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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

G. :
When you see the G!gAt M -~
census enumerator E.GsS1g MDAVAU
coming, you may as Sa MEY Ia VA
well get ready to eMsS eEh% N -
answer the thirty x
| two questions that AZ s.zzM ~,
/ are going to be EWM EIm Ws $SA
tossed at you. The VA E III III We
| schedule is a cou- ~ 0rfss y" ~"
pie Of feet long, and when 1t is hlled
out it will present twenty-four pretty
! solid inches of information. When the
! schedule is filed out it will also pre-
| sent a reasonably detailed account or
! the person who is being enumerated
With each succeeding census 1t mas
| been found necessary, in meeting the
! growing demands of the country, TO
| obtain fuller and fuller Information.
The present thirty-tWo questions oHer
something of q contrast to the modest
| six ~interrogatiCns which were asked
at the first census taken under PreSl-
dent Washington s-direction in 1870.
The first blanks on the schedule
are for house and the num5er or the
family in order of the enumeratof S
visit. Then comes the name CT the
person enumerated and then his or her
relationship to the head of the family.
Under the heading Of personal de-
scription' there are seven questions.
They deal with SEX, color or race, age
at last birthday, whether single, mar
| ried, widowed or divorced, number or
/! years of present marriage, number OF
children born in the family and num-
Der of children living. Then come the
questions relating to nativity. The
place of birth of the person enumer-
ated, the place of birth of the father
and that of the mother of the person
are the next questions to be answered.
Then come the blanks for answers as
to citizenship. 1t will be necessary to
tell the veal of immigration to the
United States and whether the person
is naturalized or alien. Then the
enumerator will set down whether or
not the person can speak English. If
the person does not speak English it
will be necessary to write in the Ian
guage which is spoken.
There are this year five questions as
to occupation. The first deals with the
trade or profession and h second
with the general nature Of the indus
try, business or establishment in
which the person works. The reply to
the third question determines whether
or not the person is an employer, en-
ploye or working on his or her "
account. The last two questions IN.
der the occupation heading are as TO
whether or not the person, if all en-
pioye, is working on April Is, and the
number of weeks he or she was out of
work during 1909.
Then follow three questions on edu-
cation. 1t will be set down whether
or not the person can read, whethe"
he or she can write and whether he
or she attended scnoo any time since
Sept. l, 1909. Next the subdi-
vision as to the ownership of the home.
The enumerator will record whether
the home is owned or rented; if it is
owned, whether it is free or mort
gagged, farm or house, and the number
of farm schedule. A new question to
be asked this year is whether or not
the person is a survivor of the Union
or Confederate army or navy. The
last two questions of the 1910 schedule
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-09-01

along the line to- see the racers 60 by
At Otis Orchard there were 80 gatn-
cred 20 see the Jumps. However. the
Jump going out was short due TO q
fiat tire from the puncture encounter
ed "a few hundred yards west of the
orchards. Coming back the racer
could be heard for full three miles
as it approached the place and when
u arrived It flashed across the ditch
and was gone again.
There were from ~ to 20 auto
mobiles along the course. and pa
trolls were placed at frequent inter-
walls. all of the bad turns. crossroads
and bridges being closely watched.
Driver Murray said
"When ] got the first puncture it
locker for a little while as though
the car must roll over. We were then
sliding along broadside TO the road
and but for a little extra speed 60
straighten us out we would surely
have gone in the ditch. The road was
full 3 minutes slower than the morn
ing when we made our first run.
Il think that WEIGH and myself
will go after the SO-minute record for
we want the cup offered by the SpOk-
ane Motor club. We could easily have
obtained the mark this morning but
for the unforeseen tire trouble. The
car ran perfectly and the engine new
err missed a stroke
II. l.. Lilienthal and Lawrence Jach
timed the Spokane end while A. J
Banta and F. o. Berg were at Occur
+ d'Alene with stop watches and ex-
change cards for the runners. The
run was under the auspices of the
Spokane Motor club and the times
will stand as official for that course
A ] Banta managed the details anf
arranged the patrolling system which
was found so effective. Not a vehicle
or obstacle of any kind was encount
cred The round trip is 60 miles ant
the total time was S4:54.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-09-01

