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The Dickinson press., 1909-04-03
PERJURY CHARGE
Mrs. Sophia Pavlicek Accused Of
Making False Statements About
M. L. Mcbride in Affidavit
Bound Over At Hearing.

given a preliminary hearing before
Judge. van der Las Wednesday after
noon that of Mrs. Sophia Pavlicek, a
Bohemian living a few miles north of
Dickinson, who is charged with perjury.
1t was lawyers battle and was hard
fought on both sides. The judge, how
ever, ruled that there was sufficient
evidence to hold her to district court
on bond of $3.50, which was furnished.
The case grew out of a civil suit
BROUGHT by the Racine & Satterly Co. of
Minneapolis against Joseph W. Pavlicek
to recover sum OF between 81, 800 and
81. 900 on a note signed by Joseph W.
Pavlicek, Mrs. Sophia Pavlicek and
other members of the family. As a
part of the testimony in the civil action,
there was introduced an affidavit signed
by Mrs. Pavlicek, who is the mother of
the defendant, also supplementary
affidavit, stating in effect that she was
coerced into signing the note and that
the threat was made to her by the
attorney of the Racine & Satterly Co.,
N. L Mcbride, that unless she signed
the note, her son would be arrested and
sent to prison.
1t was on this testimony that the
second case. that Of perjury, was
brought The case is one of consider
able importance owing to the promin-
ence of those whom it involves.
The states case was largely brought
on by the testimony of M. L Mcbride.
He stated that the Racine & Satterly
Co.. engaged the firm of Mcbride &
Baker through their western North
Dakota MANAGER, l. T. Brocket, as
their attorneys for this district about
the first Of August. On August is the
law firm was dissolved so Mr.. Baker
never did any, work for the company.
Mr.. Mcbride served in that capacity for
several months and then turned over his
papers to Heffron & Baird, who are now
the company's attorneys.
MIR. Mcbride went on to state that the
Pavlicek. note was signed in his office
but he was not in the room when Mrs.
Pavlicek signed. He denied emphati-
cally that he ever told the Pavlicek
woman any of the statements she claims
in her affidavit. either personally or
through any agent and denounced the
affidavit as false. She cannot speak
English and he is unable to speak Ger
man or Bohemian.
Frank Wanner. who is employed in
McBride's Office, E.. r. Hammond of
Minneapolis, who was here when the
note was signed as Representative Of
the Racine & Satterly Co. and L. 7.
Brocket of Des Moines, Ia, the western
North Dakota representative of the
company, all testified in corroboration Of
what Mr. Mcbride said. The other state
witnesses were Joseph w. .Pavlicek and
Ben Riva who were used to show that
the woman was in the country at the
time the note was signed and that she
actually signed It. X. 4
The defense did not put on any wit
nesses but made the motion that the
case be- dismissed. 7. F. Murtha of
McFarlane & Murtha, the attorneys for
the defense. argued the case for their
client, and f. G. Hehron Of Henron &
Baird. the prosecuting attorney, gave the
state case. Tho judge over1pled the
The Dickinson press., 1909-04-03
WILL BUY HORSES
Short and Rankin Will Replace
Their Stock of Horses Recently
Sold-May Buy From the
Bird Ranch-Other Plans.

