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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-01
Tie Up SAVAGE DOGS

seven year old boy was attacked
by two dogs, on one of the streets,
Friday evening Of last week, but for
tunately was not seriously injured.
owing to the fact that the parents
we're near enough at hand to drive
the brutes away. The little fellow
was walking about fifty feet ahead Of
the parents when the two dogs ran
out from between two residences AZ.
ter the boy. When the lad ran to-
ward the parents and was met by
he father. the dogs we're practically
upon him and in q moment mere
would have bitten him badly The
chances are that had he been alone,
the dogs would have run him down
and injured him severely, probably
manning him for life. The practice
OF licensing dogs does not permit
them to run at large il they are at
all of a vicious nature. After the
child has been run Down and its face
OF body lacerated BY the beasts 1t Is
too late to shut til II CANNES up The
police are doing all III their power to
have the dogs tied up Of Iauzzled, and
owners Of such animals should not
need an invitation from the authors
ties 10 do So II they have any feeling
for man Or bid.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-01
that CORRUPTION lAw

The special session of the legasii-
ture in Minnesota, passed a corrupt
practices law, and the following frora
the Marietta News. gives an idea
OF how the newspaper boys look ar III
As Ii Now Is.
According TO the corrupt practices
act recently enacted in this state, an
editor desiring to state that a ca,ids-
date had visited his town viii hare hare
to give writesup Of the affair about
as follows.
John Doe. candidate for the office
Of register of deeds. which pays a
salary OF $500 per ann.iHa Isasabie4
monthly, and whose annource nnent an
pears elsewhere In this Issue as 4
paid advertisement at Al cost of s5.
one dollar and 80 cents Of which ~
still due. called al our 5000 sarictum
the other day for a social chat John
was dressed In a flashy suit Of clothes
marked s22, but purchased at a spec.
#ial sale for s20.99. He had on a $1l5o
white shirt, 50 imitation diamond stud
two bone coIIar-buttons worth Sc, a
40 cent ceIluliod cellar and 4 d 25c
four in hand tie; So black derby
hat and q $3.50 pair Of tan shoes. He
also wore u is cent pair Of socks and
IA IS cent suit of union underwear.
HE had ona 81 plated watch chain al.
tached to q ST Ingersolf watch and
elsewhere In his pockets ons-third sof
a 10 cent plug! OF Battle Axe chewing
tobacco, three silver dollars, TWO
halves and three quarters and was
king poor BE cigar. He made
the trip overland in an auto which
cost him $3.50 but still had 4 mort
sage Of $500 unsatisfed. He Jeff
three round cornered canap ign cards psai
which cost at the rate OF ssss per 1000,
and after partaking Of y 25 cent meal
the Roy al Cafe left for our sister
town on the east where his expense
account vii no donbt be du plicate
This notice was WRIT en- with al q
tors cent lead pencil gon 4 sheet from
I d penny tablet, handed to d ss1.50 per
week apprentice for com ositions run
|Iin one issue Of our per only. and "
Ipublished without any solicitation Of
hope VI renaune ion, from, or orl the
part of said John Dce. his agents,
heirs ecutors or assigns either
nov nor al ANY, future time, 81 y, any
manner what soeyar
signed iii n Leader manager
tnf tie Daily Item ana stockhosder 10
tths aSnonnt of hall % which has
been paid ii ssaekly nsfai ailments q
lsl0 per cent Of SALARY which q 81 SO.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-01