Local post cards at the Maverick
Stationery store.
d. u Densel was a Boise visitor
last Sunday
C.. Il. Lamberton was over from
Boise this week.
Ed. Johnson went to Hammett to-
day on business.
A. w. Lake was in town from
Boise last Sunday.
VIM. C. Ru5erry was up from
Glenns Ferry this week.
Mrs. II. F. Little is down from
Boise visiting relatives.
Mrs. smelzel Of Boise was in Noun
tain Home last Monday.
FL. Clark spent Sunday in Noun
tain Home visiting friends.
Born to Mr.. and Hrs. VIM Tate
last Saturday. ten pound boy.
Dempsey Bailey ana Harvey Smith
went to Little Camas last night.
Mrs. C. NJ Nicholson and Mrs. G.
G.. Casey went to Boise yesterday
James Grinstll returned home from
Bruneau last Sunday after two
weeks absence.
walter Hanley returned home from
Roise last Sunday after spending
about three or four weeks there.
Mr. and Mrs. o. C. Colthorp spent
sunday i'm Boise visiting friends and
relatives.
Windmill or piano for sale or VIII
trade for fresh COW. L. W. HAS Nl'
Mountain Home, Idaho. alesl
AIRS F.. S. Clarke and Kathleen
Davis of Glenns Ferry are Nlsllins
friends and relatives here TINS week
Mrs John Blackwell is slowly re-
covering from a serious illness whlcu
She has had for the past few weeks
Mrs A. Hoffman and daughter
Mrs Thomas Wilson came to TINS
civ from Boise tins morning lhey
will remain here for several ua59'
Mrs. p. Arson and daughter Hell
en- returned to their home IN lwl
Fails today. They have been In TINS
city for the past two or three weeks
Mrs. NJ. Nj. King received a mes
sage Monday night stating that hei
son John was very i'll at Boise an
that he would have to undergo al
loperation She at once telegraphe'
hack that she would leave as soon al
ncssible. which was Tuesday after
noon. MIR. King was apparently il
good health until the last Few days
He started TO Portland several DAY
aeo where he had taken a large con
tract for some railroad company Du
after going to Boise to settle vi
some business affairs he was suddenl
taken sick. We have not yet Learned
the cause of the sickness.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-09-01
AFRO LEAPS IS FEET
Car Going - Mines Per Hour Clears
Ditch Near Spokane.


To Jump ~ feet in racing auto
mobile, going at the rate OF 70 miles
IN hour. was founl necessary by
Driver c. c. Murray and Mechani'
Fanl Welch I'm their Buick racer,
model is, 80 horse power in the run
from Spokane to Occur d Alene ami
return early yesterday morning inc
lh-inng JUMP was made over an lr-
rieating ditch at OTIS Orchards, "a
miles from spokane and in comins
down the car aiighted on two wheels
and it was with much difficulty that
tine daring driver held 10 the road
The distance Of the jump vas mea-
sure1 with a steel tape. The record
coming back from Occur d'Alens was
l35:24 for the 81 miles, which would
mean necessary speed of a little
above 90 miles an hour on the
straight-away i'm order to overcome
the time lost i'm the rough road ana
timber east of Post Falls
The racers had hard luck in the
frin ont to Occur d'Alene, having two
punctures necesitating tire changes
which made the running time on the
trip out 1880. Approaching OTIS or
charls from the west few moments
after the start at 3 o'clock from the
section house few hundred yards
distant from the powder house on
the Trent road. one of the rear tires
picked up nail.
This puncture threw the racer
broadside to the road and Driver
Murray was almost helpless. coasting
in this manner for fully a mile ana
half with a fiat tire. The tire was
replaced with an extra, the change be
inc done i'm y minutes. the next
serious trouble was encountered near
Post Falls where the other rear tire
was punctured on a steep hill.
This necesitated some blocking 70
hold the machine while it was lackeu
mn to replace the tire No rocks were
to be found for blocking so several
minutes were lost at this place. AFTER
reeaining the road i'm good shape IN.
Ipair made Occur d'Alene in gooo
time and made the exchange OF card'
necessary with Timer f. o. Berg an1
Manager A. j. Banta of the North
west Auto Supply company and the
( return commenced.
Several hundred people We're on
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-09-01
SALT PALACE DESTROYED
Famous Theatre in salt Lake in
Ruins.

