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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-19
LEG A MASS OF HUM0R

About seven years ago a small
abrasion appeared on my right leg
Just above my ankle. It irritated me
so that / began to scratch 1t, and ID
began to spread until my leg from my
ankle to the knee was one solid scale
like a scab. The irritation was always
worse at night and would not allow
me to sleep, or my wife either, and ii
was completely undermining our
health. I lost fifty pounds in weight
and was almost out of my mind with
pain and chagrin as no matter where
the irritation came, at work, on the
street or in the presence Of company,
I would have to scratch it until I had
the blood running down into my shoe.
I simply cannot describe my suffer
Ing during those seven years. The
pain, modification, loss Of sleep, both
to myself and wife is simply indie
scribable on paper and one has to ex-
p~erience it to know what 1t is.
II tried all kinds Of doctors and rem
edies but l might as well have thrown
my money down a sewer. They would
dry up for a little while and fill me
with hope only to break out again just
as bad If not worse. l had given up
hope Of ever being cured when / was
induced by my wife to give the Cuti-
cura Remedies a trial. After taking
the Cuticura Remedies for a little
while / began to see a change, and
after taking a dozen bottles Of Cuti-
cura Resolvent in conjunction with
the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint
ment, the trouble had entirely disap-
peared and my leg was rs fine Is the
day l was born. Now after a lapse Of
six months with no signs Of a cur
renee I feel perfectly safe In extend
ing to you my heartfelt thanks for the
good the Cuticura Remedies have done
for me. 1 shall always recommend
them to my friends. w. H. White,
312 e. Cabot St, Philadelphia, Pa, Feb.
4 and Apr. 13. 1909"
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Governor Vessey has granted paroles
for Alfred Martin, senten ed from
Pennington county on a charge of as
sault with intent to kill; l.. w. Borst,
sent from Edmunds county, on a
charge of grand larceny; and james
Banson, sent from Meade county on
a charge Of robbery.
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SYNOPSIS.

Lawrence Blakeley. lawyer, goes 10
Pittsburg with the forged notes in the
chief witness for the prosecution, John
Gilmore. a millionaire. In the lattCr's
house the lawyer is attracted by the pic
tuTe Of a girl whom Gilmore explains is
his granddaughter, Alison West. He says
her father is a rascal and a friend Of
the forger. Standing In line 70 bay a
Pullman ticket Blakclry IS requested by
a lady to buy her one. He gives her low
er eleven and retains lower ten. He finds
a man In a drunken stupor in lower ten
and rctircs in lower nine. He awakens in
lower seven and finds his bag and cloth
ing missing. The man in lower ten IS
found murdered.
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CHAPTER v.
The Woman in the Next Car.

