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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
HOW ONE MAN GOT HIS START
Ambition to Be Author Not Successful,
But 1t Served a GOOD Purpose
in the End.

Il got my start in life said a
wealthy retired hardware dealer, in
a singular manner.
You might not think it. | having
passed the major portion Of my life in
selling nails, p%adloCks. stoves and
shOvels, but in my early youth my
great ambition was to be a writer, an
author. l had nc doubt whatever that
that was what | was cut out for, and
certainly l worked at it good and hard;
but none of the publishers seemed to
agree with me. AS fast as sem the
things in to them they would send
them back.
But that didn't worry me. l knew
that Don or later they would come
to like what ! wrote and buy it. What
got my goat was the expense. | was
a very ready writer and | wrote long
pieces. The stamps | had to use to
send these pieces out and get them
back cost me- a lot Of money.
when | realized how much l was
paying out for stamps l said to my
for five years and then III go to writ
ing again. And for the next five years
l did put aside regularly the amount
that l would otherwise have spent for
stamps, and 0 would be surprised il
I should tell you how much it amount
ed to. But at the end of that time did
not again take up writing.
"Just at that time the senior partner
in the hardware store i'll u town
died md his heirs drew ont all his in
terest in the firm. There vas a chance
fora mar with a little capital to get
into a good business. l had the capt.
tai, my accumulated stamp money, and
| bought hat interest in the hardware
store.
From that time on l was always too
busy to write; but my great success
in the hardware business you can
clearly trace to my original ambition
for authorship"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Famous Walkers.

The record for one-mile walk GEMS
to have been made by G. II. Goulding.
a Canadian, on June 4, 1910, in SIX
minutes, twenty-five and four-ffth sec
onds. H. V. l.. Ross, an Englishman,
walked fifteen miles in Il hour and
f~fty-nine minutes, and T. Griffith, also
an Englishman, walked twenty miles
in two hours and f~orty-seven minutes.
C. A. Schofeld Of England, on May
20. 1911, walked twenty-five miles in
three hours and thirty-seven minutes.
A few other walking records are 100
miles, 1S:53:40, by Dan OLeary. at
Chicago, in 1875; 200 miles in 40:46:30
and 531 miles in 144 hours, by George
Littlewood in a six-day race, England,
in 1882. / n six days, twelve hours
per day, Joe Scott of England. 1855
walked 363 miles.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Going Shopping

and gave him the mackerel eye. Then
he switched to English-anG killed it
all except a few vowels.
"Ah! Madame wishes a new gown,
incest pas? Something chic. Partisan,
ravissant, incest pas? have here
such wonders. Paquin, yes! Worth.
Ell! Poiret, yes! Callot Soeurs, Ell?
Doucet, yes!" Then he nailed me with
the gimlet holes he used as eyes.
is that the correct batting order for
today?" inquired politely.
Batting ordaire!" he fumbled, and
then Peaches ordered me to the bench.
She turned and whispered a few en-
"couraging words to D'Artagnan's
grandfather, ~whereupon he began to
do Pavlowas hither and thither across
the room until he finally disappeared.
He's going to show us the latest
Creations" Peaches explained.
What is he?" l worried. "A
French nObleman I'VE here under
cover to pick up a bit of cake money!
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Demands His Money.

Pierre.-On complaint of Justice Nc
Coy of the supreme court, an alterna
tive wit of mandamus was issued by
the supreme court May 6, and served
on State Auditor Handlin, calling upor
him to pay the $50 expense vouchers
Of the members of the court for the
past month, or to show cause why he
should not SO do. The writ is made
returnable before the supreme cou
May II. This is the outcome of the
action Of the state auditor in his an
nounced refusal to issue such warrants
for April on the grounds that he con.
sidered them to be unconstitutional
Just what action Auditor Handlin viii
take in the matter he has not an.
nounced, as he has about ten days in
which to take action before a hearing
in the case.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Forty Courses Offered.

