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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
THE BUSY BEE
IN BUSINESS
BY George e. Hilton, President Bee
Keepers Association.

It may seem little unusual to
measure bees by the bushel, but 1t is
interesting, nevertheless, to record
the fact that there are not less than
two and quarter million bushels of
bees at work in the United States at
the present time, slipping nectar from
the corolla of the flowers and fruit
blossoms for the benefit of the sweets.
loving. Bees are not usually sold In
bishei lots, nor even figured after that
unit Of measurement, but DR.. E.. r.
Phillips of the bureau of entomology
of the United States department of
agriculture recently made the mathe-
NAUTICAL deduction possible. He says:
Il have been taking bee census to
the best of my ability, and have de.
termined the number to be approx
mately 1856 .25O.OO0. 900. I get that re-
suit by multiplying the 6,450,000; es.
timating $4,000 as the proper popula
ton of healthy colony, figure that
dozen quarts of bees would make
45,00O."
If the doctors estimate is correct,
the commercially active bees In the
United States would weigh 100000
pounds at 40 pounds to the bushel
That is enough to fill 5000 freight
cars carrying Is tons or make a train
long enough to reach from Baltimore
to Washington. Some bees, beyond
shadow of doubt.
The result of the labor of these
bees may be better understood when
the astounding fact is stated that
though the past season in some parts
of the United States was a bad one
tons, the crop was fully 250,000,000
pounds-worth at the very low aver,
age wholesale price of ten cents
pound, the huge sum of $4,000. 900,
The stupendous numbers here re.
corded would not be possible without
the greatest activity on the part OF
the busy queens, but they are most
ardent In their resistance to race sui
eide, and some of the most prolific
ones are now capable Of laying $500
eggs in "a hours, and will continue
that tremendous output for months at
time The records of the Office over
which DR.. Phillips presides instances
one queens output at 1000 eggs g
day for four years.
The best estimates obtainable by
the National Bee Keepers associa.
ton, which cover the United States
and Canada, show that there are al
the present time in these two coun.
tries 100000 bee keepers. with an av.
erage output of money and wax val
ued at S50,OOO,00O.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
STILL ANOTHER PLAN
FOR A FARM ICE HOUSE
Canadian Agricultural Experts-Mi1krOou1
Made House.

the studs with matched siding Line
the inside with rough boards, as we'll
as the under side of the rafters. Leave
space between studs empty.
Have doors in sections running up
from the sill to the gable at one end
of the icehouse.
8. Before putting in the ice cover
the stones or gravel In the icehouse
with IL inches of dry saw-dust.
4. Pack the ice directly on the
saw-dust. Leave space of IL inches
between the walls and the ice. Place
the cakes of ice as close together as
possible, and fill in all unavoidable
spaces with crushed ice or snow, we'll
rammed. Never use any saw-dust be-
tween the tiers
5. Fill the Pinch space between the
ice and the wall with dry saw-dust. Be
careful that the saw-dust does not con-
tain any ice chips or snow. When no
saw-dust is available, cut hay or cut
straw, or chaff, may be used, but in
this case the space between the wall
and the ice should be twice as large
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
Gov. Vessey Appoints.

Gov Wesley has appointed as dele
gates from this state to the Trans.
Missouri Dry Farming congress which
IS to meet at Cheyenne. Wvo. an
feD. 70, "a and 25, the following list
or gentlemen: A. ]. Mccain, Disherv
Gray, Isaac B. Chase, George Mans.
neld' Rapid City; Edward Miller, Fl.
G. Judson, Viewfeld; Isaac Hamilton
pennington; George Saunders, Cam.
ta;> e. A. Morrison, Elbon; A. w
Prewitt, Philip; H. H. Stoner High.
more; William M. OBannion. Ruffa1o
Gap; Hugh Jeffries, Fort Pierre: Dan
BlerWagen, Hardingrove; William
Walpole, Philip; J. Frank Carson
Cherry Greek; Matthew Brown. IA.
dcka; G. H. Carol, Miller: Prof vii.
lis, Bookings; Samuel H, Lea
Pierre
He has also appointed as de]eoa+es
to the National Tariff congress TO he
held in indianapolis, Ind, r. O Rich.
ards of Huron and |. A. wehh NJ
Deadwood.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
Sectional View Of Ice House.

