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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

FRONT VIEW OF HEAD OF HoUsEFLY-THB
STUDDED AREAS ARE COMPOUND EYES.
i'd regions of the orient, the galloping
diseases that have devoured their hun
dreds in the south and along the COASTS
of this country, all have been the work
Of the fly or some of his cousins among
the insectivora.
AS destroyer of mankind the colo
statistics of science prove the insig-
niticant and harmless looking little fly
is worse than all the armies of Alexan~
der, Hannibal, Attila the Hun, julius
Caesar and Napoleon rolled into one.
Where they let out the blood of one
man the fly has struck down a hum
dred
Diseases Fly Leaves In Path.
Not with budgeons, iyddite shells or
dynamite does General Fly carry ON
his warfare against the world. His
weapons are bis legs. His arsenais
are refuse piles. He loads his weapons
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

there were ten milnonaires, one u
the richest of whom was Stephen CT.
rard. whose fortune was estimated at
$7,000,O00. Now there are more than
200 millionaires in that city.
BY Comparison.
It is said that one third of the falni-
lies in the United States have In
comes OF less than $500 year. more
than one-half less than $500, two.
thirds less than 5000 and one in TWEEN.
ty not more than $1,000, while. on the
other hand. IL has been computed that
nine of the wealthiest Americans. aft
or John D. Rockefeller, are worth
$1,000,000000 between them. including
Andrew Carnegie, said to be worth
one-third that sum. Twenty other
men, it is said. control the remaining
wealth of the country represented by
real estate. stocks and bonds.
In round numbers there are 125,000
persons in this country whose average
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

his hairy legs the myriads Of bacilA.
which open garbage boxes, rotting ref
use piles and stagnant pools OF WateS-
offer for his dissemination.
The fly never was popular insect.
Time was, however, when the world
was inclined to look upon ohim with a
sort of Interested tolerance But that
time has passed. Scientists all over
the world with one accord agree thaG
as a distributor Of disease, as sower
Of epidemic and death, the fly never
has had an equal.
The great plaques that swept
through Europe in the middle ages, the
monstrous scourgcs that still STAY their
thousands in China, India and the tet,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

Schiff, $20.OO0.0O0; George w, Wander
bilt, $15,0OO0OO, and f. w. Vanderbilt,
$15,0O0,00O.
A tax on the properties owned and
controlled by these men and women Is
the pivotal point on which the situa
ton turns.
Nearly all of these millionaires are
utilizing their wealth by turning II
over and over again. incidentally
the greater part of them give TO char
ity. 1t has been estimated that be,
tween S400O00O0 and S50.00O,000 is
given TO charity in the United States
every year. Thus there is power for
good in the concentration of all this
wealth which the opportunities III
America have made possible.
At one of the meetings Of the board
Of directors Of the United States Steel
corporation 1t is said that one-twelftb
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
LARGEST FARMERS CHURCH

Cost 100000 and Seats Nearly $500.
Located In Wisconsin.
The Polish church In polonia. Por-
tage county, Wis, represents the lar
gest farmers church in Wisconsin and
probably in the United States. It cost
over 100000 and seats between 1000
and $500 people 1t maintains a
school and boys orphanage.
The church was built by the Polish
farmers and their descendants. Many
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

$2OOO0,O00; John F. Dryden of New
Jersey. $15,O0O,OOO; Nelson W. Aldrich
of Rhode Island. $10000,0O0; John
Kean of New Jersey, $10,O00,0OO, and
an array of others.
Then there are such fortunes as these
that must be taken into account: Will
liam Rockefeller. $75.000.000; J. Pier
pont Morgan, $75,0o0,0O0; George J.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
BRITISH CORONATION.
Arsbbishops of Canterbury and York
viii Play Great Roles.

