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r. r. EXTENSION
NOW RUMORED
SAY THAT THE NORTHWESTERN
ROAD WILL EXTEND FROM
WINNER, S. d.

Colome, S. D.-The residents of
the western section of the Rosebud
country have secured information of
an apparently reliable nature which
indicates that in the spring the Chi
cago & Northwestern railway. COM
pany will extend its line westward
from Winner, which has been the
terminus of the western extension for
some time.
How far the extension will go
has not been determined, but it is
believed the line will be extended
the remainder of the distance
through Trip county and into Mel
lette county. Meleltte county was
opened to whole settlement only a
comparatively short time ago
The new line will extend through
a region which has been without
railroad communication and viii
benefit a large number of Gowns
people, homesteaders and rancners.
The region which is without rail
road facilities has a number OF
small towns and the homestead lands
of the region are nearly all settled.
1t is expected that as the result Of
the extension of the railroad the
new towns will be greatly benefited
and will grow rapidly and that the
territory will become important in
the way of crop production in the
future.
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ELABORATE XMAS
PROGRAM GIVEN,
$50 TAKE PART IN CANTATA,
"aBOUT THE MANGER," IN
METHODIST CHURCH XANIS
EVE.

The Christmas exercises of the
Sunday school Of the First Methodist
Episcopal church given Christmas
eve in the auditorium were the most
elaborate and beautiful ever under
taken by the school. The great church
vas crowded, many standing through
out the entire program. The first
impression on entering the building
was the beauty of the decorations.
Artistic festoon work adorned the
front of the galleries for the entire
length. The tall Christmas tree was
beautifully decorated and illumined
with many colored electric bulbs.
Hundreds of little red paper bells
were suspended underneath the ball
comics. The platform especially built
Tor the occasion was decorated with
Great ferns. The steropticon cast
various colored lights on the differ
ent scenes and tableaus. The Cam
.tata was entitled "Abouts the Man
ger" and more than $50 children and
young people represented the shep-
herds, wise men, angels, fairies,
brownies, priests and in n scene
Ill the different nationalities werc
represented. : The 1choruses, solos,
luets, quartettes and children songs
we're all given with rare ability. AT
he close of the evening old Santa
ppeared and distributed more than
500 stockings of nuts and candy
which were given out. to the child
EN-. Every 1ittfe child in the build
ng received on Of these stockings.
The Snpt. Prof. S. 10. Van Benthuy-
sen presided, Prof. Wilds directed
the program, Miss Price was the
leadersof the chorus. Miss Brown pre-
sided at the organ. Those assisting
at the organ yer Miss Vesta Muir
ray, Miss Florence Bjodstrup, Mrs. B
H. Baker. Miss Lucille Bcbb ac-
companies, some OF the numbers with
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MANIAC GIVES
POLICE TUSSLE
STRANGER, CRAZED BY DRINK.
STIRS UP EXCITEMENT
AT CODE.

Condo, S. D.-Forcibiy elected
from a train and while crazed with
liquor an individual giving his name
as seversen knudtson, gave the Com
de authorities a few anxious hours.
When he was elected from the train
at the Condo depot Knldtson made
his way to the police stafsun, where
he informed the officials that he was
hungry and cold and without money.
He was taken to the Condo hotel
and given q bed more than an hour
when he again because wild and,
after smashing the bed and furniture,
in tho room and tearing out the win
dow and storm window Of his room,
he jumped from the second story
to the cement sidewalk below.
apparently did not injure him in the
least, for he jumped to his feet q
thrust his head through the glass Of
another window and then broke \
glass in a door with his fist. In this
operation he was badly cut and bruis-
ed, and now IL under the care Of 2,
physician. \
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University place was the scene of
much merriment last evening when
the palatial home of President Sea-
man was opened to Dakota Wesley
an students and faculty members who
were unable to spend the Christmas
time at their homes. The affair is
one of the annual events that is given
at the presidents home. The house
was beautifully decorated with the
appropriate Christmas colors, red and
green. A large Christmas tree, trim
med with g%littering cords. and light
cd with many colored candles, beau
titled the reception room.
The party began at even O'Clock,
and throughout the evening games
We're played and Christmas carols
were sung. Near the close of the
festivity. Mrs. Seaman served deli
cious refreshments. Over thirty stu
dents and faculty members were
present at this Christmas party.
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ACKERMAN GETS
RETURN MATCH
THROWS BIsONNETTE AFTER
NEARLY AN HOUR OF WREST-
LING-LOCAL MAN GOOD.