from Kemp avenue, four or five men
were questioned as to their desires
for real labor out in the harvest field.
in the hot sun. where they could earn
$3.50 per day
The first one remarked, Yep, that
is what l came to this berg for, was
to work. What will they pay lei,
low. My p2rd here, he and | would
like to get work at the same place i
We can. $3.50 per, Ell. Yes, that's
what | understand they are paying
for men. Well, now I'll tell you what
Pard and | will so out for that il
that's what they will all get but Il
they pay more, why We want more
We want all We can get, That's only
human you know, Harvest don't last
long. The hours are long and the
work hard All right, well go over to
the city hall"
n 2: I've got job, thank yon.
No. 5: do you own farm, Il
YOU do, Well talk to you
No. /: Say. that's some kind OF
I system your city here has. Got IN
here last night with the price OF 4
breakfast in my pocket, and will
be out on q farm where will work,
and where I'll get a good square meal
for dinner. Guess that's connecting
up pretty fast
No. 5, Won't turn bundle over
till they pay three dollars q day. No,
they can't talk harvesting 10 NE for
founteep bits per. They'll have 70
come 10 IS per before many days,
Splitting about pint OF tobacco juice
from his mouth he meaudered down
the street to the first saloon. where
he probably partook OF liquid reresh-
ments
No. =: TWO men sitting near kanl-
peska Hotel: "Well. I'll tell you, fei.
low. We Went out 10 a farm Fri
day night and worked Saturday for s
farmer. We don't want 10 say amy
thing against yeur farmers out here,
but the eating was too strong for us
and so we came back 10 town yester-
day and this morning ne. got a, job
at another farm where the man guar
anteed that the butter and bread and
other stuff put on the table wasn't
kept together with hair and other
things. We are from the cities and
are out here 10 work and earn money
but We will hare 10 have clean grub.
Just then 8 farmer with an auto drove
up. The two men jumped in and were
soon on their way 10 the farm.
No. Z. who happened to be standing
near, remarked as the above scene
took place ~WelI, that is slightly diff
fereRt than it was about twelTe years
ago. when came cut here TO harvest.
The auto on the farm was unknown.
Ny. but they are making rapid strides
in his western countr I. He was
from Illinois he said. and had net
been in the state for number of
years. He was q single man and came
out 70 South Dakota for the harvest.
He had bank book which he showed
the writer and which contained a list
ef nice deposits and a good balance
on hand only q few days prior to com
ing west S
Others about the city were already
in positions or were heading for the
city hall. Only two or three we're Of
the ant orlk ma tire.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-01

+ Several hundred men have arrived
in Watertown during the last few
days, and the majority, Of them have
gone3to work in the harvest fields Of
this vicinity. $s
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-01


;5 Every line Of the following editor
/ ial from the Chicago Record erald5
hits the present situation III South
Dakota hard In this state the Bas-l
ford machine proposes TO steal tha.
republican party name and use It for
Roosevelt who has severed all con.i
snecti0ns with the republican party,
ana viii be the presidential candi-
date of a new party That this course
Is morally indefensibl Is the declara-
] ton of the Record Herald which
quotes many prominent progressivez
/ to the same tenor. IN the coufse Of
this editorial the Record Herald says:
But men who accuse Others Of
fraud and theft must see 70 II thai
their own hands are perfectly clean
and their own proposals fair and hon
orabie The proposed capturing Of
The machinery OF offices of either Of
the great old parties, and even more,
the proposed casting of republican
electoral votes for Roosevelt IN
any state where RooseN eltiaEs either
control the local rganizat tons or can
point to- ~ primary majority for Mr.
Roosevelt cannot be approved by So.
her minded and decent men IAts
would BE stealing and tilching With n
vengeance.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-01
CRAZY-GRAPHS
BY DEAkoN sENRAB

