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M. E. HOSPITAL
CAMPAIGN is ON
ORGANIZATION PERFECTED AT
MEETING OF BOARD OF TRUS-
TEES YESTERDAY-DR.
G. T. NOTSOE IN
CHARGE.

A ~
Authorization of the campaign for
100000 for the state Methodist
hospital for Mitchell was voted at a
meeting of the board of trustees yes
terday afternoon. The campaign will
be under DR.. G. T. Notson, executive
secretary, was decided at the state
conference of the church at Messing
ton Springs last October.
The campaign will be promoted by
DR.. Notson quietly for the next few
months. Considerable interest has
been shown over the state in the pro-
posed hospital and support has been
promised by laymen of the church
who did not contribute heavily to the
recent endowment campaign OF Da-
kota Wesleyan.
The 100000 campaign will be
the first step in the attempt to erect
a hospital quadrangle worth $780,
600. With the first amount, the main
building will be erected. the others
to follow as the plan is ultimately
worked out.
Members of the executive board
present, besides those residing in
Mitchell, We're DIR. John Wesley Pot
ter, of Sioux Falls, and Rev. G. D..
Brown. of Madison, DR.. Notson went
over to Sioux Falls today to confer,
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BACK TO
SAVE BONDSMAN
FORMER LEoEA RESIDENT WHO
BROKE JAIL Is, HOWEVER,
ACQUITTED BY JURY.

Leola, S. D.-The jury in the case
of John Splitter. charged with Jail
breaking, has just returned a YER
dict finding Splitter not guilty. Spitz-
who is not yet 81. was found gull
ty in 1913 of a statutory offense and
was sentenced to the county Jail of
Mcpherson county, in default of pay
ing a stipulated sumf of money to
his alleged victim. After being III
jail or about a year, he removed the
Jail door from its hinges n dark
night, and succeeded in getting away
to Canada. A short time ago he
heard that his bondsmen, who had
been on his bond pending his trial,
were about to be forced to pay the
amount of the bond because OF his
escape. This was not true, as (the
bondsmen were released from the
bond when Splitter a sentenced TO
Jail. but under the misrepresentation,
and to save his bondsmen from loss,
Splitter returned to Leola and gave
himself up. He was held on a jail
breaking charge and the jury acquit-
ted him.
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HAD
BEST MONTH
MAY SAW THE HEAVIEST CIRCU.
LATION EVER FOR THAT
PERIOD-CHILDREN READ
ONE-THlRD OF THE
BOOKS.

With a daily average of rs books,
the circulation of books for May was
1856 volumes, an increase of IS per
cent over any previous May circula-
ton. One book in every three was
non-tlction and one in every three
was Juvenile, which shows that the
children are reading a little more
than usual Last Saturdays circu=
llation of clildren's books was 5S,
the largest number of children's
books taken out on any one day.
The story hour was well attended
last Saturday, and the children We're
especially pleased with the stories.
Il can come back right after dinner
to another story" said one little one
who had attended for the first time.
Next Saturday Miss Emma Hoist will
again entertain the children and
they are asked to remember the hour
1890 o'clock Saturday morning.
are as follows:
1.-THE Story of Tonty," by Gather
wood is a fine story of colonial Amer
lea for boys and girls.
Imagination in Business" by De
land, is a little book which will be
useful to the business man. though
IL is interestingfenough to please the
casual reader as well.
"The Three Fates" of modern life,
heredity, environment and personal
development, are treated in a simple
way i'll the book, "The Next Genera
tion," by Jewett; Psychology and
Industrial Efficiency" by Munster
berg ought to be read by every one
who wishes to make the best OF
themselves and their work. With the
coming Institute the book THE
Teacher" by G. H. Palmer and Alice
Freeman Palmer should attract many
readers. The best works of both
educators are included in this one
volume.
The last book speaks for itself.
.".'IIow to grow one hundred bushels
OF corn per acre on soil"
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CIVIL WAR BATTLE
SHOWN AT CAPITOL