AL Alderman pinned Ed Bison
nette to the mat for two falls in q re-
turn wrestling match held in the city
hall Wednesday evening for a purse
of 500. The first fall required 81
minutes and 20 seconds, while the
second throw was made in six min
utes. The match was one of the best
ever staged in Mitchell, with men
who showed good mat form and eX-
perience.
For the first five minutes the grap-
piers were sparring for holds, when
man went off the mat. failing
on his hands and knees. He took the
falling position on the mat where he
was kept on the defense for 30
minutes, with the exception of a snort
period when he broke from the
holds of the m~ilitiaman, Alderman
finally broke away and moved about
with more variety of attack than
shown by Bisonnette, crowding him
closely. Alderman secured h fall
in 81 minutes and 20 seconds, using
the ordination hold and the ham
mer lock, the one he had threatened
witt repeatedly.
In the second trial, Alderman
lead out in the attack vigorously.
He threatened the guardsman with
the hammerlock, but finally in the
sixth minute Alderman secured the
second fall, using the toe-hold. Jack
Guthrie acted as referee.
Alderman, who lives in Cam Val
ley, S. ID. showed good class, especial
ly, in the latter part of the bout. The
Mitchell lad showed up we'll, but lack
ed the endurance of the veteran.
The affair was not at all we'll at
tended. which will be u draw back
for the managers in the staging OF
future events. However, they prom
Use to pull off several bouts after the
beginning of the new year.
In tho preliminary wrestle, II.
Sweeney secured the last two fails,
throwing his opponent, Louis brow
en- in two minutes and thirty sec
onds the first time and taking the
third in two minutes and thirty-tWo
seconds. Drowen got the first fall in
four minutes and ten seconds.
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D. KRESS
PASSED AWAY
RESIDENT AND HAIR
NESS MANUFACTURER DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS.

John D. Kress, president of the
Mitchell Harness company and pio-
neer resident of Mitchell, died at
1880 o'clock this morning at his
home, 3l7 East Fifth avenue. after
an illness that has lasted for the
past four years. Ills demise was due
to heart trouble, caused by the
hardening of the arteries.
The end came this morning after
a more serious attack Of the sdisease
that came upon Mr.. Kress about ten
days ago.
At intervals during the past four
wears Mr.. Kress has had serious at
tacks and during the entire time he
has been unable to attend to his
duties in the office.
The deceased was a pioneer settler
of the state of South Dakota and a
long resident of Mitchell, having
come to Sioux Falls with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Kress, in the year
1878. He later moved with the
family in 1879 to Mitchell. where
his parents lived until their death,
his mother dying in 1908 II MS
father in 1906. The deceased was
born in Wabashaw, Mimi, September
1855. !.
Mr.. Kress went to California and
stayed on the coast for several years,
returning to Mitchell in 1890. HIS
father was engaged in the harness
business, and here Mr.. Kress WORK
ed for sometime, later purchasing
the business, which he successfully
continued for five years. He then
took a position with the Wallace
Smith Saddle company, of MliWau
zee. and was travelling salesman Tor
them until 1909. 1t has been sald
that Mr.. Kress was n of the e
statesmen on the road at that Tune,
and it vas with repeated el1or.s
that the Milwaukee firm tried to set
him TO resume his former position
with them, but in 1909, Mr.. kress
organized the Mitchell Harness
company, and has ever since been
president of that concern.
The deceased is survived byN ms
wife. Mrs. Anna Kress, a son, Hor
ace Kress, and sister, Mrs. IL. L.
Bates, of Gettysburg, 5. y. ~,
The funeral services VIII De hela
at the home, SIT East Fifth avenue
next Saturday afternoon at o,cioGk
the services being conducted by the
First church of Christ Soientlst. Mr'
and Mrs. O. j.. Mater, OF Ut. Dodse,
Ia. will arrive tomorrow to atteno
the funeral, Mrs. Mater being 'he
sister of Mrs. Kress. H. G. Bates, OF
Fgan, S. D., a nephew of MRS. kress
win arrive tomorrow and also MIS-,
Kress,s niece, Mrs. George Hollana
and Mr.. Holland of Gettysburg, 5. y
are expected to arrive tomorrow.
=. The pallbearers will be members
of The firm of which the deceased
was president.
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KIMBALL

