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The Ordway new era., 1910-02-25

Mrs. White-Did you see that raj
Jump out Of the oven?
Mr.. White-Sure.
Mrs. White-Then why didn't you
shoot It?
Mr.. White-Because II was Just on
Of my range.
The Ordway new era., 1910-02-25

Blotters for desks at this Office.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08
WILL OPEN BOTH RESERV VATI0NS ENTIRF

OF engines to carry them direct to
Seattle.
The road said President A
j. Earling, has been promised
the last Of its equipment for the
Seattle Chicago through passenger
service by June II and we ought
to be ready to begin through pas
senger service by July |, or short
ly after. In the meantime we
shall put the roadbed west of Nc
bridge, $. d., in the best of con-
dition for the fast operation of
passenger aud mail trains. The
service will include two through
trains between Seattle and Chicago
each way per day in addition to
present local trains. -
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08
The Germ Situation

The average yield of Dakota fields in 1909
one lOOunce per hill
The reason? Imperfect seed.
80 per Of the seed planted in 1909 pro-
duced nothing
The Dakotas would have produced 900 900 bushels
more IN 1909 rad perfect seed been used.
This Sl0o0o000 loss could been easily preventd.
The seed for 1910 is poorer than before the
history cf silc northwest.
No earth tell perfect seed by merely
looking at it.
Much seed will. grow and yet be worthless in the
field.
Gcrminaton tests OF every absolutely
tiaI
Test every OF seed and do NOW.
No one thing you do will add much your
1910 returns.
Twenty hours work will test the seed for 40 acres.
Study the matter from your standpoint, and
when YOU realize what poor seed really means to
YOU, you will lose time until you KNOW your seed
is perfect.
The situation is alarming. GET BUSY.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08

river transportation and trarspor
tation by rail. He showed that
freight can be carried far cheaper
by water than by rail and also
showed that where the railway
companies have competition by
steam boat traffic that the for
mer' g rates are lowered. This was
also brought out by Captain |. =.
Baker Of Bismarck, president Of a
Missouri river transportation com
pany, who showed that the North
ern Pacific transports grain from
Washb.rn, GO miles north of Bis
marck, to Duluth as cheaply as it
does from Bismarck to Duluth,
the reason being that a line of
freight-carrying boats plies up and
down the river north Of Bismarck.
John l.. Mathews of st. Louis,
interested in river transportation,
reported that over 81, ,000,O 600 Las
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08
TRANSPORTATION
BY WATER FAR
THE CHEAPEST
Delegates to Missouri River
Navigation Congress
Declare in Favor
of Water Route
INTERESTING ADDRESSES
DELIVERED BY DELEGATES
Prominent Men From Uy and
Down the River Talk
of Feasibility of
Boat Lines

Calling to mind that the Mis-
souri, river is just as large if not
larger than it was forty and sixty
years ago, old river men. delegates
to the Pierre Waterways conven-
ton at the state capital last week
declared that the Big Muddy is
today as navigable as it ever was
and that the dredging Of the stream
is not necessary to navigation.
This fourth annual Missouri
River Navigation congress was at
tended by two citizens Of Mobridge,
n. l.. Nelson. delegate of the Com
mercial club OF winch organization
he is president, and Arthur G..
keene, elected at the Omaha con
vention member from South Da-
kota of the executive committee of
the congress. Delegates were also
present from various parts OF the
state and from Bismarck, Sioux
City, Omaha. Kansas City and st.
Louis. The convention was in
session two days and a number of
interesting and instructive ad-
dresses were given.
The principal address was made
by viii a. Campbell Of Omaha,
secretary-treasurer OF the Missouri
River Navigation congress, whc
talked about the traffic survey and
gave comparative rates between
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08
THREE TICKETS, I'M
CITY ELECTION

