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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10
SAFEBLOWER ARRESTED
Believed to Be one of Gang Rob.
bing La. Safes for Months

In the arrest and detention at
Plaindealing, La, of James
Tucker, the authorities of that
section are certain that they
have in their custody one of a
band of yeggmen who have been
terrorizing north Louisiana dur
ing the past two or three months.
Believing also that Tucker
was one of the gang who broke
into the safe of the Beauregard
Furniture Company at New Or
leans recently, Superintendent
Reynolds has instructed Assist
ant Chief of Detectives Dan
Mouney to proceed at once to
Plaindealing, in an effort to alb
stract some information from
Tucker that may lead to the
identity of the yeggmen who
made their getaway after bur
glarizing the safe of the furni-
ture store.
While in north Louisiana,
Mouney will assist the authori-
ties Of Caddo parish in an effort
to roundup the confederates of
Tucker, for the latter has con-
fessed that he had a confederate
in the robbery of the Cotton Belt
railroad safe, from which they
secured a large quantity of jew
elry. On fuckers person was
found much of the stolen wealth.
Fortunately, the agent at
Plaindealing had sent the cash
which the safe contained to
Shreveport, to pay salaries of
the railway company, and no
money was stolen.
The safe of the. Cotton Belt
Railroad Company was blown
open on Friday night with nitro
glycerin. Tucker confessed only
after a quantity Of the high ex-
plosive, together with fuses and
other yeggmen tools, were found
among his effects. He refused
to divulge the name or wherea-
bouts of his confederate.
Within the past three months
there have been no less than
twenty-five safes blown open
and robbed in northwest louisa
ma, and within a radius of two
hundred miles.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10
Salty Paragraphs.

The volume Of the saline mat
ter in the ocean is a little more
than 4,8OO, cubic miles, or
enough to cover the entire sur
face of the United States, ex-
elusive of Alaska, 1.6 miles deep.
The volume Of the 10-mile
rocky crust of the earth, includ-
ing the mean elevation of the
land above the sea, is 1888, 0OO,-
600 cubic miles.
One per cent of the contents OF
the oceans would cover all the
land areas Of the globe to a depth
of 29O feet. u. S. Geological
Survey.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10
ASPIRING YOUNG PIRATES
They Miscue on a Hjghwayman
Stunt and Are Pinched

In the capture of Murphy Bur-
vinia, a youthful holdup man,
Friday night, in New Orleans,
the police nipped a budding out
burst of old-fashioned piracy that
would have made the shade of
the notorious Jean Laftte turn a
deep olive from envy.
Burvinia confessed Saturday
night that he and a pal from St.
Louis known only as "John", had
completed plans for stealing a
schooner, storing her with high
explosives and fitting her out
with black flag and with a plank
for walking prospective prison.
ers. After this they were to sail
for the mouth of the river and
start their bloody career as buc-
cancers by holding up a couple
of Southern Pacific liners and
seven or eight British tramps.
They picked out the schooner
"Leona" as a trim little vessel
worthy to fly their black flag.
The Leona is the property of
Captain j. W. Hass. This fact
did not trouble the ambitious
young apostles of the late and
unlamented Blackboard.
They planned to take the cap
tain's schooner likewise the cap
tain's two beautiful daughters.
If the captain objected Bang!
Bang!-No more captain!
They even went so far as to
quietly carry on board some ar
ticles they had "swiped'' from
neighboring stores and then, in
imitation Of some Of Gilbert and
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10
.iaWay.'

Preparatory to their proposed
exploits on the briney deep, the
two boys tried a little highway
man act, and thereby ran smack,
bang right into their Waterloo.
They held up a man on Canal
street, but got nothing from him.
The climax came. Friday night
when they attempted to hold up
John Emerson, a paperhanger.
Emerson yelled for help and the
young highwaymen fled. After
a chase of several squares, Bur-
vinia was captured, but his COM
panion escaped and has not been
arrested as yet.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10
A contemporary wants to know

A contemporary wants to know
why nature did not provide wO-
man with a beard, but allowed
men to have a monopoly in that
respect. A very foolish question
of course. Nature was wise,
enough to know that a wop2
cannot hold her jaw still
enough to take a shave. -
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10

Opportunity comes more than
once. There is no doubt about it,
because almost every man knows
the number of times he had an
opportunity to make a fool OF
himself and did it.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10

The fond mother was showing
the baby to the visitor.
Isn't baby the image OF his
father"
Absolutely" replied the Wis
itor. ''Same lack Of expression
same red nose, no teeth to speak
Of and, by George prematurely
bald, too"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10

