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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17
THE OPEN FIRE.

s'The open fire is primitive, ele-
mental thing" says John Burroughs
in Country Life in America. cit
cheers with more than mere heat: it
is a bit of the red heart of nature
laid bare; it is dragon Of the prince
docile and friendly there in the COR
ner. What pictures; what activity !;
how social; how it keeps up the
talk. You are not permitted to for
get it for moment. How it re-
spends when you nudge it! How it
rejoices when you feed it! Why, an
open fire in your room is whole lit
erature. 1t supplements your libra
ry as nothing else in the room does
or can"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17
A BROAD A" STENoGRAPHER'
Manufacturer Advertises for One Who
Can Take Dictation In an English
or Boston Accent.

Last week a hardware manufac-
turer advertised for a stenographer
accustomed to take dictation from
some one with an English or Boston
accent"
II want a girl familiar with that
kind of lingo so there will be fewer
mistakes in our correspondence than
the last girl we had managed to in
ject," he said. "She knew how to
typewrite, and | guess she was fairly
proficient in pot hooks, but she never
could get the hang Of our gihberish.
My partner does most Of the dictat-
ing. To hear him talk is to run up
against regular fusillade Of broad
as and rising infections. The girl
simply could not make out what he
was driving at, and some of the let
tiers she turned out were master
pieces of inaccuracy. The accent
of man who dictates is an impor-
tant factor in correspondence, and
both employer and employed would
benefit by a broad "a stenographer
sticking to broad "a Office"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17

A. man with stubby chin whiskers
and wearing cap with flaps tied at
the top in a bow dashed into the
revolving door of Chicago Office
building and kept chasing this i'm
proved turnstile round and round,
until, nearly exhausted, he lurched
ont on the other side and paused to
catch his breath.
"You seem tuckered a Bit" COM
mented a tenant, who was about to
make the exit by the way the other
had come.
FsI didn't think twas so burned
fur in hcre!" declared the rural Wis
itor, between gasps. "Why, l was
nearly a half hour gittin' through
that thar windin' alleyv'
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17

:dlssouri Continuance That Dates
Away Back From Time Of
the indians.

Emmett c. Higgins and Otto
Witt. game wardens, destroyed with
dynamite the fish trap on the Chair
ton river. It had been in use for
many years and was netting its own
er from $4,000 to $4,000 a year.
Ben Clark, the owner Of the place,
protested that he had purchased the
trap along with the farm ana that
the fishing rights had been handed
down for years to the owners of the
farm.
He declared that he could not be
deprived of them by law. There
were many farmers waiting around
the trap for a supply Of fish, for
which they paid four cents a pound.
The fish usually caught in the trap
were buffalo, cat, carp and croppy,
weighing from one to fifty pounds.
Catfish weighing 100 pounds have
frequently been caught in the old
trap.
The trap was a curious invention.
consisting of heavy timbers placed
midway Of the stone dam. Fish
coming down stream would float
into it. The catch for a day would
frequently fill an ordinary farm
wagon. 1t is said that the dam and
trap were originally built by the In
dians. The owners have cleared
more money from the sale of fish
than from the produce of the farms.
Frequent complaints have been made
made of this method of catching
fsh, but until few days ago no
action was taken.-Kansas City
Times.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17
DIDN'T WANT 1T REVIVED
illustrating "What Tangled We5
We Weave When First We Pur.
pose to Deceive"

The man in the last seat of the
car grinned as he opened his morn
ing paper.
"See that" he asked the man
next to him.
The other man looked. A six
inch item had been scissored out Of
a column.
"What of it ," he asked.
"For one thing" replied the first
speaker, cit painfully illustrates the
good old couplet, 'Oh, what a
tangled web we weave when first we
purpose to deceive You sec that
hole? Well, l cut out the item be-
cause l didn't want my wife to
read it,"
Something incriminating:" the
other man asked.
Nothing Of the sort. Entirely in-
nocent. But | didn't want her to
see it. Then | realized that she
would demand to know what it was,
and would probably borrow the
neighbours paper TO find out. So I
hid the paper and pretended it
didn't come"
''Well, what on earth was the item
about?"
The man with the paper chuclSled
and prodded the other mans knee.
'Wc'vc got feeble old rubber
plant at our house that's happily on
its last legs" he replied, "and that
miserable item was headed, "A Sure
Way to Revive Sickly Rubber
Plant See?"
The other man saw.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17