Pierre. S. D.--The battle" be-
tween the Merrimac and the Monitor
on capitol lake last night called out
a crowd Of several thousand to watch
this reproduction of the first naval
engagement between iron-clad ves-
sells. The representations built of
light material painted a "battle-ship
gray were manuvered about the
lake for position, and finally met in
the open, each being armed with
double barrelled shot guns, loaded
with black powder, and provided
with enough fuel to emit heavy
clouds of black smoke from their
tunnels, with the fire flashing from
the six inch guns used as portfolios
through which the firing was done
created a scene which called out the
rounding enthusiasm OF the small
boy contingent which was we'll to the
front, and wanted plenty of action
and shooting. A company of militia
located on the island helped to car
~ out the var scheme by assistance
for the monitor in driving back the
rebel boat. The scene was closed by
the touching of a large American
flag as a set piece OF fireworks OIL the
island in the lake. This feature OF
Memorial day was a new departure.
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MEN
TO RAPID CITY
SOUTH DAKOTA KNIGHTS OF
GRIP WILL HOLD YEARLY
CONVENTION IN BLACK
HILLS NEXT WEEK

Rapid city will be the Mecca OF
the United Commercial Travellers of
South Dakota. next week, when their
fourth annual session is held there
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
1t will be the biggest event ever held
in the state, according to Ed. M.
CLANCY, grand counsellor of the order
for South Dakota.
Rapid City has made elaborate
preparations for the entertainment
of the visiting knights of the grip
and their wives. realizing that the
commercial travellers are a bunch
of booster all the time. Consequent
ly the citizens of that hustling city
wilr Guido themselves to send their
guests home with nothing but words
of praise.
One of the interesting features
of the. convention will be the ball
games. These teams are composed
of bona fde commercial travellers
and active members of U. G. I. and
much rivalry prevails among the
cities of the state oyer their respec-
tive teams, Sioux Falls, Aberdeen,
Huron, Mitchell and Lennon will
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ng sanction to this transaction.

ing sanction to this transaction.
The impotency of the antitrust
law is best shown in the Indifference
of the financial public as to the OUT
come of the governments suit
against the steel trust. Steel stock
sold at almost sensational advances
in recent weeks. 1t was explained
that the investors did not regard the
prosecution of the corporation as at
all serious. 1t was said that III the
government won the case, 1t would
as did the DEGREES against the
oil and tobacco trusts. In both OF
these cases, the convicted corpora
tons have enjoyed greater earnings
since they were dissolved" than they
did before. Therefore there was
some question as to whether or not
1t would be a good thing for the steel
trust to be dissolved" in the same
way.
Perhaps the new trade commission
will accomplish something in con
trolling big business combinations.
To be sure no n should desire a
return to ruinous competition from
which there are only two OF
escape. bankruptcy or combination
Therefore a certain amount of com
~bination might be regarded as u good
thing. Whether or not it is, must
depend upon the power of the trade
commission to prevent abuses OF
monopoly. And it is n very large
question whether or not 1t can do
anything OF the kind.
g@N<@z Z
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SIOUX FALLS CENSUS
PASSES $1,000 MARK

Sioux Falls, S. D.-"The census
|enumerator is feeling pretty good,,'
said H. NJ. Avery last evening. 1--WE
passed the $1,000 mark in the CEN
sus this Afternoon and have some to
spare"
When l began taking the census
| set the mark at 21,000. Some
thought we did not have that num-
Der of people, but I'm glad to say
that we have and there will be per-
haps three or four hundred more
names to add"
The announcement that the figure
hoped for had actually been reached
has set the people to figuring as to
what the next five years may do for.
the city. One man who is in a posi-
tionio meet people every day says:
Il would not be surprised to see the
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SPLIT DEBT OF
STANLEY COUNTY
HAAKON AND JACKSON ARE
ABOUT TO REACH AGREE
MENT WITH MOTHER
COUNTY

