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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03
PLAN HOME COMING
Sioux Falls Working on Plan for ceis
bration.

Sioux Falls.-When South DakOtans.
either present or former residents Of
The state. now or in the territorial
days, come to Sioux Falls next June
for the statehood jubilee and the big
celebration of the Homecoming asso-
ciaticn or the Pioneer Settlers asso-
citation, they will attend n of the
most significant events in the history
Of the state. Preparations are well I'M
der way by the Sioux Falls CONNER
cial club to make the twenty-fifth ami
versary celebration memorable anu
consideration is being given to sew
eral plans for the entertainment ~
thousands of people during the week.
The exact dates have not yet been de
cided upon, but will probably occur
about the middle of June.
A prize of $40 in gold was offered
recently by the Commercial club to
the South Dakotan who would fur
nish the most acceptable design for
a souvenir badge of the states silver
jubilee. Today was the last day when
such designs We're to be received in
'ht NVi.iptAatibi Nv ny a 4
Il dozen had beer submitted.
Those who have submitted designs
for the badge are Walter Neil, city:
MAY Smith Gill. city: O. G.. Enge-
bretson, Sherman: Carl Brandt, city:
G. Finney Briggs, city: F. +. WOrs-
WIKI. city: l.. +. Allen, Buffalo Gap:
II. 3 Hultin, Humboldt; Colonel &.
a. b. Fox, city: Mrs. Edison Williams.
city: G. o. Langendorfer, city, and
Cara Thompson. city.
The choice will be made and the
prize winner decided at a meeting Of
the board of directors OF the club III
the near future. The design accepted
will probably be made up in the form
OF a medallion badge of the celebration
homecoming.
An informal meeting of the board
OF directors will be called within the
next day or two to consider further
plans for entertainments to be ar
ranged for the jubilee. Nothing def
mite was arrived at during the meeting
yesterday afternoon.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

~
ing atmospheric nitrogen. so a power
full factor in the amelioration OF the
land is absent.
A large proportion of the wheat
grown in the South Central district OF
Russia is exported to England and
Germany from the port Of Odessa by
steamers which reach that port with
cargoes CT coal. On several occasions,
on the journey from Moscow TO the
Crimea, we saw a dead pig CnVeloped
in burning straw, and learned that the
pig. as soon as killed, is placed on
straw, which is then set fire to in or
der to burn the animals hair. After
the desOlate and m~OnotOnous coun-
try Of the wheat producing district,
one was most favorably impressed by
the Crimea. The Crimea may be said
TO be the wine and fruit producing dis
trict for the whole Of Russia. and at
the moment | am writing these lines
(April 2T) the vines are just COM
mencing TO shoot. The Crimea is es-
sentially a land of hills, and it is on
these hillsides hat the vines are
grown. Cereals are produced only in
small Quantities-the climate is too
dry and the soil 90 rocky to permit OF
extensive operations in this line. A
little wheat and Oats are grown, and
occasionally one sees a field OF rye
already bursting into ear, while far
up the hillsides orchards with fruit
.trees-apple. pear, apricot. plum
laden with blossom. throw their per.
fumes far over the land.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

this common land the whole Of the
cattle and sheep of the village are
paStured together. looked OTTER by one
OF the villagers. and the mixed stock
presented a remarkably pretty sight.
On the large farms horses are largely
employed for blowing, and one often
saw a young foal following its mother
patiently UP and down the burrows.
y noteworthy point is the entire alb
sence OF hedges-as far as the eye
can reach, field after field stretches
away with mOnCtOnOus regularity,
often not so much as a single tree
breaking the uninteresting landscape.
Comparatively little Of the cereal
straw is stored up, bat most of it
is burnt in the engines driving the
threshing machines. Where farming
is practised on so extensive a scale as
IN the wheat-grcwing districts of Rus
STA, the farmer naturally is unable to
have his servants under his eye, and
cases are on record of farm labOrers
carting the corn to their own stand
ings instead of those OF their employ
er. The absence OF any organized Sys-
tenn Of manuring the fields is all the
more evident after one has passed
through the rich agricultural district
OF Eastern Austria. In Russia. | have
it on the authority of an eyewitness
that a certain heap Of manure exists
Of the age OF no less than sixty years,
and re steps are ever taken to dis
tribute it over the fields. Again, the
peasants actually use their manure in
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03
Fest at ~prookinQ3.

