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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
FARMER RUNS AMUck* WAS
CRAZED BY luRlD READING

Carlock. s. d., March 13.-Driven
violently insane by. it Is alleged, read
ing the Appeal to Reason, the Menace
and other publications of that class.
James Ellison. a Gregory county home
steader, ran muck and created a reign
of terror over quite a scope of country.
Neighbors finally turned out in large
numbers and pursued him, capturing
him after "A desperate struggle and
closely guarding him until officers
could be summoned to the eel Eli
son Is 81 years of age and unmarried.
For several days he a been acting
strangely and yesterday he became
violent. He labored under the hallu-
cination that he had been summoned
by Go to avenge the death of some
persons. Securing a large butcher
knife. he went to the home of his
brotherinlaw. S. G. Smith. where he
broke up some of the furniture and de-
stroyed a lumber of window lights.
Leaving Smiths place, he started
across the prairie toward the town Of
Lucas. Coming to Il telephone pole on
which some one had hung a lantern, he
broke the lantern and then. after re-
moving his hat, coat and vest, resumed
his journey to Lucas, terrorizing the
people o
He was captured before he could do
harm to any one or to himself.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
SOUTH DAKOTA

The following account OF the discov-
cry Of III advantages of the reflected
light. now so widely used In lighthouse
construction, is given by Tit-Bits. In
h later half of the Eighteenth CEN
fury one of the members of a little sci-
enttfic society in Liverpool laid a curi-
Gus wager. He declared that he would
e a newspaper by the light OF u
farthing dip at a distance of 30 feet.
His companion, knowing that the eat
was difficult at eve a sixth OF that
distance, challenged his statement. The
scientist merely coated the inside of "A
shallow wooden box with sloping pieces
of looking glass so as to form a con-
cave lens, put his farthing dip into the
box and readily decjphered the small
print at the stipulated distance. The
experiment was witnessed by q Liver
pool dock master. He was a thinking
man. and saw great possibilities in this
learned Jest. He straightway adapted
the principle to lighthouse requirements
and forthwith the modern reflected
light. with it's miles of range and great
~ multiplied life saving powers, sprang
into being.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
MIX COUNTY
SNOWDR|FTS FAIL TO
CHECK HIGHWAY talk
Big Mass Meeting Scheduled
For Geddes, April Bridge
Question Persists.

.
Geddes. S. d.. March BIN spite of
snow piled high. making the question
OF roads a memory rather han a re-
alization. Charles Mix county still Is
greatly interested in Colonel Thatcher
and his Washington highway project.
1t is the plan of the pro-
moter to push activities all along the
line just as soo as the weather will
permit. The first big mass meeting of
the spring campaign, IN connection
with this project, is scheduled to be
held in Geddes on April 5. AS was the
case last fall. there are numerous ru-
mors i'm circulation about changes of
route. but some of the friends of the
highway movement think Colonel
Thatcher uses these threats as his per-
sonal whip to induce activity.
Among other things, this Washing
ton highway project is bringing re-
newed pressure for n wagon bridge
across the Missouri i'm the southern
district of the state.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17

copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
"oh. that a dream so sweet. so long en-
/ knew, 1 knew it could not last.
Twas bright. twas heavenly, but tbs
past"
girls often wed their first loves while rich
girls do not. The explanation is simple
When the poor girl meets q young man
whom she likes and who has shown inter
est in her she builds her future hopes
about him. She is satisfied, nay happy. to
De wooed and won by i'm. She looks no
farther for a possible lover. She is not
expecting to find faults in him, nor hid
Ing any that she may have. Hope is her
guiding star.
With a rich girl. it is entirely different.
She does not pin her faith to finding In
the first man who pay attention to her q
life partner saying TO herself. III 1 do not
p%ortunity to wed" She counts on having
plenty of suitors. 1T will be which one she
will take instead OF which one she could
get. Hope is not one Of the blessings
which make life's joy for her. She attend.
the theater with this one tonight. goes to
the dance with another one next week.
sleigh riding with still another at a week
~ SS~A AA&AhS AAO NAAlAS w IO"H dIl
one OF them h hero OF her day dreams.
She does not realize that, with hopes
lamp not lighted she misses a CLEAN of
earthly paradise.
The rich girl is never entirely sure that
she will be welded for herself alone. She
never fears missing wedlock ultimately.
some rich girls imagine-erroneously-if a
poor young man Is polite he will marry
her for her wealth If not for love of her
self. This Is not hope but a delusion on
her part. The poor girl hopes for a long
life of welded bliss after she marries. II
she finds that the partner of her life has
traits which she did not know of, she
bravely does her best to bear with and
make the best of them. She has no other
home to go to, no other heart to lean on,
none to take her part against him and
tempt her to become estranged from him.
III the rich girl finds that her welded
path is not as rosy as she expected, she
is perfectly Independent with him. She
knows that she can gain her freedom, that
she will not suffer thereby as far as sup
port and a roof over her head 20. The
relatives who have an eye to her money!
take every little act of his as a lover to
help them widen the breach between them
and the hope of reconciliation is crushed
in her heart.
OF the two, the one who has hope hat,
everything to live for. The woman who Is
without 1t finds life dreary and thu
thought Of the future unpleasant. 1t /,
not wrong for u girls to have love
Poor girls are not building their hope,
upon finding a rich young man to wed
All they expect Ia a loving and true heart
With such a man they hope to win ,l1appi,
ness and good fortune, IL the latter is in
tended for them.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
MISSING HORSE THIEF is
LOCATED At CHADRON, NER,

Bison. S. d.. March 13.-Breaking
his parole by leaving South Dakota
after he had been released from the
Sioux Falls penitentiary, where he was
serving a term for horse stealing in
Perkins county. George Dively. a noted
criminal and farmer terror of western
South Dakota. has been found at
Chadron. Neb.. as the result OF his ar
rest there on the charge of stealing
a horse n other property. After be-
ing paroled from the Sioux Falls pen
itentiary. he went to Custer county.
where he remained for a time and then
disappeared. No trace of him could
be found until announcement was
made of his arrest at Chadron. When
the authorities there are through with
him it is probable he will be a
rested and brought back to South Da-
kota to complete his term in the peni-
Tertiary.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
RECEPTION PLANNED IN
HONOR OF BISHOP BUSCH

Rapid City. S. D.. March 13.-Rt. Rev.
Bishop Busch, OF the Catholic church,
expects to leave this city for his new
field OF labors at st. Cloud, Mimi, with
In a few days. Bishop Busch has been
In charge Of the Catholic church in the
Black Hills for a number Of years, and
his recent appointment as bishop of
the st. Cloud diocese, although in the
nature of a promotion. is regretted by
his many friends and admirers in west
crn South Dakota.
being planned by his friends in this
city. which will be held at the Elks'
theater and will be addressed by Con-
gresham Candy. Mayor Robinson and
others.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
WARREN &. GREEN HEAD OF
STATE CORRECTIONS BOARD

state board of charities and corrections
has been holding a session in this city.
The board arrived here from Redfield.
Five prisoners were paroled.
w. H. King. the new member. Joined
the board here. Upon the arrival of
Mr.. King the board was organized for
the year by the election of Warren
Il. Green. of Hazel, as president, and
Mr.. King. of Mitchell, as secretary.
The board spent most of the day go
ing over the new problems confront
ing the pe%nitentiary in the matter of
providing employment for the 80 or
more men who are made idle by the
closing down of the shirt factory.
Nothing can be done on the farm for a
time and 1t will take some time to
start work in the stone quarry.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
.Feneinor Amazon Valley.

