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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
LANDS TO Be OPENED.
INQUIRIES ARE POURING IN CON-
CERNING BIG LAND OPEN
ING NEXT FALL.
HAPPENINGS OvERTHES STATE
What is Going On Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

Chamberlain.-The recent announce
ment of the general land office at
Washington that registrations would
be received in October for another big
land opening in South Dakota has al
ready started food of inquiries at
the local United States land office
which indicate that there will this
year be no diminution of interest from
former years in this opening. The Of
ficers of the local land office have re-
ceived detailed information in regard
to the coming registration in order
that the public may be informed, from
which official information the follow
ing facts have been cleaned: The
places of registration will be Cham
berlain, Rapid City, Dallas and Greg
ory. October is the day the first reg
istration will be received, and the
work will continue for three weeks at
each of the four registration points. In
all total of 466,562 acres will be
thrown open to settlement in the Rose
bud and Pine Ridge reservations.
These lands are to be divided into
three classifications as follows: Pine
Ridge reservation, class A, GIG acres,
$3.50 to $500 per acre; class Az, 49,
$40 acres, So to 81; class c, 154,714
acres, so cents to $3.50 per acre; Rose
bud reservation, Glass A, 1875 acres,
S. to Sc; class Az, 7o,452 acres, 50 to
$3.50; class C, 1862 acres, 25c to 81
per acre. The classification means
that class A is agricultural lands,
class Az agricultural lands of the sec
ond class and class C is grazing lands.
Any mineral, coal and timber lands in
these tracts will not be subject to fl
ing.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Mutilated Man Recovering.

Aberdeen.-James Correll of Eldon,
Ia, is in Aberdeen, called here by the
attack upon his brother, John Correll,
by the latter's wife at Mobridge a
week ago, when he was horribly mutt
lated by the woman while asleep. The
injured mans brother states that Mrs.
Correll is 40 years old, while his broth
er is but 25. They met eight years
ago, when John was keeping COM
pany" with his future wife's sister, a
16-year-old girl. The woman who lat
er became Mrs. Correll was then a
Mrs. Carr, having been twice widowed.
The Correll boy became infatuated
with his sweethearts elder sister, then
woman of 80, according to James
Correll's statement, and wedding
followed later. Correll, who is in an
Aberdeen hospital, is rapidly recover
ing from his terrible injury.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Insane From Brooding.

Sioux Falls.-Regret at having sign
ed a contract to sell his farm in Brule
county, South Dakota, upon which ne
had resided with his family for many
years, has resulted in Worth Gaggrett,
prominent farmer of central South
Dakota, becoming insane. Soon after
signing the contract he commenced to
brood over the thought of moving
from the old farm, and this brooding
finally resulted in his becoming insane.
He repeatedly threatened to commit
suicide, and his actions became so VIC.
lent that his wife was greatly alarmed,
fearing he would attempt to kill her
self and children and then end his own
life. The authorities stepped in and
had the unfortunate farmer sent to the
state hospital for the insane.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
syNoPsIa

