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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07
The War Fifty Years Ago

General SCOTS Cautious Policy In Defense OF Washing
ton---The North Clamorous For Aggressive MOVE
ment---Fishtine Nearly Every Day After nal.s "
Biz Bethel---Vireinia and Missouri the Backgrounds
Lew Wallace Wins Victory at Romney--- johnston
Evacuates Harpers Ferry Three Days Later,--1ov,
ernor of Missouri Calls on Citizens to Rise ana Nepel
Invasion of Federals---Lyon Defeats State troops d.
first Illinois.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07

Those who Take Foley Kidney
Pills.
For their kidney and bladder all
ments, and for annoying urinary ir-
regularites are always gratful both
for the quick and permanent relief
they afford, and for their tonic and
strengthening effect As WE'LL. Try
Foley Kidney Pills.
Sold by SHERMAN s. ROCHE.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07
CORRESPONDENCE
Lincoln.

July S, 1911.
Talk about hot weather! We folks
II Lincoln have certainly had our
share.
HuYFah for the glorious F0urth!
We Ill had = fine time, but you know
Il DOESN'T come but once . year.
I'd Sathre's fine residence Is now
nearly eompieted aud Is M Of the
largest In this neighb0rh00d.
The Niases Ella drumming, Selma
Gathro md Martha Nelson spent Sum
day Afternoon at the home Of Magnild
Glbbfud.
Matthias Rusten Of Roberts county,
s. D., u visiting ct the home OF his
brother Erland Rusten.
NJ Magnhlld GuDbrud spent Fri
day afternoon with Mrs. Valdemsr
Nelson.
Anton Oron II building . new barn.
Gilbort Rommereim was seen on
The road Sunday with his motorcycle.
The Misses Ella Drumming, Lillian
and Agnes Eneb0 visited at the home
q Ian Kylling u Bsresford Satur-
day.
Sivort Haugen II the proud possess
o. 0f : new automobile.
The grain fields In this vicinity are
bog1nning 70 look yellow and every
body = preparing for the harvest.
Josoph 0running visited With Lloyd
0Athro Sunday afternoon.
People II this nsighborhood are
Gtill Wishing for more rain.
OLE farmland Jr. departed last
Monday for North Dakota where he
viii visit friends and relatives.
II. and Mn. n. Nelson visited
With NJ. and Hrs. y. =. EnebO Sun
a..
The automobiles 70 whizzing by
and = very numerous In this locali-
~.
nt0 Gortio Moen and Miss Anna
1nebc spent Sunday afternoon with
Alma Nelson.
Thu ladies' ajd society OF Skefsrud
church will hold : plsnic and sale NJ
Gho church Friday July It'll. Ice
eUoom md lemonade will be sold.
Evo11booy invited.
II. and Mn. Valdsmar Nelson and
nMtly scent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mn. Erik Ktttleson.
Busy Bee u.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07

Married at the Congregational par,
sonage In this city, Thursday July
9Th. A. j. Schaber and Emily F.
Burki, both of Hudson, S. d.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07
Western Virginia Loyal.

The Wheeling convention
on the same day as the fight at Rohl-
new. There were few slaves held west
NJ the mountains, and h people or
that section Of Virginia We're more IN
sympathy with Ohio and pennsylvania
than with the eastern half or their own
state Almost Immediately after the
ordinance of secession was passed at
Richmond the movement Tor separa-
ton had started Il now came To d
head in q convention in which prac-
tically all of the western counties were
represented. On June II this conVen-
ton adopted a formal declaration o.
independence.
The evacuation of Harpers Ferry, re-
ferred to in a preceding article, oc'
Cured on June IA, although all OF 1De
Confederates We're not out Till later.
Before leaving General Johnston or
dered the destruction OF the long anu
expensive railroad bridge across the
Potomac at this point. He then re-
tired toward Winchester. The Union
forces were then approaching the FER
nv from ~Chambersburg and Washing
ton. On June Is and II General Fat
terson's Pennsylvania army crossed
the Potomac at Williamsport, twenty
six miles above Harpers Ferry. On
account of recent rains the river was
swollen. Nevertheless the men forded
the river in midstream, the water COM
ing up to their armpits. There were
about $4,000 in the army, II eyewlt-
nesses described the scene as thrilling.
At last the impatient Keystone troops
were about to enter the enemy's cOun-
try, and it was with glad hearts and
with songs on their lips that they
marched into the water. Some war
rior has said that the singing army
fights best. In the American civil war
the men on both sides sang on the
march, by the campires and in the
charge. On this day the songs OF the
Union reached the Virginia hills ahead
Of its soldiers.
C~onfederates Gather at Manassas.
Both sides were busy sending out
diminishing and accommodating parties.
The Confederate army at Manassas
was constantly growing and was send
ing out feelers in many directions. 1t
was this army thai kept Washington
in constant alarm, and the belief there
that these skirmishing parties
were trying out the lay Of the land and
the position of the Union army with
the design of an early attack On the
capital.
One of these accommodating troops on
June II attacked a trainload of Union
troops near Vienna. General Mellow
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07
copyright by American Press Associa-
ton, 1911

