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81, 600 AT
TO FIGHT LICENSE,

Redfeld, S. DAT q meeting of
the business and professional men
OF Redheld Thursday evening 4 fund
OF $4,000 was raised in 80 minutes.
time for the purpose of keeping Red
field dry for the coming year. Less
than half Of the men Of the town
have been canvassed and the COM
mittee having the financial end of
the campaign in hand expect to swell
the amount to well over $4,000.
A year ago the saloons went u OF
Redneld BY q majority Of III votes.
The results have been 30 gratifying
mat 1t was the unanimous opinion Of
the citizens in attendance at the
meeting to carry through last years
program again.
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MURDO DEVELOPS
MARKET A PLAN

Murdo. 8. D.-Murdo has again in
stttuted the idea Of having IN oeeas-
ional market day, and the nrst one
this year wa held Saturday Of last
week. This was the nrst one held for
two years. and It proved . success IN
every respect. The affair 70 IN charee
OF the commercial club ana special
prizes are offered by the club and BY
the different business men Of the city.
An auction sale IL also provided 1t
which anyone with only q few arti-
cles to sell can offer them. and this
proves quite q drawing card. The at
tendance Saturday was very good and
several Of y merchants reported
the largest days business they have
had for several months.
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OUT OF rowN PEOPLE WE'D.

A pleasant event took place Sat-
urday evening at the patronage OF
the First Methodist Episcopal church
when Mr.. Oscar r. Hobart was mar
rfed to Miss Alice Norton. The
young people were attended by Miss
Inez Norton the sister Of the bride
and Mr.. NJ. A. Mohn. DR.. ]. 8.
Hoagland read the impressive service
of the church using the ring cere-
many. The young people will spend.
a few days visiting the home Of the
groom's parents in the town Of In
terror among the Rlack Hills after
which they will go to their own home
in Chamberlain. The bride 10 o we'll
known young lady OF Mitchell where
she has lived for a number Of years
and greatly endeared herself to .
large circle Of friends BY her nne
character. attractive personally and
pleasing manners. She will be much
missed among many friends. The
groom is a young gentleman Of abil-
ity occupying q responsible position
as telegraph operator in the employ
of the Western Union at Chamber
lain. They will be at home to all
their friends after March 9th.
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try In Corson county, and two home.
steaders. George Ballard and John
Timber. were severely burned in
fighting the flames, but will recover.
The fire started three miles south OF
Mcintosh. in Custer township, ana
burned over a strip two miles wide
and five miles long before It was
finally extinuguished. A number of
cattle and horses owned by home
steaders were burned. Among the
heavier losers were w. L. Payne, who
lost lumber and fencing and sorne
livestock; o. v. Olson, whose barn
was burned; Thomas Dougherty, who
lost his barn, and George Ballard,
who in addition to receiving personal
Injuries, lost his barn and c~onsidera-
BILE farm machinery.
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UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
HELP OUT the 'DRYS'
NEARLY 1000 WISCONSIN UNI.
VERSITY MEN PACK ASSEMBLY
CHAMBER AT MADISON TO
HELP THE "DRYS."

Madison, Wis.-Nearly four thou
sand students of the University of
wisconsin packed the Assembly cham
Der and adjacent corridors, appear
ing to faver the Axel Johnson bill to
drive out saloons from the tirritory
within a radius of five miles from the
flagstaff on Main hall at the univer-
sity. This would include the entire
City of Madison.
The extent OF the sentiment for a
dry" city was a surprise even to the
citizens of Madison. who in the past
have been rather blase on the sub
ject. The growth Of the drink hab-
it among the students, however.
proved the most telling argument Of
fered for the passage Of the bill, ana
statistics were offered to prove these
assertions. 1t has been shown that
in the past year there have been 4S7
arrests for drunkenness in the city,
and that, in addition, nearly two
hundred persons taken to the police
stations who, for the most part were
students, we're released in order that
they might not have to appear in
court and thus suffer expulsion from
the university under the rules. There
are nearly thirty saloons in the city
which cater almost exclusively to stu
dents. and It was charged that 1t is
possible to buy liquor in nearly all OF
the drug stores in the Latin quarter.
The meeting presented some
strange features. The German Ameri-
can Alliance Of this city sought to
pack" the meeting. 1t is said to keep
out the students, but the latter, well
organized and apprised Of the efforts
of the wet" leaders arrived early
and premepted all Of the available
seats.
There Is said to be a possibility OF
the passage Of the johnson bill, al
though other restrictive legislation
and the county option bill are not ex-
pected to 90 through the lower
House. The johnson bill would wipe
,out eishty-nve saloons and three
breweries in this city.
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MANY PRAIRIE FIRES
WEST Of MISSOURI
IN STANLEY, LYMAN AND CoRsON
COUNTIES HOMESTEADERs
AND FARMERS LOSE BARNS.
GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK.

