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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
Swiss to Have National PARK.

Switzerland is to have a national
park similar TO the Yellowstone Ne
tional park. On the border of Italy, at
the foot of the Piz Quatrevals, is a
section, including the Chuoza valley,
that is rich in botanical and geological
wealth. and that has high altitude,
healthful climate and beautiful seem
cry. 1t is proposed to reserve this for
park purposes, and as the region has
legendary and historic associations
OF great national interest, the people
generally favor the plan.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
STONE IN BLADDER REMOVED
IN REMARKABLE WAY

"A year and half ago was taken with
q severe attack of kidney trouble that
r ned me to such an extent that NOR
phine had to be given me. Was attended
by doctor who pronounced it as ,stons
in the bladder and prescribed Lithia
Water. / took Lithia Water and tablets
for some time and received no relief from
them. stopped taking medicines for soma
time and having some DR.. Klmer's
Swamp Root in the house. decided to
try it and felt much relieved; while taking
the second bottle commenced to pass
gravel in urina until had passed in all
at least half dozen or more and have
not suffered the slightest since and in all
have taken one bottle and half and feel
very grateful to DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
Yours very truly,
II. w. SPINKS.
Camp Hill, Ala.
Personally appeared before me this
10th of August, 1909, II. w. Spinks, who
subscribed the above statement and made
oath that same is true in substance and
in fact.
A. B. LEE,
Letter !. Notary Public.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
Pen Mar.

Some fellow down Lancaster way
has come out with the explanation as
to how Pen Mar got its name. ut is of
Cornish extraction" says the Lancas-
ter man, and he quotes an ancient
rhyme to prove it. The fact is that
Pen Mar is so called because it is on
the Mason Dixon line, with Pennsyl-
vania on one side and Maryland on
the other. the first three letters OF
each state name being used to form
the world.-Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
Getting Acquainted.

: az
When new family moves in next
door the old boy and the new boy
climb upon the fence to get acquaintr
ed, and 1t Is done as follows:
Whats you name?"
None Of your business what's
yours?"
None of your business. You are
sassy"
$50 are you"
Don't you talk back to mel"
"And don't you to mel"
I'm an awful fighter when I'm
mad!"
And I'm awfuller than you are!"
1--WE got dog"
And I've got goat"
And five minutes later they are
good friends.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
Hadn't the Material.

II really never saw such an impu-
dent man as that Mr.. De Borrowe,"
said Miss Wrathy. He actually had
the nerve to ask me the other night
how I managed to get that lovely
tinge of auburn to my hair!''
Really? Well, why didn't you box
his ears?" asked Miss Slimm.
why, only had my Easter hat
box handy, and that wasn't big
enough" said Miss Wrathy-H arper's
Weekly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
AT 60 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
How the Intense Cold of Winter IL
the Far Northwest Affects Man
and Animals,

and Animals.
Il asked an Alaskan pioneer who
was crossing to his old home in Swe-
den what happened when the Their
mometer goes down to so and so de-
grees below Zero" said Marshall J..
Taylor, of Seattle Wash. "At 60 de-
grees below" he said, "the exposed
ears, hands or nose will freeze in going
a quarter of a mile under ordinary cir
stances; but the children go and come
from school as usual without suffering
from the cold provided their faces and
hands are protected.
They soon get used to it. But eau
ton must be used to avoid drawing
the cold air into the lungs, and it is
dangerous to breathe through the
mouth. More die from pneumonia
brought on by freezing the lungs in
that way than from any other form Of
exposure. Horses are protected by
breathing bags, which extend down
from the nose of the animal about 18
inches and are open at the bottom.
The breath which is exhaled warns
the air in the bag before it is inhaled
and drawn into the lungs. And men
wear 'parky' or headdress which
extends over the face and affords SINH.
lar protection.
I'm the Canadian districts the north
west mounted police regulate the
treatment of horses on the freight
wagons and stage lines in most hui
name manner, SO as to prevent them
from suffering in this way."-Wash-
ington Herald. n
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
average yield per acre 6s bushels, the
average value per acre $500.
Crop COMPARISONS.