ton, 1911
mo understand the campaign in
the summer and early autumn
of 1861 1t Is well to remember
that the aged General Winfield
Scott was in command. Scott was a
great soldier, but cautious and desir-
Gus of saving life. His plan of cam
paign seemed to be to safeguard Wash
ington and to force the ~Confederates
back without great loss Of men ON
either side. He wanted his generals to
attack only when fairly sure Of win
ming, holding that a Union defeat
meant added hope and strength to the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Neighbors OF
Sioux City, are visiting with Canton
friends. /.
Carl Remme Is down from Harding
County for a visit. He reports crops
fair out there.
Miss Corinne Milliman Is home
from her visit with relatives at Lin
coin, Nebraska.
Miss Alice Hannah entertained a
number of lady friends Friday evening
in honor of Mabel Fay of Seattle,
Washington, who is visiting at the
Hannah home.
A card from State Superintendent
Lawrence dated at Colorado Springs,
states that an overcoat was all right
there on July g.. He vas on his way
to the National Educational Conven-
tion at San Francisco.
About l:3O p. m. on the 4th., some
of A. Segrud's children we're elebrat-
Ing in the back part of the house, a
match was thrown into a closet full Of
ClOOIlcS. VIC w0S oiA0 1oSAio ouo ioCS
of excitment but the fire was soon put
out with the loss OF family the clothes.
Mrs. Hannah Field leaves next
week for Northfeld, MINI. Her two
sons Erastus and Alvin, who were
highschool graduates this spring, will
attend college there. Mrs. Field
called at the LEADER Office Thursday
to subscribe for the LEADER as she
wanted the new from home"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07

JOHN POPE, MADE BROADER
EARLY IN JUNE, 1861, AFTERWARD MA
JOR GENERAL, AT SECOND
BULL RUN.
on discovering the enemy encamped on
a bluff. When within 800 yards OF the
foe he disposed his lines for battle, at
the same time sending a portion OF his
men up the river by boat. He opened
the attack from a battery stationed at
the center of his line, and at the same
time his forces Oh the river began a
commandment from another direction
Prices state troops were located in d
brick house and an adjoining wheat
field. Attacked thus from W. sides at
once, and the brick house having been
penetrated by several shots, they with
drew after making a spirited fight
They made a second stand In the edge
of a nearby wood, but were again driv-
en- out and fed. leaving a considerable
quantity Of military stores, which fell
into Lyons hands.
An amusing side light on the affair
was the gleeful claim Of the New York
Tribune that Lyon had killed 300 and
CdpluISo " l IAS ChShhy. 0S q "dt
ter of fact, there were fewer than fifty
killed. although many prisoners were
taken. Lyon then pressed on and oe-
cupied Boonville. General Price was
not at this battle. One account had it
that he was sick and another hat he
had advised against a battle and with
drawn.
N~on% no%e n Ha14r41o-
June II was a momentous day, aside
from the battles of Vienna and Boon
vile and the declaration OF %independ-
ence by West Virginia. Colonel Stone
that day occupied Leesburg. which had
been evacuated by the Confederates.
Ulysses S. Grant was that day appoint
ed colonel of the Twenty-irst Illinois.
Spain that day declared her neutrality,
as England and France had already
done. Jefferson Davis that day visited
Manassas. And on that day the
e~ighty-sixth anniversary of the battle
Of Bunker Hill was celebrated in Bos-
ton, several troops ready for the front
participating; also a regiment of Mas
sachusetts soldiers passed through Bal
t1more that day and was cheered, al
though on the anniversary of the bat
tie of Lexington another Massachusetts
regiment had been mObbed in the
streets Of the same city.
Come to us for your repair work.
1t makes no difference what 1t is, we
can do it and do it right, we are bet
ter equipped for all kinds of repair
and machine work than any other
shop in the state. 51Jf.
Juel Bros. Manufacturing Co.
COME! BRUSH UP! COME!
Follow nature; notice her bright
new mantle, and consequently her
expression. She sees the
prosperous season before her now.
You may also see it by simply taking
Of the Great Reduction
Sale at the One Price Clothier.
Save Big Money on your summer
Our goods are going very
fast. During the mex FEW days,
we shall include our entire line of
hummer Underwear, Cavanetts, Rain
coats and listers, also our full line Of
Felt Hats at slaughter prices. Come
and receive a Gordon Hat at 81. so.
You Need The GOODS
We Need The MONEY
"A. ToBIAsEN, Canton,
The One Price Leading Clothier
NJ -G 49,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07
ter Mrs. Martin johnson last week.