by his friends. was rotund and look
ed shorter than he really was His
ambition in life was to be taken seriously.
hrt Il considered huge joke. except to
himself. II he asked people to dinner ev-
eryone expected a frolic. Jimmy marfies
md nd are e divorced. Jimmy:s friends ar
eange to celebrate the first anniversary
pf his divorce. The party. Is in full swing
Aunt Selma who viii arrive rive in four hours
10 visit him and his WIFE He neglects to
fell her of his divorce. Jimmy takes KIT
Into his confidence; He suggests that Kit
Wilson pro tenn. Aunt Selma arrives and
the deception works out as planned.
Fins Jap servant is taken III. Bella,
end asks Kit who is being taken away in
the ambulance? Belle insists 1t is Jim.
Kit tells her Jim is well and is in the
end discovers a man lacking a card on
the door. He demands an explanation.
rhe man points to the placard and Har::
son the wg p tha sess
leave the house until tho quarantine is
lifted. After the lifting Of the quarantine
eeverai letters are found In the mail box
Llewellyn. Iquiaue. Chile. which was
written by HARRISON. He describes mi
putely Of their Incarceration. also Of his
kuAatuduOIl LOT u1ID. w llSOIl. Aunt ocliud
10 taken Ill with la grippe. Betty acts as
nurse. HARRISON finds Kit sulking on the
roof. She tells him that Jim has been
treating her outrageously Kit starts
downstairs. when suddenly she Is grasped
in the arms Of a man who kisses her sew
eral times. She believes that HARRISON
did 1t and is Inundated. Aunt Selma tells
Jimmy that her cameo breastpin and
other articles Of 1ewelry have been stolen.
She accuses Betty of the theft. Jimmy
tells Aunt Selma all about the strange
happenings. but she persists in suspecting
Betty Of the theft of her valuables.
HARRISON demands an explanation from
Kit as to her conduct towards him, she
tells him of the incident on the roof, he
does not deny nor confirm her accusation
Aunt Selma is awakened during the
plight; she finds Jim making love to
Bella: she demands an explanation
from Jim. Bella reveals the whole
plot to Aunt Selma. She forgives both
bf them. but calls Kit a Jezebel. She
tells Jim to reveal the true situation to
HARRISON Jimmy Is taken ILL., They are
convinced that Jim has the dreaded dis
ease. Kit discovers Anne's pearl neck
lace in the laundry inbedded in a mass
of soap. Kit finds HARRISON lying on
the roof unconscious with his face
covered with blood The doctor is sum-
moned and pronounced HARRISON injuries
blight. While Kit Is waiting on HARRISON
they are startled by q pandemonium OF
Noises
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
CHAPTER XXI. (ContInued.)

"A rope!" he demanded, without
paying any attention to us and diving
Into corners of the room. Good heav-
ems. isn't there a rope in this con-
founded housed"
He turned and rushed out, without
any explanation, and left US staring at
the door.
Bother the rope!" 1 found myself
forced to look into two earnest eyes,
"Kit, were you very angry when
kissed you that night on the roof"
Very" I maintained stoutly.
"Then prepare yourself for another
attack Of rage!" he said. And Betty
opened the door.
She had on fetching pale blue
dressing gown. and one braid of her
yellow hair was pulled carelessly over
her shoulder. When she saw nae on
my knees beside the bed (oh, yes,
forgot to say that, quite unconscious
ay, l had aid into that position) she
stopped short, just inside the door,
and put her hand to her throat. She
stood for quite perceptible time
looking at US, and tried to rise. But
Tom shamelessly put his arm around
my shoulders and held me beside him.
II beg your pardon for coming
an," she said nervously. "But-they
want you downstairs. Kit. At least,
thought you would want to 60. but
perhaps"
Just then from the lower part Of the
house came pandemonium Of noises
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Call to Bishop johnson.

Sioux Falls.-Genera1 regret is ex-
pressed by the people of Sioux Falls
because Rt Rev. Frederick Foote
Johnson, of this city, Episcopal bishop
of South Dakota, has decided to accept
the call to become bishop coadjutor of
the diocese of Missouri. If his pres
ent plans are followed out he will
leave Sioux Falls in September or Oc-
tober for the purpose of assuming his
new duties. He was elected to his
new position May Is last, and since
that time has been considering wheth-
er to accept or reject the call. Dur
ing the time he has been in charge of
the work of the church in South Dako.
ia he has endeared himself to the PEG.
pie of this diocese. He is a man of
great energy and the church in South
Dakota was making great strides un.
der his direction.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Heroic Act Of a Girl.

Sioux Falls.-Through the heroiism
of his 14-year-old daughter, the life of
John Denker, we'll known Gregory
county homesteader, was saved, when
he was overcome by heat and smoke
while trying to save his automobile
from burning building. The daugh-
ter rushed to his rescue and succeeded
in dragging him from the burning
structure. The building was set on
fire by bolt of lightning, and efforts
of the neighbors and others to save it
were useless, nothing being left of it
but mass of smoldering ruins. Den
ker's financial loss was about $1,000.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
CHAPTER XIII.
Comma.