This is the month we read about
Lincoln, and SO Lincoln stor,
might not be out Of place. A
couple of the great mans friends
appealed to him once upon a time
Tor an opinion as to the proper
.ength of a persons legs, and his
reply was to the effect that the sub
Ject was one he had never givel.
much thought but that it appeared
TO him that a man S legs should be
sufficiently long to reach from his
body to the ground.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17
government.

The Rev. Harry M. Hitchcock
pastor of the Second Reformed
Church of White Horse. N. J., has
started a crusade against the use oil
the word hello. as he declares
that it verges on profanity. He
saws that by the use of that word
thousands swear daily and never
know it, Now wouldn't that
simply jar your grandmother's pre-
serves! He has requested the tele-
phone companies to instruct the
centrals not to use it. Mercy
How can all those fair creatures
ever expect to hold up their heads
again and look the world in the
face? The Reverend gentleman
suggests that we use in place OF
hello" the word TO-" Yes,
Reverend, or why not adopt the
English way? When an English
man takes up a phone, instead OIL
saying halo, he calls out, are
you there!" If the man at the
other end Of the line says no
then the first gentleman concludes
that the man he wants has gone
fishing or somewhere and hangs up
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17

AS a general thing we would lie
too modest to tell about COMP
ments we have received but we got
a few this week in regard to the
editorial in our last issue on the
subject of tree planting, which we
refer to in order that we may bring
the matter to the attention OF oul
readers again. The people who
spoke to us say that few things are
OF more importance and urge us to
continue to remind our readers Oh
week on the subject is Forthcoming
and will be printed soon.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17

Lord De Broke-It's a terrible
thing, don't you know, Miss Bill
y,,ns, for chappy to have to go
through life all alone.
Miss Billyuns-Why don't you
employ valet?
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17
ALL FIXED,

81 think I'll propose at the party
tonight"
tNo, you won't"
'FWhy won't ~
"My sister knows the young lady
in question, and it has been ar
ranged for you to propose at the ball
next week"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17
ROOT WOULD UNSEAT LORIMER.

Senator Root of New York las
week made one OF the best speech
es heard in the senate in connec
ton with the Lorimer briber,
Charges. He concluded his great
effort with these words:
Mr.. President, it is an ungrac-
ious task to urge such considera-
tons; it is a disagreeable duty for
senators to listen; but for many
years the people of the United
States have been growing in an TN
easy conviction that seats in the
Senate of the United States have
been obtained by bribery, and tina
owing to the difficulties of securla.
proof, the natural unwiiiingness o.
colleagues to believe i'll OF thei
fellows. owing to whatever cause
it may be, attempts to bring home
10 a Member charged the conse-
quences of what the people Of h
country have believed to be corrupt
practices uniformly fail.
1t is this belief, Mr.. President
that has reduced the honor paid to
the Senate Of the United States.
1t is this belief, sometimes basee
upon the mistaken observation 0
the people of the country whom We
represent, that has been sappine
the confidence of the people of the
country in the senate of the United
States. This belief is one of the
great considerations underlying the
widespread demand for a change ii
the method of choosing senator's
the United states. This belief is
one of the great considerations
which are warping Our people away
from their confidence in represent
alive government established b,
our fathers. 1t is one OF the things
that is making them distrust the
possibility of pure and honest rep
resentative government, and it is
bringing about long strides toward
a change in our system of govern
ment; it is carrying great sections
of Our country away from the old
methods of the constitution.
If we would preserve the gov
eminent of the fathers, ii we would
preserve the honor and integrity OF
the senate. if we would do our full
duty to Our country under oul
oaths, we are not at liberty to re-
ject the testimony in this case,
which shows this seat to be filled
here as the result of corruption.
Hard it is; but as we have had
fathers who have made sacrifices
for our land, as we have children
to whom we hope to hand down a
government of peace and justice
and liberty, it rests with the senate
of the United States to do it's duty
now; and. hard and unpleasant as
it may be, purge itself of the re-
suits of this foul conspiracy against
the integrity and purity Of Our
government.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17
MIGHT BE WORSE.

