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DECLARE SHOBER
IS WRITING LETTERS
IN AID Of JOHNSON
Crawford's Manager
Said to Be Opposing
Burke.
O SPEAKER
FOR SPEAKER
Tscharner and Christopherson
Would Both Like to Pre-
side Over House.

Pierre, S. D.-Rumors coming
are to the effect that several of the
old time progressives are showing
letters bearing the signature of II.
C. Shober, of Huron, manager of the
majority Republican campaign in the
late primary in which he urges these
men to support Ed. S. johnson for the
United States Senate, in opposition
to Charles H. Burke. While some of
the radicals of the old line crowd
have declared their belief that such
action would be taken on the part of
Shober, who vas Senator Crawford's
particular representative, generally it
was secuted, but the assertion is be-
ing openly made that such letters
have been shown by those receiving
them, and that it is likely to add
several spicy features to the cam
paign before it is ended.
Candidates for Speaker.
While none but a member of the
legislature IA fill the position of
speaker of the house, and the cleo
tons have not yet been held, there
are two candidates for the place al
ready among the would-be members.
! One of these is P. j. Tscharner, of
Perkins county, who filled that po-
sition at the last legislative session,
and will ask for the place again. For
many years two terms as speaker has
been granted when asked for, the
only break being in the case of c. j.
Morris of Minnehaha, who was a can
didate for return after he acted as
| speaker. The other candidate work
ing for the place, is c. A. Christoph-
erson, OF Minnehaha, Who was one of
the leaders on the floor of the last
house, and whose popularity will
4 give him a strong standing in the
Arbntest. which will be a friendly one
between the two candidates, but a hot
one just the same.
Tax Commission Busy.
The tax commission is busy getting
things shaped up for the assessment
and equalization work next month
1t is securing figures and statistics
from the different state departments
which will assist it in getting a more
accurate idea as to values of all
classes of property in the differen,
VI IN eNoSS, IN
! information to work with when il
meets, which never was to be had by
! ithe old state board, which worked
only with the assessment returns
which they switched about as seemed
most equitable to them on the sur.
face indications. The comission is
: doing more preliminary work than
the old board ever did in all it's eff.
forts to get a complete showing.
The equal suffrage contingent in
$ the state is getting its organizations
lined up in the counties and precincts
$ and is pushing the work with a feel
> ing that this year is to be the one
; which will give them the full right
I of suffrage in South Dakota, instead
of the partial rights which they have
exercised to a greater or less degree
for years.
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CHILD'S EAR BITTEN
OFF BY VICIOUS HORSE

Altamount, S. D.-To have one of
her ears bitten off close to the head
by a horse was the unusual expert
ence of Alice Shueman, the five-year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Shueman, living On a farm near Alt
amont. The little girl had been sent
into a pasture to drive the horses
to the harm. She got too close to a
vicious horse, which made a lunge
at her, biting her right ear off close
to the head. The severed ear could
not be found and replacement by
physicians impossible. so the little
girl will be disfigureu for life.
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MANY BOOSTERS
SENT MARKET
.RCCsTER DAN" CALLED Sue
CESS BY FOOD COMMISSION
ER-iSENR IYLIIRD EGGS NAV
CAUSE PROSECUTION.

