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this hard hour.
Very sincerely yours,
Frances A. Wade"
35 SHRINERS
ARE INITIATED
MOBILES or MYSTIC SHRINE
HOLD SUCCESSFUL MEETING
IN SfOeX FALLS.

Sioux Falls, S. D.-From far and
near singly and in groups MOBILES OF
the Mystic Shrine flocked to Sioux
Falls yesterday and enjoyed the hos
pitality OF Eel Riad temple and the
ceremonial session which was the
climax OF the days Festivities. The
ceremonial was the best attended OF
any in the history of Ell Riad and Il
class of IS candidates was initiated.
One of the features of the day was
the Arab patrol of Abu Bekr temple
AT Sioux City. The patrol with about
100 Shriners from the Iowa city ar
rived at noon and in the afternoon
gave drills in Phillips avenue before
large crowds of spectators who gen
erously applauded the splendid work
of the patrol in fancy drills. The gor-
geous gold braided uniforms of the
patrol added much to the gaiety of
the scene and enhanced the enter
tainment of the drill.
The Il Rad band was on the scene
early, meeting all of the trains with
the entertainments committee and
escorting the arriving Shriners to the
Masonic temple where the recorder
had his headquarters.
Nearly every city in the state was
represented, while Sioux City. Seat
tie. Omaha, Chicago, Cedar Rapids
and other cities had delegates at the
ceremonial and were highly pleased
| with the manner in which iIl Riad
gave the work and provided enter
~tainn1ent in its program. Early in
the morning the red feEes became
conspicuous in the streets and to-
wards evening the city was in the
hands OF the Oriental band that came
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-19
SAYS NEIGHBOR TRIED
TO L o UP HOUSE

Lead, S. D.-Charging that j. H.
Ellis attempted to blow up the home
of l.. G. Richards, the latter caused
Ellis arrest and the matter is be-
ing investigated by the authorities.
Both families live near Terry. Mrs.
Richards was preparing a meal and
after putting some kindling in the
stove went outside. A few minutaes
tier the house was partly demolish-
ed by an explosion. Richards claims
that he later examined other sticks
of wood and found powder secreted
in it. He alleges that Ellis threat
ened to blow the Richards family
down the gulch.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-19
COUNTY VOTES
ON OLD LAWS
1912 MEASURES SUBMITTED IN
GREGORY COUNTY AND NO
ONE KNOWS THE DIE
FERENCE.

Dallas. S. D.-Eithcr in the way
of a deliberate hoax, or through an
Official blunder of some kind, four
adopted at the 1912 election were
enormously submitted to the voters
of Gregory county as part of the re-
ferred measures in the 1914 election
1t is supposed that the error. or de-
liberate substitution occurred in this
ounty in some
One of the special ballots sent out
to the various polling places in this
county contained the Richards pri-
mary law, the headlight law, and
the herd law and the county seat law
all of these being 1912 proposals,
and none of them legally up for con-
sideration in 1914. This ballot was
dated November 3. 1914.
A large percentage of the voters
registered either in favor of or in
opposition to these "phoney" meas
ures. In view of the fact that the
Richards law pulled out a large ma
here two years ago1it is rath-
er interesting to observe that it fail
ed to pass this time by a vote of 1855
Ito 937. The headlight law, now in
operation, was the only one of the
four old measures that found favor.
IT passed by q vote Of 119 TO $50.
This bogus ballot in Gregory
county took the place of the special
ballot submitting the question of
calling a constitutional convention.
1t has been impossible to learr
here whether other counties had q
similar experience or whether the
ballot error was merely a local con-
dition. In any event the incident
probably stands out as M of the
greatest iokers ever occurring in a
South Dakota campaign.
Voters knew that a new primary
law was being submitted at the re-
cent election (the Coffey petition
|law), and for that reason did not
recognize the Richards measure as
an Intrusion on the ballot.
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kIMBALL

kimball, S. D.-L. G. Cpnant. for
merly proprietor and owner of the
Kimball Hotel in this city, who early
in the fall rented his hotel here to
j. O. Loft, has purchased an inter-
est in a garage at Harrington, Neb.
and moved with his family to the
above named place.
Promoters of the Sioux Falls and
Western Ry. appear to mean bust
ness agaip. Geo. Schlosser, of Sioux
Falls wayshere this week enroute to
Biiou Hills in the interests of the
right of way purchase etc. The pro-
posed line runs west and "a little
south from Sioux Falls to Parkston,
thence to Armour stopping at Wheel
er. 1t is proposed to run a branch
line from Parkston through the south
tier of townships in Aurora and
Brule counties and then terminate
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-19
10 PRESERVE
AMERICAN SONG
Washington Gardner, commandcr-ln-
Chief, Makes Plea That II Be Kept
Honored by All as American
National Anthem.

