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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
A BOILED BALLOT
REFERRED LAWS ON WHICH ELEC-
TORS WILL VOTE BY TITLE
AT NOVEMBER ELECTION.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capitol City, the various
State Institutions and FRO"
Many Different Parts OF
the Sunshine State.

Pierre.-Deputy Secretary OF State
John T. Nelson has prepared sample
ballots for the constitutional amend
ment and referred laws which are 10
be voted on at the November election
according to the new ballot law enact
ed at the last legislature. Titles only
are included on the ballot, followed
by the question, shall the above la"
become a law of this state? II
amendment ballot is six inches In
length and the referred law ballot but
- inches long. The latter vas seven
feet in length two years ago, and Win
the voluminous Richards primary this
year would be fully II feet from
to end.
The submitted amedment, which In
slightly varying forms has been un-
successfully put up to the people "
eral times before, provides for the
amendment of paragraph 2 Of article
XII of the constitution SO as to permit
the assessors to successfully list cor
porate property, especially such In
tangible, though very valuable, assets
as franchises, and where the physical
property involved is not commensurate
with the earnings, as in the case OF eX-
press companies, then to "a them &C
cording to their gross earnings and net
income.
There are foul measures to be voted
on this fall, of which the Richards pr1-
mary is the most prominent. 1t Will
be remembered that the legislature
first squelched 1t at the last session,
and finally passed it after a heavy in1-
tiative petition had been filed with the
secretary of state. The bill contem-
plates a complete revision of the South
Dakota primary law.
A second referred law is that re-
quiring railways to equip their loco
motives with electric headlights. 1t
was enacted in 1909, referred and vot-
ed down in the great vote o cam
paign against county option in 1910;
was again passed in 1911, to be again
sent back to the people by petition.
Section 10 and II of the famous
herd law of 1907 are up for repeal.
The law provided that east of the Mis-
souri, the cattle owner could let his
stock run but that west of the river
he who raised a crop must take the
liability of keeping his neighbours cat
tie out of it. There was an optional
feature whereby any county could &C
cept the law as applied east of the
river. The repeal of these sections
will make the statute apply through
out the state.
The last of the referred laws is Rep
resentative Buffington's countyseat
primary, and is designed to remedy
the perennial countyseat fight dead
locks which have occurred in such
counties as Gregory, B%uffington's home
county, and Charles Mix, where there
are several rivals for the honor. 1t
provides that prior to the primary as
many towns as car secur a Is per
cent petition may have their names
placed on the primary ballot. The
two leading towns are nominated, and
must be voted on at the fall election,
the one receiving the majority vote be-
coming the permanent countyseat.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
MAN ADMITS 4 CRIME.
Patrick Haley surrenders to Police
for Old Murder.

Patrick Haley s%urrenders to Police
for Old Murder.
Chicago.-Conscious stricken for
seventeen years over having killed q
man In st. Louis whose name he never
learned, Patrick Haley, 81 years old,
has surrendered to the Chicago police
and asked to be sent back to the Mis-
souri, city to answer q charge Of muir
der.
~, have been lodging the police and
suffering the tortures OF an evil con
science, and / q stand 1t no longer"
sid Haley. II have not had a happy
moment since / killed that man In
u. Louis. Any punishment given me
for the crime will be preferable to
what I have suffered"
Haley said he quarreled with q man
n 81. Louis and struck the stranger
On The head. He said the man died .
few hours later. and that he fed from
ehe city to escape arrest.
II had known the man only . few
minutes when the quarrel occurred and
I novsr learned his NAME" said Haley.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
EXPLOSION IN STORE
WILLIAM ROLF INJURED IN IOWA
BUILDING FIRE IN
SIOUX CITY.
SHOP FRONT is DEMOLISHED
Mystery Surrounds Cause Of Early
Morning Blast that Followed strik-
Ing Of Match, az No Leakage Of Gas
Was Found.