The cereals had an aggregate acre,
age of 7,s92,4S2 acres in 1909, as
against 6,211 ,202 acres in 1899, an in
crease of 1,6S1.2 $50 acres, or % per
cent, as compared to an increase for
the preceding decade of 67.S per cent.
The average value OF cereals per acre
in 1909 was $3.50, over twice that of
hay and forage. Wheat shows the
highest average value per acre of the
cereals; buckwheat the lowest. OF
the hay and forage crops alfalfa is
we'll above the rest in average value
per acre. There are but small num-
Der of miscellaneous crops, though the
average values per acre OF several of
them are we'll above those of the more
usual crops.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
Former Waste is Agricultural Paradise.

Centerville.-Hundre of acres Of
reclaimed bottom lands between this
city and Vermillion are now verdant
with growing crops. AL. Newton, a
few miles south, will harvest mon
ster grain crop from these lands as
follows: Wheat, ITO acres; oats, 115
acres: corn. 1875 acres: fax. IS acres.
Other farmers along the line OF this
former waste territory will reap large
returns this year from various crops.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
Matter Of Degrees

He-"He was a bachelor of arts, but
she was master OF art. is. :, s !!:e-"And
so they are married now?' He-"Yes;
and now he will have to be doctor OF
philosophy to bear the BURDEN
Sphinx.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
"EIevatino" the STAGE.

A man who has for long time been
criminal has been paroled so that he
may play the part Of a crook in a
drama of the underworld. II the stage
can be eisvattd in this way let the
elevating proceed: but the other men,
bers Of the company ought to be
warned against leaving valuables in
their dressing rooms.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
A. B. LEE,
Notary Public.
Letter u
DR.. kilmer D Co.
Imagination, n. Y.
Prove What Swamp.Root win Do For Yo.

Prove What Swamp Root Will Do For Yos
Send to DIR. kilmer 4 Co., Bingham.
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. It will
convince anyone. You will also receive
booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing. be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price City.
cents and one-dollar.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
Mature Always rma

Nature never did betray the heart
that loved her. tbs her privilege,
through all the years of our life, to
lead from joy to Wordsworth.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
Extensive Use Of Potash.

Potash enters into the making Of
glass, soap. bleaches. dyes, Photo
graphic chemicals. medicine. explo.
sives. fertilizer and is used IN gold
mining and many other Industrial pro
cesses.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15

Modern Contradiction.
E Occasionally, when man Is getting
down IN the. world. the police justice
thinks 1t will help him to send him up.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
Potatoes Increase.

From 1899 to 1909 potatoes In
creased in acreage from 1886 acres
to 50,2O3, or 49.6 per cent. The total
yield in 1909 was 3,439 $3.50 bushels, the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-15
Emmer and speIt.

In 1909 there were devoted to the
cultivation of emmer and spelt .259-
674 acres, yielding 6,095.6S3 bushels,
valued at $2,626,0OO. The average
yield per acre was % bushels, and the
average value SOTO. The census bu-
rea has no reports of emmer and spelt
for previous decades.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-20
TEN BEEF BARONS HAPPY
AS TRIAL IS CONTINUED

Ten millionaires are prancing
with joy today.
Federal Judge Carpenter this
morning continued the trial of
the indicted. Beef barons until
Wednesday.
Carpenter could hardly do
otherwise. Kohlsaat attended to
that Saturday night.
After quashing the writs of ha-
beas corpus, and granting an ap-
peal, which he separated from
the. question of the guilt or limo
cence of the packers, Kohlsaat
dispelled the gloom that sur
rounded the beef barons by an
nouncing that he would not enter
the quashing of the writs until
Wednesday.
That is The writs were quash-
ed, but in order that the Beef
Trust lawyers might find some
way IN which to delay the actual
trial before Judge Carpenter,
Kohlsaat isnot going to have the
quashing of the writs formally
recorded in black and white until
Wednesday.
So Carpenter had to continue
fhe trial of If 1eoet nina Of +ba
Beef barons.
One he could have tried.
Ogden Armour, for whose bene-
fit Judge Kohlsaat never issued a
writ of habeas corpus, and who
accordingly could have been
forced to trial today.
Judge Carpenter however said
that he was not willing to go on
with the trial of only one of the
ten equally indicted men
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-20
GOMPERS MEN CONTROL;
w. R. HEARST ROASTED