H. c. Short and A. S. F. Rankin.
owners Of the barrymore horse ranch on
tie Little Missouri river. 20 miles north
of Medora, were in Dickinson on
Wednesday and reported that they were
on deal for the purchase of the j. B.
Bird horses. The Bird ranch is about
three miles from the Short 8. Rankin
ranch and is stocked with a good grade
of Shire horses, numbering some 320.
The barrymore ranchers also have several
good Montana bands Of horses III view
and will likely close some Of the pros
pective deals within a few days.
1t is only two weeks ago that Short &
Rankin made their $50, 600 sale of 800
horses to Dow & Klauber, through J.
M. Watson of this city. first delivery for
the Dickinson horse sale to be made
June 10.
Short & Rankin own a township of
land. about IL. 200 acres, and are con-
ceded to have one of the best ranch
locations in Billings county. There
are 1000 acres along the river bottom.
divided into five meadows, suited to
the growing Of alfalfa and all kinds of
fodder crops One field of alfalfa started
q few years ago has made fine show
ing. The acreage Of this crop will be
increased from time to time Bronze
grass will be sown this year. also; tim
othy, as the demands Of the ranch may
require. It would be a vesy easy matter
to iniGate these river bottoms and it
is likely that Short and Rankin will
commence operations along these lines
the coming season. as it would enable
them to greatly increase the. production
of crops.
y Already many sections Of the Tarry-
more ranch have been placed under,
fence, and it is planned to construct ten
miles of new fence this year. The
ranch has q large acreage of fine cedar,
some of the best in the Bad Lands. and
all necessary posts are cut and prepared
by the help during the winter. The past
season 5000 posts were delivered in
Medora al ~ 1$scents each.
Desirable stock ranches like the larry
more place are hard to get in these days.
Mr.. Short made the selection quite q
number Of years ago. before the land
seekers picked up the best tracts. max
ing it almost impossible for ranching
to be conducted on large scale as in
former years. This ranch. however.
will easily carry 800 to 1000 horses
and good bunch of cattle.
The Dickinson press., 1909-04-03
RUMPn IS Held
Witnesses Bring out Details of
Alleged Assault By Clark
Rumph on Steve Kilzer-
General Fight on. Highway.

The docket of the district court receiv-
ed another addition on Tuesday when
the assault case Of the state vs Clark
Rumph, living between Richardton and
Mott. was held over after a preliminary
hearing in Justice A. P. Folsom's court.
States Attorney M. L. Mcbride pros
ecalted and Attorney F. E. McOurdy Of
Richardton appeared for the defense.
Bonds were fixed al $500 which were
furnished.
There were quite number Of wit
nesses called here on both sides. The
story as brought out in the testimony
evidenced a general free-for-all fight
in which one was about as much to
blame as another. The mixup occurred
March on the road from Richardton
to Mott, near the place of Steve Killer.
The two Rumph brothers, Clark and
Charles, were feeding their team on
the road. Killer claims that he heard a
choppine noise and upon investigation
found -a--pair Of hinges in the Rumph
team which belonged, to his. threshine
machine which stood near by.
a discussion arose and Killer finally
took the hinges and the axe from the
team and started away. Killer testified
that Charles came after him and tried
to take away the axe and when the
other brother. Clark, saw that Killer
was getting the best Of it he grabbed a
neck yoke and beat Killer on the head
with it. knocking him down.
About that time several perties came
along and went to Killers assistance.
The result was pitched battle in
which fists. pitchfork in the hands of
Killer and brake beam were freely
used: Finally Michael Carr came on
the scene and succeeded in stopping the
fight. Killer had cut on the scalp
and a blunt wound which he Claimed
were made by the hatchet and the neck
yoke In the hands Of tie defendant.
The witnesses for the defense were
Steve Killer, Frank Killer, Martin Roth.
Dick Roth, Martin Roth. Jr., Jacob
Foster and Dr.. Strauss, all Of Richardton
and vicinity. The defense put on
William Stanley. Charles Rumph and
Michael Carr. Frank Wanner was inter-
prefer and Richard Bouleer stenoerapher.
The case occupied a part of two days.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-12-17
Fine Hosiery
For gifts to father, mother or child,
"EVERWEAR"

guaranteed hosiery, comes put up 6
pairs in box. Six pair are gaaran-
teed to wear 6 months without holes
For Men---Colors: black, green,
gray, tan. Box Of SIX pair $50
For Wom.en---Colors: black or tan
Box Of SIX pairs $500
For Boys" BLACK Cat stocking
best made, per pair 25c
For Girls Black Cat stocking
guaranteed to wear; pair Csc
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
LOW RATES EAST VIA THE NORTH
Western Line.

Round trip excursion tickets on
sale daily during June and July tc
various eastern Seaside and Mountain
Resorts, to New York City, Boston
Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Niagara
Falls, Atlantic City, and numerous
other points in New England and
along the ST. Lawrence River. Liber.
al return limits and favorable stop
over privileges.
Fast modern equipped trains leave
at convenient hours, making direct
connections in Chicago with the trains
of all lines east.
The best of everything. Plan your
trip now. For full particulars, apply
to any Ticket Agent, The North
Western Line. i-2
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
SNAKE PICKING SEASON GOOD.

