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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-03-28
RAlNiNu TOADs.
ward.

You may be sure that it does not
"rain toads and fishes" The idea
that such is the case is a pure super
stition. Doubtless many times i'm
mediatcly after big rain in spring
or summer numbers of "toads," or
froglcgs, have been seen hopping
around, but they came from the
earth and not from the clouds. The
explanation is that the young, half
dormant frogs are enlivened by the
big downpour of waters and caused
to go scampering in every direction
over the fields or streets. You need
not feel at all backward in assuring
your friends that they are "away
Off in claiming that the hoppers
"came down from the clouds"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-03-28
FOLLOWING ORDERS.

The motto above the great editors
iesk read: Accuracy, Accuracy, Ac-
:uracy."
Therefore the story turned in by
he cub reporter contained this state
nent:
"Three thousand nine hundred
md twenty-nine eyes were fixed upon
he speaker"
"What means this fool statement 2"
,sked the great editor, as he pre-
Jared to use the blue pencil.
Gone man was blind in one eye"
explained the cub.-Tit-Bits.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-03-28
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Comnlissioners-W. A. Messer,
P. f. t-ireenman, L. L. Poitras.
Frank Naeve, Fred Adams.
Auditor-A. L. Putnam.
Treasurer-John w. Pearson.
Register Deeds-O. A. Leonard.
: Clerk of Courts-J. ]. Holley.
Supt. Schools-A. Fl. Nuetzman
Slleriff-Chas. Maupin.
States Attorncy-Ravmond l..
-Dillnlan.
County .Judge-Alcx. w. Stow.
County ASSESSOR. D. Barber.
Coroner-Dr. I. III. Baer.
.lustice-.John Mock.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-03-28
Terms Cash.
f. G.. STUDLEY. Owner.
G.. Z. Breckenridge. Auctioneer.
Paid Advertisements.

You can get your draying
promptly done by calling ~.
Pettis Bros.
Our regular price on shoes is
lower than some merchants special
prices-try us. Drees Bros.
Eggs For Sale:-Full Blood
Rhode Island Red. soc setting.
A. T. Lunning, 8 miles north town.
Wills clinnated northern grown
seeds, 7 packages for 25c.- Nc
Cartlly Drug Co.
Lost: One buckskin mare, weight
about 1000 lbs, 9 years old. brand
ed on left hip with TB bar. also
bay mare, weight between 300 and
1000 lbs, coming three years old
not branded. Missing since Marcel,
18th. Anyone having any infor-
nation concerning the above see
Whittier-Fett Lbr Co. and get re-
ward.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-03-28
DIRECTORY.

Timber Lake Commercial Club.
Meets the first and third Monday
nights of each month promptly at
7:3o o clock at Odd Fellows hall.
Jno. De Y. Smith, Pres.
Andrew L. Anderson. Sec.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-03-28
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Clyde Hatch has returned to
Timber Lake after an absence of
several months.
Sheriff Maupin has been out ov-
er the county three or four DAYS
this week attending to official duties
For Sale-Well established i'm
plement business with several good
agencies. If at all interested see
Darling Bros.
Chas. Maupin is making arrange
ments to erect a large barn on his
farm few miles east of here. 1t
will be 4ox6O feet.
Art Mayne has resumed resi-
dence on his claim. He returned
the first of the week, having spent
the winter in Omaha.
Mike Michigan came in Wednes-
day from northern Minnesota
where he has been enjoying HIM
self in a lumber camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Sudmeier left
Monday for Minneapolis. Mrs.
Sudmeier will also visit at Ban
croft, Ia, before returning home.
F.. H. Stafford left last Saturday
for Sioux City from which place he
expected to go on to Texas and re-
turn with several car loads of
young cattle.
Geo. Puder's brother, Artah, ar
rived Wednesday from Big Stone.
He expects to spend the summer
here and possibly will become 4
real resident.
The Lantry Ledger got out a
blizzard edition last week on brown
wrapping paper and the Isabel
News blossomed forth with a col
ored Easter edition.
J. O. Lindley is reported as be-
ing quite sick. He is at the Leon.
ard farm west of town. Mr.. Lind
ley used to work for L. l.. Poitras
in the harness shop.
We notice in the Minneapolis
Journal a dispatch from Fort Yates
to the effect that arrangements are
being made by the interior depart
ment at Washington for the open
ing Of the Standing Rock reserva-
ton this fall.
Pierre Yeandle and family ar
rived Tuesday from Highmore and
will move onto his claim which adj
joins that of his brother. Arthur.
who died few months ago. Mr..
Yeandle will also run the black
smith shop which was established
by his brother.
{. {. Lever writes us from Abel,
Ga, to have his paper sent to him
there. Mr.. Lever is. now vice
president and superintendent of the
factory of the Southern Food Pro-
ducts Co.. located at Adel. This is
a new concern but has every as
surancc OF big business ahead.
We are in receipt of a letter from
J. S. Brown. who left here about
year ago for Bridgeport, ILL.,, where
he engaged in the banking bust
ness. Mr.. Brown is now cashier
and director of the First State Bank
Of Greenwich, III. He has been at
the latter place since last August.
Coming! When? Thursday,
Apr. 3, 1913. What? Chicken
pie supper. Where? At the Con-
yregational church. Everybody
come and enjoy fine supper.
Supper will be served from S p. m.
until it is all gone. Eat some OF
the best chicken pie you ever ate
for only Is cents.
The Advocate is sending out
statements to delinquent subscrib-
ers this week. This becomes nee
essary on account of the attitude
OF the postal department relative
to the enforcement of its rule that
a weekly newspaper shall not send
its paper through the mails at the
usual rates to subscribers more
than one year in arrears. The
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-03-28
Public Sale.

