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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22
SEA ELEPHAN1SR REAL
Explorers Found One That Was
Fl Feet Long.
Three Herds Of These Animals Die
prove Theory That They Were
ExtInct-Many Specimens
Have Been Found.

Los Angeles, Cal.-The recent
American Museum Of Natural His
tory expedition to Lower California
aboard the U. s. 8. Albatross was the
most fruitful and interesting scien-
ti1ic trip ever made in the southwest.
and its discoveries are Of inestimabie
value, according to P. I. Osburn Of
Pasadena. who acted as guide for the
party. The cruise covered practically
all the islands in the Gulf of Cali
fornia
By far the most important find was
made in q large hidden cove on
Guadalupe island, where the scientists
came upon three herds Of sea ele-
plants, about the present existence
Of which there has been serious
doubt. many believing them to be ex-
tinct.
The first sea elephant seen was a
gigantic bull lying prone on the sand
under towering cliff. AS soon as he
sighted the explorers he made for
the water, but before he reached the
edge he was shot by one of the nat
uralists in the boat, 1t being impossi-
BILE to take him alive. This animal
was the largest seen and measured
about 81 feet in length. The weight
was enormous.
The party managed to round up
i've live young sea elephants. and
these were taken aboard. They did
not show the well-developed elephant
like snout or trunk Of the adults and
resembled the California sea lion.
They all showed fight and wallowed
about the deck increasingly. Their
call, hard to describe, is concert Of
sharp cries and barkings.
The largest herd Of these water ele-
plants comprise about fifty, Of all
ages and sizes, and they were lying
high on the beach. They were so
,luggish and inactive that the nat
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22


uralists walked among them ant
made photographs and sketches. The
fighting bulls let out hollow roars
much like the terrifying ones OF
Gagged lions. At times they emitted
from their mouths small clouds Of
white vapor and rolled their large
black eyes. The eyes Of the bulls
were more than three inches in diam.
eter.
At Pichilinque island Osburn shot
black hare. found nowhere else in
the world except on another island
near by. These harss, coal black on
top, inhabit the sea caves and the
rocks of the cliffs and mesas. Hun
dreds OF immense lizards. rare birds,
fishes never before seen and an I'M
classified deer were taken.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22
Too Little Ton.

Smiley-That iceman down the
street will have to change his name IL
he wishes to do any business.
Wiley-Why? What's his name?
Smiley-Littleton Some people
might not notice 1t, but am afraid
most folks would shy at name like
that on an ice-dealer's sign.
Wifely Sarcasm.
IT hear they are wearing nothing
but old clothes at Plunkville-under-
the-Peak. That's the place for you to
go, WIFE,"
Eyes. I can take seven trunks of
old clothes. II old clothes are the
racket, ]. can make splurge."
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22
Seeding Winter Wheat.

Pierre.-The heavy rains OF the
past month have given boom to win
ter wheat seeding over the western
half of the state. Plows are working
all over the section, and with the
ground in the present condition the
termination Of winter wheat is certain
this fall, and with such start next
year it will beat out the spring sown
wheat in starting. Dealers along the
lines west of here are securing large
amount Of winter wheat for the seed
ing demand.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22
Butte countv,s Court House.

Belle Fourche.-Early next spring 1t
is hoped to formally dedicate the new
court house of Butte county, which is
now in course of erection here. The
building will cost, when complete,
about $4,000, and is Of brick and
granite, looking much like the hand
some court house at Deadwood. The
citizens of Belle Fourche and some
others in the county subscribed one
third of the amount necessary for the
erection of the building, which has
been sadly needed for years. The cor
ner stone was laid August rs by the
grand lodge of Masons of the state Of
South Dakota, with one of the largest
assemblages Belle Fourche has ever
seen.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22
smothered to Death.

Aberdeen.-The 9-year-old daughter
of nomesteader named Cakes, near
Bixby. in the western part of the
state, was smothered to death In the
cellar of an abandoned claim shack.
The little girl was playing in the eel
lar, with her mother near by, when
the cellar suddenly caved in, complete
ly burying the child.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22
Jim 1rentou Guilty.

