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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-07-19
EAGLE BUTTE
FIRE VICTIM
CONFEDERATION Does Damage Amount.
ING 10 Over 100000 Sun.
day Afternoon.
Strong Wind Was Blowing Which
Prevented Flames From Be-
ing Extineuished.

The toWr Of Eagle Butte on the
Cheyenne branch of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound Rail
way about ninety miles from Mo-
bridge, was visited by a dlsastri-
Gus conhagration Sunday after
noon, over 500 100000 worth Of
property going up in flames. 1t is
reported that the fire was caused
by the explosion Of a gasoline
stove.
A strong wind was blowing at
the time and all efforts to eXtln-
guish the flames were to no avail
with the result that the greater
portion Of the business district OF
the town was wiped out. A large
number of tie citizens of the town
were at Dupree attending horse
race, which fact reduced the mum
ber of fire fighters.
Four retail stores, buildings and
contents, the Dakota State Bank
the Citizens State Bank, postoffice,
Eagle Butte News, telephone head
quarters and a number of other
buildings were swept to the ground
by the flames.
This fire is the second one in
Eagle Bate, several business places
having been destroyed last fall
and is a sad blow to the new town.
1t is expected that large num-
Der Of the business men will re-
build better and more substantial
stru lures, as crops are good III
that locality and the prospects OF
the town are very bright.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-07-19

the undertaking of extensive new
work at this time, Mr.. Erb said
Everywhere alo g our lines |
found the crops good, and in some
places was told by men of long eX-
rerlence that the prospects for good
yields have not been better for
twenty years. With this in sight
IN such contrast to the poor clOps
OF last year, We are prepared to go
ahead and are today forming the
company to build the new line. 1t
is impossible to give details yet, or
the route Of the new line, but it
will be from some oint near Wa
tertOwn nOrthward.
The crop that is now promis-
ed means that equipment and mo-
tive power will be needed to handle
it. For that reason we have just
bought twelve new locomotives.
The expenditures that have been
authorized at this meeting amount
to considerable. We are going to
keep the property up to condition
and be ready to handle the crop. ,
FIRST POSITIVE MOVE
Mr.. Erb' statement is the first
authoritative statement as to the
new route, and today's meeting
the first active move towards get
ting the construction started. The
new road will give Minneapolis
another direct line into the grain
fields of South and North Dakota
and another connection with west
err Canada.
1t is understood that a traffic
agreement with the Canadian
Northern is likely to follow the
eo4t.ruction of the new line, but
on this matter Mr.. Erb was non
comm;ttal. "
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-07-19
TWO THOUSAND DOL.
LARS APPROPRIATED
Edmunds County Commissioners Set
Aside That Sum for Parm-
ley Highway.

The Parmley Highway across
the counties Of Brown and Edmunds
is an assured fact. At a meeting
of the Edmunds county commits
sioners, held last week, the sum of
1000 was appropriated for the
purpose. Cortlandt township, un
der the able leadership of G.. E.
Bark, Of Nina, was first to come
forward with 800. Aberdeen
boosters became active and in con-
junction with the civil townships
have arranged for and are already
grading and preparing the road to
the Edmunds county line.
The Ipswish Commercial club
has achieved a great victory
Through its aggressive campaign
for good roads it is much talked
Of organization. Too frequently
such organizations drift into In
nocuous Disuetude" as has been
the case in Ipswich in the past
because those who have been hon
ored with important positions have
either lacked the push and enter.
prise, or have not been sufficiently
supported to carry any given pro
ject to climax. The present
officers have not been lacking in
these essentials and the results are
strikingly illustrated.
When this good road is complet.
ed across the three counties OF
Brown, Edmunds and Waiworth
the fast Milwaukee trains will have
to hurry to cover the l3O miles
quicker than an automobile. Ups
wich Tribune.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-07-19
COUNTY SEAT FIGHT ON
Lennon Petitions for Vote on Cues
ton of Removal in Perkins
County.

