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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26
SIDEWALK BUILDING
rs BEING PUSHED

The extension of the Main street
cement sidewalks is nearly done,
all the crossings being installed
and most of the wide walk in front
of private property being in, the
sidewalk being the same width as
that laid in the business district.
Cuts were made through the slight
rise of ground north of Fourth
street and the walks are being
laid on level. Before paving is
put down the center Of the street
will also be cut down, the earth
removed being used to fill in the
depression at the intersection of
this street with Grand Crossing
avenue.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26
STEEL is LAID
OVER so MILES
Cheyenne Line is Building
Rapidly and is Now
40 Miles From
Junction
PUSHING ON TOWARD DuPREE
Road Will Be In Faith Before
End of the Time Limit
is Assurance of Fore
man Anderson

Steel on the Cheyenne line
of the Puget Sound has been laid
to the distance of AZ miles from
the junction, or nearly 70 miles
from Mobridge, and every day
sees the track from two to three
miles farther in the interior.
Graders are keeping well in front
of the steel gangs and the latter
with track laying machines are
building over two miles Of road
day.
Foreman Anderson, in charge
of the road building, who now has
offices in Mobridge, says that he is
putting forth every energy to get
the road finished just as soon as
it is possible and that he will fulfill
the orders of the road to have the
line completed to Faith by Nov.
|. Steel will be laid into DuPree,
where the lots were sold this
week, long before that date, and
the people of FAITH the terminal
Of the new line, will hear the loco
tive whistles before the fall cleo
tion.
When anyone tries to tell you
that the Cheyenne line will not be
completed before November /, just
bet them all you are worth that it
will be completed by that date, =
said Foreman Anderson. Our
orders are to have steel into the
terminal by the first day of No
vember and we will fulfill thess
orders and no mistake" /"
Work is also progressing on the
Cannon Ball line, orders from
headquarters covering the com
pletion of this line as well as the
Cheyenne before winter sets in.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26
FREIGHT DEPOT
FOR MOBRIDGE
Railroad Companies Have
Ordered Construction
of New Building
in This City
BIG TRAFFIC RESPONSIBLE
More Freight Handled in Mo-
bridge Than in Any
Other City Along
the Line
BIG TRAFFIC RESPONSIBLE

The largest freight house on the
division and one Of the largest
anywhere along this section of the
line will be built in Mobridge by
the Milwaukee and Puget Sound
railroads. This has been definite
ly decided upon and work upon
the new structure will be begun
soon. The new building viii be
erected north of what is known as
the house track, north Of the
passenger depot. Ii will be of
frame construction.
Facilities for handling the i'm
mense freight and passenger traffic
in this city have been grossly in
adequate for over a year, the
small freight house Ca room which
would be considered large in the
average town along the line) MAX
ing it impossible to unload only
q small part Of the freight. Cars
laden with freight have had Is be
held long over the tim, oecause Of
lack of room Il the freight house
and tke railroad companies and
patrons have alike been put to
much Inconvenience.
More freight is handled through
the Mobridge transfer than in
any other Office west Of Aberdeen
and for several months this busi-
ness has been on the increase
BY erecting the large freight
depot the railroad companies viii
be able tc cope more successfully
with this increased traffic and TO-
g!ve better service.
With the building of the new
freight depot will come several
changes in the passenger depot,
this branch of the work also being
hampered for the lack of room.
Many new clerks have been added
during the year by reason of the
ever increasing railroad business
and with the addition Of the new
train dispatchers room in the COM
pany's Office building il at . pre-
MUM. just what provision will
be made for the dispatchers and
the various clerks has not as yet
been determined upon, but the
present freight house will ba
equipped 80 as to relieve the CON
gested condition now prevailing
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26
POST BLOCK
TO BE BUILT
Bids Will Be Opened To-
morrow for Business
Block On the
Main Street
STORE RENTED BEFORE BUILT
Tenant Already Secured for
Lower Floor of New
Two Story Brick
Building
STORE RENTED BEFORE BUILT