BroOkings.-The BrookinSs Com.
mercial club and the Civic league. the
Wonlen's auxiliary, entertained the
college faculty, students and employees
the men at the opera house and the
women AZ the commercial club rooms.
It was called a get together fest"
Two hundred members OF the club and
the college men, from president to the
teamstcr, completely filled the opera
house TO the doors. The Brookings
orchestra furnished the music and
Charles +. Hail acted as chairmaI.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03
Claims for Lost Goods.

Picrre.-The state railway commits
sion calls attention Of all shippers in
the state that the railway companies
have waived their right to the four.
claims for lost or damaged goods in
freight shipments. But such claims
must be filed not later than the first OF
April. After thar date the four-month
rule will be strictly enforced, and the
present action is only to allow these
who were not aware OF the rule. having
allowed the time TO make claims to
lapse. But the rule will apply to all
claims for such loss or damage after
the first Of next month.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

went out in Il sailing boat alone at an
English seaside resort. He took good
care that his departure in the boat was
we'll noticed by people in the vicinity,
Next morning the boat was found dis
mantled and tossing on The waves
empty. He had disappeared.
His hat and other personal effects
were found floating on the water, but
no trace Of the man could be found,
and the relatives conveniently as.
sIMsd that he had been drowned and
claimed the insurance money. The in
surance company, however, refused to
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03
TREES WARD OFF HEAT AND COLD

,. Don't overcrowd trees in plant
ing.
>. Don't plant trees in straight lines.
4. Don't plant shade or ornamental
trees in anything except good soil.
). Don't plant a tree in a bowl
shaped hole that is deeper il the CEN
ter than elsewhere.
6, Don't forget to cut OF all mangled
or broken roots.
7. Don't fail to apply a mulch to a
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

Aberdeen-The state regents of ed
ucation held a two days session al
the Northern Normal and Industrial
school here, in which they took up
numerous routine subjects, including
numerous improvements at the school
in the way of new walks, etc, accepted
President George w. Nash's rcsigna.
ton. effective August /, at which time
he will so to Bellingham. Wash, 10
take up the work of president Of the
normal school there, but postponed
clecting DR.. Nash's successor and the
other members Of the normal school
faculty until the next meeting Of the
board at Nermillion.
The course in agriculture at the nor.
NAL, recently ~inaugurated by the board
to start with the school year next Sep
TENDER. was recommended by Pres.-
dent Nash and adopted by the regents.
1t includes: A course of four years o!
16 weeks each. The year is divided BY
having the holiday vacation separate
the W terms. The first term is one
Of seven weeks. The beginning OF the
course in agriculture will be on Tues.
day, November 8. 1914. The end OF
the first term zones on on December
10. The enrolment days for the sec
ond term will be January 4 and 5, and
the year will close on March y, 1915.
In an address at the assembly pc
Rod. President Hitchcock of the board
OF regents advocated the teaching OF
sex hygiene in the normal schools. in
to deal with the subject.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

