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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-03
"a. L. MAUK
THE SHOE MAN
Mems, Womea's and Child
ren's dress shoes
TYPE IS Pa.
"Clp GNOT" WILL SfChTLy
SUIT A MEMORY.
al 'his 90 al Generation =.
Time Is DefIed to an Extent
Undreamed Of by the
Past Generation.

Ne VI this generation reiuemO~i
her well-the gentle old lazy wan
halr OF silver. crowned with hUnora I
years ana treasured memories, aIu
slipping quietly auto the shadows IA
olher daJs no nome seemed compit.v
without Asr presence, and TIT .eT,
dignity OF her genuS grace addeG -.
ihuescrlbabie CuarIn 70 fanny ii.a
one wore ner years As = badge uI u.
uhelio. ano old not DeYrudEe sxaC ..I. !,
AiLas ma toll her journey ny ~.
uilI 81 lie IN the blazing sunlight u
Jouth "a5 rep!ste With noiAeni. WILL
hsf twilight nours. HhS IOlt " o,aer.
thc ~cuujts - the present, the Tecoi
lsetsoOE N her day were yea OF aut.
noiSSi MIpCCLAncs - absorb her IL
tSreSt AID S6S went about Golns
Sood In her own unoktrusiv0 way
Asr sphere OF existence VA Hnltso.
" true. but 70 hsr retiring nature
and o'f 4RshionOd MSAs the familiar
lhtereourns around the 0rsSids Ap
psAIed - NO sutsiaS interests could
ever 10 She - rapidly becouInS
sat ni"iuory. The typical old lady"
OF d generation or Two AGO has passod
away ioisVSr. Here and there. in \
rev families who have not outliySd
the delightful customs that prevailed
80 a"tSh"iVSly only . comparatively
70" tsnIs ago NAY be found some lasi
s1pon"ni Of her VpS. who IL loved
and E9Gorsd ey all who know her and
who e1ein N her own way q more
!aEtinE influence for sood than do her
indspsn6snt sIsrsTs In tAeir more AZ
srsssivs lives.
We have been taught from earIy
youth to reverence oid ago. and one
u eur proudsst boasts As 4 civilized
nation In that We have remained trLs
70 eur teachings In this req ard At Isast
IN ehess more engaging tiraes. now.
ever. lhsSs sSeass reGily - ~ 10 ED
age tn The soTass cee0tatfon q the
Term. II 70 true that the years add up
juss The sane. but nature seems to
nave extended Ter lOAa0 Of life and
re3uVsnAtsd the human system. The
dainty noe capn that once set go !ov.
inKiy ara1 the white hairs have given
way Ss:O-s the onsIAuEhts Of the hair.
drosaSr, Az the EOMhSF black bonnet
shat cSa with striAss brs IoaS ssaes
oeon su'"setSd by The 10 est creation
u the Usiiiner': aTt. Il II Just a. well
perhaps. ;hLt the perisd Of . psrsou's
mental ~ wsA ~ phS -ioal activity
oah be heightened TO an almost in.
1shnite c1tr"t. speaking comparative
}. OF oouias. for hist % much more OF
.'ie' JOY VIZ fail 20 HI. share. even
:: IbV rIk o. rssDondina In.
tehIs q: tia sorrow
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-03
BOSTON NAN WAS MUSIC"
iuSt Rave Boon, for He Found Moth
ing Good in Opera Performances
In PaNS-

Americans have to have i 10,
1erve when they're abroad" said the
aan who had Just returned from h!s..
6ni2ricAn at the Ord AOAl h parNA
10 was on hiE way 70 tAA 00S1a. and.
= was OF the Same mind. We started
oSothef.
Though It was . f0arfuIly hot
'2ht We found the onSrA house
e~sd-ths French. yoa know. are
.,c' or opera"
% ns!s the sinEoys!" A.Aed a
.ltener.
oh. don't knov-n vAs a third.
ate performance
Well. We tried hard b get ssats
md cou!dn't-not a thing to Be had.
Wait, said my American friend;
III be back in . few minutes think
can get some tickets, and he re.
turned yer? soon, waving two tickets
hioft which, az 1t turned out, wore
complimentary. To obtain oompil.
inentsry tickets On . night hks that
waS master stroke. TIE French
would have called tt"
Coup h'etat." suggested s1Ds one.
Tour de iorce!" said another, but no
one was quite certain. 30 he contiu.
ued:
lie had represented himself 10 be a
director Of the Metropolitan Opera
company"
Did he live in New YoykS inquired
another listener
No-Boston--but he was very mu.
slcal-at least. think he must have
nsen, Tor While | sat enjoying the per.
romance immensely he was exclninl-
ing from time TO time. Rotten! Hear
mat tenor! That sopranos awful
Boston Herald
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-03
Quick Justice.

a Yorkshireman was standing next
to a representative OF the Red Rose
on the second day OF the Blackpnol
flying meeting. when he remarked:
Il understand that justice is melted out
very quickly in these parts" Quick.
Iy!" exclaimed the Lancastrian. .T
should think It is. Why, mate. only
yesterday an airman fell out of his
aeroplane. aud he was tried and sen.
fenced to six months in jail before hs
hit the ground You don't say an,
What was the charger" "VagraDcy.
he had no visible means OF supporr."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-03
Tho HjuhNyerN.