Bison, July 6-Abandoning the
movement to divide Perkins coun-
ty, forming a new county from the
northern half residents of Lem
mon have filed a petition with the
county commissioners at Bison,
calling for the submission to the
people at the general election next
November, the question of the per-
manent location of the county seat.
Lennon will become a candidate
for county seat honors in the cleo
ton and will endeavOr to wrest
the county seat from Bison, which
has had it since the county was or
ganized. Bison is centrally locat-
ed, but without railroad, while
Lennon, which is the largest
town in the county, is on tie main
line of the Milwaukee railroad. but
near the northern edge of the
county. 1t is expected the ensuing
campaign will be a lively prop
Osition.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-07-19

\ Chicago cab driver has been
nominated for congress. Still, con-
sidering Chicago cab drivers, the
punishment dOesn't seem too great.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-07-19
FIGHT TO CHECK
CATTLE RUSTLING
IhievinG From Small Herds Since
Passing of Big Ranges Or.
eanize 10 Stop il.

western South Dakota has not af-
fected the work of the expert cattle
rustlers" whose operations, since
the wiping out Of the big herds by
reason o. the occupancy OF great
parts Of the former great cattle
range by homesteaders have been
confined to the herds of the small
cattlemen, or ranchers as they are
termed.
These men own from 100 to 200
head of cattle each, and in the ag-
gregate their herds would make a
respectable showing compared with
the big herds Of the g.eat cattle
companies which formerly were en-
gagged in the cattle raising business
on big scale in that part of South
Dakota lying between the Missouri
river ard the Black Hills and north
of the Black Hills.
In the old days of cattle raising
on large scale, the operations Of
the rustlers became so annoying
and caused such heavy losses to cat
tie owners that what has since been
known as the Western South DakO-
ia Stockman S association was or
ganized. Funds were raised for
putting an end to the operations
of the rustlers, aud many OF the
thieves were either lodged in the
penitentiary or compelled to leave
the country With the passing of
the big herds the operations of the
ruStlers for time CEASED, only to
be resumed when the small cattle
men or ranchers occupied the
country formerly included in the
great ranges and their small herds
commenced to be seen in every
valley and on every hill
AN ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED
To cope with the new conditions
what is known as the Fall River
and Custer County Live Stock Own
ers' Protective association was or
ganized, with headquarters at the
frontier town of Buffalo Gap, in
the foothills of the Black Hills.
This association now has taken its
place as perhaps the leading anti
horse and cattle thief association
in the United States.
The president is William NJ. o.
BaniOn, Dan Mosier is vice presi-
dent, c. s. Isham is secretay- treas
urer, and }. 8. Godsey, one Of the
most feerless men in the west, is
chief captain. Upon Captain God
sey falls the chief duty, when rust
lers make a raid on the cattle herds
Of raDchers in the territory covered
by the association, to run down the
rusJlers and procure the evidence
which will convict them when they
are tried in court.
Funds for the prosecution of the
rustlers are provided by the mem
bership fees which members of the
association are required to pay and
by assessing members a certain
sum for each head Of cattle owned
by them.
The most recent exploit of the
association in the prosecution line
was the arrest of three men, John
Rush, Joe Norman and John Ash.
bault, on the charge of rustling
cattle belonging to members of the
anti-cattle thief association. Cap
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-07-19

For lots in the best residence
district at $1,000 per month, see
Goodman, representative of the
Grand Cros sing Land and I'm
prOvement Company
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-07-19
NJ. < ST. |. TO
GO TO CANADA
President Erb's Visit to Minneapolis
Makes Extension Sure by
Forming Company.
Aberdeen and LeoIa Seems TO Be
Most Feasible Line Would
Open Rich Country.