do believe q man can have the
i,Ih twice in seven years--look at
Teddy for instance.
\re you a Bull-Mooser, Taftiter or
\Vilsonair? ~,
Too bad some of the grain Is so
Nr'avy that you have to drive slow in
order TO let the binder handle all of
il.
They do be saying that an empty
barrel makes the most noise.
What the Dickens does some of the
81 space killers on the city dailies
KNOW about the average crop in South
Dakota, being slightly below par
Some CYCLES are as void of music
rs the giggler is OF brains.
Our friend Loucks OF the Times has
rs beat a mile-hes raised a mus
ache, and about all We can raise is
~, devil.
Some of the stalwarts of South Da-
k.-e Si,,ra tha,r r,,rnad ", ,,d l,a,,,o9
nominate Byrne, and then were kick.
ed plump out of the political field at
H"ron recently. must feel like employ
ing that fellow in the east who adyo-
Gates cooperative canning factories,
10 come 10 this state aud huild one.
They ought 10 be the first to Try the,
t3Nning process. or Ieraps they
IAN take hint and note that they
have already been canned
Ooh. ooh! ooh! Chicago, Aug
us5 18th, calls out the Bull Moose
Il is expected Demo Woodrow Will
son will get the entire Chink vote at
the November election.
Say Mabeile, amt it awful how it
takes an extra pound of twine to the
acre. and the grain is so heavy they
have to put on an extra horse to
help pull the binder, and then they
have 10 drive slow so the machine
can handle it all oh, boo hoo hoo,
amt it Just awful
The pitcher went TO the well and
got fuli--many men get full and don't
go to the vel. $5
-tsNhew.' groaned the rocking chair
as the sIopound blond got up when
did Barnum strike town z
OF an the tea,,' said Mike, Fl dc
behave eIectricitee is the Strongest
little of this stun like salt OF
Pepper goes a long ways.
WAS NOT IN THE TWlNE TRUST
II An elevator manager in a nearby
town received letter from a con
icern stating that they had a limited
amount Of binding twine that the,
would sell, and quoted a price con
siderably above the regular price 70,
| that article. However, the party
Knowing or anticipating the forthcon
ling shortage of binding Irvine, had
IEornered a large amount Of IT arl
was selling It at a good advance il
price. No doubt this class Ut vend
lIors will be hauled over the GOALS I'M IN
Isder some Of the existing laws, # they
lIcarW their holdup operations too TAR
lit might be well to add that the sta
Istionery Of the farm machine COMPANY
lsending out the letter, had on It as !
Heading line, Not in the Trust.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-01

llfsislN ND CUT
Governor vessey 81 Philade lphia,'
is the unkind cut some Of the press
about the state, are handing the state
executive. ss
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-01
RIVER SHOULD BE DIVIDING LINE

Eastern South Dakota seems TO lie
unfortunate In receiving advertising
OF bad nature large share of the
time. Sundays dailies contained a
report regarding the crop prospects OF
South Dakota, in which the writer, the
article being written at Pierre, stated
that the report sent from Aberdeen
giving an estimate of the yields III
the different counties, as estimated By
Henry Neil, for the coming harvest
were in the main high, and further
that the average crop in South Dako-
ia, would be below par. That was
just another starter Tor black eye
for eastern South Dakota, Just be
cause there is certain section of the
state, 1.-THE Missouri river really be-
ing the dividing line of the state) has
poor crcp, does not necessarily place
the better section in the same light,
no more than does black sheep in
family, make the whole family black
1t would seem a pity that the good
has 20 suffer with the bad. 1t would
have been far better il a large amount
OF the land west of the river that was
thrown open for settlement, had been
Aept as grazing land. The failures of
the territory west of the river has
been Il source of undesirable advertis-
ing ever SINCE 1t was opened up for
settlement, and will be until the re-
ports that are sent out, state specif-
.icaIly whether it is east or west II
4 the river The idea Of this piece is
not to iniure any part Of South Da.
$kota, but to have the blame placed
where it belongs. This section Of the
state lis very fortunate. Crops look
/ the best that they have in thirty years
according to the old timers, and cer-
stainly the man who has farmed for
thirty years ought to know II anybody
does. Their reports should be given
preference over those sent out by peo-
pie who have travelled about the
state more or less, but who in giving
their reports nlske their average in
such d manner as to injure the pos
tons OF the state that have year In
and year out, with the exception Of
1871, when all sections suffered, bad
good average crops.
4
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-01

y li.yf} .
Premium lists Of the state fair, to
be held at Huron next September,
have reached here, Sample copies
may be had by addressing the secre-
tary Of the fair at Huron if you have
not already received one.
We have heard many old settlers
make the statement this week that
the present small grain crop is the
greatest in the history of South Da-
kota. Early oats. rye and barley are
now being harvested. The wheat is
beginning to turn and will be harvest
ed within the next two weeks. There
promises to be a scarcity of labor
and big wages are already being Of
fered and freely given for havest help
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
MEMORIAL EXERCISES
FOR SOLDIER DEAD
THE OLD SOLDIERS AND RELIEF
CORPS ATTEND SERVICES
SUNDAY AT PRESENTER.
IAN CHURCH.