Sioux City, Io.-The stock and fix
lures of the Seney shoe store, in the
basement of the Iowa building, Fifth
and Pierce streets, were destroyed by
fire. William Rolf, stepfather Of Mrs.
Fred M. Seney, was burned. The fire
followed an explosion that wrecked
the front Of the place and scattered
pieces of plate glass and shoes against
the building on the opposite side Of
Pierce street.
The loss to the Seney firm was es-
timated by Frank M. Seney at $780,
600, Of which about $4,000 is covered
by insurance. Damage to the amount
Of about $500 was done to the Iowa
building, which is owned by J, P. Mar
tin and L. B. Martin. This loss was
fully projected by insurance.
Mr.. Rolf, who has been staying at
the home of Fred M. Seney, entered
the shoe store about $3.50 o'clock in
the morning to get a packet Of tailor's
samples he wished to take to Kansas
City on the 4:35 o'clock Northwestern
train. He crossed to the back of the
storeroom and struck a match.
Immediately the explosion took.
place. Mr.. Rolf was hurled against
the wall and picked his way in a daz-
Cd condition from the building. Pat
rons and attaches Of the cafe across
the street were startled by a rain OF
glass upon the windows and by the
roar Of the explosion. Mr.. Rolf was
taken into the cafe and his burns
dressed. His hands were blistered,
his lip was swollen and his back was
The cause of the explosion cannot be
a~scertained.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
GENERAL M'ARTHUR is DEAD
Former Army Chief Stricken Sudden.
iy While Speaking at Reunion
Of Old Regiment.

Milwaukee. Sept. Cen. Arthur
Macarthur. retired, former comman-
~der-in-chief Of the army. was suddenly
stricken with acute Indigestion while
speaking at the reunion Of his old
regiment, the T~wenty-ninth Wisconsin,
here Thursday. He had been in i'll
health, the heat was intense, and he
sank back in his chair. saying he
couldn't continue. He lapsed into I'M
consciousness and died in a few min
utes.
General Macarthur was born in
Springfield, Mass. He was sixty-seven
years old and began his army career
when the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin In
fantry OF which he was appointed
commander in 1862. He took part In
the battle Of Missionary Ridge and in
the Atlanta campaign. being awarded
a congressional medal for seizing the
colors Of his regiment at a critical mo-
ment and planting them on Missionary
Ridge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
KAREL PICKED BY BADGERS
Former Football Star 10 Chosen Demo-
cratic Candidate for Governor
Of Wisconsin.

Milwaukee, Sept. 6.-Judge John c.
Karel, former Wisconsin football star,
won the Democratic nomination Tues
day for the governorship Of Wiscon-
sin. Anti-La Toilette Republicans
sided in his nomination, defeating
Adolph j. Schmitz. Republicans were
SC active on both sides Of the Demo
cratic quarrel that it is doubtful
whether there will be q Republican
ticket in the field this fall. The state
law requires hat at a primary a
party must poll at least 10 per cent.
of Its vote at the preceding election
to hold It's organization. Returns to-
day indicate that the Republicans
may have failed to do this.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
4 DIE; 26 HURT IN WRECK
When Bridge Near Camp Douglas,
Wis.,, Is Washed Away.

Camp Douglas, Wis, Sept. -Four
persons were killed in the wreck of
passenger train No. 10 on the Chicago,
st. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha rail
road, which plunged into the Lemon
weiter river near Camp Douglas at
s O'Clock Monday morning.
Every car. including the sleepers,
with passengers still in their berths,
hurled into the stream, whose
waters, augmented by the cloudburst
Of the previous night. had made 1t a
torrent.
The accident was due to the wash
ing away of a bridge over which the
train had passed safely a short time
before.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13

Rebslllous Michigan convicts FIossed.
y jackson, Mich, Sept. Their teeth
gnashing with rage and their faces
filled with q hatred akin to those lost
to all sense Of value OF life, nine of the
sixty-two rebellious convicts confined
in the bull pen at the state prison
were taken out and fiogged here
Thursday. Others will receive their
share and the work will 60 on till all
have been punished.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Threshers Take Out Bonds.

Pierre.-The state insurance depart
ment, after sending the examiner of
the department into a number of coun-
ties of the state and finding that many
threshers had failed to take out either
the required bond or insurance, for
protection of their patrons, which Is
required by statute, the sherifs of the
different counties Of the state were no.
titled, and this action was followed by
a quick lining up on the part of the
threshermen in regard to this provi-
sion for protection from fire loss on
their parts.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Aviator Mar. Badly Hurt.