GA inches instead of 12) and care
should be taken to have the hay or
straw packed as well as possible.
6. Cover the Ice on top with saw
dust or long hay; II inches of saw-dust
will DO. Hay should be put on two
feet thick. Hay and saw-dust make an
equally good covering, If used in prop
er quantities.
When saw-dust is used, put on two
feet thick at first This will leave IL
inches to spare to fill in the sides in
the spring, when the sawdust along
the sides has settled
7. A loft floor over the icehouse does
more harm than good, as it prevents
circulation of air and keeps the COW
ering damp. Have an opening at each
end of the gable fitted with louvre
boards and have a ventilator 18 inches
square going through the middle Of
the roof to create a thorough circula-
ton of air and thus prevent accumu-
'lation of heat under the roof.
s. Bank the icehouse up above the
sill with earth or saw-dust, in order to
prevent any entrance of air around the
sill
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE LAW.
Albert Moore Must Answer to Mining
Frauds


After four years Of freedom Albert
Moore, alias Henry A. Everett, or ].
l.. Ferguson, is in the Deadwood Jail,
and must stand trial on a charge of
| using the mails to defraud. The crime
| for which Moore must answer was one
of the boldest mining frauds ever per-
petrated here. Moore came here in
1905, and shortly became acquainted,
when he intimated that he would put
some money in mining enterprises
In Deadwood. Shortly after his ar
rival at Deadwood the postot1ice au-
thorities became suspicious of his
mail. He received quantities Of let
| tiers under one of his aliases, as pres!-
dent or general manager Of the I'm
perial Globe Mining and Leasing COM
pany," purely fictitious company.
The department investigated and Is
sued a fraud order which tied up sew
eral hundred letters containing monay
from people in Missouri According
/ W lliS government inspectors moore 3
| scheme was to write individuals that
! he was the executor of the estate Of
a man who had recently died. leaving
! $4,000 worth Of government bonds.
| In most cases he is alleged to have
| told the victim that there was GER
tain sum of money, usually about 500,
due on the bonds and that the VIC
tim, who was pictured as an heir,
| could secure them by the payment If
that amount. The letters were all
sent to Lead under the name Of Fer
guson, but when officers spotted him
In hotel and went to arrest him he
| locked the room door on them and,
| slipping out of 8 side way, made his
escape from town, and was never seen
again until recently it was learned
that he was serving a term in the
Montana penitentiary for raising a
| postoffice order. At the expiration of
this term he was brought here and
will be tried in the United States dis
tr1ct court at the May term.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
HIGH SCHOOL. FIELD MEET.
Fourth Annual Meet To Be Held in
NarpoiIIinr Nav 900

Fourth Annual Meet To Be Held In
VermiIIion: May 21-22.
Secretary R. l.. Kirk is sending out
the preliminary announcement of the
fourth annual field meet Of the South
Dakota high school athletic associa
ton, to be held in Vermillion under
the auspices of the University OF
South Dakota May 21-22.
On Friday evening, May 81, will oc
cur the annual declamatory contest
Any student from a high school be.
longing to S. D. H. S. A. A, who has
been properly certified by the school
authorities may compete in the con.
tests. Gold, silver and bronze medals
will be awarded for places in athletic
and declamatory contests, and a
championship banner goes to the
school scoring the largest number OF
points.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
CITY CANNOT BAR SALOONS.
License May Be Granted in Township
ADJOINING MjtcheIl


Although Mitchell is dry town,
there is a strong possibility of two
saloons being operated under it's very
nose This condition will be brought
about, In all probability, by the grant
ing Of licenses to saloons in Mitchell
township, which adjoins the four sides
of the city, the distance to the town
ship line being but about three-quar-
tiers of mile from the business cen
ter. A petition has been filed with
the clerk of the Mitchell township
board requesting that the question of
license be voted upon in that town
ship at the election on March g. and
under the law the board will be re-
CURED to submit the question.
The first railroad case yet to be
tried under the double damage law of
the 1907 legislature was heard at Plan
kinton. j. H. Polt brought suit
against the Milwaukee road to recov-
er about 5000 damages caused by a
fire set by a passing engine, and the
case was tried under the double dam
age act. The jury returned verdict
for the plaintiff for $500 Judge Smith
declined to enter judgment on the
verdict returned by the jury, and
granted stay of thirty days, at the
end of which time he will hear the
argument of the attorneys on the con-
stitutionality Of the law.
Arrangements have been made BY
the executive committee Of the Mitch
ell club to hold the second annual
Boosters banquet, which will take
place about the middle of March
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