Mrs. Newpop-E Everybody says the
baby looks like you, dear.
Mr.. Newpop-Well, I'm glad
people don't say look like the baby.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17
ONE IS NEVER THE OTHER.

"There are two kinds of Wild
owe"
ooh, I know-grass and sod.
That's an old"
ssLet me finish. I'm talking about
regular widows. There are two
hnds--lovely ones and lonely ones"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-17
A TOAST.

Scribbles-lIere's to my last book
of poems.
Critic ls-Herc's hoping it is ycar
last.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
Rn.sslti .nd liis ch,na.

Ford MadoX Huefer tells in "Mem. cries and Impressions a story of Eos setti and his china collecting. A cer. tain potter had acquired a valuable sei Of Chinese tea things of which be had duplicates made ln his pottery Then be got an agent to sell the limitations Co Rossetu for a large sum
 Coming Co tea the next day, relates Mir HueTcr, che remarked Co Rosseiu Hello. Gabriel. where did you get tlrst clumsy ImitatunsT And eventually b1 sold the originals Co Bossetti for a figure considerably over that at which Rossetd had bought the f0rgeries Al each visit thereafter he brought one of the forged cups in his pocket and while RossettIs back was turned sub sdtuted the forgery for one of the genuine cups. At the end of the series Of visits. therefore. Bossetti once more possessed the copies and the potter Che genuine set. which he sold, I believe, Co N Tissot"
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
TL. wsssh naAy

Those whose privilege 6 may be to Inspect a liner or other large passenger ship viii be wise to leave their watches at home. says the shemeld Telegraph. This may gsund stunEe There ls no fear of losing their watches but they may dnd thelr watches lose aH he same. and very considerably too In the engine room. where tbe electric dynomo is nt work, the al is SO power fully charged with electricity gs to anect any watch even when carried in the pocket mud not a5tually close Co the dynamo Engipeers invariably leave thcir watches In their room. nev CT, except by accident carrying them below
 An engineer wishing to demonstrate tho woudrous power ot thr dynamo held an iron hammer ln hls hand some inches from it The dynamo drew tbls hammer from his hand with a Clane as magnet would a needle Doubt less many persons who haze gone be low at some lime or other have Egbse- queuuy wondered how their watches have become "deranEed,~ Ignorant of the fact that lt was doue by electricity, which plays havoc with the deHcate mechanism of a watch
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
FOREST FIRE
 AT P0RCUPINE

Not to be outdone by other com munities. Porcupine also came with in an ace of having a forest fire, says Frank McEravy, who returned home Saturday night. from a two weeks stay in the mining camp From reports. the cause of the fire was a Japanese cook. The Jap was staying in a tent and was bothered by the chattering of a nest of sQuir- rels. He could not sleep, so started a fire under the tree in which the nest was located, to smoke out the little fellows. The smudge soon ss- sumed the proportions of a good sized blaze, but when Che Jap tried to extinguish it, he found 1t had got ten beyond control, and he called for assistance. The united efforts of a gang of firefigters was of little avail, and the fire was gaining rapidly and spreading into the woods when line of hose was run from the mine, and with the big centrifugal pump send ing stream into the blaze it was soon controlled and completely stamp ed .Haines Pioneer Press.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
DEAFNESS GlRg9T BE GtREli

by local appllcstions, os they cannot reach the diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one way to cure deaa- ness. and that Is by constitutional remedies Deafness is caused by an iBfamed condition Of the Eustaehian T1be When this tube is inflamod vou have a rumbling sound or impeT- feet hearing, and when t Is entirely closed. deafness Is the result, and un' eiss the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it's nor nal condition, hearing will be de stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by CataETh, which is noth- inr but an inflamed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
 We VIII give One Hundred Dollars for any case o6 deafness (caused by Catsrrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir cula-s, freq
 FL CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O..
 Sold by Druggists, 75c
 Take Halls Family Pills for consa patton.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
m,-nh.r. and h.n,nIllv.