Salt Lake. Aug 29.-Salt Palace
theater located in the heart of the
city and famed for its ornate archi-
lecture. was destroyed by a fire which
originated i'm one of the concessions
of the Salt Paiace resort. A large ser
tion of the bicycle saucer track. the
Oldest of its kind in the world, was
also burned together with a num-
Der of frame buildings in the vicini-
ty. The walls of the Salt Palace theat-
er, built i'm 1899, were constructed
of solid blocks of sat, brought from
great Salt Lake. The loss is. estimat-
el at $4,000. There is no insurance.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-09-01
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
CHARLES d. MASON. Pastor


The Communion of the Lord s Sup
per next Sunday at the forenoon SER
vice, / o'clock The evening meet
ing at s.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. En-
deavor at z, the monthly conservation
and rol-call meeting.
Prayer meeting at s. Wednesday.
Choir rehearsal Thursday at s.
The Ladies' Aid opened their fall
work with an iniative meeting at
Mrs. Frank Boyd's, this Thursday af-
ternOOn.
The church trustees meet next
Tuesday evening at the vestry ct
which time sealed bids will be re-
ceived for putting in cement side
walks on both sides of the church
property
The endeavor monthly social will
be held next Friday evening.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-09-01
Excursions East via oregon Short
Line

To Cheyenne, Denver. Colorado
Springs. Pueblo, Kansas City, st.
Louis, Omaha, Chicago. st. Paul,
Minneapolis and many other points.
Tickets on sale May and IA. June
4. II. is. p. July z, and %. August
4. September IA and %. Limit.
October 81.
See agents for rates and further
particulars. A21tf
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-09-01
Right in your busiest season when

Right in your busiest season when
when You have the least time to spare
you are most likely to take diarrhoea
and lose several days time, unless
you have Chamberlain's Collie. Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand
and take a dose on the first appear
ance Of the disease. For sale by All
dealers.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-09-01

The band? Oh, yes, they still car
ny that large band of real musicians
under the leadership of that wizard OF
the trombone, Fred Simpson. The big
parade as usual viii be at noon.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-09-01
BAPTIST CHURCH


John A PEAKE. Pastor
Regular preaching service at IL
b. m. Song service and sermon at s
}. m.
Sunday school at 10 a. m
b. Y p. IT, at p. m.
All are cordially invited
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-28
Redmen Elect Officers

Sioux Falls-The council fires OF the
state convention of the Improved Or
der of Redmen were quencned We'd
nesday afternoon and the braves from
abroad have returned to their re-
spective homes. The meeting was a
most instructive one throughout.
There was much important business
brought before the councils, all OF
which was disposed Of in most salts
factory manner.
Hot Springs was selected as the
point for holding the next great coun-
Gil.
In the election of the great officers
the following were selected
Great Sachem-A. j. Schunk OF ADJ
erdeen.
Great Senior Sagamore-J. W. Joyce
of Hot Springs.
Great Junior Sagamore-E. Klave-
ness of Sioux Falls.
Great Prophetic. N. Sidow OF Ao-
erdeen.
Great Keeper of Records-W. M. L
Foss Of Sisseton.
The visitors all returned to the1'
homes we'll pleased with the results
of the Sioux Falls gathering.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-28
LAND VALUES AND SALES
Selling and Assessment Values in tho
Eastern Counties Noted

@oSAOi u SOuItlICS 'NoSoN
Pierre-A summary of land sales for
few of the eastern counties Of South
Dakota indicates that the average as
sessment value placed on the lands
does not come to very large percent
age of the selling price OF lands in
the same counties. The summary
made by T. A. Polleys, OF the Oma-
ha road shows that in the thirteen
counties of Codington, CLARK, Sphinx,
Brookings, Beadle, Hughes, Minneha-
ha, McCook, Hanson, Dawson, Union,
Clay and Yankton, on total of 1918
transfers the average selling price
per acre was $3.50, and the average
assessment price in the same counties
is sS.51. The PERCENTAGE of assess
ment price to sales price averages In
these counties 22.Ss per cent The
lowest is in Union county where the
average is but 1889 per cent and the
highest in Hughes county where the
average is 27.17 per cent. The rest
o fthe counties cited show averages
ranging between these two figures, but
| Hughes is the only county which
/ shows ratio of more than rs per cent
of selling value as its assessment val
ne for lands, most Of them running
near 20 per cent. These figures are
| based on the land sales for the first
| half Of this year and range from fifty
to ITS individual sales in the differ
ent counties.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-28
FIRST CONGRESS TO MEET AND
DISCUSS METHODS WAS
A SUCCESS
MANY SPECIALIST SPEAK
A Number Of Speakers of National
Reputation in their SpeciaIties
Gave Valuable Hints on
Matters Discussed

