davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-16
Sioux Valley Power Board Meet.

The board of directors of the Sioux
Valley Power company congregated
last Wednesday afternoon in Secre-
tary Rudolph's Office for the transac-
tion of business, a considerable bit OF
which there was before the board at
this time. Engineer Latimer was be-
fore the board atthis time. Engineer
Latimer was present to guide the
board In their plans and among other
matters accomplished resolution
was passed to secure franchises for
electric light and power for Hudson
and Fairview in this state, also In
wood, Hull Doom and Hawarden in
Iowa. Arrangements are under way
and 1t is yet expected to add Rock
Valley to the list, and the prospects
seem good for securing franchises In
these different places. The resolution
for 20 year franchise in the city Of
Canton was approved by the city COM
missioners and will be submitted TO
vote Of the people on the 2lst OF this
month. 1t being conceded that this
will carry the Sioux Valley company
will take over the local plant belong
Ing to the Canton General octs1aE.
company and commen Improve
ments on the same at once. The
work on the obstruction Of the dam
at Fairview will he started within =
few weeks, and under the proposed
ordinance dam at Beloit Is also to
be built within period OF five years,
by the new company. The dissentiOn
which was SO much In evidence In
the past between the two companies
seems to be matter Of the past and
now everyone concerned is working
for an improved plant at Canton.
which will mean a day current BY
November /, two big dams, one at
Fairview and one at Beloit and water
power for the surrounding towns with
ina radius of 20 miles, furnished from
our own Sioux River.
This project has been pending for
some time and by this time the peo-
pie should fully appreciate what the
Sioux Valley Power Company Is try
ing to do for Canton. 1t is every public
spirited citizens duty to boost the
franchise along and help Canton with
her light proposition.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-16
Little Mary Esther Woodburn Call
ed to the Great Beyond.

The following clipping from the
news of the death Of Mary Esther
Wood burn, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. f. G. Woodburn so we'll
known in Canton. Little Mary Esther
Woodburn viii always be remember
ed by Canton friends Of the family as
one of Gods sweetest gifts and to the
heart broken parents the LEADER
and host of friends extend heart
felt sympathy.
Mary Esther Woodburn. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ethelbert Woodburn,
of Aberdeen South Dakota. died Sat
urday morning near nine O'Clock at
Bloomington, Indiana. The immed-
late cause was pneumonia. She had
risen that morning with her usual
brightness but spoke of pain thru
her chest. A physician was summon
ed but had no notion of serious illness
Earlier in the summer she contracted
whooping cough in a light form and
it is thought that she did not fully re-
gain her strength.
She was born in Canton, South Da.
kota, March, 18th, 1908, and though
but little more than four years Of
age the intention to place her during
the coming autumn In the kindergar-
ten department Of the Northern Nor
NAL and Industrial school at Aber-
deem OF which Mr. Woodburn is de-
partmental principle. She was able
to add and subtract the smaller num-
bers, could tell the stories Of the
Mother Goose rhymes and had become
conscious of grammatical constructions.
She was always busy thinking and
doing
A funeral service was held Sunday
afternoon at three o'clock, at the
home of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Woodburn, north of Fow-
ler The Reverend Mr.. Ayling read
the scripture from Kings 1926. Mrs.
George Barnard of Texarkana, Texas,
sang Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar"
and Herbert Johnson's Face to
Face" Her voice was beautifully
clear and sweet and she sang their
Interpretation. Mrs. Arnold Sleeper
accompanied her at the piano. The
friends OF the family, which was
among the first in Union township
we're in attendance. Interment was
made in the Fowler cemetery.
AZ had been the intention to make
the day one OF reunion and IT had
seemed that all the children and
grandchildren would be present. Mr..
e. G. Woodburn, after visit here
and with relatives at Colfax and Ind
ianapolis had taken his family to
Bloomington to.revisit the State Uni
versity where he had graduated In
1903 and they were at the home Of
Miss Margaret Kirby, a member of
the faculty of the Normal and Indus
trial School at Aberdeen, at the time
Of Mary Esther's death. The physi-
clans had assured them that not the
slightest risk would be incurred in
returning with her to Fowler.
Homer Woodburn came from Col
fax, Harold Woodburn and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. III. Jordan from Indi-
annapolis, John Cook with daughter,
Pauline, and sons, Raymond and John
jr from Goodland.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-16
Advertised Letters.