Kimball, S. Drank Richards
fell from his horse which he was
riding and broke the small bone in
MS right leg. He was driving a
bunch OF ponies to Kimball. when
his horse stepped into a Mole throw
ing him.of with the above results.
At the joint installation OF the
Masons and Eastern Stars this
week the following officers were in
Quoted into office:r c. c. lSwartout,
w. NJ; R. Carlson, s. w; E. A.
Jefferson, j. w; Fred Griswold.
treas; H. G. Smith, Sec'y.. A. M.
Bowlcs, chaplain; O. H. Wright, s.
d.; Geo. Bray, j. D.; C. e. Smith,
S. S.; Gus Ronning, j.. s.; G. d.
Rose. tyler; Myrtle Smith, w. NJ;
DR.. Willy. w. p; Mrs. Bertha Osh-
sner, asst. M; Mrs. Mary" Willy.
Sec'y.; H. C.. Smith, Treas; Mrs.
Pearl Truesdell, Cond.; Mrs. Nellie
Novetny, Asst. Cond,; A. NJ. Boyles,
chaplain: Miss Ethel Griswold, or
ganist; Mrs. II. C. Smith, marshall;
Mrs. Mytinger, Ada; Mrs. Flora
Bowles, Ruth; Mrs. Pearl Colby,
Esther; Mrs. Anna Harker, Martha;
Mrs. Caroline Ronning, Electa; Mrs.
Etna Reynolds, warder; O. II.
Wright, sentinel.
After the installation a fine ban
quet was given by the Masons at
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,tfiG V1UEtu. D1.'T $500 y ~.
GUN LOADED;
USUAL RESULT
FARMERS son LOSES HAND BY
HAVING WEAPON ONAEAGCN Is

20 - kHELWfS
Worthing, s. ps-Carrying a shot
gun in the bottom OF his wagon re-
suited in Ernest Stergel, aged IL.
son of a farmer living lea Worthing
losing the preater paEtsof one OF his
ll1ards. Thesladpdrove somesdistance
to a field for the purpose of securing
a load OF corr fodder.
Thinking he might run across some
rabbits on the trip he placed a load
ed shotgun In che bottom of the
wagon. The jarring of the wagon
caused the weapon to be discharged.
The charge struck him I'M one of his
hands, mangling it so badly that two
OF the fingers had to be amputated.
1t may be necessary to amEutate
some of the remaining fingers and
TIE thumb,
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the LOT hotel, where short speeches
were given by! different members of
the lodge.
CHOLERA SCHOOLS
PRODUCE RESULTS
MANY SOUTH DAKOTA FARMERS
TAUGHT TO FIGHT DIS
EASE.

Brookinga, s. D.-About 125
farmers have attended the hog chol-,
era schools during the summer, fall
and winter as conducted by the state
live stock sanitary board. The most
recent school was held last week at
Madison. The value of these schooIs
TO the South Dakota swine breeders
is almost in~calculahle, and the work
of Frank r. Cock. secretary OF the
board and DR.. C. G. Lipp, veterinar-
ian at the state college, who con-
ducts the schools, is certain to make
for a great saving in the breeding OF
hogs. South Dakota farmers can i'll
afford to allow hog cholera to rob
them of $4,000 900 worth of hogs
another season.
The method of conducting the
schools is as follows: First the
class is organized and the names
and addresses of these in regular at
tendance are taken to be sent 10
the office of the live stock sanitary
board. Those who have attended all
the sessions of the school are later
given a permit to vacclnate thelr
own hogs on their W farm OF
farms. At each school, DR.. Lipp mas
given g, series OF six lectures and a
! demonstration, and farmers attend
ing have taken copious notes.
These lectures cover the cause OF
hog cholera: means by which choiera
Is spread; the prevention OF cholera
without the use of serum, through
sanitation, quarantine, isolation, dis
infection. balanced rations, etc, las
much emphasis being placed upon
preventative measures as upon vac
cination): symptoms Of cholera; use
CT the thermometer in detecting IN
fected animals; post mortem appear
ances of hogs dead of cholera; pro
ductiou and testing of serum; pro
duotion of virus; difference between
serum and virus; under what condl-
tons should sermon alone be used
when is it pest to use the double
treatment; when is it best to use the
zingle treatment followed by the
double treatment; instruments need
ed for vaccination, sterilizing of In
struments; d~isinfecting the skin
best location for injection; and hold
ing the hogs for injection. The lee
lures are followed by 4 demonstra'
ton of actual vaccination OF hogs
with instruction on the proper care
Of the animals after vaccination
Questions and quizzes are frequent
Four of these schools have beer
held this year: at Mitchell, Re1held
Aberdeen and Madison. They are
absolutely free of charge to those at
tending, there being no tuition OF
ether fees connected with them. IL
make them fully effective, it is ex
pected that the county agent, The
commercial club Or some other or
gan;zation will give due publicity
furnish meeting place, and look aftel
the necessary preliminary details. i
is quite probable that II or NOR
schools will yet be held this winter
but the location has not been an
nounced. No farmer can afford t.
neglect an opportunity of attending
in the lecture and demonstration
when II of these schools is held il
his vicinity.
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WAS THE
COLOESTCHRISTMAS
IN MANY YEARS
Records Broken in
Many Places by
Cold Wave.
Isl BELOW IN EAST
Covers Entire Eastern Por-
ton of United States and
South to Florida,
81 BELOW IN EAST.