Detroit.-A plea fer the perpetual
ton of THE Star-Spansled Banner as
the American anthem. without alloy.
was made %fervently by Washington
Gardner, commandments of the
Grand Army of the Republic, in his
address before the forty-eighth ma
tional encampment of that organiza-
ton here.
He urged the old soldiers to join in
a movement to pay special honor to
this song, and to discountenance the
practice of playing it in medley with
such "lippant and comparatively
meaningless ditties' as Yankee
Doodle" and When Johnnie Comes
Marching Home
He said there was something in
spring in an audience rising and
standing uncovered at the majestic
strains of the national anthem, but it
was "incongruous, bordering even on
the ludicrous," for the band to strike
up some other national air in medley
with this, and to observe the audience
resume sitting in IAN irregular, half
ashamed manner" 1t were better net
to rise ct all when the national hymn
is played in medley, he said.
A recommendation that permanent
Headquarters for the G. A. r.. be estab-
lished in Washington was another
point of his address. Chicago and
Philadelphia had been proposed, but
he preferred the national capital. and
thought that if possible the necessary
space should be secured in a govern
ment building where the officers could
keep closely in touch with matters be
fore congress which affected the
Grand army.
A standing committee of seven per
snrs. with the commander-in.chief ant
ad5utaut general of the G. A. r. as OK
ofHcio members. he also recomuenGed
principally fer the purpose Of taking
charge Of ali Legislation which had thf
enforcement of the order. He sale
that such & committee would "concen
trate responsibility. reduce expsrst
ord give premise Of better results.
Tie present membership, in goot
standing, was reported as 171.3S5
Curing the wear the roll was curtailee
D. the dFath of Hist cid soldiers
III rctwith standing this large figure
I is Isl less than died during tn,
preceding yer
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-19
CHARITY NEAR
HOME is PLEA
MANY MITCHELL PEOPLE CoN-
TRIBUTING TO RELIEF OF
OKLAHOMA SUFFERERS.

Their farms devastated by
thoughts of the past sumner and
their homes ~burdened by the con-
quences of the terrible CONFLICT i'll
Europe, many of the poor people of
Oklahoma are in need of speedy re
lief.
According to q letter received by
Mrs. II. A. Kelley from a crippled
woman over 70 years of age, and
printed below, among the poorer
classes of this southern state actual
! want is approaching and only by
the generosity of Others can actual
starvation be avoided. Her letter is
endorsed by the governor of Okla
homa.
Preparations are already under
way in Mitchell for an early response
TO the appeal. A car has been provid-
cd by the Omaha road, in which Of
feriLgs may be sent, and religious
and philanthropic organizations are
making plans to pack he car and
sond it on November %. The base
Istr; Of tho Episcopal, Presbyterian
congregational, Methodist and Bap-
list churches will be temporary de
POTS for supplies, food, clothing, toys
and whatever will bring cheer or
comfort,
The letter Of appeal follows:
"Dougherty, Okla, Oct. 5, 1914.
NV Dear Friend:
My heart turns to you this orr
i2e in our hour OF distress. Tn
doubteGiv you have had your heart
ard mind fun, of the terrible distress
in Europe and may not have read
what distress is visiting the South
west or. the cotton growing states.
owing to this terrible war and the
consequent rise of prices of provis-
ions and no sale for the splendid
cottcn crops.
1.-THE drought that visited this
section in July added terror to the
situation, burning our gardens all
Up leaving no vegetables at all. irish
potatoes everyone rotted, there are
just a few sweet potatoes and they
our last and only hope are
rotting fast. Butter can not be
ad for love " money. there isn't
a particle of fruit of any description,
salt pork is twenty-three cents a
pound and away beyond the reach
OF these poor people. Consequently
many of them are living on bread
aud .molasses CIR corn bread and
( ESSHS, SsaSoHSu With luio NV u
rancid compound lard.
Surrounding Dougherty and in
IIougherty the people are all poor
What we call renters. They do not
possess an incl of land and the
houses on these rented farms are
last as poor as you can think. Some
have no floors but the earth. some
no windows, and some only one and
only one or two rooms, with such
great families sleeping on the noor
c. in any way-sometimes three and
four in a little bed.
elm the spring these people NOR
gaged their crop of cotton, teams
and tools in order to live through
the summer and now, with these
debts hanging over them, and the
<, banks threatening to close down on
j these mortgages, they will be left
without one cent TO face a hard win
ter and starvation, because they can
not sell their splendid crops OF cot
ton, owing to this terrible a Many
. of these men are notified to get Off
the land and that leaves them in q
terrible shape. And here in Dough-
erty there isn't a person to lend q
helping hand"
J am pleading fn- ~batoTe- ycu
ca interest oihers to do for US in
Al-g
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department 50 as to allow the ship
ment Of cattle into the state from
non-infecteh districts for immediate
slaughter. The packing companies at
Sioux Falls complained that they
could not get cattle from Minnesota
under the ruling, and this modifica-
tion allows them to ship in stock
for immediate slaughter as long as
1t comes from a district which has
not shown any infection.
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at Biiou Hills.