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. Cot was
generally predicted at today's
session of the A. F. of L. that
President Gompers and his fellow
officers would be reelected.
A joint committee from the
United Mine Workers and the
Western Federation of Miners
was appointed today to draft
plans for the organization of a
mine department in the A. F. of
L., representing 100000 men.
An attack was made on w. R.
Hearst on the floor of the conven-
ton by Charles H. Meyer, presia
dent of the Western Federation
of Miners, who alleged that
Hearst was responsible forsan eff
fott IL td1ffve! nhi8d tflihef5 ootft999ff
tie Biakko Hills i2fB. 9digythf4icc t:e PM
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-20

some way of staving off the ac4
tual trial of the packers Wednes-
day.
Levy Mayer is supposed to be
in Washington, attending to the
Supreme Court end of the matter:
If Mayer is, he is too late. He.
did not appear before the SUI
preme Court this morning, and
that body. adjourned for two
weeks over Thanksgiving, after.
a short session. =
The latest move threatened by
the Beef Trust attorneys is the
making of a demand that each of
the ten packers be given separ-
ate trial
This would drag the trial out
over at least a year, and seriously
embarass the government IN the
presentation of testimony.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-13

Pittsburgh-"Cut out the speets- cuIar, give up the passion for put iicity and eliminate the fictitious and artificial" is the advice Rev D~ Malcolm Shaw gave Presbyre-iz- divines.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-13
DIED.

NICHOLS.-In Stamford, Dec. g, Frances Isabella, wife of William III. Nichols, in her~67th year. ROBINSON.-In Danbury,, Dec. g, Louisa. A., widow of Benjamin J. Robinson, aged S6 years. SMALL-In Danbury, Dec. Il; John YURECHKO.-In Danbury, Dec. 10, Andrew Yurechko, aged 43 years. HOTCHKISS.-In Shelton, Dec. 10, Elizabeth .M., widow of Lewis w. < Hotchkiss, aged 75 years. BISHOP.-At Stamford, Dec. 6. Eliza H. Bishop, aged S1 years. LEO-WOLF.-1n Mt. Vernon, Dec. :, Phebe J., widow of Alfred G. Leo Wolf. of Stamford, in the 57th year of her age.
 HOLMES-In Stamford, Dec. 6. Ma tilda, wife of A. Frederick Holmes. in her 63rd year. LOCKWOOD.-In Stamford,\ Dec. 6, Truman P. Lockwood, aged 56 HUNT.-In sWinsted, Dec. 5. Elmer J. Hunt, aged 67 years. WALkER.-In Norwalk, Dec. s, Mrs. Eliza J. Walker, aged 69 years. SHERWOOD.-In Norwalk Dec. g.. Ellen. widow of Captain Francis Sherwood. aged 73 years.
 riet Career, aged 49 years, wife of George F. Career. VROOM.-In East Norwalk, Dec. [. Hannah C., wife of Joseph Vroom. aged 67 years. BARTLETT.-In Norwalk, Dec. '. Mrs. Helen M. Bartlett, aged 7s years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-13
MAX RHIENSTIN
 IS RELIEVED
Says He Had About Lost Hope After Trying
 In Vain

MT. Max Rhienstfn, of 1S5 Fafrhs5s Ave, city made the following state ment recently in connection wit1 'Tona Vita" the rernarkab1e new tonic that is now being introd1ced 53 Bridgeport.
 'T have been 2 sufferer frSrs stomach trouble and nervousness fOg some time. There were timer when I could eat nothing but 1fqu5S koode, soft boiled eggs, toast and the Hkes and even this would cause a oIoafinz of the stomach and misery beyond stomach, bad taste in the month. especially in the morning. wss very nervous at times, attacked oy violent heada cHes, frequently consi pated, and in fact very badly run down.
 'I had tried all kinds Of medicines. and gone to several different pnTsf- clans but nothing seemed to help nae l had about lost hope when a friend suggested NToDa Vita This new medicine seemed to soothe my storn- ach and acts as 2 tonic for my sys- temA It has built me up in every way, and feel like a new man. can now eat anything and enjoy r1y meals. I think ~Tona Vita js tns most wonderful medicine have ever taken.
 Such a statement as the forszofnz should prove of unusual inteTese t0 those suffering with similar tr0oDless The specialists who are heTe intro ducing 'Tona Vita states that mem bers of any family in Brj6sepovt ars likely to be found suffering with fhe same nervous debi1itated condition of the body, as it is an all too common complaint in the large cities, wfeTs natures law are more apt Co be dis- regarded.
 "A1l of this nervous, debfl3f4ss0 fsf 4f~.1s- lis due principally t0 inpeTfeet 55~ gestion, which is Cuperfnd1eed by the strain of modern city life. Tneys Is too much hastily eaten food. seriously effected by frnperfscs sfee~- tion," continued he. They gre 51st loggy ana nervous, and easily fred. They feel worn out after tftffs exertioD and are moody and depress~ ed. There % are the sure syrogfonss = toning up and regulating. "T0na Vita will positively s1coT0pftsh tafs< toning up and restoring Sne organs to their healthy, normal condition Our preparation must prove ssffsfse> tory, or we will not take money for it.
 The specialists are now at Jsnnss Hamflton's Pharmacy, from [ a. rss, to S D. m, where they aFe meeting the public daily,
 Jnc manager or tnS StCre a4y9. We did not know much s6o0f tfsfs tonic a few weeks ago except fnee reliable people were putting fe ouf and that leading druggists fn fhs United States were getting me agency for 1t. The prsparaff6r fszs opened our eyes since the speofefIsfs arrived to introduce it. We ha~e never seen Such q, tremendous ssfs of any medicine before and the re. suits we get from purchasers sFevsry 6attering.",
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-13
Geo. B.Clark & Co.
 Furniture, Carpets, . Draperies a. e; i and Stoves
.4os7 TO lo7s BROAD STREET. OPP POST OFFICE

