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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-03
WHAT CITY SHOULD DO.

hand in that street car arbitra-
ton. Sure thing. 1t ought to.
have voice in selecting the ar
bitrator who represents the COM
pany.
For the city is the partner of
the street railway companies;
and the city of Chicago ought to
be ashamed of itself for being in
partnership with the Eastern
bondholders and all the stock
holders in the combination.
Of course, all the politicians
see in that partnership is that S.
per cent of the net receipts-the
dollar partnership. They don't
see the human side Of it at all.
And the human side is the big
side. tits the side that affects the
lives of thousands of men, women
and children in Chicago.
If the city administration were
truly representative of the peo-.
pie it would insist that the en-
ployes and their wives and chill.
dren get a square deal from the
men who have grown rich by hav-
ing a monopoly of the use of Chi.
cago streets. And a square deal
means a wage sufficient to give
the employees a decent living and.
an opportunity to raise and edu-
cate their children to be useful
men andwomen.
1t would be better for Chicago
to get less money out of that S.
per cent graft than to be a party.
to grinding the extra dollars out
sof the souls and bodies of men !
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-03

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BECKER TRIAL SET.
New York, Sept. 3.-Justice
Golf, sitting in the extraordinary
criminal term of the Supreme
Court, today set the trial of Pc
lice Lieut.. Chas. Becker, indicted
for the murder OF. Gambler Ros-
entf1al, for Sept, II.
Golf was ordered to hold the
special term of court by Gov. Dix /
and authorized to get to the bot
tom of the graft and murder ring
charges by special grand jury and
John Doe proceedings.
John H. Mcintyre, attorney
for Becker, bitterly fought the
transfer of Becker's trial into
COTS court, but Golf swept aside
every motion made by Mcintyre.
District Attorney Whitman
says that the coming graft reve-
lations will be so sensational as to
shock the whole country.
Washington, Sept. 3.-Wm. F..
Flynn, head of the New York Sc
.cret service, resigned today to
take charge, it is said, of the Ros-
entha1 murder and police graft
Investigations of New York.
1d5jt
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01

draft. In our earlier buildings We
were compelled 10 use curtain TO
keep out the storms or snow. We
found this curtain more or less of a
nuisance, and have gotten rid OF II
in the type Of house shown.
The roof projects over the open.
ing feet and acts as an awning. IL
keeps out snow and rain, but admits
plenty Of air. Three sides OF the
building are lined under with q cheap
grade of two.ply roofing felt, which
prevents any wind blowing through
cracks and causing drafts. Single
board floors are used. Perches are
in the back part OF the building, with
dropping board under them. Nest
boxes are under the dropping board
10 economic space. The water YES.
sci Is placed on a shelf Is inches
from the floor. ! prefer to have all
the fixtures, such as nest boxes,
perches and dropping boards, remoy.
able. One Of these little houses &C
commodities so to 80 Leghern fowls.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
FLAX GROWING
IS PROFITABLE
WESTERN CANADA FARMERS BE.
COMING RICH IN ITS
PRODUCTION.

