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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-23
OF HEARING FOR EQuALI-
ZINC THE PROPORTION OF BEN
EFITS OF LOOMS DRAINAGE
DISTRICT No. d.

To the herein named persons. ,ll.l 10
f rAK Mho %oT + nay concern;
That the Board of County. Commits
kota has fixed the 25th. day OF septe,n-
office of the Auditor of Dawson County.
South Dakota. al the Court House in
the City Of Mitchell. as a line and
benefits Of the proposed drainage
mis- Drainage District No. A.
drainage aha1 !n d,st tGSte e snd Mhdt n Of as I foia
Starting near the south boundary
ane % e sns H9~ TO- Of k ke1%is ST. IT. s rseopa
Eager: Ray ". Eager. and George A:
3 3Sroash the th Towa Of Ff Godm.s 1y 70 ON Nest st
about the quarter Section line Of said
ton "a thence North West through the
Quarter (NwN) of section "a. record
North by West through the North East
s Ssas.er john ahMHE +! %.t Sd9s'op to sa tihs ,es s.:a
ana %. thence North by West, through
ton 10 Ii. record owner B. e. Weeks X ST. ST.,
to q point in ,saj1 Section IA where
there is natural drainage.
for the main tile drain varying from
four inch tile to twelve inch tile, and
reference Is made to all the files OF
the proceedings now In the office of the
County Auditor Of Dawson County for
further particulars.
That 2 description OF each tract Of
and the names OF. the owners of the
several tracts Of land. and the propor-
ton of benefits liked for each tract Of
Four (4) Original Plat of the Town Of
LOOMS record owner Mary E. Nagel.
as q unit. is as follows:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-23
MOT M.ucn 70 Make uo.

.'FTn' .undn"SS' sake. impnliently .S.
rlaimed Mr. l'nrniaA during the ,,nkpr
gains speak up livery an say What
yo' am a.gMine 10 ho. Nose. Whv. IL
don, take ne mo den two seconds ia
make up NAH mind
"lf it did" replied the PLAYER I'D.
dressed. very deliberately. you'd suit
tainly he loafin":' New York Sun.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-23
Notice to Creditors.
Estate of Minnie E. Brown,

Estate of Minnie E. Brown, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned, L. }. WEIGH executor of
the estate of Minnie e. Brown, de-
ceased, to the creators of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within six
months, after the first publication of
this notice, to the said l.. ]. WEIGH,
executor, at First National Bank in
Mitchell, in the county of Dawson, s.
D..
Dated August 31st, 1909.
L. J.. WEIGH, Executor of the estate
of Minnie E. Brown, deceased.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-23

An unplatted tract of land 5ox1A2
feet directly west of Lot 6, Block 4,
Original Plat of the Town of Loo
mis- and situated in Section "a, Town
ship 1O4,s Range CT. Record owner, Ray
w. Eager. Units. $2.74.
An unplatted tract of land ,10ox144
feet, beginning SO feet west Of the west
line OF Lot G.. Block 4, Original
Plat of the Town of LOOMS. thence
running West 100 feet and South 142
feet, record owner. Libbie NJ. Eager,
Units, $4.55.
And all such owners as herein stated
n all whom it may concern, are here
by notified to show cause at said hear
ing, at said time and place, why the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-23

proportion of benefits shall not be fixed
as stated herein.
Dated at Mitchell, South Dakota thi.
seventh day of September, 1909.
WIN. NASH,
Chairman Of Board of County Com
m~issiOners,
H. B. ANDERSON.
Auditor of Dawson County, South Da-
kOta,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14

VERNE had clambered up on to the roof
and had entered the cabin through tie
low wide chimney. Once inside, he
began to examine and investigate
everything, each in turn to be cast on
the floor. The last thing to attract his
attention was a powder horn. 1t was
one of those old-fashioned COW horns
with piece of wood tackled in the large
end and a small stopper stuck in the
small end; it contained about half
pound of powder. With this bright and
shining article the Indian devil"
started to Chamber up and out through
the chimney. But, alas! he must have
held the large end uppermost. BY dry
ness the plug dropped out, and fine
stream of powder found its way to the
center of the fireplace, where few
Goals of fire had been kept alive.
flame shot up, an explosion followed,
and down came the frightened, blinded
beast. No doubt from agony and fear
he crawled under the table, where they
found him and put an end to his
misery.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14
THE PASSING OF THE wooDPILE