There are as many tales told Of tn.
Amazon regions as men tell of central
Africa-and they vary as greatly, say.
the Lima. Peru, West Coast Leader. II
is a long way from Khartoum to Vic
toria Falls. but farther still from Para
to the Andean cataracts. Our maps O,
the Amazon valley give rivers where
lilo rivers are, mountains In place OF
plains, plains for mountains. Explora,
ton in central Asia and central Africa
is proceeding: in the middle regions Oh
our own continent it is still in it's in.
fancy.
1t is for this reason hat the work OF
the Peru Bolivia, Peru-Brazil, Brazil
Bolivia boundary commissions Is OF
such monumental Importance. They arc
running parallels of latitude and meri-
dams Of longitude through lands OF
which our knowledge is half guesswork.
half transformation. And their use Of
wireless means more than a mere SIM
plification Of the field work they are
carrying u II settlers on the upper
reaches Of the great rivers can flash an
IS. o. S." signal to a garrison or a
base OF supplies, 1000 miles or more
down river, colonization in the pampas
the forests or the sierra. will be robbed
of half its terrors.
II an elght-horsepower motor. dashed
to the stern Of q forest dugout. can out
run 20 paddlers. the month long Jour-
neys Will shrink to q matter Of days.
Those who forecast decades and gem
|erations for the white mans conquest
Of the Amazon basin have reckoned
without the host Of modern science.
When Manaos speaks" to New York.
when the traffic laden trains OF tho
Madeira 4 Aamore railway roar
through the jungle 1000 miles from no.
where. It 10 time Tor the dispersal Of the
Emiasmic mists Of pessimism cloudinR
the outlook for the lands on, the other
side Of the cordillera. They are fencing
In the Amazon valley at last.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17

A company of the public schools
battalion was at drill, and a high
voiced lieutenant called a private out
Of the ranks to lecture him. private
x, Q are excessively slovenly." be-
gan the lieutenant. and concluded a
long harangue by saying: II don't
know what in the world to do with
YOU" The company had become res
tive during the lecture. When the lien
tenant made his last remark, a voice
IN the rear said. Tell his mother" a
humorist repeated. Tell his mother"
IN French. Another followed in Ger
man. Classical scholars implored the
his mother. Had not q stern non
com shouted "Silence in the n k
tho request would probably have been
made in Hebrew.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17

In the harbor of Port Weller, the On
tario entrance of the Welland ship ca
nal, says the Engineering News. the
surveying staff uses a flat bottomed
boat that can lift itself clear OF the
water. 1t is a drill boat or sounding
o of catamaran model. built partic-
ularly for the work of finding the ele-
walton of the rock that underlies the
bottom of h river. In order to have
a steady platform an which to work
during rough weather. the surveyors
had the scow made with a slot at each
corner. through which a very heavy
.pud or post can be raised or lowered.
The lifting mechanism consists of a
wheel on top of each post, over which
q wire cable passes from the side of the
scow to an individual engine. When the
scow heaves n sways in the water
too much. workmen start the four en-
gines, and presently the scow is stand
ing firm. with it's four stout legs on
The bottom of the river.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17

at state expense.
Three years residence in state condition
precedent for admission in soldiers homo
Inheritance tax code.
County auditors salaries.
General assessment Gid law.
Speedy hearing must be had for adj
mission to Custer tuberculosis sanatorium.
Salary superintendent department his
tory raised to $1,000.
WAREHOUSE BILLS.
Private persons may reQuir railroads
to put in track scales by paying for same.
Warehouse receipts may be redeemed at
terminal elevator
Structures along track must be suffi-
cient distance apart to prevent fire haz-
ard.
Warehousemen must give minimum 1900
penal bond.
LATE ENAcTMENTs.
Congress memorialized to develop navi-
gable streams.
Uniform blue sky bill.
Procure for organizing building and loan
associations.
Non-partisan judicial election.
Food and drug commissioner inspect res
taurants. etc.
FARMERS elevator and creamery conf
panies made to form mutual companies.
Quarterly report of insane need not be
published hereafter.
Fixes salaries of city officers in different
classes.
Procedure for removal from office for
malfeasance
Party receiving state money issue tripli-
cate receipt.
Neblen school district legalized.
Grain and cattle scales supervised by
railroad commission. Railroad commits
sioners investigate on own initiative.
Township to drag roads.
AnfOrnn1niln 1ioayca Coo t;~o1 - 90 -, -
used. for county roads.
County subject to 3 per cent per month
penalty for delinquency in RENTING fees
for tu%bercular patients.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17

Total sales amounting to s1.41s.17e
Tor the half year ended september 90
w. enabled the City OF Bradford ~.
operative society. Of Bradford. Enr-
and to declare a dividend Of appros.
imately u per cent. and the Great
40 eaort ~ Industrial society. with sales
lowed q dividend Of IL ner cen al ~.
purchases by members OF the associa.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17

