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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
STATES NEW CAPITAL BUILDING
WILL HAVE ITS OWN GAS
IN ABUNDANCE
WATER and GAS GALORE
Surplus Water Will Supply the Park
Lagoon and the Gas Will be
Utilized For Heat
and Light

Pierre-The capitol commission has
secured fine natural gas well upon
the capitol grounds. supplying an abb
undance of gas to heat and light the
premises. The we'll is about 1850
feet deep and inches in diameter
and throws $500 gallons of water per
minute under a pressure of 100 pound
to the square inch. The water from
the well will overcome the evapora-
ton in the lagoon to be feature OF
the new capitol park. Much difficulty
has been experienced in Pierre with
| castings for the gas wells. Many eX-
penSive experiments have been made
in vain attempt to find a material
that Will not cOrrode with the acids
in the water, and at last simple cast
iron has been adopted as the most
resistent Where high priced, special
ly treated steel was used it was eaten
up in a year or two, while it was OBJ
served elbows of cast iron would
stand the high pressure of The wells
when capped down. but two years
ago one of the city wells was cased
with cast iron. and has rendered per-
feet service since. When the well
is bored, an outer casing of steel
8 inches in diameter is put down. and
when completed an inner casing Of
cost iron leaves a net dsimeter of
about 6 inches. The gas comes in
the water and is separated by agita-
ton, within an ordinary holder. The
state we'll will supply about 10000
cubic feet per day.
The past year has not done much
toward the developemnt of the natur-
al gas Soishrdluuummmmm
i gas field in South Dakota It's ares;
Is very extensive but so far not dry
gas has not been found lie Beau
and Alaska are now utilizing wet
wells previously bored and a good
many ranches in the Missouri valley
have equipped the premises for heat
and light, but no new boundaries
been defined. The city of Pierre has
appropriated $4,000 for exploration
Of the local field with the hope Of
striking dry gas and is now sinking a
prospect, with the intention of going
to bed rock Prof. DartOn and other
geOlogists are Of the opinion the Da-
kota sandstone, from which the ar
tesian water flo wcomes. lies upon
bed rock. and so of the deep wells Of
the state seem to show the drills pen
etrated granite as soon as the sand
stone was passed, which leads the To-
cal authorities to hope the dry gas
vein from which our supply perco-
lates may be found by going further.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
Found Valuable Draft

Conceivable examining some old
papers which had belonged to his
father, who died some years ago, R.
N. Won Tobel. of this place ran upon
a draft for $549 which had been issued
about twenty-one years ago by bank
at Berne. Switzerland and which was
drawn upon the German-American
bank of ST. Paul, Mimi, There is no
doubt the old draft is good for its
face value. The draft was received
about two years before the death Of
Won Tobel's father. who evidently had
placed it among his papers and for
gotten 1t. The estate of the father
was probated in Sphinx county, the
heirs being n. Won Tobel, OF Montana,
r. N Won Tobel of COnde, and Mrs.
F.. p. Dodge( of Groton. The father
made his home with his Conde son,
and 1t was there that he died. BY
strange oversight nothing was
known Of the draft until rhe son un-
exptectedly found IT day or two ago
while idly looking over the old papers
which had belonged to his father.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
Reflections.

The beautiful home was crowded
with people assembled to honor the
distinguished guest
But the explorer soon tired of the
attentions, and as he leaned his arm
against pillar, he allowed himself to
be transported back to the scene Of
his triumph.
Such a waste" he mumbled, au-
dibly, staring into space, such a
waste, such waste
Why so many stout ladies left the
house in indignation, the hostess was
unable to learn.-Sunday Magazine OF
the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Holland is a little hamlet in vir-
ginia which does not amount to much
in itself But it is a sort of store.
house and shipping point for the crop
or peanuts which is one of the prin-
cipal sources of wealth in that local
ity. So when fire destroyed most of
the town and $4,000 worth of peanuts
went UP in smoke, 1t was calamity
OF considerable proportions. And
doubtless the attendants at the cir.
Gus and the habitues OF the peanut
gallery" will have cause to mourn.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicpoo. Feb. 15.-Cattle-market
steady to lee lower; beeves, $4,000
7.S0; Western steers. $4.2O; 500;
stockers and feeders, $3.l5M5.5o;
COWS and heifers, S2.65Q 600; calves,
S700G925.
Hogs market shade higher; light
sS.50@9.O0; mixed, $3.50 sos; heavy,
SS.7O09.07R; rough. $S.70@S.S0; good
TO choice heavy. sS.S0@ 9O71a; pigs,
S7.100S.S0.
Sheep--market strong, native, S4.5O
IG.,5; Western. S4.50Q6s5; year.
lings. s7o5@S.40; lambs. native. $S.Io
$500.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Indianapolis. Ind, Feb. 16.-Timber
thieves In the wilderness Of southern
Indiana are driving away farmers
with fire, according to reports receiv-
ed today from Nashville, the seat OF
Brown county. into which until 'ately
no railroad had penetrated Houses
and barns on eighteen farms ha> Z
been destroyed. G. M. HarbOt and his
family last night had to run for their
lives from their blazing home.
For miles south OF Nashville the
settlers have moved out, and the tim
ber thieves are cutting and hauling
walnut and hickory logs by the hund-
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

