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The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07
Little Missouri Bridge
To Be Dedicated

On Tuesday, June twentieth
Marmarth and all tie surround
ing country will join hands in the
dedication of the Little Missouri
River Bridge which is being con-
structed at that city.
Marmarth is planning a warm
reception for all visitors and a
suitable program is in the max
ing, which will make the welkin
ring with the glad tidings that
the Little Missouri is now SPAN
ned with a beautiful 300 foot
steel bridge.
The program will include ap-
propriate speaking and in the
evening there will be great
dance upon the bridge at which
a nominal charge of 81 90 will be
made.
In addition to this there will
be a great free barbecue at which
everyone will be entertained in
= gladstone manner.
torman Jim Leech of the
Bridge Construction Crew pro
misses a very acceptable floor for
dancing and no travel will be al
lowed over the bridge until after
the dance. The floor will be 300
feet by 16 feet and it is estimated
that 200 couples can be accom-
thereon at one time.
Everyone is invited and a good
time is assured to all.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07
May Weather
Good for Crops

The ground, due to the fre
quent rains has about all the
water it can stand. This assures
the rapid growth of small grain
corn and other crops. A decid
ed favorable feature of the wea
ther conditions during the past
month is that the rains have eX-
tended into the western part of
the state, which last year raised
a large crop, and the favorable
conditions this spring have caus-
ed the homesteaders of that por-
tlon Of the state to greatly in
crease their crop acreage. While
small grain constitutes the great
er part of the crop of that sec
ton, in some localities great
deal of corn has been grown with
marked success. Many of the
homesteaders are devoting large
acreages to alfalfa and are add
ing small herds of cattle.
Despite the backward spring
and while the rainy weather dur
ing the greater part of the
month delayed corn planting
throughout South Dakota, the
work of putting the crop in the
ground practically is completed
in the state, the only exception
being in limited areas on bottom
lands in the extreme southeast
ern section where the ground has
been too wet for planting.
Although the late spring some
what delayed farm work, it has
been rarely that small grain in
this section has been in better
condition at this time of the
year than it is now, according to
some of the farmers who have
visited the city during the past
few days.
Although the frequent rains
have had a tendency to keep
the corn planters out of the field, |
they have done an enormous am
cunt of good to the small grain. |
The greatest precipitation came |
during the middle part of the
month and seemed to turn the
fields green under the gentle
pattering. The total precipita-
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07

ton during the month amounted
to 1888 inches, beating the May
record of last year by sos inches.
Although the rang Of tempera-
ture this month was considerable
wider than that Of last year,
there was only one day of kill
ing frost which was on the first,
the temperature dropping to %
degrees.
Twelve days during the month
there was precipitation amount
ing to over five-tenths of an inch
and seven days showed only a
slight trace. A severe dust storm
struck the greater part of the
state on theninth but did prac-
tically no damage in th is sec
tlon.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07
Work Commenced
On New Hotel

Workmcn are busy this week
repairing and rcmodeling the
Arcade Hotel building, which
will be used by -. X. Lobdcll
in his new hotel enterprise. II
is expected that the place will
be ready for occupancy on July
lst.
The entire interior Of the
building is being re-plastcrcd
and rc-decorated SO that the ap-
pcarancc will be that of a new
building. New furniture will
be used throughout and Mr.. Lob
dell IS now in Minneapolis ar
ranging for the fixtures. All
bath fixtures will be installed
At once and when the building
is completed. this will make one
Of the best hotels in the city.
This new hotel will be a great
help to the travelling public as
heretofore it has been a gamble,
whether or not a person could
get a bed when he arrived in the
city on the night trains, as ev-
cry night the hotels of the city
ara e. He'd nm
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07
Woman's S Club to
Have Lyceum Course

The Woman's Club of this city
las contracted with the Redpath
Lyceum Bureau for Lyceum
Course that will be put on next
winter, the first number to be
here about the middle of Octo-
Der.
This course will be made up
Of several excellent numbers,
and will give the Lennon pco-
pie a seasons entertainment OF
good, clean musical and dramatic
attractions.
The course which will be put
on will be one of the best that
could be secured and unless it
receives the hearty support of
every one of those that are in
terested in good educational en-
tertainments, it will be far from
a financial success.
Let everyone assist in every
way to make the course a success
and in that way show the Wom-
ans Club that their efforts are
appreciated.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07
postoffice Goes
to Second Class

