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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-02-12
HERE'S MYSTERY OF THE DEEP.
Norwegian Bark, Abandoned by Crew,
Picked Up in Mid-Ocean.

Newport News, Va, Feb. with
sails snugly furled, the lifeboats in
the davits, the galley plentifully sup
piled with provisions and water, but
without veStige of human life
aboard the Norwegian bark Remit
tent, Rio Grande to Liverpool, was
picked up January 10 in mid-ocean
by the British steamer Roumanian,
according to Capt. Claridge, Of the
latter vessel, who arrived here to-day.
The strange disappearance of the
Remittent's crew recalls the famous
schooner Marie Celeste mystery which
puzzled the maritime world for many
months.
Lost Again During Storm.
When picked up, only to be lost
again during a severe storm, the Re-
mittent was in latitude 40 degrees,
80 minutes, and longitude 27 degrees,
80 minutes.
The bark sailed from Rio Grande
October % last and never was re-
ported until found by the Rouman-
ian. Capt Claridge tonight refused
TO hazard guess as to the possible
whereabouts Of the Remittent's crew.
Members of the British steamers
crew state that the bark was sighted,
drifting, on January 10. Repeated
efforts to get responses to signals
from the bark were fruitless. Finally
hna r1i inc ri
the British ship and a careful search
was made on the bark for members
Of the crew.
Ship in Perfect Order.
Everything aboard the bark was
In perfect order. but no trace of life
could be found and nothing which
might give clue to the mystery was
discovered.
The bark was taken in tow by the
British steamer. When several miles
OFF the Virginia capes a severe storm
was encountered. In the midst of
the gale the hawser connected with
the bark snapped and she began
drifting away. Two life boats were
smashed and their crews narrowly
escaped drowning in an effort made
TO recover the bark. Finally the at
tempt was given up.
When last seen by members of the
RoumaniIn's crew the bark seemed
to be riding out the storm well. The
Remittent is registered as of 351 tons
net
The Marie Celeste was found at
sea with pot boiling in her galley
and her captains papers on the cabin
table and every indication that souls
were aboard within a few hours Of
her discovery But nothing ever was
heard of her skipper or crew. The
story Of the Remittent is scarcely
less strange.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-02-12
Senator Il. ID. Smith Well Again.

Florence, Feb. 7.-United States
States Senator l.. D. Smith, who has
been at his home here and at Lynch
sickness and bereavement, left We'd
nesday night to resume his duties at
the National Capitol. He has gotten
quite we'll again and his folks are i'm
proving.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-02-12
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Experiments in Sheep Husbandry.

|t'S-S0'S''SN'S'S-'S
Experiments i'm Sheep Husbandry.
Bulletin 95 of the Wyoming sta
ton sets forth the details and results
OF two lines of experiments. The first
was designed to ascertain the rela-
tive merits of grade CotswOld and
Southdown lambs for both wool and
mutton production. The second was
test of fattening rations for aged
ewes.
The lambs for the first experiment
were bred on the station farm with
this experiment in view. A flock Of
5S tine-wool ewes was divided into
two lots Of equal number and merit,
and one lot was bred to a Cotswold
ram and the other t. a Southdown
ram. From the lambs thus bred 20
were selected from each lot for the
comparative experiments, and each
lot was fed the same ration. COM
posed Of high quality Of second cut
ting alfalfa hay, roots, corn meal and
Oil cake, all they would eat.
The Cotswold lambs averaged n
little heavier at time Of birth and
held this lead throughout the feeding
beriod Of 70 days, averaging 5 pounds
heavier, live weight, when slaughter
ed. But the Southdowns dressed out
as much meat as the Cotswolds, and
the stockyards experts pronounced
the Southdown carcasses Of superior
and worth half a cent to
cent more per pound than the car
casses of the Cotswold lambs.
Both made practically the same
gains throughout the test, and both
consumed the same quantity Of food
per 100 pounds Of gain.
The Cotswold fleeces averaged
little heavier than those OF the South-\!
down, had much longer staple, and
shrunk somewhat less.
In the matter of profit, therefore,
this test would seem to indicate that
it is about a stand-off between the
grades of these two breeds; what one
lacks in the merit Of it's mutton be-
ing made up by superiority of fleece.
In the ewe-feeding tests the ami
mails used were grade ewes which the
station authorities had resolved to
sell off in order to give more room
and attention to the thoroughbred
flock; so 1t was resolved to so feed
them for market as to make a test OF
the relative merits Of alfalfa hay, oat
hay and native hay for fattening.
Hence these ewes were separated into
three lots OF equal weight and merit,
and all were given about one pound
of corn chops per head per day. In
addition Lot l received alfalfa hay,
Lot native hay and Lot oat hay,
in every case all they would eat up
clean.
For each 100 pounds Of gain the
lot receiving native hay ate 500
pounds more hay and 153 pounds
more chops than the lot receiving al
falfa; and the lot receiving oat hay
ate 1896 pounds more hav and 244
pounds more chops for syery 100
pounds Of gain made than did those
fed on alfalfa hay.
This was the result to be expected
since the high protein content Of the
alfalfa was just what was needed to
balance the low protein content of
corn chops, and neither the native
hay nor the oat hay contained much
protein.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-02-12
New Idaho Senator Sworn In.