Deadwood.-In the federal court
here James M. Brenton, former mayor
of Des Moines, Ia, pleaded guilty to
selling liquor to the Indians while
running saloon at Conata. in Pen
nington county, last spring. He will
be sentenced later.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22
Prefers Prison to chIcauo.

Waupun. Wis.-Paroled after serv-
ing twelve years for numbering her
husband. Mrs. Martin Thrush has vol
unfairly returned to state prison. She
was released this spring and went to
Chicago, but found the world y
changed. 80 many friends dead. tia
she came back.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22

The Highmore schools expect to
move into their new high school
building. now nearing avmple.toD
some time this fall.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22

Repal,5 are the
bane of the prop
erty owner. Today It is
new porch steps, tomor-
row it will be a new
sidewalk, soon it will be
a well curb. Why no.
cut out bothersome
patching1 Why not build
those things once and for
all, using concrete? 1t will
stand the frost, rain and
sun for years, if you make
it carefully. Use clean,
coarse sand, we'll graded
gravel or crushed stone and
UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CE-
11ENT and stop that repair nuisance.
The best dealers sell UNIVERSAL
and are proud of its record of sue
cessful work. Ask them for helpful book
lets and prices or write US.
UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT co.
SECURITY BANK BLDG. MINNEAPOLIS
ANNUAL. OUTPUT 10000, 900 BARRELS
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22

SECURITY BANK BLDG. MINNEAPOLIS
ANNUAL. OUTPUT 10000. 900 BARRELS
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-05
A Vermonter's Tribute.
(Harner's Weekly.l


The old and handsome state of Vermont
has the distinction Of making the smallest
increases of population nowadays of any
state in the Union. It's increase between
1900 and 1910 was less than per cent.
1t swelled 12,315 to a total population
(last year) of 800, 946-no more than that!
Well what of it? Vermont has been
abundantly commiserated this last month
since the Boston Transcript printed three
columns about it-because it did not grow
faster Tut! tut! If it were the whole
Union there might be some basis for dis
tress. Or if it had dropped from great
ratio of expansion down to 4 per cent
and thai dwindling, and only maintained
by the towns-there would be something
to talk about. But Vermont never was
populous, never was rich, never grew fast.
Its main industry has been agriculture;
its best-known exports have been men,
marble, maple sugar and Morgan horses.
The Vermont quality of all these products
is still in good demand While other states
are filling up, in Vermont there is still
room to swing cat. While streams in
other states run in harness and have nasty
mills on them, Vermont streams are still
the homes Of trout. II she must get rich
she might harness those streams. Perhaps
she will, sometime. But meanwhile Yer
mont is a convenient subject for soothing
thoughts in seething world. There she
lies, green and beautiful, between Lake
Champlain and the Connecticut river, not
much disturbed by business, her old peo-
pie dying at their leisure and being buried
with their fathers, and few select young
people condescending to be born. There
is real winter, with persistent frost, and
summers of beauty and cheap at the price.
And wealth increasing all about her and |
tired-out people looking about to get back
to Nature, and great men of the future
fitting about incorporate looking for suit
able places to be born in, and her green
hills saving their inspirations for souls that
shall need them! Why worry about Yer
mont? Where has Nature better planned
a nursery for men, and what does the East
need more? Her destiny is not accom-
plished yet. Perhaps her best resources are
not quite yet marketable. But they will
Del they will bel
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-05
Telephone company's Report.