From Omaha, Nebraska, to the At
lantic coast, zero weather prevailed.
The cold wave originated in Manito-
ba and swept southwark and easta
ward. Cold weather records lei
shattered at many points where Off
cial weather bureaus are maintained
Cross roads weather prophets had
ample chance to discuss the remark
able performances of mercury. Barre
Vermont, with report of fifty-two de-
grees below zero is most frigid spot
that sent a report.
Other cold places are:
Charles City, Ia, t~wenty-four be-
low: Lacrosse, Wis, twenty-four be-
low; Des Moines and Davenport, Ia,
fourteen below; Devils Lake, N. D.,
eighteen below; st. Paul, twenty-five
below; st. Paul, twenty-five below;
Greenbay, Wis, eighteen below.
Telegraph. and telephone compan-i
les reported many cold weather
breaks" due to contraction of wires.
Gangs of linemen are particularly
busy repairing wires in the four
SLuLcSs Ol luulhld, AIllLOtb, VASSoA-
sin, Iowa. In Chicago the thermom-
eter stood four below Eel
Washington, D. C.-The cold
wave which holds the country from
the Mississippi river to the Atlantic
coast in its grip, broke the Decem-
Der temperature record in many
places. 1t was thirty-two degrees be-
low zero at N~orthfield, Vermont,
eighteen below OF Albany, N. Y; at
lPeoria, ILL.,, 1t was eighteen below
Tho extreme cold extended al far
south as Florida. 1t was below zero
record insXNew England, New York,
West VirAinia, Michigan, Illinois,
ncrtllcrn Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Minnesota and the Dakotas.
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home oe the brides father, Charles
Radmer, five miles south west of
Mitchelly The marriage was solemn
lied at seven O'Clock, by Rev. Robert
Lincoln Kelly. pastor of the First
Baptist church of this city,
Miss Edith Radmer, sister of the
bride, attended Miss Radmer, While
Mr.. Charles DeMeyer attended the
groom. Over thirty friends and rel
atives we're in attendance at the we'd
ding. Following the ceremonies, the
guests were served with an elegant
supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oleson left the fol
lowing morning for a months honey
moon trip. They expect to visit sew
eral places in Wisconsin. On their
return they will live on the farm Of
the groom, south of this city.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-12-31
HELGERSON WON'T
ACCEPT POSITION
MT. VERNON MAN DECLINES AP-
POINTMENT TO CHARITIES
BOARD.

Pierre, S. D.-Word reaches here
that Gus Helgerson, for three terms
member Of the legislature from
Dawson county and one of the states
best known citizens has sent word TO
his friends that he cannot be con-
sidered as a candidate for appoint
ment on the state board of charities.
and corrections. 1T has been known,
for several weeks that Helgerson's
old legislative friends were urging
Governor .Byrne to appoint the Dav-
ison county man to a place on that
board and that the prospect were not
Infavorable for his candidacy. Hell
gerson in writing to his hackers
states that circumstances have arisen
which would not permit him to ac-
cept the place and give it the time
it demands and for that reason he
wishes not to. be considered a can
didate.
This reduces the number of ap-
plicants for appointment on that
board. Warren Green. of Hamilin
county and now serving his first
term, rAis generally considered will
be reappointed, he having been a
very efficient member. There is one
other vacancy and for that place
there are twenty-eight applications.
Another board which is attracting
attention is the board of regents.
Regents Dwight of Sioux Falls, and
Hitchcock r serving their first
terms which expire in March. There
are a number of applications for
those two places and no one has yet
ventured a guess on whom the ap-
pointees will be.
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FINE ON
INSTALLMENTS
GIVEN FIVE YEARS TO PAY OFF
FINE OF $1,474.4O AT
CLARK.