Washington Feb. 6.-James H.
Brady, elected to fill out the unex-
pired term of the late Senator Hey
burn, of Idaho, to-day took the oath
of office, displacing Senator Perky,
appointed to temporarily fili the va
cancy.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-02-12
DIR. SIMMONS
II Vine
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a Palatable Medicine especially
prepared 10 relieve and cure the
diseases which affect women

This excellent medicine is not only
successful in oonquering the pain
full and prostrating diseases that
attack the female generative system
but it Is exceptionally pleasant to .
take. The usual rule that the nastier
the medicine the more effective it
is, is reversed in the case Of Squaw
Vine Wine. 1t is one Of the pleas
ATTEST of medicines. The fresh
juice of we'll ripened sweet orange
is not more agreeable. 1t is indeed
happy combination of sweet herbs
compounded with just enough
spirits to keep it fresh and active in
its medicinal effect. Poor, tired
mothers, worn cut with the cares
OF family and household, and suf-
fering from those distressing aches,
bearing down pains and nervousness
which women only know, revive
wonderfully under it's strengthening
and exhilirating influence. 1t eases
pain, strengthens weakened parts,
corrects Irregularities, builds up
a strong, vigorous body, restores
brightness to the eye and color to
the cheeks.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers
Price 81 Per Bottle
CT. SIMMONS MEDICINE co.
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
old at Bells Drug Store, WaIhall,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
BANKING DEPARTMENT
IN CAPITOL'S "ATTIC'

Pierre, S. D.-The records of the
state banking department have ar
rived in this city and were located in
the capitol today. This department
is one which was located at Madison
for a time and later taken to Mitch
ell. being carried to the home of the
new examiner with each change in
appointment, but on the r%eapopint-
mcnt of j. A. Wingficld, one of the
requirements was that the depart
ment was 10 be located at the cap
itol.
Under the requirements of IA law
of the last session, and demands on
the part of Governor Byrne as to APP
pointive places. the railway depart
ment officials and employees: the tax
commission; and the banking de-
partmcnt we're brought to the capitol,
and the new live stock department
which will be created as soon as the
appointments are completed are add
ed to the working force in the state
capitol. The new banking depart
ment is located at the head of the
main stairway Oh the third floor of
the building.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
RAKED
BY BAD STORM
TEMPERATURE FALLS BELOW
so FOR THE FIRST TINE
SINCE THE YEAR 1913.

