESSFULLY be
brought up on "dOn'ts," so social prog
resS may not be expected if men are
required only to abstain from doing
certain things. The positive side Of
temperance and religion needs to be
stressed at all times. The glory and
dignity and power Of S~elf-cOntrOl, OF
the tempered and a%ltruistic life, musy
be held alOft without ceaSing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-23

the piles were bedded in concrete
This bridge was put UP in q wear
and a half, and IN the opening d8y
a train Of twenty-one car carriages
passed over it without causing a per-
ceptible vibration.
Cheap Railroad Building.
The steel for the Yellow river
bridge came from Belgium and
France, and the cost of it's construc-
ton was 100000, which is low con-
slderlng it's character n length. The
built It's cost has beer about $4,000
d mile, the funds having been pro-
vfded largely by the Belgians, who
loaned $22,50O, 900 on it. Most Of
the rails were made at the HankOw
Iron Works, and they weigh approx
imately e~ighty-five pounds to the
y-rd- The railway is we'll equipped
with shops at Hankow and at the
yellow river, and altogether It is a.
trunk line to which China can point
with pride.
Since its completion branches have
been built to Tai Yuen-Fu, the capt.
tai Of the province Of Shansi; and
also to Kaifeng-Fu, the capital Of
Honan. It has connections with the
road running from Tientsin to Muk-
den, and thereby with the TRANSIT
bernian road. so that one can new go
from Hankow to Hamburg by rail.
Lines have also been projected which
will connect this road with another
great trunk railway now being built
through eastern China, from Tientsin
to the Yangtse, and a road is pro-
jected which will go westward
through h Chinese empire to the
mountains Of Thibet and eventually
reach Lhassa. A third road 5 to be
built, connecting Pukow, on the
Yangtse, opposite Marking, with the
Hankow system. So that eventually
this line will be about the most inn
portant of all eastern Asia.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-23
CHiNA'S RON BACKBONE
CONTINUED From Page Fifteen.)

branch is worked by a Chinese staff
presided over by two Americans. 1
understand that some difficulty has
arisen as to securing Chinese capital
to finish the Dad and that money
may be borrowed from Germany.
Built by an Americana Chinese.
One Of the most remarkable fea-
lures Of railway construction in this
mpire is a new road now being built
southwest Of Canton with Chinese
capital, Chinese muscle and Chinese
brains. It is known as the Stunning
railroad, and thirty-six miles OF it are
already in operation. 1t is now
taking in about $500 a day, and more
than half Of that is clear profit. The
road has a capital Of less than ST.
500. 900. divided into shares Of $3.50
each, all owned by Chinese.
This railway originated in the mind
Of Mr.. Chin Gee Hee, its president He
was in the United States when he
thought of it, and he persuaded some
Of the other Chinese residents Of our
country to start the subscriptions for
the took. He then came back here
and raised the balance in these shares
of two dollars and a half each. He
imported 100 Chinese laborers who
had worked on the railroads OF the
United States to help him. He useo
them as overseers, and SO constructed
the line. AS far as I can learn, he
had neither mechanical nor civil en-
gineers. He did most of the railroad
planning himself, having worked in
our country for some years as a rail-
road foreman and contractor. His
road is equipped with locomotives and
passenger cars made in the United
States. He has Baldwin engines, fiat
cars from Pennsylvania and dump
cars from San Francisco. The pas
senger cars are fitted with automatic
air brakes and screw and chain COUP
lers and buffers. At present this road
bids fair to pay so per cent and up
ward in dividends.
The Peking-Hankow Trunk Line.
But let me tell you something about
the northern section Of China's steel
vertebrae, as / saw it this week. The
Peking-Hankow section was built by
the Chinese and the Belgians. The
distance etwee the two cities is $50
miles, and the express trains make
it in about thirty hours. The engineers
are Chinese, but the conductors are
English. The fare is SEA in silver or
about $25 in gold-that is. about 8
| IL cents a mile. This includes the
restaurant cars on the train, whe
one can get a breakfast for As cents
and dinner and lunch for 90 cents
each. The road has good depots at
Hankow and Picking, and it is fairly
we'll ba1lasted throughout. The cars
are European in make. They are
roughly furnished, poorly built and
without adequate heating arrange
ments. The only fire on our train was
in a little stove in a separate COM
partment in the middle Of the car, and
we had to go to this to get warm.
The passenger coaches are divided
into compartments running at right
angles to the track. Each cOmDart-
ments has two sofas facing each 9th
er, and upon these beds are made up
at night. Shelves are also let down
to form upper berthS.
Our train was full. We had a num-
Der Of high-class Chinese men and
women and many foreigners. There
were American and French tourists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-23
KILLS TO STOP THE FTEND.