The second floor was empty. A ta-
bic lay overturned at the top of the
stairs, and a broken flower vase was
weltering In its own ooze. Part way
down Betty stepped ON something
sharp. that proved to be the Jap.
anese paper knife from the den.
left her on the stairs examining her
foot, and hurried to the lower floor.
Here everything was in the utmost
confusion. Aunt Selma had tainted,
and was sitting in hall chair with
her head rolled over sidewise and the
poker from the library fireplace
across her knees. No one was paying
any attention to her. And Jim was
holding the front door open, while
three Of the guards hesitated in the
vestibule. The noises continued from
the back of the house. and as l stood
ON the lowest stair Bella came out
from the dining room, with her face
istreaked with SCOT, and carrying a
kettle of hot water.
"Jim," she called wildly. while
Max and Dial are below. you can pour
this down from the top. It's boiling
Nn glanced back over hia shoulder
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
A SPOON SHAKER.
Straight From Coffeedonn,

Coffee can marshall a good squadron
Of enemies and some very hard ones to
overcome. A lady in Florida writes:
Il have always been very fond Of
good coffee. and for years drank it at
least three times a day. At last, how
ever, found that it was injuring me.
Il became bilious. subject to fire.
Quent and violent headaches. and so
very nervous. that could not lift q
spoon to my mouth without splitting q
part of its contents.
my heart got 'rickety' and beat SO
fast and SO hard that could scarcely
breathe, while my skin got thick and
dingy, with yellow blotches on my face,
caused by the condition Of my liver
and blood.
Il made up my mind that all these
afhictions came from the coffee, and I
determined to experiment and see.
$50 quit coffee and got a package
OF Postum which furnished my hot
morning beverage. After little time
l was rewarded by complete restora-
ton OF my health in every respect.
Il do not suffer from biliousness any
more, my headaches have disappeared.
my nerves are as steady as could be
desired, my heart beats regularly and
my complexion has cleared up beauti-
fully-the blotches have been wiped out
and 1t is such pleasure to be well
again" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the little book. 1.-THE Road to
Wellvflie,' in pkgs. There's a reason"
EVER read the above letter. new
one appears from time to fin,e. rsES~
are genuine true and fun Of huns1
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Law Firm INDICATED.

Sioux Falls.-A. H. Orvis of Yank-
ton, referee appointed by the supreme
court to hear, determine and report to
that court the charges against the
we'll known law firm of Robertson &
Dougherty, of Dell Rapids, lodged
against them by VIM. B. Frey, has
made and filed his report. The evil
dence in the case was submitted on
March 81 and April / last in this city;
it was argued at Yankton on June 30
and decided yesterday. The referee
finds on each of the nine separate &C
cusations in favor of the accused at
torneys, thus completely generating
them.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Hottest June Recorded.

Deadwood.-In common with the
rest of the country, the Black Hills
suffered the hottest June ever record
ed. Reports from Weather Observer
Sager at Rapid City, show the mean
temperature for he month was II de-
grees, as compared with 70 degrees,
the previous high marked in 1900,
while the precipitation was ~ of an
inch, the lowest since 1898. In Dead
wood, although the nights were COM
Portable, June 20 broke the June rec
ord with SO degrees. The precipitation
here was 80 inches, and the coolest
day June &c, when it was 6S degrees.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21

Garry out your own murderous Dc
signs" he said. And then, as 81
started back with It. Bella. for Heav
ems sake" he called, have you goHa
stark mad! Put that kettle down.
She did 1t sulkily and Jim turned
to the policeman.
Eyes. l know it was a false alarm
before" he explained patiently, "bu1
this Is genuine. 1t is just az tell
you. Yes, Flanagan is in the house
somewhere, but he's hiding, l guess
We could manage the thing very well
ourselves, but we have no cartridges
for our revolvers." Then as the noise
from the rear redoubled, IF you don't
come in and help, will telephone for
the fire department" he concluded
emphatically.
/ ran to Aunt Selma and tried to
straighten her head In moment she
opened her eyes, sat up and stared
around her. She saw the kettle at
once.
What are you doing with boiling
water on the floor?" she said to me.
with her returning voice. Don't you
know you will spoil the floor?" The
ruling passion was strong with Aunt
Selma, as usual.
could not find out the trouble from
any one: people appeared and disap-
peared. carrying strange articles.
Ammo with a rope. Dial with his hatch
ct. Bella and the kettle, but could
get a coherent explanation from no
one. When the guards finally decided
that Jim was in earnest. and that the
rest Of us were not crawling out a
rear window while he held them at
the door. they cane in, three Of them
and two reporte and Jim led them
to the buffers pantry.
Here we found Anne, very white
and shaky. with the pantry table and
two chairs piled against the door Of
the kitchen slide, and clutching the
chanaois-skin bag that held her jewels.
She had . bottle Of Burgundy open
beside her. and was pouring herself a
CLASH with shaking hands when we
appeared. She was furious at Jim.
Il very nearly tainted" she said
Historically. 81 might have been MUIR
dereil, and no one would have cared.
I with they would stop that chopping,
I'm 80 nervous 1 could scream"
jim took the Burgundy from her
with one hand and pointed the police
to the barricaded door with the other
THAT is the door to the dumb-wait-
or shaft" he said. 1.-THE lower one is
fastened on the inside. in some man.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Has a Narrow Escape.

