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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
SURPRISED DOCTOR.
illustrating the Effect Of Food.

The remarkable adaptability S
Grape-Nuts food to stomachs so dis
ordered that they will reject every
thing else. is illustrated by the case
Of woman in Racine, Wis.
"Two years ago." she says, II was
attacked by stomach trouble so Sc
rious that for long time could not
take much Of any sort of food. Even
the various kinds prescribed by the
doctor produced most acute pain.
I'VE then got some Grape-Nuts food.
and you can imagine my surprise and
delight when found that could eat
it with relish and without the slight.
est distress.
when the doctor heard Of it he told
me to take several small portions each
day. because he feared l would grow
tired of 1t as had Of all other food.
But to his surprise, (and that Of
everybody else), did not tire of
Grape-Nuts. and became better day by
day. till. after some weeks. my stom-
ach entirely recovered and was able
to eat anything my appetite craved.
my nerves, which had become SO
weakened that feared l would be-
come insane. were also restored by
the Grape-Nuts food in connection
with Postum which has become our
table beverage. I appreciate most
gratefully and thankfully the good that
your food preparations have done me.
and shall be glad to answer any letters
inQuiring as to my experience" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek.
Mich.
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a rea.
SON." ~
Ever read the above letter. A new
are genuine, true, and full o. h.1Ss
interest.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

gold from the grass-roots, and who
had panned the rim at hundred 9TH
er places up and down the length OF
the creek and found nothing. was Gu
rious to know what lay on bedrock.
He had noted the four quiet men sink
ing a shaft close by the stream, and
he had heard their whip-saw going as
they made lumber for the sluice boxes.
He did not wait for an invitation. but
he was present the first day they
sluiced. And at the end of five hours
shoveling for one man, he saw them
take out thirteen ounces and half OF
gold 1t was coarse gold, running from
pinheads to a twelve-dollar nugget.
and it had come from of bedrock.
The first fall snow was flying that day.
and the Arctic winter was closing
down; but Daylight had no eyes tor
the bleak-gray sadness of the dying.
short-lived summer. He saw his VS.
ion coming true. and on the big fiat
was upreared anew his golden city OF
the SHOWS. Gold had been found on
bedrock That was the big thing.
Carmack's strike was assured. Day
light staked claim in his own name
adjoining three he had purchased with
plug tobacco. This gave him block
two thousand feet long and extending
In width from rim-rock to rim-rock.
Returning that night to his camp at
the mouth of Klondike, he found in 1t
Kama, the Indian chief he had left at
Dyea. Kama was travelling by ca
noe, bringing in the last mail of the
year. In his possession was some two
hundred dollars in gold-dust which
Daylight Immediately borrowed. In
for him, which he was to record when
he passed through Forty Mile. When
Kama departed next morning. he car
ried a number of letters. for Daylight,
addressed to all the old-timers down
river. in which they were urged to
come up Immediately and stake. Also
Kama carried letters of similar import,
given him by the other men on Bo-
nanZa.
1T will sure be the gosh-dangdest
stampede that ever was.' Daylight
chuckled. as he tried to vision the ex-
cited populations Of Forty Mile and
Circle City tumbling into poling-boats
and racing the hundreds Of miles up
ire Yukon; for he knew that his word
would be unquestioningly accepted.
One day in December Daylight nlled
pan from bedrock ON his own claim
and carried 1t into his cabin. Here .
FIRE burned and enabled him to keep
mater unfrozen in canvas tank. He
sgnattec over the tank and began to
xssh. Earth and gravel seemed to fill
.hs pan. AS he impaired to It cir
c9iar movement. the lighter, coarser
PARTICLES washed out over the edge.
~ times he combed the surface with
bis fingers. rakfng out handfuls Of
gravel. The contents of the pan d.
n,oished, At IL drew near to the
bottom, Tor the purpose Of fleeing and
tentative examination. he gave the
pan sudden sloshing movemant,
emD'yipy h. Of water. And the whole
bottom showed ~ II covered with but
ter. Thus the yellow gold flashed
up AT the muddy water was filtered
away. II was gold-gold-dust, coarse
gold. nuggets. large nuggets. He was
all alone. He set the pan down for .
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