all likely that there was in fact any very marked excess of births in 1909 and 1910 over 1908.
 Among the states with a fairly sat- isfactory registration of births, the lar gest proportion of deaths of infants per 1000 births, 146, is found in New Hampshire, and the smallest propor- ton, 10S, in Vermont
 Among the cities with a population of 50,000 or over having high infantile death rates per 1000 births for 1910 are: Lowell, Mass, 231; Holyoke Mass. 213; Manchester, N H., 193; Fall River, Mass, 186: Detroit, Mich. 179; New Bedford, Mass, IF; Law renee. Mass, 167; Johnstown, Pa, 165; Washington, D. C., 152; and Pitts burgh, Pa., 150. The rate for Wash ington. D. C., which is the only city shown in the table with a considerable proportion of colored population, is largely affected by the infantile mor- tality among the negro population. The white infantile mortality was only 1O5 while the colored was PA. It is pos siole that the negro infantile mortal ity is exaggerated. in comparison with that of the white population by less complete registration of negro births
 The statistics of Bridgeport for 1910 ere: Births 2,976; deaths of infants under one year, 3S7; percentage of deaths to births 123.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-13
MANY PREFER OIL TO WATER Strong Sentiment For Use of New Method of Laying |,
 Dust Street Committee Plans to Use Both Methods Giving Resi- dents Whichever They
 Prefer

The committee on Streets and Side walks after an exhaustive hearing in the council chamber, last night, de- cided to submit to Director M. A. Kenny a list of the streets of the city with the preferences of the resi- dents, as voiced last evening, for either oil or water for street sprink- ling next summer.
 The committee, particularly the chairman, Alderman Daniel E. Wal ker of the Fourth, is favorable to oil for laying the dust. But the mem bers expressed themselves as in favor of giving to. the various residents whatever service they preferred. To that end, the cOmmf ttee prepared a report for Director Kenny showing the leanings of the residents who were hearl last night. The director is ex- pected to prepare estimates for oil- ing such streets as the residents want treated with oil, and for watering the other thoroughfares.
 Scores of residents spoke briefly in the council chamber last evening. George Burns, of the Burns Co.,, whose five year contract for sprinkling the streets with water has just expired, spoke in favor of oiling North avenue, street in which he is interested as resident.
 Several who were heard expressed themselves as opposed to any expense for oiling until their streets were i'm proved. Former Probate Judge Thomas c. Coughlin, counsel for a humber of East End residents. pro- tested against the sprinkl1ng of either DeForest avenue or Adams street un- til the streets are improved. He en- tered protest against the commit tees drafting long term contract without including provisions for the supervision of the contractor.
 Supt. Chapman of the Connecticut Co. told the committee his Company and use whatever the city uses in its various streets He said he would protest. however, as a matter of safe ty, against the use of oil ~on. heavy grades such as Congress street. Ii would imperil traffic, he said. Per- sonally he believes that oil Is a pass ing fad, and that water will soon be restored to general use for spr1nk- ling.
 Director Kenny again outlined for the committee has plan that the city install a 30,000 gallon oil tank at the city yard and purchase three road oil CTS to do its own work.
 The five year contract for street sprinkling with the Burns Co. expired this fall. Funds for the work will be available after April l.
 Senator Archibald McNeil advocated the laying of dust in Fairfield avenue, On the wooden block pavement, with an oil especially. adapted to use on wooden block. He appeared for all residents of the street from Park ave- nue to Clinton avenue. The use of ordinary road -oil on the blocks would be impracticable Last year several residents bought their own oil and got excellent results.
 Senator McNeil favored. the use of oil in Howe street Burroughs street and section of Noble avenue near the yards of the Archibald McNeil & Sons Co.'S coal yards and docks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-13

