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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-12
Friend Of tho Farmer.

Or. Marion Dorset, bi-chemist Of the
federal bureau Of animal industry, ID
the scientist who first isolated the
germ responsible for that farm scourge
cholera in the hog. That accomplished.
he perfected q serum to combat Il,
protected his processes by patents and
then turned them over to the public.
to BE- used without chaIgO.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-12
CHAPTER ll-continued.

.
Samson, but I know how We feels
about yore pap. / heered tibet Bud
spicer come by hyar yistiddy plumb
full Of liquor an lowed he'd seen
Jesse an Jim Asberry a-talkin' ter
gether jest afore yore pap was kilt"
He. broke off abruptly. then added:
Eye went away from hyar last night,
an didn't git in twell after sunup-I
Just heered the news. an come ter
look fer ye."
Air you.all lowin' tibet I shot, them
shoots from the laurel?" inquired Sam
son, quietly.
"Ef veal haint 'lowin' hit, Sam
son, we're plumb shore tibet Jesse
Purvy's folks will low hit. They're
Jest a-holdin' yore life like hostage
fer Purvy's, anyhow. Eff he dies they'll
try ter git ye."
The boy flashed a challenge about
the group. which was now drawing
rein at Spicer South's yard fence. His
eyes were sullen, but he made no an.
swer.
One Of the men who had listened in
silence now spoke:
I'm the fust place, Samson, we hain't
a-sayin' ye done hit. In the mex place,
eft ye did do hit we hain't a-blamin'
ye-much. But 1 reckon them dawgs
don't lie, an. eff they trails in hyar
yell need US. Thet's why we've done
come"
The boy slipped down from his mule
and helped Lescott to dismount. He
deliberately unloaded the saddlebags
and kit and laid them on the top step
of the stile, and. while he held his
peace, neither denying nor affirming,
his kinsmen sat their horses and
waited.
Even to Lescott it was palpable that
some of them believed the young heir
to clan leadership responsible for the
shooting of Jesse Purvy, and that
others believed him innocent, yet none
the less in danger Of the enemy's ven.
geance. But. regardless of divided
opinion, all were alike ready to stand
at his back and all alike awaited his
final utterance.
Then. in the thickening gloom, Sam.
son turned at the foot of the stile
and faced the gathering. He stood
rigid. and his eyes flashed with deep
passion. His hands, hanging at the
seams OF his jeans breeches, clinched.
and his voice came in slow utter.
ance through which throbbed the ten.
sity of soul-absorbing bitterness.
Il knowed all bout Jesse Puryy's
bein. shot. When my pap lay
a-dyin' over thar at his house l was
. little shaver ten years old
Jesse Purvy hired somebody ter kill
MIN an I promised my pan
that Id find out who tibet man was,
an thet I'd git 'em both-some dav
So help me, God Almighty, I'm a.eoin'
ter git 'em both-some day!". The
boy paused and lifted one hand az
though taking an oath.
I'm a-tellin' you-all the truth
But l didn't shoot them shoots this
mornin'. I hain't no truce buster
gives ye my hand on hit. n
them dawgs come hyar they'll find me
nyar, an. ct they hain't liars they'll
60 right by hyar. don't low ter run
away, an don't low ter hide out I'm
a.goin' ter stay right hyar. Thet's ali
I've got ter say ter ye."
For a moment there was no ren,v
Then the older man nodded with q
gesture of relieved anxiety.
"Thet's all we wants ter know Sam.
son." he said. slowly. Light, men an
come in"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-12
Copyright. 1913. BY w. ]. Watt & c
SYNOPSIS.

On Misery creek. at the foot of a rock
finds George Lescott. landscape paint
er. unconscious. and after reviving him.
goes for assistance. Samson South and
are met by Spicer South, head of the
family. who tells them that Jesse Purvy
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-12

orders brushed shoulders; where the
new was tolerated. but dared not be-
come aggressive. Directly across the
street from the courthouse stood an
ample frame building, on whose side
wall was emblazoned the legend,
"Hollman's Mammoth Department
Store" That was the secret strong.
hold Of HOLMAN power. He had al.
ways spoken deploringly of that spirit
of lawleesness which had given the
mountains a bad name.
When the railroad came to Hixon
It found In Judge Holman public.
spirited citizen" incidentally. the tim.
Der that 1t hauled and the coal that
its fiat cars carried down to the Blue.
grass went largely to his consignees.
He had SO astutely anticipated coming
events that, when the first scouts Of
capital sought options they found
themselves constantly referred to
Judge Holman. No wheel. it seemed,
could turn without his nod. It was
natural that the genial storekeeper
should become the big man of the
community and inevitable that the one
big man should become the dictator.
His inherited place as leader of the
Hollmans in the feud he had SEEM
ingly passed on a. IN obsolete pre-.
rogative.
Yet, in business matters. he was
found to drive q hard bargain, and
men came to regard It the part Of
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
UNITED STATES WINS
GREAT COMMERCIAL VICTORY

