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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
evil Eve" Based on Fact.

Most people have heard of the Evil
Eye" and now we are informed by
Charles l.. Smith, a noted New York
refractionist, that the superstition
arose because everyone, without know
ing it, has one eye that is different in
power and activity from the other. He
designates it the dominant eye" and
according to whether it Is the left
or the right children will grow up left
handed or right-handed. 1t Is sheer
cruelty. and may entail lifelong mis-
cry, to force a child to become am
bidextrous. Such a course may result
In wrecking the nervous system, and
can only be cured by a reversal Of the
process so that the dominant eye
may regain natural and undisputed
sway. Men who are ambidextrous had
better keep a strict guard over their
actions lest they should be credited
with the "evil eye"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
NOT ALTOGETHER HIS FAULT
Verdict Brought in by Jury Certainly
Was Not FIatterin9 to tho
Accused.

A Wheeling CIV. Va.) lawyer says
that he has heard many queer YER
diets In his time, but the quaintest Of
these was that brought in not long
ago by a jury Of mountaineers in a
sparsely settled part of the state.
This was the first case for the ma
jority Of the jury, and they sat for
hours arguing and disputing over 1t in
the bare little room at the real Of the
court room. At last they struggled
back to their places. and the foreman,
a lean, gaunt fellow, with a superla-
lively solemn expression, voiced the
general opinion:
The jury don't think that he done
1t, for we allow he want there, but
we think he would have done it eff
he'd had the chanst."-Harper's Mag
aZine.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
If z Woman Had Done IL.

Trust the suffragettes to make CAPT
tai out of the merest indiscretion of
mere man. The following is an eX-
ample, taken from one OF their publ
cations, the Newsletter, for January:
"a lovely little press item floating
up from Chatham Courthouse, Va,
made the editor laugh and laugh. 1t
said that q juror sneaked out Of the
jury room while the rest of the jurors
were asleep, and went and MIXED his
COW. He laid out to get back before
the others walked up, but somebody
saw him and told on him, and the
trial had to begin all over. If a WON
an juror should do that out in Wash
ington OF Idaho. wouldn't it be a
proof Of the incapacity of the sex for
the duties of citizenship"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

The youngsters of MorriStown have
lads of that town with much innocent
recreation.
While visiting Dallas the other day,
John Vroom was robbed Of 1925 in
cash which he was carrying about in
his pockets.
Eugene Holcomb, formerly of the
Faith country, has bought a large
orange and lemon ranch nea Los An
geles, Cal.
A number of Sisseton young women
donned mems clothes and gave what
a Sisseton paper describes as "a fe-
male stag party"
A reading room for the young men
of Egan has been established in the
basement of the Methodist church. 1t
Is planned to also install a gymnasium.
A recent disastrous fire at Hetland
has caused the business men to take
up the project of providing Hetland
with some sort of fire protection. Deffi-
mite steps will be taken in the near
future.
An Indian named Eli L~ookingback
was found frozen to death four and
a half miles north Of Wakpala, west
Of the Missouri river. bv a homestead
err. The latter notified the Corson
county authorities and an investiga-
ton brought out the fact that Look
ingback was subject to epileptic fits
and had probably suffered an attack
and persisted in the cold while uncon-
sciOuS.
At a meeting of the Letcher Booster
club, it was decided to hold a corn
show and good roads meeting the lat
ter part of February, at which time
some of the leading men of the state
will be present. Good premiums for
the different kinds of grain will be Of
fered by the Booster club and the
business men Of the town. The matter
of waterworks and system for
the town was also discussed.
What is said to be an inexhaustible
supply of building stone has been
discovered on the farm Of III. G. Laf-
ferty, just west Of Dupree, in CorsOn
county. The stone was tested by the
state college at B%rookings. and pro-
nounced to be of fine quality and
equal to any building stone in the
state. Mr.. Lafferty is preparing to
p a quarry and handle the stone on
an offensive scale.
Electric light for civic and dcmes-
tic use has just been installed at Gus
ter by the Custer Electric Light. Heat
and Power company, composed Of local
men. The old paint factory was Sc
cured and made I'VE to hold a COM
plete plant, the water being taken
from French crvek, near by. The plant
is also intended to furnish electric
power for nearby mining properties
and marks a new era in the industrial
circles of the southern Black Hills.
The county t~reasurer's report Of
licenses granted liquor dealers in
Meade county for the year 1911, shows
there were - saloons doing business
in the county, six OF which were OPP.
Grated in Sturgis, and that licenses to
the amount OF $4,000 were collected.
BY a miracle Philip Johnson and
several other men escaped serious in
Jury or death near Hartford when 2
-asoline engine. used on the johnson
arm to operate a 0rn shelter. ex
oloded. tearing the engine to pieces
nd hurl:re parts C! 1t over a wids
.rea.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
DRAINAGE
To Reclaim 10000 Acres in Three
States Only.