Vermillion, S. D.-The success of
the campaign of the state food and
drug department to eliminate the
roosters from the poultry focks in
dent every day. Inspectors report
large numbers OF male birds killed
on s'Rooster Day" and a large mum
Der sold since that date. Several cars
OF live poultry have been shipped
from the state since %"Ilooster Day"
and the proportion Of ROSTERS in
these cars is quite unprecedented.
In one car loaded at points in the vi
cinity of Trip last week the buyer
had over 5000 pounds. of ROSTERS
This buyer told one of the food and
drug department inspectors that the
average quantity of ROSTERS in a
carload at this season is about 200
mounds. In another car shipped
from points on the c. & N. w. near
Centerville one buyer filled thirty
two pens with ro~osters and but seven
with hens. This shows five roosters
to every hen sold. Other reports
from all sections of the state indicate
that the Booster Day" was a big
success and a long step forward to-
ward the solution of the great annual
loss in eggs.
Farmers who have failed to sell
their roosters and who, as a result,
market eggs containing chick EN-
bryos, or as commonly called"blood
ringers need not be surprised ii
a-.. ---u -rz 4 4, Iran I'm 1v InCnnntn rS
Of the food and drug department and
made the basis of prosecution. One
of the special egg inspectors is now
in the field and another will begin
work next week. The announcement
of several prosecutions is expected to
follow shortly.
Merchant and Farmer Filmed.
Two prosecutions ON a charge OF
selling bad eggs have just been COM
pleted, following complaints made by
one of the special inspectors of the
state food and drug department. A
merchant at Parker was lined yester-
day $25 and costs for selling eggs
unfit for food, and today a farmer
at Memo was fined $40 and costs on
a similar charge. Costs in the first
case amounted to SIS and in the sec
ond to $40. Both defendants plead
ed guilty. The Parker case was hand
led by States Attorney Bogue, OF
Centerville, for the state. Complaint
in both cases was made by Special
Examiner C. j. Hatch, after he had
secured sufficient evidence to var
rant action. Complaint has been en-
tered at Freeman by the same inspec
tor against another farmer for thu
same ~offense. This case m on for
trial Monday. Commissioner Frary is
determined to stop the practice of
marketing rotten or partially rotten
eggs and other prosecutions will fol-
low as rapidly as the evidence can be
secured. Merchants who buy and sell
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BOY Is DROWEND IN
WADING THROUGH POND

Bryant, s.. D.-As the result OF
wading beyond his depth in a pond,
William Mulcrone. the 13-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Null
crone, living on a Hamlin county
farm, was drowned. The bond had
been formed by a railway embank-
ment. The boy and a younger brother
were wading in the pond when the
accident occurred. The water was
seven feet deep and the boy was I'M
able to swim. The little brother who
witnessed the accident did not un-
derstand why his brother did not
come up again after going down three
times, and becoming alarmed. ran to
their home and told of what had oc-
Cured.
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DAY
SERVICES PLEASE
LARGE CONGREGATION AT TIL
METHODIST CHURCH YESTER-
DAY-PROGRAM IN EVEN
ING.

Children's Day was observed Sun
day in the First Methodist Episcopa,
church. The pastor, DR.. j. S. Hoag'
land, preached a brief sermon at the
morning hour in which he emphasiz'
ed the fact that children would re.
spond intelligently to the appeal oil
the gospel and that Christ was in &
special sense the ehildren's lover
friend and saviour.
At the conclusion of the address:
the pastor baptised thirty-one little
children and a number of adults. He
"a assisted by the associate pastor
and Prof. l.. A. Stout. 1t was a mosi
impressive service and the great con
gregation which witnessed this secra-
mental service will not soon forget
it. In addition to these a number
were received by letter into the
church.
The evening hour was given over
to the special Children's Day exer
cises of the Sunday school. The pre-
gram had been arranged by the COM
mittee appointed by the superiptend-
ent and was carried out without a
break to the great delight of an au-
dience which filled the church. The
various departments of the school
were represented in the service.
The choruses, %soloes, exercises, re
citations were all admirably render
ed and called forth many words OF
congratulations from the people at
the close. The program vas announc-
ed by Rev. c. b. Harold and a special
Offering was taken in tehalf of the
board of education of the church to
help students.
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$4,000 PROFIT A D
BY FARMERS ELEVATOR

Artesian, S. D.-Farmers of Ar
tesian in the past year have realized
a neat profit from their cooperative
elevator company, according to the
reports just submitted at their meet
ing, when it was shown the concern
had done a business of 500, 100000
with a neat profit of $2.051.33. The
following We're elected as officers and
members of the board of directors:
w. M. Scott, president; l. G. Ludwig,
vice-president; w +. Robinson, sec
rotary; Alvin Hanson, treasurer, and
Carl Long.
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON FL
ING PETITION TO SELL LAND.

