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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
ALFALFA CROP is
REAL GOLD MINE
aO5 ,a1a TONS OF HAY RAISED
SEED WHEAT WORTH
$4,000.

Aberdeen, S. D.-Some interesting
statistics relative to alfalfa in South
Dakota are given out by Doane Rob-
inson, state historian, H. f. Patter-
son, superintendent of the South Da-
kota Better Farming association, and
Dan Bierwagen of West Fork, II
pioneer in alfalfa growing in western
South Dakota.
Mr.. Robinson estimates that while
accurate data is lacking, the state In
1913 devoted 1896 acres of land
to alfalfa, and produced a crop OF
.307 ,S12 tons of hay from this land.
The alfalfa seed crop, too, Is no in
considerable item, and is placed by
Robinson at not less than $500 bus,
hels in Huges county alone, valued at
more than $4,000.
Mr.. Patterson estimates there Is at
least 200,0 900 acres of alfalfa in the
state, which will yield, on the average
a ton and n hal ITO the acre, or 300,-
600 tons. Half of this alfalfa, he es-
Inmates, has just been recently plant
ed and is not yielding as much as it
will later on.
Dan Bierwagen of West Fork, who
was in Aberdeen yesterday. lie is
one of the biggest alfalfa growers in
the state, and has been enthusiastic
over the plant as a good thing for
western South Dakota. This year he
says he had men on his ranches max
ing alfalfa hay from June l to Mo-
vember 1, and he estimates his total
yield of hay at 400 tons and his total
seed crop at about 400 bushels. Al
falfa is doing fine in his section of
the state. Most of the hay is kept at
home and fed to livestock.
Speaking of the crop, he said: "Tcn
acres OF alfalfa, -four years old, Is
worth a section of prairie hay. III
every farmer had forty acres of al.
falfa on his quarter section, we would
have to ship in outside help to handle
the crop" Mr.. Bierwagen has expert
mented with all the varieties of al
falfa imported by Professor N. t..
Hansen of the South Dakota State
college at Brookings, except the
Swedish variety, and has them all
growing on his farm ranches.
He considers the Cossack and
Cherne varieties no different from
the other hardy Turkestan alfalfas
which have been blended with the
two yellow-1owered varieties, the
Sima-Platinsk and the Omak. The
Sima-Palatinsk, an upright plant, is
not considered extremely valuable as
a forage plant because of its weedy
stalks and small leaves, but he o II
sidered it valuable in cro~ss-breeding
to instill hardness in common al
falfa. The Omask variety he con-
siders very valuable as pasture plant
though the seed of this variety is
hard to handle.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
COUNTY FIGURES
ON ENRO LLMENT
MT. VERNON LEADS WITH MOST
VOTERS REGISTERED FOR
PRIMARIES.

OF the voting precincts of Dawson
county, otuside of Mitchell, Mt. Yer
non township, which includes the
town, leads in the number of voters
who have registered for the party
primaries next March. The records
in the Office of County Auditor r. A.
Zangle show 1872 voters enrolled in
Mt. Vernon, of whom 1873 are repub-
%liicans, AS democrats, one socialist
and six prohibitionists.
The followers of the grand old
party predominant in every township
in Dawson county except Rome. and
Tobin. In the latter, out of 81 reg
istered voters, there are So demo-
carts and nine republicans. The two
minor parties have but a slender fol-
lowing in the rural districts. as the
books show but ten prohibitionists
and four socialists in all the town
ships.
Arranged by table. the enrolment
figures follows. The socialist and
prohibition voters are not included.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
Tract Is 20 Miles Long
in the Black
Hills.
BIG GAME ON 1T
Will be Stocked With Money
i'm the State Game
Fund.