Pierre, S. D.-Residents of south
ern Stanley and northern Lyman
counties have been sufferers from fire
to a large extent the past week. In
Southern Stanley county, David Pet
erson lost three granaries and con-
tents, and a barn with several hay
stacks. The family had retired for
the night and knew nothing of the
fire until they were reused by the
ringing Of their telephone bell, by
neighbors who wanted to know Just
where the fire was which they coulu
see was burning in that vicinity.
The loss was a heavy n as the
buildings had a large amount of
grain stored in them.
In Lyman county G. Y. Floid liv-
ing near Kennebec lost his barn and
hay with eleven head Of horses, sew
eral head of cattle and hogs and a
number of chickens. This fire an
pears to have been incendiary as sev-
eral partly burned matches were
found at the point where the fire EVIL
IDENTIFY started in a hay stack. An
other Lyman county resident named
Crane lost his residence and con-
tents by fire starting in an unknown
manner. this fire being near Sweeny,
the loss amounting to several hun.
dred dollars. ]. D. Rose, near Iona
in Southern Lyman lost his house
and contents. the family barely es.
Gaping. Mrs. Rose being severely
burned, in attempting to save some
property from the burning building
The family was left with but the
clothing they wore out Of their house.
hold effects.
In addition to this there is a tria,
on in the Stanley county court a,
present in which a resident Of the
southern part Of that county /,
charged with having burned severa,
stacks of hay which belonged to 8
neighbor, the alleged cause being .
neighborhood quarrel.
HoMEsTEADERs LOSE THROUGh
CORsON COUNTY PRAIRIE WREt
Aberdeen, s. D.-A prairie ar,
swept over . large section Of coun
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COSTS


Minneapolis, Minn.-Fanned by a
strong wind . small bon fire started
in an alley by children at play. caus-
ed q fire in the heart Of the fashion
able residence district. hlled with
apartment house, that caused q loss
that will aggregate one million dol
lars. The hre communicated to the
warehouse Of the Tyler lumber COM
.pany and one Of the 1ercest conna-
grations Of recent years was soon in
progress.
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ST. PATR1cK's R

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Frank Smith en-
~tertained a party OF their lady and
gentlemen friends Saturday evening
at a st. Patrick's Day affair, with
about twenty-five in attendance. The
rooms were very prettily decorated
for the occasion, green and white
colors being utilized with dne effect.
Articles OF an emblematic nature
were used in several places which
added interest to the decorations.
During the evening the host and
hostess provided many enjoyable
games for the delectation Of their
guests, embracing pit, finch ana
somerset. and much merriment fol-
lowed in playing the games. A fish
pond had been arranged in one Of
the rooms, and with the guests being
provided with poles and a hook they
tried their luck in securing some
thing from the pond, and there were
none who failed to draw a prize OF
some kind. The souvenirs Of the oc-
casion were very pretty and will be
treasured. At IL O'Clock the host
ess served a two-course luncheon,
the menu of which was delightful
and appetizing. She was assisted in
serving by Misses Pearl and Alice
Johnson. On taking their departure
the guests expressed themselves in
very complimentary terms on the de-
lightful evening which had been af-
forded them.
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per which was served in the post
rooms, the ladies Of the Relief Corps
serving a fine meal. The evening
was spent in a very enjoyable man
ner, the feature of which was several
informal addresses from both orders.
Geo. A. Silsby acted as POSTMASTER
of the evening and called upon FRANK
Levings, Mr.. Omealy. captain Shade,
8. C%attrell. ]. L. Morgan and Henry
Nolt, each of whom referred to the
war scenes in which they had been
engaged. The remarks were quite
interesting. These two orders meet
once a year in an affair of this kind.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY.
Miss Nellie DeJean. of P%lankinton,
who is we'll known in this city, en-
tertained a party of sixty girl friends
at her home in Plankinton last Sat-
urday, at which time she announced
her coming marriage to j. w. Her
cules. of Rock Island. Ill. Misses
Lyons, Patterson. Linklater, Ccrker,
Mallory and Marsh Of this city attend
ed the party.
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THE HY-Los AT BRIDGE.