State of South, Dakota, County of
Dawson, SIS.
In County Court. June 18th, 1914.
In the matter OF the estate of
Mary G. Merriman, deceased.
On reading and filing the petit
tion of Lewis Merriman setting forth
the amount of personal estate that
has come to his hands, and the dis
position thereof; the amount of debts
outstanding against said deceased,
and a description of all the real es-
tate of which said deceased died seiz-
ed, and the condition and value of
the respective portions thereof; and
praying that license be to him grant
ed to sell the interest of said estate
in and to the Sc IA of Section IS,
township 104, range 60 w. 5th P. M,
being a 1-3 interest. And it appearing
by said petition, that there is not
sufficient personal estate in the hands
of said Lewis Merriman, administrat-
or to pay said debts, and that it is
necessary in order to pay the same to
sell the whole of said real estate;
and that it is for the best interests of
said estate.
1t is ordered that all persons inter-
ested in said estate, appear before
the judge of this court on Saturday
the 18th day of June 1914, at 10
O'Clock a.. M, at the court room of
this court in the court house in Nit
che!l, in said county, then and there
to show cause (if any there be) why
an order should not be granted to
said Lewis Merriman, administrator
to sell the 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 Capt.
al, 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 18th
day of June, 1914.
BY the court.
o. c. Thompson,
Judge of the County Court.
Attest:
S. Cattrell.
Clerk of the County Court.
N~NN
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CULTIvATEs HIS WHEAT.

Pierre, S. D.-Joseph Serbousek Of
Sully county is this year cultivatine
a field of Turkey red wheat, sowing
it in rows and using a c%ultivator in
is several times throughout the
spring. The wheat has made a heavy
growth, and is heading out at -four
feet in heighth. with the indications
for a large yield from this manner OF
raising wheat. ,
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II. 3. Claflin Company, of New York
largest wholesale dry goods house ii
the world and famous for years. ha.
gone into the hands of receivers. John
Claflin is at the head of the concern.
The company's liabilities, principally
in the form of commercial paper, are
placed at s34, 100000 and its assets a
s44, 5000, or s1o,ooo,o 900 in excess Of
its obligations. John Claflin's persona
fortune, said to be s1o,ooo,ooo, also i.
pledged.
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OF a considerable fortune to charita

BILE purposes. .-sa. ID, h.
AT one time, Schmellingawah worth
close to a million dollars. He was
in the cattle business, in Germany and
accumulated a fortune by buying cat
Cling them over the line into Germ
any. He lost his fortune however,
when his cattle We're confiscated Ky
the government for being dis.
eased. S%chmelling then came 10 Am
erica to make his fortune anew.
In the winter OF 1S86-S7. during a
blizzard, Schmelling started with his
Cog for the barn to do his chores.
He was blinded by the snow and was
finally found wandering near White
Lake, many miles away. The dog was
frozen to death in the storm, but
Schmelling emerged hale and hearty.
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negie Library, using the entrance of
the building for the pulpit, and al
lowing the congregation to suit their
w convenience as to comfort under
the trees on the lawn of the library
and court yard. The different minis
tiers will take a part in the services
at this place, to be continued thr-
ough July and August.
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ONCE MILLIONAIRE AND
MAKES SECOND FORTUNE

Chamberlain, S. D.-Albert Schmel-
ing a resident of Buffalo county for
the past third of a century and one
of the unique characters of the west
ern range country for many years,
died at the sanitarium here this week
He was a widower and left the bulk
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-02
CURNEY IN GREENHOUSE COM
PAW ~

Pierre. S. D.-Articles OF incorpor-
alton were filed today for the Quincy
Greenhouse Company, at Yankton.
with a capital Of $4,000. Incorpor-
ators. E. K. Quincy, d. B, Gurney,
A. G. Topp.
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oUvDOOR UNION sERyICEs

Pierre. S. D.-The churches of
Pierre, following a custom of several
years will hold Union Sunday even
ing services on the lawn at the Car
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Death of Mrs. ". J. Watson

