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The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Uncle Sam Warns Against Mosquitoes

WAR on the mosquito as well as on
w the house fly has been declared
by the department of agriculture. AS
q dissemination of disease the mos
quito is branded as being as great a
menac to humanity as the fly. L. o.
Howard, chief Of the bureau Of euto-
mology, has issued a bulletin on the
protection of communities from mos
quitoes. Re lays stress on the ne
cessity OF abolishing breeding places
of the insect pest.
Where the rain barrel and rain wa
ter tank are necessary they should be
screened. The waste places in the
Immediate vicinity of a house should
be carefully searched for tin cans, bot
ties and wooden or tin boxes in which
water can accumulate, and all such
receptacles should be destroyed or car
ried away. The roof cutters should
be carefully examined to make sure
that they are not clogged SO as to al
low the water to accumulate.
The chicken pans in the poultry
yard, the water In the troughs for do
mestic animals. the water cup OF the
grindstone + all places in which
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02

nIASHINGTON.-Probably no other
w building in America is SO well po-
Iced as the White House. It takes
q men to do 1t daily. II any mis-
chievous stranger should seek en-
trance, he would not get far. Twenty
four men guard the outside of the
building and Is the inside. Eight are
In the executive Offices. Fourteen
guard the White House within and
without at night. The number Of men
enumerated does not include the Sc
cret service men who guard the per-
son Of the president and who are some
times in service to guard the men,
bers of the presidents family. Every
door in the White House has its 20
liceman constantly on guard.
There are always two in the base
ment Of the executive Offices, where
there is a large door leading from
the street for the reception of sup
plies. There is always a policeman at
the kitchen entrance. Two men In
livery. not policemen, guard the main
entrance into the White House at the
north portico. In the daytime there
Is q policeman In the asst DOH and
one each at both stairways that lead
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Andrews Close Cal.

Pierre.-Andrew Slime, a young man
from Prairie DuChien, Wis. while Wis
iting relatives in the vicinity of Ora
per, Lyman county, had SO close a
call with death that it appears only a
miracle saved his life. He was rid
ing a horse, when the animal was at
tackled by a vicious bull, and both the
horse and rider pushed over into a
barb wire fence. In the fall Slime was
caught in a loop of the wire which
wound around his neck, and he was
seriously cut by the barbs on the
fence, n cutting a long slash on his
jaw, while other cuts were received
almost the whole way around his neck.
That he escaped without having his
head completely severed from his
body is a PURGE of wonder.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Bankers Quick to Detect Bad Money

THE exact chance Of any one per-
son having a bad piece Of money
Is hard to determine, for the a
that no one, not even the secret serv-
Ice, knows at any one time just how
much counterfeit currency Is In circu-
lation. But from years of experience
the government agents at Washington
have figured out that in paper money
the proportion of bad to good is about
81 to 500, 600, ana in coin somewhere
between 81 and So to 100000.
The larger the coin or bill to be
counterfeited the greater the danger
of detection and the need OF a
expensive plant. The commonest way
of making spurious money is the turn
ing out of base metal coins-but the
operation is expensive. Silver, for in
stance, cannot be successfully cast.
Base coins with silver in them must
therefore be struck off In a steel die
q die representing days Of work on
the part Of an expert engraver. Then
there must be a powerful press to
make the impressions.
In the counterfeiting of paper money
there are three methods used, copy
ing by hand, Photographic reproduc-
ton, and the raising of genuine bills
from lower to higher denominations.
1t takes q good man a whole day to
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Another Irrigation Scheme.

Observation-Disclosures and Lead
men are working out a scheme which
If put into action will prove of inesti-
mable value to the farming districts
below Whitewood and through which
Whitewood creek runs. For many
years it has been the practice of sew
eral mining companies to dump their
tailings into Whitewood creek, and
for this reason its waters have been
useless to the agricultural lands
through which it passes. A recent in
vention by a Massachusetts man, who
claims to be able to separate the tail
fngs SO as to discharge clear water
from the plants, is to be tried. Money
has been raised to finance the project
and by this means it is hoped to be
able to irrigate thousands of acres of
land in this and Meade counties now
suffering for water.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02