y Drancn Oi the MIN. eapOlS &
st. Louis Railway from some point
near Watertown, s. d., to the Can
adian border has been authorized
by President Newman Erb, Of the
Minneapolis & st. Louis railway.
\ great deal of inspection is being
made on the point from which this
line will be built. The most FEAST
BILE line, however, woUld be through
Aberdeen to Leola and then to the
border through North Dakota.
These plans will be annouced later
and it is said that the line will be
built this fall.
It is understood in Aberdeen that
the route will extend from LeOla in
a nOrthwesterly direction through
Mcpherson county to Ashley in
Mcintosh county, North Dakota.
From Ashley two routes are con-
templated. One is the northern
route through Logan, Kidder,
Wells, Benson and Towner coun-
ties to the Canadian line The
other route which is longer and
would open up large tract Of un-
improved land now unprovided
with railroads. This route would
be westward from Ashley, cross
ing the Missouri river at some
available point in Emmons or Bur
leigh counties and passing north
ward to the Canadian line striking
Saskatchewan. This route would
open an entirely new field of very
productive country
COMPANY INCORPORATED
The Minneapolis Sundly Jour
nal has the following to say re-
garding the visit of President Erb
to Minneapolis and the develop
ment of the plans for the extension:
The Minneapolis, st. Louis &
Canadian Railway Company, which
will build a line from the vicinity
of Watertown, S. D., to the Cana
dian boundary, was organized in
Minneapolis today by Newman Erb
OF New York, president of the
Minneapolis & st. Louis road;
Vice President w. q. Bierd, of
that company; J. Wollman, of j.
). Bache < Co., New York bank
ers; ard II. A. Harrison Of the
New York banking firm Battle &
Co. incorporation pa pers will be
filed, Mr.. Erb, said, in the near
future. The new construction, he
said, probably will begin this fall.
Mr. Erb, with the other eastern
| financial men and several secretar-
les, arrived III Minnearoli, today
after western trip which included
run over the major portion of the
Minneapolis & st. Louis and Iowa
Central lines. Immediately upon
his arrival at the office of Vice
President Bierd, Mr.. Erb put his
.. h. Cn an order fOn twelve new
locomotives and signed appropria-
tons totaling $500, 900, principally
for track improvement and other
work along the line.
SATISFIED WITH PROSPECTS
/ came west to find by person
al investigation if the condition of
the crops in our territory warrants
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-07-19
Notice, Farm Loans.

We are in the market at all
times for good rea! estate loans.
MObridge State Bank.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-08

thansa month ago Andnot one
half of the sufferers were fed.
The army has provided 10000
tents, and not all the homeless
under shelter.
The navy department also is
helping out. The assignment of
the battleship Nebraska and the
guhboat Petrol to relief work was
entirely on the responsibility of
Secretary Meyer.
Congress already has appro-
priated $3.50, 600 for relief work.
Conditions will not reach normal
again for at least a month, ST.
600, 900 more will be needed.
d
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-08

gaps in the lexees. The townsis
surrounded with water. The.
people have taken refuge in the
upper stories of their homes.
The troops from New Iberia
today rounded up all the idle ne
groes at New Roads and forced
them to work on the levees.
The Baton Rouge university
professors followed their exm-
pie. The large saw mill and
plantation owners also are send
ing their negro employees to work
on the dykes:
Citizens of New Roads were
thankful when they learned the
navy department had ordered the
battleship Nebraska. to help the
flood, sufferers. Scores. of men
offeredrto pilot the gasoline boats
of the warship through the
flooded district and direct the
work of rescue.
Maringouin, and Grossette are
islands Bothltowns are built on
high ground, but the water has
completely surrounded them, and
It is impossible to get in or out.
The, bridge on the, Faxas Pacific
has been swung to prevent its be-
ing carried away.
q Washington, May s.-Fifty
millions of dollars already lost,
and many more millions still to
be lost.
That is the government view of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-08
BITS OF NEWS

Patrick c. cleary, freight
handler, 4742 Princeton ave. at
tempted suicideby cutting throat
with knife. Slight chance for re-
coVery; Dependent.
DIR. E. P. Murdoch, So, 1924
Washington blvd, severely in-
iured when thrown from buggy
after being hit by Madison st.
car at Market ST.
Body of man who committed
suicide by shooting self in head,
found IN bushes, Douglas Park.
Postcard found in coat bearing
name of John Shunek, l4l6 w.
10th st. Police later lsarned'that
Shunek had moved away 2 weeks
ago and address could not be
learned,
A Michigan man says he raises
strawberries, seven of which will
fill a quart box, It's allin the box.
Only the extravagant can cork
their oil can with potato these
days.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-08