Washington, D. Especial to
the Herald.-The questions OF
the salaries Of postmasters of
the presidential class in the Bird
Congressional District, OF South
Dakota. was taken up last week
and it was found that the busi-
ness of the Lennon office had
increased to such an extent that
on July 1st, it will be raised
from the third to second class.
This will mean a nice increase
in salary for the postmaster and
will also mean that all clerks
employed in the office will be
employed under civil service
rules and regulations.
The increase in the receipts
of the office is indisputable evi-
dence that Lennon is on the
gain.
The above news letter, which
was received by the Herald, on
Tuesday, did not come as any
Nrprise, as the great increase
in business in other lines in
Lennon and the large amount
of advertising matter that has
been mailed from the local post
office during the past year, gave
evidence that it would not be
long until the classification of
the office would be raised.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07

themselves. An eighty mile ride
Immediately before the game and
the fact that they had not been
on the diamond for practice at
all this season, gave reason for
the belief that New England
would win by a big score.
Billy Bum, who received the
game, put up a nice class of ball
and kept the North Dakota boys
hugging the bases. He will de-
velop into a catcher of which
Lennon may we'll be proud.
Thomas, on first, played his
usual good game and made a
spear in the third inning that
Continued on page six
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07
Marcus Theatre
Will Soon Open

The Marcus Theatre, which
will be operated by tn" Lennon
Amusement Co., will open to the
public about the frs of July ac-
cord.ng to Lew Fem, manager Of
tb2 (. .catie. NorN zen are now
busily engaged in remodcllng
the Hussa building and the work
will be ruGhed until the place
is ready for occupancy.
Manager Fem IS at present III
the Twin Cities making arrange
ments for the shipping Of tic
motion picture machine and the
furniture. A card received by
the Herald from Mr.. Fem stated
that he had purchased the latest
in motion picture machines and
that he Will return shortly with
the best theatre equipment in
the Dakotas.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07
Lennon Loses
to New England

In one of the most hotly con-
tested games played on the New
England diamond this season,
Lennon was defeated by a score
Of live to four, last Sunday after
noon.
Who would be the ultimate
winner could be determined at
no stage of the game, and at all
tmeS a little break of luck
meant victory for either team.
Scymanski, who was on the
mound for Lennon, pitched
smut out ball throughout the en-
ufe game and only allowed a few
scattered hits. At no stage of
the game did it look as if the
neaVy hltters had discovered the
secret OF his curves and his fast
ones We're all to the good. No
,"o hlts were made by the New.
Alsiahd boys IN any one inning
Lemons loss Of the game can
De attributed to two causes, lack
nf nro4. AoSh
u practice and lack of team
work. A little bit of the former
sOu'o nave clnched the game
,'o'il the start and a little of the
ia'ter "a would have won the game
'he ninth. We should like to
give our readers the tabulated
s'0fe so that they would be able
follow the game, but in the
lost '''ee' got
:, =" Tile first half of the ninth
vic score was five to four in fa-
~ Vi New England, with the
NJ u the Lennon list coming
up, Up: The chances looked good
aau a,u "nen Baker got on, with
n ne"e DOWN, it looked as if it
w;.l I''' victory. Thomas followed
to S'fikeout and Baker went
: s,,' = second. Bartell got on on .
'uers ssfa choice and Baker was
~ At second. Now we reach
wa.,. Wy point where lack of team
sn AA lost the game. The coach
donhn lieu away the runners for al
i a'ue,e ose steal, but forgot to tin
-;.s ~ 70 the batter. The steal
ed !. Perfect II but a foul tip ruin
foroa, ~ II the men had not been
ooa .u ~ 10 go back to first and Sec
scoras atey would undoubtedly have
ed ;n, - on a single, which follow
tenn. m'',eulately after. Baker at
vas np'eu a to score from second but
Tb.a aaught at the plate.
upt t"a' at the Lennon boys should
tbsv Up 4; The class of ball which
"'Ss did was surprise, even to|
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07