An esthetic couple in New York are
In trouble because they insist on
dressing themselves and their young
son in ancient Greek costume and so
going abroad in modern American win.
ter weather. This shows what difR.
culties attend the attempt at practical
study Of the classics and classic cos.
tunes in these days of what the
ancient Greeks themselves would like.
" call foolish fashions.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Pierre-The Gas Belt directors will
this spring distribute tested seed co n
to those in this part OF the state who
care to enter competition for corn
prizes at the exposition next fall. The
seed will be supplied free. with the
provision that those who accept 1t will
enter a contest for cash prizes, to be
giveen to both tn individual grove s.
and the different counties they vii
represent. Corn growing has so far
taken the place Of wheat growing in
this part of South Dakota that II l.
now the main crop, instead Of a side
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
MINERS TROUBLES
Pittsbufk Operators Refuse Demands
and Trouble Freshens

Pittsburg, Feb 16.-Pittsburg coal
operators today refused the demands
of miners in the permissible powder"
question on the grounds that they are
unfair and violation OF the agree
ment made in Toledo in 1908
The mine workers commanded com
pliance with the terms made by the
Charleroi Coal company, by paying on
run of the mine basis or providing
an increase of five and half per cent
to men working in wide rooms and
nine per cent in narrow work; that
miners be furnished new explosives
at the same relative cost as black
powder, and when shOt-firers are en-
plOyed the company pay them.
The operators assert the Charleroi
company does not come into compe-
tition with other operators and that
with run Of the mine" basis the
miner grows careless and shoots his
coal so hard 1t goes TO pieces. AS to
wages of shOt-frers the reply states
that where the law does not require
shot-f1rers, the United Mine Workers
had agreed to relieve the operator OF
this payment
The reply asserts a Willingness to
make tests for determining the com
parative effects of various explosives,
but the committee OF miners and Op-
orators failed to agree on basis.
In conclusion the rep.y says:
THE agreement made at Toledo in
1908 provides that nothing be done
by the miner to increase the cost of
production of coal The operators
claim the demand now made direct y
violates that agreement"
Toledo, Feb. 16.-The sentiment am
ong operaotrs In the central competi-
tive district is opposed to resumption
Of the Toledo wage-scale conference,
which adjourned deadlocked February
4. According to local operators to-
night it was said the operators pre-
fer taking up the matter with the
miners officials through the operators
members of the scale committee to de-
termine first whether there Is any
prospect of breaking the deadlock
Wheeling, W. Va, Feb ia meet
ing of United Mine Workers at Glen
coe, O., became riot tonight when
Antonio Virgo jumped to the platform
and stabbed Joseph Marris, district
president, and Secretary James Baker
Both are wounded in the back and
their condition Is critical A general
fight was the result-Americans ag-
ainst foreigners Tables, desks and
chairs were broken up for cudgels
and the foreigners were route1 Off
GERS are searching FOR Virgo.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
Twin CITY Markets.

Minneapolis. Feb. l5.-Wheat, May,
S1.l2s; July, Sl.l2%; No. l northern,
$1.145k: No. 2 northern. $1.12es; Dur
um, No. l, 97Ac. Corn-No. 3. 57%c.
Oats-No white. 45hc. Rye-No
2. 76Ac. Barley-e6c. Flax-NO. /,
S2.19.
Duluth, Feb. l5-No. northern.
S1l3ss; May. $l13ss; July, $113&
South ST. Paul. Feb. l5.-Cattle-
Steers. $5.00@675; cows, fair, $3,25@
425; calves. $4.5006.00. Hogs. $50
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

A Peoria Judge has decided that a
man has a right to punish his wife II
she refuses to have his breakfast
ready for him at four q. m. Forum
ately, the rest of the world does not
follow the Peoria example In the
matter of wives. husbands. breakfast
hours or Judges.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Once again some western doctor
arises to say that the use of apples
as a diet will eliminate the desire for
liquor and tobacco. But think Of the
awful apple habit that would be Gre
ated n place Of the others!
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

st. Louis man is seeking a d.
vorce because his wife has not spoken
to him for five years. Wait Perhaps
he has reason to believe she intends
to break her long silence.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Scranton, Pa, wants special men,
ton because of hen that lays eggs
worth $400 dozen Out west they
merely give such news line in the
miscellaneous market reports.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
MoBRIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Fine winter weather. but little too
much Of It.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
Minnesota Boy for Cadet.

