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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-01-05

early spring his big sled is piled high with
bags Of gum. And such guml 1t il the
purest found anywhere and clear amber.
This man is as strong, hale and hearty 90
any native. For him there is no life such
rs that be lives now. 1t is ne free and in
dependent a. that OF the tramp and as re-
munerative IS any he could engage in.
The best Maine gum comes from old
trees far in the interior. The gum formed
in one season on trees that have been pur-
posely wounded il not nearly 80 good as
that which has been formed slowly in the
heart Of the forest where sun, wind and
storms have hardened, purified and
warmed it. This gum is found in big
nuggets Of the purest gold or as red - the
campers fire, and it can be chiseled OF
half pound at time.
For the man who knows his forest BY
heart there is always the possible chance
Ct making finds that add to the excite
1nent Of the quest. There is the record Of
one big spruce tree yielding twenty
pounds Of pure red gum, netting the
picker 70, for it brought the highest mar
ket price. On one side the bark had been
riven by lightning, and the sap had exud-
ed and formed in globuIes from the base
to the upper branches, Another find
made by an old gum picker was in Penob-
scot. The tree had split In . notch twenty
feet from the ground, and in this space the
gum had been collecting for years until .
mass 10 big that it could not be forced in
to peck measure was obtained.
The expert gum picker has his side
lines, too. He Is an expert with the rife.
and when he kills game for his food he
does not overlook the fact that the skins
may be Of value. So frequently = gum
picker will corral lot OF good furs for
the market. But only the peIts Of animals
which bring good price are gathered,
for otherwise it pays better to load up the
big moose sled with gum.
Another by-product that these men are
on the lookout for is birch bark Of rare
kind. The big birches which yield bark
free from knots and holes are scarce. The
trees are pretty well cut down and only
the small second growth ones are found
These do not yield satisfactory bark for a
great many Of the industries. frequently
it is necessary for the searchers to travel
hundred miles to find one birch that will
yield the right kind OF bark for canoe
hull. Naturally the gum picker who has
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-01-05
WNEN RUBBERS DEC0ME NECESSARY

And your shoes pinch, shake Into your shoes
Aliens Foot Ease. the antiseptic powder for
the feet. 1t cures painful, swol en-, smarting,
sweating feet, and takes the sting out Of corns
and bu atoms. Just the thing for patent leath-
er shoes, dancing parties and for Breaking in
New shoes. Many people cannot wear heavy
Aliens Foot Ease into the shoe. Sold every
where, 25c. Sample FREE. Address, Allen 8.
Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y. Don't accept any
substitute.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-01-05

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any case
You'd the reach of medicine. 1t invigorates
the entire system and strengthens the kid
neys so they eliminate the Impurities from
the blood. Backache, rheumatism, kidney
and bladder troubles are all cured by this
great medicine. 4. a. PARcHER.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-01-05

Never can tell when you'll mash finger or
suffer . cut, bruise, burn or scald. Be pre-
pared. DR.. Thomas Electric OH instantly re-
lieves the pain-quickly cures the wound
--Advf.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21
cold storage until he retires from
the presidency. Then, perhaps he
can afford to be good-natured
again. Aberdeen News.
Stanley County Looms Big

The call that has been issued
this week from republican state
headquarters for the state conven-
tion that will be held in Sioux
Falls on Tuesday, July 5th, shows
that Stanley county will be the
fourth county in strength in the
convention. The call designates
the representation to which the
several counties shall be entitled.
Minnehaha is the big county, with
81 delegates, Brown and Lawrence
are allowed rs each, and Stanley's
apportionment is %, which in this
case won't stand for "skiddo."
The convention will be held for
the purpose of making and declar-
ing a party platform, and for the
transaction of such other business
as may properly come before that
body. The provision for the con
vention is made by the state pri-
mary law.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21
Bought a "Pig Farm"