WASHINGTON sept. 28. = The
United States won its first great com
mercial victory through diplomatic
means. The state department an
nounced that millions of dollars worth
of Russian goods, mostly paid for, con-
signed to American importers, but
long held up by Russian embargo
would be permitted shipment to Amer
lea Immediately.
The goods will be consigned to Sec
retary of Commerce ,Redfeld, who
guarantees that they will be consumed
in America and not allowed to reach
Russia's enemies.
A special messenger carried the
documents and agreements in the case
to Watertown, where Secretary Lam
sing affixed his signature. The papers
were then sent to Newport, and with
Ambassador Bakmeteff's signature be-
came effective at once.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
COUNTY PATIENTS
WITH COIN TO PAY

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28.-A fiat
rate of $1.25 per day for attention to
patients in the wards of the county
hospital who are able to pay for their
treatments and care was fixed by the
board of supervisors, at the request of
N. R. Martin, superintendent of char
tiles. Persons who are not able to
pay will receive attention at the ex-
pense of the county. In the past it
has been customary to charge patients
who were able to pay, but the charges
were declared today to be varying and
difficult to collect.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
"Windjammer" Result of Wars

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 27.-One
of the extraordinary results of the war,
in so far as the Pacific is concerned, is
the recrudescence of the "wind-jam-
mer" or sailing vessel. The dearth of
steamers and high freights are respon-
sible to large extent for this.
At present there are either on the
way to Sydney or about to sail a fleet
of 116 sailing ships, ranging from the
big 2,500-tonner to the shapely Amer
ican schooner of 500 tons.
Of the latter, the four-master pre-
dominates.
The majority of the sailors engaged
are of American registry, most of them
coming from the Pacific coast lumber
ports.
These are receiving freights up to
$21.25 per 1000 cubic feet-a state of
affairs which it is said in Australian
shipping circles is unprecedented.
1t is also understood here that, apart
from the marcelous impetus in the
lumber-carrying trade, numerous large
sailing vessels are landing at New
York or destined to load there for
Australian ports.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
ELECTION PAMPHLETS TO
BE MAILED OCTOBER

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28-Mailing
of the proposed amendments and ref
erendum measures to be voted on Oc-
tober 26 will commence Oct. 1 and
continue for ten days. Pamphlets
containing the propositions have been
received by Thomas McA1eer, in
charge of the registration department.
These pamphlets number 100000, or
about twice as many as will be mailed
in the city and county of San Fran
cisco. Each of the eleven PROPOSE
tions is accompanied by arguments
for and against.
1t is the plan to have the sample
ballots containing the propositions
advanced by the board of supervisors
and the city council printed in time
to be mailed with the proposed state
measures.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
SAN DIMAS GOLD FIND
sTIRs MINING FEVER

SAN DIMAS, Sept. 2S.-Interest is
keen here as the result of the report
of the discovery of valuable ledge of
gold three miles up in the San Dimas
canyon, north of this city. The dis
covery was made by Messrs. Coulter
and Thompson, two men who have
spent considerable time in the noun
tains north of here prospecting. Their
discovery consists of ledge, the sur
face of which shows a width of TWEEN
ty-fiye feet, and extends for over a
mile in length. The values are placed
at from $40 to $14 per ton.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
PEOPLE TO PASS ON
FLOOD BOND ISSUE