| will sell at Pubic Sale at my
farm, NV. IA 1o-18-24. about IL
miles northwest of Timber Lake,
Thursday, April 10, 1913,
at O'Clock, P. NJ, the following
; E foot Mccormick mower.
10 foot Kentucky drill.
IL row cultivator.
| corn planter.
A lot Of small farm tools.
IONIC wall tent.
awning.
Household Goods, consisting Of
Beds, Bedding. Furniture, Car
pets, Stoves, Dishes. Etc.
Terms Cash.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01
Science and the Agricultural Expc-
riment Stations.

1t is only about twenty-five years
since Congress passed the Hatch act
founding the system of agricultural
experiment stations in this country.
The annual federal grant to each
state is now $4,000, to which the
states themselves have in many
cases added. Those less familiar
with the work often think of it
solely as an attempt to further the
interests of the practical farmer.
The institutions were founded ''to
promote scientific investigation and
experiment respecting the princi-
pies and applications Of agriculture
al SCIENCE; but the scope of the
work now extends far beyond the
boundaries of the farm. The les
sons Of this imposing movement in
agricultural research and education
are manifold. The American ex-
pertinent stations have demonstrate
ed the solidarity of the different
sciences. Their successes have
Taught the important lesson that no
one can foretell what beneficial re-
suits may develop from highly spe-
cialized researches, and they have
fostered spirit Of popular interest
in the progress of science quite. be-
yond anything that could have been
expected two decades ago, when
cmpiricism still reigned supreme
and distrust of the utility of sCien-
life investigation was widespread.
As an illustration of the value OF
this work, The Journal of the
American Medical Association COM
ments on the recent report of the
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment
Station, which now has forty or
more problems under investigation.
covering such questions as the eff
feet on nutrition of animals and
Nan Of a single plant ration, the
mineral needs of animals, the meth
DDS Of ripening cheese, the i'm
provement of marketing milk and
causes and prevention Of animal
disease. The quiet modest labors
and persistent patience in the field
and the laboratory Of these untir-
ing workers are doing as much for
the welfare Of the state as are the
efforts Of those who shine conspiC-
uously in the legislative halls.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01
NO MOSQUITOES THERE NOW
Once 50 Bad In Panama a Cat Com
mitted Suicide, According to Re-
turned Traveller.