In your paper of the 18th inst,
writes a reader to the editor of an
Oregon daily, appears an account OF
two hunters In California liberating a
live fish from a snake as being some
thing unusual. One Of my neighbors.
who lives nea the Trask River Falls,
has two big bull snakes that catch
salmon trout and deliver them to q
tub of water near the back door step,
alive. every morning for breakfast.
They get In return a dish of warm
milk night and morning. The fam
lily is supplied with fish in this way.
The house Is three-quarters OF a mile
from the nearest point of the river
and the fish rarely arrive dead.
Two years ago l helped to drive a
bunch Of steers across the divide. and
had to ford the Trask just below the
falls. Naturally the animals stopped
to drink. Last spring a butcher in
Forest Grove extracted a 14-pound
salmon from the stomach of one of
the steers. The salmon was still
alive. and after being kept in salt
water for several days was killed and
sold in the regular market.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Woman Soldier Now Seeks a Pension

patriotic and wanted to join the army.
but Of urs could not do so in skirts.
So she cut of her hair, obtained a suit
of mems clothing and applied for en-
listment. In the excitement and
hurry of the early days of enlist
ment, when there were thousands of
applicants, the disguised girl vas pass
ed and found herself a member of Col.
McCowan's regiment, the Sixty-third
infantry. She was assigned to Com.
pany G under Captain Richardson.
After drilling and being otherwise
whipped" into line, the Sixty-third
started south, and with it went the
girl soldier. For four years she stood
the strain of army and camp life, tax.
ing her medicine as 1t came to her,
and in all ways being treated as
were the other soldiers of the reg1-
ment.
Just before the war ended the true
sex of the young soldier became
known to a comrade, and Immediately
after being mustered out Of the serv-
ice because of the termination Of hos
t~ilities, she married John Sibler, who
had served In the same company and
regiment with her throughout the
war.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02

these pests of mosquitoes will breed.
In slightly marshy ground a favor
tie breeding place is the footprints Of
cattle and horses. In one country
village, which contains many small
vegetable gardens In clay soil, during
a rainy season mosquitoes were found
breeding abundantly In the water &C
cumulating in the burrows.
Even in the house these mosQui-
toes breed In many places. Where the
water In flower vases Is not frequently
changed mosquitoes will breed. They
will breed In water pitchers in unused
guest rooms. Public dumps are great
breeding places. because here accumu-
late old bottles, cans. boxes, bits Of
TN or iron vessels and other objects
in which water may accumulate for Q
time
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02

N OF many men have had the varied
IN and adventurous life led by Mrs.
Louise e. Bliss Of Sheridan, Wyo., who
has just applied for a pension on the
grounds that, dressed as a man, she
served four years in the federal army
as a member of Company G, Sixty
third infantry, from Illinois, from 1861
to 1865. Mrs. Bliss is now an old
woman, with white hair and wrinkled
face, and is almost destitute. In one
cheek she bears the scar left by a bull
let fired at Vicksburg; a long cash
across the upper left arm is a me-
mento of Corinth and a.. Confederate
Saber.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Bliss to the pension agent, and
worn to by her. she was living in
Illinois at J%onesboro. when the war
broke out. She was enthusiastic and
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Tom PaIne's Fireplace.

It has long been a mystery to the
admirers of Thomas Paine as to what
became of the fireplace in the Paine
homestead at New Rochelle, N. ".
now known as the Deveaux house,
which Is situated in a beautiful park
on North avenue Of that city and
maintained as a Huguenot memorial
by the Huguenot association.
We have for several years carried
on a painstaking search for this bit
OF household utility and have at last
discovered the fireplace in the beauti-
full home of Walter Bell at Woodbury..
Conn; also the Franklin stove, used
by the great champion OF freedom,
both OF which are now treasured pos.
sessions of Mr.. Bell. and may be seer
by those interested in these relics
Magazine Of American History.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Contract Is Divided.

Contract Is Divided.
Pierre.-The state capitol commits
sion at its last session divided the
contracts for improvements Of the
grounds, on the different bids pre-
sented. The work of laying the drive
Ways on the grounds was let to the
Taylor Construction company of Vol
ga; the contracts for the walks and
the water system on the grounds was
let to the Permanent Concrete Con-
struction company of this city; the
contract for the electric conduits for
the lighting of the grounds went to
Minis & Minis Of st. Paul, and the
grading work on the grounds to C. e.
Pickett of this city. On account Of
lack of funds the walks around the
grounds cannot be put in until next
year.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
The White House Is Closely Guarded

