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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-07-21
TAKE FILINGS
FROM

Pierre, S. D.-Under present land
district boundaries, the counties of
Mellette and Bennett, in the Rosebud
and Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
which are to be opened to settlement
under an Act of the last congress,
are in the Chamberlain land district.
The land office at Gregory is much
nearer to these counties and much
more conveniently reached, and the
Gregory boomers will attempt to have
them attached to their district before
the time for receiving filings on the
lands to be opened in these counties.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-07-21
u DEAD HEAT
FOR $780, 600 STAKE

London.-One of the greatest races
in the history of the English turf was
run today, when the Eclipse stake for
a purse of $4,000 was contested.
Lenberg and Neilgow, two of the
greatest race horses in England, were
the main %contenders for the race,
but they ran a dead heat. The
$4,000 purse was divided.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-07-21
MILLIONS HAVE
BEEN GIVEN OVER
TO HELP SCHOOLS
School Lands Have
Been of Great Help
to Education.
A HALF MILLION
Was Semitic All the Schools
the First Half of This
Year.

Pierre, S. D.-Since South Dakota
became a state, it has distributed to
the common schools and the various
endowed educationa! institutions of
the state in round numbers six mil
lion dollars, and Of this over a half
million dollars was sent out for the
first six months of this year. The
fund is increasing in amount every
year, and will soon reach a point
where many of the common schools
of the state will be practically sup
ported through this fund without
local taxation. In fact some of the
country districts, where there is
close pairing on Education" are al
ready getting through their "school
year. with this fund.
BY far the largest part of this has
gone to the public schools, that
branch of education having received
s~5,576,S50 of the fund, of which
nearly a half million went to them
for the first half of 1910. The var
ious endowed state schools have re-
ceived ~$34S,622, about $4,000 go
ing to them for the first half of this
year.
At the meeting of the conservation
! congress at this city, every man who
took up educational work of any
class had something to say of the
public schools, and criticising them
for not bringing within their course
of study something which would be
of material advantage to the pupil of
the school after he left it to take up
the real work of life. One of the edu-
Gators taking the position that fully
ninety-fve per CEN Of the pupils OF
the public schools closed their edu-
cational work in these schools, and
only five per cent went to colleges
for more advanced courses, but the
whole educational system was based
on the line Of helping along this five
per cent, to the loss of the ninety
five per cent. He asked for some
thing in the way of elementary agri-
culture in the country schools, with
manual training and domestic science
to help it along, and to give the large
majority the training they need in
the common schools, instead of at
tempting to get into line with col
lege work.
The work of the state and govern
ment endowed schools for the teach
ing of some of the practical work of
education was set out by many of the
speakers. In this line $13S,000 of
the state fund has gone to assist at
the state agricultural school at
Brookings. Might it not be possible
for some one trained in real educa-
! tional work to secure an enactment
which would require the schools of
the state which are securing this
state aid to make some of the prac-
tical studies a part of their school
work in return for this state aid?
The way is opening for some
changes in the plan of management
of the public schools of the country,
and the selection of an exponent of
the new" method as the head of the
National educational Association is
certainly an indication of the change
in sentiment.
,a@- aavu4
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-07-21
LAST DAYS RACES
WERE OF THE BEST
EXCITING FINISHES WE'RE THE
RULE OF THE EVENTS, WITH
DICK VINTON AS A HAP
Ply VICTOR.

The concluding day of the local
races of the Corn Belt circuit, Thurs
day, broke bright and clear after
the short rain of the day before. The
air was pure and good, the sui hot,
and the track hard and fast. making
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-07-21

of supply; the n%eighbors, stores or
Il of the following seed houses:
Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell
o. D. Jones Seed Co., Sioux Falls.
Quincy Seed Co., Yankton.
Loeb Seed Co., Aberdeen.
Spicer Seed Co., Datertown.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30
A CALM SPOT IN A STORM
SOLITARY DARBY SAT QUIETLY
DURING TURBULENT SCENES.
The Presence of a South Carolina
Negro in the Hall of the
House Explained.