The first report OF President Keller q
the New England Telephone and Telegraph
company presents some interesting fact,
in a condensed form. The total number oil
telephones connected with the New Eng
lands system at the end Of 1910 was 3sS,,
022, this including sublicense, associated
and connecting companies. The wire mile
age required to furnish service was I34 ,2Ui,
Of which 442, 1866 miles, or about three,
fifths of the total, represented wires placed
underground. The total number OF EN-
ployees was 10,153. For 1911 the estl-
mated appropriations are as follows for
new construction and real estate, S4Ov,-
600; for repairs and deprecla tion, S4,400,'
600 The net earnings we're slightly less
than in 1909, and the profits, after the
payment of dividends and after allowing
for certain depreciations Of stocks and
bonds, were S710,79727 for 1910 as
against 1854 ga AZ for 1909. A footnote
in the balance sheet calls attention 10 an
interesting point. The companys tele,
phone plant is put down as worth 49,
212, 9S061. In the liabilities there is a
balancing item of 81, 4G9,314 80 credited
to Inventory Adjustment" This foot
note explains that this valuation OF the
plant was made by the Massac husetts high
way commission during is Investigation
of the rate schedule, and that the result
OF this investigation showed that not only
was the stock not watered but that the
appraisal showed property
largely in excess of book records.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-05

Hugh ii. Henry, commissioner of weights
and measures, has recently sent to all the
hardware stores and tinshops in the state
notices regarding the new weights and
measures law which went into effect Dec.
1G, 1910 Section II of this statute pro-
vides that every measure of capacity for
use in trade shall have the denomination
and kind thereof permanently marked on
the outside in legible figures or letters,
and to assist users of measures in comply
ing with this provision the commissioner
has made ruling that on and after May 20
it shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale
any measure not marked in conformity
with the law Commissioner Henry says
that investigation in various parts of the
state indicates that little or no attention
has been paid to that part of the new law
which relates to the marking of measures.
Few stores are using measures that are
properly marked, nor are legally marked
measures obtainable in any great quantity
Dealers in all commodities sold by liquid
or dry measure will do we'll to familiarize
themselves with the new weights and meas
ures law before the commissioners in
spectors begin work in this section.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-05
THOSE STIRRING DAYS OF 1861
Preparations for Preserving the Union Made in Various
Wndham County Towns

/ Wardsboro had for many months been
credited with possessing eopperhead IN
| the person OF Erasmus Plimpt0n. lie was
of what the historian calls the "ylrulent
type" Mr.. Plimpton expressed Joy when
| he received the announcement of the fall
of Fort Sumter When the story Of the
attack upon the fortress and its capltula'
tion was told in his store at Wardsboro
he said first victory for my side When
Wardsboro decided to hang out big flag
with appropriate ceremonies and urge the
young men of the town to take up arms
for their country Mr. Plimpton was sud
denly discovered TO have undergone a
change of heart, lie was known TO have
palmetto flag" with snake embrold
cred upon il and had minated that he
would display it at the proper time but
when the citizens of Wardsboro and the
accompanying towns Of Jamaica and Dov.
err gathered in Wardsboro village Saturday,
May 4, 1861, they were prepared TO con
vert copperheads and Mr., Plimptoh dis.
counted the action of his neighbors by
making profession of faith in the Union
cause before he could be called upon to do
so. H. Ware and w. Shepard also made
enthusiastic speeches.
On the same day the citizens OF Whit.
ingham, Halifax and Readsboro gathered
AZ bdthsbllNlllt NllidEt Witty many
~ loyal speeches were made by orators OF
so years ago. Hon. Farley Starr presided
and upon the close of his speech about 40
men enrolled for enlistment. A. II. Tuck
er and Stephen Niles of Halifax, A. b.
Griffin and Il. + Green OF Nottingham
and DIR. Burditt and Silas Mason OF Reads
boro were named as a committee TO re-
eeive the names of volunteers,
On the following Saturday. May IL, the
men of Guilford held a meeting at Gull |
ford Center for the purpose of organic |
ing a company. Eihu Field presided and |
speeches were made by Hon. Daniel kel- |
logg, j. Dorr Bradley and G. X Field Mr. |
Bradley had been Brattleboros representa- |
tive in the special war session of the legis
lature. Guilford men could not wait for
the arrival of a recruiting officer and the
appointment of a drill master, That same
afternoon they formed two impromptu
and drilled until sunset. Gen.
Cyrus Carpenter and II. $. Chase drilled
he men as best they could without guns,
which are absolutely essential in teaching
'ecruits the manual OF arms.
The boys and men of Company C who
vent from Brattleboro were equipped with
'ubber blankets through the generosity
If former Brattleboro boy, George G.
Iall then living in New York city. Mr.
Hall also presented each of the officers of
he company with a rubber mattress which
ould be inflated, and a sword. The women
# Brattleboro saw to it that no soldier
eft without suitable Undertaking and
ther necessities.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-05
rv,ers,vc Fruit Farm Planned.