the staple crop, and it is from this
cereal that the peasant makes his
bread. The rye is put into the ground
IN September, and thus is able to
make a start before the advent of
the winter snow. early in November.
Between Petersburg and Moscow ag-
riculture is in a primitive condition.
The fields are extremely small and
nave q neglected appearance. while
the houses Of the villagers are in
a dirty condition, the cattle and pigs
In some instances sharing the dwell
ings with their owners The ro-
tatlon here practised is rye, oats
and then fallow, to allow the
land to recover somewhat. Proceed
ing south, however. II finds better
conditions prevailing. The fields be
come larger, wheat takes the place Of
rye, and n gradually enters the enOr-
nous wheat producing district Of
Russia. Passing through this district,
which extends from Kharkof to the
beginning OF the Crimean peninsula,
for hundreds of miles the country, as
far as the eye can reach. is given
over almost entirely to the raising OF
cereal crops The fields are
more than one field stretching for sew
eral miles by the railway line, and
as the whole district is sparsely pop
ulated. the problem at once presents
itself: From where are the landOWn-
ers to obtain an adequate supply Of
labor? They must depend entirely on
the services of the villagers, and as
the latter are quite independent OF
them, they have no power to force
them to work should they be disin-
clined to do SO. An instance OF this
occurred a short time back. A land
lord who owned a farm of 40 ,000 acres
had a fine crop of 900 acres of beets.
When the time arrived for the har-
yesting of these roots the peasants OF
the village-On the excuse that, as
their own harvest was an abundant
one, there was no necessity for them
to wOrk-point blank refused to do
the harvesting OF the beets, and the
whole of the country had to be secured
naturally, at considerable expense
TO procure laborers. Throughout the
extensive cOrn-grOW;ng district re-
ferred to above there is an almost
entire absence Of root crops. with the
exception OF beets, and only a very
small proportion OF the land is under
grass or hay How the stock can
b. maintained under these conditions
through the winter months is difficult
TO understand, but the animals seen
were in poor condition as compared
with the English cattle. The most i'm
portant breed of Russian COW is the
YarOslav, but on the estate where the
writer has been staying the stock con-
sisted Of Jersey cattle, and crosses be
tween these. latter and the YaroSlav are
looked On favorabiy. English pigs,
Yorkshire and Tamworth, are also
kept. Very little stock is kept on the
majority OF Russian farms. AS we'll
as the cereal crops, II frequently
noted fields given e to the raising
OF ~sunflowers. These are reared for
the production Of salad oil. which is
used extensively during Lent, and
the seeds are also eaten largely by
the poorer classes. The farm land OF
a village community is easy TO dis
anguish from that owned By the
landlord, from the fact that the former
is invariably in narrow strips. On
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03
Fair Officers Elected,

Belle Fourche.-At a regular meet.
ing OF the directors Of the Butte Coun-
~ Fair association officers were elect.
ed for 1914. Arrangements are well
along for the 1914 fair, which will be
one OF the biggest and best In the his.
tory Of the organization.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03
Child browns in Ditch.

Milbank-While the parents were
away from home Sunday. the little >.
year-old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Vo.
gel wandered away from his older
brother and sister, fell into a ditch
containing but a foot of water and a
found drowned when finally located au
honr later. All efforts to resuscitate
him proved fr~uitiess.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

making embank-
ments over gullieS,
( II @ 6 @ embank-
ments being ironi-
caliy k wn as
golden bridges"
The Russians de-
pend mainly on
leaving their fields
periodically fallow
for the recupera-
ton Of the soil.
and q certain
mCu OF good is
also effected by the
grazing Of the rye
by the stock in
early spring-the
wheat and oats are
Y put into the
land in the autumn.
and 50 are not
grazed. \ point per-
hapS worth noting
is the fact that lit
tie land is under
~leguminous crops.
which enrich the
soil by virtue OF
their W of fix.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03
FLAY FOR INSURANCE MONEY
COMPANIES Have TO Be Constantly on
the Watch &c Prevent Heavy
Losses Through Swindlers.

