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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
Abnormal Condition Is Shown.

Pierre-The report of the vital sta
tistics bureau for July, now COM
plete, indicates that that month was
abnormal. The stork, Cupid, the grim
reaper, the judge, and the new Ameri-
can all went on their vacations. There
were S53 birts, normal 1880; 366
deaths with an average of 430; 27S
marriages, usually 400; "a divorces.
which is normal month reach so;
and only SO naturalizations, while 1913
is the rule There We're 13 suicides,
the highest number yet recorded for
one month in the six years of the bu-
reau's existence. The suicides fol
lowed almost every known route to
extinction. four by gun shots, one
drowned himself, two by poison, two
unknown, and three with the running
moose. Pneumonia was especially low;
with 81 deaths, as was enteritis, usu-
ally high in this month, with only 10
deaths. The same was true of typhoid
The record is not closed until one
month after the end of the preceding
month, after which the results are
tabulated.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28

silo should be of such size that a layer
of silage at least two inches in depth
Will be removed each day after ieed-
ing has begun. This prevents a thin
top layer from molding. A dairy COW
per day, and the following table Ia
based on this amount Forty pounds
is also the average weight of a cubic
foot of silage.
Locate the silo where it will be con-
venient for feeding. Usually IL is
Joined to the barn by means of
chute and passageway with doors.
Since the silo and its contents are
heavy, it must be built on solid
ground. The bottom Of the foundation
should go below frost line. The silo
may, with advantage, extend four to
five feet into the ground. Dig the pit
large enough to allow for the thick
ness Of the circular walls and foot
ing two feet wide.
In order to save lumber the con-
crete is poured into forms which can
be moved up as the concrete sets or
becomes hard. These movable forms
consist Of two circular shells three to
four feet high, so made that one fits
within the other with space between
| for six-inch wall. The horizontal
framework consists Of 2 by inch tim
bers cut to q circle, which are COW
cred with sheet metal or wooden lag
ging. Each piece must be long
enough to provide for six-foot three
inch length Of the circumference Of
the circle as well as several inches for
the lap or strap joints. The forms are
raised by loosening them at the joints
and setting them up again on the fin
ished section OF the silo.
| Concrete for silos should be rich in
Portland cement and should be put
into the forms mushy wet. Mix 1t one
part cement to two parts sand to four
parts crushed rock. Four parts of
clean pit or bank-run gravel may be
used instead of the sand and rock.
Measure all materials on the basis
that one bag Of cement equals one
cubic foot. Many persons raise the
concrete in buckets, but the work can
be done more quickly and easily by
ooAAi6 a AoASc .oSeluSl Will uef-
rick or we'll braced iib-boom fixed to
an adjoining building.
The first cost of concrete silos may
or may not be greater than that of the
best of any other kind. The time is
now at hand when farmers, like rail
roads and corporations, are consider
ing the lasting qualities of buildings.
Concrete silos need no insurance;
they do not blow down or burn up.
They never have to be painted or re
paired. With other kinds OF silos dur
ing their short lives these expenses
alone equal the first cost. Concrete
lasts forever.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
A REPORT ON FARES.
Gates Rules on Objections 81 Dakota
RAILWAYS