Bids for the construction of the
Frank w. Post block will be
opened in the office Of the Aber-
deem architects tomorrow and if
they are satisfactory a contract will
be entered into and construction
work on the new building begun
at once. Contractors will bidaon
a building after plans on file in
Aberdeen and at the Builders
Exchange, st. Paul, Mr. Post Civ
ing a chance to bid to the big con-
tractors of the cities.
The Post block will be of brick
construction, having a frontage OF
25 feet on the main street and q
depth of 80 feet, and will cost
about $1,000. 1t will be two
stories in height with a full base
ment. Excavations for the build
ing has been begun but only par
TALLY completed. This excavation
is Immediately north of the Men
denhall saloon on the east side Of
the main street in the first block
from the depot.
Though the bids have not even
been opened, to say nothing about
the contract being let or the build
ing even being begun, Mr.. Post
has already rented the first floor OF
his new block on a long time lease
to a man from out of town who
has long wanted to locate in Mo-
bridge but could not as no store
building could be secured.
LOST. strayed or stolen, one
bay mare (pony) 6 years old, left
front and both hind feet white, no
brand, wire mark on right hind
leg. Reward for information. Bert
Mendenhall, Mobridge, S. d. 1914
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26
Mobridge People Fear For
Safety of Friends and
Relatives in the
District
CAUSE DENSE SMOKE HERE
Artificial Lights Had to be
Resorted TO On Monday
Smoke Lasting Into
Third Day

Though fifteen hundred miles
from the raging forest fires in the
western states, the disastrous con-
fagration which is destroying mil
lions of dollars worth Of lumber,
rendering thousands of people
homeless and bringing sudden
death to hundreds Of others, Mo-
bridge has been made to feel the
heavy hand of the fire fend.
Many in this city have friends
and relatives residing in the fire
zone for whom there is great
anxiety regarding their safety,
and the dense smoke from the
great fires have caused no little
Inconvenience in this city, though
far removed from the raging sea
of flame.
Mrs R. H Mercer, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. N. FL. Holmes of
this city, resides with her husband
at Plum rer, Idaho, a small town
near Cour d Alene, in which city
Mr.. Mercer has, or had, large
property interests. These may
have been wiped out by the fire
which sorely beset the city of
registration land fame. With
Mrs. Mercer is her sister, Miss
Amanda Holmes, who went west
several weeks ago for summer S
visit. No word has been received
by the Mobridge people from their
daughters in the stricken district,
either by mail or telegraph, but it
is hoped that they have escaped
harm together with their be-
longings.
Many railroad men running
into Mobridge have friends in
various towns in the fire zone for
whose safety they fear.
The fire was more noticeable in
Mobridge on Monday, the dense
smoke making it necessary to use
artificial light throughout the day.
The smoke was first noticed late
Sunday afternoon. Tuesday the
smoke was not as bad and the
sun shone ftfully Wednesday.
Late reports indicate that the
forest fires are being got under
control with the aid Of extensive
rains which have fallen over a
large territory.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26
DRAMATIC CLUB
TO PUT on A PLAY

Bills are ont announcing the
first production of the newly or
ganized Mobridge Dramatic club
ior Thursday evening, September
i. THE Irish Detective" IL the
title of the play to be given and
those who will take part in it are:
Mr.. and Mrs. b. n. Heard, Miss
8sancAs ectry avS Massrs Iii
liam and James Charsh. Al Shell
grsn, Julius Bruxtsr and Fsank
Halvarson.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26

rhe terms Of sale on lots in the
new Eklo addition are $500
down on each lot, the balance to
be paid in two apnuaI payments at
Z per cent interest. The purchas.
er will shst hs,e to pay taxes on
these lots until 1911. For prices
80 american land Investment Oh.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26
MAN KILLED
UNDER TRAIN
Stranger is Terribly Man
gled Beneath Wheels
Between City
and Bridge
HOME WAS in DES MONIES
Joseph Millard Was Young
Man Employed on Rail-
road Construction
Work Here
HOME WAS in DES MONIES