BroOkings.-About forty courses I'm
agriculture, home economics, manual
training, music and review work will
be offered this year in the State Col
lege six weeks summer session which
opens June 7 and closes July 16. The
first two weeks will include a Joint
teachers institute participated in by
Moody, Kingsbury. Ham1in, Miner and
BrOOkingS counties, with President f.
c. Perisho as conductor. According to
a new bulletin describing courses, the
State College summer school lis in
tended especially for those who wish
to take work in agriculture, manual
training, of home economies, either for
the purpose of preparing themselves
to teach the subjects or for the purpose
Of securing college credits. Review
Of the common branches will be offer
ed throughout the entire session for
those who desire to take such work"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14

Hoops. my dear" I asinined. not
knowing what else to say.
lie M~inaret." continued the friend
of Louis the XI, lit would be to
Madame's beauty as the rose is to a
lovely garden. yes"
He was there with the salve. that
old boy.
H~ypnotized by the harmony of col
ors and carried away by the up-to.
dateness Of the creation. Peaches
breathed in the ear of Voulezvous an
eager, How much?"
Three hundred and feefty dollaire."
he breathed back to her.
Sinking for the second time. I didn't
breathe at all.
Then. with a forgiving smile,
Peaches turned to me and said, Isn't
it lovely? Isn't it wonderful?"
She is" l answered; shes a
quaint little package Of pepper-thats
what she is! thought l liked that
blonde, but it was only a passing fan
cy. This brunei has me limping after
her along the Road of Happiness. Did
you pipe the smile she saved up for
llle anu NE dlOIe. one uluSl Jul IL
acetylene in both lamps. because I'm
all lit up with excitement. 4 queen.
take it from an eXpert-a queen"
Exit LIE Minaret hurriedly, while
Noulezyous stood there expressing as
constituent with both shoulders and
the small of his back.
Does Madame prefer something
else, yes?" he w~igwagged, aftet motto
ing how high in the air Peaches vas
wearing her chin.
YES" | butted in quickly; bring
on something nifty in a transparent
skirt"
Curtain.
When | came to I was out on the
sidewalk listening to Section VI. Par
agraph ", of the Riot Act.
Then she pointed her nose at the
North Star n left M fiat.
Peaches will probably speak to me
again some time before Christmas.
She'll have to if she believes IN Santa
Claus.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14

cOlored Bulgarian embroidery drapins
re s%houldaire and crossing in re front
and back-ravissant! Re skirt is vaire
full at re top with re pannier effect
at each side and draped into a panel
Of raspberry color silk in re back,
which falls down from a girdle Of &c
! same raspberry color silk-ravissant,
ycs!"
"Exquisite!" murmured Peaches.
How much?"
Two hundred feefty dollaire." an
swered D'Artagnan's grandfather.
without q culver. Some actor, that
old boy.
l choked back a couple of sobs and
began to think hard. Two hundred and
fifty dollars for a dish of raspberries
with cream colored trimmings-assist-
ance!
LOW do you like it," Peaches
cooed.
"Lovely!" I answered as one in
spired. "Prettiest hair I've ever seen.
And her eyes-blue mirrors of her
native Mediterranean! I've been lost
in admiration ever since she noated
into h room. Did you get that glad
gaze she handed out to me when"
By this time the blonde Venus
wrapped up in the raspberry trim
mings was being led hurriedly away
from there by the bewildered grand
father of D~'Artagnan, and in the
short, sharp silence which followed
lightning flashed from the eyes of a
certain party and storm signals were
ordered up from the Capes to Bangor.
Enter trippingly, from Left End;
Mons. Voulezvous, followed by Carts
sima Maduro, walking a la SLOUGH.
Now we have it, yes." spluttered
the ancestor of D'Artagnan, turning
the manikin around and around for our
inspection. You see, LIE Minaret! 1t
is ravissant. incest pas! You, M'sieu,
I should value your opinion of LIE
Minaret, yes!"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14

"Of course not" she pouted. H is
M'sieu Voulezvous, the Proprietor of
the Maison de Splash-a recognized
authority on women's dress"
Enter M'sieu VouleZvous, alias
D'Artagnan's grandfather, at Left
Second, dancingly; followed by Clara
P%anatella, blonde and glad of it.
who is the i%ngenue?" l whispered.
"Shush!" friend wife came back.
she is nothing but a manikin parad-
ing a costume. Isn't it perfectly love
ly?"
"Oui, Quiz" chimed in D~'Artagnan's
grandfather. You see what it is
yes! Faded gray chiffon cloth figured
with re raspberry and a small lemon
cclored flower. You see double fchus
of re material edged with deep cream
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
GAY! Did you ever take your life in
- your right hand and go shopping
with Nnur Mifo2