Olean, N. Y, Sept. 6.-"Bud" Mars
the aviator. Is in the Olean General
hospital with dangerous injuries, the
result of a fall while he was making
. night at the county fair Thursday.
His biplane crashed into a fence.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
crushss Down on Spectators.

Grey. Department Of Haute Saon,
Irance.-An aeroplane got out Of hand
gaA - aviation meeting here and swept
he ground. crushing down q score OF
spectators, four Of whom we're killed
outright The propeller blades cut
their way through the people AZ the
machine sped over the ground. Ten
pornop1 were seriously injured.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Uniform Game Law Considered.

Pierre.-W. F. Bancroft, state game
warden, who has bee attending The
annual meeting of the state game and
fish commissioners at Denver, has
been named as a member of the COM
mttee to consider plans for the adop-
ton OF uniform game laws in the sew
eral states. If that is possible.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13

Young Woman Walks $1,000 Miles.
Philadelphia, Sept. 9.-Miss Dora
RodriQues, nineteen years old, OF
Amsterdam. reached here Friday after
completing = walk OF $4,000 miles.
She has tramped through North Amer
lea and Europe
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Saved In Fire BY Police,

New York, Sept. 9.-Sixty-two per
sons, 4S Of them children. were saved
Friday from death in a row Of burning
tenements in Degraw street, Brooklyn,
by four policemen. All of the g. had
been overcome by smoke.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Fe.r Of pen&I.4 F.eal.

York. Pa, Sept. THE fear Of pain
caused by having a tooth extracted
caused the death Thursday Of Anna
Henary, ~the ffteen-year-old daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. ELI Henry. As gas
was about to be given she died.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
win $4,000 prvden bronze.

Sea Girt. N. J., Sept. s.-By scoring
1.104, eight points beyond the record
In the match, eight Massachusetts
marksmen won the richest trophy Of
the tournament. the $4,000 Dryden
bronze, here Friday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Government chemtst Re,lons.

Washington. Sept. 7.-Dr. F. L. Dun
lap of the bureau of chemistry and
associate chemist under DIR. Harvey
w. Wiley while the latter was chief
Of the bureau, resigned Thursday to
accept q commercial position in Chi
cago.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Mr.. M.eArthur strIcken.

Milwaukee, Sept. s.-Mrs. MacAr-
thur, widow OF Lieutenant General
Macarthur, who dropped dead while
addressing his Civil war comrades, IL
in . serious condition at her home a.
q result Of the shock.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Bishop Leaves But $1,000.

Fond du Lac, Sept. THE will Of
the late Bishop Charles Chapman
Grafton of the Protestant Episcopal
church. filed Thursday for probate BY
Archbishop B. T. Rogers az executor,
lists the personal property a. 800 4
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
U. 3, Marlnee aelxe 0teamer.

Warrington, Sept. american
bluejackets from the cruiser Glacier,
under Ensign Robert G.. Conan, recap
tursd "wednesday from the Nicaraguan
revolutionists Z small steamer the
rebels had seized ct Corinto.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
cuba Election Rlot Fatal.

OU00 GIOSO0 N10t tatAT.
Havana, Sept. 6.-One liberal was
killed, two probably fatally injured
and one conservative slightly injured
~ the result of . political battle
fought in the streets at Mariel. thirty
miles from Havana, Wednesday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
s2oo.ooo Blaze in Chicago.

$XOU,OOO BUG III CHICd0o.
Chicago, Sept. 5.-F1re In the Ma
tional elevator Of the National Malt
ing company in South Chicago Tues
day caoused 5000. 900 damage. After
. very hard fight the flames were CON
trolled.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Mes. Iehn r. Mclean III.

Newport, r. L, Sept 6.-Mrs. John
n. Mclean IL very Ill with pneumonia
ct Bar Harbor. Her o and daughter
in.law, Mr.. and Mrs.. Edward b. Mo
Lean, were notified "wednesday and
are now In Bar Harbor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
nl.hnn orafton buried.