at Bijou Hills.
Geo. O.. Randell and Miss Rose
Bainey, both prominent people OF
Ola twp. were married yesterday at
Chamberlain.
Geo. O. Mashek and Miss Anna
Thompson of this city were married
at Chamberlain. They will make
their home on a farm neal here.
A new organization has Just
started here under the name of the
Kimball Literary Society. They ex-
pect to hold meetings twice a month
in the interests of its members. Pa
pers and addresses will be taken up
for discussion on travel, history, lit
erature and current events.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-19
STATE LIBRARY WORKS.

Pierre, S. D.-The annual report
of the state free library commission
is out and being distributed, showing
brary stations for the first year of the
existence of the commission. end the
circulation of over eight thousand
volumes. The commission will also
supply any book in its list by parcel
most to points where no circulating
libraries is located.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-19
GIRL FALLS IN BARN;
STRIKES FORK ANDLE

Sisseton, S. D.-AThe twelve-year-
old daughter of J. A. LaLacheur. a
Roberts county farmer, while play
ing in the haymow of her fathers
barn. lost her balance and fell to the
flonr below, in her fight strikine n
fork-handle, which penetrated her
abdomen, Her condition is critical.
That she was not instantly killed is
considered little less than a miracle.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-19
NOTICE
State of South Dakota,

q Va CSutI blh ii, n".m M
County of Dawson, SIS.
In County Court, Special Novem-
Der Term, 1914.
In the matter of the Estate OF
John G. Mccartney, Deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends
greeting, To Retta Mccartney and
Henrietta E. Mccartney, heirs at law
and mex of kin of John G. Mozart
ney, deceased, and to all to whom
these presents may come.
Notice is hereby given. that Retta
Mccartney has filed with the Judge
of this Court, a petition praying for
Letters of Administration of the
estate of John G. Mccartney, de-
ceased, and that Thursday, the 10th
day of December. 1914, at 10 o'clock
a. M, of said day, being a day of
a regular term of this court, tc-wit:
of the special December term, 1914.
at the court room of this court in the
Court House, in the City of Mitchell,
County of Dawson. has been set for
hearing said petition, when and
where any person interested may an
pear and show cause why the said
petition should not be granted.
Dated at Mitchell, South Dakota,
this 18th day of November. 1914.
o. G. THOMPSON,
Judge of County Court.
A marriage license was issued this
morning to Harold w. Wilson and
Miss Nellie Newman, both of Mitch
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Book ON THE PAhAMA-PAclFlc INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION AND PANAMA CANAL MAILED FREE.