Absinthe drinking. now permaneatly
barred in France. came home with the
French soldiers from the Algerian war
llS44 to 1S47). The green devil soon
pushed Its way across the channel. FOR
oy 1854. when 1.-THE Newcomes" was
written. 1t was a familiar drink in
YES END clubs. When Barnes seats
gossips to Sir Thomas de Boots and
Charley Heaviside. he orders, IAN alb
sinthe and water" to recuperate from
the fatigues Of a days toll in the civ
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
vERMlLloN TO VOTE ON
GOING BACK TO OLD SYSTEM

Vermilion. S. D.. March 13.-If the
city commissioners do not run up
against n legal entanglements. the
people OF Vermilion will have a chance
70 vote on the question of going back
g the old council system Of city gov
eminent at the coming election. A Pc
tition duly signed was presented to the
commissioners asking that the question
ne submitted. Inasmuch as q great
q mas been said lately concerning the
law creating cities under commission.
y commissioners referred the petit
ton to the city attorney that he may
.iook up legal auestionsss pertaining
.neretO. and report at the meeting Of
q commissioners next Monday eve
ning. Mt which time action on the pe-
ton will be taken.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has bcen "a.
ceivcd here Of the death IN California Of
Claude STAFFORD. a former well known
resident Of TroQuois and other plarea IN
South Dakota, He served In tho philfn.
pines nth thesFYrstxReGiment 9outh ~.
kota volunteers.aand Was for i,iehyEyearna
connected with South Dakota neWsnspera
He n Dick Halliday. OF the Tronuois
Chief. establfsN1d the Caaistota Ctippcr.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17

ua the longes bascule bridge in the
canal at Sault ste. Marie. Mich. =
y 366 feet In length between center
o front piers, or 33e feet from t%runnion
20 trunion and has to fold leaves. which
lnterlock In such a manner "a ia torn,
. single rigid span. -
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17

Here is an interesting fact which
may easily be verified: October al
week as January. April as july. SEN
tember as December. February. March
and November begin on the sama
day: May. June and August ALWAYS
begin on different days from each
other. and every other month in the
year The first and last days of the
year ere always the same. These rules
40 not apply to leap year.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17

The Scottish kilt. as an article ~
dress. dates back to historic times. ana
was originally. as far as can be- fir,rad
out merely a plaid blanket, worn about
q shoulders with one end Rathered
about the loins in cold weather. The
q OF the Balkans wear the
Of the Assyrian lings wore = c".tnaas
very closely akin to the kilt Of SCOT
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17

n,a In nat :, hockworm disease 10 RESPONSE
try schools, that it can be erad,cotaG
q that the rural schools are nou,
tak!ng the lead in the movement :"
destroy this and other handicans :"
good health. are some OF the cnns.,ns
sions OF DR.. John A. Ferrell.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
POOR GIRLS HAVE HoPE-R,ch
GIRLS NONE.

Copyright, 1915. by the Mcclure News
Syndicate.)
ooh. thai a dream so sweet. so long en-
.ioyed,
Should be so sadly. cruelty destroyed.
knew, l knew ii could not last,
Eva bright, twas heavenly, but tbs
past"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17

General stores may handle common
poisons.
Estates of INDECENT persons liable for
their support.
Five-year limit for payment of land
purchased in probate.
Estates may be settled by %depositing
in escrow claims OF absent creditors.
Executor must elect between COM
%pensation provided by will and by law.
REMEDIAL ACTS.
District No. 3. Union county, legalized.
Bonds Of District No. 3. Union county,
legalized.
Plano school district ~legaiized.
Balance of judicial and election tax re-
turned to Gregory county.
Stands formed In streams to belong to
state.
Rapid City hall firemen bonds legalizcd.
Decimal c. log rule adopted for land
department.
Howard sewer b0nd legalized.
School distric, Is. Union county. legal
ICED.
Hamlin county court house bonds legal
ICED.
Two hundred and thirty-nine Nebraska
accretion lands pass to South Dakota.
SCHOOL LANDS.
Holder Of legal title to receive school
land patent.
Second lessee must pay 81 per cent OF
value Of improvements on school lands.
Counties receive 5 per cent OF school
fund for handling same.
Fire marshal food and drug commits
sioner. state veterinarian attend state fair
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-18
Jabsmitlls to Mix,