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28.-By vote
of three to two, the board of supervis
ors has decided to enter upon the plan
of flood control outlined by the engi
neers and to expend in the project ap
proximately $16,OOO,OOO in all. The
initial expenditure of $6,OOO,OOO will
be submitted to vote of the people
Oct. 26.
If approved, this money will be
spent as follows:
For restraining dams in the noun.
tains, $500,0O0.
FIR spreading grounds at the mouths
of canyons, 100000.
For Arroyo Seco, Pacoima, San Ga
briel, Eaton and other dams, $50O,0O0.
For rights of way and other items
related thereto, 100000.
For clearing channels and work re-
lated thereto, 100000.
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three miles, 100000. Reduction OF
$15,OOO
Redondo and Point Firmin road
from Redondo around Point Firmin tc
west city limits of Los Angeles at
San Pedro, about fourteen miles, $3.50,
900.
Durfee road, from Pomona road to
Durfee avenue, about three miles
$37,5O0, a reduction of $1,000.
Puente and Azusa Bridge road
from Foothill boulevard to Covina
boulevard, about three miles, $780,
a reduction of $4,000.
Citrus avenue, from Covina to Wal
nut, about seven miles, $4,000.
Lexington road, from Durfee ave
nue. to Ell Monte, about two miles
$4,000.
Ventura road, from Ventura-Los An.
geles county line to state highway
near Castaic, about five and one-half
miles, $4,000.
Benedict Canyon road, from Bev-
erly Hills, north to Los Angeles,
about four miles, $4,000.
San Dimas Canyon road, from Foot
hill boulevard north, about six miles,
$4,000.
Completion of Artesia avenue, be-
tween Valley boulevard and Downey
Norwalk and Orange County road,
about three and one-half miles, $45,-
900, reduction of $4,000.
Road from Little Rock to Llano
about nine miles, $4,000.
New propositions:
From Anaheim road, along Temple
avenue to Signal hill, $4,000.
Inglewood to Palms road, $4,000.
Supervisor Hamilton said he was in
favor of the proposition because, he
believed, it was fair to all parts of the
county.
eff adopted" he said, "it will solve
the problem of the unemployed, give
needed stimulus to business, and fur
ther develop the county"
With reference to the objection that
the bonds were not segregated, Mr..
Hamilton declared that the defeat of
the proposition would clear the stu
alton and show conclusively where
new highways would be approved
Before adjourning, the board sent a
request to County Road Commissioner
Joyner to submit all the data he pos
sesses with reference to surveys,
grants and other matters connected
with the group of roads named in the
resolution.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
EIGHT INDICTED IN
EASTLAND DISASTER

CHICAGO, Sept. Indictments
against eight of the officials of the
company owning the ill-fated East
land, which sank in the Chicago river,
carrying nearly thousand persons to
their deaths, were returned by fed
eral grand jury.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 2S-That the East
land disaster in Chicago was caused
by three submerged piles which had
carelessly been left when a tunnel was
built is the belief of Edwin F. Sweet,
assistant secretary of commerce, who
is in ST. Paul. The city of Chicago
may be responsible for the catastro-
phe, he limited.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
AMERICANS URGE RED
CROSS CONTINUE RELIEF

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-An ap-
peal from American citizens in Mex
leo urging the Red Cross not to dis
continue its relief work there was
made public by Mabel T. Boardman,
chairman of the Red Cross national
relief board
Since the petition was drafted
contribution of $4,000 from the Rock
efeller foundation has replenished an
exhausted fund of the Red Cross for
Mexican relief, and Charles J. O'Con-
nor, in charge of the society's head
quarters in Mexico City, has been no
titled that all reasonable demands can
be met for the next thirty days at
least.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
$2,S50,000 BOND ELECTION
FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY
SPECIAL Vote Will BE HELD SAME day AS GENERAL ISSUES
ARE DECIDED CHANGES IN SUPERVISORS RESOLUTION
Ballot Will Contain Single Proposition Proposed to be E
pended New Highways in County We're Cut Down in Five Instances
Two New Roads We're Included by Board Of Supervisors

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2S.-The res
olution calling for a special election
to vote on the question of incurring a
bonded Indebtedness of $2,850,000 for
building and maintaining new high
ways in the county was adopted by
the board of supervisors by three-to
one vote.
The special election will be held
Oct 26, the same day fixed for the
general election. The ballot will con.
tain a single proposition, the majority
of the board holding to it's original
purpose to have the bonds voted on as
a whole, instead of being segregated
The resolution as adopted contains
several changes from the original
plan. Amounts proposed to be ex.
pended on new highways were cut
down in five instances, and two new
roads were included. It's adoption
made no change in the amount of the
proposed bond issue.
Roads and Amounts
The roads named in the resolution
with the estimates of the amounts
that will be required for each are as
follows:
Completion of Mint Canyon road,
Saugus to Palmdale, about thirty-three
miles, 100000.
Road along most practicable route
on Arroyo Seco from Pasadena to the
ridge of the range in which Mount
Pacifco is situated, about twenty
miles, 100000, reduction of $4,000
from original estimates.
Road along most practicable route
up San Gabriel canyon from Azusa to
DEVILS Punch bowl, about thirty miles,
$750,OO0.
Road along most practicable route
along crest of Sierra Madre range
connecting Arroyo Seco and San Ga
briel roads, about thirty miles, $780,
900.
Completion of Pico boulevard, Los
Angeles to Santa Monica, four miles,
$4,000.
Completion of Harbor Truck boule-
ward, Alameda street, about thirteen
miles, 100000.
Highway Along Beach
Road along most practicable route
from Venice to Manhattan Beach,
about four miles, $4,000.
La Brea @ Canyon road, Pomona
boulevard to Orange-Los Angeles
county line, about six miles, $65,000.
Orange Grove avenue, Pasadena to
Central avenue, Sierra Madre, about
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
IMPORT DUTIES WILL Be
HARD BLOW TO AMERICA
"BEGINNING OF THE END OF
FREE TRADE" SAYS LEADER
America Will Suffer Most From New
Duties Imposed by England-Bud
get Will Be Doubled for
Next Generation