Fond du Lac. Wis. Sept. 6.-The
funeral service for Bishop Charles
Chapman Grafton Of the Protestant
Episcopal church was held at St.
Pauls cathedral In this city on Tues
day.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
rweive Die n MexIeo wreck.

Mexico City. Sept. "a rear-end
collision Friday 1t Calera, near Aguas
Galleries, on the Mexican Central rail-
road. resulted in the death Of twelve
passengers on . north-bound train and
the injury Of four others.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Warm county seat fights are being
waged in Gregory, Perkins and Meade


Warm county seat fights are being
waged in Gregory, Perkins and Meade
counties.
SCOTS, ~bloodhounds were turned
loose on the scent of a miscreant who
dismantled the t%hreshing machine and
engine of John Brant, 13 miles south
of Trip, evidently with a view to put
the machine out Of commission for the
threshing season. The dogs followed
the track several miles to the August
Herman place, and picked out Herman
for the culprit, who confessed. He had
a spite against Scott. He settled by
paying all expenses.
Heavy shipments Of new grain are
reported from the elevators at White.
Shot like q rocket to the top of .
new grain elevator and escape with
out serious injury was the experience
Of Earl Van Woert Of Armour. Earl
and another boy were playing around
the elevator when he got into The
manlift and pressed the lever with his
foot. The life was weighted to carry
q much greater weight than The boy
and 1t short at lightning speed to the
top OF the elevator with its human
freight. How the boy escaped without
being killed is q miracle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Edve.tionaI eulIdIno dedicated.

Educational Building Dedicated.
Observation-Disclosures OF Public
Instruction G. G. Lawrence is at Trip,
where he assisted at the dedication OF
the educational building at the Hutch
inson county fair. This Is the second
building of It's kind in the state, the
other being at Clear Lake.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Will Manufacture Drugs

Pierre.-F. A. Krieser, w. j. Soren-
son and R. E. Roney. all of Sioux
Falls, as directors of the Power City
Drug company, have filed articles Of
incorporation with the secretary of
state. The company will manufacture
and sell drugs and medicines. 1t is
capitalized at $4,000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Indian AlIotments Paid.

Sioux Falls.-The government has
Just concluded making an aggregate
payment of $4,000 to a number Of
Sioux Indians on the Rosebud Indian
reservation, individual Indians receiv-
ing $497.14 each, the money being in
lieu of cattle o. wagons and mares
that earlier ~allottees received.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Huron Pioneer Buried.

Huron.-Hugh R. Griffith, a resident
of this city for nearly 80 years, was
buried from Grace Episcopal church
Sunday afternoon. The sermon was
nv Rector Keller, the Masonic frater-
nity having charge of the services. Mr..
Griffith was one of Huron's foremost
business men; a large stakeholder In
the Huron Milling company. He was
a prominent Mason.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
80. IInconstitutlonar.

Election Dates Unconstitutiona!
Huron-The supreme court OF oouth
Dakota will be asked to pass upon q
question of vital Importance 10 the
neople of the state relative 10 INC
a,ection of supreme court 1udges.
Thos n Null, of this city, mas or
varded to Royal Johnson, attorney
general, an application for a Writ ~
tbe supreme bench enjolning the sec
retary of state from certifying 10
county auditors the names OF cahui-
dates for supreme court JUDGES as
chosen at the June primaries. Inc Pc
tition sets forth that the ehtlre pro-
ceedings are unconstitutional. from
the time the territory was divided and
south Dakota was admitted into the
union until 1901, judges OF the various
curtis were elected in odd, or on
years-that is, not at what is terlheu
n general election. At The session OF
the legislature of 1901, a law was en-
acted changing the dates SO that
Judges would be elected at general
elections. which are held in even num-
hered years. The petition claims that
the law of 1901 is unconstitutional for
the reason that the constitution gives
no authority for changing the terms
of office of supreme court judges from
six years to six years and six months,
as was dona by the 1901 law; the con-
stitution Fl % the term at six years.
Bv the provisions Of the 1901 law an
electiF II of judges was held in 1904,
ard is due to be held again in 1912,
making a period of eight years be-
tween elections. for judges. The con-
stitution and law, prior to the change,
court judges were elected in
1895 and 1899, and should have been
elected in 1905 and 1911 and in 1917.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
On Tour Of Inspection.