A Lewiston gentleman, who lives in
the upper part of this city, has been
sorely at loss of late to account for the
mysterious disappearance of wood
pile, which has gradually been growing
less in proportions for the last few
weeks. He had been on the lookout for
sneak thieves, but not a human being
had trespassed near the woodpile as far
as he could ascertain. But the depleted
remains of a once big woodpile stared
him in the fact, and at length, few
days ago, he stationed himself within
easy gunshot of the woodpile and vowed
that he would watch till the real cul-
pitt appeared if he had to wait til!
doomsday. After he had watched all
day without any sign of life in the
vicinity of the woodpile, and the even
ing shades were falling thick and fast
about him, peering through the dark
ness he saw a neighbor's Newfoundland
dog walk ooolly up to the woodpile,
single out big stick, and trudge away
toward his masters house with an air
of innocence which was surprisingly
veXatious to the proprietor of the fire.
wood. The dog played his little game
on the woodpile for the last time that
night, for it is rumored that one more
dog has passed from Lewiston to the
happy hunting grounds during the last
week.-Lewiston Journal
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14
RETRIBUTIoN

A trapper friend of mine relates
very laughable occurrence that once
took place at his cabin in the noun
tains. He and his chum were camped
in a small shanty not far from the edge
of a mountain lake. Radiating from
the shanty were several lines of traps
in different directions, and these trap
pers often slept out at night while visit
ing and cleaning out distant traps, says
a writer in the Field.
On their return from one of these
trips they noticed that things looked
somehow strange, yet they could not
tell for moment what was wrong. On
opening the door things looked stranger
still, for on the floor was a mixture of
all their belongings, which had been
pulled down from shelves and the walls
flour, matches, moccasins, tobacco,
soap and numerous other things, with
ashes sifted over everything.
inexperienced men might have
thought hurricane had come down
the chimney and blown everything
loose, but the two trappers knew bet
ter. Some animal had done this devas-
tation, and, being professional noun
tain trappers, they had no difficulty in
reaching a conclusion as to the name Of
the animal. A wolverine had been
there, and they fell to calling him some
appropriate names, inventing others as
they found their vocabulary inadequate.
During a momentary lull in the tor
rent of abuse they heard a slight
scratching under the table, and there
they found the worker of all the mis-
chief A blow of the ak finished him
and he was pulled out into the light
Their surprise was great to find most
of the hair on his head singed off, and
he was blind in both eyes. Then they
set to work to read by the signs how it
happened. They found that the VOL
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14
HE COULDN'T TELL A LIE

'rWell. good by, dear!" said Mr.. True
boy to his beloved spouse. 81 must
go and dictate those letters-twenty-
six of them-so you mustn't expect me
home very early"
'All right" was the response. But
1 wish you wouldn't work so hard.
Half an hour later Mr.. Trueboy en-
tered his club and sat down, with three
others, at a card table.
Just a moment, you fellows, before
the first hand is dealt. I've got to
keep my word with my wife. One of
you just take down what 1 dictates:
"A b d G h / k m n opqrs u
ky e.. There! Those letters are
off my mind!'-EXchange
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14
A Great Relief

We'll, how did you like the sermon ?"
Very much," replied the man who
had attended eleven banquets in rapid
succession. "It was a great relief to
have the preacher get up and begin his
sermon without saying: The remarks
of the previous speaker have reminded
me of a story Chicago Record-Her-
aid
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18

night hour while the corpse is slid into the tepid
sea--such is but too often the final reward OF a
stoker's career.
The process of firing liner for a voyage begins
some twontyfour hours before sailing time, where
the fires have not been banked-when a full shift
of stokers, twelve fremen, five stokers proper,
and fireman, who go to make up the watch, be-
gin putting the coal in the furnaces while water,
TO the amount of 80 to "a tons apiece, is poured
into the boilers in continuous stream for four to
six hours, according to the port In order to has
ten the initial work the donkey boiler is set to
work, heating and circulating the water, that,
at the end of perhaps thirteen hours, when the
actual flames applied the temperature has
reached about 200 Once then. the coal is lit, all
goes merry for all concerned, the stokers-
rho get the devil from the flames, or else from
the captain.
For hours at a shift the stokers stand guard,
heaping in the shovesful of 25 TO 35 pounds OF
clnkerless coal to the number of perhaps ten or
twenty, thrice every hour; while the underlings of
the stoker world shovel forth the ashes, or other
wise aid at the fires. 1t is estimated that in the
of a single day, 1870 tons of coal are con
sumed by the liner. Only six feet below the sto1-
ers' floor, surge and gurgle the freshhown waters
and forty feet above patches of the blue sky
peep in, but Of cool water and sea breezes there
is evidence in the realm of the HEAVIER.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
Down Below With the Stokers
tcontinued DOM paee sevenl