So much has been written regarding
the great amount OF money made out
OF growing wheat in the prairie prov
inces OF Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, Western Canada, that many
other products OF the farms are over
looked. These provinces will always
grow large areas OF wheat-both
spring and winter-and the yields will
continue TO be large, and the general
average greater than in any other
portion OF the continent. Twenty, thir-
ty forty. and as high as fifty bushels
per acre OF wheat TO the acre-yields
unusual In other parts OF the wheat
growing portions OF tho continent
have attracted worldwide attention.
but what OF oats. which yield forty.
fifty and as high as one hundred and
ten bushels per acre and carry of the
worlds prize, which, by the way. was
also done by wheat raised In Sas-
katchewan during last November at
the New York Land show And then,
there is the barley, with its big yields.
and It's excellent samples Another
mon y-maker. and big one Is flax.
The growing OF flax Is extensively car
ri,L on in Western Canada. The
aIler nas 1ssUIe IN. = circular &c,
sued by prominent farmer at Saska-
too1. The circular deals with the
! treatment Of seed fax. the seeding
and harvesting. and attributes yields
OF less than 20 bushels per acre, to
later seeding, imperfect and illy.pre-
pared seed. He sowed twenty-five
pounds OF seed per acre and had
yield Of twenty-nine bushels per acre.
This will probably dispose of at $3.50
per acre Speaking OF proper prepa-
ration OF seed and cultivation OF soil
and opportune sowing. in the circular
spoken OF there is cited the case OF
Mr. White, living fourteen miles
south OF Rosetown, who had fifteen
acres OF summer fallow a year ago
last summer, upon which he produced
thirtythree bushels to the acre. when
many In the district harvested for
want Of crop. Now. there can be no
proper reason advanced why such a
crop should not have been produced
on all the lands OF the same quality
in the adjacent district, provided they
had been worked and cared for In the
same manner. This year (l9ll) the
same man had one hundred acres OF
summer fallow. had something over
$500 bushels Of wheat. He also had
1900 bushels of oats and 300 bushels
OF fax"
There are the cattle, the horses. the
roots and the vegetable products Of
Western Canada farms, all Of which
individually and collectively deserve
special mention. and they are treated
OF in the literature sent out on appli-
cation by the Government agents.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
Plan for tuberculosis Day.

Sermons on the prevention OF con.
sumption will be preached in thou.
sands OF churches on April 2s. which
The National Association for the Study
and Prevention Of tuberculosis has
set aside as tuberculosis day.
Last year out OF 100000 churches
in the United States, over $4,000
observed tuberculosis day, and mil.
lions OF churchgoers were told
about this disease from the pull.
pit. This year will be the third
observation Of tuberculosis day. Plans
are being made TO have the gospel OF
health preached more widely than
ever before. The movement will be
pushed through the COO anti.tubercu.
losis associations allied with the ma
tlonal association and through the
boards OF health. women's clubs and
other organizations in hundreds OF
cities and towns throughout the coun-
try. Through these various bodies
the churches will be reached and in.
terested in the tuberculosis campaign.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
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Eeed limo and charcoal liherally

Feed lime and charcoal literally.
Do not breed from fowls that are
too old.
Millet seed Is an excellent egg pro-
ducing grain.
Many poultrymen raise lettuce just
for hen feed.
An incubator will not trample on
and break the eggs.
A few undesirable eggs will lower
the price Of whole crate.
Cut clover hay has helped revolu.
tionize the poultry business.
Feeds rich in protein should make
up large part Of the ration.
A male bird Is past his best stage
after he has seen two breeding sea-
sons.
A lousy hen never thrives and daily
attention should be given 10 keep lice
and mites down.
Alfalfa. green or the dry leaves, pro-
duces an ideal color In the yolk when
the hens have an abundance Of II.
All eggs used for eating should be
from hens that have no male birds
running with them. Such eggs are
infertile.
1t will pay the pclltry grower 10
make a careful study Of the color and
quality Of yolk that is demanded by
the high-class trade. and then learn
how to produce II.
The poultryman should endeavor TO
feed all that the hens will consume
and return a profit for It, and skill
and experience are necessary to de.
termine this amount.
Eggs are bought by the dozen. but
The roultryman who always markets
large. heavy eggs soou gets a premi
um OF s cents or more a dozen above
the price for ordinary eggs.
The wisdom OF giving the fowls q
well balanced ration may not appea'
to many. but q practical demonstra
ton Of what the well balanced ration
ell do will convince the most ske-
,ical
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
COLONY HOUSE IS PROFITABLE
Possesses Many Decided Advantages
Over Permanent tiouses--All Fix
lures Made Removable.