ST. LOUIS, Mo, March is
Amateur jabsmiths 10 the number Of
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-18
4 MR. MINUTE! CLOCCED N0STR|Ls
0P[N--COLDs AND CATARRH VANISH

grant balm dissolves by the heat OF
the nostrils; penetrates and heals
the inflamed, swollen membrane
which lines the nose, head and
throat; stops nasty discharges and a
feeling of cleansing, soothing relief
comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight strus
Cling for breath, with head stuffed
nostrils closed hawking and blow
ing. Catarrh or cold, with ita
running nose, foul mucous dropping
into the throat, and raw dryness is
distressing but truly needless.
Put your faith-just onCe-iD
"Ely's Cream Balm and your cold
or catarrh will surely disappear
Curlin'5 Two Drug Stores. Adv
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-18

nearly hundred will tangle here
tonight in the first annual boxing
meeting of the Columbian A. c. An
elimination series, will take place in
the afternoon and the end of the
performance and the championship
decisions are not expected until
late in the evening.
The entrants range in size from
paperweight, at 50 pounds to heay-
Ter, threatening the 200 pound
mark. Only A. A. t. boxers are
eligible.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-18

You can be happy-footed just like
me. Use 'TlZ" and never suffer
with tender, raw, burning, bistered,
swollen tired, smelly feet. "TlZ''
and only TIL takes the pain and
soreness out Of corns, callouses and
bunions.
As soon as you put your feet in a
"TlI' bath, you just feel the happi-
ness soaking in. How good your
poor. old feet feel. They want to
dance for JOY. "TIZ" is grand.
"TII' instantly draws out all the
poisonous eXudations which puff up
your feet and cause sore, inflamed,
aching, sweaty, smelly feet.
Get a % cent box of TIL" at
any drug store or department store.
Get instant foot relief. Laugh at
foot sufferers who complain. Be
cause your feet are never, never 60
ing to bother or make you limp any
more. Curlin's Two Drug Stores.
adv.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-18
| If BACK HURTS
BEGIN ON SALTS
Flush your Kidneys occasionally il
you eat meat regularly.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally.
says a well-known authority. Meat
forms uric acid which clogs the kid
ney pores so they sluggishly filter
or strain only part of the waste and
poisons from the blood then you get
sick. Nearly all rheumatism head :
aches, liver trouble, nervousness,
constipation, dizziness, sleepless-
ness, bladder disorders come from
sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache
in the kidneys or your back hurts.
or II the urine Is cloudy, offensive,
full OF sediment, irregular of pas
sage or attended by a sensation of
scalding, get about four ounces Of
Jad Salts from any reliable phar-
macy and take tablespoonful in
a glass Of water before breakfast
for few days and your kidneys
will then act fine This famous
salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia and has been used for
generations to flush closged kidneys
and stimulate them to activity, also
to neutralize the acids in urine so it
no longer causes irritation, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and can
not injure; makes a delightful eff
feryescent Whitewater drink which
all regular meat eaters should take
now and then to keep the kidneys
clean and the blood pure, thereby
avoiding serious kidney complica-
tions. Curlin's Two Drug Stores.
adv.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-18
FAMOUS OUTLAW IN
HIDING IN OKLAHOMA

TULSA, Okla, March 1S.-~iIid-
ing in the Usage hills, northwest of
Tulsa, With a price of $1,000 on his
head, is Henry Starr, descendant OF
Belle Starr, the most dashing
woman outlaw of western pioneer
history. Starr is specifically charg-
ed in the states offer of the reward
with having robbed the Carney State
Bank of s2,S53 last December
Seventeen bank robberies, daring in
the highest degree. have been per-
petrated in Oklahoma and other
states within a year and the hunt
for Starr is the beginning of de
termined effort by the authorities to
wipe out this class crime.
Starr was convicted of murder in
the early Indian Territory Days
and afterward spent his time at the
Leavenworth federal prison until
pardoned by President Roosevelt
Starr served prison terms in Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Colorado. In
1913 he was paroled from the Colo
RADIO penitentiary. He broke the
parole and resumed his career as
bank robber, detectives claim The,
assert he could explain the robber.
les In kiefer. Carney. Keystone and
Baxter Springs (Kan.). Oil town
gambling houses have also been .
fruitful scene of his robbing aetivi,
ties,