During those turbulent hours of
the house of representatives of the
national congress on Saturday, when
new political history was making for
the country, and the nerves not only
of the members and officers of the
body on the floor, but the hundreds
lof spectators crowding the gallery
were on the keenest edge, there was
one calm spot in the turmoil.
| Press dispatches carrying the story
| of the day tell of a lone, solitary
negro, quietly seated, not among the
1000 spectators who crowded every
available inch of gallery space, but
among the members of the body in
one of the seats of the rear tier.
He took no part in the performance
being enacted about him; really he
appeared to be giving it little if any
iattention. He devoted himself to
writing letters, occasionally pausing
in his writing to cast an inanimate,
furtive glance around the house.
F., The curiosity of that pack of spec
tators, and, no doubt, of many of the
members of the body themselves.
know who the negro was or what
he was there for. No more unusual
was his presence tnan his actions
as pictured in the dispatches If his
presence was with purpose he did
not make it known-he was merely
+ there.
|. Aaron B. Priorleau, a negro of the
| Charleston district, has made a prac-
tice, persistently for the past eight
years, of contesting the election of
| Congressman Legare of Charleston
! He has never won; never had a
| chance of winning, or reason to win
one of these contests, if there had
| been chance-but he has continued
to bring contest, one after the other
A few weeks ago the announcement
I was made that at last he had be-
come discouraged with his own ac-
lions, and had decided to drop his
farce and contest no more. He has,
maybe, been on the floor of the
national house before, but never, so
far as it is known, during a period
| like that of Saturday. In the past
he has gained, by contesting Mr.. Lee
cares election, an allowance from
the government of $1,000 on each
occasion, and, during the tendency
of the contest, by rules of the house
| OF representatives, mas the privilege
of the floor.
His presence there Saturday, I'M
explained and in its way conspicuous,
is serving to attract some comment,
though can hardly be considered as
ground for any speculation as to it's
meaning. 1t most probably meant
nothing more than satisfying a bit
of vanity through the exercise of an
extraordinary privilege.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30
THE SLEEP OF SEEDS.
SprOuted After Lying Dead For Hum
dreds of Years.

uTeuS OF FEARS.
There have recently been gathered
some interesting data with respect to
the latent life of seeds and their abil-
ity to withstand very low tempera-
lures. After recalling instances in
which seeds have sprouted after ly-
ing apparently dead for hundreds OF
years-Yn one case 1900 years
one Investigator gives the results of
experiments on subjecting seeds to a
freezing cold.
Oats, corn, fennel and some flower
seeds were exposed during 118 days
to temperature of 40 degrees Fab
renheit below zero. AfterWard.
when placed in suitable surround
ings, nearly all of the fennel, oats
and corn seeds and many of the 9th
ers terminated. 1t is concluded that
the protoplasm, or the principle of
life, in resting seed is in a state
OF inaction not comparable to that of
smoldering fire, but rather like
that of chemical mixture which is
capable of forming a combination
whenever the required conditions of
temperature and illumination are
present.-Harper's Weekly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30
TEXAS HAS BIGGEST ORCHARD
Company Formed to Lay Out 1900
Acres to Be Planted in Fruit Trees.

AZ
Acres to Be Planted in Fruit Trees.
What is said to be the largest or
chard ever planted in one continuous
tract is now being laid out in La
Sale county, Tex, forty miles south
of San Antonio. The property to be
converted to this use is now wild
prairie land and comprises 4,6O0
acres, or little more than seven
square miles.
Among the fruits to be raised are
apples, pears, peaches, oranges,
lines, lemons and figs. Of the lat
ter nearly a thousand acres will be
set out, the fruit having been shown
to be a great success in these parts
About six hundred acres of the land
will be used for the raising of ber-
ries and vegetables.
The tract is owned and will be
operated by the Attic Orchard and
! Preserving Co., recently chartered in
Austin. A large cannery will be
erected within a few months. To
make the land profitable while the
trees are reaching maturity sugar
cane and vegetables will be grown.
A contract for the installation of a
system of subirrigatiOn which is to
cover the entire tract has already
! been let.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30
BATTLEsHIPs FOR JOHN BULL,
Proposes to EXpend S203, OfS,0OO
For Ships and Armaments.