Sunday afternoon preceding Decor
Sunday, and there was a goodly num-
Der of the Grand Army men and the
women of the Relief Corps who as
sembled at the post room Sunday af-
ternoon and went in a body to the
Presbyterian church and listened to
the sermon delivered by Rev. Henry
Snyder, pastor of that church. There
were quite a few of the citizens pre-
sent, although not any large number.
The choir of the church rendered
several selections, the young ladies
singing one number and the male
quartet giving an appropriate piece.
Mr.. Snyder referred in glowing
terms to the great service the SOL
diers of the rebellion gave to their
country, and that in these days of the
latter years of their lives it was the
duty of the people to show their mark
the pastor, cannot be paid for in
pensions, in shafts or monuments to
their memory nor even on Decoration
Dey, but only through a stronger feal-
ity to stand by the principles for
which they fought, and should be up
held today.
When the soldiers came home
from the war the wonder was what
shall be done with them. They have
been away from their business and
trades for such a long time that 1t
was questionable how they would fit
into the trend of life they had given
up. To their credit and honor, be 1t
said, these men stepped into the
ranks of the workers in the different
trades and professions, and during all
the intervening years they have con-
Quoted themselves to a better degree
than many of the men who have not
been drawn aside from the business
strife. They have done their duty in
all these years with the same fidelity
that they have to the nation. They
nave Deen an example 10 the cnurcn
in this respect. ii the church had done
it's duty in the seventeenth and eigh-
teenth century by putting down the
slave traffic in human beings, the
war OF the nineteenth century need
never to have been fought, and the
thousands upon thousands of lives
need never have been sacrificed. The
citiz%en-soldiery has taught us the
highest lesson in civic, moral and
spiritual duty, and one that we can
follow with profit to the glory of the
kingdom, by devoting our lives more
closely to the work of the Lord"
The pastors sermon was a strong
one throughout and it was much APP
preciated for the patriotism that II
contained. 5aet
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30

will he offered in competition with
the natural gas in Kansas City il the
prices here are increased. as plan
ned.
A $4,000, 900 Southwestern corpor-
alton, with a West Virginia charter,
is considering the purchase of one of
six sites in Kansas City for the man
%ufacture of bottled gas. 1t is one of
eight similar corporations organized
to build plants in different parts of
the country.
The principal directors of the en-
tire scheme are Theodore n. Vale and
Ebert III. Gary of New York and
Frank S. Hastings of Indianapolis,
Indiana.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
MILLION DOLLAR WATER
POWER PLANT READY
TUNNEL THROUGH SOLID ROCK
CONVEYS WAITER TO BIG
PLANT AT RAPID
CITY.

Rapid City, 5. Done of the most
important water power development
plants III the west after nearly two
years have been consumed in the
work of construction, now has been
completed at Rapiu City by a comp
any known as the Dakota Power COM
pany.
Tho plant was constructed at Il cost
IF about Sl,o0o.oGo, and will de
yelop immense horsepower. The con
Struction OF the plant will prove of
great value to the mining industry
in that part of the Black Hills, a it
Will enable the operators to procure
cheap electric power, which viii be
distributed for a great distance in AL
directions from the Genital plant.
The water power for the generation
Of electricity in the power plant of the
company is derived from AN immcpsc
dam on Rapid Crck, some miles from
Rapid City. From the dam the water
is carried in a large flume TO the
power plant. The dam itself is an en-
sinccring eat of considerable magni-
tudc. The elevation OF the creek at
the point where the dam is located is
4,l40 feet. From the dam the water
is conveyed through IN open flumc
for a distance OF three miles. where
it cmpties into a tunnel. This tunnel
is 500 feet long. The tunnel was bor-
ed through solid rock and is 6 by 9
feet wide.
From the tunnel the water runs in
to a large wooden pipe, 60 inches in
diameter. This pipe extends from the
tunnel Il distance OF two and a half
miles, where the water is conveyed
by gravity down the mountain sides
and iat0 me power house.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30