Apart from the king and queen, the
most important participant in the coro
nation ceremony at Westminster alb
hey June % will be the Right Rev. K.
r. Davidson. archbishop of Canter"
bury. Upon him will devolve the duty
Of presenting the king to the great
Concourse of lords. ladies, commons
and representatives of imperial station.
Then later be consecrates the royal
sword, which is handed to his males
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

ANDREW CARNEGIE. States. And these
men are the mine operators and the
carriers of the country They operate
the great telegraph lines and the trac.
ton lines. They direct the insurance
companies. They control the banks.
They hold the mortgages. They own
most of the real estate. They manipu
late the telephone, the electric, the ca.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

tim a ed total
wealth is something
like $l5.00O.oO0.O0 900.
and 1t is stated that
the wealth is In.
creasing at the rate
OF $S.0W,00o a das
In 1855 there were
twenty eight mil,
donaires in. New
York city. Today
I b ere are IN ore
than 1000. In Phil
adnlnhia in 1Ot5
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

Of the wealth of
the United States
was represented
Each of these di
rectors Is also II
director In sever
al other coupa.
MES. representing
10 the aggregate
200 other impor.
tant companies.
and these com.
panies represent
about one half of
the railway mile
600 NJ tho T1nffnrl
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
MISS HELEN MILLER GOULD.

Splendid Snapshot of Woman Who
Doesn't Like to Be Photographed.
The accompanying snapshot of Miss
Helen Miller Gould and Mrs. Frederick
Dent Grant, wife of the major general
of the Army Relief society held recent
~ at Governors island to collect funds
and provide relief for the dependent
wives of officers and enlisted men of
the regular army, held recently on
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Eccentric
Will of
Millionaire

"NHE will Of Frank Work, the &c.
centric old millionaire who
died recently In New York.
voices his disapproval of the
matrimonial career of his favortte
daughter, FFaBces Ellen, Uhs married
and later divorced James Burke Roche
Of England Work left $15,OO0,QO0.
Mrs. Burks-Roche is to have $4,000
q year pin money. bur she ~ forbidden
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

Gould. $55,000,.
900: Mrs. Hetty
Green, $4,000,
600; the late 81.
Fl. Rogers, $40
00O,0 600; A. G.
Vanderbilt, $780,
100000; J. Ogden
Armour, S32. 000,-
600: Helen Gould,
$25.O0O,0
Thomas r. Ryan,
$40, 600, 900; 0g-
den Mills. $685.
0UO,OOO; F'reder-
icIs Pabst, $685.
00O,O00; John W.
Gates, $4,000
600; Jacob Il.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

Rre 100000 persons whose average
wealth is $50 and whose aggregate
wealth is SS00,000.00O The aggregate
wealth of these 12.500.000 persons is
S65, 100000 900, and on this basis it is
estimated that per cent of the people
own 20 per cent of the wealth. 8.97 per
cent of the people own 81 per cent of
the wealth and 81 per cent Of the peo
pie own only % per cent of the wealth
Some Estimates.
When we get into the personnel of
great fortunes We can deal only with
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

Mrs. Russell Sage
is reputed to be
worth $500 900,
and the Guggen
helm fortune, in
Guiding the min
ing properties. is
placed at $780,
100000. William
A. Clark of Mon
tana Is reported
to be worth more
than $10O,OUO,OU,
and among the
millionaires of
lesser W ealt b
might be men
toned the late
wnH
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Campaign
Against
The Housefly

HE open season
for the slaughter
of flies Is here
The day Of the
fly swAtter Is at
hand. Swat him
now, Whan he ia
young and ten
der. swat him
quickly before be-
attains that agll-
ity with which
the extreme heat
Of the summer
seems to endOw
him. Swat him
suddenly before
he has had time
tn collect uDOn
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

wealth Is $264,0o0
and whose aggre.
gate wealth is $685.
600, 900, 900. There
are 1,375.0oo per-
sons whose average
wealth is $4,000
and whose aggre-
gate wealth Is $23,-
600, o00,0 There
are 5,50o,000 per-
sons whose average
wealth Is $500 and
whose a ggregate
wealth is So, 200,-
600 R0 and there
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

james Burke.Roehe and is member
of the British parliament Upon the
death of the baron. James Burke Roche
viii heeorue heir to the title of baron.
and It will later descend to Maurice.
Maurice is a junior clerk In the of
fee Of the Delaware and Lackawanna
raiirond. and Francis has similar
position in the First National bank in
wall street Maurice draws $50
month. and Francis gets about the
same amount The boys were com
PEELED to so to s. oFk because after they
we're graduated from Harvard their
grandfather refused to give them a
cent. although be was willing to permit
Them to live with him without paying
board.
Work made his fortune as horse
man. stockbroker and associate Of
Commodore Vanderbilt.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