WITH the departure of the conduc
tor and the doctor, the group around
lower ten broke up, to reform in
smaller knots through the car. The
porter remained on guard. With
something of relief | sank into a seat
I wanted to think, to try to remember
the details of the previous night. But
my inquisitive acquaintance had other
intentions. He came up and sat down
beside me. Like the conductor, he had
taken notes of the dead mans be-
longings, his name. address, clothing
and the general circumstances of the
crime. Now with his little notebook
open before him, he prepared to en-
joy the minor sensation of the rob-
berry.
And now for the second victim"
he. began cheerfully. What is your
name and address, please?"
| eyed him with suspicion.
Il have lost everything but my name
and address" I parted. What 40 you
want them for? Publications."
"Oh, no; dear, mo-" he said, shocked
at my Misrepresentation. Merely for
my own enlightenment. like to
gather data of this kind and draw my
own conclusions. Most interesting and
engrossing. Once or twice l have
forestalled the results of police inves-
tigation-but entirely for my own
amusement"
/ nodded tolerantly. Most Of ~
have hobbies; / knew a man once who
carried his handkerchief up his sleeve
and had a mania for old colored prints
cut out of Godey's Lady Book.
Il use that inductive method orig
mated by Poe and followed since with
such success by Conan Doyle. Have
you ever read Gaboriau? All, you have
missed a treat, indeed. And now, to
get down to business, what Is the
name of our escaped thief and prob
able murderer"
How on earth do | know / de-
manded impatiently. "He didn't write
1t in blood anywhere. did he?"
The little man looked hurt and dis
appointed.
do you mean to say" he asked,
that the pockets of those clothes are
entirely empty?"
The pockets! In the excitement I
had forgotten entirely the sealSkin
grip which the porter now sat at my
feet. and | had not Investigated the
pockets at all. With the inquisitive
mans pencil taking note of every
thing that | found, | emptied them on
the opposite seat.
Upper left-hand waist-coat, two lead
pencils and a fountain pen; lower
right waist.coat, matchbox and a small
stamp book: right-hand pocket coat.
pair of gray suede gloves. new, size
seven and a half; left-hand pocket.
gun metal cigarette case studded with
pearls. half-full of Egyptian cigarettes.
rhe trousers pockets contained a gold
p~enlxnife. a small amount OF money In
bills and change, and a handkerchief
with the initial S. on 1t.
Further search through the Goa dis
covered a card-case with cards bear.
ing the name henry plncknay Suili-
ssn and 4 leather mask With sold
mountings. filed with what seemed to
De very fair whisky. n mono
grammed Fl. p. S.
Ills name evidently is Henry
Pinekney s~aslsssaa said the cheeriuI
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Uneasy lies the head that wears an
Ice hagi.
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s.s -. assazx &C 6
kfumpieu. Doctor. a woman back
there has got humps or buhonic
plague, Or something. WV Q cosne
bacxY
The strange porter stood aside.
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follower of Poe, as he wrote it down.
Address as yet unknown. Blonde,
probably. Have you noticed that it is
almost always the blonde men who az
feet a very light gray, with a touch
of red in the scarf? Fact, l assure you.
| kept a record once of the summer
attire of men, and 80 per cent. fol
lowed my rule. Dark men like you
affect navy blue, or brown.
In spite of myself I was amused at
the mans shrewdness.
Yes; the suit he took was dark
a blue" l said.
He rubbed his hands and smiled at
me delightedly.
Then you wore black shoes, not
TAM" he said, with a glance at the ag-
gressive yellow ones l wore.
Right again." l acknowledged.
BLACK low shoes and black embroid-
cred hose. If you keep on you'll have
a motive for the crime, and the muir
derer's present place of hiding. And
if you come back to the smoker with
me, I'll give you an opportunity to
judge If ne knew good whisky from
bad"
| put the articles from the pockets
back again and got up. Il wonder If
there is a diner on?" / said. 81 need
something sustaining after all this"
1 was conscious then of some one
at my elbow. | turned to see the
young woman whose face was so
vaguely familiar. In the very act of
speaking she drew back suddenly and
colored.
"Oh-I beg your pardon" she said
hurriedly, Thought you were
some one else" She was looking in a
puzzled fashion at my coat. | felt
all the cringing guilt of a man who
has accidentally picked up the wrong
umbrella; my borrowed caller sat
tight on my neck.
I'm sorry" | said idiotically. I'm
sorry. but-I'm not" / have learned
since that she has bright brown hair,
with a loose wave in it that drops
over her ears, and dark blue eyes
with black lashes and-but what does
it matter? One enjoys a picture as a
whole: no as the sum of its parts.
She saw the flask then, and her err
rand came back to her. zone of the
ladies at the end OF the car has
tainted" she explained. II thought
perhaps a stimulant-"
/ picked up the flask at once and
followed my guide down the aisle. Two
or three women wera woT king over
the woman who had tainted. They
had opened her collar and taken out
her hair pins. whatever good that
might do. The stout woman was Wig
orously rubbing her wrists, with
the idea. no doubt, of working up her
pulsei The unconscious m was
the n for whom | had secured lower
IL at the station,
/ poured a little liquor in a bun
Cling masculine fashion between her
lips as she leaned back, with closed
eyes. She checked. coughed and raj
lied somewhat.
Poor thing" said the stout lady.
AS she lies back that way | almost
think it was my mother; gsc used to
faint SO much
1T would make anybody faint
chimed in another. Murder and rob
berry in one night and on one car. I'm
thankful + always wear my rings in a
~ss-sss~a@Ea s1saJaa Ii they Dc
get under me and keep me awake"
The girl In blue was looking at us
with wide. startled eyes. l saw he-
pale q little. saw the quick. a~pprehen-
siye glance which she kfeH at aer
travelling companion, the small wonan
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Opinions Aired.