A queen bee lays from two to
three thousand eggs in twenty
four hours, and the man who Will
discover how to cross a queen bee
with a hen will soon have money
enough to buy an automobile for
himself and all his poor relatives.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10

It is a good thing for the rest
of humanity that so few of our
successful men had time to take
a correspondence course to
wealth.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10

Swat the fly. Get" him now
and you won't be bothered with
his children and his grandchil-
dren. Swat him sF'for keeps.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10

Why should men complain OF
the obstinacy of mules? Do not
men complain Of winter when
they have it, and long for cold
weather in summer?
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10

Opportunity is never spoker OF
as "she", which may explain
why so few men embrace it.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10

From the heights of folly to
the depths of despair is hut a
step.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10

jump ON THE FOUL FLY
DEADLY GERM CARRIER

Swat Him Withour Delay for
Your Health's Sake---Take
the Stitch in Time.
That breeder Of disease, the
fly, has put in his appearance for
the season, and if his activities
are not nipped in the bud he and
his progeny will soon gain such
Roadway as to become an almost
unbearable nuisance. And. also,
as. every one knows, the fly is
the carrier of disease germs from
stables, cesspools and other filth,
which are his favorite habitat.
Let everyone back up to the ut
most the campaign against this
pest which has been inaugurated
by the State Board of Health.
Anent this subject the Crowley
Signal aptly says:
THE Board of Health is maxi
ing plans for a continuance this
year of the fy-swatting cam
paigns of last summer and the
summer before. In this it should
have the earnest cooperation
of citizens generally, for they
know now thatfy-swattingpays,
both in health and in comfort.
The old adage has it that "a
stitch in time saves nine" 1t
might be paraphased to read "a
swat in time saves nine Million"
if we are to credit what the ento-
mologists tell us about the capac-
ity Of the fly for reproducing his
kind. We don't remember the
exact figures, but their approx
nation is that Mrs. Fly who hap
frara Msrc4rrpf~ cary April may
be able to boast Of about@a bill
lion defendants, more or less, in
late September. And the chan
ces are that some of her numer-
GUS progeny will have travelled
from the sewer to the soap in
the meantime, or, keeping in
mind Longfellow's inspiring poe
try, have left their footprints in
the butter.
1t is interesting to note that
as this old world progresses our
ideas about history change.
Take, for example, what history
had to say about the cruelty of
some of the emperors of Rome.
It is within the memory OF men
now living that their ancient his
: tories pictured Emperor Domi-
! tan who ruled from 81 to '96 A.
} D., as one of the most cruel OF
, a long line Of men who presided
, over the destinies of Rome. Why?
t Largely, among other things, be-
cause he killed flies.
. One biographer says of the old
. Roman that lone of his favorite
? pastimes was hunting and\ kill
/ ing flies," and Suetonius, the
t famous historian, wrote thus Of
VI Domitian: I'm the beginning of
/ his reign he used to spend daily
e an hour by himself in private,
during which time he did moth
e ing else but catch flies and stick
d them through the body with a
/ sharp PIN
J. so, we regard Domitian in a
a new light. He was the original
y 1y-swatter! 1t may be that he
|, didn't know that the fly carried
= the germs Of typhoid fever and
!. other deadly diseases on his feet,
:. but he knew that the fly was &
- pest, especiallyif he was bald
- headed, and he made it his bust
ness to get rid Of as many Of
st them every day as he could"
lr -
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10
Cotton Plague of Egypt

The recent discovery of insect
pests in Egyptian cotton seed is
Of far greater interest than might
appear at the first glance. On
the face of it it means that a
consignment of seed intended
for Wanting in Arizona cannot be
received into this country. Be-
yond that, it is profoundly signif-
liant Of conditions in the rivalry
ktWeen America and Africa in
tie production of cotton. For
Rar1 the British and German
&vesnments have been striving
Z develop extensive cotton Gull
reln their African colonies.
af success has not been mark
X Eevpt- there has. of
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10
STATE FAIR CORN PRIZES
$3.50 FOR BEST 10 ACRES
$565 in Prizes to Stimulate the
Raising of Better Corn-Reg-
ulations for the Contests