Saturday evening occurred the
regular session of the Hy-Lo bridge
whist club, which was held at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. George E.
Carlson, 514 Rowley street. when
three tables were engaged in play.
The cor cards were emblematic Of
st. Patrick's Day and were very
unique. They were the handiwork
OF Mrs. Carlson which she did in wa
ter coiors. representing articles dis
tinctively Irish in the way Of a po-
tatoe. four-leaf clover, 1rishman's
face, q pipe. a pig. which the guests
retained as souvenirs Of the occasion
of the talent Of the hostess. When
the games were concluded and the
scores figured up the head prizes were
awarded to MI. and Mrs. Oney Sweet.
The prizes for both the head and the
consolation exceedingly pretty
and were quite appropriate. Each one
was a water color picture represen-
tative Of q face In connection with
st. Patrick's Day, and which the
winners appreciated very much. At
the close Of play the hostess served
refreshments and a pleasant half
hour was spent in a social manner.
The club will meet this evening. The
season for the Hy-Los will end with
the last Saturday in April. at which
time the scores for the entirel play
ing season will be added and prizes
will be awarded to the winners. By
reason Of the season-end prize the in
I~terest in the games during the win.
ter has been maintained with much
I%fervor.
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II VIII be recognized that Nj.
Jones IL sure soms pioneer. hav-
ing watched the state develop from
. wilderness Of blue-joint to the
prosperous and productive aSYicul-
tural section she nov 10.
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WEDDING

Tuesday. March 81, was the Thrift
eth wedding anniversary Of Mr.and
Mrs. B. R. Jones. Of Prosper Town
ship. The occasion prompted about
fifty Of the near neighbors and
friends of the estimable couple to
perpetrate a most thorough surprise
on them.
The entire company congregated
at q nearby farm house and pro-
ceeded in a body to the Jones resi-
dence where . greater part Of the
family had retired for the night.
It is needless to say that there
was . general scramble around the
household for shoes and stockings
and other more essential wearing APP
parel. After order had been restor-
ed and all were in presentable shape,
the company took possession Of the
comfortable home and started in TO
have a good time. The evening was
spent in social intercourse and mu-
sic after which an elaborate supper
was served.
At . late hour George Watson. in
a few appropriate remarks in behalf
Of the visitors. presented the host and
hostess with some beautiful pearl
handed silver ware q . token Of the
esteem in which they are held and
as souvenir Of the occasion.
Mr.. Jones can relate many inter
esting incident connected with Pic.
neer life. He came west from Rock.
ford. Iowa and crossed the Jim Riy.
Ell. on May 1, 1879. and fled on the
homestead and timber claim on
which he has resided continuously
lever since. He ct once began the
erection Of q modern sod house on
the banks Of Evening Greek. Here
his happiness and prosperity became
too great for one person to enjoy
alone 90 he returned to Iowa and
was married to Miss Emma Colby.
At this time the railroad had gotten
as far west q Rock Valley, Ia. La.
ter. when Mitchell was placed on the
map, Mr.. Jones was one OF the meu
who hauled lumber from Marion
Junction to build the nrst church
which q now known ~ Hope Chapel
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ENTERTAINED SOME FRIENDS.