Mitchell.-Barney Berscheld had a
close call from death when he at
tempted to pour some water in the
cooling receptacle of gasoline en-
CINE of which he has charge. The en-
CINE was running and the large cog
wheels in connection with a cement
mixer caught his clothing and wrapped
it up in the gearing. He was carried
to the top of the mixer, and the engine
was stopped just in time to save his
life. His clothes were torn from his
body and he was severely bruised
about the face, and the flesh on his
arm and side was lacerated.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Varying Prices Of Lobsters.

Lovers of lobster ought to get lot
OF comfort out of recent paragraph
in the famous old Kennebec Journal,
which says that the crustaceans are
dirt cheap" However, the Journal
adds, they are not as low in price
as In the old days, when they sold
six for rs cents, but the price has
fallen to 16 cents a pound, which is
decidedly different from the figures
that were being quoted early in the
spring. Then they we're being bought
alive for so cents pound from the
fishermen. and the price in Boston and
New York scared to 80 cents a pound,
and, in some cases, beyond"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Wedding Causes Death.

Mitchell.-Mrs. F. Mcguire died
suddenly as the result of heart failure
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mar
tin Wider. The youngest daughter OF
Mrs. Mcguire, Miss Bessie, was mar
ried Wednesday afternoon and went
to the Twin Cities in the evening with
her husband, to take boat trip to St.
Louis. 1t is thought that the excite.
ment attendant upon the marriage OF
her daugher brought on the fatal at.
tack of heart trouble. Mrs. Mcguire
was he mother of Congressman Ma
guire, Of Lincoln, Neb.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Firemen Elect Officers.

Lead.-The old officers were re-
elected by the South Dakota Fire
mems association, which has closed it's
twenty-eighth annual tournament here.
There were contests for both vice
president and treasurer, in each in
stan the Black Hills contestant being
defeated. The officers are: President,
J. w. Laata, Pierre; first vice presi-
dent, Frank Purdy, Mitchell; second
vice president, John Mcbride, Lead;
treasurer, A. A. Granz, Yankton; Sec
rotary, Henry Mussman, Chamberlain.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Popcorn Man Burned.

Yankton.-The explosion of the gas
oline tank of a popcorn wagon belong
ing to Eric Babe caused considera.
BILE excitement at the chautauqua tent,
the explosion taking place Immediate
ly outside the tent, which was nearly
filed with people. A large number
arose and attempted to rush out of the
entrance, but were Gained by the as
surance of men from the outside that
there was no danger of the tent burn.
ing. Babe was badly burned, especial
lily on the left side and on three fin
gers of the left hand.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21