Pierre, S. D.-A state park, twenty
miles long and ten miles wide in the
picturesque Black Hills, secured,
enclosed and to be maintained at no
direct expense to the people of the
The general government granted to
the state sections 16 and SO in each
township for school purposes, and
these scattered tracts throughout
the government forest reserve requir-
ed dual control of the different class
es of land in a manner which made it
hard to secure anything out of the
state lands. This has been eliminated
by an exchange in which the state
secured a compact tract of the gov
eminent forest reserve near Custer,
and surrendered to the government
it's rights to the scattered tracts.
This gives the state it's forest
within it's own control, separate from
the government reserve, and the last
legislature provided for the fencing
the state game fund which is secured
from CUR licenses to hunters, and
this does not cost the general tax
payer a mi Provisions were also
made for the use of a portion of this
fund for stocking the tract with buff
falo, elk, deer. antelope and other
species of large game native to the
northwest: and as we'll to place there
on such game birds as will thrive
and propagate in such a section of
the country.
The tract which is composed of
rugged hills covered with pine and
spruce, threaded with sheltered val
leys in which there is plenty of graz
ing, through each of these valleys
flowing a trout stream already stock
ed, and to be kept supplied with game
fish, making it an ideal outing place
for the people of the state who care
to put in a few days or weeks in this
natural mountain park, at a small eX
pense for an outing.
The state is working out timber
conservation or this tract, and has
now millions of feet of nature tim
Der, and the expense of maintenance
is amply provided for by the sale OF
Is, 900. 900 feet of this matured tim
Der at a rate of $3.50 per thousand
in the tree. to be taken off in a period
continuing through ten years.
State Game Warden Hedrick is al.
ready preparing plans for the proper
stocking of the tract with game as
soon as the fence is completed neXt
year, arranging to secure antelope
in some of the herds in the northwest
part of the state where they have
been protected by old time ranchers
from determination by the home
steaders. Elk will be secured from
Wyoming. and buffalo from the
Philip herd near Fort Pierre, with
deer already on the ground. and par
tridges and quail native to the coun.
try, and wild turkey will be located
if it is shown that they can thrive
in that section.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
is sWINDLED OUT
OF LIES SAVINGS
MISSOURI FARMER ON WAY TO
SOUTH DAKOTA TO BUY LAND
is WORKED ON RACE
TRACK FAKE FOR
81 900.

Sioux City, Ia.-J. r. Briggs, a
farmer living near Bolivar, Mo, was
swindled out of $1,000 here by two
fake wire tappers' who uuped him
by a story hat they had a room in a
downtown building in which they in
%tercepted returns from horse races
on eastern tracks. The swindlers con
fided to Briggs that they tapped the
wires that led into a pool hall" near
Fourth and Pierce streets and held
the race returns long enough to
place bets on the winners.
The $1,000 in currency changed
hands at Eighth and Jones streets.
Briggs was told to wait there while
the swindlers went downtown and
placed the bet on a certain race that
was to be run at 10 O'Clock. He was
given a bookmaker's ticket on which
were written a number CT illegible
characters and $4,000.
He Held the Sack.
After Briggs had waited for a cou.
pie of hours he became suspicious
and went downtown looking for his
two friends" He searched the city
and visited the railroad passenger
stations before reporting the swindle
to the police at 3 o'clock in the af-
ternoon. Briggs told the police that
the loss of the money, with which he
had hoped to win enough to make
himself comfortable. probably would
ruin him. He said that his farm al
ready was heavily mortgaged and
that the $1,000 represented nearly a
life's savings.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
VETERINARIANS STILL
IGNORING NEW LAW

Pierre, S. D.-The state live stock
department reports a number of vet
%erinarians in the state who have de-
clined to come under the provisions
of the new law. to be yet practicing
without the required license under
the new law, and while a test suit
has been expected on the part of
some of the applicants who have
ben denied their certification with
out examination, no move has yet
been made, and a test may be brought
by the department if no move is made
by any of those excluded. The at
torney general holds that the law is
constitutional in its provisions, and
that none of the old practitioners have
secured any vested rights under old
laws which are not governed by the
present law governing such practice.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
SWEEPS
GALE AUDIENCE
APPEARANCE OF WALKER
WHITESIDE DRAMATIC EVENT
OF MITCHELL SEASON.