Edward II. Everett, the Troy, y vi, ~
farm Of 800 acres at Old bennington sor
SJo. 600 not long ago, has bargalnea H.
three farms located some distance soul H.
west of the Holden farm and mostly III .ns
town of Pownal. The three farms Axiom !!
each other and aggregate 40 acres. ~ =
understood that Mr. Everett VIII devote
these farms to fruit culture during 5 5no
next two or three years More IMAM ~
acres of the Holden farm are Delhg taN ei
up with apple, plum, pear and ounce Trees s,,
about II 900 trees being req ulred 20 WoIh
out the scheme. A large gang oil ltailalls
h ~ work at present in setting out apple
trees. There will be a ten,acre section ue.
voted wholly to ounce trees. Inc eqrn
bined orchards will be the largest N new
England and among the largest IN the
country. Mr.. Everetts land holdings ~
Bennington, however, are small m CON- ON
parison with the immense ranch Of 1UVoo
acres that he has bought near Port y Con
nor, in Texas The uses to which TINS great
property will be put have not been mace
public The preliminary work IN the con
structjon of the S25000O house that Mr..
Everett il going to build on the Holden
farm is in progress. The house is to be OF
stone brought from blue Limestone quar-
~ on the farm. Mr., Everett will not be
in Bennington this season as he recently
sailed for Vevay, Switzerland, where ne
has an attractive villa.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-05

Under orders Of President Mellen Of the
New Haven railroad a bureau Of the in
dustrial development of New England has
been organized in Boston. 1t will be under
the control of the New Haven, Boston &
Maine and Maine Central railroad systems,
and will have the title of the New Eng.
land Lines Industrial Bureau. It's head
will be William II. Seeley, now general
freight and passenger agent of the Central
New England, railroad. The object is the
promotion of every form Of industrial de
velopment in New England, notably farm
ing, fruit culture, dairy interests and of
soil production, as well as factory indus
tries and forest preservation Later it is
planned that the bureau develop various
agencies throughout New England for the
same industrial purposes. The expense of
the enterprise will fall upon the three
railroad corporations. The plan has been
under consideration for some years by the
New Haven company and was expedited
by signs of farming revival in New Eng
land, as shown by the census returns and
the larger values of New England farms, |
rs well as their adaptation to new pro-
iucts, especially in the line of scientific
ruit culture.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-05
John Henry Flagg.

There are many Vermonters who will
note with keen sorrow the passing of John
Henry Flagg whose death in New York
has been made the subject of metropolitan
comment. After a course at Wilbraham
academy, Mr.. Fagg pursued the study Of
law at the Albany Law school from which
he was graduated in due course. He was
subsequently admitted to the Vermont bar
from the Office of his father and Justice
James NJ Tyler of the Vermont supreme
dence at Bennington, he was appointed
clerk of the United States senate at the
instance of Senators Morrill, and Edmunds.
Resigning this post after eight years Of
service Mr.. Flagg entered into large and
varied practice of law having been ad-
mitted to the bar previously His special
ties consisted in the Interpretation Of
treaties, international tariff subjects, cor
poration law and other branches. He was
made associate counsel for the Standard
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-05

