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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-31

splendid country, all one beautiful pic
ture, and such an opportunity to use
ones Imagination in figuring up the
amount of the wealth of the crops
through which the trip into town took
us, was not to be enjoyed every day.
And away we started.
1t was delightful We drove and
drove through avenues of wheat
which today, having yellowed with
the benef1cent sun, is being laid low
by the reaper stacked and threshed
by the thousands of hands required to
do it, and in great wagons is being
taken to the elevator.
A nights ride by train took us
through 225 miles of this great prov
ince of Saskatchewan-into the south
western part-and from appearances
1T might have been as though trans
fer had been made across q township.
There were wheat fields, oat fields.
barley fields and fax fields, and many
more that could not be seen. Yet
there they were. and during the night
we had passed through a country sim
ilarly cultivated
1t will all secure a market and get
its way to ocean or local mill by
means of the great railways whose
well-arranged systems are penetrating
everywhere into the agricultural parts
Prosperous Alberta.
We afterward went over into AL
berta, and here again it was grain and
cattle. cattle and grain, comfortable
farm homes. splendidly built cities
and towns, the best of churches and
the most thoroughly equipped schools
While talking with Southern Sas
katchewan farmer he said that the
land he was working. and for which
he had been offered $50 an acre, had
been purchased five years ago for $12
an acre, but he won't SELL He is
making good profit on his land at
$50 an acre, and why should he sell:
Farther north, land was selling at
from SIS to SIS and $50 an acre. I.
was learned afterward that the soil
was similar to that in the south, the
price of which today is $50 an acre.
The climate was similar and the mar
kets as good. In fact the only differ
ence was that today these northern
lands occupy the same position that
the more southerly ones did five years
ago, and there are found many who
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-31

he could do the same and still have q
balance in the bank. Flax produces
wonderfully we'll, and the current
price is about $3.50 per bushel. We
then drove over into another town
ship getting further back from the
railway, and the main Travelled road.
Here we found ourselves in the center
of Swedish settlement. Those form
Ing the settlement were originally
from Nebraska. Invited to put up our
horses and stay over for dinner, and
dinner that was enjoyed not only ON
account of the generous appetite Gre
ated by: the exhilarating drive, but
also because OF the clean linen, the
we!'p: epared dishes of roast fowl, po-
tatoes, cabbage. and delightful des-
sert, some of the history of the settle
ment was learned. The, host and
hostess were modest in describing
their own achievements. and equally
modest as to those of their friends,
but enough was learned to satisfy us
that they had come there about three
years ago, in moderate, almost poor,
circumstances. Most of them had re-
ceiyed' their honlesteads as gift from
the government, and by careful dili-
gence had purchased and paid for ad-
Joining land They had plenty of cat
tie and horses, some sheep and hogs,
and large wellkept gardens, showing
an abundance of potatoes, and cabbage
and other vegetables. Their buildings
We're good. Schools were in the neigh
borhood and there was evidence Of
comfort everywhere. e. -
.a ON to the Park Country. SO
Reluctant to leave these interesting
people, the horses thoroughly rested,
were ''hooked up and driven on, un-
der sun still high in the heavens,
with the horses pulling on the bit and
travelling at a 12-mile an hour gait
over a road that would put to shame
many Of the macadarnized' streets. we
were .whirled along sinuous drive
through the woods aud then out in the
park country. f g.
+ Here was another. scene Of beauty,
groves OF poplar, herds OF cattle.
fenced fields cf wheat and oats and
barley and fax. Here was wealth,
and happiness. and surely i content
ment The crops were magnificent.
The settlers. most of them. by the
way, from Iowa, had selected this 10
cation because Of its beE- ty. Its en-
tire charm was wholesome. Fuel was
Fin abundance. the soil was the best,
! the, shelter for 'tha cattle afforded by
the groves gave a splendid supply, Of
food. while hay WAS easy ,to, get. They
liked It. Here was sturdy farmer,
with his three boys. He had formerly
been merchant in an Iowa town. hia
children had been, given a college edu-
cation and one Of the. boys was about
TO marry the accomplished daughter
T Of a neighboring farmer. = = '''
F atsv Through Land o. Wealth. -
Isr The invitation to remain to supper
.was accented. hut tnat, given to re-
main ever night ws: tabled, II was
only. 25-niile drive into town ever
the best OF roads. through such /,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-31
'OFTR0HT 1903. eT oW plLLlNoHAN coftpaNY