to the private apartments Of the
president and his family on the upper
floor.
There is . policeman always In the
basement. the entrance to which is
from the east wing Of the mansion.
At night a policeman guards the base
ment corridor Of the interior, another
the corridor of the main floor and an
other the corridor Of the upper private
floor.
Outside there Is constant vigilance
In front and in the rear, If the White
House may be conceived as having
any rear. The south front Is a beau
tiful as the north front and indeed
more so.
That the White House should have
to be thus carefully guarded may seem
strange to Americans whose chief ex-
ecutive is after all only a democrat
who is a citizen temporarily. holding
q high public ONCE. But it Is neces-
sary. Three Presidents have been
assassinated, although non ever at
the White House. 1t would seem
none aver could be because Of the
vigilance kept there. But a fierce
light plays upon the White House and
the occupants of. 1t. especially the
president. It attracts all kinds of
people, and cranks are eve danger
Gus. Many is the one apprehended
before he has gone far. And In this
land OF liberty there are also other
people who have dangerous ideas cen
tering on the life of the chief mag.
istrate.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Congress Hall, Philadelphia.

tee from the Philadelphia chapter of
the American Institute Of Architects
has been collecting the necessary data
from which to base the proposed res
toration. The architects literally have
had to feel their way. They have con
suited historians, old magazines and
even an old ~caricature which contains
the only known view Of the interior of
the house of representatives. Walls
and partitions have been torn down
partially in the hope Of gaining knowl-
edge as to their original construction,
but there have been SO many changes
that the work has been q gigantic pug
zle. The architects, however, believe
that now they possess data from which
1t will be possible to reconstruct the
interior of the building as It wal when
Washington was president.
Back in 1862 Pennsylvania, then .
province, acquired the land for the pur-
pose of erecting there . building In
which to hold courts. Not till 1885,
after Pennsylvania had become q
state, was money appropriated for the
erection Of a building. but the actual
work was not begun till a later date.
In 1887 the lot was enlarged and con-
victs were put to work excavating. The
building was completed in March, 1889.
While the building was in course Of
erection the question Of changing the
seat of national government came up.
New York. Baltimore and Philadelphia
were bidders and the latter city strong
ly laid before congress the advantages
Of the new building. With this end In
view the building vas completed, not
as intended with rooms for courts and
civil officers. but with m general
room occupying the entire ground floor
for the house OF representatives. and
on the second floor . senate chamber
and Dom for the v~ice-president and
other officers.
Congress moved to Philadelphia in
1870 and occupied the building, since
known as Congress hall. for tho next
ten years. when the capital was re-
moved to Washington.
After the removal Of congress the
building for many years was used a. .
court building. for the district court
of Pennsylvania and the court OF COM
enon pleas. The last court was re-
moved from the building In 1895 and
for q few years thereafter 1t was occu-
pied by part Of the law school Of the
University of Pennsylvania.
The exterior of the building will not
need to undergo much change to 70
store 1t to what It was IN the days Of
Washington. After the changes are
made In the interior It Will be prs-
served purely a. . historic place az
rational interest.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Commission ORGANIZES.

Pierre.-The newly elected city COM
mission met for organization, and l..
A. Munson was made commissioner of
police; c. E. Hanno of water and gas;
j. H. Mcknight, of finance; and j. G.
Damn. of streets. An ordnance was in
troduced to extend the saloon limits
to allow the licensing of saloons in
localities which are barred under ex-
listing ordinances. The question of
city appointments will not be taken
up until the next meeting.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
RULING RENDERED OF IMPoR-
TANcE TO FARMERS OF
TIE STATE.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
State Institutions and Dit.
ferent Parts of the
State.

Sioux Falls.-An important decision
defining the rights of the farmers of
South Dakota under the state drainage
law has been rendered by the state
supreme court in a case arising from
Turner county.
The decision is in substance to the
effect that boards of county commits
sioners cannot longer arbitrarily re-
fuse a person additional drainage
when he discovers that a drainage
ditch already constructed needs to
be made larger to properly drain the
land through which it passes. The
decision is of Importance to the farm
ers of the state.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
He'll.

I would rather be mortal and have
the right to Immortality than to be
immortal and not deserve 1t. He'll to
me would be to live with people for
ever who had the right to immortality
while I had immortality but did not
deserve it.-Rev. Lyman Abbott, Con.
gregationalist, Brooklyn.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
The PLAYGROUND Wave,

When Josiah Strong said: The
universal impulse TO play is q divine
l~y-ordered thing, II God gives the In
stinct, man ought to provide the play
ground" he struck the keynote OF q
wave Of feeling that is sweeping over
the country In favor OF the play
grounds.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
LOOKING out for Number one.