ner. The noises commenced about
eleven o'clock, while Mr.. Brown was
on guard. There were scraping sounds
first. and later the sound Of falling
body. He reused Mr.. Reed and my
self, but when we examined the shaft
everything was quiet, and dark. We
tried lowering a candle on a string,
butt was extinguished from below"
The reporters were busily removing
the table and chairs from the door.
III you have rope handy" one of
them said, IT will 60 down the shaft"
1.-The cage appears to be stuck. half
way between the foors." Jim said.
They are cutting through the door in
the kitchen below"
They opened the door then and eau
tiously peered down, but there was
nothing to be seen. touched Jim
gingerly on the arm.
els it's it Flanagan" asked,
shut in there?"
"No-yes-I don't know" he re-
turned absently. Run along and don't
bother. Kit. He may take to shoot
lug any uAuulo.
Anne and l went out then and shut
the door. and went into the dining
room and sat on our feet, for of course
the bullets might come up through the
floor.
In the midst of tho excitement Tom
appeared in bath-robe, looking very
pale, with bandage around his head.
and the nurse at his heels threatening
to leave and carrying a bottle Of med.
icine and q spoon. He went imme-
diately to the pantry. and soon we
could hear him giving orders and the
rest hurrying around to obey them
The hammering ceased. and the 81
lence was even worse. 1t was more
suggestive.
| In about fifteen minutes there was
q thud, as II the cage had fallen, and
the sound Of feet rushing down the
| cellar stairs. Then there were groans
and loud oaths, and everybody talking
at once, below. and the sound of q
struggle. In the dining room we all
sat bent forward, with straining ears
and Quickened breath, until we dis
tinctly heard some one laugh. Their
we knew that, whatever it was. it wal
over, and nobody was killed.
The sounds came closer. were com
ing up the stairs and into the pantry
Then the door swung open, and Ton
and a policeman appeared in the door
way, with the others crowding be
hind. Between them they supported
grimy, unshaven object. covered
with whitewash from the wall Of tn,
shaft, an object that had its hand
fastened together with handouts. ant
that leered at US with pair Of thl
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Church Cost $25, 1000,

Rapid City.-Before a large ESSEN
blage of Roman Catholics, Rt. Rev. Jo-
seph F. Busch, bishop of the diocese
of Lead, formally dedicated st. Mary's
Immaculate Conception church here,
declared to be the finest church edi-
fee of it's kind in South Dakota. Mem
bers of the Roman Catholic church
from various parts of the western half
of the state were present, solemn high
mass being rendered and class of 60
confirmed by the bishop.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
LocUsTs ON THE CHEYENNE.

Are Doing Much Damage, Especially to
the Trees.
Pierre.-Locusts are reported to be
numerous along the Cheyenne river,
especially among the trees, where
they are eating up the foliage, but are
not doing any further damage so far
as reported. In the eastern part OF
the state grasshoppers are reported
numerous enough to do damage in sew
eral places. In this part of the Mis-
souri, valley they are far more numer-
Gus than usual, and while their work
has been felt in gardens, they have
not got to a point of doing noticeable
damage as yet.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Sioux Falls Pioneer Dead.

Sioux Falls.-Wallace L. Dow, aged
CT years, one of the pioneer residents
of Sioux Falls, died suddenly as the
result of stroke of apoplexy. He was
an architect, and was we'll known
throughout the state and northwest.
He drew the plans for nearly all the
state institutions and for many of the
public buildings in the cities of ad-
joining states.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
New Railway Station,

Sturgis.-Work on the new North
western railroad depot which the state
railroad commission has ordered the
railroad company to build here will
commence some time this month. The
structure is to cost $4,000 and will
fill long felt need here.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
MiQht HELD.

Mrs. Willis lat the Ladies' Aid so
ciety)-Now, what can you do for the
poor boys at the front?
Mrs. Gillis-I was reading today
where the soldiers are always max
ing sorties. Now, why can't we get
the recipes for those things and make
them ourselves and send them to the
bOys?-Puck.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
Killed by liuhtninu.

Sturgis. Word was received here
that julius Jacobson, a homesteader
residing near White Owl, Meade
county, was killed by lightning.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21

The Mission Hill Farmers Elevator
company has declared dividend of 20
per cent.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21
oodS
Sarsa pariIla

Acts directly and peculiarly
on the blood; purifes, enriches
and revitalizes it, and in this
way builds up the whole sys-
tenn. Take it. Get it today.
In usual liquid form OF in chocolate
coated tablets called Sarsatabs.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-21

Aunt Dinah-Ephrum, dat ole Cunnel
Leigh is got some Of de fines, mos
lubly young turkeys I cher sot my
blessed eyes on. Dat am fac!
Uncle Ephraim-Yaas, honey, dis
chile knows it. An on'y got ligion
two weeks ago! An jes' two days
befo' Thanksgibbin! Dinah, Use mighty
'fraid rs goin' to be backslider,
shuah as yOuah bohn!