Coninued from Seven
elling I'm, shoveng out, and pausing never to rest
or draw a long deep breath
MANY newcomer gets sick at the work, an
old stoker, old to be in the service, that is-told
us, as he paused from shoveng the heavy load,
Though at first they're seldom kept at it more
than a hafhour at a time. While the tempera-
ture on deck registers only 80 degrees Fahrenheit
there is hardly breath of air stirring here be-
low and the open glow of the glory holes quickly
brings on the extra heat. Further, our pores get
pretty well clogged with the coal dust and SCOT,
which under perspration, feels particularly sticky,
and when, with each bath, coming o. deck,
this coating is suddenly removed, the contrast Is
both tremendous and sudden. Hardly has the
body become accustomed to it, when we must re
turn to the stoke-hole OF course much as
eight hundred tons of air is often pumped in here
in hour, and under great pressure but when
you remember that the steam temperature is Kept
at 400 degrees Fahrenheit, you can understand
what work there is to be done here It is hard
work, plus tremendous heat, that does us the mis-
chief, and with the unpleasant glare of flames and
constant dirt thrown in, beside"
a wooden casket, with two cannon balls to make
it sink, winding sheet of canvas over all, the
brief haltng of the vessel, precisely at the mid
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
M E--G old Eagle Jack
BY Aileen Cleveland Higgins
Continued from page seven)

(Continued from page Seven)
sad in a dgnifed way, that is, and end up awful
humble
Oh, it's me all right-me Gold Eagle Jack Bruce
sized up to about three cents. How do you
think a fellow feels to himself bawed out
like this in black and white with everything he
said right down here plain for him TO
what fool he's made of himself? It's like meg
aphonin' sell to the whole world
1t struck me right away that it was n regular
Washoe trick and l made for showing the book
straight into the stove. Then 1 held up little
easy and thought minute.
Pretty soon. I could see. lookin at it one way,
she might have meant it for nice compliment.
Maybe she did.
What do you think?
One day it looks way to me and the nexc
the other.
It don't seem-rememberin' her FACET don't
like she could be any kind of a CRATER, but
it does look a little like she got the drop on me,
don't it? And little thing like her, too
But then--if it hadn't been for the book
wouldn't have got to know her, would l? And,
then the kiss! Amt plenty big to stand pic-
ture of myself for that?
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
A T.

lunch and tours up the stairs and down
mot always right side up, / have often
tiptoed into the bed room and viewed
this tiny sleeping steam engine with un
mixed awe.
I believe one OF the great problems be.
fore us Is 10 conserve some OF this infant
energy. We are prOdigal OF II, we are
of all our natural resources. A little Of
this unnatural vigor carefully preserved
FOR fourteen years and applied TO the
necessary but unfascnating job OF wash.
ing the dishes. sweeping the floors and
making the beds would be invaluable.
Alas, too often It entirely disappears long
before this time.
From my experience when her highnesS
was one-gro wing -on-two / became able TO
20 into strange house and tell at
glance the age OF the baby who lived I'm
1t, together with her height III the baby
Is eighteen months old ana can reach
three feet. a bare space around the walls
OF the room. swept clear of everything
breakable or movable will Indicate the
fact. Babies who are small for their age
and who cannot reach far enough over
on the library table TO pull OF the eiec-
troler, the tobacco jar and the ink bottle
are In great demand all over the nation.
I'm the concluding number OF this series
Mr.. Newdad will discuss such subjects as
The Black Hand" '"The Baby's Dog"
and How To Sleep From A a. IN. to
Breakfast Tlme.')
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
PERSONAL RECOLLECTF)NS OF
A PA.
By A. Newdad.
Edward Payson Westoning.