States Only.
Pierre.-Samuel II. Lea, state en-
gineer, and member from South Da
kota of the national drainage congress-
has issued the following announce
Incnt:
Tho next meeting Of the nationa
drainage congress has been definitel,
settled upon for April 10 to 10, inclu
sive, in the city of New Orleans. The
p%ostponement of the date from Feb
ruary will give every public spirited
and patriotic citizen of the Dakotas
ana Nebraska an opportunity to put il
some good work towards securing 6
big representation at the New Orleans
meeting.
The national drainage congress
was organized last month in Chicago
by representative men from all parts
CT the country, for the purpose o.
brbingiLg about q national Drainage
movement the. viii reclaim more thar
$4,000 900 acres of swamp and Over
flow lands, add tiilions to the nationa
wealth and greatly promote public
health by destroying the breeding
places for disease
"Wh'le our section Is likely. to have
too little rather than too much water
there are 100000 swamp acres in the
three states, about 100000 in each
Drained and reclaimed they will ado
at the very lowest estimate $50 ar
acre to the annual crop values, in ad
dition we should be interested because
a national drainage system will NEAR
the storing of flood waters in the up
per reaches and tributaries of the nav
igable streams. This will mean moro
water for irrigation as we'll as less
for the lower la"os.
"The membership Of the nationa,
drainage congress shall be made up OF
the following:
Fifteen delegates from each state
to be appointed by the governor there
Of.
Ten delegates from each city hav
ing a population of over $4,000 , to be
appointed o. The mayor.
Five d4'esates from each city hav
ing a populat IN less than $4,000 anc
yer 1000, to be appointed by the
mayor or chief executive.
Five delegates from each county, tc
be appointed by the chairman of the
governing board.
Two delegates from Zach incOrpO
rated town having a population of less
than 1000; from each regularly or
ganized association devoted to drain
age, irrigation, or other reclamation
work, agriculture, horticulture and
engineering, and from each college
and commercial body concerned with
public interests which has been duly
organized not less than one year.
All duly accredited members OF
state and federal drainage, irrigation
water, or conservation commissions.
"All state engineers and state com
missioners of agriculture and horticul
ture.
All officers, chairmen Of commit
tees, members of the executive com
mittees, honorary vice presidents
members of the board of control, and
permanent delegates Of the congress
The governor of each state, and the
mayor of each city and town having q
population Of over 1000.
THE president of the United States
and all members of his cabinet, and
all members of the United States sen
ate and house of representatives"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
Real Woman-Hater.

A will Of a confirmed w~oman-hater,
writes Virgil NJ. Harris in Ancient
Cu1os and Famous Wills" Is that OF
a rich old bachelor who had endured
much from attempts made by his
family to put him under the yoke of
matrimony, and who wrote: Il beg
that my executors will see that l am
buried where there is no In
TERED, either to the right or to the
left of me. Should this not be prac-
ticable in the ordinary course of
things, l direct that they purchase
three graves, and bury me in the mid
die one OF the three, leaving the two
others unoccupied."
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
CRYING Baby Is "Exhiblt Az

Buffalo, N. "a crying baby was
offered in evidence, and after much
argument between opposing counsel
was marked for Identification as Eek
hibit A" in a case brought up in the
city court here. The action is for
$1,000 damages, and the baby Is pro-
duced as the principal evidence for
the plaintiff.
Il desire to offer this infant in evil
dence," was the announcement of one
of the attorneys as a woman came
behind the rail bearing a bundle ~
her arms. The attorney for the do
Tense promptly objected.
Nobody ever heard of such a pIc-
ceeding." he said.
81 contend that It Is perfectly proper
TO have the child marked for identi-
fcation," contended the plaintiffs law.
yer.
The argument continued for several
minutes, the baby holding his own In
the noise-making. Finally the court
cited the dispute by directing the
t~enograDher to mark the exhibit.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
A Good Move ment.