ter Mrs. Martin johnson last week.
The Fairview cornet band played at
Moe on the Fourth and a large crowd
attended the picnic.
Mable Swanson spent a few days
with her Uncle and Aunt, Henry and
Lizzie Swanson.
Everybody is busy cutting their
winter wheat.
Julia Kenison came down from
Sioux Falls Monday to be at home
over the 4th, returning Tuesday eve
ming.
Sven Amunson Francis Vermilyea
! and Marshal Mathison went up to
Wortbing to spend the 4th with VIM.
Bradshaw and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knut Amunson and
daughter Julia spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust DOkken.
Mrs. s. j. Moen and son Wallace
visited last week with friends neal
Postville, Ia, returning home Mon
day evening.
Henry Amunson and Norman
Thackery spent the 4th at Hudson.
THE MERRY WIDDowER.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07

Come to us for your repair work.
1t makes no difference what 1t is, we
can do it and do it right, VIZ are bet
ter equipped for all kinds of repair
and machine work than any other
shop In the state. 5lJf.
Juel Bros. Manufacturing Co.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
To Incline Toward Mercy.

Jim had been far from good boy
during the day and toward nightfall
he realized the fact fully. Being well
acquainted with the workings OF fam
fly discipline he essayed little d.
plomacy
Shall you tell father about me?'
he inquired OF his mother
Certainly shall tell him." respond
ed his mother, with sorrowful firm
ness.
Shall you tell him before dinner or
after dinner?" asked the culprit.
After dinner" was the announce
ment.
Mother" and Jim gave wiggle
of anticipation, couldn't you have a
blueberry pudding for his dessert?
Couldn't you do that much for me,
mother ?"-Youth's Companion.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
STONE MOVED By THE SUN
Immense Mass Of Granite In Ohio
Cemetery Underooes Curious
Revolutions.

An interesting object is to be seen
in a cemetery Of Ohio-a large gran
fte stone weighing two tons, in the
shape of ball. which is gradually
turning on its axis. During the last
five years. SO it is said. this ball has
turned a fraction over 13 inches.
When the ball was placed in position
an unpublished spot six inches in diam
eter was purposely left In the socket
of the pedestal whereon it rested A
little later it was noted with astonish-
ment that this spot was turning up
ward on the south side OF the monu-
ment. This curious revolution OF the
polished ball. to lift which would re-
Quire large derrick. is supposed to
be due to the suns action. in the fol-
lowing manner: The solar rays heat
ing one side cause the ball to expand
to a certain degree whereas the north
side. which rests mostly in the shade.
does not expand to the same extent.
thus causing the ball gradually to
shift its position by turning.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

