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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
BANKS. Have PLENTY
Waits ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
ARE SAID TO BE LOADED
WITH MONEY.
DANGER MARK LEFT BEHIND
Ten Million Dollars Moved Out Of New
York to Other institutions Last
Week-Record Crops and Splendid
Foreign Trade Boost Business.

Washington, D.. Cit Is unlikely
that there will be n shortage Of
money this fall anywhere in the Unit.
ed States, according to the treasury
department. In it's opinion the danger
mark, IL there has actually been one
during several months past, has been
left astern. The department officials
give these reasons for their prediction
of plentiful money:
Primarily the banks saw what looked
Ike ii money shortage coming several
months go. They knew they could
expect no help from the United States
treasury, such as they got in 1908, and
prepared themselves.
They have piled up money, piling up
and cutting down risky loans
and bonds or other securities, which
might not be easy to sell, having been
turned into money.
By doing all Of that the banks have
fortified themselves against an emer-
gency. How well they did it was seen
last week when $40, Q 1000 was moved
out of New York to other banks, and
done very easily. Panics forseen,
never come, financiers say.
Money Is plentiful in England and
nearly every crop in this country this
IL reported to be a bumper one.
Corn will act a new record.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
REPORT ON HOME
COMMANDMENT GEDDIS OF THE
SOLDIERS HOME REPORTS
TO THE GOVERNOR
MONEY BACK TO THE STATE
Surplus of Appropriation Amounting
to Several Thousand Dollars
Not Needed Has Been
Returned

Huron Col. J. b Geddis. Com
m%ndant Of tho Starr Soldiers Home
Was in the city a day or two
since. He has completed his report
to GOV. Nessry and in it are found
SOM very intrrt-' Ug facts con-
corning the State Soldiers Home at
Hot Springs. Coz. Grddis assumed
charge of the Homo Feb. /, 1909, his
report t}r~refutr covering part OF the
term of the former U~unmandant. The
legislature Of 1901 appropriated for
salaries Of officers and employees at
the Home, $50. 10000 and for main
tenance $50 600. 90, which became
available on the 1st of July, 1908.
When Coz. Grddis assumed charge Of
the Home. the appropriation had been
expended and there was a deficiency
OF $l5,42?.3S, which was made good
with an appropriation by the legis-
lature of 1909, and at the close Of the
year. all outstanding bills had been
paid, amounting to $liG23.27, leaving
a balance rcVerting to the state treas
ury of $794.1l. which would not have
been. except for the holding back OF
a number of bills, until too late to
include in the deficiency contract,
these were therefore paid from the
new appropriation. The appropriation
for the year June 80. 1909, for officers
and employees, was $l7 500, and the
amount expended was $l7,456.58 leav-
ing a balance to the state treasury of
SAB. 40. There was an appropriation
for maintenance for the same yea Of
s55, 5000. 90, of which $50, 229. SO was ex-
pended. leaving a balance of $4.770.O1.
For improvements there was an aD-
preparation of ST., D00. 90, of which
$l4,O6O.SS vas used. leaving a balance
of S939.12 The total amount turned
into the state treasury for the year
ending June 80, 1910, was $6,5i6.99.
This is the first time in the history
of the institution that a surplus Of the
appropriations made, has reverted 40
the state treasury and indicates to
some degree, the careful MANAGEMENT
by Col. Geddis, of the institution.
There was an appropriation OF $1,000
90 for repairs upon sewers, all or
which was expended except $539.52,
which reverted to the state treasury.
OF the 26l members of the Home on
June 80, 1909, 1873 were present and IS
absent. Ninety-one were admitted
during the year, making the total
number cared for 80. There was lost
during the year 9S, total enrolment,
June 80, 1910, was 256, being a de rease
of five during the year; the average
number present during the two years
was 403. The total numbe maintain
ed but for which no appropriation was
made, was S4. These were women,
wives of members and employees.
The report shows that the members
are in except Onally good health, we'll
cared for and fed and as Contented as
could be expected. The buildings and
grounds are in the best possible con-
dition, and the place was never more
"home-like.'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
lands
State Officials viii Determine Value
of Land Offered by Government

