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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25
Black Hand i'm Potter

Potter county authorities are puz-
cling over a ''black hand CASE" SINH
lar to the one which puzzled Sully
county authorities last winter, and for
which one young man is being held for
trial in the United States court. The
victim was notified to place one thou
sand dollars at a specified place at a
specified time, but failed to do so,
retaining the letter, which he found on
a table in his house on his return from
an absence of several days. Later,
when again absent he found on his
return that his house had been entered
and the contents tumbled about, but
nothing was taken except the threat
ening letter. The case is evidently
one in which local parties are the
interested ones
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25
Sues Kaufman Estate

Suit has been entered in Minnehaha
county circuit court by Esdert Arends
against Charles E. Kaufmann, admins
traitor Of the estate of Moses Kauf-
mann, deceased, to Sill, 900
worth of land for which he was to
receive 800 shares of brewery stock,
$500 and the purchaser was to assume
a mortgage o some $50, 000. Arends
alleges that the buyer told him that
circun stances were such that there
must be no investigation with refer.
ence to stock, nor must anything at all
be said about the sale of stock. Being
an old friend of Mr.. Kaufman he took
his word and decided the land to him.
After death of the purchaser he
began to make Investigation and
claimed the amount of stock owned by
Mr.. Kaufman nor the value thereof,
as stated, and he therefore sues
for recovery of the land.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25

The prohibitionists filed a state and
part of a national ticket in the secre-
tary of states Office at Pierre Satur-
day, the list being: United States sem
ator. Quincy Lee Morrow, Brookings;
member of congress, second district,
w. j. Edgar, Aberdeen; governor, O..
w. Butterfield, Miller; lieutenant gov
ernor, E. d. Cochrane, Ipswich; audi
tor, w. J. Loucks, Spencer; treasurer,
w. j. Heberlin, Washington Springs;
commissioner of school and public lands
ID. N. Mccullough, Presho; secretary
of state, Geo. F. Sheldon, Iroquois;
superintendent of instruction, Lois Will
son Jellies, Ipswich; railway commits
%sioner, W. HI. Clifford, Parker.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25
Filled Lighted Lamp

Fred Krahn, his wife and three year
old daughter, Evelyn, are dead as the
result of the explosion of a lamp in
the kitchen of their home southeast of
Bath.
The family was about to retire Fri
day night, when the horrible fatality
occurred. The three victims of the
explosion and Charles Robinson, the
hired man of the Krahn's, who was
severely, though probably not fatally
burnt, were standing around the incu-
bator, when Mr.. Krahn noticed that
the lamp was burning low. He pro-
ceeded to fill it, while it was burning.
Hardly had he began to pour the liquid
into the lamp, when their was a crash,
and all were wrapped in seething
flames. The kerosene in the can had
been ignited and exploded.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25
Will Not Sell Saloons

Despite of the fact that 1900 tons of
ice stored there, the saloon keepers of
Miller will have to sell beer hot or
import the ice after July l, when the
license goes into effect. During the
winter when ice could be made, moth
ing was done in this line, for the license
proposition was in doubt, and no prep
aration was made to store it. w. T.
Rafferty,, the ice man there, expects to
throw many tons of it away this fall,
as he did last fall, for he has more
than the town demands outside of the
saloons. He is an advocate of a dry
town and the ice should rather go to
waste than to be used by the saloon
keepers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25
Republican State Convention

Pursuant TO statutory requirements,
a delegate convention of the republi.
can electors of the state of South
Dakota, is hereby called to meet at the
opera house in the city of Huron in
the state of South Dakota, on Tuesday.
the End day of July, 1912, at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon.
Said convention is for the purpose OF
adopting a party platform and nom
mating candidates for presidential
electors and the transaction of I'M and
all other business that may properly
come before said convention.
The basis of representation for each
county to SAID convention is one dele
gate for every 100 votes, or major frac
ton thereof. cast by such political
party in said county for Honorable
Robert S. Wesley, for the Office of
governor at the general election held
in November, 1910.
Party candidates, state and congress
sional members Of the republican state
central committee to be elected at the
coming June primary. and the national
committeeman to be elected at said pri-
mary, shall conformity with said con-
vention. make and declare the party
platform.
On the aforesaid basis, each county
of the state is entitled in said conven-
ton, to the number of delegates set
out opposite the name of each county,
as follows:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25
The Wrono v.rs.