IN seeing her suffer little of what
+! she had been made to suffer.
They'll sag that l--L,od knows
what they'll say went on Alicia dis
tractcdly. My husband will he
dragged through the miro Of another
public scandal--his social prestige will
oh, dare not think of it--I know
my, duty is to that unfortunate hoy. .
mustn't tflihk OF myself"
Have you the letter thst NJ In.
derwocd wreNs yoN7" slunlandtsi her
companion.
ies-i'ye never heeD able 20 de.
slroy it, | don't know why | kept It.
but thank God laye IT." Meaning
she went on:
The disgrace the disgrace! tt's
ruin u--degradation. rs the end of
everything the end of evcrytains."
Annie regarded with contemps ,his
poor weak, waillns creature who
lacked the moral courage to do what
was merely right Her voice was not
unkind as she said: p.t.
81 don't want TO disgrace you-or
ruin You. But whist am to do-tell
me, wha, am to ao?"
Il don't know" mcaned her COM
panion helplessly.
"fIoward must he saved"
Yes" an
will you tell Judge Brewster or
shall ~"
Judge Brewster! Why should he
know" cried Alicia. startled More
composedly and as If resigned to the
inevitable, she vert on: Yes, sup
pose ne must knov sooner or later.
but. l."
She broke down again and burst in
to tears. Annie watched her in 81.
Its tough--sn'1 it," she said SYM
pathetically
Yes" sobbed Alicia through her
ears, "lts-it's fought Rising, she
-dried her eyes and said hastily: Don't
say anything now Give Inc a few
hours. Then 1-caa think wnat Is best
TO he done"
T Annie was about 10 reply when the
office door suddenly opened and Judge
Brewster entered. Addressing Alicia.
he said: Z 80 ssau
Pardon me-. Mrs. :, effries. l hope
haven't kept you waiting" Noticing
her agitation and :fnces Of tears, he
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-31
!. Unique lndorsemsnt Of Check.

,Parhap5I the gffesataest Curiosity a ne
Bank of England POSSESSES is L. note
Of $1,000, the asum lord Cochrsne
paid aiitd as q fine !. for' his connection
With, With a fraud ID! on NJ the puPIie. With
which he realty had nothing to 90.
He 7indorBed'' the note thus. SMy
health having ssunered 3 by long aud
close confinement and my, oppresenrs
haysiing ,sig resolved, to- deprive me, of
property or life. ] submit to robbery
t0 protect 'myself from murder. in I'D
hope thati shalls aiye'ao bring the do.
TO- iusticer7 OQchrane..' He
wrote from :. the grated chamber g e.
Kings Rench prison ~
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-31

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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-31
CHAPTER xW.-continued.

"Ah, begin to understand. You
knew Robert Underwood! Howard
knoas your voice-he heard you-talls-
Won the woman who. visited his apart
ments that night!
The bankers wife bowed her head
and collapsed on chair. VI ---s +
Yes" she murmured IN a low tone.
Annie looked at, her in anAazement.
Why didn't you come forward at
onos::'' she cried Think of the pain
which you might have spared us!'' .
Alicia covered her face with her
handkerchief She ,Mas crying now
The disgrace5rthe disgraeeN' she
mnaned
.nsgrace." echoed .ynnie, stupe-
ned. Indignantly. she went on Dig
sraee-tot you7 But. y hat OF me and
Hcward!"
Can't you reaIize what it means to
be associated with suchsa crime ,. she
watled. e fs55c =; :.
Disgrace" cried Annie contemptu-
cusiy. -"What Is disgrace when hu.
man life is at stake?"-a y, sS-i -ssS
1T seemed SO useless. smoaned Al.
iciaL"a useless sacrifice In the. taco
of Howard's confession Of course
If Id sknoWn--if I'd suspected what
you tell me-I'd have. COME forward
and told everything matter; at
what cost" TearfulIy she added
"surelya.you realizee the position Il
puts me !i sa.,3, - s..'.sss ~. ~. =
A new light shone in Annie,s eyes.
What was this woman's misery to
her. Her duty was to the poor feI-
low whAsYas: counting the. hours until
she could set hin, Free His stepmoth-
er deserved NO mercy Utterly self.
ish. devoid Of spark OF humanity.
she would have left theml bath to
perish ip order to protect herself, fEpy
shame and ridicule Her face was set
and determined as she said calmly: :
4Itsmust be done now:s ''--1- :
Yess:..slnurmure@ Aiicda tnaaa lu~
tone that sounded like a. sob, 1T must
he done now oh, II "a only done Il
befcre-aif I'd only told Mr., Jelfries
the whole truths You.speak Of How.
ards s0neringa. s. II she. didn'ts do..lt.
he has, at least the: consoiouansss. d
his own. innocence, but THE con
stant fear Of being found out Is worse
than any hell the Imagination canscon:'
jure UP. Isdresdsd sitsa4Jr dfs6d,1t 'ii6w.
1t meaps disgrace--spcih1 :ostracism
my husband must know-the whole
world win know '''-'-ssN
Annie was not listening: sum be-
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-31
CHAPTER XVII.