Railways.
Sioux Fa1ls-John H. Gates of this
city, appointed special master by the
Judge of the United States court for
South Dakota to hear the evidence in
ehe case involving the reduction of
passenger fares in South Dakota from
5 cents to or 211s cents per mile, who
some weeks ago filed a report in
which he found in substance in favor
OF a 2R-cent rate, has just filed in
the federal court here a supplemental
report, in which he makes rulings up
on objections and exceptions which
had been filed by the complainant rail-
way commissioners to his original re-
port.
me exceptions were filed at hear
lngs held for the purpose after he had
hled his original report There were
large number of these exceptions, and
the special master. in his snnnlenent-
al report, overrules all of the eNcep-
tlons but two filed by the complain-
ants and one filed by the defendants.
One of the exceptions allowed was
complalnants' exception 20, and in ac-
cordance Herewith the special master
finds that the companys lines in
South Dakota havesbeen prudently and
economically operated and maintains
ed; that they furnish to the state of
South Dakota facilities and railroad
service on which large part of the
citizens of this state depend for their
present prosperity. and that the con-
struction and operation OF these lines
have been justified by the public need
The other exception allowed was
compliments exception 46, which re-
lates to the period of time required
for the reproduction of the railway
lines.
In allowing defendants exception 4
Special Master Gates, i'll his supple
mental report says:
This exception is we'll taken. De-
PENDANTS did not specifically agree
that the gross earnings, freight and
passenger, We're as stated by the
master on page SO (of his original re-
port) Nor did they specifically agree
that the gross passenger earnings
We're as found by the master They
contended that such earnings were
higher than shown by complainants,
but in preparing their later exhibits
| they adopted said figures. The master
| has made the necessary corrections
by eliminating the word agreed where
| it relates to earnings"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
State College Football Team.

Brookings. first weeks foot
ball practice at the South Dakota Col.
lege shows that the team this year will
be composed of unusually good mate
rial. Nearly all of last years aggre.
cation has returned, and many of the
men have spent the summer in manual
work, hardening up their muscles for
the fall season. Among last years
veterans are Bibby, Lockhart, Pence,
johnson and Jensen. A goodly num-
ber of new high school players have
reported to Coach Johnson, and among
these are Catlett Caldwell and john
son. All these were picked last year
for the allstate high school eleven.
Last years second team was COM
posed of players almost equal in abil-
ity to the first team, and from these
and the other newcomers a strong
bunch will be selected. With forty
men on the gridiron each evening in
preliminary practice with the bucking
machine. tackling and formation work,
coach johnson is eXpectant of the re-
suits which are sure to show before
the season ends. 1t is expected that
the back field and line will be un-
usually strong and that as whole the
team will be symmetrical and well
balanced.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
Cow Wedding.

The removal Of weed cows from the
herd is doing more for the dairy busi-
ness than perhaps any other one
thing. So profitable has this line OF
dairy work proved that many dairy
men who were about ready to abandon
the dairy business have taken fresh
start. But the mere removal of weed
cows is not enough. Their places
must be taken by better ones. These
are easily secured by using pure-bred
sires Of known milk producing strains.
Records show that this line of work Is
also profitable. More and more dairy
men annually are adopting it, Some
men themselves do the work of weed.
ing and breeding; others rely upon
cow-testing associations. These as.
sociations cost little and pay well as
cow weeders.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28

The principal source Of profit in
dairying, stock-raising and farming
lies in improving the quality and a,
the same time keeping down the cost
Of production. In this matter of profit.
and loss nothing plays such an i'm.
portant part as the question of feedn
and feeding The natural feed for ami.
mails, the one on which they do best.
is green pasture. In climates subjece
to frost, man has made the same pro.
vision for animals as for himself by
providing them in winter with canned
green fodder called "silage." Silage in
made most commonly from corn, COW
peas, clover, sorghum, or alfalfa, mere.
ly chopped fine and stored in largo
water-tight cans known as "silos." In
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
FOOD AGAIN
A Mighty important Subject to Every.
One.

A Boston lady talks entertainingly
of food and the changes that can be
made in health by some knowledge on
that line. She says:
An injury to my spine in early WON.
anhood left ME subject to severe sick
headaches which would last three or
four days at a time, and q violent
course of drugging brought on consti.
patton with all the ills that follow.
My appetite was always light and
uncertain and many kinds of food dis.
tressed me.
Il began to eat Grape Nuts food two
or three years ago, because liked the
taste of 1t, and kept on because
soon found 1t was doing me good.
II eat it regularly at breakfast, fre-
quently at luncheon, and again before
going to bed-and have no trouble in
sleeping on it, 1t has relieved my con-
stipation, my headaches have practi-
cally ceased, and am in better physi-
cal condition at the age of 63 than
was at 4O
Il give Grape-Nuts credit for restor.
ing my health. II not saving my life,
and you can make no claim for it too
strong for me to endorse" Name
given fy Postum Co., Battle Creek
Mich.
Read the little book. "The Road to
Weiiviiie," in pKgs There's reason
Ever read the above letter, new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, aad full Of hunao
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28