Two complete tickets and one
partial ticket Will probably be
placed in the field for the frst
city election to be held in Mo
bridge and some petitions for
nomination are now being circu-
afed. The election will be held
N Tuesday the 10th and ali peti-
ions for nomination must be fled
i've days in advance of the cleo
tion. No caucuses will be held.
"he first ticket to get into the
field for signers Of the nomination
petitions is headed by DR.. {. $.
stevens for mayor with j j Klein
for treasurer, } &. NaWter for
Justice of the peace and $. +.
Dewey for police judge. With
these the aldcrlnanic candidates
are as follows: First ward. n. l..
Nelson and " y Howe; Second
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08
Senator Gamble Secures Favorable Report on Bill to
Throw Open to Settlement the Remainder of
the Standing Rock and Cheyenne Indian
Reservations Opposite Motridge
LANDS EMBRACE OVER TWO MILLION
ACRES OF LAND ADJAC CENT TO THIS CITY

towns as we'll as in older places
Consequently the streets and allie! :
have been getting dirtier a. G
dirtier day by day and month i!
month. With no place to DUN,
refuse the debris had piled up to
an alarming degree and something
had to be done, especially as the
railroad company offered objec-
tons to people dumping garbage e
into it's cars for transportation out
of the city
But the difficulty has now been
settled, the city council has Ouyht
a dumping ground, and the people
Of the city will all now clean up
their premises and make Mobridge
q "Spotless Town in reality.
The dumping ground is south Of
the tracks. a short distance east Of
the city.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08
MOBRHDGE TO BE
SPOTLESS TOWN

While the Gateway City" will
not give way as a sobriquet in
Mobridge, another nickname can
now be added to this we'll worn
phrase, the new title to be "Spot-
less Town - And this is because
the city is now possessed of a
dumping ground.
This front door to the great
northwest has never had any back
door through which to carry out
refuse which accumulates in new
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08
WORK Is STARTED ON
SCHOOL BUILDING

Work has been begun on the
new $4,000 high school building,
the first load of earth from tie
excavation being taken out yester-
day.
The board of education on Sat-
urday let the contract for the new
building to John Hauscnildt, a
local contractor, for 81 ,9S9, the
successful bidder bidding S1l un-
der his closest competitor. Tie
contract is for the entire worl.
exclusive OF furnishings. the CON
tractor subletting the excavation
and masonry work
The new school building will be
two stories high with basement.
the ground space to be 4Sx5O feet
Both floors will be divided into
.foIr rooms. each, and the building
will have a seating capacity of 200
Continued on page A
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08
Arbor Day Proclamation

Whereas, the annual observance of Arbor day
has encouraged tie sentiment in favor of tree culture,
not only for the purpose Of adornment but for It's
economic value well, and
Whereas the springme chimes Of another year
sounding throughout the land, and earfh's beau
tiful symbols OF generation and regeneration
again in evidence; Mother Nature shyly whispers to
us her secret and the story she tells is sweet TO
ears and giadlening to hearts. She asks our as
sl&ance and it should he freely and joyully given
for by assisting her advance ourselves. The
planting Of trees and the cultivation Of flowers and
shrubbery is conducive to real home building and
upon homes the hopes of the nation builded. We
need the trees not only to protect the suil,
the moisture. afford shelter and shade 70 the beasts
and birds but they delight to the eye and Il
soace to the heart OF mankind
Now, therefore, l. Robert S. NeSscy governor
of the commonwealth OF South Dakota do hereby
issue this proclamation designating and setting apart
Arbor day. Friday. April -, 1910, to be detii-
Gated to the planting of trees and TO the diSsimna-
ton of information which may the citizens of
this state to realize the Importance Of having trees
around their homes along the streams and in the
cities and towns. would especially recommend that
appropriate exercises be held in the public schools
throughout the state and that trees and shrubs BE
planted upon the school house grounds.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08

Continued on page 81
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08
Spring is Coming