With the ingenuity which can
only be found i'm lard agent a
tenderfoot was recently located on
a prairie dog town and made the
happiest man going. 1t happened
thus. The agent took the home
stead seeker out east of Rapid
several miles to show him a piece
of government land. The only
piece that could be found vacant
was covered by a prairie dog town.
When they arrived at the land the
little prairie dogs were sitting
around their holes wagging their
tails and barking. What in the
world are those things?" askedthe
man from Missouri. 'Why, those
are prairie pigs and are worth
fifteen cents pound, replied MIR.
agent. swell, who do they be-
long to-" ''They belong to the
man who files on the land," re-
piled the agent. swell, by gosh,
| want you to get me back to town
SO l can file before some one gets
ahead of me-" He was hustled
back to town, where he filed and
then left for his home in Missouri,
where he will explain his luck in
procuring a pig farm already
stocked, and get ready to move to
his ranch so that he can give his
personal attention to the raising OF
prairie pigs. .-Sturgis Standard.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21
Pastor as an Editor

The other day in California Rev.
Malcolm James Mcleod, . Presby-
terian clergyman, who soon will un-
dertake ministerial duties for q New
York congregation Of large wealth,
edited one issue of the Pasadena
Star. He entered the editorial
offices, remarks the Chicago Tri-
bune, with the young vigor of an
undaunted conviction that nothing
in the nature of the newspaper
business presented an obstacle to .
man of intelligent theories, even
though the details of execution
were unknown to him.
Mr.. Mcleod did his days work,
and the profession observing the
fruit Of the labor of the amateur
can say that hs did it we'll, but
here i the expression of his re.
vised convictions:
Ny tina = now almost up Is
pom this last iine; ny hand i d.
most paraly -; ~ brain Is bsfud,
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21
RooseveIt's Way

Egypt keeps step with the most
progressive nation of the world in
thinking that Roosevelt means
well," but she loses the step in
saying that ''he doesn't know what
he is talking about" He is talk
ing the sound horse sense of the
cattle range, which knows that it
is better for a yearling calf to be
branded with the sign of a good,
strong owner than to be a "maver-
Gk" drifting on the edges of the
grass lands to fall an easy prey to
the 1rst autumn blizzard. Calves
don't like branding, but it is better
for them and their owners. ---St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21
On Being Good -Natured

1t doesn't pay to have a reputa-
tion for good nature. Because
Taft was hailed as a good natured
man, and his smile was played
up' by the newspapers, the insur-
gents were dsluded into the belief
that the president was easy" and
that delusion has been the caase OF
untold grief, both to the president
and the insurgents. If Taft had
gone into Office with q reputation
for being ''grouchy," q similar
reputation, for instance, as that
other fat man, Grover Cleveland,
possessed, he would probably have
gotten along first-rate. Grover
Cleveland really was q good
natured man. Most fat men are.
But he knew better than to give
his good nature play while in Office.
It was only after he had retired
from Office, and from politics, thai
the American people discovered
what ! really good fellow and good
companion Grover Cleveland was
The best thing for President Tat
TO do is to develop : Crouch
whack few peopls On the heads
usc . little strong langaage ant
let il be known he i running hi'
own administration 70 suit himsslf,
~ Taft smile should b put y
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21
"My dear friend Richards" wa

my dear friend Richards was
not spoken of in Governor Vessey's
speech Thursday night, nor were
any of the pet theories which
Richards insists shall be made in
to laws, explained by Vessey.
The speakers attitude would give
the impression that the charge of
extravaganza against his admins
tration was tho only issue. We
are sorry he did not see 1T to tell
US of the renewal of friendship
with the Huron statesman after
the hostilities of the year 1909.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