Zone of the most striking features
Of the present condition of the Pana-
ma canal zone is the absence of mos
Quitoes, which at the beginning of the
work by the United States, were a
great menace to health remarked
Capt. A. B. Delaney of New York.
Before the United States took over
the canal, visited Panama, and be-
came thoroughly Informed about the
Panama mosquito. On recent trip
there I went into nearly every section
Of the zone, in the lowland and upland,
and throughout the rainy season, and
failed to discover single insect.
II remember that on one occasion
my company sent nae to Panama on
wrecking expedition. We had on
board our vessel a pet cat which had
been aboard the ship for long time.
She was just an ordinary ship cat
and knew all about feas. But when
we got to Panama, the cat soon gave
evidence of being uncomfortable. We
discovered that the mosquitoes were
annoying her. Finally in desperation
the cat jumped overheard and COM
mitted suicide to get rid Of the mos
Quitoes. She simply could not stand
the Panama mosquitoes" E.,<..
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01

sale to the upkeep OF the roads.
Boys do not steal the apples. Nor
IS it necessary to maintain police
man every one hundred feet to pre-
vent such mischief. Why are the
German boys so much more re-
spectful Of property rights than
American boys? Is ;he difference
racial? | hardly think so. It's a
difference Of training, probably. I'm
inclined to believe the universal
military training, with its constant
strict insistence upon obedience to
law and order, and the strong ele-
ment of moral training in the pub
lie school curriculum, added to the
knowledge that offences against
public property will be promptly
and severely punished, accounts for
the safety Of the public orchards
which line the roadWays Of Ger
many. Respect for the law, and for
other peoples rights, seem to be
ingrained in the German character.
You must have noticed it in the
lives of our Germantown American
citizens. = "A Texans European
Studies" Frank Putnam, in Nation
al Magazine for April.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01
GERMAN RESPECT FOR LAW
AND ORDER

One Of the things which appar-
emily escapes the attention of most
scrjbbling. travellers in Germany is
the double line of fruit trees along
the public roads. There are sever
al thousands miles of these trees on
either side of public roads in Nor
thern Germany. Most of them are
apple trees. You know what would
happen to those apple trees in any
American state. Boys would pick
the fruit green too impatient to
wait for it to ripcn, and likely
enough they would break down the
trees getting the fruit. What hap
pens in Germany? The public au-
thorities sell the fruit crop to con-.
tractors at from two hundred dol
lors to five hundred dollars per
mile, and apply the proceeds Of the
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01

The legislature of 1913, notwith-
standing many shortcomings, has
enacted more radical legislation
than any legislature during the past
twenty years. 1t has enacted a re-
apportionment bill, which has been
demanded by the people in the nor
thern part of the state for years. A
tWo-cent fare law, a distance tariff
law, workmen's compensation and
minimum wage law, placed legisla-
tive and county officers on a non
partisan basis, made needed reform
in legal procedure, submitted two
constitutional amendments for the
initiative, referendum and recall,
adopted budget system, and many
other important measures. It fail
ed to enact a general public utilities
bill, and will probably be called to-
gether in extra session by the gov
ernor to pass this needed legisla-
ton. The Nolan bill and the Minette
bill, public utility measures, were
wholly inadequate for the needs of
the state, and hence were wisely We
toed by the governor. Many other
laws in favor of morality, temper
ance and education were also pass
ed. Minnesota has every reason to
be proud of the legislature of 1913.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01
YOUTH AND AGE

When all the world is young, lad,
and everything is green,
And every goose a swan, lad, and
every lass queen,
Then boot, lad, and horse, lad,
and round the world away,
And go it while you're young,
lad, each dog must have it's day.
When all the world gets old, lad
and all the trees turn brown,
And all the jests get stale, lad,
and all the wheels run down,
Then HE back to thy home, lad,.
the manned and sick among.
Thank God if then you find one
face you loved when you We're
young. charles Kingsley.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01
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WASHINGTON SCHOOL NOTES !.