The times at hand when ! will take my trusty
spade and garden rake and old clothes and fuss
around at parting doodads in the ground. I'll
plant lot Of cabbage seeds, and when they grow
they II turn out weeds; I'll make g frame of wire
and twine, which may grow the carrot vine and
tinker round at building screens to shield my
growing can OF beans and neighbors' hens will
and scratch the suiing from my garden patch, and
hungry cows with wooden horns will spell my bed of
barleycofns, and NANCY dogs and one-eyed eats will
ruin al my marrowfats &nd snakes and skunks and
goats and owls, and toa and bats and guinea fowls
Will make my yard Their ace of rest and kuock the
whole thing gally west : nd | will cuss my neigh
Dor when he fails to g.. his sorrel hem and he
will shoot my buggy ho, because it ate his patch
of gorse; We'll ali be ing hair and ears and
everyone will be i'll teal nd when the cops have
run us in the Judge wi. rmur What sin that
neighbOrs TO such ass, for ten cents worth
of garden sass. .''-Wat TT ION.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08
tract to be Opened Nearly Large as That Part of
the Reservations Opened This Spring. the
Lands Now Being Entered EN-.
bracng 5000, 600 Acres
Washington, d. c., April 7, 1910.

washington, d. G., April IyIU.
Arthur q. keene,
Mobrdge S. Oak
today favorable report from the senote q, M
mittee on Indian affairs my bill opening all the remaining
lands in the Standing Rock Indian reservation North and
South Dakota to settlement embracing million
acres also bill opening all remaining lands ON the Chev
River Indian reservation embracing al out one million
two hundred thousand acres.
Robert j. Gamble.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-08

Gamble flom South Dakota wires
yesterday from Washington that
he has secured favorable report
on his bill opening these lands, the
telegram being shown above.
Over two million acres of land
are embraced in the tracts to be
opened. There are nearly three
million acres of land in those parts
OF the two reservations now being
entered by homesteaders.
The new lands are directly ad-
jacent to Mobridge, just across
the Missouri river from the city,
and the throwing open of them to
settlement is bound to give this
clty another boost, according to
town builders.
ward, w. B. Woodbury. and p. =.
Stoltzman; Third ward, j. T..
Glendy and NJ. Nj. Minton.
The other ticket will be headed
by j. w. Harris for mayor with
A. w. Rowlee for treasurer, j. w.
Vawter for Justice of the psace
and James Church for police
Judge. The alder,Ganic candidates
OH this ticket will in all likelihood
Continued on page 81
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE

Take South America. In January, 1910, we exported to the Latin-Amer- icon republics below the isthmus goods valued at $7,656,479, and imported from them goods valued at $20,0S4,S ,S20, a total of $27, ,741 ,299. In January, 1909, we exported goods worth 6,292, ,9S6 and imported goods valued at $l4,794, ,2S5, a total of 21,0S7,27l. The gain in the commerce between the United States and South America in January, 1910, over January, 1909, was, therefore, $6,- 654,02S, or about 31 per cent.
 In all South America, notwithstand- ing the frenzied efforts of the state department to promote good feeling and trade with that region, there are but two countries whose commerce with us is worth taking into account-Argen- tina and Brazil. Our exports to Brazil are so trifiing that they are not men, tiOned separately in the bulletin of the bureau of statistics (637), from which these figures are taken. We imported from Brazil last January goods worth compared with imports during the pre- ceding January of $9,523.124. Argen- tina, on the other hand, while exporting $2, ,49S ,664 worth of goods to the United States in January, 1910, a slight fall ing off from the previous January, took goods from us amounting to $3,497 ,2S7, a gain from the previous January, when $2,941 ,l24 Brazil is giving the United States certain preferential treatment which may result in promoting very
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
Aid to Surgery in
 Grass AnaeSthetiC

world where analytical chemistry can bring to its aid more modern methods than at the institute endowed by John D. Rockefeller. From the progress made so far by the chemist the properties of "Stipa vaseyi" are expected to be known in a comparatively short time. Means of making the anaesthetic avail able for surgeons will then be taken, but not, of course, until the most ex- haustive experiments have been made to confirm it's usefulness.
 Lo Knew About It
 At the "broncho busting" contest in the western part of Texas, where the cowboy is still lingering, victory was won by the Indians and with ease The fiery bronchos, with records of untama- ble perversity and unwillingness to serve as mounts, were brought into subjection after a brief struggle.
 The red men got away with the prizes under the suspicious scrutiny of the cow boys. It was not long after the winners had put miles between themselves and the tourney place before an investiga- tion of their quarters showed that they had a supply of "sleepy grass.
 Out of this deceit of the guileless cowboy came the curiousity that, it is positively expected, will add the laurels of new discovery to the Rockefeller in- stitute. This grass is not new in the great southwest. Drowsy cattle have often been found on the ranges and where the cowboys knew there was sleepy grass.
 As this condition never left the cat tie in other than good condition, no eff fort was ever made to eradicate or avoid the wild hay. This grass, of the genus " Stipa vaseyi" belongs to the. same family as the bearded mesquite, valu- able fodder in Southern Texas.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
Sneeial to the Silver Belt.