Pierre--J. f. Truman. dcNrty com
missioner of school and publ & lands
has gone to DeadWoOi ~ direct
the appraisal OF timber on 5000
acres OF lane in the government
forest reserve of the Black Hills. IN
til a short time ago, the title to this
land claimed by the state of South
Dakota was disputed by the national
government on the ground that at the
time the state signifed its intentions
to reserve the land the survey wa
not complete. An agreement w2E
reached between Commissioner Dok-
ken OF the land department of the
state, and the department of the in
terror whereby the state was to be civ
en- title to the lands which it claimed
with the provision that an exchange
should be made of these lands. which
are scattered here and there through
out the millions of acres composing
the government reserve for a tract OF
equal acreage and value.
BY this agreement both national
and state lands are distinct and separ-
ate, and thus more convenient for adj
ministratiOn. During the past few
months the field agents of the state
office have been at work placing a
value on the standing timber on the
original land belonging to the state,
and the present occupation of Deputy
Truran and a force Of clerks is that
of ascertaining the wealth of the
lands offered by the national govern
ment in exchange.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
YIELDS ARE GOOD
Reports From Daviso on County Show
Better Than Estimate

Mitchell-Returns from threshing
ports on yields. In this county wheat is
making a better yield than was antici-
pated before the harvest commenced.
No report received as yet has been be-
low IS bushels, and the highest on q
fairly large acreage has been 2Gt bush
els per acre. The wheat on hundreds
OF farms is turning Out % bushels per
acre. j. R. Bonham. living in tho
northwest part OF the county, has
made the biggest return as yet, He
threshed 1870 acres of wheat, which ay-
eragcd 26 bushels per acre. He haul
ed 1t direct from the machine to the
elevator and sold it for S.. 800. Mr..
Bonham also sold his flax crop for
$l.7OO at the same time. James Pan
%aluna, living IN the same vicinity
tried, tired a big experiment on fax
this year. He broke 200 acres of new
ground and sowed it to fax. He has
sold his crop of 900 bushels for the
sun Of 1898. The expense Of break
ing the ground. buving the seed. SOW
ing the fax. cutting and threshing
amounted to about $1,000, leaving him
81, 700 for his summers work, and this
was but one portion of his crop. G. G.
Case had eighty-threc acres OF wheat
which yielded 2GA bushels per acre.
Corn in this county is we'll out Of
the way of frost at this time, and a
good yield is anticipated. The light
frost of a week ago id not do any
damage in this section, the mercury
only going to 33, and frost was hardly
in evidence.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
FOUR PASSENGERS L0SEuFE
Auto skIds Around Curve and Its DC.
cupants Are Plunged Into
a Canal.

New Orleans, La.-All four occu-
pants Of a large touring car returning
from a lake shore resort to New Or
leans early Saturday were drowned
when the car rounding a curve at a
high rate Of speed, shot straight ahead
and plunged into the new basin canal.
The dead: w. r. Freeman, IS years
old, New York City; Thomas Boettler,
43 years old, Dorothy Hall, q years
old, Marian Giblen, % years old, New
Orleans.
It was first reported that the car had
seven occupants and the canal was
dragged for three hours after the four
bodies had been found. 1t was then
established that the four were the only
persons in the a when it went into
the canal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES OF A WEEK
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN TENTED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed Into a Few Lines for the
PerusaI Of the Busy Man
Latest Personal Infor-
nation.
Pc

The resignation Of Gen. Samuel
| Jrocker Lawrence Of MedfOTd. Mass,
most puissant grand commander,
came as climax to a long session OF
the supreme council of sovereign
grand inspectors general Of the thir-
ty-third and last degree Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite. OF the north
ern masonic jurisdiction of the United
States at Detroit.
Senator stephen b. Elkins is i'll at
his home. Elkins. w. Va. Worry over
the talk regarding his daughter II
the duke q the Abruzzi is said to
be the cause.
Robert Alphonso Taft, son OF the
president, who graduated from the
Yale academic department In June
will enter the Harvard law school
this fall.
William X. Vanderbilt, Jr., is the
p]ossessor of the swiftest onoplane
that has ever been brought to THIS
country. His new 1900 machine
built at Neuilly, France. will arrive III
New York city Wednesday
The daughter of Senator Thayer'
who helped to make n a lree
state. has taken R~oosevelts picture
from her library at Worcester, Mass.
and put 1t In the cellar as a marx OF
her disapprobation of his recent Ut
terances on antebellum conditions In
Kansas.
1t was officially announced that Gen.
Louis Botha will retain the premier
ship of Pretoria, South Africa, de-
spite losses Of the nationalist In the
federal assembly elections ana
own defeat by the unionist candi'
date.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
ORGANIZING Dewey County