Pierre.-A general movement is un
der way among the bankers of this
state to present to the next legislative
session a law similar to the Kansas
blue sky" enactment. which is said
to be doing good work in that state
The proposed law will require corpora.
tons which propose doing business in
this state to show to the state bank
examiner that they have a foundation
OF fact, and that there is a chance OF
the investor getting a return on his
investment. Agents of any stock cor
poration will be required to secure
certificates from the state banking de-
partment before they can solicit bus
mess, and unless they al convince
this authority that their scheme has
enough merit in it to promise actual
cash returns for the investment,
they will be refused the desired per.
mission to do soliciting, with a peni'
tertiary penalty attached for viola
ton.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02

be due to varying conditions of chem
ical composition of the water that
make it possible for fish to live in
certain sections of the lake and not
in others; and, in short, to find out
everything about this strange body or
water from scientific s%tandpoints that
is worth knowing.
What ultimate political or CONNER
cial motives, t. any, underlie the sur
face of the enterprise time only a
show.
This is by no means the first at
tempt made to explore the Dead sea
region. Lieut.. w. F. Lynch of the
American navy, as early as the year
1S48 spent considerable time in re-
search and exploration of that region
at the xpens of the American gov
eminent and at great risk to his per
o n
Despite the hardships, Lieutenc
Lynch vas fairly successful in taking
measurements as well as soundings
of different parts Of the lake. Accord
ing to the lieutenant's narrative. the
lake measures some 46 miles from
north to south and from 6 to II miles
east and west. It's total surface area
was therefore computed to be 25O
square miles. It's greatest depth was
1900 feet at its northern end, and It's
shallowest part being at it's southern
extremity, varies from 5 to Is feet
only.
The lakes depression below the sea
level is 1872 feet and a tropical
climate makes its temperature almost
unbearable during certain seasons Of
the year.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
Vest Pocket Telephones.

They are introducing v~est-pocket
telephones in some Of the cities Of
Germany. Connections are placed on
walls all over town and If you happen
10 walk along the street and you're
in O hurry to tell your wife that you
will bring a friend home for dinner
all you have to do is to connect your
pocket instrument with the one on
the wall. call the exchange, get your
party and talk to your hearts con
tent.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
Chez.

Chez is used in India as is butter In
America and Europe. 1t is, in fact,
butter so prepared that 1t never be-
comes stale. and there are recorded
instances of its being preserved for q
hundred years.
In making ghee. butter is boiled un.
til all the watery particles and curds
have been thrown of by repeated
skimmings. When the liquor has be
come clear oil, it is poured into a e
sci to cool. When cooled 1t is granu,
lated and will keep for years without
becoming rancid.-Harper's Weekly
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
Wolves Very Plentiful.

pierre.-Buyers Of wolf bounty certi-
ficates for payment out of the appro-
IriatiCn for the beginning Of the next
fiscal year are lot likely to get
than 20 cents on the dollar. Last year
the payments under the appOrtionment
law were only 80 cents on the dollar,
and for that year up to the 18th OF
January the claims filed had reached
hut $3.50, while up to the same date
this year they are up to S9,95l. If
that ratio continues through the year
the percentage of payment will not
co:no up to so per cent of the face OF
the certificates. Fall River county APP
pears 20 be good wolf hunting grounds
this winter. The total amount of
claims from that county for last year
vert up to 81 800. and so far this year
they are up to $3.50.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
Lea Heads Meridian Road Board.