Were the commencement exer-
cises interesting?"
Very. The time was divided be-
tween advice from public men or the
selection of a career and suggestions
from graduates on how to run the
government"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-19

Governor Vessey, Atty, Gen. Clar'I
and Comm ssioper of Schools and
Public Lands Dokken are in the Hills
to represent the state in the selection
of 100, 900 acres of land to be taken
from the Hills sections and the title
turned over to the state.
Governor Wesley has granted paroles
for Alfred Martin, senten ed from
Pennington county on a charge of as
sault with intent to kill; L.. w. Borst,
sent from Edmunds county, on a
charge of grand larceny; and James
Banson, sent from Meade county on
a charge Of robbery.
The auto industry is f1ourishing in
South Dakota all right. The regis
tration for the month Of July gong
up to SIS, or more than nineteen a
day for every day in the month. The
total number of machines registered
up to the close of the month was $3.50
nearly half of which have been regist-
cred this year..
Friends of James Mclaughlin de-
clared that he was deprived of his po-
sition as superintendent of the school
for the deaf because he failed to con-
tribute to the expenses of teh primary
campaign. AS his removal was made
through a non-partisan board, the
charge does not seem to be well
founded. 1t has been understood that
while he was INDICATED in the recent
official investigation of his conduct,
that the board has long felt that the
good of the institution demanded a
change in the position.
Fourteen counties in South Dakota,
comprising Codington. Clark. Sphinx.
Brookings, Beadle, Hughes, Minneha-
ha, McCook, Hanson, Dawson, Union,
Clay and Yankton have had 1913 and
sales within a year, the total compris-
ing 222.456 acres. The average price
an acre was $4S.24, n the average
assessed valuation for 1910 Is s1O.19
an acre. Upon the basis OF the assess
ed valuation, the average true valuation
OF all lands in these counties for the
present year is $49.7o. BY the same
process of computation the average
true valuation in 1905 was $33.05 an
acre, the increases in four years being
$16.65 an acre or a gain or 90 per
CSuts IOt bhc Pui RorC ~ tAto CVhikulA-
ton counties are chosen which are
fairly representative of the balance OF
the state east of the river. The in
crease In the price OF lands west OF
the river for the same period would
be much more than is here shown.
OIL Inspector Murray, northern dis
trict, has sent his annual report to the
governor. Several days ago he turned
into the state treasury about sir
thousand dollars, and in his report.
shows that his expenses for himself
and deputies In that district were ss.-
165. He shows the inspection of a.
aI2 barrels OF kerosene and the re-
s~c~gsSvssS .sssrssA ss~ss E
barrels In small shipments, which
were not tested. He inspected 52,27s
barrels of gasoline and received fees
on SSS barrels Witch were not. snsnect.
ed. He reports thai the use OF Kansas
oil appears to be satisfactory IN hts
kiatrict-
-II aAarss sHRL[ %Af
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A woman may or may not try to
avoid muddy crossings; it all depends
upon her understandings.
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GOSSIP AT PIERRE.

Governor vessey, Atty. Gen. CLARK
and Commissioner of Schools and
Public Lands D0kken are in the Hills
to represent the state in the selection
of 160, 900 acres of land to be taken
from the Hills sections and the title
turned over to the state.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-01
A Burular's Text Book.

The police of New York found upon
a burglar, arrested by them, a treatise
on safe-cracking that is said to be the
most remarkable document that has
aver fallen into their hands. The con-
tents are SO well compiled that the
police unhesitatingly declare the au-
thor a past grand master in his pro-
fession, and, according to Popular
Mechanics. are somewhat anxious to
find out just how many copies are In
circulation throughout the country.
For the most part the manuscript
is in the yegg code, a lingo freely used
by thieves the country over. 1t de-
scribes the two kinds of safes recog.
nized by the profession, namely. the
fireproof and the burglar-proof, assert
ing, however. that there is no genuine
burglar-proof safe, and that kind that
are %drill-proof are only called so by
courtesy. Minute directions for
cracking a safe are given, together
with diagrams to illustrate the treat.
iS0.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-01
HOG Is PROFITABLE
Halt Of Product Consumed In
Southern States Is Imported.
Some Features In Industry That
Should Appeal to Every Thought.
full Farmer-No Other Meat Pro-
ducIng Animal More Prolific.
tBy E. r. LLOYD