One of the lodges that insurance
companies have to guard against Is
that of the man who insures his life
for a large sum and then disappears.
his relatives subsequently claiming the
money.
SOM time ago a man insured him.
SELF foc $4,000. and a month later
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

pay. They made oiligent Inquiries. and
discovered that a man greatly regem-
bling the deceased" had landed on
a not Tar distant island, had caught
the next boat to the mainland, and
mad then taken a passage for America.
The matter came to court, and. owing
to the suspicious { rcumstances, a yer.
dict was found in the co-pany's favor.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

farm the same strip
two seasons run
ming, but a rotation
is praCti5ed where
by each member Of
the village in time
goes over the whole
land of the com
munity. The birth
Of a son is a source
OF great joy on the
part OF u Russian
peasant, for on such
an occasion an extra
grant OK land is
given to him. In
the north CT Russia
wheat S ever
grown. Oats are
produced, but rye is
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

. THEIR grateful
shade trees screen
US from the too
tcrVid heat Of the
sun. They abate
the winds a d
protect from the
chilling blasts of
v winter. Their
leaves prevent the
spread Of germ
laden dust and
help to purify the
air. They encour-
< the birds and
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03
Doors Of Bank Arc Closed.

Pierre-The state banking depart
ment has taken charge OF the FRS.
state bank Of Mcintosh. The book a.
sets are $4,000. The liabilities. out
side of capital stock. are $50. 900. The
failure was due to several years o!
short crops.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

transplanted tree if there is the slight
est danger OF drought.
S. Don't allow trees to be used as
hitching posts.
8. Don't forget that good shade trees
are the result OF intelligent choice and
care.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

The town council has arranged 10
have the chief business street OF
Farmer gna:erially improved this
spring and made one of the best bust
ness th~oroughfares in this part OF the
tate.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

He who plants a tree. he plants love:
Tents OF coolness spreading cut above.
-LarCOm.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03

Trent musicians have organized a
concert band of 20 pieces and will
make It a leading band organization
CT the state.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03
Cambria.

Cambria.
IN what suppositisn could a house
be built with a pocket handkerchief
J. it became brick (cambric).
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-03
MG[RlCUEarUIRZB I'M RUSSIA.

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8*HSryEE a country Of such vast di-
I'm MenslOns as that ruled
A h over by the car. the
~ methods of agriculture
naturally vary
~ N ~ in the different dis
t@%I tricts; but during a visit
SS~ or three weeks duration
F 49, "a visit now just draw
ING to a clOse-I have
been able to see a good
deal or the methods of the Russian
peasant and landowner.
In the Petersburg district scientific
agriculture is practically unknown.
Here the summer is too short TO allow
the successful raising OF crops. and
tlllage is confined to the lands be-
longing to the village communities. In
Russia practically every village IS
state-owned-that is. under the control
OF no landlord, and every village has
within it's bounds "A certain acreage of
common land. The inhabitants of the
village have each one a fixed amount
or TINS land assigned TO them: but. to
avoid favOritism. a peasant does not
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-14
LIBRARY TABLE
(By f.. M. Scott)

Fighting Modern Evils" a good
example of how to treat the delicate
subject of divorce is at hand in
Fighting Modern Evils" book by
Fred S. Miller. Mr.. Miller halls from
Chicago, in which city the divorce
mill is popularity supposed to grind
it's hardest working overtime. What
ever his opportunities for observation
at first hand may have been, the au-
thor has amassed a formidable array
of facts which he presents with evil
dent sincerity and with vigor and in
terest. Students Of social problems
will find much to attract them in
Fighting Modern Evils" which deals
not only with divorce, but with the
affinity and soul-mate, with fake re-
ligious cults, dance halls in our large
cities and the conditions which raise
the question Of a wage law for wom-
en- and children. Besides the facts and
the conclusions to be drawn for them,
the book includes chapters of narra-
tive that read like stories of real life.
"Old Faiths For New" is good exam
pie of these; a delicately reared and
wealthy woman revealing the lures
and sophistries that made her q de-
votee of a Persian sun-cult "The
Child Of Divorce" is another story,
portraying the pathetic experiences of
a young girl whose mother was di-
vorced and remarked. The affinity
subject is also treated In this matter.
The book is cleverly illustrated, espe-
cially SO in the narrative chapters.
(The l.. w. Walter Co., Chicago, $50
pp., 30 Illus, $1.5O.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-14