On reading the item in this paper
two weeks ago in which we quoted
from letter from c. E. Lucas, who
is now in the south, regarding the
snake industry of San Antonio, Texas
some of the friends of Mr.. Lucas
thought best to advise him to change
his brand of drinking water. In
this connection the following dis
patch from San Antonio to the Chi
cago Record Herald will be of inter.
est:
San Antonio, Texas, June Dust
at this season of the Year the snake
business in San Antonio is at its
height w. 0. Learn, who has
handled probably more reptiles than
any man in the United States, says
that the business is exceptionally
good. Owing to the drought little
farm work is going on in Southwest
Texas and the idle Mexicans are all
busy catching snakes, at which work
they can make good income. Mr..
Learn is now handling more than
two tons of rattlesnakes per day from
the Brownsvill country alone. He
also received big shipments of more
harmless reptiles OF every kind from
Mexico, New Mexico and Arizona.
Snakes are always purchased by the
pound. Th size, rareness and dan
gerousness of the species sometimes
causes one class to sell higher than
others.
Just at present Mr.. Learn has under
his instruction more than twenty girls,
some of them young and beautiful,
whom he is training as snake charmers
for carnivals and other shows. These
girls work daily in room where there
are thousands of rattlesnakes and
other reptiles. After little instruc
tion in how to handle snakes there is
practically no danger. even from rat
tlesnakes These reptiles, declares
Mr.. Learn, when handled kindly and
not tantalized practically never bite
the trainer In fact, he says they are
like all other dumb brutes, they learn
to love the hand that fondles them
and will not strike at all unless they
are injured in some way.
The young women who qualify as
snake oharmers receive $50 to $50 per
week, and this is increased as they
show efficiency. A really attractive
girl who learns to handle the snakes
in an apparently sensational manner
often receives $50 per week. Mr..
Learn states that he has no trouble in
securing all the girls he can find en-
ployment for.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18

We understand that Judge
Whiting has sold his resident prop
elty in this city to Mr.. Hill, sonin-
law of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Mears.
Owing to the crowded conditions
of our columns we are compelled to
leave out a quantity of matter this
week among which is the obituary OF
Mrs. A. j. Schwanz, and letter from
Mrs. Laura Golden.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18

The Independent producers of crude
oil in this country are sending up a
great protest at the action of the
house in removing the tariff from
crude oil, as provided in the house
bill. They claim the action was aim
ed at the Standard Oil Co., and that
that concern does not control the
production of over 10 per cent of the
crude oil, and that the removal of the
tariff will allow the Standard to i'm.
port crude oil and thus force down
the price to the independent oil well
owner, who must look to the Standard
for a purchaser. Doubtless this is
true to some extent, but it will be a
hard matter to convince the American
consumer that he should be forced to
pay a tariff to any man on a God
given monopoly. OF all things that
should be free, coal. iron ore. oil and
lumber head the list. There is nc
more reason for tariff on any OF
these articles in the raw state than
for a tariff on air.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
De Smet June 18th
Two perorr77ances at = and 8 %. M.

Bank. Henry has taken thorough
business course and will now
get the practical side of it.
&C. H. Clay and George Stoddard
were over from Bancroft way Satur
day.
Miss Margaret Meier, until re
Gently a stenographer for the Waters
Land & Loan Co., was married at her
home in Wisconsin Tuesday to DR.
j b. Eagan.
"A letter from our former towns.
man, M. H. Whaley, now at Morrison
Oklahoma, says that harvest has be-
gun in that locality. He says that
his wife and baby are well
Erwin will also celebrate on
July 3rd, We understand the De
Smet ball team has been engaged to
play at that place at that time. Erwin
always puts up "A good celebration
when it makes he attempt.
Ole Gunderson is just finishing
up one of the best barns in Kingsbury
county, on his Spring Lake farm, east
of Wildwood lake. The structure is
54x72 in size and fitted up with con
veniences for feed and hay to last
through season. Such improve
ments speak in far louder tones of
the prosperity of the country than
any newspaper articles that can be
written. Lake Preston Times.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
FOR SALE.