Mrs. Ultra :Swell--"You have named
vour aoroplane after your husband!"
Mrs. DeSail-"Yes. indeed. but not az
compliment" Mrs. Uhra.Swsll---
Then why?" Mrs. DcSail-"BecAttss
Il smokes go much, can't be depended
spon and half the time II u upmsn
ageable.'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-03
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choaes for Am.rtoan Capitalists.

Chaaee Tor NWsTFoah CapItaIEsfa.
Russian manufacturers invest $50.
o0o, 900 annually In American cotton.
and Il h stated that should Russo.
American bank be established in st.
Petersburg the cotton Investment
would reach 500 100000 annually.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-03

4 HERBlNE cures constitution
and reestablishes regular bowel
movements. Price soc. Sold by
ElkC Drug Go.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-03

s-rr
Take HERBINE for indigestion.
1t relieves the pain IN a few
minutes and forces the fermented
matter which causes the misery
into the bowels where it is expelled.
Price soc. Sold by Elko Drug Co.
taking Chance.
The mis- tr"ss was giving Harriet the
benefit of her advice and counsel
touching mumcntoua step the latter
contemplated
"Of course. H:,""i.t." said the Iadv
OF the house, III you intend to get
married that : your own business:
but you muEn't forget that marriage 10
a very serious matter"
"Y!s, num- said Harriet. "YIs,
mum; know It's sometimes. mum.
But. mum. maybe I'll have better luo&
than You Gid. mum"
A pain in the side or back that
catches YOU when you straighten
up calls for rubbing application
of BILLIARDS. SNOW LINEMEN1R'
1t rclaxes the contracted musclSI
and permits ordinary bodily molten
without suffering or Inconvenience.
Price Csc soc and $500 per bottle.
Sold by Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-03

A sore throat can be treated best
from the outside. The throat
should be rubbed gently with BAL
LARD'S SNOW IMMINENT. Apply
at night and cover with cotton
cloth bandage; by morning the
soreness will disappear. Price
Csc, Soc and $1.0Oper bottle. Sold
by Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-03
FHty.slx Years In One School,

Prof Iephaniah Hopper. the oldes,
school teacher In PHILADELPHIA. who
Is eighty.two years old, began his
fifty.sixth year Of teaching at the
Central High school
He was greeted by tho faculty and
by another generation OF students. as
he marched into the assembly hail
the other day. He is az active as
ever. still walking every day TO az
from his home.
The veteran professor was gradu
ated in the first class that left IN,
high school. After spending a few
years at college and in src al work
he went back TO the school az {. nro.
lessor He has remained there ever
since.
There are mon all over the coun,rv
who are now grandfathers. who re-.
member Doctor Hopper as their
teacher II is estimated that no has
taught fully fifteen thousand students
during his long service
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-03
Gl1UD. x4cr4u .y :
SAN FRANCISCO
!. GooDFKlES0 Urn. .

SAN FRANCISCO !. GooDsK!ES0 Han..u
., Formerly Hotels Stanford and 81. Ecryi. po,,,
street, near Gcary, adjoining Hotel Manx. Trs
iiotel AanX BUS, or Market Street Cars, trnnns. /.
to Powell. Ideal house and location Tor isdi.a,
visiting the city alone.
BATES. 500 PEE DAR -nE UP
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-16
Our Jefferson Department
Younger Barrett NupliaIS

wedding b; Interest ID SIOUX
CIIyans will take place tomorrow
morning Ut Jefferson, when Miss
Mamie Barrett q Jefferson and Theo-
dore ~ Younger 81 Hudson, will be
married The ceremony will be err
formed Ii The Catholic church BY J, ".
Father Robinson The bride vii be
accompanied BIZ Mas Margaret Il Day
Of WalthiIl, Neb., and Ralph A. Gil-
more, formerly Of Sioux Cry, but now
cashier 81 the First state Bank Of Jef-
ferson, will act rs best man.
The Young couple will ccsas to Sioux
Guy and then go 10 Omaha on their
wedding TRIP. M Younger II cashier
Of the Fret Nnional Bank at Hudson
ne formerly was employed III The First
National Bank 10 Sioux City Miss
Barrett has been conducting mil
linery store Ii Jefferson. Tribune.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-16
Royal Neighbors Held q Social
Evening for Miss Grace Collins

