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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-30
PLANT OWNED BY WOMEN.
The Iarke Illinois Factory That is
Under Their Control.

in the industrial history OF llIlnois
exists at Aurora and concerns its
largest manufacturing plant outside
OF the Burlington Railroad shops.
By the death of Charles H. Smith,
nine women are left in control OF
the great plant at the eastern edge
of the city of Aurora that employs
hundreds of men and turns out road
construction machinery and railroad
cars that are shipped to every part
ct the world, says The Chicago Tri-
bune. One-half of the material used
In building the Panama canal has
been manufactured at the gigantic
factory, now owned solely by women.
Many years ago the late Warren
Beckwith was roadmaster of the Bur-
lington division Of the Burlington
Railroad in Iowa. Charles H. Smith
was his clerk. AS the Burlington
Railroad was being built through
Iowa. Beckwith had much to do with
it's construction. He decided to go
into this kind of work and took his
young clerk as partner.
In their work these two men
found work for road graders and
they commenced to manufacture in
a small way for themselves only.
Then they found a demand for their
product among competing companies
and soon they established factory
for the manufacture of scrapers.
This was at Mount Pleasant, a., and
was the beginning of the Western
Wheeled Scraper Company, now
owned by nine women.
Capt. Beckwith and the late DR..
Mcclure, of Mount Pleasant, Ia, had
married sisters, the Misses Porter,
of that city. Beckwith and Smith
asked Mcclure to take some stock in
the company and he did so. To-day
the entire stock of the Western
Wheeled Scraper Company is held
by the families of these men, all of
whom are dead. Further, the stock
is controlled by the women of the
three families, Mrs. c. H. Smith and
her daughters, Stella, Edna and &C.
nevieve, Aurora; Mrs. S. E. Beck
with and her step-daughter, Mrs.
Trigg Garner, the wife of a Kansas
City physician; Mrs. A. N. Mcclure
and daughters, Miss Martra of Mount
Pleasant, and Mrs. Mae Mcclure
Kelly, of Lincoln, Neb.
DR.. Mcclure was the first to die,
then Capt. Beckwith followed a few
years later, and then Capt. Smith,
who died last year.
There will be no change in the
management of the scraper company.
This was the desire of the late Capt.
Smith and his partners, and their
wishes will be carried out by those
into whose hands the property has
come. The scraper company has
been a family institution for years.
Nearly all the heads of departments
and many of the. employees have
been with the company for years and
went to Aurora when the institution
was moved from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
AS the corporation laws of Illinois
require that certain forms shall be
complied with, the nine women who
own the company will meet and ar
range for the new board of direc-
tors and for the officers.
It is probable that they will select
the board from their own number
and will choose their own officers.
These, however, will act merely in
an advisory way, while the active
management of the scraper company
will be in the same hands that it
has been for many years.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-30
1t is Not Easy

To apologize
To begin over
To be unselfsh
To take advice
To admit error
To face a sneer
To be charitable
To keep on trying
To be considerate
To avoid mistakes
To endure success
To be clean man
To obey conscience
To keep out of rut
To profit by mistakes
To think and then act
To forgive and forget
To make the best of little
To despise underhandness
to subdue an unruly temper
To maintain a high standard
To shoulder a deserved blame.
To recognize the silver lining.
To smile in the face of adversely
To accept a just rebuke gracefully
To value character above reputation
To discriminate between sham and
BUT 1T ALWAYS PAYS.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-30

Marriage certificates for sale at
The Herald Book Store, SC. to Csc.
each.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11
Insurance Company
Has Corps Of Nurses


"A new departure BY old line life
insurance companies, is the employ.
ment OF large corps Of trained nurs-
5es to look after the health OF their
POLICY holders among the poorer class
5es of people people who thru ignor-
ance or lack OF means do not employ
doctors and nurses in time of sick
ness. During the first six months in
1911, 500, TIT visits We're made by the
nurses in the employ OF the insurance
com many in question. The company
makes no claim to philanthropy in
this service, It is a plain business
proposition with them. BY keeping
their policy holders alive and we'll
they avoid the payment OF losses. But
whatever their motive the record If
their work during the past six months
shows that while large losses have
been saved to the company, the pol
! icy holders have been benefited by
being saved from death and restored
to health. The company is augment.
| ing the work by training the people
in the ways of sanitary and healthfu1
living, in other words first insurine
and then guarding the lives of theil
policy holders.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11
Body Of Doland Man
Found by Linemen