HFODOSCS az AA pCIu
For Ships and Armaments.
A London dispatch says: The
navy estimates for 1910 which We're
issued by the admiralty tonight pro-
vide for an expenditure of 5000, 018.-
500, an increase of $27, 005, 900 over
1909. The increase is almost wholly
taken up by shipbuilding and arma-
ments authorized by parliament be-
fore dissolution.
The new programme provides for
FIVE large armored ships, Ave pro-
tected cruisers, twenty destroyers
and a considerable number Of sub
marines. BY April list there will be
under construction seven battle
ships, three armored, nine protected
and two unarmored cruisers, thirty
seven destroyers and nine subma-
rines.
The estimates further provide fol
an increase of 5000 men in the per.
sonnet for the navy and the compile
ton of two floating docks to accom-
modate the largest battIeships
These will be stationed at Ports
mouth and Midway.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30
"OLD IKE" is 100 YEARS OLD
MULE THAT FOUGHT IN THE WAR
is NOW GAY AND HAPPY.
Animal Has Worked Hard Through
Three Generations of His
Owners FamilE.

OWuST 1t dInIlE.
HARRODSBURG, .Ky.-It has oft
en- been said that a mule and an
of1ceholder never die, and cor
roboration of the longevity of at
least the mule is to be found in
"Old Ike" a mule belonging to R.
B. Shouse of this county.
Ike" belonged first to Mr..
Shouses grandfather, and when he
died at the age of 80 Ike was given
to his son, who was the father of the
present owner.
When the tocsin of the civil war
sounded over the land Mr.. Shouse S
father saddled Ike" and started out
with the soldier boys to fight for
the Union
Together they braved many fierce
encounter and met with many excit-
ing adventures. At the battle OF
Perryville "Old Ike" and his rider
were in the thickest of the fray.
This battle was fought October S,
1862.
Mr.. Shouse says his father always
loved his faithful old mule, and used
to point with pride to the gu. S."
branded on the animal during the
war.
When he passed away 81 years
ago he left the mule to his son, the
present owner. Mr.. Shouse says the
mule has helped to pull a thresher
every year, and has helped to build
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30
DRY THE SOUTH'S WET LAND
THE RECLAMATION OF THEM is
URGED UPON CONGRESS.
Appropriation Is Asked For the Nee
essary Surveys. The Farmers
Union Has Taken Up Fight.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Congress i!
hearing much about the drainage o.
wet and overlooked swamp lands, o.
which there are 100000 acres ii
the United States. The south is TAX
ing the lead in this matter and is
asking for small appropriation with
which to make surveys so that the
work of retaining these rich lands
can be carried on by private capital
Several delegations of representa-
tives, farmers and business men from
southern. states, have visited Wash
ington during the last few weeks to
urge the Importance of legislation
at this session for surveys on a COM
prehensive scale. They have talked
with the president, the yice-president,
the Speaker, the secretary of agricul-
ture and prominent members of con-
gress, and have received much en-
couragement They are backed by a
strong sentiment at home which
holds to the belief that if it is right
for the government to guarantee the
payment of irrigated lands in the
west it is equally right to pledge the
credit of the government for devising
plans to drain the swamp lands of
the south.
The Farmers Union through it's
president, c. S. Barrett, has taken
up this problem of retaining the
waste wet lands of the country Mr..
Barrett and a Louisiana delegation
xTyb oh
president of the Farmers Union of
Louisiana and Congressman Ransdell
and Watkins of that state, discussed
this question with Speaker Cannon
yesterday. There are seven million
acres of overfowed lands in louisa
ma, and the Speakers visitors in
formed him that they wanted the
government aid and cooperation in
starting the work of reclamation by
making comprehensive surveys. Mr..
Cannon expressed his hearty sympa-
thy with the suggestion and informed
the delegation that it could rely on
his vote for legislation authorizing
surveys of these wet lands.
Il know of no more important
work that the government can I'M
dertake for the development of the
country along agricultural lines"
said Mr.. Barrett Il am pleased that
so much interest is being taken by
farmers and business men of the
south in such a practical question.
The increased cost of foodstuffs has
tended to direct attention to the fact
that there is an empire of neglected
lands in the southern states-some
of the richest and most productive in
the natiOn-which can be reclaimed
at even less cost than arid lands.
The swamp lands of the south have
the added advantage of being near
the populous centers of the country
and their redemption is one of vital
Importance to the development and
growth of the nation
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30
MILLIONAIRE ENTERS SCHOOL
Daniel Waldo Field Seeks Education
Missed in His Youth.