The following letters remain un
called for in the Canton post office for
the week ending Aug 10, 1912.
Church, Frank e.
Draper, II.
Greenly, Mrs. Martin
Goldman, /.
Hagan, Miss Jenny
Hongen, Mrs. John e.
johnson, Miss Clara
Johnson, Miss Mary
Larson, Martin
Lewson, Ernest
Lewis, Miss Myrtle
Lingo, Jack
Nonch, Frank
Schumacher, Frank
Thompson, Clarence
In calling for any OF the ABOVE
please say advertised.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-16
The Great Deschutes War.

The prize for which the Deschutes
War was fought was the control Of
the great inland empire of Oregon, a
virgin and undeveloped country al
most as big as the whole state of
Indiana. The rival powers we're Hill
and Hartman.
| John f. Stevens, fresh from his
work In charge OF the Panama Canal,
had James j. Hill as his backer in the
pending struggle.
| On the other side, chief in the field
was George w. Boschke, the man who
built the great sea wall at Galveston.
And while Boschke was leading the
fight In the Deschutes canyon oc-
cured an incident which fairly meas
ures the mettle of the man.
Boschke was In camp forty miles
from a railroad. weary messenger,
riding a painting horse, rode in and
handed to an assistant a telegram.
With fear and sorrow the assistant
laid the message before his chief. 1t
announced that the Galveston sea
wall had been swept away in second
furious hdrricane.
Boschke glanced up smiling from it's
reading. "This telegram is lie, he
said, calmly. Il built that wall to
stand" Then he turned to the work
In hand. "Double the force on mile
seventy -fve," he ordered. And the
telegram was lie. The alarming
message was based on false report,
The sea wall had stood firm against a
storm equal in severity to that which
originally destroyed the city
The term central Oregon, as usually
applied in connection with railroad
development, means that portion Of
the state between the Cascade mount
aims on the west, the Blue mountains
on the east, the Mutton mountains on
the north, and the California line on
the south. The country, generally
speaking, is a plateau, rising to the
south to an elevation of about 2,300 to
4,3Oo feet above sea level. 1t contains
about 30, 900 square miles of promising
agricultural and timber land a most
desirable field for railroad activity.
The Deschutes river cuts down from
the highest elevation through this
tabIeland, reaching sea level at the
mouth of the Columbia.
Previous to Mr.. HIPS now notable
visit to Portland many railroads had
been projected into central Oregon,
but no actual construction work had
been done. A line had been built by
with their main line along the south
bank of the Columbia at Biggs, to
Shaniko, seventy miles south. This
road follows the contour of the coun-
try, It's profile greatly resembling the
teeth of saw. Another road, owned
by private interests, extended from
THE Dalles, on the Colum bia to Du-
fur, thirty-five miles south. To ex.
tend either of these lines into the in
terror was impracticable, all engineers
agreed
Entrance to the objective territory,
then, was deemed possible only
through the Deschutes canyon, a
gorge through the heart of Ghe Cas-
cades, through which the Deschutes
river rushes turbulently on its way to
the ocean. At places the canyon Is so
narrow that the river runs "on It's
edge for hundreds yards. On either
side are high banks of solid rock that
rise sheer 1000 feet above the river
, bed. The river empties into the Col
umbia at Cello, 100 miles east OF
Portland. From Railroad War In
, the Mountains" in September Tech
lnical World Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-16

Mrs. George Sedgwick returned to
Hawarden, Sunday, She has been in
Canton some time nursing her sister
Miss Edith Goodroad who has been
very Ill. Miss Edith's many friends
will be pleased to know she was able
to 90 to her sisters home with her.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-16
Notice Of Teachers Examination.

The next regular examination for
Life, State and First Grade Certifi-
Gates will be held in the Court Room
at Canton, Aug. 29-3O commencing
at eight O'Clock. The usual schedule
will be observed.
DILLA e. WIMPLE, Co. Supt. $40.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-16

The voting populace can do no more
for Canton then vote for the Fran
chise. It really means the beginning
of a greater Canton for all.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-16