The news that Judge Brewster
would appear for the defendant at the
approaching trial of Howard Jeffries
went through the town like wildfire,
and caused an immediate revival in
the public interest, which was begin
ming to slacken for want OF hourly
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-07
DANGER or rArLs.

over two weeks ago while walking in
my back yard ] trod on a nail that was
standing up on a piece of old plank and
/ did not see the nail 1t tore through
my shoe and stocking and penetrated
the foot under the instep. 1t did not
hurt me very much at first and healed
over. At the end of a week il began to
give me serious pain. and as result
am in Atlanta and the foot undergoing
treatment 1t is not so bad at this writ
ing. but still it is far from comfortable
/ am satisfied that we are all too care
less about leaving such nails lying about
and 1 know l have ran very serious
risk with my wounded foot. am also
ready to urge prompt treatment as soon
as a nail goes in anybody's foot Begin
at once and try to get the wound open as
soon as possible. II it bleeds freely the
blood viii aid in carrying out the infec-
ton caused by a rusty nail. II the bad
blood is shut up behind scab you may
set IL down IL has to come out later or
do worse ] am so thankful that is as
well with me as it is, for have been
where 1 could not sleep with It, the pain
was so great 1 slept well last night. for
which God be praised II my column is
a brief one you will pardon the brevity,
/ know. under these circumstances. 1
have been so active all my life that the
is irksome. of course, but
I am hoping the worst Is past, and yet
there may be more trouble ahead of my
foot that 1 do not yet discern. l beg you
to make thorough search of your pre-
misses and get rid of nails with the sharp
point standing up. Children are so care
less and l am ashamed to say, old la
dies too.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-07
A LrrrLr ApvrCr TO BOYS

Never use intoxicants as a beverage
for any purpose whatever. Do not use
any drink which is so attractive that
you must go back TO get another glass or
another bottle after awhile.
/ do not vouch for it's truth, but 1
have been told that college boys have
been heard to say they could not get
down to hard study in the evenings I'M
less they had a bottle Of coca-cola to
"clear the brain. etc" / should be
afraid of any drink or any drug that
had such effect on my brain. 1 DO not
suppose any man or woman is seriously
not rank poison. but it is the habit
the craze for it, the thirst and the APP
petite for intoxicants which makes
drunkards out of sober men. u is a risk
full of danger to tamper with any ex-
citing drink as a beverage. Beer, wine
and whisky will do you no good and
may wreck your life. Better stand on
the safe side. Make your influence stand
for sobriety and decency.
A man who drinks is not only incau-
tious IN speech but he is unit for busi-
ness. He is not a safe leader anywhere.
When he drinks long enough his mental
part viii become unbalanced. The in
sane asylums are full Of victims who
destroyed tn cir brains by strong drink
The prisons of the country would have
few criminals if liquor was taken away
from these outcasts.
The harlot dens are stimulated on
wine and whisky. When a man goes in
to those places and gets drunk his feet
are taking hold on hi Boys, boys
Keep away from drinks. soft or hard,
that viii excite your brain!
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-07