The worst foe for IL years Of John
Deye, Of Gladwin, Mich, was a running
ulcer. He paid doctors over $40V.Vo
without benefit. Then Bucklen's AT
MICA Salve killed the ulcer and curea
him. Cures F'ever-SOreS, BOils, Fti-
OnS, Eczema, Salt Rheum. lnfaLADI7
for Piles, Burns, Scalds, Cuts, CoIh9'
Csc at all druggists.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-19

niving at the attachment of young and helpless girls money with the foreknowledge of a lifelong misery for her as the consequence.
 This morning he was clad in an i'm maculate suit of lightly striped white flannel, with carefully pipeclayed shoes, and the pale rose necktie that he wore was a living monument to the fact that the we'll groomed English man knows no peer on earth, while the jaInty exactness of his snowy pan anna hat was a revelation in proper headgear.
 As he entered the terrace his alert glance swept it from end to end, and he noted that there was no one about He moved at once to the table that Mariana had set for him, and at the instant he sat down Michele ran down the steps of the hotel with a folded newspaper in his hand which he pre- scented to milord with a low bow. Mariana entered bearing a coffee tray, and the earl greeted him with a cheer full good morning which Mariana ac- knowledged as one would a favor from a. king.
 'Milor' is serve," he announced with soft accents and took the hat and light walking stick, bestowing them with reverential care upon a side table. As the earl unfolded II Mattino he glanced up.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-19
By BOOTH
 HARRINGTON and
 HARRY LEON WILSON

the napkin he carried and with an eff. fort controlled himself.
 "Becoss," he answered-"becoss l have thought that madame the com tesse is so good a friend of the oP Eng fish Milor' Hawcastle. A maftre d'ho- tel see many things, eh. and 1 think Milor' Newcastle and madame have known (hch other from long perhaps. This 1ejeuner is for them: also l think from what I hear that both have been in Russia one time. They spik togezzer in Russ"
 "Pouf! They will not recognize my employer" said 'Ribiere, mo more than this North American who travels with him and who is as innocent as a babe. Set dejeuner o2 the table in stantly, when he shall arrive, for two a perch, petit pois, iced figs, tea. I will send his own caviare and vodka from what carry"
 eva bene, signorr' answered Mari ano and vanished into the hotel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-19
CHAPTER ".


 |" HE Earl of Hawcastle was near
 1y at the end of his financial
 rope. And yet to look at him
 as he entered upon the terrace from the lemon grove no one would have thought that a care in the world possessed him.
 Added to the natural calm demeanor of the Englishman of station was a certain self possession gained by years of standing on the brink of events, and, while this brilliant morning his cares had hung even a little more heavily upon him than was his desire, yet he gave no outward hint of any troubles that beset him.
 He was~a we'll preserved man of if ty-six, with close cropped iron gray hair and straight cut military mus tache that hid certain cruel lines in his mouth and softened the severe lineaments. He carried himself with an erectness that bespoke pride in race, if not in deeds of his own. He was distinguished with that curious Individuality that causes those in the street to nudge one another and ask in whispers who another may be, and he was unmistakably high bred.
 True, his sense of honor that would balk at cheating in a card game or the larceny of a travelling bag was not sufficient to debar him from cc-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-19

capped Russian bandit has been traced to CastelIamare'- He paused to in- sert the choicest bit of melon in his mouth, and Mariano's jaw dropped with the excitement
 "CaStellamare-nott twelve kilometers from here!' he whispered in awestruck tones, and the earl continued when he had masticated the fruit:A
 And confidential agent-secret service man, I dare say-has requested his arrest from the Italian authorities. But, to quote from our grandiose II Mattino, the brigand tore himself from the hands of the carabinieri,' or some thing like that. I can't be sure, but it read to mel
 Mariana broke in excitedly. He had picked up the paper and was devour- ing it with avidity.
 'If milor' permit, and madane"- he bowed like an automaton-"I shall translate
 Quite right, Mariano," said the earl and the maitre d'hotel went on avidly. Gro be Continued.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-19
FIRST MAP OF
 SOUTH ATLANTIC SEA

Washington. May 19.-The Navy De- partment has issued the first map ever made of the waters of the South At lantic Ocean. It is the work of the Photographic Bureau and represents the labor of years. In detail it is the most elaborate work of it's kind ever issued. for it gives not only the best routes for ships in the coastwise trade along South America and Africa, but it also outlines the best routes be- tween the two continents.
 The great increase in trade in @the South Atlantic made necessary a com prehensive map of that body of water, and this Government decided to under take the work