Great is the primary-the
peoples forum. Dillon and Glass,
candidates for congress, have been
blue-penciled by Censor Richards,
and have finally yielded the floor
to Schrader and Thorson. The
honorable censor would not have
it any other way. Richards says
he is in the campaign for princi-
ple---in this case, he went for the
principle of the primary with a
meat ak.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

died, and l am free to confess that
l am right glad to vacate the holy
spot. Such rush and riot and dis
array. Such tumble apd potpour-
ri. 1t strikes me as the dairy
effort to bring order out of chaos,
and to do it lightning quick. |
am reminded of the memorable
words, The earth was without
form and void, and darkness was
upon the face of the deep. And
the spirit moved upon the face of
the waters" Never shall l criti-
else newspaper men more. Ishall
pray for them. They will have
my hearts forbearance henceforth
and forever, the hardest worked,
shortest lived, poorest paid brain
workers on this weary old world of
ours"
Heterodox as it may be, one S al
most forced to believe that the same
law of selection which in the long
run puts men into the work for
which they are best fitted and
gives that work the best available
may even operate in the produc
tiont of newspapers. We do not
wish to be rash and will not insist
that this is so, but we gather that
it is the new belief of Rev. NAL
colin James Mcleod.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

Since Chairman Richards has
succeeded in eliminating the feat
ures of Dillon and Glass---un-
pleasant features to the progress
i've faction, the Sioux City Tribune
suggests that he might try his hand
on a scheme for the retirement of
one George w. Egan. If he sue
ceeds in that he will find his way
clear to the hall of fame.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

Those men who are willing tc
pay 500 for a ringside seat fol
the purpose of witnessing the con.
test between Jetfries and johnson,
as we'll as those who would sit fur.
ther back at $50. should at least
have the good taste to refrain from
complaining around home about
the high cost of living.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

An Iowa paper chronicles the
marriage of Jonn Wick and Nellie
Lamp, and their friends all recog-
nize that affinities have come to-
gether and predict a bright future
for them.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

vention of Equal Suffragists that
meets in Washington this week for
the purpose of presenting to con-
gress the monster petition from all
over the United States asking con-
gress to submit the proposition in
the shape of an amendment to the
national constitutions Pierre
News.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

The number of men now living
who saw President Lincoln assass-
mated would seem to indicate that
most of the boys of the United
States were in Washington at that
time seeing the sights, and in
Ford's theatre, at that.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

The campaign is just far enough
along to make it timely for the
progressive papers to tell their
readers what the Richards faction
expects to do in the way of enact
ing freak laws, if that faction
wins. Just about time for the
cue to reach Senn's Deadwood
Telegram.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

Van Metre has bank in sight.
ID. G.. Weesner has been appoin-
ted as United States commiss-
ioner at Kadoka.
Cottonwood will vote on May
7th on the question of incorpora-
ting as q village.
The Belle Fourche stockmeeting
opened last> week with prospects
for successful affair.
Newell, the new government
irrigation town near Belle Fourche,
will soon be on the Belle Fourche
Valley railroad.
Chauncey L. Wood, mayor of
Rapid City, has filed his petition
as candidate for governor on the
Democratic ticket.
Pierre has a telephone war on
its hands, q franchise for second
exchange being up for tho consid-
GRAFTON of the people.
This is a wonderful state.
Everything is growing even the
members of the state militia.
Some of the different companies
in the state have been compelled
70 return the uniforms allotted
them by the department, and call
for larger sizes.
S. w. Sussex came out from
Highmore the first Of the week
and is looking after work on the
state farm. Mr.. Sussex reports
THAT his wife has been very sick
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21
Each automobile that is brought
into this country means one more
vote for good roads.

Tomorrow is Arbor Day. One
of the state papers recently re.
fered to it as Labor Day, and
was not far off at that. The plant
ing of trees should be a labor of
love.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21
GOOD ROADS AND LAND VALUES