Naples, Italy.-Extraordinary falls
Of rain and hail have flooded the sur
rounding country for the last two
days. Torrents of water, mixed with
mud and ashes from Vesuvius, in
undated the villages along the Gulf
of Turin. Snow is reported falling in
Alpha.
Rome. tIaly.-A terrific storm is
throughout Italy and in
many places the country has been
and the crops destroyed.
This is accompanied by remarkably
cold weather for the time of year.
The temperature at noon was be-
low go. This weather in the middle
of July has not been recorded in
Italy since the year of 1913, when
superstitious people attributed it
to the repetition of the number 10.
Messina reports a violent tempest
in the vicinity of the Straits of Mes
sina, accompanied by a heavy rain
fall, causing enormous damage to
that region. People in the region
about Cosenza have been terrified
the past two days by this rain, ac-
companied by slight Earthquakes
and underground rumblings.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
NEWS

Kimball, S. DC. L.. Dewey and
Ed. Jefferson who were formerly of
kimball, S, D., but of past several
years of Canton, S. d., and who
traded for the flour mill at the latter
place and put it into operation have
now traded their interests for farm
land near Rapid City, S. ID.
The city council has given the con
tract for the new artesian we'll to
Olaf Rasmussen, and the same will
be put down north of the Milwaukee
railroad tracks, but the exact loca-
ton at this writing cannot be deter
mined.
For the first time in many years
the reservoir which furnishes engines
water for the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad has nearly gone dry
nea White Lake. The Milwaukee
people do not know at the present
time just what they will do to sup
ply their trains with water and may
be compelled to seek a new loca-
ton for a reservoir.
John Jurgerson's residence which
is occupied by Lew Hanson, editor
of the Gam Valley Chief. located at
Gam Valley, Buffalo county, burned
about half down yesterday and is
supposed to have caught from an ac-
cident to a gasoline stove. No one
is reported injured.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
MT. VERNON NEWS

Mt. Vernon, S. D.-Miss Opal Sny-
der came up from Hull. la, Thurs
day and is visiting at the S. Shane
home.
Grant Williams is west of the river
this week.
Mrs. Mary Galley returned from
Rock Valley, la, Saturday.
Mrs. Peter Welfring came over from
Rapid City, Saturday and is visiting
al the home of her daughter Mrs.
Geo. Anshutz.
j.. M. johnson returned Friday
from Il trip to Nebraska.
f. j. Reynolds returned Saturday
from SiauX Falls whore he had been
tc visit his daughter Mrs. Tom.
White.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ruben Ear,
July Z, a son,
Mrs. w. w. Davis and daughter
Mabel and son Park of ST. Paul are
here for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Baker of Iowa
are here visiting at the A. II. Baker
home.
Henry Schrader returned from
Sioux City, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Williams ar.
rived from west of the river Tues
day and will commence h%ousekeep-
ing in the Mathison house on the
west side.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
COUNTY A
REVIEWS CITIES
TAN COMMISSION RULES COM
MISSfONERS MAY EQUALIZE
ASSESSMENTS OF CITY
PROPERTY.

Deadwood, S. D.-With Chairman
Henry presiding, members of the
South Dakota tax commission are
holding special sessions here in an eff
fort to adjust some issues on the new
tax commission law. Heretofore the
county board of commissioners has
Taft the raising of assessors returns
in cities to the city council sitting as
a board of equalization but States
Attorney STREET. contended that UNI
der the new law, the tax commission
could delegate to the board of coun-
ty commissioners authority to raise
the assessors returns from the cities
as we'll as the unorganized portions
of the county. The tax commission
members listened to arguments on
this question and decided to agree
with the states attorney that they
could delegate this duty.
While here they are also working
into the assessment on mining prop
crty i'm I.owrence county and will
spend w or t hree days Investigate
ing local conditions and advising
with the county board of commits
sioners which is now sitting as a
board of equalization. The official
figures on the holdings of the Home
stake Mining Company, the biggest
mining company in the state, are re-
turned at SS,21S,9 25.61, of which
$1,359.365. 90 is assessed in the city
OF Lead, the third largest city in the
state.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
HUNDRED MEMBERS FOR
RAPID CITY AUTO CLUB