kadoka, S. D.,--As the last legisla-
Fture, because OF the intricate Dues,
lions involved. failed to enact legis-
iation for the adjustment of differ
s.ences between the counties of Stan
Icy, Haakon and Jackson, represent
itatiyyes of the three counties are
holding a series OF meetings for the
purpose of striving to arrive at a
settlement of the matters at issue.
sHaakon and jackson countines have
carved from Stanley county,
n the CHIEF question to be deter
mined by the representatives OF the
mother county and the two Offspring
is as to what proportion of the in
~debtedness OF Stanley county shall
pc assumed by the two new counties.
A settlement now is In a fair way
to be made. The total indebtedness
OF Stanley county is approximately
$l31,000. BY the terms Of the
settlement which now is about to be
concluded Haakon county would as
sumo $4,000 of this Indebtedness
and Jackson county's share OF the
Indebtedness of the mother county
would be about $4,000. If a settle
ment on this basis, can be reached,
as expected, all tlEee counties will
be In good financial condition and
none OF them will have enough in
~uebtedhess TO cause worry to any oil
the residents.
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tIhe German airman, one of
whose adventures is described below,
Is a graduate of the Kreig Schulz at
Munich, class of 1911. The story of
his aerial duel and its sequel is trans
lated by an American friend, to
whom it came in the form of a let
teri
] must tell you of my last trip.
received orders to go to j. and as
certain The movements of the enemy
within a certain radius. Il left c at
Is O'Clock on a foggy afternoon with
a fat observer, for whom there was
scarcely room in the machine. We
took about an hour and a quarter for
the trip. but my machine rose with
difficulty only about 1900 meters,
which is 500 meters short of the pre-
scribed height.
When we got above the enemy's
line my observer lost u bearings
completely. | few at II venture. by
the compass, in a westerly direction.
In half an hour the sea lay beneath
us. | turned east. Suddenly / noticed
that the benzine pump did not work
l passed the hand pump to my OBJ
server. In spite of the ticklish posi-
tion we were in / confess this gave
me a malicious pleasure. He was
fairly frightened, and pumped for
his life!
Suddenly | saw a dark speck APP
preaching. 1t grew larger and larger
/ Immediately turned toward it, hop
ing to brighten it off. An attempt to
avoid it would have been useless. as
it was faster than j. 1t was a better
and lightersmachine than ours, and
rose higher and higher. When only
about 100 meters separated us llori-
zontally 1T was 200 meters above US,
and it Immediately began-ta, TIA,
ia, TIA! 1t was a French machine--a
double-decker, with a machine gun.
roof OF our machine.
My observer and l were armed
with pistols only, and he could not
shoot as he had to work. He went
right into the body of the machine,
and pumped and pumped and pump
ed. A shot struck just behind my
back. I had the steering gear in my
left hand; in my right the pistol; but
i shot without result. The other ma
chine was now directly above me and
the roof of my WI prevented my
seeing it. The next moment there was
a loud repcrt-and my propeller was
shot to pieces!
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population increase $4,000 within
the next five years"
NEARBY TOWNS
TO CELEBRATE
ROTH WOONsOCINET AND CHAM
BERLAIN EVENTS SHOULD BE
WE'LL ATTENDED, BY NIT
CHELL PEOPLE.

Two events in nearby towns the
next week should attract large dele
cations from Mitchell, the annual
water carnival at Woonsocllet June
16, II, is and 10, and the Brule and
Stanley county old settlers reunion
and good roads congress at Ameri-
can island, near Chamberlain, on
June II.
Both are celebrations which should
draw large crowds from Mitchell, no
just because Woonsocket and Cham
berlain people are generous and
frequent visitors to the Corn Palace
and other attractions in Mitchell, but
because they are worthy. The water
carnival has come to be n of the
states big celebrations each year and
is drawing a large crowd at each
presentation.
The feature of the old settlers re-
union on American island will be
the monster free dinner. Two beeves
and u number of hogs will be slaught-
cred and barbecued for the affair.
The subject of good roads is one of
intense interest and value and of it,
self should interest a large throng.
If the road will 10 permit of auto
mobile to either town, the train con-
%nectiops are good.
w. e. Upton, A. F.. Smith and
Delyan T. Becker have been named as
the committee of the Commercial
club to plan for a large attendance
from Mitchell to the Chamberlain
celebration. r. ID. Wilde, Joe Burg
and b. B. Dean are the committee
to work up interest in the Woon-
socket carnival.
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=.
USES GASOLINE FOR
KILLING OF P H

White, S. D.-While the newspa-
pers are printing columns of advice
to farmers as to how to get rid of
%gophers, which do untold injury to
crops, and some counties are paying
bounties for theNkilling n these ami
mails. a farmer living near White has
adopted an effective and simple
method of Kidding his farm of these
little crop destroyers. He carries a
bottle of gasoline and a supply of
cotton batting with him when he
works in n OF his fields. When he
observes a gopher run into it's hole
he saturates some fthe batting with
gasoline and places it in the hole,
covering it with earth. The gas
fumes penetrate the hole and .invar-
iably kill the gophers.
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GERMAN AIRMAN TELLS
OF BATTLE IN AIR