The Royal NeIehbors held social
evening alter their regular meeting
iast "Wednesday evening ID honor IL
Mss Grace Collins, bride Of the COM
ing week. The evening WAS spent in
progressive cards, Mrs Jao. Collins
winning the high score favor. pretty
plate, which she prese, tad to the guest
lof Honor. Miss Grace Was presented
SIth souvenir spoon from the camp
and pretty cut glass sugar and
creamer from the Royal Neiahbor
friends that we're present. AIT the
close Of che evening delightful lun-
|cheon WIS served.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-16

while your s as Friday AFTERNOON Ne we're brought d realize
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IS VIII Ihn regular Jefferson Department
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W. hope altef M give people 81 jefferson Ill entirely
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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-16

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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-16
Husked Some Corn

Harry Ra class. young man EN-
plfyed by Phillip Beauchemin. Il nn.
donbtedly one Of the best corn huskerl
M tbEs psrt 81 the country. having
husked e high a. 100 bushels per aay
and ~ fifteen days hnsked and crlbea
$50 bushels
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-16
For Sale

several thoroughbred 9uroc Jersey
bears II March and Aprii farrow
y. A. CMpAHfs.
AZ Burbank, S. ID.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-16
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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-04-28
THE PRICE OF
LAND INCREASING
THE BACK TO THE LAND" CRY
is EFFECTIVE.

Travelling through the state OF Iowa
the other day, and Iowa is no excep-
tion to the story about to be related,
the writer was shown a farm that was
offered three years ago for $3.50 an
acre. That appeared to be a high hg-
ure for land upon which the owner
depended upon the crops of corn, hogs
and cattle that could be raised upon
II. But Ii wasn't. A few weeks since
the farm changed hands at S325 an
acre. Over in Illinois, down III III
diana, up in Wisconsin. across the
line in Minnesota, the same expert
ence was met with. And then atten-
ton Is directed to Canada, which has
been the Mecca of 81 many hundred
thousand Americans during the past
few years. Not only In Eastern Can
ada has the price Of lands increased,
but in Western Canada, during the
past few weeks, farm lands have In
creased from three to five dollars an
acre, with the prospect OF a similar
advance during the next three months.
The reason for this Is very apparent,
and In a few words 1t may be pointed
out that the lands are worth g great
deal more than the present prices.
The Northwestern Agriculturist OF
Minneapolis, a paper that was n OF
the first of the American farm papers
to discover the real merits of the
lands of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, says: 1.-The reciprocity sched-
ule would encourage American farm
ers to move to Canada, where the vir-
gin soil will produce greater crops or
grain with less labor than a be pro-
duced in our own farms in the North
west. The result will be to enhance
land values in Canada" This paper
Is afraid land values In Canada will be
enhanced at the expense OF land
values in the United States. In face
Of the fact that land values In the
United States are increasing the rea-
soning scarcely holds. The cas- for
the advance in value Of Canadian
lands is partly accounted from the
fact, admitted by this paper, that Can
ada's virgin soil will produce greater
crops Of grain with less labor" But
that Is not the only reason. During
the past twelve months 100000 peo-
pie have made Canada their home and
these are mostly of the farming class,
They want farms, and the demand as
well as the wealth of the soil Is regu'
lating the price. A study of the In
crease In the acreage Of land put un.
der crop last year, which can be had
from any Canadian government repre-
sentative, will prove the point, that
the demand is increasing at a greater
ratio than even the most sanguine
would have predicted.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-04-28
The Game of Djirid

The Kura, ia spite of his habitual indo-
fence, has some interesting and even
strenuous pastimes. In the April Wide
World Magazine, f. c. Whitehouse. Of
Constantinopie, describes the 'Djir.d," a
wildly exciting horseback game.
The method of play Is as follows: The
sides. sometimes 80 or 40 strong, are drawn
up in two lines facing each other. Every
player holds In his hand a djirid, or short
wooden lance. One of the leaders dashes
out fran his place in the center, rides to
the far end of his adVersar.es' wing, then
turns and gallops at headlong speed VI
the hRe, with his djlrid poised In his right
hand. Picking out one of the players, he
darts his weapon forcibly at him. The
assaiied one, If he is sufficiently dexterous,
catches the flying dj.rid and starts in hot
pursuit of the man who has attacked him.
In his turn he throws the two weapons
and rs pursued by another opponent. In
a short time the whole body of players
are hard at work galloping after or flee
ing from excited horsemen. Sometimes a
dozen or more will be seen riding in a big
circe, or strung out In a long line, and
many are the incidents and misadventures
as horses and men grow excited and ras-
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-04-28
Keeping Up With Lizzie"