extended from Minnesota. across Ontario. to Lab
rador. Nobody but geologists make the state
ment with confidence. They say these noun
tains the Oldest mountains the CONT
nent: that they old when the Rockies
yet informed: that the glacial drift and the dis
integrating effects OF untold millions OF years
of heat and cold have worn them away until only
the roots" remain; and they point to the roots
proof OF their theory.
The roots there. Anybody them.
Some OF them below the surface, some are
above Over most OF the roots few feet
of earth, but here and there, huge shoulder OF
rock thrusts Itself above the surface; here and
there great ledge plows Its way through the
forests and then disappears In the marsh; and
nowhere can one dig far without coming to rock
A singular incident explains, perhaps. why
these mountain roots were not permitted to re-
main untouched for another hundred million
years. The incident had Its inspiration in poll
tics The Ontario government felt that it was
losing strength with the farmers. Wise men IN
the ministry looked around to what could be
done. The farmers in the clay belt" had been
clamorng for a railroad. The ministry decided
that 1t would be good politics to give II to them.
So it decided to build railroad from North
bay on the shores OF Lake Nipissing to connect
with the great transcontinental line. under con-
struction farther north.
1t was while this railroad building that
Fred La Rose. a member OF the construction
gang blasted his way into old mountain root.
made himself rich made Cobalt, made more than
q score OF multimillionaires and caused Canada,
which had produced almost no silver. to produce
IL per cent OF the worlds output. Two men, In
six days. trundled out $4,000 worth of silver
with a wheelbarrow. As an indirect result Sud
bury became the worlds chief producer of nickel
All Of which seemed to be against the rules
made and provided by nature. Canada had never
been known as a silver country. Near Cobalt
there was nothing the surface to indicate that
silver might be near But no eye had seen below
the surface No mind had dreamed OF the gold
and silver filled roots Of worn-on mountains An
explanation was required-and geologists who ex-
amined the formations gave It.
The geological assurance that the entire re
gion might be sprfnkled with precious metals
quickly caused the country around Cobalt to be
prospected. But prospecting in forestcovered
marshes does not proceed rapidly. Not until the
summer Of 1909 did prospectors push $50 miles
northward to the region Of Porcupine lake.
There IL about - much uncertainty with -
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

son. or one OF his subordinates-no TWO repoi
this point alike-found the great Do"'
that bears Wilson's name Inc I'm.
ridge of rock. $50 feet long. 40 to 81 iee' WIZ.
90 to 80 feet above ground, and no one ye. -
how deep, that is heavily laden with eoio' W ~,
the moss from 1t anywhere ana there 81
Nothing In the history OF gold mining oe,'e.
illustrates the eccentricites OF gold miners than
the discovery of the Dome" The discovering
party consisted OF three men. headed oy 1acA
Wilson. The expedition financed by chi
cago named Edwards, who was engaged IN
the manufacture OF lighting fixtures Eo"aros
was to put up all the money in return TOT a
half interest in anything that might De dlscov
cred. Wilson to have quarter interest anu
each of the other two an eighth
For several weeks they prospected. first to the
east Of Porcupine lake, in Whitney township then
to the west, in Tisdale township. They founo
gold and staked claims. But the great
Dome" although they camped. some OF the time.
within sight of 1t, almost escaped them. 1t was
finally discovered according to the story that
is generally believed only because one OF VIII
sons subordnates stumbled across It. He was
miner. knew nothing about geology. but dld
know enough to scrape on moss Also. he had
eyes. When the moss was OF he could not help
seeing the gold. The great ridge that was hence
forth to be known the Wilson Dome" had
been found. Stakes were driven and claim laid
to the huge boulder.
Perhaps the most remarkable story. however.
that has come out OF the Porcupine was told by a
prospector named ''Bill' Woodney.
mining man whom believe to be reliable told
that Bill came to him one day and showed him
a remarkably rich piece Of gold quartz. at the
same time asking him where he supposed 1t came
from
Not from anywhere in Canada" was the reply.
II thought you would say that" was the com
ment. but you wrong.
Then Bill" told his story
He said the quartz was given to him by . widow.
Her husband had been accidentally killed q short
time before she gave 1t to him. The widow told
him that the quartz came from vein near Lake
Abitibi. frigid sheet OF water up toward Hudson's
bay. 900 miles north Of Cobalt. Her husband and
two other men whom she named had found the
vein They had staked their claims and regis-
tered them with the government at Toronto. be-
cause such registration would have been q notifica
ton to the world that they had found gold in the
region. Winter near when the discovery was
made and they wanted to return In the spring.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
Her Wedding March.

A young girl who had never heard
Of Mendelssohn's wedding March,
but was familiar with the more popu.
lar parody on 1t, was a witness to a
wedding cermony in an uptown
church recently. AS the betrothed
pair walked with dignif1ed tread to-
ward the altar to be wed. and the or
gan pealed forth Mendelssohn's inspir.
ing ndArch. the young girl was plainly
shocked. When she arrived at her
home she told her mother Of the cere-
mony and innocently exclaimed:
What do you think. mother, they
played Gee Whiz! I'm Glad I'm
Free"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
Warned.

A serious-minded New Yorker, who.
because Of his dignified outlook on
life, has sent his son, aged twelve, to
a particularly strict and proper board
ing school in New England. unexpect-
edly visited the school last week. AS
certaining the location OF his young
flights of stairs necessary to reach it
and entered. On a mammoth pla-
card suspended from a steel engrav-
ing Of washington and Generals"
(presented to the youth as Christ
mas gift by his admiring parent) was
the cheerful sentiment:
Don't spit on the ceiling. We have
lost our ladder"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
Cause and Effect.