BILE stock. They
run the mighty
ocean liners. They
are the big ner-
chants. They have
the financial des-
tiny of the nation
In their grasp.
In two cases that
were brought be-
fore it the sn-
preme court of
the United States
sustained in prin.
eipie the laying
of an income tax.
These were Hyl-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

few more states to make the neces-
sary three-f ourths. and these seem as
sured. The amendment is to be In
corporated in the constitution as arti'
Gle 1G and will read as follows:
"The congress shall have power to
lay and collect taxes on incomes, from
whatever source derived. without ap-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

@ 1911. by American Press Association.
MISS GOULD Ton THE LETT AND MRS
GRANT.
Governors island. The likenesses are
excellent. especially that of Miss Could,
who has an aversion to being photo
graphed. On several occasions when
camera men have sought to snap
Miss Gould she has thrown up her
hand or otherwise concealed her face.
but this time the photographer was
too quick for her
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

and James J. Hill $1OO,OO0,OO0, Sew
eral estates approximate $100,O00.0OO.
among them Cornelius Vanderbilt's,
100000; the late Marshall Fields,
$100,O0O,OOO; the Goelets', $100,oO0,000:
William Waldorf Astor's, S150,000,0OO;
John Jacob Astor's, $9O,OOO,O00. and
William K. vanderbilts, $67,0OO,000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Where the Income Tax
Will Hit the Hardest
Effect of Proposed Amend
ment on Enormous
Fortunes
stlmates. A few years ago John D.
who has been long regard

ed as the richest
man In the world,
was accre ted
with giving out
the state m ent
that he was not
worth more than
.$3OO,O0O,OO0 aud
that his annual
income did not
exceed $15.O00,-
600 to $2O.OOO,O00.
Andrew Carne-
gle is reputed to
have $166,O0O,O 600
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

I'VE t o u S a q d
American million
aires, one-haIf the
total number of
millionaires In the
world. will be
hard hit by the
proposed federal
income tax when
it becomes law.
The resolution to
make the pTopos-
ed amendment a
part of The con-
stitution of the
Unite d States
needs the ratihCa-
ton Of only a
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

other is the de- GEORGE GOULD.
mand that the great fortunes be taxed
for the maintenance of the country.
Seventy Worth $35.00oooo Each.
There are seventy Americans who
are worth on an average $35,000,0O0
each. In New York city alone the es-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

ton versus the United States and
Springer versus the United States
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

portionment among
the several states
and without regard
to any census or
enumeration"
The fight for and
against the propos-
ed amendment has
been stubborn. On
one hand Is the
cry that the United
States is reaching
out to put the curb
bit and the check
rein Oh $l,0oO,0O0,-
600 of American
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11
"There's Nothing In Itv'

The following pertinent paragraph
from the Ardmore American, will apply
equally as we'll to Custer:
Sometimes you will throw down your
home paper and exclaim: There's
nothing in itw Do you ever stop to
realize that the reason there is nothing
in the paper is because there has moth
ing happened worth printing? 1t is
hard for the editor to find enough inter
esting matter with which to fill the COL
umns of the average-sized paper, even
when things are the liveliest; in as
small place as Ardmore. And when
everyone does nothing but hug the stove
and talk about their neighbors, it is i'm.
possible to fill the sheet as it should be.
OF course, everyone who has never
tried it could do it, alright, alright, and
they will continue to think 30 until they
try it. Then there are few people who
haven't enough gray matter in their
heads to run their own business, who
think they could run the paper lots bet.
ter than the editor, anyhow. They will
never know any better, as they haven't
brain enough to even get a start into the
newspaper business.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11
HAT BRIMs TURN UPWARD.
Women Should use Crest Care in the
Selection Of their Head Covering.