No better time ever presented
itself than now for US to acquaint
the farmers of Caldwell with the
Better and More Corn" contest
that the State Fair Association
is offering in the corn growing
contest for the fair this fall.
You could do no better thing
for yourself than to enter the
lists for some Of the big money
which will be given away this
fall at the fair held in Shreve-
port and at your own fair to be
held in Columbia in October this
year. There is no reason what
ever, if the proper effort is made,
that the farmers of Caldwell
should not annex some of this
easy money. Any one who de-
sires to compete in these con-
tests at the State Fair may OBJ
tain all necessary information by
writing to Louis N. Bruegger-
horff, Shreveport, La, who will
be glad to furnish application
blanks, etc.
Below We give a synopsis of
the rules governing the corn con-
tests. Read them over carefully
and then step in and get some Of
the handsome cash prizes that
are being offered by the State
Fair Association and the cash
premiums that will be offered at
the second annual fair to be held
in Columbia on October Ia, Is
and 16.
R0iss FOR the lusHrrs conrevr ----
|. The ten acres must be in
one field, and if the field should
measure less than nine and three
quarter acres the contestant will
be disqualified.
2. Any variety of corn may be
grown
3. A certified record of the cost
of production and yield must be
sent to the secretary of the State
Fair before October "a, 1914.
4. The land must be measured
and the corn weighed by Mason
Snowden, State agent, United
States Department of Agricul-
ture, Baton Rouge, La, or par
ty appointed by him, and two cit
liens selected by Mr.. Snowden
or the appointed party.
5. A bushel of corn 600 ears)
must be exhibited at the State
fair. This bushel of corn cannot
be used for any other entry.
Premiums
Ten-acre yield contest First,
SIS; second, $50; third, SIS.
Awards will be made on the
following basis:
l. One-half point will be given
for each bushel Of corn, using the
average yield per acre as the
basis.
2. If the cost of production be
80 cents per bushel, the contest
ants will be allowed to enter, but
one point will be given for every
cent that the cost Of production
is less than 30 cents. If the cost
of production is over 80 cents the
contestant will be disqualified.
8. The quality Of the corn viii
be Judged from the bushel (lOC
ears) of corn submitted, and one
point will be given for each five
ears that are selected by the
Judge to be the nearest perfect
All those desiring to compete
in the ten-acre contest should no
tify the secretary of the State
Fair Association as soon as pos
sible. so that forms for keeping
the cost of production and thu
amount of work put in on a croI
may be sent out.
Corn Growers Futurity Contest
In order to encourage the grow
ing of more and better corn il
the state. the fair association ha'
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10

The man whose speciality is
making excuses never makes
good.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-10

A lazy man is a dead one you
can't bury.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-08-13
BENJAMIN<DIES
IN PERKINS COUNTY
FORMER RESIDENT OF MITCH
ELL AND AUDITOR OF HAN
son COUNTY DIES AT
HIS NEW HOME.

Lennon. S. Dbl. p. Benjamin,
county auditor of Perkins county,
died at his home here after a linger-
ing illness from stomach trouble,
aged GA years. He was an early set
tier of South Dakota, coming to the
territory forty years ago. He was a
member of the territorial legislature
and OF the first legislature of the
state of South Dakota; served as
county auditor of Hanson county for
two terms, and a afterward depu-
ty state auditor. He was connected
with the First State bank of Mitch
ell for a time, and afterward was
assistant cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of Alexandria,. He came
to Perkins county in 1907, and was
soon afterward appointed deputy
county auditor. being elected county
auditor in 1910 and was serving his
second term. He was a native of
Vermont. The widow, two sons and
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-08-13

Tobin township by the score of 6
to 2.
The afternoon program was OPEN
ed at / o'clock, with A.. j. Frantz
presiding. He introduced as. the
speaker of the day Prof. H Il. Jones,
who addressed the crowd on the
growth of country spirit. The adj
dress was II on a vital subject, re-
latiye to the growing need of cooper
alton between the man on the farm
and the man in the town, and was
listened to with interest.
Prof. Jones described the growth
of the community movement. how
man was first purely individual, then
competitive. Then came the organ
ization of unions, and now is the
community spirit, whereby each in
dividual is benefited by the growth
of the whole. The speaker foresaw
a day when all men will work to-
gether, for the good of the whole
through their mutual cooperation.
c. M. P~inkerton, of Oklahoma
City, Okla, father-in-law of Prof.
Jones, also spoke. His subject was
the growing of Alfalfa in Oklahoma,
a business with which he is in close
touch. To both speakers, the mem
ibers of the Rome Township Farm
ers' club expressed their thanks for
the addresses they had given.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-08-13