a CERTIFICATE of proficiency
~ in the domestic arts should be
y given away with each and every
bride, according to II. L. Jones
n wealthy farmer of Geneva, ILL.,, and
that is why he threw in a certificate
for good measure when he gave his
daughter, Millicent, in marriage to
Merton Armagast, of Joliet
Jones idea is based on the old
adage that the way to a mans heart
is through his stomach, and that bad
cooks spoil happy homes. When Mr..
Armagast asked the fathers consent
to the marriage, Mr.. Jones replied:
"You can have my daughter, but not
until she learns to cook"
Whereupon Miss Jones foreswore
social life and went away to a school
of domestic science. The other day
she returned with a diploma in cook
cry. Immediately the couple were
married.
There is more than the germ Of
pretty little romance tucked away in
this entertaining yarn. 1t contains
some wholesome lessons. In the first
place 1t is evident that while Mr.. Jones
entcrtains some practical ideas of
housekeeping and the duties a wife
owes TO her husband. his wife does
not, else there would have been no
need for the belated domestic course
Too many mothers are like her. TOO
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-14

than the American manufacturer can
AFFORD to sell. He may go as close to
that line as he pleases so long as he is
on the right side of 1t. His prices may
be and will be infinitely above the
free trade. cheap labor level of the
United Kingdom, but they will always
be a shade below the standards of pro-
tection-paid wage earners.
Such being the case, what is the
ground for encouragement" in the
news from England? The only encour-
aging feature we can see In it is that,
although we are not going to have
the free trade prices that were prom
ised us, the British manufacturer is
reasonably sure of getting rich on our
tariff law.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-14

many daughters are the victims of
over-indulgent parents.
From the time boy is knee-high
to his father the family looks for
ward to and discusses q career for
him. Preparation for work is be-
gun with his first day in school. But
while large majority of girls are
destined to become wives and mothers.
very many Of them-and this applies
especially to those of families whose
income is more than necessary to meet
the ordinary needs of life = are en-
work is menial and that the nurse
girl is proper substitute for the
mother-care
Mr.. Jones has the right idea, but it
came to him little late. No girl
should marry who does not know how
tive husband told her that he intended
to hire an entirely inexperienced man
to superintend his business the aver
age young woman would shy off from
him as a man scarcely fit to consider
as q life mate. Yet she thinks moth
ing of offering her own services as
housekeeper without a knowledge of
the first fundamentals of the art of
housekeeping, for art it is. 1t re-
quires managing abilities of no mean
order to successfully conduct the af-
fairs of a home and a reputation for
fine cookery is more to be desired than
skill in water color or embroidery, and
certainly of much more real worth to
the family fortunate to possess such a.
one.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-14
o, FROTH, HOW COULD YOU.
BY Wing Dinger.

Dear Froth, that wasn't nice of you
To roast us as you did,
Now l have never even thought
OF trying you to kid.
I've hied me to my Webster.
For something nice to say,
About you and your column
You publish every day.
But, my, the way that Noah
Defines Froth is a shame.
He says its foam and bubbles,
With knowledge much the same.
You really ought to be more kind
About us when you shout,
For IL we didn't publish you'd
Have naught to froth about
l know it makes you grouchy,
When glory comes our way,
But be sport, and choke the sob
Perhaps you'll have your day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-14
POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS
.William Flinn seems to be am

William Finn seems to be amused
at that gubernatorial boom.
Roland Morris is certainly some
expert in ducking questions about his
tenure Of office.
An effort is being made to get a
bunch of local Democrats together to
attend the Jefferson dinner In Phil
adelphia Friday.
Maybe Palmer will speak out
on Friday in Philadelphia.
The Bull Moosers evidently do not
think much of Democratic fusion.
Herr Kremp is going to resign as
Democratic division chairman. One
by one the picturesque Democrats are
getting fat federal berths.
The Market Square organ does
not play up the Progressives so much
since they kicked fusion off the lot.