GAY! Did you ever take your life IN
- your right hand and go shopping
with your wife?
tried it the other day and I've been
hearing voices ever since.
When say shopping" don't mean
that simple everyday gag of bursting
suddenly in upon the sleepy door
walker in a delicatessen parlor and
with languid elbows leaning over the
remnants Of a once beautiful cheese
while he cruelty separates four KIP
pered herring from the bosom or a
large and loving family.
NiX-l mean Big League shopping
l mean that kind of shopping that
women go in training for two weeks
in advance; high-class, expert shop
ping, where important money changes
hands; the kind of shopping that
wives look forward to with dreamy
Eyes and live ever after on the memo
ries; the shopping that sweeps a hus'
band off his feet and makes him long
to be a dusky-hued postmaster in No.
8 township, Samoan Islands, where
the fashion in fig leaves is permanent
and money is a myth.
John" said Peaches, the other
morning, Il want you to go to the
stores with me today. | have a lot OF
shopping to do and O can be such a
help to me, because
wait a minute, friend wife," l
broke in. What have l done that
o should wish such a calamity on
me? Tell me to go out and get for my
personal use an attack Of inflamma-
tory rheumatism and I'll do so; ask
me to try to catch a street a at the
corner Of Broadway and Fifty-third
Street and I'll work hard at the job
climbs my front elevation and mains
me for life-but don't, Oh! wife.
don't ask me to go shopping with
you!"
"Nonsense!" she gurgled. Il can't
go alone, "a L? And, besides, you
must help me select two new gowns
at h Maison de Splash-I must have
at least two, mustn't I? And from
there We'll go to Ginkstein and Boob
heimer's, where l want to get a hat
I must have something chic to take
vi III nv lIlCdtClo, IluolI III
then We'll spend an hour in Gorgon-
cola Brothers, where l can pick out
the set of furs you promised me for
Christmas, and Their We'll go to Cam
embert's for some gloves l need, and
then
Help! Throw me anything! Don't
you see I'm sinking!
The answer is | went-and live to
prattle about it.
You know, this shopping gag brings
out more prominently than anything
else the fact that the high cost of liv-
ing is caused by living high at any
cost.
The ancient Greeks had a saying,
"He spends his money like a drunken
sailor" and hat goes for seventy-tive
out of a hundred today.
The majority of the boobs give
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Tleiidfraualle in ct. 8etersburs.

ct. Petersburg, bia Com.
BON. Nadoem Die 6egierung fiirs-
lid ane &leinoerfdufer IN einem gri
laB getparnt bate, oas Sleii6 nidt
81 bobcren Yreiien als ben bon Der
&%egierl1ng pprgei6riebenen gu berl
faufen, baben Nun Die Webger bon
ct. Setersbl1rg einen @egenarg I'M
ternommen, inoem iie ii6 i6lanfDeg
peiaern, Sleii6 au D%erfaufeit. Die
Mebgerldoen paren 0oe llno leer rn6
oie &alflultigen n1uBten nteoer na6
Sauie geben. 3uoem perit6erten it,
men nod bieWeesger, Dab ni6t ei,tmal
sic @usiidt alf cine bal6ige Nbbilfe
%oorDanben iet.
acknowledgements fam es oaber
al1d bie uno oa 81 DISQUALIFICATION,
penn begierige Sleii6eiier in Die 2d-
ben %einbrangen uno Die iiberrafden-
oe gntoedung madten, Dab Die Mes.
ger mit8 orrdten %tpoBloeriorgt maren.
@inige 2aoen tp1,roen oemoliert, aber
Die Yoli5ei mafte ipeiteren 4l,s-
i6reitungen Elm @nbe. Wan mill
nun Die Wetger gert6tli6 CUR Ser
authorizing 5ieben.
sue 26be,1, Die fem Sleii9 emit.
bielten, tplroen poli5eiltb geI6loi.
len. Wetger, Die lire Sleiibborrate
bel Seite idafften, iouen beitrait
perOen. Die ruIIiide Hegierung bot
te iid laut ibrer Srbre CUR Seitiet.
sung eines Sodltpreiies beranlaBt
geieben, % Die Yreiie fiinitli6 in Die
50be geidraltbt Dor0en Daret1.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
More Alfalfa Is Slogan.

Redfeld.-MOre alfalfa is the slogan
of the Sphinx County Farm Improve
ment association. \ special campaign
has been conducted this spring by
County Agent Hall to increase the al
falfa acreage of the county,. To date
1870 farmers have received through the
Farm Improvement associations office
a total of 10000 pounds of seed. The
records of the office of the asSOCia-
ton show that in addition to the seed
SEN out by the county agent, alfalfa
growers in the county have sold to
rci@hbCrinC farmers over IA 900
pounds of Sphinx county grown seed.
The total amount distributed is 30
900 pounds, enough to seed 5000 acres.
For the past two weeks seed has been
going out of the Farm improvement
associations office at the rate Of 200
pounds a day. And the campaign has
not yet reached it's climx. BY the mid
die of June, County Agent Hall esti-
mates that there will have been dis
tributed and sown in Sphinx county 40
600 pounds of seed. This will more
than double the county's 1914 acreage.
All seed Sent out by the association
is dry land seed and is handled at cost
direct from the grower, eliminating
the middle mans profit and furnishing
seed to the county's farmers at a con-
siderable saving in cost.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Yulers grofe Not.