~Clemensen, Howard A. Darling, Will
liam Bailey Kenneth Erwin, John Pet
erson, Roy Gilliland, Harold Nichols,
Ralph Winter, Malvin Rudd, Romel
Scoyille. Herrick .Brosfield. Everard
Curtis Russell Smith, Clarence
l.itchfield, Roy Burton. Wilt Burton,
Clarence Anderson, Howard G.. Fisk,
Carl Berquist, Maynard Benedict,
Clifford Cohen, Henry Sachan, Floyd
C.. Moir, Charles Barnard, Wallace
Anderson, Ralph Diehl, Robert Rev,
Torrance e. George, Elgin C. George,
Charles c. Dean, Laurence r. En-
skine. Elmer Moe. Harold Wheeler.
Malcolm Ronald. Arthur Fox. Frank
Upton, Alpheus Weller, Clarence
Derr, Sam Weller, Willard A. Zuver,
Harry Clorgh, Leland Upton. Joshua
Slater, Harry Slater, Fred Kipp and
Delbert Williams.
Girls who are doing summer
gardening follow: Ruby Graham.
Florence Coacher, Florence Alseth,
Helen Holsaple, Margaret Berschied,
Mabel Heuerman. Lillian Mccarthy,
Gladys jerks, Audrey Sphinx, Myrtle
Maud Muller. Fern Graham, Clara
p. West, Loretta w. Swift. Cloa Wal
tiers. Mary Louise Boyles, Dorothy
Scallin, Gladys Spense. Alkaline A.
Kennedy. Mildred Oswald, Gladys
Grace, Clara Fox, Dorothy Work,
Florence Norton, Alpha Slater, Ethel
Marsden, Edith LeGrand, Florence
Derr, Dell Clark, Henrietta, McCar-
ney and Ada McKeel.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-08-13

City, Ia, md Miss Rose Fiber. OF
Cripple Creek, Colo, were united in
marriage. Rev. Henry Snyder, of the
Presbyterian church, performed the
ceremony.
MIR. Simon Halseth. of Sioux City,
and Mrs. Ness, brother and sister
OF the bridegroom, attended the
couple. The bride was very attrac-
tive in a pale blue messaline gown
with lace trimmings. Following con-
gratulations, a wedding supper vas
served.
Out Of town guests at the wedding
were Mr.. and Mrs. A. Halseth, and
M. S. A. iIals,;h. Of Sioux City,
parents and brother of the BRIDE
groom.
The bridal couple will make their
home at Biiou Hills, S. d., where
Ms. Halsoth has a general store
They left the following day for their
new home.
MISS .DILLEY ENTERTAINED.
On Monday evening the Misses
Edith and Susie Avery gave a porch
party in honor of Miss Evelyn Dilley,
OF Fremont, Neb.
Former college friends of Miss
Dilley were present and the evening
was spent in conversation and music.
Light refreshments We're served at
the close.
Miss Dilley departed Tuesday
night for Weyside, Neb., where she
will spend the remainder of the sum-
mer.
The Berean Bible class OF the
Baptist Sunday school held its
monthly business meeting on Tues
day evening at the home of Mrs. Wild
mann. A short program before the
business session was greatly enjoyed
especially two numbers by Mrs. w.
G. Bracket.
After the business the meeting adj
journed until the first Tuesday in
September.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-08-13
WESLEYANS MAP
FALL SCHEDULE
FOUR FOOTBALL GAMES IN NIT
CHELL FOR COMING SEA-
SHORTCOMINGS HERE
THANKSGIVING.