Mrs. Watson, wife Of W, ]. Watson,
passed away at an early hour Thurs
day morning. Mrs. Watson, who was
a sufferer of tuberculosis, had been in
i'll health for many years, but it was
only in the last year that her condition
became serious. Several months ago
she was taken to Seattle for an opera
ton, and after returning home was
moved out on the hill south Of town
where for time her health seemed to
improve. The change proved to be
only Temporary however. Mrs. Watson
has made her home here with her hus-
band for the past four years and has
made many friends. Besides hus-
band she leaves little daughter.
The funeral services will be held
from the gational church today
at 1000 o'clock Burial will take
place in the local cemetery.
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Kentucky Ranch Entertains

Mrs. Mary Constance Courtney en-
tertained at her ranch The Ken
tuckey' at Peshastin, Friday evening"
July 10. The evening was spent in
Five Hundred, after which Col. E. H
Fox gave some very clever readings.
Favors were won by Mr.. F. A. Win
gate and Mrs. ]. V. Mazurie. Fol-
lowing were those present: Mr.. and
Mrs. J. V. Mazurie, Mr.. and Mrs. Hal
Stark, Mr.. and Mrs. Bigelow, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bruyette, Mr.. J. Elgin Proctor,
Miss Luella Proctor, Mr.. F. A. Win
gate, Col. E. H. Fox, Mr.. Proctor
Courtney, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry An
drews and Mrs. c. S. Mantel.
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WATER SYSTEM TROUBLES
BOTHER CITY COUNCIL
Engineer Barnum Makes Interesting Re-
pOrt-May Build Another Intake
For Pipe Line

That the present intake of the supply
line of the city's water system was mis-
placed and will only be source of
trouble in the future, is the belief Of
City Engineer Barnum according to
his report made at the council Tues
day evening. A trip over the pipe
line this week as far as the intake con-
vinced him that the present trouble is
due to the pipe being clogged with
sand and rock and he believes this
same trouble will be experienced every
year unless the intake is changed. He
stated also that il was quite possible
that the pipe line across the Icicle
which is laid on the bottom of the
river might be broken. Just what
action will be taken towards getting
water again running thru the city's pipe
line will probably Be decided at the
next council meeting.
Mr.. Barnum recommended that the
city build a new intake and said that at
the location he had selected there was
not much likelihood Of repitition of
the present annoyance. From all re.
ports the city is going to have to spend
little bunch Of money no matter what
course they follow. It is going to be
an expensive proposition to take up
the pipe line and clean ii out, which
will probably be necessary if the city
continues to use the present intake and
ii is the belief Of the engineer that a
new intake can be built for what il will
cost to put the other into operation
again. Mr.. Barnum requested the
council to make a trip over the line
with him in order that they might get
a better idea Of the condition Of the
pipe line, and it is likely that some Of
the city fathers will take the journey
this week.
The engineer was instructed to bring
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BIG APPLE SHOW WILL
BE HELD SEPTEMBER
Premium Lists Now Being Distributed
Will Hold Two Worlds Champion
ship Contests

Comprising a tentative outline OF the
Seventh National Apple Show and Fruit
Products congress, to be held in Spo-
kane, November 16 to 81, $4,000
copies of the first edition of the
preliminary premium list are being dis
tributed among fruit growers. Mana
ger Gordon c. Corbaley states that the
final and complete premium list will
be issued about September /. In
order to make the scoring Of box ex-
hibits of educational value to the
growers the board of trustees announce
that an official statement of the score
on each exhibit will be tackled on the
exhibits as soon as the judging is COM
pleted and the awards made. This is
a new feature OF the apple show. The
standard official score card used at
preceding shows will prevail this year,
except that some notifications and
explanations are being prepared for the
approval of the board of judges, who
will be named 90 days in advance Of
the show. In addition to the usual
classes of competitions-25-box, 10
box, fve-box, and single-box contests.
general district displays, original and
attractive displays, home made by-pro-
ducts and students judging contest
the trustees have decided to hold two
special worlds championship contests,
one for the best handled and most. pro-
ductive single apple tree yielding the
largest net profit, the other for the best,
most productive and the most scien-
tifcally handled 100 commercial apple
trees, growing in a solid block in one
orchard. To encourage growers to
keep financial account of all orchard
operations the trustees have decided to
give prizes for the three best systems
of accounting. Big features this year
will be the exhibits of improved ap-
pliances and the contests in factory
made by-products.
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DR.. A. Royal McKeown and DR.. P.
A. Snyder, while motoring up the
Chumstlck last Sunday evening between
the hours of and $3.50, came face to
face with a big buck deer, near the
Emil Frank place. The animal seemed
in no hurry to get out of sight, says
DR.. Snyder and was in sight fully ten
minutes. The deer was first seen in
the road and next in Emil Frank's S
meadow where it took several mouth
fuls OF alfalfa and then ambled leisurely
off up the side Of the mountain. Ac-
cording to DR.. Snyder it was all he
could do to keep A. R. in the machine
who was getting ready to tackle Mr..
Deer catch as catch can style.
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200 Children in Sunday School Excursion