Keep busy while in school SO YOU
won't have to stay after.
Study hard, seventh graders, for
the next spelling contest.
1t is hard for the pupils to study
now as it is so warm but soon the
school will be over.
Not many are grinning over their
marks in the geography test. : Z
Some Of the seventh grade pupils
are taking some of their lessons in
the normal room.
The sixth grade was treated to a
pleasant surprise Tuesday morning
when William Hennebry brought
his smiling face back to school.
Our ranks have thinned some
what since spring vacation; two
pupils having left to work: Ruth
Carlson and Norman Erickson.
Here's hoping we keep the rest of
US. Z &
Everybody is making a specially
brave effort to keep busy and make
these last weeks count a great deal.
We're on: the home stretch--let's
come in ahead! s.i.3 80
Wouldn't it be fine to have schooi
from eight until half past two?
Everybody can get so muc III done
when we are all fresh in tn b morn
ing and have the prospect of a
practically free afternoon. Please,
Mr.. Board Folks, help us out, it is
SO hard TO stay in all afternoon
when we're tired and warm. 8
Sixth grade, division I, is! greatly
enjoying the reading of the Legend
CT Sleepy Hollow.
Everybody's motto is, Hustle, dig
and cram!" .>
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
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Come and see the Seven Ages Of
Woman as the Juniors will present
it on Friday, May 2. There will be
ice cream and cake, all for Is cents.
Candy for sale, also.
All classes are busy with review
work preparatory to the state sex-
aminations.
Lucille Lundquist is absent on ac-
count Of illness. .
Commencement exercises will be
held on May 80. 'lhe custom of
wearing caps and gowns has been
adopted.
The Juniors are going to give a
short program and serve ice cream
and cake Friday, May End at the
school house. Time, 8 p. m. .Adnlis-
sion, Is cents.
Very few are patronizing the Ii
hrary now, owing to the fact that
the weather is so nice and most OF
the pupils are enjoying outdoor
games. IA
Esther Lindquist is now playing
for dismissal.
Hilda Nelson, who has been alb
sent on account of illness, has re-
turned. M
Another girl has now enrolled in
the Freshman class.
The luncheon to be served by
some of the Sophomore girls has
teen postponed again.
The Assembly period is now be-
ing used for recitation purposes.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01
u.eles. Bullet. Issued to Turk.

Useless Bullets Issued to Turks.
In reference to the issue of wooden
bulleted cartridges to the Turkish
troops, it is interesting to note that
similar cartridges are used in the
British army for instruction purposes
Ito teach recruits how to load their
rifles. The or nary brass cartridge
case is fitted with a wooden bullet
painted red. The cartridge does not
contain explosive-a charge of cordite
neither are percussion caps fitted.
The brass cartridge cases are further
perforated in two or more places, in
order that instructors can tell at a
glance that the ammunition is really
"dummy'' and that it's use can endan-
ger nobody. From this explanation it
should be clear that the cartridges
picked up on the Balkan battlefelds
could not possibly have been fired
They were obviously thrown away by
the Turkish troops when they discov.
rered that they were useless. -.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01
SEE HERE, BOYS AND GIRLS.

National Crop Improvement. Service.l
1t is SO simple to test seed corn
before planting that child may do it.
The Council of Grain Exchanges is
conducting nationwide campaign in
favor of this step toward scientific
farming. They say:
You Lose 81 when 20 plant an cal
CT corn that will not grow.
seed selection will add 10 bushels
an acre to the corn crop.
Pure seed means 100000 more
bushels of corn in a county
School children can make the test
that means a 100000 boost to the
corn crop value of county"
Here's chance, surely, for the boys
and girls, too young to vote, to per
form service to their country thai
will outweigh anything the average
politician does. The young patriots
should get busy. ...-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01
WHY HE CONTINUED TO CALL
Neither the Great Man Nor Possibility
Of Business Formed the Attrac-
ton for Visitor. .=

"See here" said the great man,
when the caller had finally been per.
mitted to enter the private office.
this is the sixth time you have come
to discuss this, matter. I told you
in the beginning that / would notify
you when I was ready to take it up.
Why do you insist on bothering me
about it,"
I'm sorry it's bother to you to
have me CALI
you must understand that I'm a
very busy man. can't understand
how you are able to afford to waste
so much time hanging around here,
waiting to see me, when you must
know that your coming isn't going to
do you any good. I'll take up your
case when I come to it in it's regular
order, and not before. I've told you
that number Of times"
Yes, I know you have; but that
pretty girl who sits in your outer
office. telling people you are busy, is
one Of the most entertaining girls
ever met. - Chicago Record Herald.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01
Had TO ENFORCE THE LAW
Colonial Justice Could Not Overlook
lnfractlon, Though Ready Enough
With Hospitality.