IA HANDSOME book OF sixty pages protusey Illustrated In coiors nd giving de-
: In San Francisco from reb. 20 to Dec u l95 M of The Panama cana and
region will be mailed bY the Exposition rec of charge to al mqurers The
is Intended FOR prospecuvew visitors AM will also contafui information concern
Ing the great enginetsmg feat hitch IN Exposition is to- celebrate Write to- the
Manager, Bureau of Publications. Panama-Pachc nternaGoha Exposition EXPOSE
ton Bnfdng San Fratasco. fH booklet %M&% - ~ #M
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1RIEs accompanying photograph was taken of the Palace Of Agriculture
before the Esplanade wa given the asphalt pavement which 1t now
u has. THIS facade of the Palace of Agriculture looks ont upon the
Marina md the waters of San Francisco bay
The outside height of this building is ninety-six feet It Is $40 by 63 feet
and WIS erected at a cos of S425Gl0s The opening It the left opens on the
Courtof the Universe one Of the architectural wonders of the entire Exposition.
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A marriage license was issued this
morning to Harold w. Wilson and
Miss Nellie Newman, both of Mitch
The Keota news., 1914-12-04
VALUE OF FARM CROPS
RECORD IN COLORADO THIS
YEAR SET At $1o3, 1000 900.
Statistics Compiled From Government
Reports Show increase Of $751;
100000 Over 1918 Output.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-For the first time In the
history Of the state the crop output OF
Colorado exceeded $lOO.O00,o0o. ac-
cording to statistics compiled bs the
greater Colorado bureau OF the Den
yer. Chamber Of Commerce.
Figures given in the repeyt were
compiled from the government crop
report by officials OF railroads and
county officers of the state. The out
put at current prices as given by the
report is }103.0o0.000. That Is an In
crease over last year OF $15,0OO.ooo.
The report includes figures on poui-
try and dairy products.
The following gains are claimed by
the report:
New land put under cultivation In
1914, $4,000 acres.
New families located in Colorado
exclusive of Denver, 1900. less $500
reported moved out, leaves net gain OF
$500.
"Ten per cent increase In value OF
livestock output reported, giving TO-
tai this year Of $53.500.00O.
Reports from mineral counties IN
dicate the coming on of a strong re-
vival in mining. but this years output
Is placed little, II any, above that OF
last year.
Increase in value Of farm property.
$22 100000.
The report says that wool. which 10
usually included in the agricultural
output, is not included in the figures
given. Colorado, for the first time.
produced all the turkeys and poultry
used In the Thanksgiving trade. The
crops and total figures are given be-
low. Those marked with q star are
taken from government crop, reports:
The Keota news., 1914-12-04
Money in Pushing the Pigs for
Early Maturity.
No Farm Animal More Fully Apprs-
eiates Pure Water Than Swine
Provide Plenty of Range
Keen Yards Sanitary.

Movable hog houses have come TO
stay.
Early maturity decreases the risk
from disease.
The pir's bed is Of as much impof-
tance as his food.
The breed is Of less importance
than the surroundings.
It 1oes not-pay to allow pigs TO run
through = wet pasture.
Bran is an excellent substitute fof
succulence In the sow's ration.
It Is q poor idea to think that any
one breed is free from disease.
A liberal feeding OF roots 10 ene
brood sows insures healthy pigs.
Thousands Of young pigs are annu'
ally lost through lack OF exercise.
To be successful man must %
particular with his breeding stock.
The cost Of the product Is lessened
by pushing the pigs for early ma
turity.
Glover is our cheapest hog food. ana
every farmer should plan to use all
he can.
Health is natural. disease is unnat'
ural. heath IL contagious as well -
disease.
To make hogs profitable we must
provide plenty Of range. that we may
keep their yards clean and sanitary.
A successful hog grower must 90
this thinking for himself after ne
reads the writings Of other hog-grow'
ers.
Maintaining . steady gain in weight
and q high degree Of health are two
secrets Of success In making pork
cheaply.
The loss Of condition at weaving
time may be greatly reduced II the
The Keota news., 1914-12-04
FALL CLEANING OF ORCHARD
Cut Out the Trees Of Small Value and
Use for Firewood-keep Live
Stock Out In Winter.