Morphine stands uuequ6ied as Q per. verter Of the moral sense Whisky may disturb the imagination and judg ment causing many foolish and m wise actions to follow its use. but nor. phlae strikes deeper and creates a per son whom the father of lies must rec. ognize as Kindred to himself stori g that are the creation of a disturbed brain, told In a manner to appear so lntrinslcaIly true that ihe stories be. come works of art are what you VIII obtain from thC habltusl user Of nor. phiue or cocaine know of nothing that win appeal to one Of these stuff. cienuy to enable you to get an honest reply to any question Of moment you may address Co him. If you should rn ceive a trcthfui reply it win be hy Bc- cident North American Journal of Homeopathy
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
E
 LIKE TACOMA

Late returning Juneauites, accord ing to the Juneau Dispatch. bring well authenticated reports that on Saturday evening the town council of Petersburg passed an antueating iu saloons ordinance and the law won into effect last Monday morning. The ordinance, as drawn up. is similar to the auti-treating ordinance in Tacoma and prohibits any patron Of saloons or barrooms from buying drinks for other than himself
 There are three saloons in Peters burg and one in course of construction. The municipal law enacted by the ciJ dads of the sawmill and fishing viI- lage will have the effect Of reducing the liquor traffic in Petersburg. and one saloonman has threatened to move away from town.
 The crusade was started by a citi- zen of the town who held a grievance against the saloonmen.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
Tale Of Two Haira

or the dandy D'Orsay's not very brilliant "wiC this Is from Fein- mouths biography The company were lounrlug about the fireplace when a sinEularly tactless gentleman of the name of Powell crept up behind the count and. twitching suddenly e hair out of the back of his head, ey claimed: Excuse me, count; one soii. tary white hnlrr D'Oray coutrlved to conceal his annoyance, but bidgd hie time. Very soon he found his chance and. approaching Mir. Powell, be dc llberatcly plucked a hnir from his head, eIclaiming, Pardon, Pow-ail. one solitary black 'alrr
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
KLEHENA BRIDGE
 SWEPT 0UT

The bridge which spans the Kle hena river opposite Pleasant Camp, was swept out clean by the recent high water. Now the same old prob lem confronts the travellers to Rainy HNlow; the crossing Of the treach- erous stream in safety.
 It was but year ago that Patrick Kennedy lost his life near the spot where the bridge was afterwards put by Che Canadian Road Commission. To avoid a repetition of that affair telegrams have been sent by the ci1i- zens of Haines. to the superintendent of the Alaska Road Commission, and the Superintendent Of She Canadian Road Commission. informing them Of the fact that the bridge has been washed out. and asking them to t'ke immediate steps to repair the damage ere a repetition of the tragedy of last year occurs. In the meanwhile traffic is held up along the road to Rainy Hollow, and ore that is soon to be shipped out will have towait un- till repairs are made.
 In reply to the telegrams the two Commissions have answered as fol- lows:
 Citizens of Haines:
 VIII cooperate and do all possible to repair bridge. Notify Alexander, MoIyneaux out of reach til Sunday.
 J. A. Fraser. l. H. King:
 Have forwarded citizens request by cable to Col. Richardson. win do what I can for you.
 Hayes
 From the replies sent from the two road sUperintendents it seems very likely that we will have the bridge put in at a very early date.
 John Rosene, IT,. when approached on the subject said he would, if the Porcupine pile driver could be securod take the driver to Pleasant Camp to drive piles for the bridge and would also return the driver, as a donation to help the good work along, and others have come forward and offered contributions to speed the work, so there can be no excuse for the bridge not going in at an early date.-HainCs Pioneer Press.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
Nnt Hi, Air