why his friends have perpetuated his
memory by a unique mausoleum.
Passersby are sure to be attracted
by the pretentious monument, and
those who pause will see a
number of curious symbols, all
of which have reference to some
phase in the minstrel's life. Over
the granite entrance is inscribed
the name which tells whose body
lies therein. The monument it.
self is surmounted by life-like bust
of the minstrel. All the carvings are
symbolic of the muse he served-the
Goddess OF Music herself. There are
the bones and castanets and banjo;
there Is the mask of mirth; there Is
the seat of minstrelsy-empty, to be
sure, for BILLY" West is no more.
Within this inclosure, too, are the
signs of several fraternal orders to
which the minstrel belonged.
In striking contrast to the simplicity
which characterizes another section
Of Greenwood Is a pretentious marble
slab surmounted by huge baseball.
Two bronze bats crossed over base
ball glove on one side of the monu-
ment tell their story Evidently
friends who erected the monument
realized that no other eulogy or cpl
taph was needed. and the small bronze
nameplate facing the low mound bears
the simple inscription: "In Memoriam,
Henry Chadwick, Father of Baseball.
Born October. 1924. Died April 20.
1906" This bronze tablet is in the
shape of baseball diamond In the
center of the inscription is quill and
fountain pen. in memory Of his being
sporting editor Of the Brooklyn Daily
Eagle from the early days of the quill
until the advent of the fountain pen.
His signature, "Old Chalk" was much
beloved by baseball enthusiasts, who
watched daily for more than quarter
of century for his reports. The mar
BILE sphere surmounting the monument
signifies more than prosaic baseball;
it is sphere of the globe symbolizing
the world in which once lived and
moved the Father of Baseball"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
onlv . Moose.

'"The modern woman isn't bluff."
asserted Mrs. Gobbolink, looking up
from her newspaper. ''This suffrage
movement has more in it than mere
ideals. The new woman is brave and
fearless. Here is a story of woman
up in Canada who killed mouse. It
seems that she"
"Impossible!" interjected Mr.. Cob
bolink. There must be some mis-.
take-read it again.
Mrs. Gobbolink searched out the
paragraph and then blushed vividly.
How stupid of me-" she stammered.
Il did make a mistake 1t wasn't a
mouse she killed-Nothing but
moose"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
Mules Greed Cost Its Life.

York. Pa. The greed of a mule
owned by Leo Hollinger, chief of the
Dallastown fire department, brought
the animal to an untimely end. Hol,
linger found it hanging over the par
tition separating its stall from the
main barn floor. strangled to death by
i,s hitching strap The sigh. OF an
open feed bin close by is believed to
have tempted the mule to leap over
the partition.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
Land Show Exhibits.

Professionalism Deets Is
gathering material for the exhibit by
the state at the land show in Chicago,
in October, and to that eud secured
several of the county exhibits at the
state fair. Two of the exhibits he will
use in whole or in part will be those
of Brookings and Kingsbury counties,
which took first and second prize for
county exhibits. These exhibits will
be backed with other material to be
collected from the corn palace and
from private sources which will place
a good showing of South Dakota pro.
ducts at the exhibition. At this show
the state will look the state exhibit
over, and begin to secure a line of
correspondents looking after South
Dakota openings for business.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28

through which the tines of the fork
pass when the scoop is to be attached,
and across the bottom is metal strip
with series Of longitudinal grooves,
through which the tines also pass and
in position. The usefulness of such
a tool can readily be understood In
case where a man has both shovel
ing and forking to do, as around a
barnyard. he can accomplish the wory
by quick transformation of this de
vice instead Of having to go and ge,
different implement every once in
while.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
HAS MANY OLD ToMBsToNEs
Greenwood cemstery in Brooklyn
Contains Some Strange and Very
Unique Monuments.