Rapid City, S. D.-Representatives
of the owners of more than 100 au-
tomobiles and motor vehicles in this
city and vicinity have formed the
Rapid City Automobile and Good
Roads club. BY making the mem
bership in the club general it is ex-
pected 500 will join and in order to
bring the membership within the
means of all the dues are placed at
the nominal sum of $500 per year.
Officers have been elected rs fol-
lows: President. DR.. f. w. Minty;
treasurer, DR.. w. T.. Robinson; sec
rotary. Gene Bangs.
President Minty was authorized to
appoint standing committees which
are: Finance, DR.. Robinson, John c..
Haines, w. f. Haafke; membership,
Gene Bangs, r. l.. Alderman, r. l..
Holcomb; roads, William Jones, Ca
puta, Charles Garfield. N. j. Lund.
1t is the purpose of the club to
maintain registers at the local gar
age where a record of tourists will
be had and points regarding the high
ways by which they arrived in Rapid
City will be noted. The best routings
through the hills will also be pointed
out and il desired pilots will be pro
vided for strangers.
Within a short time a special road
day will be named, when the entire
club will turn to and work the roads
leading to the new bridges across
the Cheyenne at Wasta and erosion.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
BILLY" DOOLITTLE is
HONORED BY ENGINEERS

Sioux Falls, S. D.-William T.
Doolittle, veteran railroad engineer,
and formerly may of Sioux Falls.
well known throughout the north
west, has received another high
honor, this time at the hands of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
which has by an unanimous
vote enrolled his name upon the rec
ord of the organization as an honor
airy member of the grand i%nternation-
al division and awarded him a high
emblem of the service, possessed by
relatively few locomotice engineers,
in the shape of a beautifully wrought
gold medal of honor of the brother
hood.
The diverse of the medal shows
a miniature figure of a modern loco
motive in gold relief with the in
scription, "Brotherhocd Member of
the Grand International Division"
On the reverse side is engraved.
Presented to Brother William r.
Doolittle by the Grand International
Division of Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers in recognition of his
forty years of active and faithful
service for the order, June "a,
1913"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
NO FREE PHONES
TO STOCKHOLDERS
STATE RAILWAY COMMISSION
HOLDS THAT THEY MUST
PAY SAME AS OTHER PA
IRONS.

Pierre, S. DIP. w. D%ougherty,
attorney for the railway commission,
in the department of the attorney
general, has held that special rates
to stockholders Of telephone compan-
les, under any guise whatever, are
Illegal and must be stopped In, the
case of the Gas Belt company of Ok
oboji. "A rule was adopted to sell tele-
phone instruments to Stockholders at
cost, the money to be refunded if the
instrument should be returned in
good shape if the stakeholder drop
ped out, with the further provision
that Observation-Disclosures should be re-
quired to put in their connecting
lines to the main lines, under reg
ulatlohs of the company, which is
held to he discrimination. In the
case of the Glendale Savo company
free services to stockholders on local
connecting exchanges, with a charge
to Observation-Disclosures is declared to
be discriminatory: and in the case of
the Brookings-White toll line, evid-
emily owned by the local exchanges of
the two towns, attempt to give free
toll service to their town subscribers
in either town, with a toll charge to
non-subscribers. is also held illegal.
The railway department is prepar-
ing a uniform system of accounting
for 'ocal telephones not doing inter
state business, and will demand re
ports under their system as soon as
the plan is completed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
MAR WILL TALK TO
CLUB SECRETARIES

Aberdeen. S. D.-Governor F. M.
Byrne has promised to try to be at
the meeting of the secretaries of the
South Dakota Commercial Clubs.
which is called to meet at Huron on
July 25th, and to give a talk on the
subject Problems of the South Da-
kota Commercial Clubs as seen by
the Governor" Rev. w. NJ. MAR of
Mitchell who writes the Observer col
umn has also promised to be present,
and will address the secretaries on
the question Problems of South Da-
kota Commercial Clubs as seen by
the Observer" Questions are rolling
into the office of the secretary every
day, which arc pertinent to CONNER
cial clubs and as the date grows
near and becomes more and more ev-
ident that this meeting will not only
be a well attended one but a very
interesting m The Huron CONNER
cial Club are giving an entertainment
on the evening of July Gath to the
visiting secretaries which promises
to be an enjoyable feature.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
HOTELS DO NOT
WANT JOHNSON
COMPELLED TO TRY SEVERAL
BEFORE FINDING QUARTERS
NOT LIKELY TO BE DE
PORTED.