A man who was staying at home dur.
Ing the past summer, not having re-
ceiyed his weekly letter from his wife.
thought he would be smart and send
her a quotation from the Bible that
would surely bring a letter by next
mail. Not having a Bible handy, he
depended on his memory and wrote as
follows:
My Dear Wife-Proverbs XIV, a.
JOHN.
He did not get any more letters.
When his wife returned he asked her
why she had not written. She showed
him his quotation. He looked at his
Bible and said:
"Oh, Lord! + quoted the wrong
verse. 1t should have been Prov. XIV.
25."-Life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25

New Move by No l.icense People
The anti saloon people expect to play
their trump card this year. and if it
wins. as is confdentialfy expected, i,
will wipe most of the saloons Of the
state OF the map The statute provides
that license may be granted only IN
case "a majority of the voters of saeh
township, town or city shall vote in
favor of such sale of intoxicating hq-
uors." In the Strakke case, often
quoted. the supreme court held that
this statute means just what il says.
In that ease the majority for the sale
was not a majority of all the votes cast
at the same election, and the court held
that clearly the majority of all the
votes in the municipality had not beea
cast in favor of the sale. The court,
however, did not hold that the total
number Of votes cast at any election
determined the total number Of votes
in the municipality. and the presump-
ton is that the total number o. votes
in a city at a given time may be proven
by other evidence than the election poll.
As an illustration: At Tuesdays
election there were East in Pierre for
license 34s votes, which was six more
than the votes cast against the sale.
The position of the anti-saloon people
is that there are more than 700 legal
voters in Pierre, and since there were
not a majority of 700 cast for license
that no licenses can be granted This
proposition, if sustained by the courts,
places the temperance people where
they need not make a campaign at all,
but if the saloons fail 10 get out a
favorable vote, equal to q majority of
ali the votes in the city, they fail to
get license. A test ease will be made
in some town and the point settled once
for all The only question at issue is
whether it is competent to show by
extrinsic evidence that there are
enough more legal votes in the city
than were cast at the city election, so
the vote given for the sale will be
less than q majority Of the total legal
nunber Of voters.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25
Only One Statue of Dickens.

West Philadelphia holds the only
statue of Charles Dickens In the world,
says the Philadelphia Press. Hardly
ever is a passing glance given by hur-
rying pedestrians to this monument Of
bronze and granite, depicting the great
writer seated and looking lovingly down
upon the upturned head of Little Nell,
the child of his brain. The monument
is a bronze group BYE. Edwin Elwell,
the famous sculptor, and was pur-
chased several years G by the city
branch of the Paramount Park Art as
ISOLATION. 1t had been intended to grace
the great Central Free Library building
that Is now planned as one of the build
ings along the Parkway. While it was
lying unused Clark park was opened,
a the statue was mounted there.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25
Back to Nature

TIE members of the Epworth league
at the village of Roswell. Miner county
will give a demonstration this season
of what a be accomplished by q
little energy. They have leased twenty
seven acres of land on a farm near
Roswell, and win cultivate it this sea-
son for the benefit Of the league. Many
of the boys are familiar with farming,
and expect to make q great success Of
the venture and show what can be
done by members Of other leagues in
the state. The profits from the crop
raised on the twenty-seven acres are
expected to materially swell the funds
in the treasury of the league. All the
farm work on the twenty-seven acres
will be done by the boys themselves.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25

The socialists attempted to file pri-
mary nominations for . state ticket
with the secretaryo Of state Saturday.
but their list was rejected for TIE
reason that they had no ~rspresentatio n
on the ballot at the late election. They
failed TO file for the primary two years
avg and only got ~ the general bal
iof as independent candidates in the
November election. The primary law
70 tnls state makes no privision what
eyer 1or the organisation Of new
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25

The counties of Dewey. Ziebach,
Mellette and Bennett having been organ
lied since the last general election, it
is the recommendation Of the state CEN
trail committee. that each Of said coun-
ties be allowed to seat in said owen
tlor the number Of delegates. as here
inbefore set out opposite the name Of
each county.
Done at Huron. South Dakota, this
18th day Of April. 1912.
w. G. Cook,
Chairman Of the republican state CEN
sral committee.
c. J. Morris, secretary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25
Shortage of Cattle