Missed in His Youth.
Millionaire and president of seven
corporations at the age of forty-five
Daniel Waldo Field of Brockton,
Mass, has gone back to school to
make up the education he lost in
youth. He is the richest student in
his own right at Harvard, and the
oldest. He probably is the only Har-
ward student that has made his mil
lions himself before going to col
lege. He is studying as hard as the
hardest working grind" in the uni
versity. He is enrolled as a special
student in the Harvard School of
Business.
Besides being a student and a mil
lionaire Mr.. Field is an employer of
labor on very large scale. He is
shoe manufacturer IN Brockton,
and employs 1000 or 5000 hands,
Besides that, he is married.
At the age Of fifteen MIR. Field
was compelled to leave school and
enter shoe shop as an apprentice.
He learned the trade from the bot
tom m. Now he is head of many
companies.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
afternoons Mr.. Field goes to Cam
bridge to attend the lectures.
Il am familiar with many of the
principles expounded," said Mr.
Field, "but every day learn some
thing new"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30
MILLIONS OF DEAD FISH.
Sighted by Lookout on Steamship,
and Mistaken For Reef.

Reef ahead" shouted the lookout
of the steamer Moro Castle Satur-
day at a point fifteen miles north
of the Diamond shoals, where no reef
ought to be- The MORO Castle left
New York for Havana last Thursday,
and message to the United Wireless
Telegraph Company tells the story.
Capt Johnson headed for the dis
covery. Then as the MORO Castle
brought the flashing reef within eye
reach it was seen what was supposed
to be rocks was an immense school
of dead fish. On the broken surface
of the sea millions were floating.
According to Captain Johnson the
fish covered an area half a mile long
and five hundred feet wide.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30

over forty turnpikes since he has
owned him.
He is family pet, and in spite of
his great age, has never seemed to
lose the fire and ambition of his
youth. Mr.. Shouse says he is as
hale and hearty now as when his
father left him to his care.
Mr.. Shouse says that from what
has been handed down to him he
knows the mule is between 80 and
100 years old.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30
A Timely Protection.

Everyone knows the after effects
of lagrippe are often more dangerous
than the disease. So often it leads
to pneumonia, which a weakened
heart action makes fatal. Lagrippe
coughs that strain and weaken the
system yield quickly to the healing
and Strengthening qualities of Fo-
.ley's Honey and Tar. Dawson Drug
Co. aaa Peoples Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30

Physicians endorse P. P. P. as q splen-
IA combination, and prescribe it with
great satisfaction for the cures of all
forms and stages OF Primary, Secondary
and Tertiary Syphilis, syphiitic Rheu-
1natism. Scrofulous Ulcers and Sores,
Glandular Swellings. rheumatism, Kid
ney Complaints, old Chronic Ulcers that
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-30
500 FISHERMEN DROWN.
Storm Along the Japanese Coast
Takes Terrible Toll.