Pierre-In compliance with a petit
ton presented to him, Governor
Vessey has called an elect on to CO
incide with the general fall cleo
ton of Dewey county. The admin
istratiOn of Dewey Comfy has been
accomplished as an unorganized coun-
ty attached to WalwOrth county from
Selby, the county seat Of WalWorth
county, which has been a great lncOn-
venience due to the location of Dewey
county, which is west Of the Missouri
river.
Ed l.. Milligan and John c. Con-
away, Of Timber Lake, the proposed
county seat of Dewey county. haVe
been in conference with the governor
today. and have presented a petition
filling the requirements Of law In re-
gard to the admission of counties,
signed by $50 voters residing IN the
territory included in the present
Dewey county. The plans OF these
gentlemen are to include the lower
tier of townships in the present Cor
son county comprising 2SS sections OF
land.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
Recovered Stolen Horses

Interior-Horse thieves, who are
believed to be miXed-blood Sioux T.
dians from the adjacent Pine Ridge
reservation, are becoming very bold
in this part of the state. Mrs. Charles
Smalley, a woman homesteader living
near here, had an exciting experience
with the thieves.
They raided her place and drove
away all of her horses, thirty in num-
Der, which were in a pasture on the
south side of White river. The loss
of the horses soon vas detected and
ranchers in this vicinity started ! in
pursuit. They traced the thieves to-
ward the interior of the reservation.
The pursuers gained on the thieves to
such an extent that the latter were
compelled to abandon the stolen
horses, which were recovered. but thus
far the thieves have not been run,
down.
The ranchers along the river are
keeping a close watch on their horses.
and are prepared to give the thieves
a warm reception should they again
make a raid in this part of the state
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
n VEN
Have Finished Sounding With Very
Gratifying Res ults

acknowledgements experts from
the weather bureau at Washington
have completed their work of sending
up sounding balloons here, the total
number used being tWenty-SiN. one
of the experts, Il. J. Sherry. has gone
to points on the Pacific coast. TN"
work of these gentlemen here WIS
highly satisfactory. but OF the TWEEN
ty-SiX balloons used during tn"
months of August and September,
baskets and instruments from u nave
been returned. The r"rUrdS however,
of these have not all been completed,
but have been SEM to Mt. Weather,
Va. a station established by the
United States government, upon the
crest of the mountains. for the trans
lation. one of the balloons reached
an altitude of a little more than eight
81 degrees below zero. The records
made by the balloons used at Huron
will be of vital Importance to tn"
weather bureau Of the United states
other countries. These records
will be published by the government
as soon as translation has been com
plcted. Mr.. Sherry's errand t" his
is by direction of the autnorl-
ties at Washington and is for the p'lr-
pose of making Investigations r'Il-
tive to the establishment OF a perfnl-
nent test station, either in that city
or Huron. This station will be under
the direction of the United states
weather bureau and will mean much
to the city in which it is located.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
CHARGED WITH ARSON
Wealthy Farmer Near Flandreau Must
Face Serious Accusation

F~landreau-N. P. ~P.tsenbarger, a
wealthy farmer living northwest of
Flandreau. was indicted last e
ing on the charge of arson. His
16-year-old son Beach. confess ng
that he was compelled to set fire to a
granary after putting some old names,
buckles and snaps therein, and told
to say it was set on fire by lightning
or tramps on August 3rd, 1909. Pitsen-
barger collected insurance on the
granary and a harness n attempted
to collect for 200 bushels of oats but
the insurance company rejected the
claim for the oats. The state fire mar
shal has been working on the case for
some time and obtained a confession
from the boy who for the past few
months has been living with his moth
err at Waterloo. Ia, who obtained a
divorce from Pitsenbarger last Octo-
Der. After a preliminary hearing
P~itsenbarger was bound over to the
circuit curt in the sum of $1,000 bonds.
Two more indictments are hanging
over him for fires set in his neigh
borhood in the past year and will be
taken up as soon as this II IS dis
posed Of.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
FREIGHT Clerks Strike.