LONDON, Sept. 27.-"Beginning OF
the end of free trade" That sentence
summarized the comment of parlia
mentarians, radical and Unionist
alike, upon Reginald McKenna's war
budget. AS leading Liberal free
trader said, Free trade is a grand
thing, but freedom is a grander, and
this is a war for freedom
Preference was not specifically men
toned in any speech. Indeed, Canada
is the only dominion that has any di.
rect interest in the new duties. The
British returns show that in 1915 Can
ada sent in $S50,O0O worth of auto.
mobiles and parts and $4,000 worth
of musical instruments, both of which
will now be subject to 1878 per
cent duty.
Mr. McKenna clearly foreshadowed
that if the war continued his next
budget, few months hence, must
carry the taxation further, and the
present proposals pretty we'll exhaust
the payment capacities of the income
taxpayer and the wage-earner The
only large field of taxation remaining
to be exploited is Britain's $3,200,-
100000 worth of imports of food and
raw material and manufactures, to
which Canada contributes $3.50, 100000
in normal year.
Already one hears suggestions which
would find strong support in parlia
ment that empire solidarity, as evi
denced on the battlefelds of Elan,
ders and Gallipoli, must be expressed
by preference forthwith, even upon
|newly-taxed commodities like Cana.
ian automobiles and musical instru
ments.
America and Switzerland will feel
the new duties most. The impression
here is that their effect in rectifyine
exchange will be considerable, as
American products reach England in
normal year to the extent of $625,
100000.
The budget expenditure, which was
81 ,000,0 100000 before the war, cannot
be less than $2,000,000,O00 yearly fol
the lifetime of this generation al
least. No fiscal theories can alter the
necessity of covering this huge per
manent advance by greatly increased
indirect taxation. The great extension
of indirect taxation is shown by the
fact that under the new budget mar
with an income of $4,000 pays $4,000
in taxes. The $4,000 man pays $40,
900, and the $500,000 man pays $170,
900, or over third of his income.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
PHOENIX FAIR TO GIVE $1,000
FOR 150-MlLE CONTEST

PHOENIX, Sept. 27.-Phoenix, al
though abandoning the desert race
this year, is to have it's big motor day
at the Arizona state fair. The fair as
sociation has set aside $4,000 for the
feature event of the day, the 150-mile
free-for-all.
Although the Arizona fair program
always has had liberal harness fea
lures, the biggest crowd passed
through the gates on the day that the
motor races were to be held. The
desert classic" always stimulated
this attendance, but the fair officials
believe they will offset this by in
creasing the purse to $4,000, the most
liberal offering ever made on a mile
track in the West.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
TAXATION IS CLIPPED OVER
s9,OOO,0OO BY EXEMPTIONS
BURDEN WILL FALL ON COUNTY
PROPERTY OWNERS
College Exemptions Total $3.50, 0,345
in Southern California Alone
October Election Would Ex-
empt Church Property

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 2S.-"NearIy
nine and One-third million dollars
worth of property was lost to the
counties of the state this year, for
purposes of taxation, because the vot-
ers, last November, decided to exempt
from local taxation ships carrying
above a certain tonnage and educa-
tional institutions of collegiate grade, .
said State Controller John S. Cham
bers.
In addition" he continued, ''the ex-
emptions allowed to soldiers and
sailors increased this year over last
$761, ,669, or a total of $10,942,175. 1t
has not been possible as yet to ascer-
tain the value of church property that
is not taxed. In San Francisco, last
year, property of this character so ex-
empted, totaled $7,75O,OOO. On the
ballot for the coming October election
will be found amendment No. 10, by
which it is proposed to so enlarge
the character of church exemptions
that such property may be used for
other than strictly religious pur.
poses."
The revenue of the state govern
ment, under our present divided sys-
tenn of taxation, is not affected by
these and the many other exemp-
tlons," Chambers continued, "the
loss falling upon the counties in the
sense that such property as is not ex-
empted must bear an additional tax
burden, proportionate to the value OF
the property withdrawn from taxa.
tion."
The college exemptions total ST.,
37O,345. In Southern California the
college exemptions are:
Los Angeles county-University OF
Southern California, $54,360; College
of Dentistry, u. S. c., $25,SOO; Santa
Clara college, $1O,246; Throop col.
lege of Technology, $91,225; Occiden-
tai college, $157,335; Whittier col
lege, $13,560; Nazarene university
$57,595; Pomona college, $62,7SO; to.
tai, $472,9OO.
San Bernardino county-College OF
Medical Evangelists, $64,245; Univer.
sity of Redlands, $33,25O; total, $97,-
495.
The assessed valuation of soldiers
and sailors exemptions for the entire
state totals $1O,942,175, an increase of
$761, ,669 over the total recorded in
1914.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
U. S. FIELD WIRELESS
CREATES NEW RECORD