The short pasturage of last year
forced stock owners to sell down to the
lowest limit, some of them closing out
everything they owned in that line.
The result this spring is the greatest
scarcity of range cattle which has
existed in the western half of the state
since the cattle raising industry was
started in that section, and there is a
strong demand for cattle for restocking
the country, with good prices prevail
ing from the demand. The condition is
such that it will take several years at
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25


The joint conference of the Yer
million conference of the German
Lutheran church and the Sioux Falls
conference of the Norwegian Lutheran
church, which was in session in Sioux
Falls last week has concluded its work
and adjourned A great portion or the
time Of the conference was taken on
with . discussion of a paper presented
by Rev. LuDde, of Hills, Mimi, on
Can the Lutheran church cooperate
with the prohibition party or a~ntisaloon
league, and, If so, in what respect"
After an exhaustive discussion of the
subject il was decided that the liquor
question is not a religious question, but
rattle, 3 civic or political question. 1t
was declared that the question, pro-
hibition or license, or local option, or
some other method of dealing with the
liquor question by civil legislation, or
the police power of the state, as best
adapted TO restrict the NAHUM civile'
of Intemperance, must be committed
70 the private Judgment of the citizens
or of those in whom the legislative
power ia vested, and no mans christian
character must be questioned or
when he votes or otherwise
acts in accordance with such judg-
Flandreau was selected as the place
for holding the next annual joint con-
ference in April 1913.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25
All Outstanding Warrants

The state treasurer has issued a cali
for the 18th Of this month, for all out
standing general fund warrants. up to
register No. 27431. The amount will
be practically $3.50, 900 and will cali in all
outstanding general fund warrants.
and win leave cash in the treasury
which it is hoped win carry the state
on q cash basis up to the time of the
June call for taxes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25
the least to put the live stock industry
on its feet again in the western half of
this state.
Recluse Leaves Treasure

Several days ago Charlie Rasmussen,
a river hermit who had occupied a tum-
bledown cabin on the river bank at
Pierre for more than twenty years, died
at the Pierre hospital. In digging
about the old pile of logs and dirt he
called his home, a tin al containing
over $500 was unearthed. The cabin is
being torn to pieces to learn if there is
any other hidden treasure.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-25
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
Three Year Homesteads


One of the notable achievements OF
Senator Gamble and Representatives
Burke and Martin in the present con-
gress is the passage of the ~three-year
homestead Till, which was signed by
the president or April IL, and is now a
law. The measure relieves the home
steaders on the Standing Rock reserv-
alton of the necessity of remaining on
their claims for the full FIVE years, and
places them In a position where they
a secure title to their homesteads
two years soone than would otherwise
have beer the case. The measure is a
most equitable one. giving the home
steaders an absolutely square deal, and
in full reads as follows:
''Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress assem-
bled. That any person who has here
tofore made a homestead entry for
land which was formerly a part of the
Cheyenne River Indian reservation, in
the State of South Dakota, or Standing
Rock Indian reservation, in the states
of South Dakota and North Dakota,
authorized by the act approved May
twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and
eight, may apply TO the register and
receiver of the land Office in the district
or distri Is in which the land is located
for an extension of time within which
to make payment Of any amount that
is about to become due, and the pay
ment of interest for one year in
advance. at FIVE per lent per nnu
upon the amoun due. such payment
will be extended for a period Of one
year. AMI any payment so extended
may annually thereafter be extended
for a period Of one year in the same
manner: Provided. That the last
payment and all other payments must
be made within a period not exceeding
n year after the last payment
becomes cue by the terms Of the act
under which the entry was made: that
all moneys pzsd for interest rs herein
provided shall be deposited in the
treasury 10 the credit Of the Indians as
. part of the proneeds received for the
land And provided further, Tint
any entryman who resided npun Rnn
the lanc embraced in ms
entry for the period of time inquired
by law in order to make communication
prenf MAJ make pres, and if the
same Ia approved, further residence
and cultivation will not be required.
Provided, That any and all payments
must be made when due unless the
entryman applies for an extension and
at ~ per centum per annnm in
advance upon the amount due as herein
provided, and patent shall be withheld
until full and final payment of the pur-
chase price rs made in accordance with
the provisions hereof.
See. 2 That failure to make any
payment that may ne due, unless the
same be extended. or 10 make any
extended payment al or before the
time 70 which such payment has been
extended as herein provided, will for
feit the entry and the same shall be
sanceied, and any and all payments !
heretofore made shall be forfeited. /
See. g. That nothing herein On /
aimed shall affect any valid adverse
Initiated prior 10 the passage Of /
his act I
Approved, April Is, 1912 r
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08