The mystery of the disappearance
of Frank Olmstead from Doland Las
been cleared up by finding of the
body mile and half west of town
in badly decomposed condition. The
remains were identified from papers
on his person. Olmstead left Doland
to go into the country on June 9,since
when nothing has been learned Of
him, until his body was found by one
of the crew of telephone linemen in
a clump of willows after it had laid
there from June to July %. Ohm
stead had worked around Doland for
several years and had no relatives In
that section. The small amount Of
money due him from the railroad
company practically paid for his fun
eral expenses which were conducted
by the county.-Potter County News
Courier.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11


And whereas, it is the opinion of
this board that pickerel be included
and considered as game fish,
Be it resolved, that permission be
granted to all persons to sein and
have in possession such fish as are
by law not made game or food fish,
including pickerel, in Lake Kampes-
ka providing that such SEEMING rs
done under the following restric-
tons:
I'd That all SEEMING must be done
between the hours of 9 a. m. to 5 p.
m. from Aug. LIST to October LIST, 1911.
Cd That parties SEEMING must
first obtain the presence of the coun-
ty game warden, or an authorized de.
putty, who must be present during
the entire time of such SEEMING.
80 That the parties SEEMING pay
the game warden such fees as he is
by law entitled to.
~ That this permit is for the
time above mentioned and for nc
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11
Paving Enterprise
Meets With Approval

Watertown is about to lay its first
street paving and it is to be congrat-
ulated that at last it will join the
ranks of real cities. Aberdeen has
had paving SO long that it couldn't
get along without it now. In fact 1t
needs lot more af the same thing
and it is altogether likely that an
other year much will be done in this
line.
Several of the residence streets
need paving and they will add splen-
didly to the appearance of the city
when they are laid with wood blocks
or asphalt. 1t is always hard for d
city to begin paving its residence
streets at special assessments but
after it starts the work goes ahead
readily American.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11
'|Scotty'' Phillip, a
Strange Character

In the passing of Scotty Phillips.
one of the famous characters of the
pioneer days went from his beloved
prairies out beyond the horizon. And
wide no man ever really knew Scotty.
He was type Of the men who We're
numerous throughout the state in the
early day Men who came, whence
no one knew, to make the wilder
ness of the new world their home.
Such was scotty, brave, hardy and
imbued with spirit of adventure.
Yet no one ever knew his past,
whence he sprang and why he sought
the frontier. 1t was a quality upon
which he prided himself that no man
had ever heard him speak of his
past, and try as hard as they might
and as many did, no word was ever
wrung from him.
Not that he had anything to hide,
but he simply wouldn't talk. His
life was devoted to the present and
in that he found his delight. His
claim to fame was founded upon his
efforts to preserve the buffalo and he
became possessed of the largest herd
in the country. 1t may still be seen
on his farm near Pierre, and with one
or two exceptions comprises ali the
living specimens Of the, buffalo Of the
plains in the country.-Aberdeen
American.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11

Times Publishing Co.. institute
printing /. . 4 ]. /. j. & 1915
Heegaard Co, hardware 1920
VIM. Weeks, care of insane 400
Capital Supply CO., supplies for
supt. S. 8. !. !. 8. 1900
H. F. Schaller, institute
supplies ~. Z. - y &. 1. 1854
NJ. w. Sheafe, Jr,, Office rent,
phone and toll Il, !. !. 1860
r G. Williams, stamps and ex-
press =. .s...a !. 5. ~. rs. 5.s5.
florence Forum, county pTint s;s5sssS
ing /. 4. .I.a..,. 1850
VIM. Gesley, court fees $3.50
Saturday News, county print
ing 9. \, 4. v, 1855
Eunice Gesley, journal clerk \. 1900,
VIM. Gesley, postage and ex-
| press CORRESPONDENTS. ~. 14.0U
Watertown Light Co, light for
July ..s..... -. 1890. 44.79
Dr.. Al. Mann, operation on
The following bills We're allowed on
the poor fund.-: ay
Ludwig Gump, clothing for
Reinmeyer .....s...... 800
VIM. McKool, groc. for Hill
/ frinch and Palmer ..........s 2O.00
R. F. Campbell, hospital bill .2s4.Oo
| NJ. Mathiesen, groceries for J.
4 Rily ,.,...s..s......... 400
| Max Kern, care of Geo Rein
meyer .................. 1900
On motion the report of the NUM-
oipal court was approved and the fol.
lowing bills allowed. g.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11
Greeks Find Owls
Poisonous as Food