A dispatch from Toxic says. Many
fishing boats have been lost ia the
recent storm along the coast, 1t is
reported that not less than fifty of
these craft have been sunk and 500
fishermen drowned.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-28

GETS II IN
TWO WAYS
Horse Runs Away and In
Jures Him and Later Liv-
eryman Have Him Arrest
ed For Cruelty to Animals
In East Chicago.
Especial to THE TrMEs)

East Chicago, July 2S.=J p. Lewis
or the firm of Smith and Lewis. livery-
men, yesterday swore out a warrant
against Frank Haskins. business agent
of the Transfers union. and living at
3Sth and Elm streets, Indiana Harbor
on charge or cruelty to animals. The
warrants were taken out before Judge
w. A Reiland A feature OF the incl
dent leading up to the swearing out Of
the warrant, was the serious injury
OF Harry Mackey, who in company with
Haskins was involved in a smashup in
one of the Smith and Lewis rigs
Haskins came to the livery stable
Tuesday afternoon and asked for thu
best rig in the place Thinking that
Haskins was a responsible party, Mr..
Lewis gave him a good horse and a
good looking buggy and Haskins in
company with his friend Mackey start
ed out. over on One Hundred and
Forty-nfnth street, the rig caught up
with bicylist and Haskins whipped
up his horse and started to race" the
wheelman. At the corner of Walsh
avenue and One Hundred and Forty
ninth street. the bicycle and the buggy
got mixed up, Haskins drove into a
telephone pole and both occupants of
the vehicle were thrown out, Mackey
being badly injured, while Haskins es-
capped with slight bruises about the
shoulder and the face. Mackey's scalp
was loosened and he was otherwise
badly hurt and for a time his life was
despaired of. He was taken to his
home in Walsh avenue and Dr. A. G.
Schlieker was called in to attend him.
Haskins went on home to the Harbor
and his injuries were dressed by DR..
George OFT.
The horse, was all in, when returned
to the stable. and the buggy was badly
smashed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-28
LIVERY FIRM PLAYS
IN HARD LUCK
Customers Get Balled Up In
Railroad Tracks En- Route
For Hammond.
Especial 20 THE TIMEs.)

East Chicago, Ind, July 2s-Tues-
cay was Smith & Lewis unlucky day.
Two Of their rigs We're involved in
smashups, both through the incompe-
tency, apparently. of the men who
hired and drove them
No sooner had the word reached the
liverymen that one of their rigs had
collided with a telephone pole at the
corner of Walsh avenue and l4eth
street, while being driven by Frank
Haskins. business agent of the team
sters' union, than another of their rigs
drove into the stable with the horses IN
badly winded and crippled condition.
while the pole to the carriage was
broken and the wheels dished by a
mixu pin the railroad tracks
Jim McMills Jr.. a fireman emploved
en- the Terminal, hired the rig and. In
company with five of his friends. also
railroad men, started on a 10Y ride. The
men had all been drinking and IN a
short time were in no condition to
drive horse. had they ever known
anything about driving one The car
rage they hired was a two-s seated one
and they started out for Hammond. At
Robertsdale, after abusing the horses
most brutally, they encountered some
railroad tracks 1t was too much of a
Trick for the driver to get over these
and In turning and backing his team
he managed to get the wheels SO mixed
UP In the tracks that something hap
pened Nobody seemed just clear how
1t all came about, but the result was
team all in" and the carriage badly
damaged
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-28
HARD TO KEEP TRACK
Of BLDG. OPERATIONS
contractors Are Beginning
To Find a Shortage of
Skilled Labor.

Building operations are going Ahead
with such rush at the present tima
IN Gary that many contractors arc
complaining of a shortage of skilled
LABOR Every day new buildings arc
being planned and operations threata,
10 extend far into the winter months a.
the present rate. Following are ,ha
new buildings reported for the dav.
clark c. Williams will soon erect q
one and one-half story residan.a
bungalow style) on Polk street re-
tween Seventh and Eighth avenues
Herbert Erickson is drawing the nIan.
The building will be of frame cons+r,c-
zion and will cost approximately sasoo
Chas. H. Maloney will build on Madt-
so nstreet his lot to be stalsed ar one
for t',e structure
Contractor j.. I4~ePyle has excavated
on Jackson street near Sixth avenue
for a two story with basement CON
crete residence with ten rooms. IT will
cost when completed $4,000.
Architect ]. J. yerplank has beap
commissioned to draw plans for two
story, three fat building for ]. H. Hv-
Ian of Gary on Madison street between
Fifth and Sixth avenues. The cost will
be approximately $500.