Dilla Wimple Is to be heartily bit
or her great Institute work ant
power of giving the teachers
md instructive method to 70
which makes their work much
,asier understood.
Following is the enrolment:
Lucy Poole
Marie Fossum
Nettie Loomer
Mable COombs
Maybell Miner
Imilda Larson
Clara Anderson
Sophie Anderson
Mollie A. Walsh
Clara Voyen
Geda FoGness
Sophie Burki
Alice Farmer
Gertrude Bron wer
Elsie Parke
Minnie Lanfell
May Whitehead
Estene Steensland
Annie James,
Merle Ward we'll ~
Verna Chrisler
Alma Way
Mathilda Kjerstad
Anna Peterson
Ovedia Peterson
Esther Anderson
Gala Tucker
Inga Syverud
Lunetta Rising
Christine Monrad
Ellen Campbell
Bernice Oliver
Ethel Maynard
Anna Eneboe
Bertha Wilson
Edna Sandven
Aida Sandven
Olive Nyhus
Bertha Tosseland
Arthur Harrison
katherine Dewitt
Lauretta LawleSs
Edna Lee
Jennie Harris
Myrtle DeKeamer
Hester Anderson
Isabel ISon
Bertha Rierson
Judith Aus
Anna Olson
Ruth Sundstrom
j. B. Clendennen
Amy Loomer
Burdette Coutts
Mable MonSOn
Tena Gedstad
Zepha Everhart
Mary A. Anderson
Mrs. It. Howard
Mae LaFare
Valietta Flory
Lucy Gibson
Carrie Amundson
Alice Hurley
Vineada CHASER
Nettie MathiesOn
L. r. Shaw
Sylvia Hubert
Cora Everhart
Berta Rommereim
Berthyne Tollefson
Frances Vermilya
Alma Jensen
Sophia Eneboe
Anna Dawson
Flora Sheldon
Myrna Anderson
lingo Olson
Tina Christopher
Anabudd Kinsley
Vira DausOn
Gladys Coster
Louise Bradshaw
Maude Osgood
Eta Folken
Myrtle Saunders
Gena Larson
Esther Hoyer
Fannie Whitehead
Jennie Reamer
Name Henley
Ella Marken
Susie Skankland
Anna Skogland
1yl,n ,<S,<r vnnnlanp can r1n ., n
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-16

Elmer Seubert was Canton visitor
Sunday at the Ed. l.. Wendt home.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-16
Rural School Commencement. !.

The annual commencement exer-
cises of the Rural Schools of Lincoln
county we're held at the Lyric Thea
ire last Saturday at 2:30 p m. with
Miss Dilla Wimple, County Superin-
tendent in charge. The following
is the program, and list of graduates.
Program
Music
Invocation
Commencement Address-Dean Per-
isho of the University of South
Dakota.
Music
Presentation of Diplomas
The class motto is "Keep On Keep
ing On
The class colors are Purple and
White.
Following is a list of the graduates.
GRADUATES.
Dist Name.
80 Ruth Renli
25 Esther Rommereim
26 Clara Souvigner
80 Millie Sandberg
% Ida Stevenson
48 Cecilia Sutton
II Stella Sletten
IS John Troyer
l3 Clara Ulrickson
81 Miriam Van Ness
IA Meinek Marken
% Valborg Nummedal
% Stella Nummedal
% Obed Nordlie
"a Esther Nelson
40 Selma Olson
80 Eva Phelps
80 Gladys Parke
% Luella Quien
80 Elsie Rhea
40 May Goble
27 Maud Grayson
IL Genevieve Hicks
IS Veda Hofmeister
IS Lizzie Hoisington
65 Clarence Hurley
II Arthur Haw
81 John Hartman
IS Eta Javers
81 Ethel Victoria Johnson
IS Louise Boethorst
IS Luna Fay Burney
IS Lenore Burney
% Mae Beck
36 Agnes Dalseg
IL Ruth Eneboe
Al Inga Elster
GA Oscar Anderson
13 Louisa Fossum
13 Emma FoSSum
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-16
LINCOLN COUNTY INSTITUTE
90 Teachers Attended.

! The Lincoln County Teachers In
stitute which closes today (Friday)
was one of the best Institutes that
J has ever been held in Lincoln county
and Miss Dilla Wimple, County Super
intendent certainly made it possible
for an excellent and most instructive
| Institute.
Dean Perisho, of the State Univer-
| sity was at the head of the corps of
teachers this year, and he gave daily
lectures on geographical subjects that
were well worth hearing.
Prof. j. G, Whiting of Springfield
had charge of Civics and South Da-
kota History as we'll as drawing and
the performance of his duty in these
lines showed a master mind
Mrs. Edith Beaumont, head of the
Training Department of the Madison
schools had charge Of instructions in
Primary methods and music. She al
so gave very interesting lectures on
school management.
Miss Inez Kelso, who is Superinten-
dent of the Alexandria schools had
charge of classes in Reading, Arith-
metic, History and Language and her
method of presentation of these sub
iects were clear and precise.
Our County Superintendent, Miss
Dilla Wimple is to be heartily blessed
for her great Institute work and it's
power of giving the teachers good
and instructive method to follow,
which makes their work much more
easier understood.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-09-26