CLOCK, WATCH. AND JEwELRY RI
REPAIRING. WORK CALLED FOR Aid DE.
Hvsrsd. 7. Z Anderson. Sl3 18th St Nv. Tel M.3OS
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
Teaching the Public
Value of Sex Hygiene
Medical Society of District Gives Information on
49, Campaigns Being Waged Against
Social ETH ...'

has made new discoveries relative to the
social diseases. They have been found
to be germ diseases infectious diseases
againt which there is no natural immun-
ity. Hence the great danger OF the pub
lie drinking cup and the public roller
towel The social diseases are chropic
in their course, are very difficult 10 cure.
The anthropological sciences have come
TO our aid. They have pointed out that
great evils against which We are battling
are the effect of abuse OF a natural ap-
petite are the result or erroneous teach
ings relative to the facts of the physi-
ology and hygiene OF the sex instinct and
OF false teachings as to ethical STANDARDS
for sex conduct. Science has demonstrat-
ed there is no physical basis for the
double standard of morality. We now
know that man who "sows wild oats
may be a menace TO society. We now
know that 1t is far more important Tor
a father TO learn that his prospective
son-in-law is free from disease than II Is
for him to know the fullness Of his purse
We have failed TO recognize that the
sex appetite is so strong that II is bound
to be exercised either rightfully or wrong
fully at some time. We have left 10
chance the information which our chill
dren receive on sex matters. They are
not fortified with the truths of science
about the reproductive system we are
now coming to recognize that the fun
damenal causes OF the, social evil and
the spread Of diseases are ignorance and
the commerclalization of vice. And so
the great leaders are now concerned
with how to give the youth proper in
struCtiOn relative to reproductive phe-
nomena and proper ideals that will guide
social conduct. Next week we shall sum
up the methods that are being proposed
for the education of the young in sex
hygiene and what is actually being done
by State. municipal, and voluntary or
ga DiZatiOns
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH
n. B.-FolloEing schedule fEIres puhliE4A4 ~rIS -
information and not guaranteed.
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON.
For Atlanta. Montgomery. Mobile. New Orlesns.
So q N and lo45 p m daily. Dining cln
For Cbattanoosa and Memphis. via AshsTille. $40
=. n. ard 1910 p m. daily.
For Atlanta. Columbus birmingham. 80 a. m.
and { > r m. daily. Dining
For Atlanta Admission. TallsdeEa. CaleTa, selma.
$50 4. m. and 42SS p. m. daily. and for Unoutown.
DemopoIis. Meridian. $50 a daily Dining cara
For Roanoke Bristol Knoxville. Chsttanoora.
birmingham Meridian. Vicksburg. New oTlesnA
1910 p m. daily. Dining csn.
FoF Roanoke Knoxville. Chattanooga. Nashville
Msmphis $50 m. daily. Sleeping may Be
occupied after 10 20 p. m. Dining
Fer AShrville. 80 N. 5 IS p m. and 1915 p, n
daily. Dining
For Columbia summevfHe Charleston. Ahen.
Augusta Savannah Rr1n=vick. jacksonville. ard
Florida points. sss . daily. Dining
Tourist for California daily except Sunday. I IS
p m
Fnr DanvfIle nncaD. - a m daily.
For Harrtsnnh1IrE $50 =. daily frarlnT car1
s:3s p m. tTarIor carI and $50 =. week days
For Charlottesville uocaD. $50 a n. and 40
p M daily.
For warrrnton. $50 =. m. II ~ m. 80 p. N.
daily: SIS p. m trari1r rarl and 4:sS r week
days L. BROWN. General Agent
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08

CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.
JAEGER K McARDLE. COS ST. JOBBISG 4
tpscialty. Prompt Eeryice.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08

CARPENTER & CABINET WORK.
LOCkSMITH, GENERAL REPAIRS ALI.
kinda Z. E HUCK. IHE Pa. Ave.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08

KIROPRACTIC SPECIALIsT.
FOR FURTHER INTERESTING PARTfCrr, A m
Iss Dr. ]. Robert Bsuchlz. 60 Colorado BIdz.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08

yse AND sc. TIE BEST IN THE CITY. Will,
son CAFE. gil 18th St. nU.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
Eastern Shore
Dir e C Rapid Transit
Service
''Wia Ammap0IiS'