Mangled almost beyond recog-
milton beneath the swiftly moving
wheels of passenger train, Joseph
Millard, employed at the Robinson
railroad construction camp, was
killed early Wednesday morning
between Mobridge and the bridge.
Coroner Miles held an inquest,
impanelling a jury composed Of
Lars Larson, N. d. Howe and w.
J. Perry, but the verdict attached
no blame to any one for the death
of the man, the jury finding that
he came to his death by falling
beneath the train.
Millard had been in the city
with two companions the evening
before his tragic end, visiting sew
eral business places and making
a number of small purchases,
among the latter being a pint
flask of whiskey. lie was last
seen about ii o'clock. When pas
senger No. 4 pulled into the depot
at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning
the mangled remains Of the man
were found wedged among the
trucks.of the mail ear, the upper
portion of the body being found
only. Freight Conductor j. w.
Dingman walked back and a few
rods east of the bridge found the
rest Of the body.
An Identification card in the
pocket of the dead mans clothes
gave his name as Joseph Millard
and his residence al 1119 Edison
avenue, Des Moines, Iowa. Tele
grams to that address, however,
elected no information. The man
was about 23 or "a years of age
and had worked here only few
weeks.
1t is believed shat Millard drank
too copiously of the whiskey, only
a small amount being left in the
corked flask near the body, and
that in his intoxicated con-
dition he attempted to board the
passenger train, missed his grip
and fell beneath the wheels.
G. E. Breckenridge, the Timber
Lake banker, was in the city the
first of the week. Mr.. Brecken-
ridge has sold his interests in. the
4
State bank and with FL. T. Twito,
cashier of the Moreau River State
bank at Isabel, has started the
Stock Growers State bank at
Timber Lake. Mr. Twito is presi-
dent of the new institution and
Mr.. Breckenridge is cashier.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. II. Stockwell
arrived Sunday morning from
their wedding trip to Niagara Falls
and other points Of interest in the
asst. After spsnding a few days
with friends in Mobridgs they ex-
pect to go.o Aberdeen to make
thst city their hoRs.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26
H0MESTEADS
ARE in DEMAND
Judge Witten Believes All
the Reservation Land
Will be Taken Up
Within Year
MANY INQUIRIES
Hundreds of People Who Did
Not Draw Are Anxious
to File on Home
steads Here
RECEIVING MANY INQUIRIES

Julge Witten. according to the
Aberdeen American in which pa
per is published an interview with
the head of the department having
in charge the opening to settle
ment of Indian reservations, is not
worrying about the settlement of
the Standing Rock and the Chey-
enne River Indian reservations
opposite Mobridge. There are
thousands of others who will take
farms if those wins have drawn,
numbers do not, says the judge.
Within a year from now you
will see that every good farm in
that country which was opened up
year ago will be occupied by a
homesteader who is in earnest
about making his home on the
land and developing the country, "
said Judge Witten. There is no
need to worry because only about
one. third Of the first 00,00 num-
bers drawn filed. If there are any
claims left after the 5000 names
are called beginning September,
1, there are still more people who
want some of this land.
For the last two or three
months / have been receiving on
an average fifty letters daily ask
ing how homes can be obtained in
the Missouri country and SO you
see the interest among real settlers
is not waning. The quicker we
weed out the people who register
and draw only to try their luck,
the better. What you want and
what the state and government
wants is q class of men and women
who will settle up the country"
Judge Witten says that the re-
naming portions of the reserva-
tions which are to be opened next
year will be distributed after the
same plan which was followed in
this city. He believes that is the
most practical system, except that
he would add a forfeit OF 800
against any person who registered
and refused to settle upon a claim
holding a number below a stipu-
lated limit which would be the
total of good farms in the tract.
He is against the proposed idea
which was urged in congress when
the land bills were di;cussed.
This was to pemit registration by
any one Of any point upon pay
ment Of 25 cents. Such a system,
he believes wonld brtng a food of
at least 100000 names of which
not more than one in 500 would
accept a claim. Such system
would rouse the gambling instinct
of every theuehtless person in the
country and al the cost Of q omar
gar he syculd take q chance in
the hope that he might get No. /.
n it's In The Nsws IL trne.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26
NEW ENTERPRISE
OPENS TOMORROW