(By II. II.
Notwithstanding the great advan-
tages possessed by the southern states
for profitable ~hog-raising, about fifty
per cent. annually Of all the pork con-
sumed in those states Is imported.
This should not be so. With our ia
cilities for producing cheap feed, we
should export and not import hog
products. There are some features in
hog raising that should appeal to
every thoughtful farmer. No other
meat-producing animal is capable Of
producing SO many young In a year.
In our mild climate. where suitable
pasture a be provided for nearly
every month In the year, the SOW
should farrow twice annually, produ-
cling n litter in early spring which
can easily be made ready for the late
fall or early winter market, and an
other litter in early fall to be made
ready for the spring market. The
small amount of capital required to
begin with and the quick returns on
the investment should make hog rails
ing especially attractive to the small
farmer with limited means. The hog
will make a pound of gain on less food
than most live stock. and will profit
ably utilize the waste products around
the farm, dairy and kitchen.
No man should attempt to raise
hogs without adequate pastures. For
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-01
GENERAL FARM T

Try to keep the cows clean; 1t IL
easier than cleaning them.
If one has ten gallons of milk to
spare daily it will not feed 100 grow
ing pigs. A pig cannot grow on less
than a quart Of milk daily.
1t is better to keep two or three
pigs and feed them all they will eat
at all times than to keep more on
half feed.
AS quick as one COW is MIXED weigh
the milk and record it on the weigh
sheets and know what your cow is
doing.
There are few farms that do not
have from m to half a dozen or o
waste places growing up to all man.
ner of weeds and undesirable brush.
Those who are engaged in butter
making as a profession consider that
the two most important factors in
good butter making are clean cream
and proper ripening.
Tankage, like by-products from the
slaughter-houses, is very rich in pro-
tein, and for that reason is a highly
concentrated food and must be fed
with care.
The pig that makes profitable gains
is the one that has all the feeds in
variety that it can consume and grows
vigorously, without check, from start
to finish.
Keeping the fence rows mown so
that the sun can shine upon the soil
at all times will almost invariably re-
suit in a good stand of grass within
at least two seasons, and often in one
Middlings are without doubt an ex-
cellent feed for young pigs previous
to weaving and perhaps for a short
time after, but beyond that they
should make up only a small part Of
the ration for the growing and fatten-
ing hog.
All clay soil and soils which become
packed easily need organic matter. To
these soils a great deal Of manure
should be applied or they should be
seeded to some kind of grass. The
grass roots decay and increase the
amount of organic matter.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-01
Fanjab River Hermit Refuses to XIII
Wild Animals That Destroy
His Crops.

II you lived in the woods where
bear, deer and cougars actually inter
fered with your farming operations
and devoured your crops, would you
have any hesitation about killing the
offending varmints? Frank Lotion, a
German hermit living alone on the
Panjab river in the Blue mountains,
in Oregon, thinks it wrong to kill
wild animals and they bully him In
mercifully.
Although for years he has lived in
a district where all sorts Of wild ami
mails are numerous, he has never
killed one yet. They frequently cause
me much trouble" he says, "but it IL
wrong to kill them"
Recently he awoke in the morning
to see two large cougars glaring at
hif through the windows of his cabin.
The mountaineer could easily have
killed both of them, but he said he
had no objection to have them inspect
the interior of his house. After watch.
ing him for several minutes, the wild.
Eats skunk away into the timber.
A field of corn planted and c~ultivat.
ed by Lotion with great care, was de.
stroyed by a herd of deer. Several
acres of the II was eaten to the
ground. Mr.. Lotion could easily have
killed the deer the morning after the
animals devoured the corn, but he did
not modest them. A big deer recently
oroafpd hav0c with Tho IRRIGATION
scheme Mr.. Lotion has carried out on
his farm. Wallowing in the spring
from which the water is drawn, the
deer squeezed mud into the outlet
pipe, stopping it up, and the crops
suffered before the cause of the trou.
BILE was discovered.
Taking all these things into
account, Oregon may claim to have
the kindeSt man,
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-01