The increasing recognition of the
necessity of cooling milk and cream.
whether for delivery to creamery,
cheese factory, condensary or for dis
town or shipment to more distant
CITY, makes the subject Of farm ice
houses Of great Importance. These do
not need to be expensive affairs and
the convenience of having ice for the
ordinary household purposes should
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

The Chicago Telephone comnanv
announced mutual benefit scheme
affecting its 5000 employees. Briefly,
the company will contribute dollar for
dollar to such sums as are placed in
a fund by the employees.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
MISSIONARY MEETING.
Preparations for Great Gathering at
VerniIIion

Arrangements have been made for
a missionary gathering in vermillion,
representing the world wide work OF
the Congregations church. Among
the speakers to be present are Mr..
Riggs of Constantinople Mr.. Gray of
the Micronesion island, Dr. C. H. Pat
ton and Miss ida Woodberry of New
York.
Delegates from other parts of the
state will be here.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

The senate was in hostile mood
Thursday, and massacre was rife.
Five bills were slain, and two of them
were railroad bills, one providing for
full train crews and the other for the
maintenance Of switch lights and de-
railing switches.
The senate passed bills making the
entomologist at Brookings college
state entomologist, and providing for
the prevention of the spread of noy-
ious insects; giving justices final
jurisdiction in all cases of cruelty to
animals; fixing the population for de-
termlnlng salaries Of county officers
at five times the vote for governor at
the last election; pensioning |. L.
Gill, who was stabbed by an inmate
of the penitentiary, and so severely
injured as to be disabled: fixing terms
of court in Harding and Perkins; le-
CALLING Woonsocket court house
bonds; prohibiting gambling on
trains.
Inc mouse, as usual. was the sensa-
tional body. When Writings bill
submitting an amendment to the con-
stitution permitting women to vote
on temperance measures was reached
for the third reading, Fitch produced
an armful of petitions containing 12-
600 names demanding absolute equal
suffrage. An effort was made to de-
fer action, but without avail, and Nor
ris proposed to amend by substitut-
ing actual suffrage for the WHITING
bill.
A red-hot scrap resulted in the
adoption of the amendment nv 5e to
AZ, and the previous question at once
put the bill on it's passage, and sixty
nine members voted for it. The nros-
pect Tor its passage through the SEN
ate is excellent.
Inc Joke is rather upon Whiting
who now stands as the father Of a
measure he has opposed throughout
the session and against which he
voted.
lAe Dig engagement of the day was
upon the good roads bill. This came
before the house on the committee
bill, which makes it operative only in
counties not organized into civil
townships. Yankton and Lawrence
Will be the chief beneiciaries. The
bill was passed.
Inc mouse passed the bills cutting
out the publication of the list Of
passes issued by railroads; paving
jurors So and accepting lands in lien
Of school lands in forest reserves.
Drilling for oil wells begins near
Edgeley soon and the work will ba
done on night and day shifts.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

Reports from most of the navy
yards throughout the country on Sec
rotary Newberry's plan of reorganiza.
ton say that it is working favorablv
and satisfactorily The commandments
say that it's effect is to save money
time and ROOM and that there il; no
question it will result in great benz.
ut to the service
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
SOUTH DAKOTA CORN FOR SEED

Twenty-BusheI Consignment Shipped
on Order to Russia.
A Vermillion seed house has ship
ped a consignment Of twenty bushels
of seed corn to Russia. The order
came last week for corn of the white
variety. p
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

Prof. William Matthews aged nina.
ty years, who was the Oldest living
graduate of Colby college and proba-
bly, the oldest graduate of the Har-
ward university law school, died at
Boston.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

The nineteenth annual reunion Of
the United Confederate Veterans will
be held in Memphis, Tenn, on June
s, 9 and 10, 1909.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.
Review of the Most Irnpor-
tant Work of the State
Legislators for the
Week.