A special train carrying over 200
children from Monitor, Cashmere and
Peshastin passed through here Tues
day morning on their way to Merritt.
favorite mountain resort for those seek
ing rest, change and recreation. The
party passed through here on their way
home, tired but happy looking lot Of
kids.
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S1.50 Per Year

in an estimate at the next council
meeting of the cost of a new intake
and the cost Of cleaning out the present
pipe line and intake, at which time the
matter will be again taken up.
The water that now courses the city's
maines is being supplied from the ditch
of the Icicle Canal Company.
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MADE
IN APPLE POLUNATION
Pullman Agricultural College Makes Tests
on Different Varieties of Apples
Results are Interesting

The experiment Station at Pullman
has been engaged for several seasons
in study of orchard pollination to de-
termine which varieties of apples are
self sterile and need 10 be planted near
other varieties in order to be fruitful
and which, if any, can successfully pol
Innate their own blossoms. Tests hava
also been made with a number OF the
more important varieties to show what
combinations give the best results in
cross pollination. Most of these stud
les have been carried on at Pullman,
but this spring considerable work was
done in several orchards at Opportunity,
Washington, and the results may be of
interest.
Nineteen varieties were tested for
self sterility. Rome Beauty and Bald
win were the only varieties tested which
gave any promise of being able to pro-
duce crop without cross pollination
and these set much less fruit than
when crossed. Ben Davis, Wealthy,
and Yellow Newtown were slightly self
fertile. King David. Delicious, Jona-
than, Wagner Winter Banana, Maiden
Blush. Twenty Ounce, LAWYER, North
ern Spy, Tompkins King, Spitzenberg,
Yellow Transparent, Rhode Island
Greening and Winesap failed to pro-
duce any fruit from self pollinated
blossoms.
Rome Beauty, Mcintosh, Delicious,
Spitzenburg, Ben Davis and Wagener
all gave good results as pollinizers OF
Jonathan. Winter Banana and Yellow
Newtown were also crossed successfully
with Jonathan, but gave fewer fruits than
the other varieties. Jonathan, Delic-
ious and Ben Davis crossed most sue
cessfully with Wagener and Rome also
gave some fruit Wagener, Delicious,
Jonathan and Winter Banana gave the
best results with Spitzenburg, while
Yellow Newtown and Ben Davis gave
quite good results and Rome, Mcintosh
and Winesap were found to cross polli-
nate the Spitzenburg successfully.
Rome Beauty was most successfully
pollenized by the Wagener, though
this is not a very desirable combination
in orchard practice as the Wagner is
an early bloomer and the Rome bios
SONS rather late. Jonathan, Delicious
Ben Davis, and Spitzenburg all gave
very good results as pollinizers for the
Rome.
In most cases it has been found that
varieties which blossom at the sar1e
time will cross pollinate successfully
and, as a rule, set more fruit than the
same varieties when self pollinated.
Winesap and Stayman Winesap. how
ever, have failed to give good results
as pollinizers on any Of the varieties
tested. The Experiment Station has a
bulletin in preparation giving the re-
suits in detail Of this and other polli-
nation tests. w. J. Young,
Assistant Horticulturist.