The new Bennett cafe, T. J.
Bennett, proprietor, will be opened
to the public tomorrow, it being
the expectation Of Mr.. Bennett to
have everything in readiness to
serve breakfast. With the open
ing of the new cafe the dining
room Of the Pierce hotel will be
closed. The Bennett cafe is up to
the minute in all appointments
and much larger cities could well
be envious of Mobridge oyer her
new acquisition. The Bennett
cafe is in Brown Block ii.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26

Airasles and Modern Men will
be the subject Of Rev. N. f. Coles
discourse at the Congregational
church Sunday eyenings.slss,asn
nov on the evening church service
viii be at 5 O'Clock instead Of s: so
! i formerly.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26

What would be nicer than a Red
Cross Sanitary closet in your
hems this winter. Sold by the
Harris Hardware Co.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-26
HARVEST DANCE
is WELL ATTENDED

Over sixty couples attended the
harvest dance given Tuesday even
ing by the local lodge of the La
dies of the Maccabees, the lodge
clearing about $50 on the enter
tainment. Calico dresses and
hickory shirts and overhalls were
worn and the dancers partook Of
.:ass;:keP and grcev,s corr at the
lkbridge houge. -
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-07-21
----. 1870 -.
Crafty NJ. Blanc.

Blanc. the founder Of the Monte Car
10 gambling resort. was we'll aware
Of the desperate character of many
Of his customers. Knowing that they
included he scum and riffraff Of the
world. hp took precautions against
them. He never carried any money,
which fact he announced so frequently
and publicly that it was known every.
where along the Riviera that the mil
lionaire Blanc never had u penny on
his person. But he carried in Il pocket
book draft on red paper for several
hundred thousand francs. payable to
the indorsee. He feared kidnapping as
much as robbery. and In case Of alb
duction he intended to ransom himself
with this draft. But the Instructions
at his Office were not to cash red
draft with his signature unless TEL
egram was received from him ordering
It to be done.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-07-21
AWED THE STUDENTS.
Jean R;cheri.'s First Lesson IS an In.
s:ructor In Literature.

Jean R;cheri::'S First Lesson IS an In.
structor In Literature.
AT the age of twenty-five jean Richie.
pin. the French poet and dramatic au.
thor. accepted il place as instructor in
literature in Il school which prepared
students for the military college of
st. Cyr. His employers warned him
that The future army officers took very
little interest in belleS-lettres and that
their principal occupation in class was
raising chaos.
Richepin'S first lesson began amid
a storm Of whiStling and catcallS. But
the young Instructors voice doomed
out above the uproar and imperiOusly
commanded silence. "Gentlemen." he
said. Il am not here because like it.
am here for my living. Is any one
of you going to stand in the way? II
there Is. | should be obliged If he will
tell me 80 face to face on the Place du
Pantheon. where | am rcudy to meet
hin, ..t7uny ti,nn~ And inaSmuch as we
are all Of us about the same age, you
understand. of course. that the inter-
view will be with bare fists"
And. 80 saying. young Richepin
brought his cTinched hand down upon
the desk. and the desk broke In two.
and he and his pupils lived happily
ever afterward. Thus runs the official
!legend.-Argonaut.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-07-21

Washington, July 2O-Special.-Mrs.
Laura Cramer, clerk in the state de-
partment, has filed in the district SUI
preme court her answer to the suit
brought by DR.. Lee NJ. Hurd of Green
witch, Conn.,, as co1servator Of the es-
tate of Fenton J. Hurd, his grandfath-
er, who had been adjudged by the
courts of Connecticut incompetent to
manage his own affairs. DR.. Hurd
charged that the elder Hurd had given
$4,000 to Mrs. Cramer, and the court
granted a temporary Injunction to
prevent her from disposing of any of
it until the suit was heard. Mr.. era.
mer admits she got $4,000 from the
elder Hurd, because he was grateful
for her care of him, which had been
that of a daughter" DR.. Hurd's allie.
cations of spook influences and occult
demonstrations she denies. Accord
ing to letters which accompanied the
answer, Hurd wished to give $4,000
to a Miss Hattie Smith, whom he
wanted to marry. The Greenwich
court was imposed on, Mrs. Cramer
declared, when it adjudged Hurd in
competent. The answer of Mrs. Cra-
mer having sworn away the equities
of the bill of complaint, Justice Stat
ford dissolved the Restraining rsQrder
which prevented her from drawing on
her bank account. The order of the
court does not dispose of the contro-
versy, and DR.. Hurd will file reply
to the statement made by Mrs. Cra'
NOR
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-07-21
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
She Tried to Fascinate Hubby an;