moment and thought loAg thoughts
Then he finished the washing. and
weighed the result in his scales. At
the rate Of sixteen dollars to the ounce
the pan had contained seven hundred
and odd dollars. 1t was beyond any
thing that even he had dreamed. His
fondest anticipations had gone no
farther than twenty or thirty thousand
dollars to a claim; but here were
claims worth half million each at the
least. even If they were spotted.
He cid not go back to work In the
shaft that day. nor the next, nor the
next. Instead. capped and mittened. S
light stampeding outfit. including bis
rabbit skin robe, strapped on his back.
he was out and away on a many-dayS
tramp over creeks and divides, in
specting the whole neighboring terri
tory. On each creek he was entitled
to locate one claim, but he was
chary in thus surrendering up his
chances. On Hunker Creek only
did he stake a claim. Bonanza
Creek he found staked from mouth to
source. while every little draw and
pup and gulch that drained into 1t was
likewise staked. Little faith was had
in these side-streams. They had been
staked by the hundreds of men who
had failed to get in on Bonanza. The
most popular Of these creeks was
Adams. The one least fancied was
Eldorado. which flowed into Bonanza.
just above Carmack's Discovery claim.
Even Daylight disliked the looks Of e.
dorado; but, still riding his bunch, hs
bought half share in ons claim on 1t
for half a sack of flour. A month
later he paid eight hundred dollars for
the adjoining claim. Three months
later. charging this block of property,
he paid forty thousand for third
claim. and. though 1t was concealed
In the future, he was destined, not
long after. to pay one hundred and
fifty thousand for a fourth claim on
the creek that had been the least liked
Of all the creeks.
Z In the meantime, and from the day
he washed seven hundred dollars from
4 single pan, and sQuatted over 1t and
thought long thought. he never again
touched hand to pick and shovel. A
he said to Joe Ladue the night Of that
wonderful washing:
Joe, l amt never going to work
hard again. Here's where l begin to
use my brains. I'm going to farm gold
Gold will grow gold If you-all have
the savvee and can get hold OF some
for seed. When l seen them seven
hundred dollars in the bottom Of the
pan, l knew l had seed at last
The hero of the Yukon In the
younger days before the Carmack
strike. Burning Daylight now became
the hero OF the strike. The story OF
his bunch and how he rode 1t was
told up and down the land. Certainly
he had ridden It far and away beyond
the boldest, for no fve Of the luckisse
held the value In claims that he held.
And. furthermore, he was still riding
the bunch. and with no diminutioa oe
daring.
Cro BE coNT1NUEDJ
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

tomary speed. Daylight paid then
their wages in advance and arranged
the purchase Of the supplies. though be
emptied his sack in doing SO. He was
leaving the Sourdough. when he sud
denly turned back to the bar from the
door.
Got another hunch?" was the
query.
Il sure have" he answered
"F1our's sure going to be worth what
Q man will pay for 1t this winter up
on the Klondike. Who'll lend me
some money!"
On the instant a score of the men
who had declined to accompany him
on the wild-goose chase were crowd
ing about him with proffered gold
sacks.
How much -four do you want?"
asked the Alaska Commercial Com
pany's storekeeper.
about two ton"
The proffered gold-sacks were not
withdrawn. though their owners were
guilty of an outrageous burst of merri-
ment.
What are you going to do with two
tons?" the storekeeper demanded.
"I'll tell you-all in simple A. b. c
and one, two. three" Daylight held
up one finger and began checking OF.
"Hunch number one: a big strike COM
ing in Upper Country. Hunch number
two: Carmack's made it. Hunch mum.
her three: amt no bunch at ALL It's
cinch. If one and two is right. then
-four just has to go sky-high. If I'm
riding lunches one and two. just got
to ride this cinch. which is number
three. If I'm right, -four II balance
gold on the acales this winter"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
CHAPTER v.

Still men were without faith in the
strike. When Daylight. with his heavy
outfit of flour, arrived at the mouth of
the Klondike. he found the big fiat as
desolate and tenantless as ever Down
close by the river, Chief Isaac and his
Indians were camped beside the
frames on which they we're drying sal
mon. Several old-times were also in
camp there. Having finished their
summer work on Ten Mile Creek, they
had come down the Yukon. bound for
Circle City. But at Sixty Mile they
had learned of the strike. and stopped
off to look over the ground. They had
just returned to their boat when Day
light landed his -four. and their report
was pessimistic. But an hour later,
at his own camp, Joe Ladue strobe in
from Bonanza Creek. He led Daylight
away from the camp and men and
told him things In confidence
She's sure there" he said in con-
clusion. 81 didn't sluice it. or cradle
it. panned it, all in that sack, yes
terday, on the rim-rock. tell you you
can shake it out of the grass-roots.
And what's on the bedrock down in
the bottom of the creek they amt no
way of tellin'. But she's big, tell
you, big. Keep 1t quiet. and locate all
you can. It's In spots, but wouldn't
be none surprised If some of them
claims yielded as high as fifty thou
sand. The only trouble is that it's
spotted"
A month passed by. and Bonanza.
Creek remained quiet. A sprinkling
of men had staked; but most of them,
after stalking, had gone on down to
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
A Feed of Hay.