As we are about to move from De
Smet, we offer at private sale large
part of our household goods including
furniture of all kinds, rugs, dishes,
stoves, etc; also buggy, cutter and
harness; and also large number OF
sectional book cases.
CHAs. S. WHITING.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18

SoUTHERN FRANCE experienced an
earthquake the latter part of last
week which devastated several towns
and villages. About 100 dead and as
many more injured was the early re-
port from the scene Of the disaster,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
AUCTION SALE

The building and lot known as the
Wilder property, situated on Calumet
Ave., same being lot IL block | of the
CITY of De Smet, will be sold on Sat-
urday, June 10Th, to the highest
bidder for cash.
Chas. Z. Ely.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18
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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18

Henry Gehm, son of John Gehm,
of Mathews township. has secured a
position in the De Smet National
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18

PreSenteu III America
Trained Animal
Acts
Herd of Elephants
Congress of Seals
CameIs, Llamas.
Dromedaries Broken
to Harness.
Fierce Siberian Bears
CakesWaIking Stations
One Hundred Shetland
Pony Ballet & Drill
Trained Pelicans & Pigs
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-18

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The Washington times., 1909-09-12
BIG CHURCH GAMES
POSTPONED A WEEK
Meet Will Now Be Pulled
Off at Union League Park
September 25.

At special meeting Of the athletic
committee OF the young mems class OF
the First Presbyterian Church Il wa
decided 10 postpone the track and field
games scheduled for Union League Park
saturday, September IS to Saturday
september ., one week later. This was
uone at the request of many ofsthe attn
letes of this city who desired to take
part In the games, and were prevented
from doing so because Of the water
/ carnival to be held on that date.
A large number Of entries have been
received, and the success Of the meet ;s
assured. The time for closing the er-
tries has been extended one week 10
Friday, September L. Churches athletes
who have been away on vacation can
now enter. All arrangements have been
approved by the A. a. e.. and the man
ager Of the park. 50 everything is in
readiness in accordance with the change
Among the list OF entries that have
already been received are the names Of
such men as SmithsOn. the South Allan
tic record holder for quarter of A
mile. Jepper, the South Atlantic record
holder for 100 yards Hilderbrand. who
won the mile run at the Washington
Grove games on Labor Day In the field
events the Washington Grove Athletic
Association viii have such men as KIM
who broke the South Atlantic record for
the running broad jump Of twenty-three
feet: Money, who won the broad Jump
at that meet
In the two-nile event ri. c. FIpbin-
stone, of the Baltimore Cross Country
Club; J. 9. SteckeT. Of the washington
y n G. A. and f. p. EnZ9r, of tire
Washington Times Marathon, will COM
pete
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
MICHIGAN ELEVEN
WEAK ON DEFENSE
Schultz Will Be Missed
Freeney Expected to Be
a Star.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Sept 12.-Coach
Yost and Captain AUerdice will be in
Ann Arbor in another week. and will
begin planning the work of the season
for the University Of Michigan eleven.
A week later the men will report. and
preliminary work at Whitmore Lake
will be on. Prospects are not as bright
as they were in 1905, but several of the
last years players will be on hand. re-
enforced by some stars who were ineli-
gible for last years eleven. Freeney,
the Ida Grove. Iowa, interscholastic star.
who is looked upon by Yost as being
the best halfback Michigan has seen
since the days of Willie Heston. has been
IN Ann Arbor all summer getting his
college work IN shape, and is sure to
be seen at one OF the backheld positions,
probably as Captain Alerdice's run
nlng-mate at right half.
With Allerdice, Wasmund, Freeney
and Watkins, who expects to get back
into the game this year, despite the in
jury which kept him out all last season
Michigan's offensive power should be
greater this year than at any time since
bong7nan, Hammond Curtis. Schultz
and Carter left college.
DetenSiVely, the team doesn't look Sc
good Captain schultz Of last Years team
is gone, and although he was OF little
real value TO the team last year be
cause Of temporary ineligibilitv and later
injuries, he will be greatly missed. Not
one of the candidates who Will aspire Il
the honor Of filling his shoes this year
even threatens TO show instinct fol
knowing the exact location Or the ball
that was shown By the giant German
and Michigan's line will undoubtedly bs
weaker than for three years past
The squad will begin work at Whit.
more Lake September -, remain :nC al
the training quarters until the day be
fore the opening Of college, which 4:
October =.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
CROKER GETS OUT
OF RACING GAME
Will Become Breeder-Dis-
gusted With Crookedness
He Found at Tracks.