For Claiborne. St. MichaeI's. Roval Oak.
Easton. and all points on r. c. & A.
r. K. to Ocean City leave W. r. & a.
Station. Fourteenth Street and New
York Avenue
$40 a. m. daily except SUNDAY.
4:n5 p. m. daily except Saturday and
SUNDAY.
2:O5 p. m Saturday only.
Direct service to and from Cambridge
and Oxford. Leave W. P. & A sta
tion. Fourteenth and New York Avenue.
2:O5 p. m. daily EXCEPT Sunday.
:O5 n. m. Sunday only
For return timetable call al W. B. &
A. R. R office
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
NORFOLK & WESTEDN RWY.

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT OCT y. 1914
Leave Washington New Union Station.
ss@ a. m. Daiv-An points on Norfolk & Western
1850 p m Daily-Roanoke Bristol. winston
ORLEANS Through sleerrr Dining cars.
4:lo =. m.-FGr Bristol Knoxville. Cha'tanooSa.
Nashville. and Memrhis. Washington Memphis
sleepers open Al 10 p. m
For Norfok-Lsave daily 40 = m. and 12d1
nom. Arrive Norfolk n a. m. and $50 p N.
Parlor cars
$40 p. m. Daily-BsrrvriIIc Lurav. Shsnandnah-
p. m. and 1913 a. m daily
AT Information 1879 New York Avenue. oprnsits
Bond RuildFnr
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PLUMBING AND REPAIRS.

GAS Water Heaters installed: moderate pricea
sAA'L s. sTREB. q g. nv. Phone N. SsL
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO LINES.

SIS 7. m. daiy-sIeepcrs to Louisville. Cincinnati
indianapolis. and st. Louis.
$50 p. m. 6aily-Pullman to Cincinnati and Chi
caEn.
lllo p. m. daily-sIeepers to Va Hot sTTinEs'
Cincinnati. and Louisville
Ofnces. 5l3 Pa Ave. lS9 ST.. and Union Station.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-08

CIGARS. CIGARETTES, CANDY.
MAGAZINES. STATIONERY
J. ". TEEFT. 1900 Pa Ave. Tel A. ssh
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-12-16
SHERRARD Y.M.C.A.
HAS MOCK TRIAL
AND AFFAIR PROVED INTEREST.
ING AND REALISTIC.
Trial Was Held In Competition For
Prizes offered BY Wei Known
Magazine.

Ia the auditorium over Garvin' 5
store at Sherrard Saturday evening
the Young Mems Christian association
OF thdt place presented "A mock trial
OF The Case OF Justice Bricc." a
SERIAL story now running in a mag.
azine. The magazine Offers several
prizes 20 the church. club or Organiza-
ton which gives the best play or trial
Of the story. The y. VI. O. \. staged
the trial in an effort 10 win one OF
the prizes which have been allotted
20 this state.
The mock t-ial was ably carried
out. and the affair had all the eNi.
dences OF a real trial. The stage
had been fitted up 10 represent "A
court room and G.. +. Goudy presided
as Judge. The court officers were.
Court Clerk. Il. /. Drum. and Court
trie:. William Mercer. Rev ~. A.
Riddle acted as prosecuting attorupv
while +, h Merriner appeared as at
torney Tor the defense. The part of
Philip Ladley.' the accused murderer
81 Jennie Brlce, was taken by Il. l..
McCleary. Nine witnesses were 70.
the prosecution and four for the de-
tense.
Verdict Returned.
AFTER being out "a few minutes and
taking but two ballots. the Jury re-
turned verdict Of not guilty The
jurors were Prof 4. ". Curtis Mack
Pelly, Charles W. MCCombs. Lon Mer
riner. y " Eskey, Dr. I. y Cox. Uar.
~ Morris. Grant WctzcL Henry Brim-
son. Osca. Talbert. Dallas Porter and
Edward KlagCs.
Those who appeared as witnesses
were Miss Dora Haziett Mr. A. W
Curtis. Miss Nellie kittle. Miss Boa.
trice Mcconnell Miss Rrbecca Car
rigau. Walter Wetzel. Ellsworth Is
key. &. &. Wilson. Lee Cock. Uaddeu
Garvin. Ward Eskcy. and Charles
Marsh.
Each person played his past well
and there was con- idsrlblc interest
m the trial \ large audience was
present, the auditorium being filed