lne nanu IasclnaIeo ner. from the
hand her gaze travelled to the man
settling himself comfortably under his
blanket. Pity. pity! that
was ever to be her portion; pity!
In Damascus the trio presented
themselves at the one decent hotel,
and but for Ackermann's charges upon
the manager, it is doubtful if he would
have accepted them as guests; for
more suspicious-looking trio he had
never set eyes upon. CA hotel man
weighs a person by the quality of his
clothes.) Moreover, they carried no
luggage. Alderman went sponsor:
and knowing something of the integ-
rity Of the rug-hunter, the manager
surrendered. And when George pre-.
sented his letter of credit at the I'm
perial Ottoman Bank, again it was
Ackernann who vouched for him. It
had been agreed to say nothing of the
character of thei- adventure. None
Of them wanted to be followed by Gu
rious eyes.
With handful of British gold in his
pocket, George faced the future hope
fully. He took his companions in
and about town, hunting the shops for
clothing, which after various difficult
ties they succeeded in finding. 1t was
ill-fitting and cheap, but it would serve
till they reached Alexandria or Naples.
''How are you fixed?" asked Ry.
anne, gloomily surveying Georges
shoddy cottonwood suit.
Cash in hand?"
EYES,
about four hundred pounds. At
Naples I can cable. Do you want
any,"
Would you mind advancing me
two months salary?"
"Ryanne, do you really mean to
stick to that proposition"
tits on my mind just now"
"Well, we'll go back to the bank
and I'll draw hundred pounds for
you. You can pay your own expenses
as we go. But what are we going to
do in regard to Fortune?"
"See that she gets safely back to
Mentone."
Suppose she will not go there?"
tits up to you, Percival; it's all up
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-09-26

ana let them IinKie Dack into the
casket. One hundred in all, beauties,
every one Of them. and many famous.
And while he toyed with them,
pleased as a child would have been
over a handful of marbles. Mrs. Ched-
soye spread out the ancient Yhiordes
In the library. She stood upon the
central pattern, musing. Her mood
was not one which she had called into
being; not often did she become ret
rospective; the past to her was al
ways like a page in book, once fin
ished, turned down. Her elbow in
one palm, her chin in the other, she
stared without seeing. 1t was this
house, this home, it was each sign Of
riches without luxury or ostentation.
where money expressed itself by taste
and simplicity; home such as she
had always wanted. And why, with
all her beauty and intellect. why had
she not come into possession? She
knew. Love that gives had never
been hers; hers had been the love
that receives, self-love. She had bar.
tered he body once for riches and
had been fooled, and size never could
do it again. And the child
was overlooking with the love that
gives. She couldn't understand. The
child was the essence of it; and she,
her mother, had always laughed at
her.
The furry of snow outside in the
Y,yf 1hn Nf 20
formed the pretty garden at Mentone,
Enclosed by pink-washed walls. Many
q morning from her window she had
watched Fortune among the flowers,
going from one to the other, like a
bee or butterfly. She had watched
her grow, too, with that same detach.
ment machinist feels as he puts to.
gether the invention Of another man.
Would she ever see her again? Her
shoulders moved ever so little. Prob.
ably not. She had blundered wilfully
She should have waited, thrown the
two together, Unanswered. And she
had permitted this adventure to OBJ.
sess her! She might have stood with
in this house by right of law, mother.
hood, marriage. Ryanne was in love
with Fortune, and Jones by this time
might be. The desert was terribly
lonely place.
She wished it might be Jones. And
Immediately retrospection died away
from her gaze and actualities re.
sumed their functions. The wish was
not without phase Of humor, formed
as it was upon this magic carpet; but
it nowise disturbed.t the gravity of heI
expression.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-09-26

to you. You're the gay Lochinvar
from the west. I'm not sure-ne one
ever is regarding a woman-but
think she'll listen to you. She wouldn't
give an ear to scalawag like me-.
This caravan business has put me out.
side the pale. I've lost CASTE"
you're only desperate and discour
aged; you can pull up straight"
much obliged!"
"You haven't looked at life normal
ly; that's what the matter is"
"Solon, you're right. There's that
poor devil back in Bagdad. I've killed
a man, Percival. 1t doesn't mix well
in my dreams"
"You said that it was in self-de
fense."
"And God knows it was. But If ]
hadn't gone after that damned rug,
he'd have been alive today. Oh, damn
it all; let's go back to the hetel and
order that club-steak, or the best imi
tation they have. I'm going to have
a pint of wine. I'm as dull as a ditch
in paddy-field."
"A bottle or two will not hurt any
Of us. Well ask Alderman. For
God knows where we'd have been to.
day but for him. And let him do all
the EARNING. 1t will please him."
"And while he CABS, we'll get the
best of the steak and wine!" For the
first time in days Ryanne's laughter
had bit of the erstwhile rollicking
tone.
The dinner was an event. No deli
cacy (mostly canned) was overlooked
The manager, as he heard the gum
cas- jingle in Georges pocket, was
filled with shame; not over his origi.
nal doubts, but relative to his lack
Of perception. The tourists who sat
at the other tables were scandalized
at the popping of champagne-corks.
Sanctimonious faces glared reproof.
A jovial spirit in the Holy Land was
an anachronism, not to be tolerated.
And wine! Horrible! Doubtless,
when they retired to their native back.
porches, they retold with reverend
ing horror Of having witnessed such
scene and having heard sucn laugn,
ter upon the sacred soil.
Even Fortune laughed, though Ry-
anne's ear, keenest then, detected the
vague note of hysteria. If the meat
was tough, the potatoes greasy, the
vegetables flavorless, the wine fiat,
none of them appeared to be aware
Of it. II Alderman could talk he
could also eat; and the clatter Of
forks and knives was the theme rath-
er than the variation to the symphony.
George felt himself drawn deeper
and deeper into those tragic waters
from which, as in death, there is no
return. She was so lonely, SO sad
and forlorn, that there was as much
brother as lover In his sympathy.
How patient she had been during all
those inconceivable hardships! How
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-09-26
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Man Who Didn't Care.