Only the extravagant can cork
their oil can with a potato these
davs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08

tween the proselytiZ1ng method or CHRISTIAN
and Moslem by saying that the former, in or
der to succeed, must be less of a combatant
and more of wooer."
In the great islands of Malaysia Islam is
likewise meeting with marked success.
Christian missionary in those remote parts de-
clares that the population of large portions or
Java, Ceebes, Sumatra, and other less I'M
portant islands is already quite Islamized.
In Borneo he adds, Moslem influence is in
creasing steadily in the same proportion as
Paganism Is declining. Only at such places
where there are Christian missions is this prog
ress checked successfully. But. in the greater
part of the island, the Mohammedan propa-
ganda goes on without resistance
''The Moslems of Malaysia" he says. who
leave their native country in order to establish
themselves on the shores of other countries.
whether temporarily or permanently are gen.
orally anxious to make proselytes 1t is not
especially religious conviction that drives
them but rather commercial interest Those
who emigrate are always people who gain their
living by trading
Nov pagan tribes in Malaysia live in COM
munism The family extends itself to a clan,
clans grow to tribes; and family relation is
the only tie that holds together these commu-
mites Only among ones family does one feel
safe.
1T is a matter of course that the Moham-
medan foreigner, as soon as he is established
on the shore OF the heather land, tries to en-
ter into family relations with the native tribe
in the neighborhood of which he lives and
trades. In this he succeeds by marrying
woman belonging to that tribe He and other
fellow Mchammedans create Moslem family
circles; for the wives have to adopt the re-
ligion of their husbands, be it only SUPERFICIAL
ly No one viii expect the wife to fulfill the
duties of her new religion, but her children are
their mother.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08
Elks Battle in PARK.

San Francisco, Cal..-The killing of
Insurgent, one time master of the
herd of elk in Golden Gate park, by
Outlaw, one time leader in the pad
dock, in battle to the death was
avenged by Stranger, four-year-old
buck, when he all but sent Outlaw to.
the happy grazing grounds. Only the,
timely arrival of Sergeant of Police p,
H. MCGEE and two policemen saved the.
game old warrior from his younger
foe.
When the police broke up the bat
tie Outlaws side was badly gored and
his hide torn from contact with wire'
fence, against which he had been.
driven by his adversary. i
Steps will be taken by the park aus
thorities to prevent further battles for
supremacy among the bucks of the
herd. The big pen will be divided Il
necessary and each given separate
compartment
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08

ISLAM 1t is by no means all converts but only
few individuals here and there who pay any
attention to the deeper religious requirements.
No abrupt break in polygamous conditions is
demanded, as is the case in Christian missions;
while magical practices and other supersti-
lions are tolerated
The convert thus loses nothing, but on the
contrary gains in social position and considera-
ton, SO that his adhesion is almost matter
of course"
How Islam FORCES ahead in India is shown
by these figures:
In 1871 there were in Bengal, 1900, 900
Hindoos and 16,5OO,O0O Mohammedans. In
1901 there were 100000 Hindoos and more
than nearly 19,5O0,OOO Mohammedans
Thus. in thirty years. the Mohammedans,
who, at the start, numbered half a million less
than the Hindoos, had not only made up that
deficit, but placed themselves 100000 in the
lead.
Basing his statement on these figures, Lieut..
Col. Mukerjee of the Indian Medical Service,
in his book entitled "A Dying Race maintains
that in Bengal the future is with the Moham-
medans.
In explanation of the success of Moslem
methods in India, Christian missionary who
knows that land says:
THE Moslem propaganda is Asiatic; we
are not. He can ingrattate himself with the
people; he can make himself one of them in
every detail Of social life; he will give his
daughter in marriage to the convert, and while
we are learning to speak the language, he
grows into their very life.
"The Moslem propaganda is a keen
itinerant; why should not our preachers and
catechists move about among the people with
less show of European tent and boat?
Martyr Clark says that as ninety-tive per
cent of the people live in villages, it were wis
dom to learn from the Moslem monarchs, who
propagated Islam In the villages; their power
persisted, but their religion remained"
He sums up admirably the difference be-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08