It was very fashionable concert. and the nrtists were very well known ones. but the two young things were too busy with picking out their pecul- iaritles to hear the music.
 Tn the midst Of a beautiful selection the pianist suddenly lifted his hands from the keys. and Nue of the young things was heard Co uy clearly:
 'I wonder 1T that hair is his owur'
 The old man who sat beside her was slightly deaf, but he turned with a be- nevolent smile.
 ''No. miss, he imparted pleasantly; "thst is Schubert's." - Philadelphia Times.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
A strainhtEorwnrd Anrn.r

J. B. Lippincott once ventured Go ssk Ouida, the novelist how she came Q know SO much about clubs, camp life. barracks, gambling houses and otbcr places which are only visited by mUn. She placed her hands upon her knees and, looking straight at her questonsr. said, "tt Is none Of your business
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
4 Eri.raIr Tin

'Tm going to keep on climbing uutH I reach the top Of The ladder, said the candidate who had just been elected to a petty office.
 That's aH right" rejoIned the old politician. 'but take my advice aud keep an eye on the men at the bottcii They are the chups who cHu upset q @ ladder. -PittsburE Post
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
Exhausgs tho stesk

Peck-I tell you it takes iot of courage to propose ueck-Yes. go much that many of you husbands neV- CT have any afterward. Boston Tran script
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
ennd sninnn

Jack-Once more. Nelly, win you marry mel Village Belle-For the thirteenth lime this hour ! tell you will not Jack-weu, thirteen knots an hour amt bad sailin for a utfle craft like you.-Iondon Tit BlH
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01

The Pack Train Is now selling 3 big lot of Good Goods at reducsd prices as they are getting too clo to hold ana sell at profit Yours
 tf Herman Grimm
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01

Tn politics what begins In fear usual ly ends in folly. -Coleridge.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01
RYE

MONTICELLO RYE
 PEBBLEFORD RYE
 GIBSON RYE. Bottled in Bond. In Bulk or in Battles. At the Board of Trade, If
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01

THREE GOOD ONES TO DRAW TO
The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-01

GRAND REDUCTION OF STOCK
 SALE
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-08-02

dry. The object is to puddle the sur
face. Roads that are treated in this
manner for a season become almost
lmpervious to water.
It must not be expected that the
best results will be accomplished after
one or two draggings. The longer
the road is dragged the better It will
get. The ideal contour may not be OBJ
tanned until the fourth or fifth time
over the road. although a difference
can be noticed from the first in the
condition of the road after rains.
When the travelled part of the road
is as good as can be made then you
are ready to widen the highway. Do
this by first blowing a shallow furrow
down each side of the road just to the
edge of the dragged portion, throwing
the soil Of course toward the center.
Now pass along with the drag and
spread this loose soil over the surface
to the road and at the same time move
1t toward the crown. Continue in this
way until the crown of the road is as
high as desired The great advantage
of building a road in this manner is
that the surface is packed as the road
is made. There are never any soft
places to be found In such a road.
and consequently ruts seldom form.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-08-02
PLAIN DIRECTIONS GIVEN FOR
IMPROVING COUNTRY ROADS
Best Results Secured by Hehns Team So That
Follow At Angle Of About As DeSrees-cIost
tanned by Working ROAD just After Rain and
Longer Dragged. Better Il Gets.

The best kind of drag is made as
follows: Split a cedar post or the
end Of telephone pole, at least ten
inche= thick, SO as to get two half
logs about Z or s feet long. This is
better than to use plank. Pick out
the best half for the front of the drag
and about four inches from the end
that is intended to travel in the cen
ter Of the road, bore a two-inch hole
at right angles to the face of the slab.
Bore another hole % inches from the
other end and still another in the mid
die of the slab.
To prepare the rear slab bore q
two-inch hole 6 inches from the ditch
end, and the other two holes to CORE
spond with the two in the front slab.
The slabs are then Joined together
with stout stakes so that the two
slabs are not closer than 80 inches.
Wedge the stakes in place, allowing
the ends to protrude behind, to make
handles for lifting the drag around.
To complete the drag place a brace
as shown in the drawing and tack q
light platform on tho top. The chain
should be attached as shown. Don't