Special to the Silver Belt
 WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.- The "gray wolves" of the senate are reputed to be lying in wait to defeat the president s wished-f for amendment to the railroad bill. The senate com mittee reported out the bill with the understanding that the members of the committee agreed to that action, mere ly to expedite business and not to in dicate their adherence to the bill itself Now, it is said, they are whetting their knives to stop the bill from becoming a law. There are too many railroad interests represented in the senate to permit of the bill passing if it is obiee- tionable to the roads. And it is obiec- tionable. Moreover, it has become dou- bly objectionable since Congressman Knowland of California got the commit tee on interstate and foreign commerce, of which he is member, to adopt an amendment to the Townsend bill, which it had already agreed to report out, forbidding any railroad to own or con trol competing water line. President Taft says that he will not countenance a continuance of the conditions under which the railroads are able to, and do, control all the coasting steamship trade of the United States. The Panama canal, he says, will never be opened, if he can help it, until the laws guarantee that it shall insure free and open com petition in the transportation, between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the United States. of freight and passen- gers. If railroads can continue to con trol steamship lines, as the Southern Pacific now controls the Pacific Mail, then the utility of the canal will be confined chiefly to the use of the gov ernment.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
HONOR MEMORY OF
 CARDINAL M'CLOSKEY

NEW YORK, March 19-Tomorrow will be the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Cardinal John McClos- key, who for many years was archbish- op of New York and who was the first American prelate to wear the red hat. For more than a week all of the Cath ollie churches and societies of the arch diocese have been holding special exer- cises in commemoration of the centen- ary. Tomorrow the celebration will cul- minate in great religious service in St. Patrick's cathedral, in which Arch bishop Farley and other prelates will take part.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
WEEKLY WASHINGTON LETTER
GOSSIP AROUND NATIONS GATHERED BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT By J. DYER

been heavy falling off in the exports to Europe, in January, 1910, from the figures for the corresponding month of 1902 In the latter month we sent to Europe goods valued at $116,S34,630, and in the former month, January, 1910, goods worth only $95,576,773. There is a falling off of $21,257 ,S57. Mean while the exports to the other grand divisions except Africa show an in crease, and as the exports to Africa, all told, amounted to only $1,525,017 in January, they do not greatly matter anyway.
 Except with Europe and with other countries of North America, the balance of trade is against us. The best show ing of increased business is with South America, and that with Asia and Oceanica next.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20

NEW YORK, March 19.-In one of the laboratories in the Rockefeller insti- tute is a chemist daily engaged in delv- ing into the mysteries of "Stipa vas eyi." He expects to solve them, and when he does the institute will add to its many discoveries new anaesthetic, harmless, effective and delightful to to take. 'Stipa vaseyi" has com mon name. Cowboys and plainsmen, es- pecially those herding cattle or sheep on the high plateaus of the Rocky noun tains, call it "sleepy grass"
 lOne of the many agents of the Rocke feller institute heard not long ago of a striking example of the powers of this wild hay at "broncho busting" con test. He found out soon afterwards that its chemical properties had bafhed scientists for generations. He gathered some of the grass and sent it to the institute, where distillation was made and a gentle rabbit drank of it.
 The rabbit went to sleep. Experi- ments showed that the little animal did not suffer pain under its influence
 When it awoke it was as cheerful at once as if reused out of a refreshing SlumUtE. l ue nedTb dctiOH udu EeHldlH- ed normal throughout. Unlike the much used anaesthetics, there was no after effect, and the whole institute staff was at once eager to find out what the plant was made of.
 A chemist of proved ability received the task of satisfying the desire of the staff. and Dr. Simon Flexner, in charge of the institute, felt that an addition to the aids to surgery was about to be made.
 Results Not Far Of
 Reports come from time to time from various sections of the country of the discovery of new and wonderful anaes- thetics which will be free from the after effects often so injurious to persons with weak hearts. But none of these discov- cries has so far proved of great value.
 The sleepy grass has promise, how ever, according to a person familiar with its proportions and with what has already been discovered at the Rocke feller institute, that bespeaks early and fulfllment.
 This new method of deadening pain and it is looked upon as practically as not be inhaled to produce inconsistencies. It will be drink and there will be none of the painful strug- gling against unconsciOusness as when the present anaesthetics are taken.
 There is probably no place in the
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
NEW POLE SEEKER
 SAILS FOR AMERICA
Lieutenant Shackleton on a
 Lecture Tour