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 2S.-Army
men at Fort Leavenworth claimed a
record in having sent a wireless mes
sage forty-four miles, using the United
States army's newest field apparatus,
operated by the Fifth and Sixth di-
visions of Company A, United States
Signal corps. The older field radio
machines were seldom capable of
sending radiograms over thirty-five
miles. The new equipment was per-
fected recently in the government
shops at Washington. The outfit can
be packed on a mule.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
Whittier School, Wins Prize

WHITTIER, Sept. 28.-Adjudging
the East Whittier school the most
beautiful in the county and the best
exponent of the mission type of archi-
lecture IN it's class, the Identification
committee of Los Angeles county has
awarded two cash prizes, each of $4OO,
to the school.
The beautiful school building that
carried off first prizes in two different
classes among those arranged in the
competition, including all the schools
in the county, is situated in the midst
of orange groves. The grounds have
been most advantageously laid out by
landscape gardeners, with shade trees
and palms utilized to effectively en-
hance the beauty of the mission style
of the school building.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
STATE SEALER ISSUES
NEW WEIGHING ORDER

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 2S.-Growers
of beans, rice, grain products, etc.,
are benefited by a ruling by the state
sealer of weights and measures,
Charles G. Johnson, who will abolish
the system of weighing commodities
by the wagonload prior to warehous-
ing and then subtracting the tare of
the wagon.
This system is declared to be very
unsatisfactory and inadequate for hon
est weight, and will be replaced by a
system of weighing in drafts of five
bags to the draft and on an inside
portable platform scale, sensitive to
a maximum of one pound.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
Turkish Camp Life DepIorabIe

GENEVA, Switzerland (via Paris),
Sept. PA Swiss who has just re-
turned from Constantinople writes to
the Gazette de Lausanne that there is
no gas, electricity or candles in the
Turkish camp, and that conditions of
life there are almost intolerable for
foreigners.
He says that 1000 workmen from
the Krupp plant in Germany are idle
on account of lack of raw materials
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
CAR ICING PRIVILEGE
is SOUGHT BY S. p

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2S.-The
Southern Pacific company asked the
state railroad commission for author.
ity to take over the icing of all re-
frigerator cars between San Fran
cisco, South San Francisco, Oakland
San Jose, Fresno and Sacramento.
The change, it was said, would con
stitute an increase in shipping COSTS
particularly for a local meat indus
try, amounting to several thousand
dollars annually.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
BATTLESHIP MICHIGAN
LEADS IN EFFICIENCY

WASHINGTON, Sept. %. = The
Michigan led all other vessels of the
battleship class for battle efficiency in
1915, according to an announcement
by the navy department The Texas
was second and the Georgia third in
the list of nineteen vessels.
The Patterson led the list in the de-
stroyer class, the McDougal being Sec
ond and the Tanning third. In the
submarine class, KS stood first, with
C-3 second and B-3 third.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
CAR COMPANY WILL
START JlTNEY SERVICE

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 28.-Accord-
ing to story given out by the Sacra-
mento Jitney association and con-
tirmed by the Ford agency in this
city, the Pacific Gas and Electric COM
pany, which owns the Main street car
lines in this city, has negotiated the
purchase of several cars, and will be-
gin soon the operation of jitney busses
in opposition to about ninety-five in
dependent drivers now in the field.
The Parker post., 1915-10-02
r. r. COMMISSION ORDERS
SANTA FE TO BUILD 25 MILES

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28.-The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
way company was ordered by the
state railway commission to construct
a line connecting Oceanside, in San
Diego county, with Temecula, twenty
five miles northeast. The order made
it optional to route the line by way
of Fallbrook, twelve miles distant from
Temecula, or to run it through the
Rainbow valley.