Britton Journal: In an attempt to
cut down the cost Of living, camp
of Greek laborers employed on the
Great Northern railway near Havana,
ate a couple of owls which the cook
of the party had shot thinking that
they were eatable, Those of the par
.ty who partook Of the birds were
very sick and doctor was summon
ed. No fatalities resulted but the
Greeks are satisfied to pass up the
big eyed chick in the future as
part of their bill OF fare.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11

longer time, unless authorized by
this board, and that this permit is
temporary only, and may be, revoked
at any time. "'
Peter. Philip, ID.
Chairman Board of County Cimmis.
sioners.
Attest:
J. C. Miller, w.
County Auditor
Board devoted the balance of day
inspecting the bridge near Appleby,
across the Sioux. This bridge for
merly spaned the Sioux River on
West Kemp Ave, Watrtown. The
bridge was found to be in first class
shape, and was accepted.
On motion board adjourned to Aug
ust End.
August End. 1911.
Board met as per adjournment.
On motion the board instructed
auditor to advertise for bids for u
new boiler for the court house. Bids
tc be in by Sept. 9Th at 10 o'clock
The boiler must be large enough to
heat not less than $500 feet radiation.
The boiler now in use is almost worn
out and the board thought best to
have new one installed before cold
weather.
The board proceeded to inspect
thebridge being built near Rauville,
found it nearly completed, and de-
cided to accept same.
On motion the following bills were
allowed on the county fund:
D. F. Jones, disenfectant ...$ 1915
S. B. Dickinson, board of health 5000
News Printing Co., books for
sheriff ................... 21.15
f w. Lyon, crock. and pan ... 3.61
South Shore Republican, coun-
ty printing ................ 1926
w. N. Skinner, referee fees :. $3.50
Frank Elkins, boarding prison
ers ................... .234 so
Frank Elkins, postage and ex-
press ...:......... $40
j. &. Miller, postage ..... 1856
VIM. Dietz, upholstering chair ESQ
! Estate of E. M. Pope culverts 294.64
Merchants Adj. Co., Collection
of back taxes ............ 30.S2
L w. Vaux, hack hire ...... 1.50
Oak. Central Telephone Co.,
phones and toll ............ 26.35
ira Earring, four wolf scalps ;. 500
Math Strichertz, three wolf
scalps ....,......... 800
Albert Stee, two wolf scalps :. 400
| Brickell Const. Co., installing
furniture .......y......... 900
Baskerville & Rowe, sweeping
compound 5.35
J. G. Miller, county, board of
examiners ..... 500
2. W, schoenberger, game war
den ....5..... 5000
Watertown Herald. printing en-
velopes $500. ~. .... $50
Watertown Herald, printing
card signs ...,.s.. 8. 90
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11
Faith Business Men
Assist he Settlers

The Comemrcial club at Faith has
secured special railroad rates on
feed, seed and fuel for the people on
that branch of the Milwaukee rail-
road, according to announcements
made there this week. As conse-
quence, homesteaders in that part Of
the state will be able to get through
the winter in much better shape than
they had anticipated The CONNER
cial club will take charge of the
food, seed, and fuel business for the
town. and will see to it that none
in the vicinity of Faith are allowed to
suffer for the lack of feed for live
stock, seed for next years crop or
fuel to warm their houses through
the winter
Wife Got Tip Top Advice.
my wife wanted me to take our
boy to the doctor to cure an ugly
boil, Z writes d. Frankel, of Stroud,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11
Proceedings of the
Co. Commissioners
August 1st. 1911.

Board met in regular meeting. All
members present, Philip, Westfall,
Ristyedt, and Zwieg.
The salary bills of the county otfi-
cials, their deputies and clerks fol-
month of July We're allowed. -
The bond of the Security Bridge
Co for s5,ooo.os was approved, and
ordered filed, and the certified check
now on file was released.
There being several applications
in for SEEMING fish from Lake Kampes,
Ike, on motion the following resolu.
lions were passed:
Resolved that, application having
been made to sein from the waters Of
Lake Kampeska.fish other than game
and food fish, II. 4
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11

Okla. 81 said, put Bucklen's Arnlca
salye On it, She did SO. and It cured
the boil in a short time. Quickest,
healer Of Burns, scalds, Cuts, Gorns,
Pile cure on earth. Try it. Only 26c
! at all druggists. til
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11
Mother Wants to Find Her Girls.