"Once upon a time" c. M. Thurnauer
served upon a murder jury. For hours
and hours the body deliberated-11
agreed upon verdict, but the twelfth
obdurately refused to change his po-
sition. Finally court officer raped
at the door and inquired as to the
prospects of agreement.
None in sight," responded the thor
oughly Disguised C. M.
Perhaps l had better bring in IL
suppers. then" suggested the Of
ficer
mo-" said Thurnauer, glazing vi
ciously at the unpersuadable member,
bring in II suppers and one feed of
hay"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
GETS STARVED ROCK
State Of Illinois Buys Historic
Tract for SAG, 900.
People Gain Possession Of the FlctuE>
esque Site on Illinois River Where
the Indians Made Their
Last Stand.

Ottawa, Ill-Starved Rock passed
into the hands Of the state Of Illinois
recently, when negotiations were con-
cluded between the Illinois park COM
mission and Ferdinand Walther Of
Chicago, who has owned the property
for the past ~ years. The papers
signed and exchanged show that the
state paid the sum Of $4,000 for the
290-acre tract. which it r expected
will prove to be the nucleus Of one Of
the finest state parks in the country.
The new state park preserve lies
ten miles west Of Ottawa on the south
side Of the Illinois river. and in addi-
ton to Starved Rock proper consists
Of precipitous cliffs, canyons and glens
which rival many Of Americas most
famous scenic wonders.
No spot in Illinois 10 richer in his
tory or legend than Starved Rock,
which was visited by the early French
missionary explorers and was also the
scene of numerous bloody conflicts be-
tween Indian tribes. Upon its lofty
summit the Illinois warriors made
heir last stand and after being
starved were finally exterminated by
their enemies.
The fight for the requirement Of
Starved Rock by the state for park
purposes may be said to date back to
The forty-sixth general assembly, al
though there was considerable previ-
ous agitation in favor Of the move
nent.
At that session Of the legislature an
act was passed authorizing the ap-
pointment Of a commission to investi-
gate and report on the preservation Of
certain lands for public parks, and an
Of $1,000 made to pay
The expenses of the commission.
The members Of the commission
which closed the deal are Prof, ]. A.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

Forty Mile and Circle City Tie few
that possessed sufficient fs&th to ~,
main were busy building log cabins
against the coming Of winter. Car
mack and his Indian relatives were oc-
cupied in building q slulce box aSc
getting a head Of water The Iork
was slow. for they had 10 saw their
lumber by hand from the standing for
est. But farther down Bonanza were
four men who had drifted in from 10
river. Dan McGilvary. Dave Mckay,
Dave Edwards. and Harry Waugh
They were a quiet party. neither ask.
ing ner giving condolences. and they
herded BY themselves. But Daylight.
who had panned the spotted rim OF
Carmack's claim and shaken coarss
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
He Did Not Wonder.

One Of the worthless of a Fife vii
lage happened to be working in his
garden with a very small spade. when
a neighbor came on the scene and re-
marked: Man, Jamie. that's a gey
wee spade ye're working VII Ma lad
dies have bigger spunes for suppin'
their paritch VII"
Without glancing up, Jamie re-
Piled: "Ma mamie, l dinna winder at
it when see their fathers mouth
Tit-Bits.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

Zmn HA1nish known all through Alas
- - Burning Daylight" celebrates his
M b1sthday With q crowd of miners at
IT. Circle City Tivoli. The dance leads
. heovy gambling. in which over $100. 00o
D 0taked Harnish loses his money and
~ mine but wins the mail contract. He
ssAyts On his mail trip with dogs. ana
Oaeage, telling his friends that he will be
II tbe blg Yukon gold strike at the start.
Burning Daylight makes q sensationaliy
Suo11 run across country with the mail.
oopoars at the Tivoli and IL now ready
. 1oan hi friends In dash to the new
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Kissed Lad Dead Of Rabies.