Rapid City-The First Dry Farming
Congress ever held in South Dakota
has come to close. 1t was great
success and those to follow will show
the wonderful effects and impro ed
conditions that must come to those
who attend these meetings. The next
congress will be held in Pierre, Nov
ember 5th. Cihce.s were elected as
follows President, A. e. Cham
berlain, Bookings; first vice pcesi-
dent, Governor r. S. Wesley, Fierre;
second vice president, w. R. Woods,
Custer; third vice president, A.
J. Mccain, Rapid City; fourth
vice president, Professor c. Will
lis, Bookings; secretary, j. l..
Soule, Hot Springs; treasurer, Mark
c. Rich, Hot Springs; executive COM
mttee, Mrs. Florence Jeffries, Stanley
county; Fred Hoicomb, Pennington
county; Mark G. Rich, Fall River
county: Charles Congee, Fa River
county: Professor c Willis, Brook
ings county; j. c Hadley, Lawrence
county; Frank Gardner, Meade <oun-
ty; Ed Stenger, Custer county, d. II.
Malone, Lyman county
Professor NJ E. Carleton, cerea,ist
of the United States department or
agriculture. made brief talk on the
adoption Of plants suited to condition
under which they are to be grown.
Professor N e Hanson Of the state
| agricultural college traced the growth
of alfalfa from it's birthplace in so tn
ern Persia. The transp!anting o!
| plants to habitated places needing a
new form more adaptable to con51-
tons, is not only fascinating work
but also one Of extreme value Letter
he said He repeated the story of hi.
travels through the Siberian wilder
ness.
Superintendent w. P Snyder of the
North Platte experiment substatlor
spoke on Scientific Farming Versa
Haphazard Methods"
mo country lacks drawbacks,' ht
said Mud, rainy weather and severe
winters are no less Objectionable THAI
the dry climatic conditions. Inc soon
err that we acknowledge to the mel
of the east that we are dry, and t0a
they must learn to use new methods
the sooner we shall have the Big e
barns in western Dakota and NebraS
ka. We can grow crops in the coun
try with less rainfall than can TEXAS
where evaporation is more rap d.
DR.. Stoner of Highmore and super
intendent Snyder Of North Dakot
also read papers. The address OF u
Stoner was a mastery presentatlo
of the conservation of soil moisture
graphically illustrating by severe
physical laws. Resolutions OF respef
to President Taft and Congressma
Mondell were passed, as Were ais
some favorng the appointment {
weather men to each agncultHr'
school and indorsing Colorado Spring
for the 1911 meeting OF the lnterns
tional congress.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-28
Try Ihrs. This Summer.

The very next time you're hot, tired
Or thirsty, step up to a soda fountain
and get glass of Coca-Cola. 1t will
cool you off, relieve your bodily and
mental fatigue and quench your thirst
delightfully."-. At soda fountains or
carbonated in bottles--5c everywhere.
Delicious, refreshing and wholesome,
Send to the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta,
Ga, for their free booklet THE Truth
About Coca-Cola.' Tells what Coca.
Cola is and why it is SO delicious, re
freshing and thirst-quenching. And
send &c stamp for the Coca-Cola Ease
ball Record Book for 19l0--contains
the famous poem Casey At The Bat,
records, schedules for both leagues
and other valuable baseball infolma
ton compiled by authorities.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-28
Immense Savinc Possible.

In a preliminary bulletin on the
cost Of maintaining a tuberculosis
sanatorium, the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis announces that the average
cost per patient per day in thirty
semi sanatoria scattered in
all parts Of the United States is
S1.669 These institutions represent
an annual expenditure Of over $780,
900 and over $4,000 days OF treat
ment given each year. The bulletin,
which is part of an extensive study
the National association is making for
its bureau of information, points out
that the country could save annually
at least $15O,0O0,000 if the INDECENT
consumptives were properly segre-
gated
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-28
How He Kept the Law.