Every business man IN the
city, as far as can be learned, is
very willing to do anything in
his power to, IN any way assist
the farmers in their enterprise.
Everyone should boost for the
telephone lines and dig up a few
dollars when they are called up
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07
What South Dakota
Produced Last Year

The year of 1915 has surpassed
previous years in this state.
Here are the figures given in
the United States government
December /, 1915.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07

Bushels
Corn ............... "a, 4,250, 900
Wheat ............... 63, 762, 900
FLAX ] $50, 600
oats II, l50. 900
hye Il, I05, 600
fotatOes Z $50, 600
Tame HAY ........... ,220, 600
Wild Hay .4,34O. 900
Barley 1000. 900
The following items are not
given by the government and
figures are estimated by the
South Dakota Department of
History.
Vegetables and fruits. .2,75O,OOO
Dairy Products 10000. 600
Live Stock .51.25O. 900
Minerals 5000. 900
Production of new
wealth for year .S244 966, 900
The department of history es-
; mates our population at present
rs 100000, so new wealth produc-
ed would amount for each man.
woman and child in the state to-
s4OO.O8.
1t may be well questioned
whether any other state any
where has ever made such a rec
ord as this.
The last assessment of proper
ty in the state was $3.50, 900 900
which amount, if divided equally
among our population, would
make S2,133.33 for each man.
woman and child, or $1O,666. .65
{or the average family of five,
through all the state.
The April call of bank depos-
its showed more than S113,OOO,-
900 in the banks. That would
give S188.33 for every one of our
population, big and little.
In these items likely no state
has ever equalled South Dakota.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-07
As the Heart Singeth

And had you thought thai NprDg is but
A season green and gay
time of calendars and seed;
With their Arborial das2
Spring little knows the f>rIncss
Of calendars and date
For Spring is what your spirit sings
And what your heart creates
Love tempers it and color It
With sweet inspiring checr-
The blessed Sping that life must keep
Forever and
Love perfumes all its flower of Joy
That you may scatter wide
Their benediction, where the storms
Their promise have denied.
If you had thought that Spring was but
A sunny April mood
Some sorrow day, your heart survey
The heart you need renewed
And there will sing for you a voice
That wanted but your ear.
And to your eyes the earth and skies
AS Eden will appear.
Plant for the sorrows of the world
Gay daffodils of gold.
Brave tulips, for its darkest fear
In that hour unfold.
And violes-beside the path
Where souls discouraged tread
Q for the lost of despair
Let their sweet faith be spread
C. f. Bowen
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-26
BY BETTY BROWN

Gentle spring ISN'T here-no, not
by several weeks of wintry weather,
but just to remind us that King Win
ter is ready to capitulate comes the
spring maid armed with a spring
smile and new spring bonnet.
have just made tour behind the
scenes of some of the big millinery
shops and into the studios of some
of the exclusive designers where art
ISIS and seamstresses, small armies Of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-26

men and women, are now engaged in
making hats for those up-to-date
maids who would be a bit ahead of
the season.
1t was from Nine Esther Wright
of Chicago whose designs are accept
ed as authentic by that censor of
fashion, The Fashion Art League of
America, that l got the little semi
sailor model in slipper straw in the
Illustration above.
The straw is in hunters green
The Cordova daily times., 1916-09-18

presses the Russians turning the left flank of the German army and have succeeded ill capturing many of their
 BERLIN, Sept 18.-The Germans defeated the Russians operating agast the Gacian town of Haicz During the cn gagenen the Germans took 3,500 prisoners.
 LONDON, Sept. lS.-Thc last remaining ports in German East Africa have been captured and the Germans dsodgcd from Ulugura hills to Columbia.
 ATHENS Sept. l8-Thc ministry announces a very benevolent neutrality toward the allies and the demand for war is growing rapidly among the people.
 BERLIN Sept 1S.T The allied forces of eastern Roumana have been reinforced and occupy line Dubrudia v miles south of the railroad running Constanza to Danube
 SALONIT[I, Sept 1S-Tho Serbians captnrcd the first and second line Bulgarian trenches Kaimokcaan also four more field gns making total of try-cigt taken The French troops allied on the left wing and captured station Forina.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-09-18
RAJ 1 ROAD SUED BY UNCLE SAM
 S246,O00