The story of the outbreak OF the War Of
the Rebellion as told in the records of the
town clerks office in Brattleboro is brew.
| ty itself. The first reference to hostili.
| ties between the north and south to be
| found ON the records is contained in q
brief warning for a special town meeting
held here 30 years ago next Monday The
object of this meeting as told in last weeks
Reformer was to make provision for the
families of those entering the service of
their country. Four lines of record state
that the resolution as il appeared in the
warning was adopted and the meeting adj
journed. In the financial statement of the
town for the years of 1S6l-62 there appears
a record of the disbursement Of the 10 per
cent special tax voted May s, 1861, for
the purpose mentioned above The town
treasurer paid out S99327 IN the way of
bounties, clothing board, etc, One of the
items in the list of disbursements is S400
paid to Il. A. Todd TO pay soldiers"
There is a footnote in the record which
says that Capt Todd paid ont the money
to the members of Company @ and kept
a memorandum of the amount. The record
further states that "the memorandum was
lost at Bull Run" which carries the mind
of the survivors back to that first engage.
ment and its disheartenng ending. II was
at this engagement that Capt, Todd, the
young Brattleboro medical student was
wounded and his close friend, Lieut. John
$, Tyler took command of the company.
Lieutenant Tyler wrote from the battle
field OF many incidents which otherwise
would have never been chroniced
While the receipt of the news of the
of hostiities April 10 was an oc-
casion for great excitement, as has been |
told in The Reformer, the fact that the /
national capital was in imminent peril |
brought the people of Vermont to a realiza-
ton that more of their number would be
needed to put down the rebellion than the
quota of $50 men furnished in answer to
President Lincoln's first call. Governor
Fairbanks had this in mind when in his
message to the special session Of the legis-
ature he urged immediate and efficient &C.
lion for organizing Of the militia and the
states appreciation OF the situation is
shown by the size of the appropriation for
military purposes, S1000000, a larger sum
n proportion TO population than had yet
leen voted by any state In ~ hours from
he time it met the legislature had complet.
d its work and adjourned. This rapid
lispatch of business showed the intense
lesire of the people for immediate action
IA desire in which the people of Wind
lam county shared to no less degree than
heir upstate neighbors Mass meetings
we're held in various towns throughout the
ountry in the days Immediately following {
he legislatures adjournment. and these {
meetings were shining examples of Yer
lont's loyalty and patriotism. X
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-05

days 2,5SS.4 pounds milk containing 49,.
800 pounds fat, the amount of fat for the
week being one and one,third pounds in
excess OF anything before known. Cornell
university estimates that the fat produced
is equal to 34.73 pounds of the best com.
mercial butter for the week and 1851
pounds for the 80 days State universities
assert that dairy farmers are losing mil.
lions of dollars every year through the use
of scrub cows that do not produce one.
fourth as much milk and butter as did
Pontiac Clothilde Dekol I'd, Holstein
breeders are striving TO lessen this great
loss by making it possible for farmerdairy-
men to so grade up their herds with the
great milk and butter producing Holstein
blood as to double the annual production
of each cow When this is attained, better
milk can be produced more cheaply and
yet at greater profit, which will be to the
advantage of both producer and consumer
Holstein- Friesian breeders are trying to
breed a COW that will produce in one week
200 pounds of milk containing 30 pounds
of butterfat,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-05

Senator Page has decided to vote against
Canadian reciprocity. His decision is the
result of statewide canvass which he
believes proves beyond doubt that a
large majority of his constituents want him
to vote that way. Answers to his inquir-
les, he says, indicate these facts: Firstly,
the farmers of Vermont are practically
solid against reciprocity. Of the answers
received not one definitely favors it, and
less than one per cent are Indifferent. Sec
ondly, the marble interests oppose it.
Thirdly, the manufacturers of farm inn
plements and dairy apparatus are unani-
nous in opposition. Fourthly, among
the granite and slate producers there is
disagreement, considerable indifference and
no preponderence of opinion. Filthy,
more than So per cent of the replies re-
ceived by him in answer to his request for
expression of sentiment, representing prac-
tically every trade, occupation and pro-
fession in the state, were decidedly opposed
to reciprocity. Of the remaining Is per
cent nearly all expressed indifference
and only very small fraction were favor
able to the measure or the principle in
volved in it, The few replies received from
residents of towns adjoining the Canadian
line were mostly in favor of it, very likely
because of local business interests. The
Reformer believes that Senator Page is
acting in perfectly good faith in this mat
ter but it is not yet convinced that the
sentiment in the state is as the senator be-
lieves it to be.