Paris. France.-Jack Johnson, the
negro heavyweight prize fighter ac-
companicd by his white wife and his
nephew, arrived in Paris yesterday
afternoon from the United States by
way of Montreal. The pugilist drove
to a number of hotels before he was
able to find accommodations.
Johnson said he intended to make
Paris his headquarters in the future
and that never on any account would
he again fight in America. He added
that he had arranged for a number
of fights to take place in Europe in
the autumn.
Referring to his recent sentence
under the "wllite slave" act to serve
n year in the Leavenworth peniten-
tiary, johnson declared he would
carry the case to the highest court.
fully confident that a decision would
be given ultimately in his favor. 1t is
not generally believed here that John
son will be deported from France,
but the French authorities have not
yet arrived at any permanent decis-
ion with regard to that status of the
case.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
TO SELL COWS
ON INSTALLMENT
THIS PLAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY
COOPERATIVE HOMESTEAD
ERS in MELLETTE COUNTY

White River, S. D.-Progressive
homesteaders of this portion of the
new county of Mellette. which until
about a year or two ago was embrac-
ed in the Rosebud Indian reservation.
with the aid of the White River Com
mercial Club, have taken preliminary
steps to organize a cooperative as
ISOLATION with the object of securing
and selling cows to homesteaders on
the inStallment plan, in order to en-
able them to remain in the country
after they have made final proofs on
their homesteads. One of the great
est obstacles to the rapid develop
ment of a new country is the practice
of many homesteaders in leaving
their land as soon as they have made
final proof and taking up their resi-
dence elsewhere.
1t will be the object of the propos-
ed cooperative association to furnish
COWS to such homesteaders as cannot
pay for them in n payment. and
permit them to make payment in in
|stallments. When a homesteader Sc
cures II or more cows he can dis
pose of the cream and thus have a
steady income which will tide himself
and family over the rough places met
with in bringing under a high state OF
cultivation new land. One homestead
er who is making a success of the
! dairy industry thus describes his OPP
erations, which it is intended shall
he an example for all the homestead
ers of Mellette county:
81 have fenced my homestead and
am milking 10 caws. The cream from
these bring me about $40 a month
feed the milk to the calves and have
| just purchased a number more heif.
ers. The cream sells for % and "a
cents. There has not been a day since
| established my residence on my
homestead that l have not made my
living expenses. l will sure stick"
If the plans of the proposed co.
operative association are successful
as it is fully expected they will be
there is no reason why every home
steader now living in the coded por
ton of Mellette county cannot stick
and ultimately reap the benefits o
the development of what within {
few years at the most will be one o
the richest agricultural and dair!
counties in South Dakota. 1t is eX
pected a meeting soon will be helt
for the purpose of perfecting the or
%ganization of the cooperative asso
citation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
CITY LOSES IN
GRAIN RATE CASES

Sioux City, lathe fight by
Sioux City to obtain more favorable
grain rates has failed. Hopes of Sc
curing proportionate rates between
Chicago and Sioux City and other
markets, to establish a primary grain
market here, have been dashed by an
adverse decision of the interstate
commerce commission made yester-
day in Washington.
The decision handed down in the
case of the Sioux City Terminal Ele-
vator company against the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul and other rail
roads is to the effect that the rail
roads are not subjecting Sioux City
to undue disadvantage by failing to
establish proportional rates.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
CLOSING OF SALOONS
CUTS DOWN RENTALS

Aberdeen, S. D.-Although sixteen
buildings were vacated on July l.,
when sixteen saloons ven out of
business, under the new Il to 600"
law, nearly every of the vacated
buildings has already beer rented by
new business firms or by concerns
which have been cramped in their
former quarters and seized the oppor-
tunity to secure better locations.
Property wne will not realize quite
so large a profit from their new ten
ants, however. 1t is reported that
building which had been rented
to a saloon for $3.50 a month was
rented to the new tenant for SS5,
the saloon men having been charged
a premium above regular rental
values because of the nature of their
business.