2onoor II. Sieben Miqionen So
len, barunter 5fpei Miaiunen Slloen,
befinoen iid in bitterer Scot. 8ieIe
grfldrl1ng nuroe bon Dem befannten
jiioii6en Rbilantbropen Serman
2an0au, einem D3itglieo peri1ieoener
bieiiger NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., abge-
geben.
y@on oieien Rotleioenoen" iagte
er, rbefinoen iib 100000 oitIi6
BON Der @eidiel uno anoertbalbWtil-
lionen ueItlid bes Sluiies. Die SUI
SEN iino nod drn1er oils bie GbriIten,
neil Der 9opfott, Ser gegen ite bon
Oem arieg eingeiest bate, taulenoe
BON Jamilienpatern on BEN 9ettel-
Itab gebradjt bate.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Due for SWatting.

Webster.-The people Of South Da-
kota areworking under three mottos
this spring, and combining these with
the state motto. Under God the PeO-
pie Rule" Swat the Fly is prOba-
bly, the predominating motto of all, and
the one hat is being played up the
most in the papers of the state. Next
comes swat the Dandelion," and the
numerous ways that that swatting can
be accomplished are filling the state
dailieG and weeklies. Since May l a
new motto has beer added to the trim
ity: Swat the Gopher" This motto
is probably the most popular of the
three, especially ip the rural districts
for nearly every county in the state
is offering rewards for this kind Of
swatting. In many Of the counties the
reward is a bounty of one cent on COM
mon and three cents on pocket go
piers, but in Brown and several other
of the larger counties, the bounty is
raised to five cents on the common or
striped variety.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14

daily limitations of the sailor and they
don't ever wait to get intoxicated.
Whatever my neighbor does I want
to do-only more so.
If my neighbor ave up eight dol
lars and twenty cents and buys a red
benzine buggy I Immediately get to
getner seven dollars and a quarter
and get a blue one. In the meantime
the automobile people put a white
chalk mark on our houses.
If your wife buys a nearly-sealskin
my wife has to rush and get an almost
mink with possibly-ermine trimmings,
and the children fill up the holes in
their shoes with putty and exclaim,
ooh, doesn't Mamma look sweet in the
fur macintosh"
Vanity is a worm that eats the lin
ing out of a p~ocketbook.
All of which is neither here nor
there, as the engineer said when the
train left the track.
So it's back to that shopping propo-
sition with friend wife.
Our first port of call was the
Maison de Splash, where they trim a
piano cover with a lace curtain and
call it a Creation"
It certainly was a gorgeous coy
corner, hat place! The walls were
decorated in soft, harmonious shades
and the floor had al Alfalfa carpet SO
a woman could faint wherever she
happened to be standing when told
the price of the particular gown she
had picked to win
D'Artagnan's grandfather net us at
the front gate and swash-buckled us
into the main Torture Room in the
Inquisition.
Suffering Savings Banks, such
gowns! Never before have / seen so
many good for a woman to
leave home.
In the meantime D'Artagnan's
grandfather a splashing French
sdioms in all directions until l turned
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Plant 300, 900 Young Trout.

Belle Fourche.-Deputy State Game
Warden Edholm will plant 800, 900
voung trout in the pond provided for
them in Spearfsh canyon. They will
be kept in the pond for a year. By
this means it is expected to save IS
per cent of the young trout planted in
the creeks, whereas, under the former
practice, only 7 or 8 per cent were
saved, the others being devoured, by
the larger fish.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
@alb6rGuoc nnter SuntrpQe.

YbiIaoeIpbia. Die @alO.
brGnbe, tpeId)e in bielcn Geilen Don
Be,1nIplponien uno i'm iiibli6en Nen
Serfep iDiitetett, fino 5iltl groBtcr
EeiIe unter 9ontroue. Nieoergeben'
De frdftige Eegenidal1er erleidterter
sic 9efGmpfur1g oes Scuers. Sie
biitoriiden, aus ocm l%lnabBdngig:
feitsfriege befannten Sagergriinoe 81
Sanep Sorge, ga, NIT @albington's
einItiaen Sauptquartier, porin iid
pieIc tpertpoae 9eoenfitiide befinoe1
iGienen eine3eit lang BON BEN Slam
men beorobt, oie ibneit auf eiite Mei'
le nabe fomen, purben ieoo6 Dor
Dem ISeuer nidt merflid ergriffen.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Warden Traps Antelope.