Brighton, Mich. = Mr.. and Mrs.
James Avis, their two sons and two
daughters knelt by the bedside of
their son and brother, James Jr., and
kissed him goodby. A post norton
proved that the youth died of rabies
and now the family of six are patients
It az Ann Ar5or institute.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT
MENT fails to cure any case OF Itching, Blind,
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
One Of the Peril. Of Divorce.

One Of the PerIIs Of Divorce.
How do you like your new papa,
little girl?" asked the neighbor
mot very WE'LL" was the reply. -
told ma yesterday that could have
picked out a better one myself"
troit Free Press.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Letter b
0ns Kifsaer 3 C.,
elaghanesa, \. 7.
Prove What swamp-Root win Do For 4oss /,

1SVve ""ss o"smp-NOOt WIN ~ TOT TOo
Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Bingham
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle It vial
convince anyone. You win also re-
ceive booklet Of valuable informa-
ton, telling all about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing. be sure and
mention this paper Regular ffty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles for sale ct
all drug stores.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
Her Loalc.

1cr Logic.
1t was the week before Christmas.
Emery and his younger sister. Mil
dred, were debating very seriously
the reality Of Santa Claus.
There isn't any Santa Claus" said
Emery, with finality.
why, there must be-" insisted his
sister. How could they make pic
lures that look just like him."
Constipation causes and seriously agra
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly
cured by Dr.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar
coated granules.
Most of us have repair shops for
our broken promises.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26
CrO BE CONTINUED,

A man II % young a. he feels--an1
q woman, but ~ doesn't lvass
loDk n
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-26

A month passed by. and Bonanza
Creek remained quiet. A sprinkling
of men had staked; but most of them,
after stalking. had gone on down to
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-08
PROTECTION OF APPLE TREES
Health and Longevity Of Many Less
Hardy Types Depends to Great Ex-
tent on Nature of Shelter.

That the health and longevity OF
many Of the less hardy types of apple
trees are largely dependent upon the
way they are protected has been
pretty plainly demonstrated in the
case Of a Fameuse tree from which
the writer picked the fruit last fall,
says a writer. The tree in question
stands on the north side, and about
five feet from a shed which effec-
lively protects its trunk and lower
limbs from the winter sun, says a
writer in an exchange. Not only has
the tree made prodigious growth,
but 1t is remarkably thrifty ana sound.
Twenty feet to the north Of it but
exposed to the sun, is another tree
OF the same variety. which has been
badly hit with sun scald, and 1t is al
ready sick to death. We. have
watched these trees for a number Of
years. and are convinced that, while
some other factors may have played
q part, the difference In their con-
dftion today is due to the protection
they have had.
It is this principle that makes many
0rchardists IN northern states favor
the rather close planting Of apple
trees IN rows north and south. This
serves In measure to give the pro-
tsctien mentioned.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-08
81 eWhen 80
D J! KIDNEY (! [!!l!! ;: Pills
Moro Like Him,

''Yo asst me bout Mis- Johnsing an
her husban' las week. Hiss LOU" said
Matilda, looking up from her ironing
"Ah seen Mis- Johnsing on de street
las night an she says dey gone to
boa'din' Her husban' been out o.
wo'r TO- de las six monts an dey
cayn' ford to keep house no mo-.
All t'nk it mighty foolish COS dey's
sto'in dere furniture an 1t cos'es dem
fifty cents a mont to keep 1t in de sto'
house, an eft dey don pay 1t ebe'y
mont de money keep a-growin' an
a-growin' an a-bur-owin' into dere
bank count, jes' like eatin' cancer.
All toP Mis- Johnsing dat, an All say
wy dom she put her husban' to wo'k.
He right able body man. Hitch de
reins to de mule All say, an dom yo'
wo'k yo' finger nails to de quick fo'
dat niggah.' But she say he cam fin
no wo'k he like, dough he out all day
an somet'm's till IL o'clock at night
a-lookin'. All reckon he dom like no
wo'k he can f1n', dots wot's de mat
tah."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-08
Post for Modified Munson TreIlIs
A. Position Of Wires.