, She Tried to Fascinate Hubby and
Was Rudey Shocked.
She had been reading that titled
! Englishwoman advises married wo'
men to fiirt with their husbands. As
she finished the article her husband
came home to dinner
She ran to meet him.
"A little late tonight. duckydooze.
lum," She said, with i dimpling smile.
'What's that:" he yrowled.
She looked at him archIy.
Don't you dare to kiss me" she tit.
tered.
Gee" be cried, Il don't intend to!
What put that in your head?
She half closed her eyes and coyly
surveyed him through the dropping
lashes.
Don't you want to sit here by me
on the sofa?" she coocd.
mo. l don't. Why, you told me
only yesterday that the springs were
getting weak. Aren't you feeling
well?"
She laughed softly and shot him a
side glance and drew. in her cheeks
and flashed her white teeth and per-
ceptibly winked.
He drew back suddenly.
whats the matter with you?" he
demanded. "Who are you initiating?
Can't you make your face bchave?"
She picked up the paper she had
been reading and flung it into the dec
grated wastebAskrt. T.
"There's nothing the matter with
me-" she coldly replied.
Just mugging for fun, eh? Glad Of
that Stimson waS telling me today
about Il lot Of trouble his wife is hay
ing with her facial nerves. and was
afraid you'd caught it. Amt that con-
founded dinner rcady?'-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-07-21
Popular Jokes.

The NEST popular joke which has
been published in any language in the
history of the world il stated to be
that which appeared in an obscure cor
ner Of the Punch almanac for 1915. 1t
read. Advice to persons about to mar
ry-DOn't!" 1t would be interesting to
know who was its author. Another,
founded on similar subject. was the
"Advice to persons who have fallen in
love'-Fall out" One Of the most bril-
liant things that ever appeared in our
contemporary was the brief dialogue
between an inquiring child and his i'm
patient parent: What is mind? mo
matter" What is matter:' Never
d."-Westminster Gazette.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-07-21
1.-THE WHITE SQUAW"

! OF the new romantic drama, 1.-THE
White Squaw," which Manager E. H.
L. Vesper.nan offers to the patrons Of
the Bijou theatre, on Thursday even
ing, July 26, the Nashville Aneri-
can" of Feb. 10Th says:
There was good sized audience at
! the Vendome last night to see the
initial presentation Of 1.-THE White
Squaw," which opened an engagement
for two nights and matinees. The
play is by Miss Della Clarke, who
has the title role, and is a unique ro-
mantle drama. Miss Clarke has the
support of very capable company.
and the appreciation of the audience
was shown by the cordial reception.
The play is in foul acts, with scenes
in a wigwam and tepee. 1t is arts
tically staged.
tons of deep human interest, with a
remarkable combination of love, jeal-
ousy, deception, misunderstanding and
, sadness. While it terminates patheti'
, cally, there is a loftiness of motive
that keeps the audience interested.
The play is a new one here. "The
White Squaw" when child was cap.
tured by an Indian and brought up
as a savage, but her gentleness of
nature asserts itself when she grows
up.
The title role is one requiring a
great deal OF emotional work, and
Miss Clarke meets these requirements
in a manner tat is highly pleasing
and she scored with the audience.
Joseph Gillow, as the suave English
man, and Euege Weber as Jacques
Cautier. the French trapper, fill their
parts ably. Miss Grace Cahill as DC.
tavia. has an interesting part, in
which she is very clever. William F.
Holman as Michaelo, Florence May as
Ampata, and Minded Holman as Jean
ette, friend of Octavia, sustain the
respective roles capably.