GREAT FALLS. Mont, Sept. 19.- The suit of the United State; govern ment against the Great Northern rail road for damages amounting to $246, 000 is the outcome of a serious forest fire within the Lewis and Clark forest reserve. The fire occurred in 1910 and the government claims that il was caused through the negligence of the railroad.
 The Great Northern was double tracking the line on the division be tween Java and Summia, Mont. and the contractors. it is alleged by the government, carelessly permitted a fire along the right of way to get be yond control and spread to the nation al forest The contractors were burn ing brush and other debris from the right of way at the time
 The fire was one of the most seri ous conflagrations. and the forest re serves and the government claims that $246,ooo worth of standing timber was consumed.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-09-18
1 l W DIE 5 AT HOME: NEW
 YORK

NEW YORK, Sept. IS. - Seth Low, who began his work of ridding muni. cipalities of corruption in 1880, which was set in motion by the Tweed ring in New York, died at his home in this city last night, at the age of 65 years.
 Low was twice mayor of Brooklyn, once mayor of New York and for eleven years was president of Colum. bia university. In each of these of. fices he became distinguished for public service, and he was known throughout the country as one of the leading figures in New York life.
 Young Low was educated at the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, and then at Columbia, from which he was graduated in 1870, at the age of 20. In college he had been distinguished both as a student and an athlete. He ex- celled in tennis and football, bowling and billiards, and on the gridiron he often lined up against the herculean form of Hamilton Fish Dr. Barnard, the then president of the college. was particularly attracted by young Lows work and personality, and in the spring of Lows senior year, the presi- dent spoke thus of him in a letter to a friend: q have just been having a long talk with young Low, the first scholar in college, and the most manly yodng fellow we have had here for Iaany a year"
The Cordova daily times., 1916-09-18

Eddie Maier. of Los Angeles. owner of the Vernon team, encountered ad- verse criticism from other team own CTS because of his alleged violation of the $4,500 salary limit rule by an nouncine his purchase of an option on Washington Park, the grounds used alternately by Los Angeles and Yer non in Los Angeles. Popular opinion classed this as a salutary answer to the published demand of Henry Berry, owner of the San Francisco club. that Maier retire from coast league base ball.
 Berry announced early this week that new stands would be built. and the grounds reshaped at the end of the season at Recreation Park, the local baseball lot in Valencia street. The club has permission to sell $400,- GOO worth of stock for the improve ments.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-09-18
NATIVES [ N JOY COOPERATIVE
 COMMUNITY

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. IS. - Under the guidance of the teachers in the government schools of Alaska. CO., operative community enterprises have been successfully established in the past three or four years During his administration President Wilson has reserved. by executive order, a num- Der of carefully selected tracts of land on which the natives Of Alaska can obtain fish and game and conduct their own industrial and commercial enterprises without the interference of the white man.
 Hydaburg, in southeastern Alaska, is typical example of what enlight- enment government policy under Sec retary Franklin K, Lane has done for Alaska. This town was formed by the migration of natives from two villages to a site reserved by executive order. Here. under the supervision of the teacher of the United States public schools, cooperative company of the natives was organized to transact the mercantile business of the settle ment and to operate a sawmtll the machinery for which was provided for by the government
 The people of Hydaburg. through their own efforts, have turned dense forest into thriving town with d busy wharf, sawmill that turns out good lumber for them at a cost of $10 per thousand neat, single family homes instead of the communal houses of the old villages, a long boarded street of which they are proud as the finest in Alaska, and a cooperative store which has paid handsome dividends from the start
The Cordova daily times., 1916-09-18
DISTRICT CO URT SESSION BE \
 LONC ONE