turned over instantly and we be-
gan to drop. My machine shot down
almost vertically. and | could only
Just control it. The light French ma
chine, however, could no longer fol-
low us, for our weight gave us speed
The rafting diminished; the enemy
dwindled in size as we dropped away
from him. My observer had stopped
pumping.
1T was clear that we must land in
the enemy's country, far from our
own lines. There we're no villages
within six miles, and | directed our
course toward a large wood. / had
ito arrange hat the machine should
strike the trees and be destroyed.
Crash, The roof was stripped off by
the limbs of the trees and the body
stood on end. Out we sprang, smash
ed the motor, grabbed the sack with
provisions. compass, map and pistols
and disappeared quickly into the
woods.
In about two hours it was dark.
and we started northeastward in the
hope of getting around the enemy's
lines, which We're then neal A. II
began to drizzle and continued to- dc
so throughout the eight days of our
wanderings. We hid by day and
marched by night. I was afraid fol
!; my observer, who couldn't stand
much, and became confused. Twice
we were nearly caught.
; BY the ever-increasing noise of the
guns we knew we were approaching
the enemy's front line. Traffic from
the north increased continually, sc
we knew the French had stretched
their battle line still farther north.
east, Sc we headed a little to the
eastward of their position. About
five miles north of st. -- we cross
ed the railroad track. In the villages
was the glare of tires-French bi-
vouacs-the men just off the trains
1T was high time we got across, les
the line be closed right up to the
sea.
We marched eleven hours daily
or rather nightly-and after nine
days reached our cavalry corps. We
were taken in the kindest way b.
auto to L. where we rested fol
three~days. My comrade was com
pletely done up-nervous shock, etc
Sometimes he seemed to me to be-
insane. He is now at home. / an
getting some automatic rifles i'll {
factory here. so as not to have sucl
another experience.
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IRRIGATED LANDS
WILL BE OPENED
1000 ACRES IN BELLE FOURCHls
VAILEY MAY BE FILED
Upon AFTER JUNE 9Th

Belle Fourche, S. D.,-The secre.
tary Of the interior announces the
opening of the fourth unit Of the
belle Fourche irrigation project. Ac-
cording to the notice the lands will
be available for homestead entry on
and after June s.. This unit contains
10,i96 acres In 1856 farms ranginr
r size from 40 to so acres of irriga<
bic land.
70 secure one Of the farms the en-
ItryMan must make formal homestead
entry at the Belle Fourche land Of
ice, accompanying his application BY
10 certificate from the project manager
showing that the water right applj-
cation has been made and the proper
water right charges deposited. He
will be required to pay down Eve per
cent of the construction charge of
$40 an acre. For instance, III his
contains 40 acres his initial
payment will be 1850.
The remainder of the construction
charge, $3S IN acre, may be paid i'll
slb annual installments, the first of
which. does not become due for Ave
years after filing. The first Ave OF
fAAOoS pdSAuCNl6 snail Ue 81 an acre
each. and the remaining installments
1880 an acre. No interest is charg-
ed on deferred payments.
There is an annual operation and
maintenance charge. For 1915 this
charge is 10 cents an acre, which al
lows the settler one acre foot of
water. Further quantities will be
furnished at the rate of 60 cents an
acre foot. This operation and main
tenance charge is not due until
March /, 1916.
Included in the Belle Fourche pro-
ject are several large ranchers,
which the owners have obligated
themselves to subdivide into small
farms. These lands offer excellent
opportunities for home seekers of
means who are not qualified to take
up homesteads on government land.
The lands are for sale at prices
ranging from $25 to $75 an acre
on easy terms.
~ 49,
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lall sen teams to compete for the
state championship. ID. G. Gallett, OF
Aberdeen put up a beautiful loving
cup two years ago for the team win
ming the championship three years
in succession. Aberdeen and Sioux
Falls have each won it ono and the
prospects are that either will have to
fight hard to win it again this year
Rapid City also will give a loving cup
to the, team, winning the champion
ship at this years convention.
Thursday and Friday the grand
.Icouncil will hold it's sessions, while
the members will be entertained in
| various ways. The women of Rapid
City will present an elaborate pro-
gram of entertainment for the wives
of visitors. One of the principal
events will be the %luncheons at the
Harvey hotel at s O'Clock On Thurs
day evening.
The treat of the convention will
be staged on Friday afternoon. when
all visitors will be taken oyer the
Rapid City e Northwestern to Dark
canyon. This is one of the pictures
CUES spots of the Black Hills. Upon
d. IlNdl tliSlS lIC NlSlloLS VIII W
treated to a real trout Fry in the
canyon. The anglers of hat country
will be busy for the coming week to
provide enough of the mountain
trout for their five or six hundred
hungry visitors. This is only II OF
the features to make the Rapid City
convention a conspicuous success.
A special train will run over the
Northwestern road, leaving Huron
at 10 O'Clock on the evening of We'd
nesday, June 8. This train will be
held for all connecting trains from
Watertown, Sioux Falls, Aberdeen.
Mitchell and Yankton. l.. r.. Camp
bell, of Huron, grand secretary, has
charge of reservation for sleepers
and all going on the trip should mott
fly him. A special rate of $11.95
from Huron to Rapid City and re-
turn has been made. The tickets
are good for 80 days, with stop-over
privileges.
Plans have been made for the ac-
comodation of a large number of
people outside of the membership of
the U. G. T., to take the trip as the
train is not restricted to those alone,
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CAR TURNS ALL
H WAY OVER
DESPITE soMERsAULT. MACHINE
Is. UNINJURED AND NONE OF
PASSENGERS Is HURT.