81 noticed" said the friendwho-
cculd-be-trusted, after a trip through
tho factory where preserves are made,
that white powder is first put in
the cans, and that the preserves are
then put in the white powder"
yes" explained the proprietor tc
the friend who-could- be-trusted, that
white powder is a preservative. You
see we are compelled to put the pre-
ldiotic requirement OF the government
makes it unlawful for us to put {
preservative in the preserves"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-28
A knoWinu Girl.

When young Lord Stanleigh came
to visit an American family, the mis-
tress told the servants that in ad-
dressing him they should always say
"Your Grace" When the young gen
tleman one morning met one of the
pretty house servants in the hallway
and told her that she was SO attrac-
tive looking he thought he would kiss
her, she demurely replied, clasping
her hands on her bosom and looking
up into his face with beatific ex-
preston, 80 Lord, for this blessing
we are about to receive, we thank
e"-LippincOtt'S
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-28
Work on Dykes at Yankton

Yankton-The U. S. Snagboat Nc
Pherson, also engaged in FIRE Citing
for the government, made trip here
this week and brought several barge5
and a pile driver and Thursday work
began on the government bikes here,
which have been badly damaged and
largely carried away by the ice in the
spring during the past nine years. No
repair work has been done in that
time and most of the dikes have lost
fifteen hundred or more feet. Captain
Mcfarland was in command OF the
Mcpherson and had as pilot Henry
Keith, an old pilot of the lower M IS
souri,. U. S. Engineer Homes was here
and laid out the work which Foreman
Clarence Douthit will have In charge.
The work which will take six weeks
or more, consists of riprap and the
laying of the big piling and timbe
that brace the pies.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-28
Thrown From Horse

Hot Springs-Mrs. E. B. Penny, wife
Of the prominent merchant p. B. Pen
ny of Fullerton, Neb, met with a Sc
rious accident while on horse back
ride. The horse suddenly stumbled
and fell forward with such force as to
turn a complete summersault. Mrs.
Penny's foot was caught in the stir
rup. The horse landed on its back
and rolled over her twice, the pom
mel of the saddle boring into her
limb The bone above the knee was
broken in two places and the sciaNlc
nerve severed The woman's shoulder
blade was badly shattered, and h2r
collarbone broken. Whether she was
injured internally cannot as yet be
determined Her doctors say that hel
right limb below the knee Will DC
paralyzed for at least three years. Mr.
and Mrs Penny were spending the
summer at this resort. They are
prominent people socially in thu
southern part of Nebraska and Mr.
Penny is one Of Nebraska's wealthles
merchants and bankers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-28
REPORTS FROM MANY POINTS
IN THE STATE INDICATE
A GOOD HARVEST
Rains WERE BENEFICIAL
Recent Rains Worked Wonders in the
Grain Fields, and the Yield in
Many Localities Will be
Average or Better

Despite the rumors which have been
af1oat for the past few weeks, indicat-
ing that the crops in South Dakota
are almost total loss, and that many
farmers will not get back much moro
than their seed, reports from all parts
just before the reapers are to go into
the fields, indicate that the yield will
be but little below the average. The
rains, which have been general for
the past ten days have done much to-
ward avoiding a terribly short crop
The corn crop probably will be a lit
tie short, but taken all In all, the
average farmer will find that he has
almost as much cash In his pocket this
fall as he had last year.
Nearly all reports indicate that the
straw will be short, but this will be
an advantage, and the general grade
of the small grain is expected to be
high.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-28
Drowned Near Belle Fourche

Belle Fourche-W' lie swim~7l G II
the Owl creek pond near her P R
Barber "a cook employed by one o.
the contractors on tie go eG'nm ant ir-
rigation project last his If His com
pan1ons mad lo1ue GU: CT the wsta,
when Barber dove into the water arc
did not reappear. Forty-ave m nu es
later his body was recovered and al
efforts to resusc.tate him failed. Bar
Der was civil engineer by prnfes
sion. his mother residing in Ind an
apolis, where he was member of tn,
Masonic fraternity.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-28
SiIcnced the Critic.

Charles Sumner, when in London,
gave a ready reply. At dinner given
in his honor, he spoke Of the ashes"
of some dead hero. Ashes! What
American English" rudely broke in
an Englishman; dust you mean, Mr..
Sumner. We don't burn our dead in
this country Yet" instantly re-
piled Mr.. Sumner, with courteous
smile, your poet Gray tells us that
Even in our ashes live their wonted
fires" The American was not crit.
cized again that evening.