tanned; but / fancied / caught a sud-
den glance at Gertrude, a fash Of
something that died as 1t came.
AS quietly, as calmly as | could. l
went over the whole story, from the
night Liddy and / had been alone up
to the strange experience Of Rosie
and her pursuer. The basket still
stood on the table, a mute witness to
| this last mysterious occurrence.
There is something else," I said
hesitatingly, at the last. "Halsey, l
have never told this ven to Gertrude,
but the morning after the crime l
found. in a tulip bed. a revolver. It
it was yours, Halsey."
For an appreciable moment Halsey
| stared at me. Then he turned to Ger
trude.
my revolver, Trude!" he exclaimed.
"Why, Jack took my revolver with
him, didn't he?"
ooh, for heavens sake don't say
that" l implored. THE detective
thinks possibly Jack Bailey came back,
and-and the thing happened then"
he ulQu I COlHo UdCh, T1dlSGy Sdlu
sternly. Gertrude, when you brought
down a revolver that night for Jack
to take with him, what n did you
bring? Miner"
Gertrude was defiant now.
mo. Yours was loaded, and I was
afraid of what Jack-might do. l gave
him one l have had for a veal OF two.
1t was empty"
Halsey threw up both hands de-
spairingly.
"If that isn't like a girl" he said.
why didn't you do what l asked you
to, Gertrude? You send Bailey off
with an empty gun, and throw mine
in a tulip bed, of all places on earth!
Mine was a 38 caliber. The inquest
will show, of course, that the bullet
that killed Armstrong was a 3S. Then
where shall l be-"
you forget" / broke in, that l
have the revolver, and hat nc one
knows about it."
But Gertrude had risen angrily.
81 cannot stand it; it is always
with me-" she cried. "Halsey, l did not
throw your revolver into the tulip
bed. think you did-it-your-
self"
~
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-01
Section of Portable Fence,

pastures, wove wire is the best
fencing material, all things consid-
cred. Around the field to be Used for
pasture run a woven wire fence 80
inches high with three strands of
barbed wire above. This fence will
not only turn hogs but Other live
stock.
For convenience in preparing the
land and planting the crops it is best
not to divide the pasture up with
permanent fences. When the crops
are ready for the hogs, by using the
hurdle or portable fence, the field may
be divided into lots of any size. The
hurdle fence is simple and cheaply
made and when not in use can be
taken down and stored under a shed
until needed again.
There is a mistaken idea held by
some that alfalfa, red clover, rape
and similar crops will produce profit
able gains when pastured without
grain. The practical trials made at
many experiment stations prove this
not true. OF the many forage plants,
alfalfa is n of the most satisfactory
for hogs, since it can be made a per-
manent pasture and is rich in protein,
making IN excellent combination with
corn. The leaves are tender and the
stem small, which make 1t easily mas
ticated, and it is very much relished.
At the Mississippi station careful
tests have been made to determine the
value of alfalfa pasture without grain
FOR hogs. Pigs ranging in age from
three to t%wenty-four months have
been used, and the results of two
years work show that alfalfa is little
more than a maintenance ration for
growing hogs without grain. Satisfac-
tory gains have always been secured
rom alfalfa pastures by supplement-
ing the pasture with from one to two
per cent. Of the weight of the hogs in
corn or other grain.
Cowpeas without grain so far has
given better results than any other
crop for hog pasture. In one test the
crop was grown on thin hill land.
where one acre of cowpeas produced
$50 pounds of pork. In another test
On rich valley land one acre of COW
peas produced 4S3 pounds of pork.
The hogs were put in the field when
the peas were about ripe.
The Illustration shows a section of a
portable fence for use in keeping hogs
In any desired pasture.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-01

I have never been a nervous wom-
an, as | said before. Moreover, a min
ute or two in the darkness enabled
me to see things fairly well. Beulah
gave me rather a start by rubbing un-
~expectedly against my feet; then we
two, side by side, went down the
drive.
There were no fragments Of china,
but where the grove began l picked
up a silver spoon. So far Rosie's
story was borne out; l began to won
der if it were not indiscreet, to say
the least, this midnight prowling in
a neighborhood with such a deserved
ly bad reputation. Then I saw m
thing cleaning, which proved to be
the handle of a cup, and a step O
two farther on I found a V-shaped bit
of plate. But the most surprising
thing of all was to find the basket sit
ting comfortably beside the road, with
the rest of the broken crockery piled
neatly within, and a handful of small
silver, spoons, forks and the like, on
top! 1 could only stand and stare.
Then Rosie's story was true. But
where had Rosie carried her basket?
And why had the thief, if he were a
thief, picked up the broken china out
of the road and left it, with his
booty?
1t was with my nearest approach to
a nervous collapse that l heard the IA
miliar throbbing of an automobile en-
CINE. AS 1t came closer l recognized
the outline of the Dragon Fly, and
knew that Halsey had come back.
Strange enough 1t must have
seemed to Halsey, too, to come across
me in the middle of the night, with
the skirt of my gray silk gown over
my shoulders to keep off the dew,
holding a red and green basket under
one arm and a black cat under the
other. What with relief and joy, | be-
gan to cry, right there. and very near
ly wiped my eyes on Beulah in the
excitement.