up" with the young men in some fast
set.
Nor does the evil stop with clerks.
Business men think hat they must
keep up with Others in expensive stores,
Offices, banks and other appointments.
Money is borrowed rs long as possible,
and then borrowed" without the own
er'S knowledge to keep up" appear
ances, or to hazard in gambling or
speculation, with the hope of retrieving
broker fortune.
Women in society will do the same
thing, and many a fortune, n often
character as well, has been wrecked by
an insane attempt TO keep up with
some Lizzie" who has set the fashion
in dress, or house furnishing, or enter
tainment. Farmers have gone in debt
for automobiles because their neigh
bors had them, and railroads have put
on fast trains that did not pay expenses
in order to keep up" with their COM
petitors who had shorter ines with
larger patronage.
In the story there finally comes a
hard-headed Yankee who succeeds In
opening the eyes of the people to the
fooIishness of trying to keep up with
Lizzie when it does them all harm
and nobody any good. 1t is a good
story to read and to think about, for
every dollar that Is spent anywhere
simply to keep up with Lizzie" is
worse than wasted in the evil habits
and results that such attempts always
bring in their wake.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-04-28
Frs. the HaverhilI Gazette.

F2WA G4c t1dNSIillIl bdESlIe'
Some months ago one OF the leading
American magazines had a short story
with this title. that the publishers say
has brought them more letters of APP
prsYaI than anything that they had
published in 20 years. "LizZie' VAS an
extrayagant girl who was always run
ming her father in debt for clothes and
other things that sho thought she must
have in order to keep up in the circle
where she imagined that she belonged.
This was bad enough, but it was not
the worst by a good deal When Liz
zie came back from Europe with her
education finished" she vas the envy
of the town, and dozens of indulgent
fathers nearly ruined themselves to en-
able their daughters to keep up with
Lizzie"
From the number of letters of ap-
prevail that came to the publishers, it
would appear that the woods were full
of 'IizZies," male and female, old and
young, Fathers and mothers have been
sacrificed and homes have been almost
broken up time and again, because the
boys and girls thought they must keep
up" with others in their set, or class,
or school, or society. Clerks in BUSH
ness houses think that they must dress
as vyeA as their fellows and go to the
same entertainments or, what is still
worse, cultivate the same careless or
evil habits. Many a career of dishon-
esty has @ begun by differing from
an employer to get the money to keep
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-04-28

donate. A djirid on the side of the head
or in the small of the back is not a trifing
matter, and players are frequently
knocked senseless from their saddles.
The Kurds are wonderfully expert in re-
covering a dropped djirid. They slip one
foot out of the stirrup and replace it the
other way round. Then, pressing the ankle
and calf against the near flank and with
ers of their mount, they swing themselves
over on the off side, lean right down, anc
sweep up the djirid from the plain.
The weakness of the game lies in the
fact that there are no fixed rules, no UNI
pires wheeling and c.rcling. outside the
melee, as in polo, and no way of determin-
ing which side is the winner IL the con-
fict is fairly even. 1t will therefore be
understood that quarrels are inevitable,
and In the old days the djirid frequently
passed the bounds Of sport and developed
into a sangu.nary tribal affray. 1t vas
also employed for dueling purposes, the
djirid being then tipped with iron barbs
and rendered capable of inficting mortal
injuries. If, however, the duelists could
not decide the question of superiority on
horseback, they would dismount and finish
the debate with swords.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-04-28
Most Widely Travelled of Tramps

702 miles. Unless something unfore-
seen occurs he expects to increase this
to at least $1,000 miles before the year
ends.
This method of travelling is exceed
ingly perilous, but so skillful has A
No. l become at it that no thought of
danger ever enters his head. He has
a suit of greasy overalls which he dons
over his one suit of clothes whenever
he is ready to start. All his worldly
Iossessions-a few dollars, a cake Of
soap and a toothbrush-are carried in
his coat pocket. He became an orphan
when a mere lad and he has not the
slightest tie to bind him to anyone or
to any place. In fact, he has not even
used his name for 25 years. He speaks
of himself and is known by railroad
men as A No. l. He is rarely molested
by railroad authorities. for he carries
letters from tine high officials OF pruc-
tically every important system. He has
prevented several wrecks by detecting
broken rails and switches. with the re-
suit that he is practically permitted to
| without interference.