Representative Davis, of st. Peter,
has recommended the appointment OF
Joseph Huelskamp. of Winthrop, to be
a cadet at West Point.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

IL the monorail car is TO be COM
mercial success It should hurry 20 the
task before the airship pre-empts the
field
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

New York wants to make Fifth av-
enue the greatest highway in the
world. Broadway, it Is claimed. is
the greatest buyway
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

A Missouri professor claims that
Shakespeare used slang But he never
interpolated "Then-to-his-old-m mother
he-did-say" song in any of his produc-
rions.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
Commission Government in illinois.

Springfield, IllinOis.-The commits
sion form OF government bill. bear
ing the corporation regulation amend.
ments inserted by Senator Daley, was
passed by the senate by vote of "a
to l. 1t was the house hill amended
in the senate which went through the
upper branch and it is now up to the
house either to concur in the senate
amendments or take action which will
send the bill to conference. There is
every indication that conference
committee is tho noyt eto. L.,
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

There are plenty of people that have
good judgment, but few that have reso-
luton enough always to follow it
Carleton.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Then. again. If $20.00O,O0O was sent
down into Central America to secure
peace. think of the fighting there
would be for each man to get his
share of 1t!
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

For the leading nations of the world
to go bankrupt on Dreadnoughts Is a
costly way Of providing themselves
with a worlds peace court.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
Well-Yes.

III you want thing well done"
Get an expert to do it for you.
Amt that more sense than what you
were going to say?"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Now French warship has gone on
the rocks Some Of the navies of the
world do not seriously miss war
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

You can hardly blame the man who
turned to the sporting page expecting
to find there the news of the British
political campaign.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

A cargo of silk valued at 81 ,000,0 900
was recently shipped from Japan to
this country. The cost of living is
likely to go on increasing.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Pigs are suggested as pets for chill
dren. They are particularly charming
in the form of breakfast bacon
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Prof. Lowell has not told us wheth-
er Halley's comet was looking pleas
ant when he took it's picture the other
day.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Very likely the ST. Louis Judge who
wept when he sent two embezzling
bank clerks to prison did not have
any money in that bank.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Emperor William would like to stop
the people from deserting the farms.
He might establish some rural Ave-
pfennig moving picture shows.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Wall street reports brisk demand
for money Sometimes Wall street
news has a wonderfully human and
universal note
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Uncle Sans battleships are display
ing too great a fondness for the mud
banks of the Delaware
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Oleomargarine is in wrong when 1t
is artistically colored and boxed up
and shipped as cheese.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
Coyal to the Last.

TIM hear the undertaken died
Sim.-Yep, the firm was failing and
he had to help it out.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Like all well-regulated great fairs
the Berlin exposition of 1911 is prepar-
ing to ask for a postpOnement
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

From a rough description of its
operations. we conclude that the gyrO-
scope train is safe from spreading Of
the rails
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Several other things besides college
football need reforming
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

In addition to life belts lake steam
ers should carry complement or
skates.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Feet are growing larger" Another
reason for the increased cost Of liv-
ing.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Golf balls are going up in price and
there threatens to be much privation
on the links
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

Lake Michigan resists all tempta-
tions to become skating rink.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

There is a prospect that the earth
will step on the tail Of the comet.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18

ONCE there was q man who didn't
like WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT. But
not twice. He likes IL now.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-18
Look at the Carfare You Saw

It's like visiting the country tG
chew delicious. fragrant, WRIGLEY's
SPEARMINT.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-18
FOR FAIR HIGH FLIERS.
Fashions Decree For the Women Who
Are ANiakore