New Orleans, La.-Between 400 and
500 freight clerks OF the New Orleans
Z Northeastern and the Vicksburg,
Shreveport & Pacific railroads walked
out Saturday when these lines, form
ing part Of the Queen and Crescent
system, refused to meet their demands
for an increase in pay. The clerks want
increases ranging from Is to Is per
cent. Two freight warehouses in New
CLEANS were closed on account of the
strike.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
lie Beau Rising From Ashes

Watertown-That lie Beau. which
was recently destroyed by a Ere. is to
rise from it's ashes is the report
brought by T. A. Way, townsite agent
for the Minneapolis & st. Louis. who
has just returned from the stricken
town. Twenty-three business ns1id-
ings burned. Already plans are out
for the building of thirteen new
blocks. all of which will be rushed to
completion regardless of weather. AS
many more will be erected in the
spring. according to Mr.. Way. Some of
these will be substantial brick or
cement block construction.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
Earth Shocks Felt.

Mexico City.-Slight earthquake
shocks were felt in Mexico City at a
late hour Saturday night, but there
was no damage. The tremors were so
slight that few people were aware that
they had occurred.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
Demand Made on England.

Brussels.-The National Egyptian
congress adopted a resolution Satur-
day declaring that English occupation
of Egypt was Illegal n demanding
immediate evacuation and restoration
Of the constitution of 1881.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
Chavez Gets Half.

Milan 49, The aviation committee
which had supervision over the aerial
hight across the Alps has awarded
$4,000, half Of the amount of the
prize, to George Chavez, the Peruvian
aviator. who vas injured after cover
INF the mos dangerous part OF the
tourney.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
Make. hoo Nils. an hour

Makes 100 Miles an Hour.
Logansport, Ind.-Panhandle passen.
ger train No. -, arriving in this city
from Chicago at 3 p. m came from
Kouts the other day at. the rate of 100
miles an hour. @
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
Abandon Turkish Loan.

Paris 1t is understood here that
the English syndicate, headed by Sir
Ernest Cassel, has abandoned the ne
gotiations for a loan Of $4,000, 900 to
Turkey In Difference to the objections
Of the French and British governments.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
Killed by TurtIed Auto

Watertown - Chris. Hanson, a
prominent hardware merchant Of
Vienna. was found dead under MS
automobile eight miles southwest or
Wa~tertown. by hunters, at daylight
Sunday. Hanson had been in the
city Saturday, leaving for Vienna be-
tween 8 and 4 o'clock in the after
noon. The tracks show that he had
nearly reached h top of a steep MI
when his power gave out and in spite
of brakes the machine ran back down
the hill at a furious pace off the mar
row grade and at the bottom turned
turtle, instantly killing the man.
The road is an unfrequented one, 50
the body remained undiscovered until
chance hunters ran upon it. Coroner
Dickensen was notified and the re-
mains brought to this city. No inquest
will be necessary.
Hanson carried a $1,000 policy in
the Dakota Western Life Assurance
of WATERFOWL and leaves
valuable property in Vienna.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30

Pierre-The law passed by the 1909
legislature requiring thai interest
be collected on state finds and
turned into the state treasury has
already Melted the state 500. 4S1. that
amount having been turned into
the general fund by State Treas
urer Johnson since taking office.
This is for a little more than a
year and a half and the total for his
first term will be nearly, if not fully,
$50, 600. All former treasurers were
able to apply the interest on the funds
to their own use, but the law now
makes this interest a part of the state
revenues.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30

Deadwood-A movement Is on foot
to have the 1000 900 acres in the
Black Hills which the state will
receive from the government in ex-
change for land taken as part of the
forest reserve. turned into a state
public park with possibly a game pre-
serve. This land will be chosen in the
Black Hills and is now being surveyed
and estimated as to values. Commits
sioner of State School and Public
Lands Dokken favors the state forest
plan and as he is a member of the
committee also composed of United
States Marshal Seth Bullock and For
est Supervisor Kelleter to select this
land, the plan will likely be adopted.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30

Clark-The first case of %infantfle
paralysis in this section has maze
its appearance. the patient be ns
Thomas CoUghlin. son of John Cough
lin. The physician says the young
man will ultimate? regain his health
although his recovery will be slow.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
Decorated by France.