"Here's a bit Of hat wisdom worth
considering: Don't look upon your
Spring hat merely in the light of nee
essary head-covering Don't regard its
selection as a trivial matter and some.
thing the quicker you get through with,
the better. Don't be too much influenced
by the prevailing mode in millinery or
the persuasive voice of the saleswoman.
Use your own judgment and remember
that the new hat requires respectful
consideration.
If you know hats at all, you will
quickly realize how true this is, for even
the most innocent-looking hat you can
picture has latent possibilities all its
own which are worth serious thought.
Think of the ways of hat, just mere
new, spring hat, can change your ap-
pearance. 1t can quickly add to your
charm and chic. And it can just as
quickly make you subject of ridicule.
1t can add, simply by the facing of the
brim or its curve, years-yes, years-to
your age, or it can give fresh, youthful
glow to your complexion, and be kind,
very kind, to its softening influence up
on those tell-tale lines every woman
wants to hide.
Now as to the new fashions in hats for
Spring: First, there is the tendency of
the brim to turn upward. And upward
it does turn in variety of ways. On
the other hand, a number of picture
shapes show broad-brim which droops
slightly but the extreme mushroom
effect is no longer seen. Head sizes in
the new hats are much smaller, but this
change does not tend to raise the hat
that would not be correct, for the hats
that sit we'll down on the head are still
the mode. Fashion has decreed no one
particular shape in crowns. They vary
according to the lines of the brim.-|
Grace Margaret Gould, in Woman's
Home Companion for March.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11
A SURPRISE TEA PARTY.

On Monday afternoon of this week,
Mrs. Henry Monheim was asked to have
cup of tea with Mrs. E. L. Grantham.
Assembled there she found a goodly
number of her friends, who took this
method of giving her "really, truly"
surprise. Good-natured joking, to hide
the genuine regret that each felt at
losing this friend from our midst, made
a merry time. Then those present found
a guessing game the order of the mo-
ment-the game being number of pop
ular books, illustrated by pictures. Mrs.
Willis, after lively contest and draw,
was the lucky winner of first prize.
Mrs. Tubbs was consoled with a useful
reminder that she won out both last and
least. Another contest and Mrs. Tubbs
showed the progress she had made in
physiology, during her recent trip, by
winning first prize. The guest of honor
was delighted with several little re-
minders of each game.
Then came buffet luncheon, at which
the old adage, "two many cooks spoil
the BROTH" was given back seat--it
seemed that each dish of the elegant
repast was the perfection of culinary art.
Mrs. Monheim was then presented
with token of the esteem in which she
is held-a lovely souvenir spoon. The
guests sang the old songs, 80 dear to the
hearts of all, and thanking Mrs. Gran
than as being the same lovely hostess at
all times, and wishing Mrs. Monheim as
many friends in her new home as she
has in Custer, went their several ways
homeward.
ONE OF THEM.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11
JUNCTION JINGLES.
BY sIRI.

By sIRI.
March 7, 1911.
Harry Francis was in town Friday.
Vondelehrs were in town one day last
week.
John Cooling was absent from school
Wednesday.
Dick Downing secured a young COW
from U. J. Fox.
Forest Ranger Connors was in our
neighborhood Thursday.
John Wilhelm and Frank Roetzel vis-
tied the school last Monday.
Charles Fox was up from Mayo and
spent Sunday with his parents.
Harry Downing was absent from school
Wednesday, having gone to town.
Miss Mae Kollar spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents, in Custer.
John Wilhelm and Frank Roetzel
spent Sunday afternoon with Harry
Downing.
U.J. Fox and family, also Miss Mae
Kollar, took dinner with Dick Downing
and family, Sunday, Feb. 20.
John Wilhelm was over to Bugtowr
Tuesday. Wednesday he made secont
trip, accompanied by his father, ane
taking some potatoes with them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11
Warning to Railroad Men.

Look out for severe and even danger
Gus kidney and bladder trouble result
ing from years of railroading. Geo. E.
Bell, $50 Third St., Fort Wayne, Ind,
was many years conductor on the Mic
kel Plate. He says: Twenty years of
railroading left my kidneys in terrible
condition. There was a continual pain
across my back and hips and my kid
neys gave me much distress, and the &C.
ton of my bladder was frequent and
most painful. got supply of Foley
Kidney Pills and the first bottle made a
wonderful improvement and four bottles
cured me completely. Since being cured
I have recommended Foley Kidney Pills
to many of my railroad friends" A. J..
Jones.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11
Millham-Edwards.

Warren R. Millham, of Hot Springs,
and Mildred Edwards, were quietly mar
ried last evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. V. Ayres on Centennial
Avenue, by Rev. J. A. Edwards of the
Methodist church. They will remain in
Deadwood for short time and later will
make their home in Hot Springs.
The groom is an enterprising business
man, who for number of years has
been engaged in the sale of monuments
in this section of the country. Mrs.
Millham is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. T. Mcvey. of Rockford, and has many
friends in Deadwood who will extend
congratulations on this auspicious occa-
sion. -Pioneer-Times, March 7th.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11
Needlework Cure for Divorce.