It was the first of February when
Ackermann's caravan drew into the
ancient city of Damascus. That part
of the caravan deserted by Mahomed
put out for Cairo Immediately they
struck the regular camelway. For
tune. George and Ryanne were in
pitiable condition, heart and body
weary, in rage and tatters. George,
now that the haven was assured,
dropped his forced buoyancy, his pratt
tie, his jests. He had done all NOR
tai man could to keep up the spirits
of his co-unfortunates; and he saw
that, most of the time, he had wasted
his talents. Ryanne, sullen and mo-
rose, often told him to shut up"
which wasn't exhilarating. And For
tune viewed his attempts without
sensing them and frequently looked at
him without seeing him. Now, all this
was not particularly comforting to the
man who loved her and was doing
what he could to tighten the dreari.
ness Of the journey. He made allow.
ances, however; besides suffering un.
usual privations, Fortune had had
frightful mental shock. A girl of her
depth of character could not be ex.
pected to rise Immediately to the old
level. Sometimes, while gathered
about the evening fire, he would look
up to find her sad eyes staring at him,
and it mattered not if he stared in re.
turn; kind of clairvoyance blurred
visibilities, for she was generally look
ing into her garden at Mentone and
wondering when this horrible dream
would pass. Subjects for converse
ton were exhausted in no time. Dig
as he might, George could find moth
ing new; and often he recounted the
same tale twice of an evening. Sar.
donic laughter from Ryanne.
Alderman had given them up as
hopeless. He was a strong, vain, dom.
ineering man, kindly at heart, how.
ever, but impatient. When he told a
story, he demanded the attention of
all; so, when Ryanne yawned before
his eyes, and George drew pictures in
the sand, and the girl fell asleep with
her head upon her knees, he drew
off abruptly and left them to their
own devices. He had crossed and re.
crossed the silences so often that he
was no longer capable of judging &C.
curately another mans mental pro
cesses. That they had had strange
and numbing experience he readily
understood: but now that they were
out of duress and headed for the
coast, he saw no reason why they
should not act like human beings.
They still put up the small tent for
Fortune, but the rest of them slept
upon the sand, under the stars. Once,
George awoke as the dawn was gild-
ing the east. Silhouetted against the
sky he saw Fortune. She was stand
ing straight, her hands pressed at her
sides, her head tilted back-a tense
attitude. He did not know it, but
she was asking God why these things
should be- He threw off his blanket
and ran to her.
Fortune. you mustn't do that. You
will catch cold"
II cannot Sleep" she said simply.
He took her by the hand and led
her to the tent. "Try," he said. Then
he did something he had never done
before to any woman save his mother.
He kissed her hand, turned quickly,
and went over to his blanket. She
remained motionless hefnrA thu +e~t
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-09-26

Wallace, taking up his role once
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-16

Assoc lated Press
Lawrence. Mass. Jan i5.-Affel
D day w riotlnE dua wv the STRIKE
rf $4,000 operatives of the 90 ton
and wooden mills the mill district
WAS placed under martial law tn-
night Eight companies of militia are
or duty. several attacks were made
nn thr mills today one boy probably
was fafally injured Thirty-fiv- arm
"a rioters were arrested Few sfri-
krrs and min employees were les-
seriously wounded B Bsides the sirl-
kers W. least $4,000 men were thr wn
ouf ni employment hv the stnnninl
of ihe machinery and attacks on he
mills All attempt win he made tf
open thf mills tomorrow.