Observation-Disclosures State Game
Warden Edholm has devised a new
plan to capture some of the roamina
bands of antelope north Of here, which
I've desires t 0 placr in the state game
preserve near Custer. A wire CORE
with 8. water hole was tried, but 50
much moisture has fallen this winto,
- 0r'~H hat Other water holes were
filled and the animals were not at
tracted into the trap. Now Edholn
will picket a tame antelope within the
corral in the hope of tempting the
wild ones
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Many File Land Claims.

Belle Fourche.-The ~enacting of the
32O-acre homestead law in this state
has caused a big increase in business
in the local land office. From March
y to May 1 this year there have been
SCI filings, representing approximate
ly 137,760 acres of lands. This leaves
between 600, 900 and zoe, 900 acres of
land subject to entry in the Belle
Fourche district. 1t is believed here
that a great part of this will be filed
upon by the enc of the year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Two Games May Be Featured.

HurOn.-TWO preseason games of
exhibition football may be played on
September II, the final day of the state
fair. if tentative plans now before the
board mature. 1t is planned to have
four strong college and high school
teams compete for collegiate mt high
school honors. This will doubtless in
augurate the first college Day" ever
held on the state fair grounds, and
should do much to stimulate a greater
interest in the big exposition among
college Students, many of whom will
attend to root" for favorite teams.
The teams a not as yet been Sc
lected.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
neberidjluemmung iii Seras.

Iuiti II, Ger. 9ie Sboal- uro
@auer . Sliiiie iinb iiber ibre ufer
getreten unb Babe1, oie angren5enoeu
Sdler iiberidmemnt, nobel 40 biz
60 Menifenleben perloren gingen,
pobl bunoert Samilien obOadtlo5
tpl,roen mo Elm Shaoen bon elmer
baIben Wiuipn entitartoen lit. Ser
Colorado : SluB lit iiber bic l1fer
aetretett. Bon alert Sehten be-
miibt man iib Ben 9eorangten SulfQ
All britgen.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Mental mination Of Pupils.

Pierre.-So far as is known, Pierre
the first city to undertake in South
Dakota regular mental examination Of
pupils. DR.. w. F. Jones, professor OF
education in South Dakota university,
has been appointed consulting psy-
c%hologist for the Pierre schools, and
he will make several trips to Pierre to
conduct these detailed examinations
If mental capacity, together with phys
ical condition as influencing it, and
contributing to it, of the students here.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
He Couldn't Lose.

A lady in Los Angeles decided
whether she would bring divorce pro-
ceedings or not by boiling an egg.
Some of the eggs were hard and some
soft. If she drew a hard one she was
to sue. If her egg was soft h was
to remain unhappy and married. She
drew the hard egg. Any husband who
was given an even break like that
with an g and a divorce ought to be
glad to abide by the consequences. He
would win if he lost-and he did
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Dakota Exhibit at Frisco.

pjorre.-There will be a South Da-
kota agricultural exhibit at the San
Francisco exposition. The exposition
commission appointed by Gov. Byrne
finally decided that it will be possible
to raise funds for a showing. The ex-
hibit will be composed Of the grain
~hich was used in the exhibit car last
fell, supplemented by ORR decora-
tons. which will be placed in position
" the decorators of the Mitchell corn
palace.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Creamery Industry Of State.

Brookings.-The following statistics
covering the dairy industry in South
Dakota are taken from the 1914 annua
report of Dairy Expert \. P. Ryger
Cream sold to South Dakota creamer,
les, 2S,413,299 pounds; this cream pro
duced in butter, 1O.647.760 pounds:
cream bought by outside creameries
30. $50 pounds; total increase owe
1918 n butter. 1929 S9 pounds. which
s SO per cent: total worth of cream
ii 1914. 81 772,7S4. This does not in
cludc home manufacture or home use,
Butter made on farms, s1,336,000;
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Minino Students on Tour.

Lead.-In charge Of Prof. McCarty,
Prof. Young and Prof. Pease. a party
of eleven students from the state
'chOOl of mines Of Minnesota have
been making a tour of the Black Hills,
investigating mineral resources and
formations in this section and treat
ments used in Black Hills mining.
From here they went to Butte and the
Idaho Couer d'Alene country.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
Judce Corson Very III.

Pierre.-Judge Dighton Corson has
been seriously i'll at his home in this
CITY. Judge Corson was the first pre-
siding judge of the supreme court Of
the state of South Dakota. and in his
8 s0ngs on the supreme bench
Of tho state made and held a wide cir.
Gle IF friends.