1T Is wonderful how an amateur faith
cr's ideas change regarding babies. Dur
ing the hrst year or my pa-hood regard,
ed a child as a fragile flower which could
be- bent by a breath and totally destroyed
by a blow / picked up her royal high.
ness with caution and stirred her around
With my finger In her crib with fear and
trembling. My idea was that baby
was made OF peach blossoms, spider an.
ments and cobwebs ana was consequent
ly 90 be handled with care.
During the second year l had change
OF ideas. This IS after her hlghness
learned 70 walk. When she had travelled
as far as from Chicago to st. Louis hold
Ing onto my finger she started out one
day by herself and has been navigating
with great success ever since. II Is her
walking that has revised my Ideas con-
Ccrning the component parts OF babies.
a baby IS made OF india rubber, steel
springs, whalebone, hickory spokes and
plano wire. These materials enable II On
our case herr 10 travel from q n N. 20
q p. m. at n trot with no stops exc apt
for meals and diversions. They also en-.
able her TO lift an aggregate of one ton
of brcakablc materials from their places
turing the day and lower them with more
or less violence to the boor; 10 fall an
aggresate or ELEVEN reef az various tIhes i.,s
during one forenoon; and 10 whoop with
frantic energy for thirty minutes at a
time without showing the least fatigue or
want OF breath
Little by little my wonder at the physl.
que Of babies grew as | watched our
darling take our house 10 pieces faster
than two women and man could put IL
back. when / arrived at the home I'm
the evening and our darling ran 10 meet
me, clutchlng her favorte kitten by the
neck, / found Il difficult to believe that
two small hands. assisted by two chubby
legs, could mix together and stir up such
bewildering mess OF books, magazines,
newspapers iardinlers, dishes, kitchen
ware, clothing, bric-a-brac and shoes In
an afternoon. As | wearily worked until
long past dinner time to straighten out
the mess the wonder grew And when
realized that her work I'm accomplishing
this ruin was interspersed with innumer-
able side excursions OF investigatio a. pur-
suit OF the kitten, demands for ga"
which Is a specially designed name for
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
ESSAYS ON MOST ANYTHING.
The Picnic.

TT HE picnic Is n charity AFFAIR, gotten
up for the entertainment OF certain
varieties OF bugs. a picnic consists OF II
basket OF dinner, a hammock and rain
storm. The dinner IL shared between tho
owner and seven varieties Of ants, The
hammock Is shared by the owner and the
carrier OF the basket The thunder storm
is used by the picnic as terminal facil.
tiles and by the unwilling victims as
an excuse for getting home as soon as
the last piece OF pie has been exhausted.
picnic Is composed OF people and
lunch I'm equal parts. 10 Is usually sew
eral days In incubating and coming TO a
head. IL takes three days TO prepare
the lunch for picnic OF the first grade,
three hours 20 hunt a satisfactory spot
and lay IL out, aud thirty minutes 20
make IL look like the contents OF a pie
wagon that has been struck by an auto
mobile. Like bringing UP children, women
do most OF the work at a picnic. They
prepare the lunch, pack the baskets. and
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18

being the hardest job They set the Ia.
bles ana clear away the ruin afterward.
The two duties OF man at picnic are
TO carry the lunch baskets and 20 put up
the hammocks In such a way as 10 cause
the most excitement 90 the occupants.
picnic can be heard AT very great dis.
tance by the gToans OF the men who are
performing these duties.
Picnlcs begin to appear sporadically In
June, and reach their greatest severity
In August When the epidemic Is at
its height healthy person may have as
many as six plcnlcs week and yet
survive A man who Is afflicted with
picncs can be distinguished from the
fact that one shoulder Is higher than
OF various parts OF the body, and by the
fact that he sits down very cautiously,
as II expecting that whatever he Is sit
ting down I'm Will give way and allow
velocity.
Picnics may be complicated by base
ball. swimming, apple stealing moon,
consequences are often very serious. Since
the automobile has become popular, pic
mics have been less severe because the
victim Is now able TO come out OF IL IN
about one-quarter OF the time.
IT HE steamer Kalserin Auguste Victoria
OF iIamburg-American line, now mas
a fine garden on her upper deck, in which
are grown lettuce mushrooms and straw
berries III this custom spreads among
the leviathans Of the yensty deep, we
may expect some day 10 read the follow
last night In a dense fog the steamer
Riproaria struck the steamer Kurfurst
Adophus Gutenberg Won Hoch der -.aiser
pea bed. ripping out several plates and
sinking the ship I'm 1000 fathoms or
water. The Kurfurst, Etc. =, gardeners say
crops will be a total failure this year
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
WISDOM.

wv ISDOM Is a variable term. To the
w boy IL means a knowledge of the
batting averages OF every big league base
ball player.
To the young man It means what he
has Just acquired at college.
To the woman Il means knowing just
what the children are going TO have next
and how to cure IL.
To the voting public 1t means the
six sylla bled words that the candidate has
Just fed chem.
To the college professor II means what
ever Is contained i'm books.
To the gay young man 1t means what
ever is forbidden I'm life.
To the girl it means Harry or Jim or
Arthur, or whatever his name Is.
To the old man it means knowing
things before IL is too late to do them.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
HEROES WHO RETURNED.