Clark, S. D.-An unusual judg-
ment has been rendered in the case
of Ray Back, a young man who
of state circuit court for Clark
county of a criminal onense and who
was convicted at a recent term
this including the heavy costs in
the case.
The judgment rendered in the
case permits the young man to pay
the amount of the fine and costs as
sessed against him in annual in
stallments. The first year he is
to- pay $3.50 in quarterly payments,
$3.50 each three month& until
Sept. Is. 1915. when the amount is
reduced. to SIS for each three
months, which amount he will have
to pay for a period Of five years
During the five years following he
will be obliged to pay $3.50 per
quarter or $50 each year.
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TEACHERS MAKE PROGRAM

Aberdeen, S. D.-A commlteee Oh
teachers from the northern South Da-
kota, at a meeting here, prepared the
program for the annual meeting OF
the Northern South Dakota Teachers
Association, which will be held IN
Aberdeen on March % to ~.
Besides tho business sessions, the
rogram will include addresses py
c. II. Lugg, state superintendent
Professor e. H. Lindley, of<$he Uni
versity of Indiana; Miss Mabel Car.
ney Of st. Paul, superintendent OF
the rural school section of the Min
nesota department of education; DR.:
w. f. Jones, of the University OF
South Dakota, and Professor F. II
Koch of the University of North Da-
kota, besides many South Dakota
educators.
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DAY IN
MUNICIPAL COURT
AFTER CHRISTMAS SESSION
FINDS SEVERAL OFFENDERS
BEFORE JUDGE.

In municipal court this morning
George Erwin and Eva Burnett who
were arrested on a charge of adultry
were bound owe to the District
Court.
Godfrey Lundeman and George
Nichols charged with lettering were
each fined SO and costs. ID. d. Dorr
was fined $500 and costs for driving
an automobile without a license
number.
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BELLE FoURCHE DISTRICT.

Belle Fourcne; s. D.--That the
Belle Fourche valley Is rapidly be-
coming a great sheep feeding district
is shown by the fact that there are
now $1,000 head of sheep being tat
tened on the ranges around there
now and this number would have
been greater but for the finphcials
stringency the past fall. Shipments Of
the sheep nov Feeding, will begin IN
about two weeks. The supply OF al-
falfa raised In this section has made
the winter feeding attractive 70;
sheepmen.
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MATHER SPEAKS
BEFORE CONGRESS.
MITCHELL ENGINEER MAKES
ADDRESS AT GOOD ROADS
SESSION. -.

Vermillion, S.. D.-The second day
session of the Good Roads Congress
at the University of South Dakota
closed very successfully. The speak
ers for the day, were x. G. Gaynor,
a consulting engineer of Sioux City
and formerly city engineer who
delivered an address on Road Sur
veys and Mapping" Professor j. NJ.
Brown of the civil engineering de-
partment of the university, on San
5dy-Clay Roads. In the evening e.
IS. MCGOWAN gave a lecture, illustrat-
ed by motion pictures to In audience
that filled-the local theatre, on Con
crete Roads and Payements."
Mr.. Gaynor in the course of his
address gave an interesting history
of the development of bridges and
the part they play in u industrial
life, especially in the larger cities.
He brought out the fact that it is
largely due to the honesty OF the
consulting engineer whether plans
and specifications are adequate for
the traffic that a bridge will bear.
concrete bridges are rapidly gaining
favor in the United States" said he,
due to the fact that they have a
much longer life than steel bridges
the latter becoming unsafe for heavy
loads after the plates have rushed.
The first cost of each does not ma
terially differ, but the concrete
bridge is a money saver in the long
run" s
Mr.. Mather's talk was OF espec-
ial interest to the engineering stud
>ents present, his address being illus
trated by charts and diagrams show
ing actual road surveys and mapping
..The ordinary road should never be
less than twenty feet in width said.
Mr.. Mather, '.and this maybe ex-
tended to thirty feet if the traffic
is heavy. Select a road bed that has
a stable bottom and not more than
a rise of six inches In a hundred feet
if possible. Make the gutter on each
side of the road five feet wide and
fourteen inches deep and nave them
sloping on both edges. Crown roads
with about six to ten inches of dirt
and gravel, thus making a rise of
W feet from the crown of the road
to the bottom of the ditch. This
will make a first-class road for aver
age South Dakota conditions"
Professor Brown next spoke on
sand-clay roads, saying in part:
This sort of road is a hybrid having
the elements of the clay to resist
water and of sand for wearing quail
tiles. When properly made those
roads are equal to macadam and cost
but one-sixth as much. being espec-
tally adapted to South Dakota condi-
tions. When the mixtureIs applied
to the road, first cur the proper
amount Of clay to thoroughly sat
urate the sand. then spread it uni
formly over the road and consolidate
it by using a heavy roller
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THIRD TRIAL DISASTROUS.

Belle Fourche, S. D.-FOr tne
third time in a few weeks, fire oc-
cured in the Tom White building
here and before it could be control
led, caused a loss of about $4,000.
The fire started in White restaurant
and completely destroyed this build
ing and then spreading partly de-
stroyed the G. S. Small clothing
store. 1t is supposed to have orig
mated from sparks from a range in
the restaurant. There partial insur-
ance on the buildings.