Four football contests will be
staged in Mitchell the coming fall
by the athletic board of Dakota Wes-
leyan, according to the schedule
which has been prepared. Eight
games in all will be played by the
Methodists on the gridiron.
The season will be opened on
University field ON October 10 with
the Northern Normal and Industrial
school, of Aberdeen. The next local
game will be with Sioux Falls coll
lege on October 81. The Rapid City
School of Mines eleven will play in
Mitchell on November 13 and the
State college. of Brookings, will close
the season here on November 20,
Thanksgiving Day.
The blue and white football squad
will go into its fall training camp
at the river on September z, ac-
cording to the plan worked out by
Coach Herbert Hardy and Prof. Fl.
l. Jones, chairman of the athletic
board. Although no heavy practice
will be attempted at the camp, the
mean will be given an opportunity
to become acquainted with the rules
and style of play. School will open
September IA and practice will start
In earnest.
With only two players lost by
graduation. Frank Martin and Corde
kirkpatrick, Coach Hardy will have
a squad practically intact for this
seasons schedule. Among the old
men who have promised to be on
hand for the first practice are Wood
ward. Payne; Gonyes, Chas, Ross and
Harold Smith, Berry and Capt. Rob
ertson.
Ward Ellis, a former star, is ex-
posted to be In the fight for a line
position. Virgil Heine and Damon
Douglas. quarterback and halfback
candidates from Musokgee, Okla,
are two of the most promising candi-
dates ever anticipated for the WEES
leyan squad. In addition, there is
a list of high school stars coming
that will give every regular a strug-
gle to retain his position.
r. G. Wilds, who will be assistant
under Coach Hardy. will arrive early
next month. Mr.. Wilds is a grad
uate of Allegheny college and for the
past two years was coach at William
and vashti college. which won the
college championship OF Illinois both
years he was at the head of Its ath.
letics.
The seasons schedule follows:
Oct. 10.-Aberdeen Normal at
Mitchell.
Oct. 1e.-Fargo college at Fargo,
N. n.
Oct. 2o.-Morning Side college at
Sioux City. Ia.
Oct. s1.-sioux Falls college a.
Mitchell.
Nov. s.-Yankton sollege at yank-
ton.
Nov. 1s.-school of Mines at Nit
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-08-13
ARRESTED o
ATTACK ON GIRL
yOLGA MAN is ACCUSED OF At
TEMPTING ASSAULT ON H.
YEAR OLD CHILD.

Volga, S. D.-After admitting his
crime to the officers who caught him
after a sharp chase with automobiles
Theodore Nelson. charged with an
outrageous attack upon an 11-year
old girl here, waived preliminary ex-
animation before Judge Kalberg and
was hound I'VE to the next term OF
the circuit court on a bond of $4,000
The little girl, according to her
story to her mother and the author
titles, had been in the country west
OF here II was on her way home
when Nelson, driving in the same d.
rection, overlook her. He offered
to- give her a ride to town which
she accepted. She asserted in her
statement to the officers that Mel
son robbed her of what none she
was carrying in a purse as we'll as
attacking her person. When later
confronted with the accusation, Nell
son denied the crime and started to
run. He was finally overhauled and
by citizens who pursued him
in an automobile.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-08-13
= TTIII.
TEMPLAR
TO VERMILLION
GRAND COMMANDERY MEETS
= THERE THIS WEEK.-JOHN
l.. JOLT.EY WILL PRESIDE.

Nermillion, S. D.-Vermillion will
be he host this week of the knights
Templar grand c~ommandery for
South Dakota. The sessions will
open Tuesday with a reception in the
morning, at which time John l.. Jol-
ley will deliver an address of well
come, and will close on Thursday
evening with a dress parade on the
university campus. Sir Frederick
Treon, grand commander. will pre-
side. The ession will be held at
the Masonic temple, and a large at
tendance is expected, among those
present being representatives of the
Knight Templar of North Dakota and
Nebraska, in addition to the dele
gates from the South Dakota com
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-08-13
ROME FARMERS
CELEBRATE DAY
HAVE ANNUAL PICNIC YESTER-
DAY-POLO GAME. BASEBALL
4 AND SPEAKING ARE
FEATURES.

Rome township farmers are ideal
hosts. Yesterday they entertained
residents of Mitchell and other parts
OF Dawson county at a picnic that
provided a steady range OF anus
|ment, a dinner worth remembering
and q speaker that them something
to think about. The picnic was stag
ed in the A.. Annis grove. west of
Ethan. ,i
The one unique feature of the
days program was the polo game
between teams captained by Charles
.Boreson and Joe DeMeyer. On the
BOres0n quintette were Carl Bore
son, Emil Carlson, GLEN Frantz and
Frank Patterson. Under the DcMeyer+
coIors were Robert Locke, Emil Set
'terStrOm, Carl Lowry and Charles
DeMeyer. 8
Both teams mounted on ponies,
battled against each other in typical.
polo style and at the close OF a long
struggle the DeMeyer team had shot
the ball between the goal posts for
the only score of the game. The
game was played at the close of the
program and the spectators watched
1t until 6 O'Clock.
Another pleasing feature of the
picnic were rest tents for women. A
big dinner, served free to all of the
guests, was another feature that APP
pealed, especially to the hungry
crowd from Mitchell. It was served
in cafeteria style and all the guests
had to do was to get a plate and
then take their choice of an array
OF roast chicken. pickles. cakes. pies,
salads, baked beans and numerouSl
other picnic d~elicacies. One big
amusement feature was the BASEBALL
game, in which Prosper won over