This is a god time to clean out the
orchard. In the older sections there
are orchards in which many Of the
trees are of little or no value, ex-
cept for firewood. Cut them ont and
make cordwood Of the things that
have been a source of disappointment
rather than profit. Plant standard
varieties in their stead. Windstorms
may have injured orchards badly. Tho
broken limbs should be taken out,
the wounds covered with . thick paint
and the brush gathered into punches
and burned.
Plum trees suffer more from injury
occasioned by windstorms than apple
trees. Cut the tops back more or less
while the trees are small to correct
this weakness. Burn brush heaps and
piles Of rubbish wherever they win
harbor rabbits. which are q natural
enemy to the orchard. Don't allow
any live stock inside the orchard in
winter. Sheep and horses are worse
than rabbits, because they will eat
the trees as well as the bark.
The Keota news., 1914-12-04
FARMERS ARE GREAT MOVERS
Flsurss Show Thst Many Asrieuitur.
Ises Move Before They Become
Acquainted Wlth Farms.

Statistics prepared under tho diree-
ton Of the department OF commerce
show that farmers are incessantly
moving.
Replies from nearly 100000 farm
ers in answer TO the question how
long they had resided upon their
farms showed that So per cent had
moved within five years. Over 1.000.-
600 farmers had moved within year.
In the North. 81 per cent had lived
upon their farms I'VE years or longer;
in the West. A per cent, and in the
South. Al per cent.
These figures are significant. In tho
opinion of the government authori-
ties, because they show that farmers
move before they have had time to
become acquainted with the various
conditions Of the soil and climate of
any one locality, this lack of knowl-
edge resulting in small yield OF
crops per acre, in neglect Of buildings.
and in failure to conserve the fertility
of the soil. Still. nothing can be done
about the matter until some way ca3
be found to eradicate the rowing geru1
in human nature.
The Keota news., 1914-12-04
LADDER THAT IS MADE SAFE
Clear scantIino, Secured by Screws,
Not Nails, Makes Strong and
Handy Farm Device.

The ordinary ladder made by nail
ing strips on a piece Of scantling Al
ways becomes dangerous in time. -
the nails are weakened by weight or
rust. A good ladder is made - shown
in the illustration. The sides should
be clear scantling two by four without
knots.
A notch one inch deep should -
The Keota news., 1914-12-04
Plan Dry Land to se Garden.

Burlington.-A plan which. II 1t
succeeds. will make the dry farming
region bloom like q garden was set in
operation when Louis Vogt Of Burling-
ton filed Incorporation articles for the
Kit Carson Well and Irrigation Com
pany in Denver. The company is a
cooperative organization of about 100
farmers and business men who hope
to irrigate the dry farms by system
Of six-foot wells and bucket pumps.
The experiment will be tried along
dry valleys.
The Keota news., 1914-12-04

pigs have been accustomed to supple
mentary foods.
While the hog is considered the
most filthy of animals, yet no kind Of
animal appreciates pure water more
than the hog.
Better send the pigs 10 bed hungry
than to send them into q wet nest
with full stomach. The results arc
the same and the cost less.
1t will pay any hog-grower to dip
all Of his growing pigs, at least once
q month. to keep their skin in good
condition ind free from lice.
In economical pig-feeding we must
make the most of our grain feeds by
mingling them with coarse cheap
foods. thereby reducing the cost Of
the ration.
Every change in feeding should be
gradual and with an eye open to note
the results. It is no more our mis-
sion to keep the hogs healthy than It
IL to plan our equipment 80 that they
may keep themselves so.
The Keota news., 1914-12-04
II. Game; Football Cut In Two.

Tie Game; Football Cut In Two.
Colorado Springs.-A peculiar thing
happened at the end Of the Mines Z.
C. football game here. The contest
ending in tie. the football was cut
in two and each captain received q
half. It is football custom for the
winning captain to retain the ball as
souvenir.
The Keota news., 1914-12-04

Seed for Wheat Crop.
The better you seed wheat, the bet.
ter your crop next year. It il a great
mistake to SOW small, shrunken Of
otherwise detective seed.
The Keota news., 1914-12-04
Ladder That 10 8aSe.

Ladder That % 8afo.
made where the cross pieces are fast
ened and these should be secured By
one-half inch screws, not nails. That
makes very strong and light ladder
and will last indefinitely.
Selection Of Dairy Cow.
A reliable guide in selecting dairy
COW 10 to determine her actual butter
tat record. This can be done b
Weighing the milk produced BY each
COW in your herd and by determining
the per cent Of butter fat through fre-
quent tests Of the milk by means q
the Babcock test