an ar bitrary per cent or amount to
represe ent the increase in land value
by reason of road improvement, it
is country TO city has been fire.
quently increase per acre within
the zone of influence of an i'm
proved road VIC uld be from 50 to
50 an acre. AS there are about
IS, 100000 acres of farm lands i'm
proved and unimproved in the
United States, the possibilities of
aggregate increase in value are
enormous, says H. B. Harper of
Detroit.
In the crop moving season the
railroads that traverse the great
agricultural sections are taxed far
beyond their equipment. For
many months, while the country
roads are impossible, much of this
equipment is idle, and thus the
railroads suffer double loss.
Roads Develop Land
This cannot fail to affect divi-
dends of stockholders and salaries
of employees. With an adequate
Improvement of the common roads,
the development of agricultural
resources would be so great as to
increase in a marked degree the
annual tonnage of the railroads,
while the means of access to the
railroad stations would be so uni
form throughout the year that de-
livery of freight would be reason
ably constant instead of spasmodic.
1t is not to be wondered, there
fore, that the industrial depart
me2ts of great railroad systems
are cooperating to the fullest ex-
tent with all the other factors in
bringing about the era of road
building.
Wear and Tear a Loss
These figures constitute conclu-
sive evidence of the immensity of
traffic on the common roads. They
do more; they give food for refec-
tion as to where the cumulative
losses in wear and tear Of wagons,
harness and teams, due to poor
roads, will land us on the debit
side. Nobody can ever approx
mately estimate this drain, but
everybody must know it is in
terms of millions.
The rapid trend of population
from country to city has been fire.
quently commented upon as grave
cause for concern. In 1890 only
3.4 per cent of population dwelt in
cities; in 1850, only 1875 per cent;
while in 1900 the percentage was
31.1.
This explains why hundreds of
millions of fertile acres remain un-
titled. while the unsanitary and
unwholesome city tenements are
crowded with beings whose stand
ard of living must result in their
mental, moral and physical decay.
Perfers Misery to isolation
Man il social animal and per-
fers misery and want rather than
isolation, and the tenement dwell
ers will not 60 to the country, If
by 20 doing they isolate them
selves from their fellow men.
That the common road vitality
affects this phase Of American life
must be apparent 70 even tho cas-
M observer. An examination q
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

Mrs. Waldron and daughter Isle,
Mrs. j. Jeffries and Mrs. Z. l..
Brown left last Saturday for trip
to Washington, ID. c., for a short
visit. Mrs. Waldron and Mrs.
Jeffrifs are delegates from Il Q
state of South Dakota to the cor
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

At meeting of the managers of
the six large baseball teams in the
northern part of South Dakota,
held at Redlield, it was decided to
organize permanent state league.
Watertown, Aberdeen, Redfeld,
Conde, Milbank and Faulkton
have entered the league, while it
is expected that Sioux Falls,
Huron, and Ipswich will join later.
Officers were elected and two
special committees appointed, ono
to draw up set of rules to gov
ern the umpires and another to
arrange a schedule.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

ties possessing frst-class roads will
reveal the fact that in almost every
case the population has increased,
while the sections of county which
have lost in population are conspi-
cuous for impossible roads.
In corroboration of this state
ment, a comparison of the reports
of the Office of Public Roads with
the reports of the United States
census for 1900 reaveals the sig
niticant fact that in twenty-five
counties selected at random,
possessing an average of only 1.5
per cent improved roads in 1904,
the decrease in population averaged
3.112 for each county for the ten
year period between 1890 and 1900.
Contrasted with this showing,
the records in tw ,nty-fve counties
which possessed an average of 40
per cent improved roads, revealed
an increase averaging 31,OO5 to
the county.
All Phases of Life Affected
There is no phase of life in the
county, social or economic, which
is not affected by good roads.
There is direct relation between
improved highways and the value
of land, the attendance of children
at school, the health of the COM
munity, and everything else that
tends to make life in the country
efficient. And this, in turn, affects
the people in the cities who live
on the country products.
1t is task-the maintenance of
good roads-which affects every
person in the country, no matter
where he lives or whas his pro-
fessiOn.
The first requisite is sufficient
revenue. In order that America
may set the world an unpreceden-
ted example of road building and
maintenance, certain essential fea-
lures must be provided. The
first of these is an ample cash rev.
enue.
$80,00O,000 Expended
The total expenditure in money
and labor in 1904 was about $780,
100000. This may appear to be
a large sum, but, when divided
among the 2,l55,OO miles, it
means an average per mile of only
about $37. AS only $60,OOO,OOO
of the total revenue was cash, it
follows that the expenditure in
cash per mile was only $28.
England, with only 10000
miles of road, spent last year
more than $S9,OO0,OOO, or an
average of $593 per mile. Even
though we substitute the cash tax
for $40, 100000 now paid in labor,
and substitute good management
for bad management, $SO,OOO,OOO
is far from sufficient.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