Sweeping the gamut of passion,
diplomacy and intrigue, both barbaric
and exotic, 1.-The Typhoon" at the
pacity audience entranced for four
periods of superb dramatics. The per-
Torrance is easily one of the greatest
ever seen in Mitchell.
Criticism of Walker Whiteside,
holding a premier position among the
actors of America, is superfluous. In
the role of Togeramo, the young jap
anese nobleman in Europe on a dip
lomatic mission of greatest import
ance to Nippon, he displays a fin
esse of character, a combination of
hidden strength and barbaric passion
that is itself a triumph of the foot
lights.
Miss Florence Fisher, in the lead
ing feminine role of Illona, a Wen
nese adventures who ensnarls the
young Japanese with her beauty and
seductiveness. scored a personal
triumph. While a youni, woman, Miss
Fisher showed a finish of character
~delineation capable of a mistress of
the art. The abandon of the role, it's
il%lusiveness n strength, were in
capable hands.
Any mention of the play would be
incomplete without reference to the
splendid company supporting Mr..
Whiteside and Miss Fisher. Every
character was played with an atten-
ton t. detail, a finish and reality
that marked the whole production.
Hubert Wilke, as the dissolute Ger
man artist, and Stephen Wright, as
J~oshinkawa, the adviser of Toker-
amo, were admirable actors. The set
ting itself was perfect, with a law
ishness of detail and luxury seldom
seen in travelling companies.
Mitchell in indeed fortunate when
she has an opportunity of seeing a
play like THE Typhoon" and be-
Holding the work of a company head
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
MEN SUSPECTED
OF TOT ROBBERY

Aberdeen, S. D.-Benson Van Bill
lard, who claims to hail from Omaha,
was arrested last night for compli-
city in recent %robberies of Aberdeen
stores, his pal, Hayes. having been
arrested the day before. The room
of the men was searched and a full
outfit of burglar tools was found. 1t
is believed here that the men robbed
the %postoffice at Ordway last week.
and that they may be the %perpetrat-
ors of several other burglaries in
northern South Dakota, committed
within the past few weeks. Hayes
claims to have come here from La
Porte, Ind, and says he is a mech
anic by trade. He denies having per-
petrated any of the %robberies, though
he served fifteen days earlier in the
fall on conviction of a petit larceny
charge.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON FIJI.
ING PETITION TO SELL LAND.

State of South Dakota, County of
Dawson, SIS.
In County Court, Oct. 9Th. 1918.
In the matter of the estate OF
Henry Kirfei, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
of Anna Kirfel, administrator. set
ting forth the amount of personal es-
tate hal has come to his hands, and
the disposition thereof; the amount
of debts outstanding against said de-
ceased, and a description of all the
real estate of which said de-
ceased died siezed, and the con-
dition and value of the res
pective portions thereof; and pray
ing that license be to him granted
to sell certain real estate belonging
to said estate, which petition is now
on file. And it appearing, by said
petition, that there is not sufficient
personal estate in the hands of said
administrators to pay said debts, and
that it is necessary. in order to pay
the same, to sell the whole of said
real estate;
1t is ordered, that all persons in
terested in said estate, appear before
the judge of this court, on Saturday
the Sth day of November, 1913, at
10 o'clock a. m. at the County Court
room in the court house in Mitchell
in said county, then and there to
show cause (if any there be) why
an order should not be granted to
said Anna Kirfel, administrators, to
sell said real estate according to the
prayer of said petition.
And it is further ordered, that a
copy of this order be published for
four successive weeks prior to said
day of hearing, in the Mitchell Cap
ital a weekly newspaper printed and
published at Mitchell in said county,
and personally served on all persons
interested in said estate, residing in
said county. at least ten days before
said day OF hearing.
Dated at Mitchell, S. d., the Sth
day of October. 1913.
By the court.
O. G. THOMPSON,
Judge of the County Court
Attest:
S. CATTRELL,
Clerk of the County Court.
(SEAL)
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
SUMMONS.

State of South Dakota, County of
Dawson, SIS.
In Circuit Court, Fourth Judicial
Circuit.
NJ. I. Turney, plaintiff. VS.. Leo
Fix, James Fix, Charles Fix, Frank
Fix. Margaret Carpenter. Mrs. Cal
Irwin and Mrs. j. Harry Green. heirs
of Francis A. Fix, deceased. and the
unknown executors, or administrat-
ors of Francis A. Fix, deceased. and
the unknown creditors of Francis A.
Fix, deceased. and all persons I'M
known who have or claim to have
any estate or interest in lien or in
cumbrance upon the premises des-
cribed in the complaint, defendants
The State of South Dakota sends
greeting: To the above named de
PENDANTS: You, and each of You. are
hereby summoned and required to
answe the complaint of the plaintiff
which was filed in the office OF the
clerk of the circuit court at the court
house in Mitchell, Dawson county.
South Dakota. on the 10Th day of
October, 1913, and which prays for
Il JUG lHeill quietllS tuc llllS w anu
determination of all adverse claims
against the premises described in the
complaint and which are situated in
said Dawson county. and described as
follows: to-wit: Lot Eight (S) in
block eighty-four (S4) of John Law.
ler's addition to the city of Mitchell,
in Dawson county, South Dakota and
to serve a copy of your answer to
said complaint upon the subscribers
at their office in Mitchell, Dawson
county, South Dakota, within thirty
days after the completed service OF
this summons upon you, exclusive OF
the day of such service and if you
fail to answer said complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief de-
manded in the complaint.
No personal judgment is asked in
this action against any defendant fol
costs or otherwise.
Dated this 18th day of October
1913.
sPANGLER & HANEY.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
QUANTITY OF O
is SOLD IN POTTER