them five feet high. At top of each
post nail cross-piece of 2x4 scant-
ling two and half feet long, project
ing equally on each side. Stretch
three wires horizontally, one along
the tops of the posts and one along
each end of the crossbar. Then take
two arms, one each way from the
stem of the vine along the central
wire. The next season these arms
are shortened to four feet and fruited,
and at the same time cane is taken
from near the stem to take the place
of these arms the following season
and they are cut out. The fruiting
branches hang over the outer wires
and the grapes underneath are better
protected than on a vertical trell1s.
/ have found that on treIlis like
this there was less rot on unsprayed
vines than on sprayed ones OF YER
tical trellis. Do not put any manure
or fertilizer in contact with the roots
at planting, but manure on the sur
face after setting the vines. A fer
tilizer strong in phosphoric acid and
potash is best, though to make a good
growth in the young vines some nitro
gen will, of course, be needed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-08
HOUSEWORk is A HEAVY BURDEN

The woman who keeps house" has
enough to do when she is in good, sound
health, but if she is weak, tired all the
time, and suffering from morn to night
with an aching back, house-work becomes
. heavy burden.
Many women who were afflicted in this
way say that Doan's Kidney Pills have
made life easier for them.
Women are subject to kidney disease.
The clothing they wear, the work they do,
the worry and strain of bearing and rear
ing children, the lack Of proper exercise;
all tend to it.
Backache, bearing down pains, headache,
dizzy spells, faintness, fits of "blues," and
other troubles often thought to be peculiar
to the sex, are found frequently in kidney
disease. When any one of these ills APP
pears, together with discolored condi-
ton of the kidney secretions. with passages
too frequent scanty or burning, just make
up your mind that your kidneys are weak,
and be quick to help them.
Doan's Kidney Pills have helped a great
many weak women through the trying
times when kidney disease means SO much
added misery. They do not disturb the
stomach or bowels and contain no poison
Gus, dangerous nor. habit-forming drugs.
Doan's are harmless for children too.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-08
FIGHT SAN JOSE SCALE NEXT
Injurious Pest Can Be Checked II
Trees Are Sprayed While Leaves ].
Are Oh-Good Solution.

San Jose scale, a pest which is
spreading over this country with amaz-
Ing rapidity, can be checked, says DR..
T. J. Headlee, state entomologist at
the Kansas Agricultural college, if
orchard owners will spray now while
the leaves are OF the trees. Spraying
with lime and sulphur solution any
time while the trees are dormant is adj
v1sed BY Dr.. Headlee, but he believes
that the best results will follow if the
application is made before the buds
begin to swell
Other solutions may be used as
sprays, but the nme-sulphur mixture
is especially recommended because IL
also will kill scab and fungus growth,
To prepare the spray, 20 pounds of
lime and Is pounds of sulphur are al.
lowed to so gallons of water. Put ten
gallons Of water in an iron kettle and
add 20 pounds of unslaked lime. Boil
adding water when necessary to keep
the mass from sputtering. When the
lime has slaked into a pasty mass boil
until the mixture assumes a dark red
color. Strain and add water to make
out the so gallons of spray. There are
other solutions on the market already
prepared that are effective. Spray
with great care, says Or. Headlee, as
1t is only by contact with the poison
that the scale is killed.
Ordinarily, one spraying in yea,
Is sufficient, but where thu pest is well
established it is we'll to spray now and
then again later on in the winter
Since one scale can produce nearly 81
millions of young in single summer
it is evident that if the pest is not com
batted promptly it will soon destro,
an orchard.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-08
DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS TIRED
MIR. Jinks' Mean Insinuation When
Young Lady Dispossessed Him
of His Seat.

THAT was adding insult to injury"
said Representative Mann, the minor
ity leader of the house, apropos of a
political squabble. 1T reminds me Of
young links.
Late one night young links sat in
a crowded trolley car, and, VIXEN a
girl he knew got aboard and stood
directly in front of him, he made no
sign. His face hidden by his news
paper, he pretended that he didn't
know the girl would like to have his
seat
after while she spoke.
Good evening, Mr.. Jinks.'
why, good evening"
1--we been to the Primrose social
dance
Indeed
''Then, after pause, she added:
cts wonder, Mr.. links. you
wouldn't offer me your seat!'
links then got up. He was very
angry. He said, as he hooked himself
to a strap:
"I thought you wouldn't want it,;
for as you said you'd been to dance,
l knew you must have been sitting all
the evening""