Aberdeen, S. D.-Three automo-
bile accidents occurred in this region
within, twenty-four hours in two of
which escapes OF the occupants We're
exceedingly narrow. DIR. Il. +. Snow
of Eureka, accompanied by his wife
and two children, and Ashley Brund-
age of Eureka, were on their way
from that town to Pawpaw, Mich,
when, as they reached Foot creek,
near Aberdeen, something went
wrong with the steering gear, and
the car went over a fifteen-foot an
bankment, turning completely over
and landing on all four wheels, right
side up. The occupants were all
spilled out, but escaped uninjured,
and the lights to the automobile
were not even extinguished.
In another accident, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Hodgson n their children
OF Aberdeen, were passing the
| bridge over the creek, when the car
swerved and went over the embank-
ment, turing turtle. The occupants
were pinned beneath the car, but
when rescued were all found to be
uninjured.
AS SOIlSI cSS III iSOyoA W.. oOiiA
son and party were returning al
night from a trip to the Country
club, the congressman, who was driv-
ing, lost control of the machine as
he tried to light a cigar in a rough
place in the road. and the car went
into the ditch. Again the occupants
escaped unhurt.
Big Stone, S. D.-While climbing
a hill near Big Stone in a new auto
mobile. which he was a novice at
! running, John Hublou lost control
Eof the machine and it hanback, down
hill and went over a bridge, turning
lbottom side up. There were six in the
car. Mrs. Hublou and her young son
leaped out before the a overturned
and ran for help, but the others were
caught beneath the automobile
though they fortunately were not
seriously injured.
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NOTICE OF THE TIME APPOINT
ED FOR APPROVING WILL,
State of South Dakota,
Cnnntu of nauicnn

State Of South Dakota,
County of Dawson, IS.
In County Court
In the matter of the Estate of
Rhoda Toland, Deceased.
The State Of South Dakota sends
Greetings to George w. leland, sole
and only heir at law. next of kin and
devisee of Rhoda Toland, deceased.
Pursuant to an order of said Court,
made on the 5th day of June, 1915,
notice is hereby given that Saturday.
the 18th day of June, 1915, at 10
O'Clock a. M, OF said day, at the
court room OF Court, at City OF
Mitchell, in the County of Dawson
have been Appointed as the time and
place for proving the Will of said
Rhoda Toland, deceased, and for
hearing the said petition for probate
thereof and the Issuance OF Letters
Testamentary therein, when and
where any person interested may APP
pear and contest the same.
Dated at Mitchell, S. D., the 5th
day-of June. 1915.
By the Court,
O.. C. THOMPSON,
Judg e of the County Court.
Attest: S, CATTRELL.
lSEAL. Clerk of the Court,
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RECORD TRoUT CAUGHT
BY NEBRASKA MAN

<Belle ,Fourche. S. D.-Gordon
Thomas of Grand Island, Neb., claims
the c for catching the largest
trout with hook and line yet found
here which weighed II 1-2 pounds
after a desperate fight in which his
pole was broken and he was forced
to get into the stream.
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THaW HEARING CONTINUED.

New York Gty.-Harry Il.
EThaW's trial by jury to determine
whether he is sane. originally set for
today was postponed till June 16 by
Supreme Court Justice Hedrick to
await the decision Of the court of APP
4peals on the states appeal from jus
tice Hendricks decision granting
EThaw such q trial.