Nv Journal correspondents feaCne9
from North Carolina to Texas, and
get letters quite often asking me for
advice on various subjects from far dis
tant states I had one last week which
has borne on my mind. and ] am unable
TO answer fully as would desire
A married couple have several chill
dren and were very happy in their do
mestic relations until a family with
whom they were previously unacquainted
moved IN next door. and In this family
was a young woman who. as the wife
SAYS. was never so happy as when she
sought mems company. She was fast
specimen. and IL was not long until the
wife found her husband was attracted TO
the young woman. 50 much so that he
made her little presents and she found
there were notes passing between. them
OF course. she resented it. Her chill
dren and herself needed all that he was
able to supply. and directly she re-
proached her husband. and he became
very angry with her because of what he
called jealousy. II went on from bad to
worse. until she was nearly crazy with
grief. etc The woman left the neigh
borhood and the wife writes that she
has endeavored with all her might to
overlook her husbands infatuation. but
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-07

she has lost confidence in him. and as
he told her that mo man was able to
resist when a young woman flung herself
at him. She says he is liable to go
astray repeatedly. under such conditions.
He begs her to forgive him, and she
has too many children and too little
money to act rashly, and she wants
some advice, etc. If she was 'childless
/ know what should tell her, but those
childrenl What do you say?
She SAYS she loves him, and would try
to take him back into her affections,
but he Is too unstable. and her confidence
has been shattered. She is always look
ing for something of the same kind to
happen. And the trouble is breaking her
down in body and perhaps i'm mind. She
breads to die and leave those children
motherless, and yet she cannot for the
life of her, feel to her husband as she
felt before. and he reproaches her with
her coldness and tells her he will do so
no more. 1 expect there are many such
cases in the land, and il has run many
women crazy. When she looks at the
children she resents this breaking up of
a once happy home. and when she knows
her husband is going where this woman
lives, and he does go. she has it all
over again, and is nearly crazy with anx-
iety and grief IL is In a pitiful condi-
ton II it is partly imaginary. II it is
really as she suspects. it is only the
beginning of the end. namely, broken
up household.
I am sorry in my heart for this un-
happy woman. She Is to be pitied, and
the children are at last the great suffer-
ers. 1 do not know how to advise cher
for the best. 1 only wish / did know.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-07

times, and said that ought to have an
operation. 1 would not listen to that,
and when friend of my husband told
him about Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and what it had done
for his wife, / was willing to take it.
Now I look the picture of health and
feel like it, too. can do my own house.
work, hoe my garden, and milk a cow.
can entertain company and enjoy
them. 1 can visit when / choose, and
walk as far as any ordinary woman,
any day in the month. l wish could
talk toevery sufferingwoman andgirl.
Mrs. DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
1t is more widely and successfully
used than any other remedy. 1t has
cured thousands of women who have
been troubled with displacements, in
Illumination, liberation, fibroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all other
means had failed. Why dom you try it?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-07
zrrA-oz noRrmER,s chsE


Today's- dispatches tell OF the vote on
Mr. Lorimer's case in the United States
senate He is retained. although many
members OF his own political party voted
against him ana denounced the methods
he used TO elect himself TO the position
The whole affair is a gloomy proceed
Ing. Il is convincing TO the average mind;
for there seems 10 be no way by which
honest elections can be secured in the
Uni1ed States senate
That there was big" money behind
the whole business Is undisputable. When
the interests determine to put one OF
their own in the national halls OF leg
islation they never spare the needful
money for the purpose. II seems TO be
the curse Of modern legislation and the
moving force behind modern elections.
And the world does not care! Mr..
Lorimer viii rank with the others and
stand on a level plane with the men
who voted 10 keep him in his place. And
very Justly. because the conviction is
Irresistible that they were "tarred with
the same stick" Some years ago Sena-
tor Bailey OF Texas. had a night TO re-
tain his seat and IL was understood at
the time that the Standard OIL magnates
were protecting him. Il was no surprise
10 me that he should get up In the sem
ate 10 defend Senator Lorimer, or that
he should be rated as a very rtce man.
Senator Bailey has astonishing gifts OF
oratory He is matchless in his way
hut he must content himself with. riches
and a blurred reputation. He was the
most promising candidate that southern
Democracy had 10 offer In 1901. but the
Developments and his alliance with Stand
ard Oil retired him from the race before
the nominations We're considered seri-
ously. 1t was pitiful to see a really gift
ed man prefer the flesh pots OF Egypt
10 the glories OF Canaan. The vote Tor
Mr. L.orfmer Is very suggestive IL may
happen some day. as in Pacific lobby
times. that the inside workings may be
uncovered and then comes the pang OF
dfsappofntment. and the fumes OF corrupt
gold. Character seems to be at dis
count in the congress OF the United
states Money Is on top and bride money
Is 10 the forefront-and blatant. Illinois
is known to be full Of bribe takers as
well as bride givers. The prosecutions
for bribery might as well be called on
When these things are exposed no con-
victions are possible. The tran or the
serpent IS over them all" Mr. Lorimer's
victory viii be hailed as victory for
the interests Thse interests" are
unblushing in their use of bribe money.
] heard a very prominent railroad man
in Georgia say some years ago. In dis
cussing some measure then pending;
WHY YES. Mrs FELTON,. we buy them.
Railroads would have to go out
of business everywhere il they could not
purchase what they want from legisia-
lures This bribe money is on tap when
the railroads go before courts and rep
resentatives in legislation
Efr. Lorimer viii BE- useful. no doubt
He i securely fastened in his seat He
will doubtless command big money. IL ne
Il not rich now he viii be richer later
I wonder what AIr. Roosevelt will say
nowt You recoIlect he refused TO sit at
a banquet board with Senator Lorimer
last fall
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-07