Wednesday afternoon Mrs. John
Nelson entertained a party Of her 10
dy friends at q Kensington which the
ladies found quite profitable to them
selves and much pleasure in mingl-
ing with their friends. Late in the
afternoon the hostess served some
dainty refreshments. AT $50 o'clock
Mrs. Nelson had In quite q few
young people for supper, and after
refreshments had been served the
rest Of the evening was devoted Ia
cards. The affair was very p~leasan,
to the young people and they fe4,
themselves very much indebte~
hostess for the happy occasion Of
bringing them together.
ENssS HgHn. 80 a. aHaH ss
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Durtng ~ sveaines light refresh-
Aksnt1 were ssrvsd n the dining
toon.v htcAMvaa presidsd@oyer BY
AEls.J ]. J. wells. Mrn q. r. Kleinau.
Mr.. Thomas Norton. Mn. W. r.
Bali. Mrs. Robsrt Ward. AZ the
zpaArh-howlNrs s. I. Kerfoot and
Nr1. 8. H. scallin presided. willie In
tho parlor and reception hall Mrs.
George A. Saisby. Mn. n. E. Hitch
cock and Mrs. H. q. Nichols assisted
In directing the guests and informal
u welcoming them - they arrived.
During the evening Hunters or
chestra furnished me music. and.
they were stationed In one Of the
rooms on the second floor.
Mr.. Rogers was born at Oneida,
New York. Dec. 20. 1889, and went
to Illinois to live with his parents
when IS. years Of age. Mrs. Rogers
was born in England. Oct. IA, 1889.
and came to this country when she
was two years old. locating in ILL.,
nois. They were married at Durand,
Illinois, March 20, 1861. and three
years later with THAR one child they
got the western fever and took up
the march to the Pacific slope, going
from Chicago to San Francisco by
way Of New York and the Isthmus
of Panama, but finally retraced their
steps and settled at Carson City Me-
vada, when 1t was attracting the at
tention the people because Of its
richness in mining. They remained
there for three years when he sold
out, and returned to Illinois and set
tied on q farm near Peccatonica.
Taere they lived and raised their
family, until the year 1882, when
Mr.. Rogers sold out and came to
Mitchell. then Dakota territory. He
built the first residence on the south
part of the city when there were but
very few houses there. and which
was afterwards purchased for the
presidents house Of the University.
Last fall he was elected treasurer Of
Dawson county, winning out in the
.primary in the early summer over
several opposing candidates.
To Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have been
born ten children who have come to
bless their hearthstone, eight OF
whom are living and two are dead,
two boys having died in their In.
fancy. The sons living are Wilford
D., who Is living in San Francsco
with his family, but who was not
able to be present, and Hubert Earl,
who 10 also married and resides. a,
Yankton. The other six children are
all daughters. and in point Of ags
ARE: Mrs. George H. Eastman. re.
siding in Wyoming on a ranch, Car
rie B., who married o. H. Taylor,
formerly an Instructor in the Local
University, and who lives in Erie, Pa.
Emily D., who married w. E. Upton,
and lives in this city. Edna May, who
Is a teacher in the city schools OF
Minneapolis. Julia B., who married
Jay A. Dundass and resides at Cham
lberlain, 8. D., Henrietta. who is mar
ried to Fred T%erpenning, OF Cham
berlain. s. d. There n IL grand
children. nine boys and light. girls,
i The occasion of the bringing to-
gether Of this family was one Of the
happiest events held in Mitchell In
years and the honors that were CON
ferred upon the couple by their hosts
OF friends Mll show them the great
appreciation in which they are held.
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Old SOLDIERS ENTERTAIN.
Thursday evening the members Of
the q. A. r. entertained the members
OF the Spanish War veterans ct . sup
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shoMessAndSltwo large tables were
brousht Into use to accommodate the
stAifty-onss q the family and relatives
Who weress seated around the tables
AfSur course dinner was served,
mt stkissMss4aocomplished through
the Ms1ssnfH sraics Upton and
Mollis 4Judgs. Before the dinner waa
se.vsd NJ. Rogers plate was sur.
roun1sd With letters from oldtime
lnsndssandsthess he opened and
S1esd Which#wsFte accompanied viii
ahuskiness ofNyoies when some Of
the expressions touched him deeply,
The children who were able to be
present were Mr.. Carrie 3. A.y.s
- Nris. Pa. Earl Rogers. and Wifi
70 Yankton. Mrs. Jay A. Dundas and
sMrs.aFred Terpenning. Of Chamber.
lain. Mis- May Rogers OF Minneapo.
IL. ana the hostess Of the day. Mrs.
Upton. Mrs. George Eastman. who
fesidessin Montana, and Wiford Rog.
10 resides in California were
unable to be present. and 1t was the
one ~sadsreEret Of the occasion.
Incident to the celebration Of the
golden wedding. the entire family
Wis shtsrtained at dinner Sunday at
thsshome of Mrs: George A. silsby. a
sistsr Of Mrs. Rogers. and which re-
solved itself into q very pleasant At
fair.
The reception held Monday even
I'M. brought out over two hundred
friends % lar. and Mrs. Rogers, and
thsrss vas y perfect stream Of callers
bstvesnth hours Of and 10
oclock. The honored couple stood
IN the pArlor and received their
friends 10 they came and who were
vary cordial n their expressions on
lths Sattainment g nifty years OF we'd
dsd LIE. Among the visitors were
thoss Who came 70 Mitchell about the
same period 81 time and some : few
years earlier. while there were Z
Soodly number Of others who have
comet slater time. but all Joined in
the same hearty expressions OF good
Fellowship and wished them many
. yeArs Of happiness.
lin one5corner Of the room stood q
table which contained the marks Of
Appreciation ~ shown blythe friends
ssand fraternal orders. and these tok.
ens were beautiful emblematical Of
their nifty year period. Tho Eastern
\ Star presented Mrs. Rogers with Z
eoldheaded parasol. the Rsbekahs Z
sgold PIN, The Methodist Ladies' Aid
ut clock. and the division Of the
Ala toswhichs Mrs. Rogers belongs
Gays her aSKold berry spoon. whils
- wonan'saReiief Corps presented
Aer WITH recognition pin. Mr.. Rog'
en- ~ recognised ~ the Masoni
WITH s gold eeldheadsd can, and tn
inodd Fellows rave him 8 gold RIM
bearing three links. The rift fron
fhe children 70 their parents consist
sdsof apurss Of gold coins Of : sub.
stantial sam. There we're man indi
yidual agIfftssfrom friends . IN attes
satlsn of ths personal worth, whils
othsrs ssat many beautiful flower
tor decorative purposes.
rkssdscorat4on IA the rooms wer,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-04-14
lmpalind the Wild Boar.