LONDON, March 19.-Lieutenant Sir Ernest H. Shackleton, the famous Ant arctic explorer, accompanied by Lady ShackletOn and party of friends, were passengers on the Cunard liner Lusi- tania, sailing for New York today. The explorer will lecture in many of the chief cities of the United States and Canada and later will make an extend ed hunting trip in northern Alaska. While in the United States he will re- ceive the gold medal of the National Geographic Society from the hands of President Taft.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
TO ENCOURAGE WATER CoMPETI
 TON

The amendment introduced by Con gressman Knowland is indicated in the following paragraph by capital letters:
 "That no railroad corporation which IS common carrier subject to the. act to regulate commerce, approved Febru- ary 4, 1897, as amended, shall there after acquire, directly or indirectly, any interest of whatsoever kind in the cap ital stock of ANY RAILROAD OR WATER CARRIER CORPORATION, or purchase or lease ANY railroad, OR WATER LINE which cOmpetes with such first named corporation respecting
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20

business to which said Act to regulate commerce, as amended, applies; and any corporation which acquires any interest in capital stock, or which purchases or leases railroad OR WATER LINE contrary to this section, or which holds or retains any interest in capital stock or in railroad OR WATER LINE here after acquired in violation of this sec ton, shall be fined five thousand dollars for each day or part of day during which it holds or retains such interest unlawfully acquired. '
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
NEGROES TO PLAY
 IN NEW LEAGUE
Eight Club Circuit Draws No
 Color Line

PROVIDENCE, R. l., March 19.- The United States league, which will be the only regularly organized baseball league in the country in which both negroes and whites will play, held meeting at Narragansett hotel today to adopt a schedule and complete other ar engagements for its initial season. Eight clubs make up the circuit-Baltimore Philadelphia, Paterson, Trenton, New ark, Brooklyn, Providence and Boston. Sunday baseball will be feature in all cities except Boston. The season will consist of 126 games, opening May 1 and closing Labor Day.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
UNCLE sAM's DRUG BILL

Haven't you sometimes heard a man complaining of the size of his annual drug bill? It is not uncommon, espe- cially if there happens to be large family and good deal of sickness, to- gether with an unhealthy locality. I know man in Washington who has a doctor's and druggist bill of nearly $1,000 year. But look at Uncle Sam! He had drug bill the past twelve years of $s00,0O0,OO0. That is, the country imported drugs to that amount, and it exported drugs othe amount of $200, 100000 more. That makes billion dollars worth of drugs entering into the commerce of this country in twelve years. The twelve year period is selected by the bureau of statistics, no doubt, because the statisticians like to talk about billions. But it $ an i'm pressive figure, whatever the reason for selecting the twelve year period instead of the customary decade.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
MONTANA BOUND TO
 HAVE GOOD ROADS

BILLINGS, Mont, March 19.-The initial steps in a movement to awaken public interest in road building and improvement in Montana were taken today, when committee appointed by Governor Norris met in this city to arrange for a state good roads conven- tion. The convention will be held in Billings the second week in June and will be attended by delegates repre- senting every county of Montana.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-20
FOREIGN COMMERCE

The foreign trade of the United States presents some curious problems. Why, for instance, should there have