Needlework is cure for divorce, as
serts Mrs. Robert Gamble, wife of
United States Senator Gamble of South
Dakota. knitting and sewing" she
says, "keeps woman's mind occupied
when otherwise she might grow unsocial
or exasperated. Thus she is kept from
perils which often lead to the divorce
court. Instead of getting yourself in a
white heat over your husbands cross
words have piece of embroidery which
you can easily take up and lay away,
and work in flower or leaf in the in
terval. Work is good for us all, espe-
cially for women who have the narrow
cares of keeping home in running
order."-Cievelan (O.) Leader.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11
THE HERD LAW.

The new herd law which was passed
In the Legisl ature at the recent session
reads as follows:
Sec. l.-That sections 10, ii and IL, OF
Chapter pa of the Session Laws of 1907,
relating to the damages for trespass of
animals be, and the same are hereby
repealed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11
ONE OF THEM.
In Remembrance.

Little Max Raymond, adopted infant
child of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Wells, died
Friday night, March Sd, 1911, after a
brief illness, and was buried Sunday
morning; Rev. X. w. Powell conduct
ing brief funeral service.
The little one had but slight hold in
life from the beginning, but during the
few weeks since it was in the loving care
of the parents by adoption, hopes were
entertained that he would grow to be a
comfort and reward to those who had
opened both hearts and home to tiny
stranger. Hopes doomed to disappoiut-
ment by the early transplanting of the
human flower to heavenly gardens.
Much sympathy is felt for Mr.. and Mrs.
Wells, in their bereavement.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11
FARMERS AND sToCKMEN
Will Meet at Buffalo Gap, on Saturday
March 25th, 1919, to Organize an
Anti-aorse and Cattle Steal


Will Meet at Buffalo Gap, on Saturday,
March 25th, 1917, to Organize an
Anti-Horse and Cattle Steal
ing Association.
We, the undersigned, hereby call for
a meeting of the residents of Fall River
and Custer counties, at Buffalo Gap, s.
D., for the purpose of organizing an
Anti Horse and Cattle Stealing Associa-
tion.
The purpose of this Organization shall
be to give each member all the assist
ance possible in the recovery of their
stock if stolen, and to offer and main
tain a reward for the arrest and prose-
cution of the thief or thieves, and to aid
and encourage the local officers in the
suppression of all illegal handling OF
stock throughout the two counties. And
to cooperate with like Associations that
are organized throughout South Dakota
Nebraska and Wyoming.
In accordance with this call and peti
ton, the date set for this meeting hal
been for Saturday, March 25th, 1911, a
Buffalo Gap, s. d.
All others, whose names are not Oh
this list and are interested, are cordial.
invited to be present and take part il
the meeting.
Signed by 1872 Persons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11

President Taft has called an extra
session Of Congress, to meet April 4th
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11
Is She q MartyrP

Miss Sylvia Parkhurst, young lady
20 years of age, from England, now tour
ing the United States lecturing on polit-
ical education, has told about her expe-
rience as suffragette in London pri-
son. She is an artist as we'll as suffrag-
ette-has visited the Academy of Arts
at Venice, won the National scholar
ship in England, and is the author of
several books on the woman suffrage
business. Not to waste many words she
is great one. In New York she made
the impression of having in her the ma
terial of which martyrs are made.
We think this could be tested and
made sure of by transplanting her to a
home on our South Dakota prairies.
Especially one where the stove sends
out clouds of smoke when the wind
blows in certain direction; then make
her cook meals with wet fuel. At the
same time have her do lot of chores
around the barn, carrying in water when
going back to the house, this water to
be hauled from well in deep draw,
one-fourth mile distant. Make her clean
the house, feed the pigs, mend the stock.
ings, get the horse out of the pasture,
make the beds, tramp down the hay in
the barn, bake the bread, water that
calf, do the washing, empty the slop
bucket, chase the flies out of the kitch
en-; then after all give her some partic
ular caustc remarks about the meals
not being what they should be.
If she can stand all this and be cheer
full, we will admit that she has in bel
the material of which martyrs are made
-Capa Hustler.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-03-11

The Chapter PA of the Session Laws
of 1907 referred to provides for general
herd law for the State of South Dakota,
but contai ms the following sections which
are repealed by the new law;