Portable colony houses for the
farm flock possess decided advan.
taGe over the large permanent house.
] make them, however. just as large az
The weight will permit My aim Is TO
have them Of such weight that they
can be moved anywhere on the farm
NJ any season Of the year, writes J. T.
Campbell IN the New England Horne.
stead. When hard and native lumber
Is used, the maximum size Is 7x9 feet,
with rear wall feet inches and
front wall feet 10 inches. This per
mi,s the use Of l2.foo, boards without
waste, and buildings high enough to
work in with comfort.
II light lumber Is used In construc.
ton the cost Is Increased somewhat.
and we secure the advantage o. moro
room. We find the farm team car
handle 7Xl2 or SxI0 house OF this
kind. We use no upright frame at
all. The building is operated by the
vc-.icai ding. Tho runners q
which these houses rest are mat
from AKA hardwood, and are place
the longer way Of the house. set un.
der IL inches from each side and
the ends flush. This keeps the run.
ners from weather exposure. and II
care Is used TO keep them blocked
they last as long as the building. The
one shown in the accompanying pic
ture Is the latest model. II is an OBJ.
ject to provide for the admission Of
an abundance OF fresh air without
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
Always Leap Year.

IT'S leap year every year in Papua.
said an ethnologist. The reason isn't
that the women are the bosses there.
No. quite the contrary. The reason
Is that love making Is supposed TO be
thing beneath the notice OF the Pa
puan male.
All women look alike to him. So
the matrimonial pourparlers all fall
on the female sex.
If a man accepts a girls proposal
the fact that he is engaged is chalked
on his back. But on the girls back
the engagement is branded with a red.
hot iron"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
M MATES

BY lola Blair

There's misdsal." said Nita wick
billy. as she accepted Howell's aid In
mounting. lie hardly heard her.
ahcad, just disappearing up the long
winding trail. were two figures on
horseback. Nitas big sister. Beth
Ra,hburn. and young Crittenden.
There surely was "A misdeal Howell
kwung into his saddle and rode be
hide the trail mate that chance had
Cycn him, totally unconscious OF her
Bwn appealing charm and most ex'
tccllcnt horsemanship.
4 And ahead of them lay a ride OF
Ethrce hours--threc hours of newt
Gablc tete-a-tste companionship. How
4sl knew that in those three hours
.1ay all the chances of happiness he
{dcns invitation to spend two weeks
lat his ranch merely on the hope OF
meeting Beth Rathburn again. This
4 latter she had fatty refused him twice
during the winter season. But, some
how. man fashion. he had reasoned
Ill ne COulu Only lliAu htl bul III NHtSt
lgorge2uH mountains be might be able
10 tou n the real inner nature he be-
li-ycd Iay bouonth her girlish frivol
|ity an. waywaTdness.
Tb. had been his first chance,
af a. ,wo days for a quiet. intimate
|ta with IA, I'D somehow Bob
|Cr t.nden roo in his place beside
| her a. the crucial moment
My girth needs tightening"
|Nitas voice recalled him to his duty.
The girl leaned over and watched him
as be cinched up. And then she
looked beyond his bowed head, of
toward two figures barely visible at a
turn OF the winding path up the
valley.
Suddenly she spoke impulsively.
I'm awfully sorry you didn't get
beth, but you can't any more, -ou
know. Bob's terribly Jealous. and
really he has the say.so now
Howell's eyes darkened They were
good eyes, gray and earnest. He
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01

looked up at the tender expressive
face with quick suspicion.
You mean?"
They're engaged" said Nita, sim
ply. Last night. on the veranda.
Beth told me when she came TO
bed. oh. please-please hold him"
Howell made leap toward the
bride, but the pony plunged and
backed, half turning about. and
rearing. From the ground where It
stood there wriggled a snake back
into the mesquite. Mia was holding
with one hand TO the saddle horn,
and gripping the reins with all her
force, trying to keep her seat. The
pony broke suddenly and ran madly,
while Howell swung into his own sad
die and gave chase.
The race lay In an opposite direc-
ton from the rest OF the party.
There was no chance to cali for help.
Straightaway up tho mountain path
went the pony. and Howell's lips
were pressed close as he watched the
uncertain swaying OF the slender
figure on the high Mexican saddle.
She seemed hardly more than a
child in her riding suit OF gray cor
duroy. her hair blowing back from
her young, vivid face. Something
woke to life at that tense moment In
Howell's heart, something that beat
back the anger and hurt pride at
Beth's coquetry. Putting his spurs
to his horse, he gained steadily on
the frightened pony. and rode along
side just as Mia was falling. There
was no chance 10 check the pony. All
he could do was to catch her as she
fell. while he slipped of his own
horse. SO for minute he held her
In his arms like hurt child. and
wondered why she did not faint. In
stead, she smiled up Mt him with the
same laughing mischief in her long
lashed brown eyes.
I'm not hurt bit, Mr.. Howell.
You don't need to hold me any
longer"
There's sure TO be nervous
shock" said Howell gravely. Are
you sure you can stand aloue?"
TRY me-" she laughed. He lifted
her up to his own saddle. The pony
had stopped short distance away.
and was cropping grass. Aren't We
lost?" she added.
Completely. I haven't any idea
OF these trails. or where they lead to.
j shall hobble the horses and make n
tepee Of poles. and 60 hunt . bear.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
Cost Of llvinu In France.