County commissioners Eb Jones,
of Moenville, w. o. Hopkins, of
Cottonwood, and w. A. Hopkins,
of this place. arrived last Sunday
from Fort Pierre, returning from
a meeting of the county board.
They went up in the Leslie coun-
ty to inspect county roads. The
board meets again on May 10, at
which time the polling places for
the June primaries will be desig-
mated, and the matter of buying
land for county poor farm will
probably be taken up. Hayes
Homestead.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

for the past three months and
that she is now in a hospital back
east. Cottonwood Republican.
II. F. Derby brought in a sam
pie of the alfalfa Monday which
he is raising on his farm south
east of town. This alfalfa, which
was sown last May, is now all the
way from 6 to inches tall. Con-
sidering that this alfalfa took it's
start during the unusual dry sum-
mer of 1909, it seems like we are
truly in the natural alfalfa belt.
The Ottumwa.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-21

Cottonwood will vote on May
7th on the question of incorpora-
ting as q village.
The Jackson herald., 1910-12-01
FOR DAISIES
AND VIOLETS
Cold Frames Should Have Glass
Put on Before Severe Cold
Weather Seta tn-Air
on Mi1d Days.

The cold frames in which are plant
ed these flowers should have the glass
put on before cold weather sets In;
cover the sash frosty nights with straw
mats. The outside OF frame should be
banked up with leaves or rotted straw.
Air the frames in the middle Of every
mild day. Daisies and violets will sur
vive the winter In a warm border.
covered with light coat Of clean rye
straw. which should be taken of In
mild weather to harden the plants.
When weather is severe put on the
straw and cover with a little light
brush to hold the straw in place.
Plants that are to flower must be given
an extra covering in severe weather:
a light covering Of leaves may be
spread over the plants in the frames
in severe weather.
The Jackson herald., 1910-12-01
Kidding Worse Than cuttlna.

Talk about making good with your
friends, a New Orleans man told
everybody he knew that he was going
10 Philadelphia for the dual purpose
Of seeing the worlds baseball series
and having a slight surgical operation
performed. Reaching this city, he
consulted a specialist, and was told
that an operation was not necessary.
But, DOCTOR" the New Orleans
party urgently interposed, "it must be
done"
why must it," wonderingly quer.
led the surgeon.
Because" was the startling re.
joinder Of the Southern man. II told
all the boys at home that was going
to have an operation performed. and
II ] don't make good they will kid the
life out Of me. e."-Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
The Jackson herald., 1910-12-01
CORN CONTESTS
..> FOR YOUTHS
knowledge and Experience Gained
OF Far Greater Importance
Than Any Prize Offered
OF Won.

The corn contests which have been
carried on in the many states have
proven of great educational value 10
the boys. The prizes offered have
added zest to the endeavor to make
the best showing and produce the best
corn. but tho knowledge and expert.
ence gained are Of far greater import.
ance than any prize. Last year there
was issued In Arkansas a circular on
the effect of the corn contests upon
the boy participating. 1t says:
The boy who has engaged In a
contest of this kind, whether success
fully or not, has gained practical
training of far-reaching value and
lasting significance. He has been
brought in touch with the great nat
ural laws on one hand and with mod
ern science on the other. He has by
his own efforts demonstrated tho rela-
tion between the two. He has been
led to work and think, to apply knowl
edge to the most practical affairs
of life. BY his own efforts he has
made a crop and dignified himself h
accomplishment He has established
in his own mind for all time the rela.
ton Of theory and practice"