Pierre.-State Engineer Lea has re-
turned from the meridian" highway
meeting which was held at Emporia.
Kan. at which there was representa-
ton from Canada, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas. Ok
lahoma and Texas. At the meeting the
international meridian road commits
sion was formed, and Mr.. Lea was Sc
lected as president of this commission.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
South Dakota "Good Roads"

Pierre.-If agitation will accom-
rlish anything in the way of good
roads. South Dakota should make a
showing the present year which will
go q long way toward putting it on the
map as one of the good roads" states
Of the northwest.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
PR0DUCTSW|LL VARY
STATE Will HAVE PLENTY OF
DIVERSIFIED FARMING DUR
ING PRESENT YEAR.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
from the Capital City, tire Various
State Institutions and Oh.
ferent Parts OF the
STATE.

Pierre.-Nversity Of agricultural
endeavor appears to be the keynote
for the people of South Dakota for
the year 1912. This is to be shown
in many different ways. Not only In
the indications toward the increase IN
variety Of production of the state, but
also in the means Of transformation
of the products into merchandise
crops within the border of the state.
heavy Increase in the acreage which
will be devoted to irrigation within
the state this year. Thousands OF
acres along the streams Of the west
crn part of the state are being pre-
pared for this manner of cultivation,
many of those who are preparing for
the carrying Of water to their lands,
making such preparations as they may
as a matter of insurance"
II the rains fall at the proper time
the irrigation will not be needed. If
there comes a time when there is a
shortage of moisture just when the
moisture is most needed for the per-
feet crop. they will be in a position
TO supply the need. This very fact is
calling out another method of develop
ment in that of picking and canning
plants. The irrigation work has at
tracted managers Of such industries,
and one large picking firm has agreed
20 put in a plant at Fort Pierre in
case the people of that town will guar
antCe such an acreage of the products
they need so as to assure them of.
the required raw material. The irriga-
ton is a step toward such insurance.
Another is in the line Of canning
plants, a proposition having been
made to open such an industry in this
city with the came assurance as have
tCCn asked of Fort Pierre for their
plant. and as there already is a large
acreage along the river on this side
prepared for irrigation. and other
acreage which can cheaply and easily
be placed in that list, the indications
are that the assurance will be given.
IN Che southwestern part Of the
state, the raising Of sugar beets is to
BE- given a practical trial this year.
A Nebraska sugar mill furnishing the
eecd and instructions as to the best
manner Of raising and hauling the
product. with a tentative promise that
If the South Dakota product proves to
be as desired that a mill will follow.
Then the alfalfa products PROPOSE
ton which is established at Hot
Springs is another proposition which
will mean a great deal to the state.
While the promoters of that plan are
enthusiastic, and their plan i3 largely
experimental as yet, they insist that
they have a proposition which will
mean thousands, and a heavy increase
in alfalfa acreage all Over the state.
These along with the growth Of the
dairy interests, mean that from this
time on the state expects to manufac-
ture many of its products instead of
shipping them in the raw state" and
secure the benefits of such manufac-
ture.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
phctc Of State House.

Pierre.-Commissioner Of Immigra-
ton John D. Deets has placed on exhi-
h.t;on in the state house the mammoth
photograph of the capitol building, in
Guiding all the present state employees,
from Gov. Vessey down. which was in
Guided in the South Dakota display at
the Chicago and st. Paul land shows.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-02-02
Fire rcn's Tournament.

Pierre.-The state board OF control
# the firemen's association has Sc
Iected Juae II to 81, inclusive, as the
safes for the sta:., tournament which
xill be held IN this city this year.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-09-19
Irish Unionists Make
Big Demonstration

ENNISKILLIN, ireland. Sept. 49,
Twenty thousand persons participated
here today in the first Of series Of dem.
onstrations preliminary to Ulster day,
September 2S when Obstetrics through.
out the United Kingdom will sign cove
nant pledging themselves not to submit
to home rule In Ireland.
Sir Edward H. Carson, president of the
Ulster Orange association and formerly
solicitor-general for Ireland, in speech
declared that home rule was not ques.
ton of politics. but of the very life Of
the country"
Other demonstrations, at which the un.
ionist leaders will make addresses. ar7
being held throughout the province of
Ulster and will continue for ten days.
The Cork Free Press, a newspaper con-
trolled by William O'Brien, says that the
speech delivered by Winston Spencer
Churchill, in which the first lord of the
admiralty favored the establishment Of
parliaments in different sections of the
United Kingdom. really means that he
will not join in the coercing Of Ulster.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-09-19
Martial Law Zone
Extended and Mine
Guards Arrested