Inforation desired of the where
abouts of Elsie and Lille Blond
quist, aged IA and 16 respectively.
Mother wants to know If they are
living. All papers printing this will
incur the heartfelt thanks of the
mother Address: Mrs. Mary K.
Anderson, WATERFOWL, s.. y. SO
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11

w. M. Schoenberger, court fees 4l.30
The petition of the Advance
Thresher Company asking for a re-
fund on valuation Of $270OO0 was on
motion granted. Error made in as
sessing for the year 1910. :
Frank Korth was granted refund
of S4.47 on valuation of $4,000 for
error made in assessing structure on
lots Is and IA block So Second Ry.
addition. Tax for the year 1910.
On motion the following bills were
allowed on the county fund
Peter Philip, com. per diem and
mileage ................... $12.S0
John A. Ries, com. per diem
and mileage ................ 1900
A. H. Ristvedt, com. per diem,
and mileage .............. 1886
Albert zwieg, com per diem
and overseeing poor ....... 1850
NJ w. Westfal, com. per diem
and overseeing poor ....... 20.6G
On motion board adjourned to Sep
TENDER 5th. 1911.
Peter Philip,
Chairman Board of County Commits
sioners .-..., -a-#''i.%5
Attest: r-
J. C. Miller,
County Auditor.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11
Low Rates Will b Given
On All Cananian Roads.

Excursions are run daily and full I
particulars viii be given on applica.
ton to the following authorized Ca
madam Government Agent. hs
rates are made to apply to all who
wish to take advantage Of them for
the purpose OF inspecting the grain
fields of Western Canada and The
wonderful opportunities there offeroa
for those who wish to invest and also
those who wish to take up actual
farm life, Apply at once to
j. M. MacLachlan
Drawer 1877 Hstertown, s. El.i
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-11
$4,000 MEN TED
ii Western Cssada
200 Million Bushels of Wkeat q I'D
Harvester. Y Y
Harvest Help ii Big Demand
ssHsS
3 Nh

Reports from the PROVINCES OF Man
itoba, saskatchewan and Alberta
(NYestern Canada indicate one o.
the best crops ever raised on the con-
tinont To harvest this crop Will re-.
quire at least 500 haryesterss
The Ely miner., 1911-06-09

winter, before the SHOWS shut off all
approach to the famous Yosemite Val
ley. Overall led party of friends on
a camping trip into the valley. The
party was to spend ten days in tents
exploring the Yosemite and, although
they were not intending to hunt on
government land, they took guns with
them as means of self-defense.
The big grizzly bears in the upper
part of the valley are extremely
friendly, embarrassingly so, to tell the
truth. They have been protected from
hunters until they feel just as any
other Native Son does-that it is legi-
innate to loot any visitor. So instead
of attacking camping parties the big
silver tips usually loiter around to
collect means of subsistence from the
tourists.
In the party were two practical
jokers of the kind that think justif-
able homicide good joke Overall,
having seen many bears, wasn't bit
timid, although the ladies in the party
were. The bears that came prowling
around the camps to seek food usual
ly started panic among the women
and because of this it was arranged
that the four tents should be set up
with the tent for the women in the
center and the others surrounding it
to protect them from bears and other
wild animals.
Overall had a small tent all to him
The Ely miner., 1911-06-09

self and voluntarily slept there 20
protect the cook tent and contents
from the marauding bruins. That
gave the practical jokers a grand
idea for a joke. While Overall was
showing some Of the women the
beauties of the valley the "jokers''
hitched a fitch of bacon to a string
and proceeded half mile into the
forest. Then they proceeded to lay
trails, dragging the bacon along tho
ground from various parts OF the
woods. each trail ending at the side
of Overalps tent. To finish the joke
they hid the fitch Of bacon under
Overall's mattress.
The party retired early, being
weary, and scarcely had the lights
gone out than bears began to sniff
along the bacon trails. Orerall was
sweetly sleeping when two huge griz-
zlies arrived at the junction Of their
trails and simultaneously showed their
noses under the flap of his tent and
began roofing for bacon. Overall was
rolled over and his mattress turned
on top of him. The jokers meantime
were doubling up with laughter. There
,'as an upheaval and from the oppo-
site side of the tent burst Overall.
Instead of fleeing, however, he seized
the pole of the overturned tent and
sailed into those two bears, making
singles, doubles and triples every time
he swung. For moment the bears
threatened to fight, but the hitting of
Overall was too hard and they retreat
ed at top speed, one carrying off the
The Ely miner., 1911-06-09
Dragging Their Hosiery.