Silver pencfIed rocks-R. N. Dsy- ton, first on cock.
 Partridge P1yrnouff1 R0c<s--D. z, Mullane, Thon npsonvflIe, second e,9 cockereI. first on bullet, c. A. W5ns- ger, first on cock, first on hen. first oa cockerel, second on bullet.
 CoIum bian Plymouth Rocks-Wood< ward Farm, Wilton, first on cock, frse on hen.
 Buff wyandottes-Jofn g. Leonard, first on cock, second on hen. drss on cockerel, first and second on pu1Iss. Mrs. $. W. Whitney, second on cock. first and fourth on hen, third On D11~ let.
 Columbian wyand0ttes-J. Fl. S1n> cerlox, 2d, Wassafc, N. T., first and second on cock. first and third On hen, first on cockerel, second on bullet. Robert E. Hur1e, Milford, second on cockerel, third on bullet; 2. C. 5her> wood, Stamford, second and fourth on hen, fourth on cockeTel. first on pullet;s R. E. Clark and Sons, StFst- ford. third on cockereL
 White cochin bantams. Richard Forst, IT,, first on hen.
 Egg contest Best dozen brown eggs, c. E. Sartain, Fairfield, first 8. D. Smith, Milford. second. Wnfts eggs, pr. M. A. Warriner, hrsts L. vv, Mix, second.
 Best drawn picture of barred Plymouth Rock, Hazel Jones. hTst, S5s George A. Johnson. second, sZ,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-13
ORATHS OF INFANTS
 UNDER ONE YEAR OF
 AGE PER 1000 BIRTHS
Preliminary Statement Based on Ad-
 vance Bulletin by the Census Bureau

s Washington,D Dec 13.-A premlinary summary giving for 1910 the+ total number of births and the death rate of infants under 1 year Of age per 1000 and cities of 5O000 population and over, was issued to-day by Director Durand of the Bureau of the Census Department of Commerce and Labor. z The details were drawn from Mortal fty Bulletin 112, now in press, prepar- ed by pr. Greasy L. Wilbur, chief sta tistician for vital statistics, Census Bu- reau.
 Although the registration of birthS is not sufficiently complete to afford entirely dependable rates of infantile mortality for any portion of the Unit ed States, the present data have been prepared for certain areas in which 1t is probable that the birth registra- ton is conducted most efficiently The summary shows the number of living births registered for each of the three years, 1908 to 1910, and the ratio of deaths of infants under year per 1000 births. The figures given ex- clude stillbirths from both births and deaths, and the number of births, as shown for 1910 are provisional only. This fact must be taken into account .-in' considering the death rates for that year based on these provisional figures. ,. INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES OVERSTATED.
 On the assumption that the -registra- ton of births is incomplete for all the areas listed and that the registra tion of deaths of infants under 1 year of age is substantially complete, 1t is proba ble that all the rates of infantile mortality are overstated, so that the true infantile mortality must be some z what less thans the figures given.
 - Again, in some instances, there is an . Improvement in the registration of the .births. In such cases the rates of mor- -taiity computed for the earlier years are undoubtedly higher than wou have resulted had there been greater accuracy in reporting births in those years. When, through efforts of the local authorities, the registration of births is made more effective, the inn mediate result is an apparent decrease in infantile mortality which may have no basis in fact. but may be due sim ply to more complete registration. Thus in the city of Scranton, Pa, the mum . Der of births reported increased from 3,120 for 1908 to 3,583 for 1909, and re- mained at about the same number, 3,512 for 1910. The deaths of infants under-1 year of age decreased from $50 in. 1908. to 522 in 1909, while infantile mortality fell from 1T6 in 1908 to 146 in 1909 But this decrease was largely the result of efforts made by the states authorities toa secure more complete registration of births. and it is not at