Brooklyn. N. Y.-There are fashions
In tombstones as we'll as in everything
else and some of the strangest and
most unique monuments can be found
in the famous Greenwood cemetery.
Brooklyn. One of the best known of
these is the one erected to BILLY"
West.
There are many who remember
BILLY" West of Primrose & West
fame. AS a chaser of frowns and
sighs he rivaled Lew Dockstader, liter
ally provoking the pessimist to forget
his woes and smile with him That Is
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
Wants Bureau Of Inspection.

The Kansaa department Of agr;cr..
ture wants to establish q bureau ts
inspect grain feed. seed ard hay. .:.:.s
the purpose of raising the standard
on these commodities Chicago and
St. Louis already have such bureaus
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
$4,000 Warrants Drawn.

Pierre-The state auditors office
has just begun the use of a new series
.of state warrants, with a picture of
the new capitol autographed on their
face in a drab brown. The new war
rants are of the same light blue pa
per used in the old. They are num-
bered AL, Az, etc. Ninety-nine thou
sand warrants have been drawn on
the general fund since statehood.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
An Expert Marksman.

into twenty-three inch space at 200
yards in twenty minutes.
My hand is still steady" he said
the other day. "and l will challenge
any man within ten years of my age,
to shoot with me. have score of
medals, but want some more"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
Deaf Mute School Full.

Pierre.-Supt. Howard Simpson of
Falls. was in Pierre the other day
looking for deaf children. Mr.. Simp-
son reports that by enforcing the COM
pulsory education law for the deaf and
dumb that tf.ev are able to get nearly
all these unfortunates into the insti-
tuition. and consequently the school is
full to overflowing.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
Pure Food Law.

Pure Food Law.
Vermillion.-Dr. A. N. Cook, pure
food commissioner, has just returned
from a trip to Mitchell, S. D., and re-
ports the prosecution of two more par.
ties for violation Of the food laws. C..
G. Rathbun was fined the sum of
$23.35 for selling misbranded goods
which the commissioner had ordered
him tc remove from the shelves and
ship back to the wholesalers, Reid,
Murdoch & Co, d year ago, but which
he failed to do Reisen & Klinghanl-
mer were fined S2335 for selling sau.
sages containing preservatiyes
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
CHALLENGES ALL MARKsMEN
Aged Rifleman Who Will Shoot Win
Any Man Within Ten Years
of His Age.

Denver, Colo.--.John P. Lower. aged
7S, and known to all Colorado pio.
neers. celebrated the sixty-frst ami
versary of his apprenticeship in the
gun business recently. This photo
was taken on his fiftieth birthday,
when he put fifty consecutive shots
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
Land classification.

Pierre.-The field force of the state
land department, which is looking af
ter the classification of lands which
are to be leased for agricultural pur-
poses next spring, are making topo-
graphical plats, down to ten-acre tracts
where the 40-acre tracts are not such
as to be completely available for agri-
cultural purposes. This phase of the
work is being pushed by the depart-
ment so far as the land in the terri
tory to be covered in agricultural
leases are concerned, with the view Of
ultimately placing much Typographical
plats of all the lands owned by the
state. in the department. This would
put the department in position to esti-
mate lease or selling values at any
time from the plats in the office.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28

takes up no more room than one of
these tools and can quickly be turned
from one into the other The basic
implement is fork. and the shovel
portion is adjustably connected. In
the head Of the scoop are holes
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28
COMBINED TOOL
HANDY ONFARM
Scoop Detachably Connected and
Has Grooves for Tines
Advantages are
Easily Seen.