Sydney had been given some dis
carded millinery with which to amuss
herself. She trimmed q marvellous
looking hat. and 30 arranged it that :
long red ostrich plume hung straight
down from the front Of the brim. over
her baby face.
Come here, Sydney" said her
mother. Let me tack that feather
back. out OF your eyes"
"Oh, no.. mother! / want 1t that
way, SO l a see 1t myself. Most
always only other people can . the
feathers on my hats."-Judge.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Found Goods In Demand.

The MOSCOW trade expedition to
Mongolia sold all the goods carried ct
good prices Water communications
between Russia and Mongolia are bad
and railways very scarce.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Rates Problems Up.

Rates Problems Up.
Sioux Falls.-At a meeting held in
Sioux Falls by the state board of rail
road commissioners several petitions
were considered relating to telephone
rates. After investigating such petit
tions at Waubay and Summit the
board at it's meeting here granted a
rate at each place of $1.75 per month
for desk phones and $1.5O per month
for wall phones, the companies having
asked that they be permitted to es-
tablish a 81 per month rate. In the
case of several telephone lines at
Beresford, the board adopted the re-
port of Commissioner Rice and order
ed that certain lines should make a
connection with each other.
In the matter of an application for
a change in freight grain rates be-
tween Ortley and Twin Buttes, Com
missioner Robinson was given author
ity to make an investigation and re-
port to the board at another meeting.
June 81 was fixed as the time for a
hearing by the board at Aberdeen in
the matter of a complaint filed with
the board by the implement and vehi-
Gle houses of Sioux Falls and Aber-
deem that the rates on agricultural
implements are too high in South Da-
kota, compared with other states.
Recommended For Pardon.
Pierre.-The state pardon board has
recommended a pardon for Christian
Christensen, sentenced from Clark
county about fifteen years ago for life
on the charge of having murdered his
wife.
To Referendum Law.
Pierre From reports in the Black
Hills section of the state petitions
are being circulated under rush or
ders to carry the immigration depart
ment law to the people for a vote.
For Headlight Law Vote.
Pierre.-The first referendum petit
ton to get to the secretary of state is
the one which carried the headlight
law to the people for a vote. The petit
ton has arrived and contains about
$4,000 names.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
For Headlight Law Vote.
Ben Wood Admitted.

Pierre.-The supreme court has adj
mitted Ben M. Wood. a son of the late
Chauncy Wood of Rapid City, the GER
tiicate being granted on his diploma
rom the law department of the state
university.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02

A a q lead any woman to talk,
but he cant always make her say
what he wants to hear.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02

Anyway. there Is nothing monoto-
nous about the weather.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02

Garfield Te. overcomes constipation.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. softens the gums, reduces innammar
ton. sllays pain. cures wind collie. sc . bottle.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Land Proofs SLIGHT.

Land Proofs Slight.
Pierre.-While the Timber Lake"
land office has for the last year, at
Aberdeen, covered practically all the
northern part of the state east of the
Missouri river, it has not shown up
a great number of final proofs, only
coming in with 16S new tracts in ten
counties scattered in small numbers
in each. 1t returns SO for McPher-
son SO for Walworth; 20 for Camp
bell; 20 for Marshall; 20 for Ed
munds; IA for Roberts; 8 for Day; 2
for Codington; 2 for Clark, and l for
Brown. Besides these they returned
transfers of 81 tracts of Indian heir
ship lands, of which 48 were in
Dewey, and 3 in Ziebach. The return
of that district last year will probably
be the largest in the state, as they will
begin to handle final proofs on the
new lands of the Cheyenne river and
Standing Rock reservations or which
settlers begun to make selections last
June.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02
Final Proofs Slacken.

Final Proofs Slacken.
Pierre.-The returns of new lands
for taxation by the Chamberlain and
Belle Fourche offices show a falling
off from the heavy increases reported
by them for several years, indicating
that the final proof business for these
districts is beginning to wane The
Chamberlain district shows up 1,173
additional tracts, Of which a portion
are Indian heirship lands sold and
thus brought under taxation, the
greater part though being in the way
of new final proofs. BY counties the
return, Lyman, 716; Stanley, Ala;
Buffalo, 20; Brule, II. Most of those
from Buffalo county being Indian
lands. That office also returns 3 from
Hyde county, and 4 from Hughes,
with 4 from Stanley and Lyman as
Indian lands. The Belle Fourche Of
fee only reports 6S7 new tracts, the
largest number being in Meade coun-
ty with 276; Butte has 234; Lawrence
So, and Harding 142. This is a heavy
reduction from the business of that
office in the way of final proofs last
year.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02

Plain Words.
what do you think Of her figuror~
1T looks to me like q frame-up.