@ OCRATES had made himself so dis
- agreeable over the tariff that II was
felt necessary TO get him out OF the way
Bring on your hemlock," he exclaimed
firmly.
Nonsense" they sneered, as they nom.
mated him for vice president wee d
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
CURT CONCLUSIONS.


The only difference between chas-
ing rsinbows and political Jobs, is
the fact that there is no pot Of gold
at the end of the latter.
If wishes were automobiles a whole
lot Of beggars would be walking.
a man who can use all the slang
of the day as fast as he hears II, is
as smart as a parrot or phono-
graph.
The eyes may be the windows Of
the soul, but II isn't the good peo-
pie who have the stained glass win
dows
One of the sorrows we all endure
is the fact that the most interesting
people we know are generally too
busy to put their feet up and talk
with US for an hour at time.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
rather bury you alive"

Hendrlck Hudson revisited the Island
Of Manhattan and was much taken with
II.
"l'n give you $50 for IT," he declared.
cant be done" said the owner. but
you can rent a nice alderman for half AN
hour for that price,
After Caesar had spent a week
around Washington with the boys he
was offered n kingy crown.
mo thanks" he said, politely pushing
II away from him, "Id rather run the
country"
Saying which he announced himself a
candidate for speaker.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18

t HE FU N OF 1T ALI
"""nlzseso" BY GEO. FITCH $$ $$$: $$ $$
It III E
THE SILLY SEASON.

Now the lover, meath the roses,
Gasps ald suffers and proposes;
Moons about his duties sighting;
Puts his passion into writing.
Which, when he has failed to get her,
lie fills with phrases grandly swelling
Though a little warped in spelling.
Love in cottages he praises
On ten plunl1s a week--with raises.
What's the reason'
Silly season.
Now to Looney Park we amble;
Down the bump the bumps we ramble,
Sprawhng with alarming wriggles
While the crowd with pleasure giggles,
Now we're rolled and tossed and tumbledi
Over screamic railways mmbled.
Werdy, wildly, swiftly, madly,
For which trouble we pay gladly.
Not to love Il would be treason.
What's the reason9
Silly season.
Now the maid who, in the winter
Wouldn't for her life begin ter
Show her ankles, paddles gaily
In the rolling surf twice daily.
While for two short weeks we tarIy
AT the seashore millionairy,
Very rich and very snifty,
Spending all our savings thrifty,
Made by eating bread with cheese on
What's the reason'
Silly season.
Now upon the sticky bleachers,
Widely open as to features,
For our team we whoop and sputier,
Root and scream and plead and muter
Tossing hats to thunder madly;
Tearing hair and garments sadly,
As If life and love depended
On the way the durn game ended.
All the nation has a wheeze on.
What's the reason9
Silly season.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-18

II wishes were automobiles whole
lot Of beggars would be walking.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-20
CHAMPIONS HOLD
TITLE AT TENNIS

Newport, r. l., August IF B. Alex
ander and H. H. Hackett, who have held
the national lawn tennis championship
In doubles for the past two years, easily
won the title for the third time today
by defeating Maurice H. Mclaughlin and
G. O. Jones, the Pacific coast cham
pions, in straight sets. The scores were
GA; Ga; 60 In the first two sets the
challengers put up strong fight. They
succeeded in forcing the games to three
all in the first set and after the cham
pions had almost clinched the set by
taking the next two games the western
ers pulled up and took the ninth. They
were unable, however, to bring the set
to deuce After Hackett and Alexander
had taken the second set by the same
score their opponents appeared to have
exhausted their strength. Playing brill
liant net game the champions easily won
the final set without allowing the young
er men a single game
The weather was excellent.
When the last match in singles had
been finished late this afternoon, play
had run into the third round The sur
vivors of the day, including largely play
ers of proven worth, the only real upset
of the day being the defeat of George
j. James of San Francisco, who was also
vanquished with his partner, McLough-
lin, in the national doubles. 1t was @.
P. Gardner of Boston, former Harvard
inter-scholastic champion, who has the
victory to his credit. Among the others
who now go to the third round Is r.
H. Palmer, winner of the recent South
ampton tournament.