Gettysburg, S. D.-A buyer for a
Sioux City house who has just ceas-
ed the buying of stock throughout
Potter county for the season, reports
that during the season he purchased
from the farmers and stock raisers
of the county hogs. cattle and 9TH
'er stock for which he paid them an
aggregate of $4,000. AS he was
only one of a number of buyers who
were transacting business in Potter
county during the season, it proves
that even during this year of poor
grain crops the farmers of the county
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
Saved His Foot.

H. d. Ely, of Bantam, O., suffered
from horrible ulcer on his foot for
four years. Doctor advised amputa-
ton, but he refused and reluctantly
tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a last
resort. He then wrote: II used your
salve and my foot was soon complete
~ cured" Best remedy for burns.
cuts, bruises and eczema. Get a box
today. Only Csc. All druggists or
by mail. II. E. Bucklen & Co., Phila-
,delphia and st. Louis.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
DAKOTA CLAIMANT
LOST IN WILL CASE

Cambridge. Mass.-Gilbert, A.
Pevey, master in the case, today filed
in the supreme court a final report
declaring Fresno Dan" Russell the
rightful claimant for his share OF
half million dollars in the Daniel
Russell estate. Fresno Dan" says
the master. is unquestionably Daniel
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06

Blake Russell. the long lost son of
Daniel Russell. Dakota DAN the
rival claimant from Dickinson, N. d..
was declared to be James Delbert
Russell. The master calls the atten-
ton of the court to the testimony
given by two witnesses for the Da-
kota claimant, which were said To be
grossly false.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
Arranged by table, the enrolment
figures follows. The socialist and
prohibition voters are not included.

The enrolment books will be open
at the office of the county auditor un-
til January l, 1914, when any voters
who has failed to register may do SO.
This includes voters in the city Of
Mitchell as we'll as the outlying dis
tricts.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06

emergency warrants to pay current
expense?
Trusting you will favor me with
your truthful answer of simply Yes
or No to the foregoing questions, /
am,
Yours very truly.
"R. O, RICHARDS"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
" Total resources $1.9s1.3s1.1s

" Apparent deficit ..$413.e4S.7S.'
Eighth: Upon inquiry. did you
find that these facts were furnished
to me by the State Auditors office?
Are the same substantially correct
according to the records of said Of
flee and not misrepresentation and
false?
emergency warrants due October LIST
1913 extended to April LIST 1914 at
5h per cent?
'Tenth: If the estimated deficit
occurs. have you not to issue more
had a good source of income.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-06
$2,3e5,o29.s5
Resources

$2,395,U29.65
Resources
{" One mill state tax $1,195,455.24
{" Cash in gen. fund
July l.. 1918 800. 8~35,925.S9
miscellaneous gen.
fund collections out
side of taxes (esti-
mated) ......... 400 100000
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-13
THE TURNING POINT
! 49,. BY H. M. Egbert.

BY +. M. Egbert.
! Jim. Washington, the porter, went
70 the door OF his car. Upon the plat
form of the next car another porter
stood, snatching a few inhalations
from cigarette. -.-
''Howdy, Joe," said Jim. Your car
pretty fufl?"' =. 81. .rs
! Joe drew in cloud and flung the
stump away. Mostly women" he
said. 'How's yours?"
"Tolerab1e, jim answered. "Say,
Joe, there's a girl in Section 2 been
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-13