jury is composed of the following:
Foreman, Julius o. Smith. Avon;
f. j. Eklo. M%obridge; NJ. P. Martin.
Pierre; Phillip Finders, Marinda; y.
w. johnson, Faulkton; Ole ]. Behr-
dahl, Sioux Falls; Thomas j. Shan
nard, B~ridgewater; John A. Gund-
erson, vermillion; R. r. Pember,
Hecla; Robert II. Armstrong, CAMS
tota; E. b. Lee, Pierre; Samuel Hurst
Sioex Falls; e. l.. Potter, MITCHELL;
Albert H. Kinsley, Canton; John A.
Schultz, Waubay; Grant Hayhurst.
Webster; John B. Swoyer, Elk Point;
w. F. Jencks, Yankton: G. Z. Eakins,
Blunt; V. j. Petrik, Wagner, and L.
b. Jones, Raymond,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
The Ladies' Auxiliary.

Gregory, S. Done of the few
cases in the history of the state or
northwest in which a Sioux indian
sued another Sioux Indian for the
a@lineation of his wife's affections has
just been disposed of by a jury in the
state circuit court of Tripp county.
The plaintiff in the action was Brave
Bird, a Sioux warrior belonging on
the Rosebud reservation. while the
defendant was one OF his brethren
! named Curtis. Brave Bird sought to
recover damages in the sum of $4,000
because Curtis is alleged to have won
his (Brave Bird's) wife's affections.
A great deal of testimony was into
duced by both the plaintiff and the
defendant, and after wrestling witt
the testimony for some hours the jur!
awarded Brave Bird damages in the
sum of $1,000.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30

Wednesday evening there was Il
very large proportion of the mem
bers of the South Dakota Medicay So
ciety, and the South Dakota Academy
of Railway Surgeons in the city to at
tend the w gatherings. Today the
registration reached 100 in the med.
ical society and it is stated that this
is the largest meeting ever held by
the association.
Wednesday evening the visiting
physicians were taken for an auto
ride over the city This was followed
by the meeting OF the railway sur
geons. Some papers of an interesting
and helpful nature were read by Drs
C.. l.. Wendt, VIM. Edgerton, A. o
kimble, j. Il. FoXton, c. Nj. johnson
X. T. Dott and w. L. Moore.
The following officers were electe'
for the ensuing year: President, W
r Ball, of this city, vice presiden'
Fred T'reon. Chamberlain; secretary
treasurer, j. Il. FoXton, Huron; e2
ecutive committee, r. T. Dot, Salen
tilt was 11.30 o'clock when the bu!
mess o the evening was complete
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30

Deadwood. S. D.-United States
district court is in session here with
Judge Elliott on the bench. One OF
the principal matters to come before
the grand jury is the presentment
against Ray l.. Shea, the young mon
ey clerk OF the Lead postoffice, who
is accused of ,ehbezzling nearly 49,
900 from funds in his charge. Shea is
now out on bonds and his unblemish-
ed record and lack of motive for the
alleged crime, have puzzled the off.
lcials handling the case. The grand
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-30
HEAVY RAINS SWEPT
TO EAST AND SOUTH
AT LESTERVILLE THE PREClP1-
TATION WAS FIVE INCHES
MUCH TRACK WAS
WASHED FROM GRADE

Saturday night and Sunday im-
to the south and east, and good rains.
with little or no damage are reported
from out west. From Kimball to
Belvidere on the Black Hills division
of the Milwaukee road splendid rains
are reported, and while they were
heavy they extended over a large
period of time.
Five Inches at Lesterville.
A report was received from Lester
Vile to the effect that the heaviest
rain storm in a great many years
covered that section of the state Sat
urday night. At Lesterville it is stat
ed that five inches of water fell, COM
pletely covering the street and rail-
road tracks. On the Platte line there
is a long stretch of track washed
from the grade, and at other places
a long stretch of track is under wat
err. All over that section of the couln-
cry the rain was very heavy. 1T av-
eraging from three to five inches.
The rain was exceptionally heavy at
Tyndall, where it is reported four In
ches fell. The rain fell heavily as far
north as Ethan and there stopped.
From Mason City west to within
a distance of ten miles Of Mitchell
the rain is reported to have variet
f-om n to three inches.