In Germany the boar hunt occurs an
nually. Trained hounds are held in
leash until the lair of the boars is sniff
ed, and then they are let go. OFF rush
the bristling beasts. They run fast,
and the faster they skip along the wild
er and 'madder' they get. Sometimes
they are shot, but the correct style of
killing is to use long spear or a short
swOrdlike knife. The hunter spies his
boarship speeding along in an almost
straight line, blinded with rage and
ferOcity. Bending over sideways to the
earth, the sportsman thrusts his spear
dull end downward in the soil and the
sharp point slanting upward and turn
ed directly to the boar's path. Straight
on the wild hog rushes, and with all
the impetus Of his long flight he plunges
upon the spear point and there, impaled,
dies q bloody death.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-04-14
Tho Shepherd and His Flock.

= certain good bishop was in Italy
for his health, and while walking in
the country one day he met a small
girl who was tending some pigs. The
animals were giving her great deal
Of trouble, and the good bishop offered
to stay and watch the ones that were
grunting and roofing in Il ditch while
the little shepherdess went 10 catch
two runawayS that had strayed from
the fold. When she came back the
reverend gentleman stroked the I'M
kempt curly head of the child and ask
ed her how much she earned by her
hard work and was told that she re-
ceived soldi q day
DO you know" said he. that I, too,
am Il shepherd? But l earn much more
than YOU
All yes" answered the little peas
ant, but no doubt you tend many
more pigs than | do
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-04-14
A Learned Russian eabv.


William Lyon Phelps tells this story
about Robert Louis Stevenson as Illus
trating the cosmopolitanism Of Rus
sian character, which Professor Phelps
says is unaccountable in a measure
for the international effect and infiu-
ence OF Russian novels. Stevenson,
writing from Mentone to his mother,
Jan. Z, 1874, said: I'VE have two lit
tie Russian girls, with the youngest Of
whom, little polyglot button OF a
three-year-old, l had the most laugha-
BILE little scene at lunch today She
said something in Italian which made
everybody laugh very much. After
some examination she announced en-
phatically to the whole table in Ger
man that / was madchen. This
hasty conclusion as to my sex she was
led afterward to revise, but her new
opinion was announced in language
quite unknown to me and probably
Russian. To complete the scroll of
her accomplishments she said goodby
to me in very commendable English"
Three days later Stevenson added:
1.-The little Russian kid is only two
and q half. She speaks six Ian
yllageS."
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-04-14
"a Ridht ard Lawful Rood"

An example of the old rough and
ready methods of arriving at a meas
uremelt is the Elizabethan way Of
getting the feet" Falentin Leigh,
who wrote on surveying. records that
after service on Sunday sixteen men
were stopped ut the church door. just
rs they happened to come out. and
drawn up in line. left foot to left foot
The length thus obtained was taken
as "a right and lawful rood to meas
ure and survey the land with" and
a sixteenth part OF it us "a right and
lawful foot" Although big and little
men were thus roughly averaged
against each other, the results nat
urally varied to some extent. Hence
it is, as Shaw Sparrow notes in treat
ing of this rood" as the architectural
bay" which gives us the bay win
dow" that Il bay is sometimes found
to be rather less than sixteen feet of
twelve inches.-London Chronicle.