France is making just as much fuss
as We are over the cost OF living. In
Ave years ut Havre, the great port
where everything Is easily accessible.
bread has increased Is per cent. beef
%, veal Il, mutton 25. butter IA.
cheese %. coal 81, etc. Official sta
tistics declare that for the ordinary
articles of household consumption
there has been an average increase OF
rs per cent.-New York Press.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
That's the usual procedure. isn't TT
we're real trail mates now"
She smiled wistfully.

That's the usual procedure. isn't TT
we're real trail mates now"
She smiled wistfully.
Il am hungry. Aren't you. Mr..
Howell?"
First name Is Paul"
IL might have called you by Il II
you had been my brother-ln-law,"
she rejoined demurely. slipping to the
ground.
Il intend to be Beth's brother.in.
law. so you may as well start in"
lie was loosenlng the girths on the
horse, and spoke with decision.
Nita's eyes sparkled with amusement.
She seated herself on the ground. and
studied the contour of his head. At
Is every point In man tells
it's own story. She had been in love
with Howell for days, as much In love
as she ever would be. She was not q
girl like Beth, full of sentiment, and
fond OF admiration. The man she
loved must be good pal, a comrade
true, as we'll as husband and sweet
heart. Tho trail was long one, she
knew. with many turnings. Some
how, she had thought Paul Howell
was splendidly fitted to be a trail
mate
Not half an hour ago you intended
TO be my brotherin- she said
naively.
You have grown up In that half
hour from little girl to a woman;
don't you realize that? | do He
LETT the horse and threw himself
down beside her. When that pony
broke away and ran with you, and
death was a possibillty-Nita, look At
mel knew that | should follow you
to the end OF the new trail, no matter
where 1t led. And II has led us
here"
lie waited for an answer. Nita
looked past him, out at the splendid
panorama OF mountains that spread
below them. The Crittenden ranch
looked like toy block house far
down in the valley. The cattle on the
broad plateau across the valley were
like Noah's ark animals.
She turned her head after a long
pause. and smiled down at him.
Are you really making love TO me,
Mr.. Howell?"
Il ask you TO be my wife, Nita," he
answered steadily. "Oh. | know It
seems queer 10 you eastern girls, the
swift courtship OF us men who have
hare -
newly opened lands. We haven't
time 10 serve our ladies fair, dear
heart. Some day. some hour. there
comes along the girl who Is different
from all other girls In the world, and
we know her then when we see her.
Can't you understand? Beth did at.
tract me. met her up in town, and
admired her, but this is different l
don't want a pretty goddess 10 sit up
on a pedestal. and keep the dust of.
| want a sweetheart-pal, who will
fight with me, side by side out here
TO win out. want a girl with nerve
and pluck, and happy heart. Just
want YOU"
Down the trail there there came
long hail. The party had missed them.
and retraced its way. Howell gripped
both her hands in his. and helped her
to rise. They looked at each other
in dead silence. wondering at this
miracle that had changed the world
in half an hour. Then Mia lifted her
face TO his.
III stay with you," she said. sim
ply.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
FIRST STEP TO WORLD FAME
When "Mark Twain" Strong In tho
Confidence of Genius, Made His
Advent In Literature.