Fashions Decree For the Women Who
Are Aviators.
Flying machine frocks for women
are in the show windows. OF course
women will fly even before they put on
their celestial w~ings-that is, some
women will. In fact. some have al
ready attempted 1t. There will be 9TH
ers. Hence the inquiry, What will the
flying woman wear? 1t will be con-
ceded that the women who expect to
follow the sterner sex in fight will
not be content to wear the ordinary
garb of the street or even that of the
home and dra wing room. One of the
new costumes. such as that shown in
the illustration. is of brown ~eravenette.
1t is lined with a heavy worsted mate
rial in Scottish plaids. 1t is interlined
with heavy paper that doubles the
warmth of the garment. The Norfolk
jacket. plated. of course, Is faced with
heavy satin of the same shade. The
hood. which has long tabs reaching to
the waist in front. is finished with
facings that give the costume a jaunty
air. The jacket may also be of soft
leather. That is q matter of taste.
The colors for sky excursions vary.
They are of neutral shades, green,
brown and gray. Boomers go with
the suit and may be the same shade
as the jacket or otherwise. as the fair
fier may elect. The hood is ermine.
This is necessary for comfort. The
boots are of some soft material and are
lined. 1t is hardly necessary to add
that the lining is of fur. The costume
as it is seen in the windows is not a
thing to rave over. but when donned
and the wearer sails upward it takes
on a rather stunning effect. Such a suit
can be worn only on a certain occasion.
When the famous Duchesse Dues
made her last ascension abroad h
discarded skirts. wearing. instead. a
pair of full flannel boomers that reach
ed to her knees. With these she wore
a heavy sweater of white wool and an
ermine hood. When she stepped into
the basket her figure was enveloped in
a long gray cloak of heavy cloth lined
with chinchilla, through which her
arms were thrust at convenient Sits.
beginning at the shoulders and ending
at the waist line. When she rose to
bow her acknowledgements TO the cheers
of the populace she tossed back the
gay cloak and stood revealed. a charm
ing figure in gray and white.
Paris is still agog over the chic cos
tune of 1.-THE daring and beautiful
American with the Spanish name." Ada
de Acosta. now Mrs. Oren Root. The
then Miss de Acosta hazarded a cos
tune for soaring over the roofs of
Paris which it would have been most
imprudent to year in an open country
where hunters abound. some of them
as nearsighted as the Nimrod who is
now seeking game in Africa. Miss de
Acosta's intensely dark coloring IA
set off by a short, plated skirt and
Norfolk jacket of deep purplish red.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-18
The Side De Morny Cared For.

The Due de Morny, half brother to
Louis Napoleon, was ambassador ex-
traordinary to the emperor of Russia
during the coronation festivities and
wrote home that the French might
learn something from the Russians, if
it were only how to light 10000 can
dies in five minutes. De Morny was in
Paris the night before the coup d'etat
and spent the evening at the opera.
Between the acts he went into one of
the boxes to speak to a lady of his
acquaintance.
"What shall you do. II. de Morny,"
asked a lady, "if the national assembly
is swept out of doors as threatened"
Madame" he replied. 81 shall try to
be on the side of the broom handle"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-18
1t Looked INVITING.

| was visiting a magistrate in Kerry
county when a stalwart fellow was
brought in a prisoner, charged with
nearly killing an old baldheaded man.
whose head was a bloody mass. what
was 1t this fellow did to your asked
the magistrate. Nothing" "Then
what made you do it?" well, I'll tell
yer honor Gods truth. Ye see, l came
late into the fair, luck was agin me, for
all the fighting was over, so l was
strutting about looking for some boy
to cross a stick wild, and | saw this
poor mans bald head poked out of a
slit of a tent that he might cool it, and
it looked so inviting that for the soul
of me l couldn't help hitting the blow"
IS. G. Halls Diary"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-18
WASHINCTON'S
PHYSICAL ILLS.
By JOHN E. WALLACE.

81 a RHILE Washiu ION was pres
A~ ident be was dangerously
" i'll several times. In 1899
he had what IN u day we
would call The grip. During a cere-
monial visit to Cambridge. Mass. the
president came down with this ailment.
which came 10 be called the Wash
ington Influenza" III the vicinity of
Boston. where 1t ragged for some time.
Washington described this attack thus:
Myself much disordered by a cold
and Inflammation in the left eye"
In New York some months later the
president caught another bad cold.
which developed into "a case of an
thrax SO malignant as for several days
to threaten modification" His physi-
clan rema ned constantly with him.
One day Washington looked the doctor
squarely in the face and requested
his opinion as to the outcome of the
disease. The doctor expressed both
hope and fear, and Washington re-
piled, whether tonight or twenty
years hence, it makes no difference"
One who visited the president at this
time relates that his life was despaired
of and every eye was full of tears.
One feature of this attack was a
very large and painful tumor on the
protuberance of the presidents thigh.
1t was necessary to operate upon this
tumor, which had a happy effect in
relieving the fever, but left the patient
weak. He could not walk or sit up,
so in order to obtain needed outdoor
exercise he had his coach so extended
that he could recline his full length of
six feet three and a half inches therein.
An operation for cance was per-
formed on Washington in 1894. His
mother also had suffered from this
disorder. During the same year the
presidents back was severely wrench
ed in an effort to save himself and
horse from falling among the rocks
at the lower falls of the Potomac, lear
his Mount Vernon home. He was con
fined to his bed for some time on ac-
count of this injury.
After Washington retired from pub
lie life he suffered from a fever which
reduced his weight by twenty pounds.
He had frequent colds, and it was only
with the greatest difficulty that he
could be induced to take medicine.
Washington's sight became impaired
during the Revolution. He found it
necessary to begin wearing spectacles
in 177S. at the age of forty-six years.
During his presidency he became hard
of hearing. A guest at one of the
presidents dinners relates that The
was so deaf that | believe he heard
little of the conversation"
Present day dentistry would have
saved Washington much suffering and
would have enhanced his good looks.