waiting game in parliament. Mem
bers of the usually turbulent little
band which sits below the gangway of
the house of commons have kept
themselves in hand SO far, although
they are deeply interested In the in
surance bill which is occupying all the
time of the house. 81
William OBrien and his handful of
followers sometimes try to excite their
fellow countrymen by engaging in sar-
casm at their expense, but without
success. The nationalist benches are
quietly waiting for 1912, "Ireland's
year." as they call 1t.
While the rankers of the national
list party are doing missionary work
in the lobby, the leader, John Red
mond, is busy explaining home rule
to the people of England. Mr.. Red
mond's campaign already has extend
ed from Scotland in the north to the
extreme south Of England. The colo.
NAL secretary. Lewis Harcourt, ac-
companied him In the midlands, and
at other places ministers and liberal
leaders have sat with him on the
platform. ,.estef
Press reports of the meetings re-
cord very few Interruptions of the Irish
leader * aH
Mr.. Redmond and other Irish mem
bers impress upon their audiences
that what Ireland demands is not sep
aration, but 'the right of managing
its own affairs in subordinate place,
subject to the supremacy of the i'm,
perial parliament, a demand that
never has been made bysany com
munity of white men in the empire
and refused except in the case of Ire
land.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08

prison. sentences for this offence, nor
can any one doubt that the discipline
of the army must be maintained by.
punishment OF sufficient severity to
impress upon enlisted men the neces-
sity of yielding to military authority
and of observing the terms of, their
contract with the United States. But
at present, according to Mr.. Stimson,
everything is due to accentuate their
status as convict. The man enters
usually as an offender from imma-
turity or thoughtlessness. He comes
out without hope of or opportunity
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08

"oh. yas'm-yas. indeed, ma'am.
De Lawd done blessed me wifi eight
cAil'en."
We'll. where are your children.
Aunt Mary?"
MY chil'ens Is all daid, bless de
Lawd. Miss Ca'line"
And your husband, Aunt Mary" l
asked sympathically-" is he?"
We'll. Miss Ca'line, it's des dis-a,
way: | don't know jes whar nah
husban' is, cause. honey. he's-he's
daid, too-bress de Lawd l"-Lippin
colts Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08
FOREIGN SECRETARY UPHELD
Sir Edward Grey's AngIo-German Me-
gotiations Approved and His Res
iunation Not rendered.

London.-Those well-informed in
British state affairs say that 1T was
the intention of Sir Edward. Grey,
Great Britains foreign secretary, to
resign his post unless supported In
his Anglo-German negotiations. His
statement on the subject, which was
submitted to parliament recently was
and the crisis safely passed.
Sir Edward has been secretary of state
for foreign affairs since 1905.
Irish nationalists are playing "a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08

Judge Mulqueen of New York, on
being told that some one had stolen
the trousers Of a Tombs prisoner, OBJ
served: You would better make a
most thorough investigation of this.
It would be great calamity to find
thieves in the Tombs" Some would
say, on the contrary, that that is just
the place for thieves.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08

# the government succeeds in per-
testing it's scheme for making the
sun ignite at sunset and shut off at
sunrise the flame in lamps along the
Panama canal. will it please put on
the market a somewhat similar device
for shaking down the furnace these
winter mornings?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08
Thinks Leniency in Order

the same plane and treated in the
same manner as hardened criminals
who are at present confined with
them.
Under existing conditions young
man, or mere boy who has scarcely
reached an age OF complete respon-
sibility, is liable to term of impris-
onment for no other offence than
thoughtless desertion. Secretary Stim-
son does not advocate the abolition OF
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08
GIANT ROCK LIKE A. SPTRE.
Curecanti Needle In Black Canyon
Rises to Height of 1900 Feet
Above Surroundings.

Gunnison, Colo.--An enormous splin-
Ter of rock, the Curecanti needle, is
an isolated mountain spire rising to
the height of 1900 feet above the
Black canyon of the Gunnison in Col
orado. The Gunnison Canyon is
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08

A new court for women exclusively
which is proposed in San Francisco is
to hold its sessions in private What's
the use Of carrying cne's troubles In
to court if there won't be anyone
there to hear them?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08
Secretary of Mar Stimson Would Sep
arate Youthful Deserters From
Hardened Criminals.

A striking feature OF Secretary
Stimson's annual report is his recon-
mendation of sweeping changes In the
methods of Furnishing military Offend
ers. The secretary does not believe
ttat youths who are guilty OF purely
Military offences should be placed on
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-08

Reindeer meat is to be shipped
from Alaska to Chicago. so that it
may be served in the restaurants in
Chicago. Unless it is going to be a
good deal cheaper than steak it will
not be likely to cause much OF SEN
sation.