DUBLIN. Sept. 12.-Richard Croker, at
one time Tammany boss of New York
has definitely abandoned the turf as a
rscehorse owner, and henceforth he will
devote himself 10 breeding thorough
breds for sale. Mr.. Croker should. be-
fore long, became a rival Of Sir Tatton
Sykes. the Earl of Clonmel and other
famous breeders.
All his racehOrses we're sold the other
day. Mr.. Croker gives up racing some
what Disguised, II not cmoittered by mis-
experiences. He has a WAYS raced with
absolute straightness, but ne has been
in the hands Of a succession Of men who
feeced MIN. Il have finished subscrib-
ing for motor cars for the bpokies, he
remarked grimly TO a friend the other
day.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12

The collegiate golfers will assemble
tomorrow on the links OF the Apa wants
Golf Club for their annual champion
ship. The first two days will be re-
stricted 10 the team championships and
Oh Wednesday the qualifying round
will be held for the Individual title. The
intercollegiate association has eight
members: Yale. Har ward, Princeton.
Columbia, Williams. Pennsylvania. Dart
mouth. and Cornell. In the team
championship each match v'nl now
count but one point.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12

Earned runs-Washington. l. First
base on errors-New York. /. Left on
bases-Washington. 8; New York, &
First base on balls-On Lake, /. Struck
out-By Lake, 3: by ReislinK. 3. Two
base hits-Demmitt and Reisllng. Sac
rihce hits-McBride. Unglaub and Cree.
Stolen bases-Knight and Street Wild
pitch-Isake. Umpires 90 WessTs. Con-
molly and KERN. Time OF game-i hour
and g minutes. Atendance-f,75G
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
KILLED
BY KAUFMAN'S AUTO

SAN FRANCISCO, sept. l2-James
Brennan. aged seven years, WAS run
over and killed by an aGt omObue in
which Al Kaufman, the prize6ghter,
was returning from the arena AT Colma
day.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12

Earned runs-New York. ]. First base
by errors-Washington. 1. Left on bases
New York. .; Washington. g. First
base on balls-Oh Brockett, / Innings
pitched-By Groom, S; by Reisling. l.
Hits made-Off Groom. s; of Reisling, l.
Struck-out-By Groom, Z; by Brockett, 6.
Sacrifice hits Groom and Austin. Hit
by pitcher-By Groom. Keller. Umpires
-Messrs. Connolly and KERN Time Of
game hour 80 minutes.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12

At the close OF the racing season in
Belgium the American Jockey, Lucier
Lyne. led the winning list by wide
margin over the next Jockey on the list.
Lyme having had 1872 winning mounts in
a total Of 3S5.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
DINEEN AN UMP.

Bill Dineen, the old Boston and St
Louis pitcher, has been appointed an
American League umpire. Mike ThOmp-
son. ex-Ceorget0wn man and famous
football referee, was supposed to have
the job.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
RATIONAL LEAGuR
Yesterdays RssultA

New York. z: Brooklyn, Q.
Brooklyn, 10. New York, I.
Boston, 3; Philadelphia, ?
Boston, ] +, Philadelphia. 0.
PittsburE, .; Cincinnati. I.
Chicago, 10; St. Louis, 4
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
Games Today.
Standing Of t. Clubs.

Chicago at Cincinnati
Pittsburg at ST Louis.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUK
Yesterdays RssuItA

New York, 8; Washington. Q.
New York. .: Washington, L
Philadelphia, Z Boston, O.
Boston. !; Philadelphia, Q.
ST. Louis. 2. Chicago, l.
St. Louis, 3. Chicago. L
Detroit. q; Cleveland,
The Washington times., 1909-09-12

bases, but even they were preferable to
an ill Street.
Here arc the wearisome summaries Of
the two games with New York;