The following is related of q good
Justice Of the peace in Massachusetts
in Colonial times.
On cold night in winter a traveller
called at his house for lodging. The
ready hospitality Of the Justice was,
about being displayed when the,
stranger unluckily uttered q word
which his host considered profane.
Whereupon he informed his guest,
that he was q magistrate, pointed out,
the nature of the offense, and ex-.
planned the necessity Of its being ex-;
plated by sitting an hour In the stocks:
Remonstrance was unavailing for.
custom 1t that time allowed the magis-
trate to convict and punish at once,
and In this case the magistrate acted
az accuser witness, jury, Judge and
sheriff, all in one.
Cold as It was, the worthy justice,
aided by his son, conducted the trav-
eler to the place Of punishment, an.
open spot near the meeting house
where the stocks were placed. Here
the wayfarer was confined in the
usual manner, the benevolent executor
Of the law remaining with him to be-
guile the time Of its tedium by edify-
Ing conversation. &.
At the expiration Of the hour he was
reconducted to the house, and hos
pitalably entertained until the next
morning, when the traveller departed,
Green Bag. 80 4 -
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01
"skunk Bear"

DR.. Charles Stuart Moody, the well.
known outdoor writer, who has re-
Gently returned from an expedition in
the Rockies to study the habits of the
mountain goat, has an amusing and
instructive article upon the little
known wolverine In Outing. It begins
thus:
II some patriotically-inclined sports,
man were to get up voting contest
to decide upon the most worthless and
at the same time the most diabolically-
cunning animal on earth should have
to squander all my money buying
votes for the wolverine. Doubtless
the red fox would have many sup
porters, but Sir Reynard is one OF the
infant class in a Methodist Sunday
school when compared to this long.
coupled cross between an overgrowni
weasel and an undergrown bear that
inhabits the North woods. N *
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01
OUR AGRICULTURAL MAGAZINE
SECTION

Timeliness is the leading charac-
teristic Of all the principal articles
iii the Agricultural Magazine Sec
ton, which will be part of next is
sue. The recent action of the bank
ers of Bemidji. in agreeing to fl
nance the expansion of sheep
growing among the farmers in that
vicinity, affords the incentive to the
thoughtful article of Edward C..
Parker. on Bank Credits in Agri-
cultural Communities. Sheep also
occupy, in pictorial way, the front
page, and afford teNt for the lead
ing editorial. The editor, by the
way, does not believe that the re-
peal Of the duty on wool will in any
way diminish the profits of the
sheep-raiser. Prof. Andrew Boss
writes on annual Pasture Crops;;''
A. d. Wilson on "Summer Silage'
Corn for Silage;;" while Prof. H. R.
Smith demonstrates in favor Of
Corn Silage vs.. Slower for Fatten-
ing Pigs Marketing Farm Pro-
ducts is the title Of suggestive
editorial based OH the recent con-
ference at Chicago. The "S3,5O1
Farm House,, the design for which
received the first prize in the re-
cent competition instituted by the
State Art society, is made the sub
ject of some intelligent criticisms
by all anonymous writer. H. R. Hos
kins shows that Our Meat Inspec-
ton" doesn't inspect a great deal of
the meat which We confdingly eat.
Rev. Francis jaeger contributes the
third Of those fascinating articles
on ''Ihe lIoney-Makers." P. C. Re-.
cords, Of the State Forestry Depart
ment, talks about "rree Planting in
Minnesota" Leroy Cady, about
"Spring Pruning" l.. B. Bassett,
about ''The Use of Fencing" Grace
L. King, about 'The Value of
breakfast Foods and Ida N. Bro
ten has piquant little story en-
titled when She Went Away" Ar
ticles not here enumerated fill sew
eral pages more.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-05-01

Mrs. E. r. Umpleby Of Greenbush,
and sister Mrs. Wallin of Casperson,
are visiting at the home of Mrs. j.
&. Settler. Mrs. Wallin's little
daughter is receiving medical aid at
the Warren hospital.
Aug. Swanson, Of Radium, was in
town yesterday. He is nursing a
sore hand, caused by accidentally
cutting the tip of his thumb two
weeks ago. Blood poisoning set in
necessitating careful medical atlen-
ton. All danger is now passed,
however.