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Sept. 1S.-Tht
martial law zone in the strike country
was extended today to include Fayette
county, where disturbances have been re.
ported among the striking miners since
early in the week. The territory EN-.
braces about twenty square miles.
Soon after the boundaries of the new
zone were announced two companies OF
infantry. commanded by Captain Cham
bers and Captain Jackson, captured fif-
teen mine guards. 1t had been denied
that mine guards were on duty in this
section. They were started on the way to
military headquarters, where they will
be tried.
Interest here today centered in a tele-
gram received by President Thomas
Cairns OF District No. II, United Mine
Workers. from International President
John P. White, that he and other interna-
tional officers would arrive here In time
for the meeting called by Governor Glass
cock of miners, coal operators and COM
marcial bodies for next Saturday morning.
The mine guards were taken into GUS
tody within the extended marital law ter
ritory. and the arrests resulted from the
guards being armed, direct violation Of
military law
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-09-19
Cardinal Gibbons
Helps Dedicate New
Wichita Cathedral

WICHITA, Kan, Sept 1S--Headed D,
his Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. digni
taries of the Catholic church from al
parts OF the United States were here to-
day to attend the dedication CT St
Mary's cathedral, said to be the finest
church edifice in the southwest.
The ceremonies which began this morn,
ing with Cardinal Gibbons as officiating
prelate, Bishop John ]. Hennessy d
Wichita, celebrant Of the mass, ant
Archbishop John j. Glennon Of st. Louis
as orator Of the occasion, were to cover
two days.
Cardinal Gibbons was scheduled to re-
view church parade headed by a uni
formed body of Knights of Columbus this
afternoon. The program for tonight
calls for celebration Of vespers by Bishop
]. M. Then of Lincoln, Neb., and O
lecture by Archbishop John Ireland Of
st. Paul.
The cathedral, which is in Romanesque
renaissance style, was erected at cost
of $2SO.OOo exclusive of furnishings.
to take part in the ceremonies were:
Archbishops J. J. Keane, Dubuque, la. ;
S. G. Messmer, Milwaukee,; James HI.
Blenk, New Orleans: Bishops Austin
Bowling, Des Moines, Ia; Joseph p.
Lynch, Dallas, Tex; John Ward, Leaven-
worth, KAN; Patrick F. Heffron, Winona,
Mimi; Edward M. Dunno, Peoria. Ill.
c. Vandeven. Alexandria, La; Peter j.
Muldoon, Rockford, ILL.,: D. ], O'Connell,
Va. James Davis. Davenport,
Ia; Phillip Garrigan. Sioux City, Ia;
B. ]. Kelley, Savannah, Ca; Edward P.
Allen. Mobile, Ala; James Schwebach,
La Crosse, Wis; Theodore aMeerschaert,
Oklahoma City. Okl.; James McGolrick,
Duluth. MINI; John Jannsen, Bellville,
ILL.,: Richard Scannell, Omaha: M. F.
Burke, st. Joseph, Mo.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-09-19
Hungarian Minister
Attacked by Deputies
on Parliament Floor

BUDAPEST. Hungary, Sept 1S-The
riotous scenes which occurred at the
opening Of the Hungarian parliament
yesterday were re-enacted again today
when the sitting Of the Chamber ol
Deputies was resumed. The opposition
members concentrated their attack upon
Herr Beeothy, the minister Of commerce
who was struck In the face several times
and knocked down.
As soon as the government deputies be.
gan to come into the chamber the uproar
began. An opposition member shouted
'scoundrel' at Minister Beeothy, who
made step toward his adversary and
asked:
What did you say?' Immediately the
oppos tionists rushed at the minister
striking him with their firsts until he fell
to the floor. After some struggle the
minister was rescued by friends. =as s,
When the president Of the lower house
Count Stephen TisEa. took the chair, the
tumult was resumed.