The senate was asked Tuesday
afternoon to back up on the two-cent
rate law, as committee bill was pre-
scented asking that the roads Of GER
tain grades be exempt from its pro
visions, the exemption applying to the
Crouch line and the Burlington.
The house judiciary committee has
introduced new juvenile court bill
covering the objections of the child
rens home officers and other interests
to the original bill.
Senate bill 10, providing that the
State shall have an equal number of
challenges with the defense in Grimm
al cases, was amended by the house
Judiciary committee. Larson of Min
nehaha, attempted to Strike out the
committee amendment Larson of
Mlnnehaha, Larson Of Union, Norbeck
OF Lyman. lssenhuth and Johnston,
supported the senate bill, and Bar
tine, Taylor, Whiting, Fowler and
Morris opposed it. The house sustain,
ed the senate bill for equal challenges.
An equal suffrage bill was passed by
the house Wednesday by vote of 6S
to 2S. AS a like bill was carried in
the senate early in the session and
barely failed in the house, suffra-
gettes are jubilant over the outlook.
After sharp fight the house adopt
ed the minority report favorable to
Writings bill, providing for summon
ing jurors by mail The bill reduces
sheriffs' fees, and was opposed in that
respect
The senate passed Tobin's bill, to
permit the board of agriculture to
condemn additional lands needed for
state fair purposes, also Rowe's bill,
fixing the mode OF determining popu-
lation as a basis for fixing salaries,
and Bates bill, advancing justices to
final jurisdiction In cases of cruelty
to animals
Nothing during the session has
compared in interest with the house
fight on the. equal challenge bill The
bill was introduced in the senate by
Mr.. Norbeck Of Sphinx, and provides
that the state and defense shall have
each twenty peremptory challenges
in each criminal case. The debate
in the house was picturesque Nor
beck led a victory over the legal
membres Of the senate
In the house the senate bill was
| amended TO give the state ten to
| twnty for the defense by the judiciary
committee, and the issue was upon
the adoption Of the committee report
Larson moved to strike out the
| amendment, and was supported by
Hebal, Johnston, Norbeck, Issenhuth
| and Wyman, Taylor Morris, Whiting
| and FolWer opposed the motion.
Division did not come until after 70
o'clock. and the motion prevailed, and
the bill went to third reading as it
passed the senate.
The senate passed the house bill
| adding two additional judges to the
supreme court, SO it will devolve
upon Gov. Wesley to appoint circuit
| Judge of the Tenth circuit and two
supreme judges
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04
ICE H0USE.
u6.Rd.A ar
Ground Plan of Ice House.
rtOOR or
MIX 5IANH,

with a quantity Of ice from time to
time. A simple arrangement, which
will give good satisfaction Is to make
box in the shape of trunk or chest,
lined with galvanized iron, and d.
vided in the center by a partition open
at the top and bottom to allow for a
circulation of air between the two COM
partments. The ice can be placed in
one side Of the partition and the ar
ticles of food on the other SIDE box
constructed as follows will give good
satisfaction: One layer Of matched
boards covered with one inch of hair
felt and finished with another layer of
inch boards. That Is to say, the sides,
top and bottom will consist of two-ply
Of matched boards with one layer of
one-inch hair felt between. The cover
should fit tightly and be provided with
cushion Of some kind to make It air.
tight. The galvanized iron lining Is
necessary to prevent the dampness
from affecting the wood and destroy
Ing the insulation. 1t is necessary to
provide drainage pipe for the melt.
Ing ice, and the outlet should be
trapped to prevent passage of air. If
hair felt cannot be procured easily,
leave a space Of three or four inches
between the outside and the inside
finish Of the box and fill this space
with planning mill shavings or thor
oughly dry saw-dust.
A cubic foot Of ice weighs 57k
pounds. One ton of solid ice measures,
approximately, IS cubic feet A con-
sum ption Of two cubic feet (115
pounds) per day for four months
| would amount to nearly seven tons.
Allowing for the waste when such a
comparatively small body of ice is
| stored, building ten feet square and
| ten feet high will afford ample space
| for that quantity of ice, If it is care
fully packed.
Fifty pounds per day for four
months would amount to three TONS
| Allowing for waste, solid block Of
| ice six feet square and six feet high
should be sufficient If properly stored
For the purpose Of estimating the
weight of ice roughly by the number
of blocks, the following table will be
| found convenient:
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-04

I Provide for drainage by filing the
area of the icehouse with broken
stones or cobble stones, covered with
cinders or gravel. A few inches will
do on the top of a gravelly and porous
soil. On heavy clay soil a greater
depth will be necessary. A tile drain
should be laid in the earth, under the
gravel, along the center of the build
ing.
2. Lay 2x6-inch stills, double, and
binding at corners, or one sill SKIS feet,
on posts. Set up 2x6.inch studs at "a.
inch centers topped with 2x6-inch
plates, double. Sheet the outside of
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-25
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
OPENED AT HARlINGEN
by Brownsville Telephone Company
Also Putting In New Long Dis
lance Circuit.