Pierre.-Land Commissioner Brink
er and his assistant, Hanson, have
started on their tour Of Inspector OF
the public lands in the western and
southern part of the state.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
For Better Farming.

For Better Farming.
: Aberdeen.-The board of directors
of the Better Farming ASSOCIATION u
South Dakota, the headquarters OF
which are located in this city, are ar
ranging for a special short course Tor
armers to be held in this city Decem-
Der 16 to 21, inclusive. 1t is planned TO
have some of the best authorities on
the various topics connected with
farming to lecture n address inc
short course students. 3.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Pine Cones 40 Cents per BusheI.

age in other forests or yellow pine
cones, the Black Hills national forest
will his year supply practically the
whole country with seeds. Forest SUI
pervisor Kellster has just given pub
lie notice that he will buy all the pine
cones that can be gathered in the
Hills and the task of getting them is
likely to prove a profitable one, as the
government pays 40 cents per bushel,
and diligent individuals can reap a
good harvest in ten days time. These
cones are used by the forest service to
extract seeds, which are planted in
denuded tracts for reforestation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
Better FARMING Methods.

Better Farming Methods.
Aberdeen.-M. M. Guhin, county SUI
p~erintendent of schools, and H. F.
Patterson, superintendent of the
Aberdeen Better Farming association,
have arranged to conduct a series OF
weekly lectures on better farming in
the rural and town schools of Brown
county during the fall and winter.
Meeting will be held on Wednesday
evenings and IN Saturdays, morning
and evening. Instructive addresses
on the subject of better farming, good
roads and other items of interest to
rural communities will be given, and
the plan is arousing much interest all
over the county.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-13
$50. 900 Capital Behind Presho Mill.

$5U,UUU CapTtdI beTIHu FTesT'o VT''
Pierre.-The Northern Light Milling
company of Presho has filed articles
of incorporation with the secretary or
state. The directors Of the new COM
pany are Edward G. Campbell, John
S. Campbell and Sidney w. kinyon or
O%watonnna, Mimi, and James Iodd
Guy, of Presho, and Charles R. Farrall
of Minneapolis. Headquarters will be
at Presho. with probably a branch Of
flee at Owatonna. The company Is
incorporated for $1,000.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-03-21
DIXON SAYS NORTH E.lKOTA
RESULT is BIO WAT TAFT

Washington, D. C.-senator Dix
on, manager of Col. Roosevelts
candidacy, said last night that the
North Dakota primary result was
a severe blow for President Taft.
But one voter in forty expressed
a wish that Taft would be the nomi-
nee said Senator Dixon. mo such
humiliating, crushing defeat of a
presidential candidate asking re-
nomination has ever been witnessed
in American politics.
The ten delegates elected in North
Dakota said several days ago that, if
elected, they would support Roose-
Welt when it was known that La Fol-
lette could not be nominated. They
can safely he put in the Roosevelt
column
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-03-21
STERLING LEFT IN
AIR BY BACKERS
MEN WHO INDUCED HIM TO COME
OUT FOR LA E'OLLIlTTE HAVE
NOW GONE OVER TO ROOSE-
WELT.

Pierre, S. D.-The last shift i'm
South Dakota politics certainly leaves
Hon. Thos. Sterling in very delicate
position politically. After long
contest with his political friends, he
finally declared himself as "a follow
er of La Toilette, after he had re-
poatedly declared that he could see
no reason Why he should state pres
idential preference Now by the lat
est switch placing the Pierre head
quarters absolutely in the Roosevelt
column, and openly antagonistic to
La Toilette, it leaves the hackers of
Mr. Sterling standing in open opposi-
ton to the man whom they induced
certainly places him where he must
either make another flop TO suit their
present day veiws, or else be out
Iside their desires for the pushing of
a candidate for the presidency who is
outside their desires for the pushing
of candidate for the presidency
who is not on Mr.. Sterling's list. In
fact the real Sterling Supporters are
some what hot under the collar
just at present and are saying things
which would not get past the censor
into type.