Judge c. NJ. Frazier, who returned from Valdez this morning, reports thst there are thirty cases being heard by the grand jury, including seven mur- ders, and as a number Of witnesses are being examined but two have thus far been disposed of, and in both in- stances true bill was found. Nod;a Pestrokoff, a native woman of Kodiak, was indicted on two counts, one charg- ing her with murder and the other with cOnCealing the body of her infant child. In this case the prisoner is al legged to have murdered her jllegiti mate offspring by strangulation and then hiding the body Mrs. Dunlap was also indicted for selling liquor il- legally at Anchorage, and sentenced to pay fine of $1 300
 In the first case of the United States vs. the Alaska Packers Asso citation, charged with the illegal waste of salmon, the jury disagreed after being out forty-eight hours.
 The case of J. A. Christensen vs the Thomas Culross Mining Company was set for trial October 3.
 In the case of John E. Ballaine and Frank L. BAllaine vs. the Alaska Nor, thern railway, an action for damage, motion to make the complaint moro definite and certain was withdrawn.
 In the case of the United States vs. Harry Highland, the court ordered the trial Immediately following the return of the steamer Dora from the westward. This is an appeal case from the commissioners court at tn g9, where the defendant was fined %-5 end costs on the charge of assault
The Cordova daily times., 1916-09-18
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AT
 AID SHOW OPENING.

SEATTLE, Sept. IS. - President Henry Suzzallo, Governor Ernest Lis, ter and Mayor Hiram Gn were the Seattle Ad Clubs guests of honor when they opened their advertising show in the Arena last Tuesday night. The showis the first of it's kind to be staged west of Chicago. Most of the leading Washington advertisers, the paper houses and some of the large publications have exhibits. The show will continue the remainder of the week
The Cordova daily times., 1916-09-18
Officials Inspect Government Road

Hon. J C. Cotton, personal repre- sentative Of Secretary of the Interior Lane; Chairman W. F. Edes, Of the Alaskan engineering commission and Mrs. Edes were arrivals in Cordova on Saturdays train. They came over the trail from Fairbanks, and Mr Cotton left this afternoon on the steamer Mariposa for Washington, where he will submit his report of conditions along the government railroad to Sec retary Lane. MT. and Mrs. Edes re- ::::.EE: to Seward on the next boat.
 Mir. Cotton has made a complete tour of inspection of the work being done by the commission at Seward, Anchorage and Fairbanks. and gained much first-hand information which will be of value to his superior
 In an interview with Mir. Cotton he expressed himself as being much pleased with his visit to Alaska, but laid particular stress on the fact that 1t was essential If the best results were to be achieved in the building of the big railway and the development Of the country generally, that the hear tiest cooperation maintain between the people Of the territory, the Alas kan engineering commission and the authorities at Washington. He pointed out that unless the hearties cooper atlon was maintained, the best results could not be gained, and 1t would be very unfortunate indeed if other than the most cordial relations continued as between the people and those charged with the responsibility of building the railway.
 The summer of 1919 probably will see the opening to traffic of the new United States railway from Seward to Fairbanks, according to William C. Edes. who has just completed an in spection of the construction situation on this portion of the proposed line.
 It is understood that Chairman Edes, while at Fairbanks, looked into the question of purchasing the Panama Valley railway, now operated out of Fairbanks to the mines It is pro posed to use this with the line now being pushed toward the Nenana coal field to supply fuel for further min eral development in that section of the territory.
 Early fall will find the main line open from Seward to Kern creek. Turnagain Arm, and from Anchorage to a few miles north of Matanuska Junction, or the new lewiston, with about fifteen miles of steel laid south of Anchorage toward connecting with the coast section.
 Experience has taught the engineers that it is a good thing to have the right of way cleared one season in ad- vance Of all work Clearing away the trees gives the sun chance at the ground and takes the frost out of the cleared sections a month earlier than where the spruce forest still stands.
 For this reason clearing gangs are busy cutting along the line from Mata- nuska Junction to Talkeetna, and be- yond on the way up the susitna val ley toward Broad Pass, A section of the division will be completed before the frost comes, but there will be a
The Cordova daily times., 1916-09-18
SENARD r AVO RS GAINING HOUR
 OF DAYLIGHT

The movement to set the clocks ahead an hour, as recently recommen- ded by the local Chamber of Com merce, has spread to the other coast towns, and today the Daily Times re ceiyed the following wire from the Seward Post.
 Will you take part in move to advance all clocks in Cordova, Valdez and Seward one hour on October l. Several local business men have al ready adopted the plan to use Sitka time instead of that at Kodiak. Steam CTS probably make change if all towns act together.