THE other evening in Tokyo, Mr.
Ware. Miss Fairfax mentioned hav-
ing met you. She is from Virginia,
1 think"
Ware bowed. "She is very good
to remember me-" he said. "And so
Miss Fairfax has met her fate in
We'll, ratherv' said the artist II
hear betting is even that she'll ac--
cept him inside fortnight"
Ware slipped his liqueur with a ting
of relief. Evidently the world of Toky,
had not yet discovered that the new ar
rivals name was that of his yacht.
''Daunt doesn't play according t
Hoyle," grumbled Voynich. She's
guest of his own chief and he ought I,
give the others half chance. He live
in the embassy compound, too, con-
found him; He monopolized her out
rageously at the review the other day
He's an American trust I shall chal
enge him.
The voice of DeKay broke in:
"Coppery hair and pansy-brown eyes
a skin like a snowdrift caught blushing
and a mouth like the smile of a re-
flower! A girl that Romney might hav
loved, slim and young and thoroughbre,
there you have the capital sentence o
the secretary of the American EN-
bassy!"
They rose to depart. I'VE are actual.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-07
PLANS FORMULATED FOR
CHILD WELFARE CONGRESS

A number of circulars setting forth
some of the vital questions to be con
sidered by the second International
Mothers congress on the welfare of the
child in washington. d. c., and to which
large delegation from Atlanta and
Georgia will be sent, have just been re-
ceived in this city.
In the circular the primary object of
the congress as stated is to give every
child the opportunity to develop physi-
cally, mentally and morally. Various
suggestions of ways and means to ac-
complish this end will be discussed dur
ing the course of the congress, and it is
probable that steps viii be taken to
have legislation enacted creating a spe-
cial department of the government for
the welfare of children with mothers
and fathers as it's administrators.
other questions set forth in the cir
cular are as follows: 1.-THE health of the
city and country child. the working
child" Schools for children. PLAY
police Officers and its evils and DE
pendent children"
The following work was done by the
congress at its first convention in Den
yer, Col. June 10 to Is. 1910:
FIRST MOTHERS CONGRESS.
Organization of parents in connection
with hundreds of schools, to study the
needs of = children and how to meet
them.
The cooperation of home and school,
effected by the organization of parents
associations in schools.
The opening of the school houses as
social centers for the people, and with
interesting, instructive and wholesome
entertainment for all.
Organization of city branches National
Congress of Mothers. Organization of
mothers. Organization of state branch
es National Congress of Mothers.
Extension of organization of mothers
and teachers anu work for welfare of
childhood in foreign countries
The calling together of the first in
ternational congress in America on the
welfare of the child in March, 1908.
Securing cooperation of department
of state in extending invitations to ev-
cry nation.
The arrangement of conferences with
government departments for the educa-
ton of parents in the physical. and NOR
al, as well as mental training of chill
dren and the systematic greeting of i'm
migrants on their arrival with literature
in their own language, giving Ameri-
can ideas and customs and a welcome.