A combination implement that is
handy for farm and stable use has
been designed by man in the state
of Washington. 1t is fork and shovel
combined. and its advantage is that 1t
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28

The total cost Of the new school
nouse at Timber Lake will be about
SIS, 900
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-28

Didn't Break II Around Her.
Ella-Our friend. the pitcher. has
"glass arm
stella-I didn't notice it when he
called on me last evening.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-01-12

The committee which so successfully
carried through the Public Library re-
ception and dance has turned over to
tire treasurer of the library the very
satisfactory sum of one hundred and
thirty-fve dollars as the result Of its
efforts.
AS the library would have been
obliged to close Jan. LIST without this
help, so depleted was its treasury, the
beard of directors wish to thank very
sincerely, not only the committee, but
til. Masons who SO generously gave
the! rooms, the Social club which con-
tributed very handsomely for the use
Of the decorations, the ladies who sold
tickets, and the Tribune and Democrat
for having so continuously helped the
library by publishing the notices.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-01-12
Highland Ships 242 cs1, Of Ore.

From this station for 1910 there was
shipped 242 cars Of zinc and lead or
over Is, 500,O 900 pounds, making TITS
tons.
This was made with five mines idle,
viz: Clark, st. Anthony, Red Jacket,
Observation-Disclosures and Imhoff Bros.
The mines producing these 2l2 cars
were the Franklin, Highland, Wallace,
John Kreul, Manning Meyers Co., Bur
richter, Frank Knoll, Freeman Zinc
Co., Inhoff & Egan, Minter Mining Co.
With the new strike on the Kennedy
farm and strong probability Of three
of the FIVE idle mines resuminP active
operations the output for 1911 viii ex-
coed 10, 00) tons. Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-01-12
F. r. A. Installation.

A fine supper and entertainment was
given by the f. r. A. Lodge at the
Good Templars' hall Monday evening,
January g.
After every one had partaken Of sup
per Mr.. E. r. Hicks of Oshkosh, one
of our former state attorney generals,
but now Supreme President of the F.
r. A. association, installed the follow
ing officers:
President-E J. Ellingen.
Vice President Mrs Addie Jackson.
Secretary Mrs. Lulu Bridges.
Treasurer Thomas Gavin.
Sargants Mrs. Mary Wagner and
Mrs. Esther Dobson.
Judge for three years-Mrs. Lizzie
Treweek.
After the installation the following
program was given:
Violin and piano duet by Raymond
Mess and Ena Jacka.
Recitation, Ulmont Healy.
| ndAel LAY.
Music by High School male quartet
Recitation, Blanche Fox.
Music, High School male quartet.
Recitation, Florence Voss.
Music by Ena Jacka and Raymond
Mess.
"A Perplexing Situation, a play
by some of the members of the senior
class Of the High School.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-01-12
The Diamond King.

Z j. Burt Johnson and his company Of
players will present that great play,
''The Diamond King, in four acts and
all special scenery, at the City Hall,
Thursday, Jan 10.
Mr.. johnson is well known in Mineral
Point having appeared here last Novem-
Der with Life for Life" This time
he presents a stronger play with lots O.
singing and dancing specialties. Don't
forget the date Jan 18th. Get your
seats reserved at once. e, IS and soc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-01-12
,ireely's First Pen in Possession of
Former Mineral Pointer.

On the Tribune desk is a copy of the
Wellington (Kan.) Republican of the
4th inst 1t is spicy sheet and among
other interesting matter we find an
arucle treating on Greely's first pen
and showing that it is now in posses
SIGN of former Mineral Pointer, in
this way:
An uncle of II. Nc Bride of yelling
tor served an apprenticeship with
Horace Greedy some years before his
founding of the New York Tribune.
The first pen with which Mr.. Greedy
wrote upon starting the Tribune he
afterwards gave to his former print
shop chum, 1.-THE uncle) who in turn
hasded it down in 1868 TO II. Nc Bride,
+, nephew Until about that time
'1P Nc Bride had known himself as II.
btts, whose mother died when he was
an infant, and his father, who married
again, turned him over to George w.
Ri SIS, his mothers uncle. Mr.. Bliss
WAS at that time editor and proprietor
of the Mineral Point Tribune. Some
of the older residents of this place can
nc doubt recall the lad and the circum-
stances.
~ have the utmost confidence that
this is Mr.. Greely's old PEN" says Mr..
Nc Bride, 'for my uncle would have
had no object in saying so unless it
wss so +"