O6coTdt00 oy Ff1nc6.
Chicago.-Harry Pratt Judson, presi.
dent Of the University Of Chicago, has
been decorated with the insignia Of Of
Ger Of the French government The
decoration is the second in rank in the
legion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
sForrner Diplomat Dead.

sKanSas EiIy, Mo.zJohn L.. Peak,
formerly United States minister to
a~vit.eriend, died at his home here
INVESTMENT. He was n years q age.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30

Miller-Men armed with guns from
north Of Washington passed through
town in an auto hunting a young
mar named Steiner, char ged with
committing an assault on a 17-year-
old girl. 1t is believed serious trou-
biz will result if the young mar IS
found.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30

Aberdeen-The construction tain
on the Cheyenne branch of the Mil
waukee railroad has reached Par
ade. S. D.. eighty-two miles west
of Mobridge. and will reach Faith, the
proposed terminus of the branch. be-
fore winter. Faith is 131 miles from
Mobridge and the intervening towns
are Moreau junction., Cheyenne juno
ton, Ducharne, Promise. Virginia. La
Plant, Ridgeview, Newponset, Parade.
Eagle Butte, Langtry, Dupree, ned
Elm and Arrow Head.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30

Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Sioux City, Io.-Saturday's quota
tions on the local live stock market
follow: Top beeves. $3.50. Top hogs,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30

~Aberdeen-D. c. "elther. a naint-
err of Glendale, h was accident
ally shot in the knee hy Basil
Barnes of that place while the two
were hunting docks a few miles north
OF there last Thursday. died of the
effects of the wound. His knee was SO
badly shattered that amprtat on OF
the leg was necessary. That, however,
was not lone in time to save his life.
The two had been loading their guns
inst a few feet from each other when
Barnes weapo a repeating shotgun
was discharged. the load crushing the
bone and flesh of the kneer to a mass.
Wadding and bits Of clothing were
embedded in the wound.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30

Deadwood-Part of the tusk OF
a mastodon, was unearthed between
here and Whitewood by William
H. Williams of Crook City, and is
now on exhibition here. Twenty
years ago the tusk from which this
same piece now found, had fallen, was
discovered a few feet away from the
location Of the latest discovery. At
that time the tusk was found at a
depth Of $50 feet below the surface
and was about three feet long, and
from three to four inches thick. The
present piece is about one foot in
length and was found In a bed of grav-
ell, formerly placer diggings and be-
meath a solid limestone formation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30

Mitchell-John Anderson, of Geddes,
was arrested here today on a charge
of f~raudulently obtaining money on
checks on banks where he had no
money. He was recognized by a
resident of Geddes, who gave Chief
of Police Shade the tip. He will be
taken to Geddes by the sheriff OF
Charles Mix county.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30

Mitchell-The initial steps are be
ing taken in this city for the or
%ganization of a branch of the Ma
tional Boy Scout movement and it
has been placed under the direction
of E. S. Whitaker, secretary Of the
Y. NJ. C.. A.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30

Mitchell-At a special sess on OF
court here yesterday by Judge Frank
B. Smith, a plea of not guilty was
entered by Robert Conrad, who
was arrested last July for carrying a
saw into the Jail to atd in the escape
of prisoners Judge Smith gave him
a sentence of one and a half years In
the p~enitentiary. John Upton, arrested
last Saturday for giving or buying
liquor for blacklisted men, was bound
over to the November term of court
IN the sum Of 5000. Officers are watch-
ing others who are suspected n
more arrests are likely to follow.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30

Canton-A virtual strike among
high school students here was one
of the recent sensations in Stald
old Canton. The superintendent of
the city schools struck n of the STU
dents, as is claimed by the scholars
without Just cause, and was immed-
itely the center of a small sized riot.
The matter was brought to the atten-
ton of the school board and at a re-
cent somewhat stormy session, at
which appeared a large delegation of
high school scholars, it was decided
by the board to make ar order abolish
ing corporal punishment in the high
school, and making in lieu thereof
suspension pending investigation.