Il see from the papers," said Daw-
son, that there is a great scarcity OF
chorus girls this year"
Il was afraid there would be-" said
Wiggles. It's only another case Of
cause and effect. The French cham
pagne crop has practically failed. and
Holsters are scarcer than hens teeth
this season."-Harper's Weekly.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
IW ann or mr.
CCLD HN0 =

gard to who hrst
discovered gold in
Porcupine as there
is with regard to
W h O discovered
America. George
Bannerman. how
ever. appears to be
the Columbus OF
the occasion. Ban
herman, a n ol q
prospector. In July.
1909, scraped the
moss from a bit OF
the surface OF a
projecting rock and
saw wet flakes OF
shining gold star
ing up at him from
the quartz. But the
first great discov-
cry was made by
a gang OF prospec-
tors h e a d e d by
lack Wilson. VIII
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

WHEN RUBBERs BECOME NECESSARY
And your shoes pinch, Allen s Foot Ease, the Anti
septic be shaken into the Is he
thing to Try 1t for Breaking In New shoea
Fold every where. &c. sample FREE. Address A. 8.
Olmstsd, Le hoy. N. Y. Doat ocoept sAbstatut
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

A woman can straighten up mans
desk in five minutes SO efYectually that
he won't be able to find anything he
wants in Ave hours.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

yuan OelnB COulu nave H'eu nj
face; when his face would not
have been stingtng; when his
swollen features would not have
made him grotesque.
But few had ever suffered. be-
cause there were only few to
suffer Only an occasional trap
per ever penetrated the wilder
ness. The prospector had not
come. because the prospector. as
q rule, goes only where mountains
beckon. The prospector did not
know that mountains. like teeth.
may wear of until only their roots
remain. Nor did the prospector
know that. in the great dentistry
of nature. these mountain roots
are sometimes filled with gold and
silver. nickel and iron.
Yet such is the fact. When the
world was young a mountain range
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

The longer we live the more we
realize what we might have done but
didn't
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
Amono COLLEAGUES,

"Ia am afraid that man speaks before
he thinks"
'Impossible,"
Why"
He never thinks"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

All druggists sell the famous Herb rem.
edy, Garfield Tea. It corrects constipation
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

Loud apparel naturally proclaims
the man.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

PILES CURED IN D TO Il DAY9
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT
MENT fails to euro any case of IfchinE blind
Bleeding Prntfudins Files in 70 Il daye. 6c
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
ikA 1

Reporter-Colonel, you and I know
there was money used in electing Lit
tlebraye. How much did it cost him?
You may as well tell me, for I'm going
to find out.
Politician-What makes you think
there was-er-bribery?
Reporter-Why, blame 1t, man. he
was elected
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18
THE ONE DEFECT.

An heirloom" explained the farm
er's wife to her 13-year-old boy. us
something that has been handed down
from father to son, and in some In
stances is greatly priced"
I'D prize these heiriooms Pm wear
ing" remarked the youngster, "a good
deal more if they wasn't so long in
the legs ""~azine.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

W. N. w., DENVER, NO. 11-is11.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-03-18

the temperature dropped to 60 degrees below zero
and the the forest branches. In the
summer there pest OF insects. Poisonous
black fies-almost invisible because Of their small
ness-buzzed all the day. At night the black flies
laid on and the mosquitoes came There
never summer hour. by day or night. when hu-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-03-17
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

With the coming of spring the
matter of road Improvement has TAX
en- firm hold upon the farmers and
citizens as well. While the roads in
the vicinity of Pullman are in a fair
condition considering the time of
year, little dragging of the public
highways by the farmers would work
wonders in the way of improving the
roads for travel. The people of
Evansville district are planning to
put on five drags in that neighbor-
hood, to be operated by the farmers
and the construction of the drags to
be paid for by the farmers and Cham
Der of Commerce, the county having
offered to furnish the timber for
same. 1t is estimated that these
drags can be built for between SO
and So each and if each farmer in
the county follow the example of the
Evansville people and drag the road
from his own gate to that of his
neighbor, the highways would be
wonderfully improved. 1t could be
so arranged that the work would be
all done the same day and all the
roads of the county would be dry and
in good condition at the same time.
In the next issue of this paper will
be published an article by President
F. Nj. Slagle of the Chamber of Cam
merce, on road improvement, which
will be interesting both from the
point of view of farmers and the
| townspeople.