handkerchief into its bulgIng con-
tents; she drew out a clean one,
powder puff, and a pad with a little
pencil attached, and began to write.
81 should not have left you if you
had been frank with me, WILL" she
wrote. What l cannot forgive is
She stopped and stared out into the
driving rain. ct was because l al
ways believed in you," she continued.
But the letter was tear-spotted, and
she tore it into strips. and watched
them 1Utter out into the storm. They
followed the car awhile, flying pack
of haunting memories. She would not
write that letter. She had written
one, and Will would find it when he
returned to New York the following
morning at eight o'clock.
Two men were seated in the smok-
ing car. One was about five and thir-
ty years of age; he might have been
an accountant or bank cashier, for he
had the alert air of one who is in the
deadly struggle of commercial life.
The other lolled heavily in his seat,
scanning the first man with furtive
persistence. Suddenly he leaned for
ward, curious smile upon his mouth.
Aren't you the paying teller of the
Merchants and Brokers' over in
Brooklyn" he inquired. 81 ask be-
cause you said it was a pity there
was no way of catching return train
to New York by tomorrow morning.
1 thought maybe you were on a week
end vacation. Pm sure I've got you
right. My names Phil Graves. used
to have an account with you"
The other seemed stunned by the
recognition. 81 used-to be there"
he answered, his voice quavering
slightly. He wanted to go out, but
felt that the other suspected him. of
something. 1t seemed hours before
his acquaintance rose, with a nod,
and that same curious smile. Then
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-12-13
THE Line Was Strewn With Frag-
ments of the Wreck.


crying ever since 1 come on at Spring
field. l reckon she left her fellow be-
hind Well, l reckon business will be
better next month, when the regular
crowd starts north" ,...
Only the porter had observed the
girl in Section, 2, for she was at the
end Of the car. EIilda Mercer opened
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-05

that was about to forget to say that
a great proportion Of the two-horse
cultivators in the west are equipped
with umbrellas or canvas tops that
enable the farmer not only to ride
while he does his work. but to sit In
the shade while he works!
Nor need we delude ourselves with
the idea that we cannot have these two
to four horse plows. harrows. and
cultivators In the south about as gen.
orally as in the north. There are
mountainous sections, of course, where
the land is too rough; but the fact Is
that even in our coastal plain regions
, where the land Is as level as dane
ing floor, 1t Is no uncommon sight, In
springtime to see six men p!owing q
horse apiece. And perhaps you Will
find these same farm owners complain
ing of the scarcity Of labor" when
they are already using twice as much
labor as they need" -.... (
II our southern farmers who have
from four to twenty horses will quit
doing one-horse farming-that Is to
say, quit one-horse implements-and II
the farmers who have only one horse
will use every opportunity for coop
Grating with their neighbors in buying
the large two to four-horse plows. cul-
tivators, etc.. for joint use and owner
ship, we may soon learn to make as
much profit as the western farmers
make and to do It with as little mus
cular labor.
But we can never do It with the one
horse system and the one-crop sys-
tem-Progressive Farmer. s
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-05
Truth and Error.-Verily, there is

Truth and Error.-Verily, there Is
nothing so true that the damps of er-
ror have not warped 1t. Verify, there is
nothing so false that a sparkle of truth
Is not in It, For the enemy, the father
Of lies, the giant Upas Of creation, can
but pervert the good. but may not
create the evil. He destroyeth, but
cannot build; for he is not an antago-
nistic deity. Mighty in his stolen pow
er, yet he Is creature and a subject;
not a maker of abstract wrong, but a
spoiler of concrete right. The fiend
not a royal crown; he Is but a prowl-
ing robber. suffered for some mysteri-
Gus end to haunt the kings highway.
And the keen sword he beareth once
was a simple plowshare. His panoply
Of error Is but distortion Of the truth.
The sickle that once reaped righteous
ness, beaten from it's useful surve with
ak, and spike, and bar, headeth the
marauder's halbert. Seek not further,
o man. to solve the dark riddle of sin;
suffice it that thine own bad heart Is
to thee thine origin Of evil-Martin
Farquar Tupper.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-05
Aalauroas department.

Gaining Strensth.-"Well. George"
said Georgia man not long ago to an
old darkey in his employ, Il under
stand that you intend to give your son
an education"
Oats my intention, sah," responded
George. II knows myself what tits to
struggle along widout larnin' an ] has
determined my son amt goin' to have
no such trouble as rs had"
rs your son learning rapidly?"
He shore Is, sub. Las week he done
wrote lettah to his aunt what lives
morn twenty miles from yere, an af-
terwhile he's going to write to his aunt
dat lives bout fifty miles from yere."
why doesn't he write to that aunt
now?" smilingly asked the employer
He kain't write so fur yit. sab. He
kin write twenty miles fust rate, but
/ told him not to try fifty miles till ne
gifts strongah wifi his pen."