In Harper's, Albert Bigelow Paine.
the authorized biographer OF Mark
Twain, tells OF the first entrance 81
the great humorist into journalism.
1T was the afternoon OF hot.
dusty August day in 1862 when n worn,
travel stained pilgrim drifted laggingly
into the Office Of the Territorial Enter
prise. then in its new building on c
street. and, loosening a heavy roll OF
blankets from his shoulders. dropped
YEARLY into a chair. He wore rusty
SLOUGH hat. no coat, faded blue fan
mel shirt, and a navy revolver. His
trousers were hanging on his boot
tops. A tangle OF reddish-brown hair
fell on his shoulders, and a mass OF
tawny beard dingy with alkali dust,
dropped half way 10 his waist
Aurora lay 1870 miles from Virginia
City--hard. hilly miles. He had walk
ed that distance, carrying his heavy
load. Editor Goodman was absent at
the moment. but the other proprietor.
Dennis +. Mccarthy, signified that the
caller might state his errand. The
wanderer regarded him with far
away look. and said, absently and with
leisurely reflection:
"'My starboard leg SENS TO be un'
shipped. Id like about hundred
yards OF line; think I'm falling to
pieces Then he added I want TO see
Mr.. Barstow or Mr.. Goodman. My
name Is Clemens. and I've come to
write for the paper
1T was the master OF the worlds
widest estate, come TO claim his king
DOM"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
Newspaper Is the Medium.

The importance Of this whole ques.
ton OF publicity to the consumer is
growing on the manufacturer He
sees his competitor or some man in
another line turning the trick Of pub,
licity and he SIT up and thinks. He is
gradually realizing that localized,
crystalized publicity in the home is
what pays best and that he can only
get that through the newspaper
The Daily Club.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
Eqqs From Pure-hred Fowls.

1t took some OF us good many
years TO discover that there was more
profit in selling eggs from pure bred
fowls at $3.50 and 81 per dozen than
from the barnyard variety at % cents
1t is easy TO figure that % pure breds
will earn more money than 100 barn.
yards.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
The Man and the Place,

Andrew Carnegie was giving advice
on recent Sunday to one OF the
younger members of the Rockefeller
Bible class.
Il am an advocate OF early mar
riages," he said. THE right man IN
the right place, at the right time, is
q very good saying, and to my mind.
the right man in the right place at the
right time Is unquestlonably husband
reading to his wife on winters night
beside the radiator.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
Feasibility Exclaimed

Isn't your husband getting fear
fully bad disposition" asked Mrs
Shortsoot.
NO" replied Mrs. Leedout. He
has read somewhere that brainy mer
are always cranks and he's trying &c
get a reputation"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
plssa.e. Spread by tho Fly.

There are 100000 cases OF ty-
phoid In this country annually. and
some fifty thousand deaths. There are
sixty thousand deaths annually from
cholera infantum. Nearly all would
be prevented II the ny nuisance was
conquered.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
A QUARTER CENTURY

Before the Public. Over Eve Million Free samples
given away each year. The constant ami incrcas-
Ing sales from samples proves the genuine merit Of
ALIENS FOOT EASE, the antiseptic powder 90
BE- shaken into the shoes for Tired, Aching swollen.
Tender feet Relieves corns and bunlons Of all pain.
sample YRKk Address Allen S.Olmsied. lie Roy MY.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
All Fresco.

All FFeoco.
Why does that old maid use SO
much paint on her facef''
shes making up for lost time
Brooklyn Life.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01

Only q fool ever attempts to con.
vince a man that he isn't AZ clever %
40 thinks he In
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01
&MA
Read About These Three Girls. How Sick
They Were and How Their Health
Was Restored by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

Appleton, Wis" / take pleasure in writing you
an account of my sickness. / told a friend Of mine
how felt and she said had female trouble and
Compound, as she had taken it herself for the same
trouble with wonderful results. had been sckly
for two years and overworked myself, and had such
bad feelings every month that could hardly walk
for pain. was very nervous and easily tired out
and could not sleep nights. had dizzy spells and
pmples came on my face. But have taken your
Lydia T. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and it has
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-01

Your drus9is, VIII refund MONEY Il PAYS 0INT-
MENT falls 90 cure any case of Itching. Blind.