The progressive little city of Har-
lingen is enjoying the benefits of a
local telephone exchange, which was
installed recently by the Brownsville
Telephone Company. The system al
ready has 20 subscribers and is grows
ing in popularity Mrs. w. F. Hoff-
man presides over the new Harlin-
gen system as Central
The Brownsville Telephone Com
pany is also putting in a second long
distance copper wire circuit between
here and Harrington, the present cir
cult being entirely Inadequate to
handle the, business up the line, Man
ager Stegman of the telephone COM
pany. in speaking of the Harrington
exchange, said the company had
found it necessary to have an ex-
change at that point. even though it
was not strictly paying proposition
just now The necessity arising on
account of the long distance service,
which has grown to such proportions
north of here along the main line of
the st. L., B. & NJ. road and on the
HidalgO branch as to require an in
termediate station.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-25
THURSDAY, MARCH IS. 1909.
THE LOWER RIO CYANIDE
VALLEY"

A publication which is doubtless
destined to do a great work in pro-
noting the development of this valley
of vast possibilities is 1.-The Lower
Rio Grande Valley" This is the APP
propriate title of the handsome book
let just issued by the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Commercial Club. As
a literary work the booklet is all that
could be asked In language neces-
sarily concise, on account of limited
space. yet chosen with rare discrimin-
ination and Judgment, the main facts
relative to the valley, its varied re-
sources of soil and climate, the wide
opportunities which it offers to home
seekers or other investors, its present
substantial development and its great
future, are set forth. Especially de
serving of praise is the artistic work
shown in tlH illustrations These
include twenty-five full page half
tone engrayings. besides the four
pages of the beautifully designed
cover Views of various places of in
terest throughout the valley and its
great staple field and garden products
make excellent showing. The beau
tiful palm grove pictured on the front
cover. the stately date trees laden
with fruit, roses of rare beauty, the
fresh vegetable display from the
Brownsville midwinter exhibit, fields
of broom corn, onions, cabbage. cauli-
flower, cotton, corn peanuts and al
falfa. banana groves, sugar-cane plan
tations orange orchards, vineyards
showing vines of a years growth
bearing grapes and fig trees of the
same age laden with fruit, are pic
tured in all their beauty to show what
soil and climate here will do when
combined with irrigation and indus
try. Irrigation canals in course of con-
struction, and also completed and filled |
with water. effecting the wonderful
transformation of the wilderness into [
a garden spot, form attractive illus
trations Not least in importance are
those showing the fruits of days /
fishing in the Gulf of Mexico and (.
days hunting in the valley Surf /
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-25

bathing atTarpon Beach in midwinter
also furnishes most attractive. page
The work of securing and prepar-
ing the data and illustrations for this
excellent piece of advertising litera-
ture was accomplished by Jeff McLe-
more. formerly Industrial agent of
the St Louis, Brownsville and Mexico
railroad and editor of the Gulf Coast
Magazine. and Secretary R. N Magill
of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Com
mercial club. The first five hundred
copies of the booklet were brought
by Secretary Magill from Houston
several days ago, in order to have
them for distribution on the occasion
of the Houston business men visit
here. They were hurried through the
press for this purpose, and show some
crudity and imperfections which will
be eliminated in the later issues of
the booklet This edition will num-
Der 100000. 1t will be distributed
free and any who wish to send out
copies may secure them by applica-
ton to the club.
The expense of publishing this
work is about $4,000 To the credit
of the large land owners of the valley
be 1T said. this expense has been
borne by them. With characteristic
and liberality, they have
taxed themselves one cent per acre
for every acre owned by them, and
presented this work to the valley,
for the impartial benefit of every
portion and of every person whose
interests are identified with any part
of the valley.