Little Arlene was familiar with the
appearance of the garden hose at
home, but when she observed line Of
fire hose, with its great length and
bulk lying serpent-like in the street.
she Immediately inquired what it was.
Her mother replied that was firemen's
hose, and the child went on watching
the fire.
In the meantime two additional fire
companies dashed up, and these newly
arrived fire fighters were carrying
their respective lines toward the burn
ing building, when little Arlene spied
them.
"Oh, mamma" she cried, craning
her neck out of the crowd, here
comes more firemen dragging their
hosiery behind thsm!"-Lippincott's.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-09
Child Suicides,

Hardly week passes in Vienna
without the record of an attempt at
suicide by some shild of tender years.
Sometimes a pitifnl scrawl is left re-
cording the state of mind that led to
the resolve to put an end to the
trouble of life; more often parents or
schoolmaster are left to draw their
own conclusions, The other day a
child Of twelve, the daughter of a
worker in a Vienna factory, lost .
half-peHny, and being afraid of pun
ishment. she went upstairs, took down
her fathers gun and shot herself.
Fortunately, she was not fatally in
jured. The same morning a schcsel-
boy of nine broke the strap OF ais
satchel. He bolted himself in a room
and hanged himself through chagrin
at the accident.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-09
Properly Thankful.

Clark Howell Of Atlanta tells of
the sad case of an elderly darky in
Georgia, charged with the theft of
some chickens. The negro had the
misfortune to be defended by young
and inexperienced attorney, although
it is doubtful whether any one could
have secured his acquittal, the COM
mission of the crime having been
proved beyond all doubt. The darky
received pretty severe sentence.
Thank yo' sah," said he cheerfully,
addressing the judge when the SEN
tence had been pronounced. Oats
mighty hard, sab, but it amt any
thing what 1 expected. I thought,
sab, dat between my character and
dat speech Of my lawyer dat yo'd
hang me, shore!"
The Ely miner., 1911-06-09
BUSINESS WOMEN
A Lunch Fit for a King.

An active and successful young
lady tells her food experiences:
Some years ago I suffered from
nervous prostration, induced by con-
tinuous brain strain and improper
food, added to great grief.
II was ordered to give up my work,
as there was great danger of my mind
failing me altogether. My stomach
was in bad condition (nervous dyspep-
sia, I think now and when Grape
Nuts food was recommended to me, I
had no faith in it. However, I tried
1t, and soon there was a marked i'm
provement in my condition.
81 had been troubled with faint
spells, and had used stimulant to
revive me. I found that by eating
Grape-Nuts at such times I was re-
lieved and suffered no bad effects,
which was great gain. AS to my
other troubles-nervous prostration,
dyspepsia, etc.-on the Grape-Nuts diet
they soon disappeared.
II wish especially to call the atten-
tion Of Office girls to the great benefit
derived from the use of Grape-Nuts
as noon luncheon. I was thoroughly
tired Of cheap restaurants and ordin-
ary lunches, and so made the expert
ment of taking package Of Grape
Nuts food with me, and then slipping
out at noon and getting a nickels
worth of sweet cream to add to it.
II found that this simple dish, fin.
ished off with an apple, peach, orange,
or bunch Of grapes made lunch fit
for king, and one that agreed with
me perfectly.
'I throve SO on my Grape-Nuts diet
that did not have to give up my work
at all, and in the two years have had
only four lost days charged up against
me.
Let me add that your suggestions
in the little book Road to Wellville,'
are, in my opinion, invaluable, espe-
cially to women" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read "The Road to Wellville'' in
pkgs.
There's q Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine true and fall Of hunan
Inherent.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-09

jailer or an enemy she could not
charm when she tried. No, nor a
woman-not even the wives of her
lovers. Men came from every coun-
try. taking year-long journeys, only
to see her, and went away, after a
little glimpse, saying they had "seen
loveliness itself" Then one sees her
portraits. Too much forehead, not
enough eyebrow, atraight nose and
expressive mouth Tin one picture a
lovely mouth )-and that is ell. Mary
Queen of Scots was very lovely
three Kingdoms battled because IF her
beauty-and yet her pictures leave
one cold. Fouche said her portrait
showed every trait of the loves.
criminal type. That was before he
knew whose picture he criticised.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-09
Philippine Advancement.

Efforts of the Philippine Railway
company in Cebu and Panay are being
made to promote agriculture along its
lines. At every station these is an ex.
hibit of the products and instructions
are published for the best methods of
agriculture. The shops of the company
at Iloilo are extensive and of high
order. The machinery n all modem.