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additional charges which present con-
sumers are not assessed?
On the question OF federal charges.
Suppose the United States govern
ment should say to the farmers in the
country: Son all the wheat you sell
in your own state you need pay no
charge, but On any wheat subject to
interstate freight rates, which rates
we have Jurisdiction over, you must
pay the United States government one
cent per bushel." What legislator
could survive such an advocacy? Yet
in what way is the proposal more un-
just than to make a charge on water
powers that the government takes
dominion over, letting the 100000
horse power already developed go
free from any such charge? Justice
first would exclude the imposition Of
any such load. The general public
may be said to be the power consum.
ing public, and anything done to in
crease the cost of constructing or
operating power plants becomes a
charge on the public. One of the
greatest factors in the cost OF pow
err plan. is the cost Of securing the
money 10 build it. Water power in
vestments should be taxed by the
states in which the plants are located,
the same as any other business COLI
Germ is taxed. but should not in addi-
ton have to bear a federal charge
which will be paid by the public
through increased power rates and
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through increased cost of securing
money. r. would be just as reasonable
for the general borrowing public, in.
Guiding farmers and manufacturers,
to advocate legislation which would
force the banks to increase the rates
at which money could be loaned to
them, as to urge or permit laws which
make the securing Of money for water
power development more costly. II
the water power business were one OF
great profit or ever had been, If the
business by its very nature and by its
very competitive environments were
not always forcing prices to the con.
sumer downward, and II the prices
now being paid by consumers general
~ were not greatly less than coal
produced power costs, then there
might be some justification for stretch.
ing point as against other industries
and levying a charge, because the
water powers really belong to tha
whole people.
Upon the question of regulation Of
rates to be charged by a water pow
er, the rates the consumers pay should
be fixed by the consumers themselves
through their own public service com,
missions in all states which have
commissions. The regulation of rates
by any cabinet officer is wrong in
practice, except temporarily pending
the establishment of commissions in a
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<eokuk, Iowa 900. February Fl, 1916
WHEN THE SNOW is ON THE
PRAIRlES

PRAIRlES.
When the snow is on the priaries
And the stock is put away
In the stanchion stall to rummage
In their sweet alfalfa hay,
Well, like to loaf among 'em,
Like a parson making calls,
When the snow is on the prairies
And the cattle's in their stalls.
Like to stroke their dusty noses
II I've got an extra carrot,
Or turnip long with me;
Stroke their silken sides and listen
To the rustic of the hay,
When the snow is on the prairies
And the stock is put away.
Oh. for visitin' in winter,
Give me just the cattle shed.
With the cooter Of the chickens,
And the pigeons overhead,
For it starts a pleasant feelin'
In feller's breast to know
That the COWS are warm and happy
Though the prairie's under snow.
When the snow is on the prairies
And the stock is put away,
Oh. like to hear the rustic
OF the sweet alfalfa hay,
There's heap Of satisfaction
In that old familiar sound,
When the cattle's in their stanchions
And the snow was on the ground
Jay B. Iden in the Kansas City Star.
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Insurance statistics show that the
man who overeates as well as the man
who INDUCES in alcoholic drinks is d
bad risk. according to Arthur Hunter,
a life insurance actuary. Mr. Hunter
delivered a warning against over in
diligence in an address to Young
Mems Christian Association. He said
that the heavy diner as we'll as the
heavy drlnker, was sure of a short
life, but seldom a merry one because
the conditions under which he lived
precluded the full enjoyment of either
mental or physical we'll being. Better
cut down on the eats and drinks
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Thomas Jefferson must have been
something OF a protect;onist. Discuss
Ing the subject he said: THE prohibit
ing duties we lay on all articles of
foreign manufacture. which prudence
requires US TO establish at home, Sc.
cur us against a relapse into foreign
dependency. Experience has taught
me that manufactures are now as
necessary to our Independence as to
our comfort. and If those who quote
me as Of a different opinion will keer
pace with me- in purchasing nothinz
foreign. where an equivalent Uf do
mestic fabric can be obtained, without
regard to difference IN price, it viii
not be our fault II We do not soor
have a supply at home equal to on,
demand"
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OhlAh % s..
One of the projects of a Minnesota
county farm bureau is to assist in fur
nishing supply of tested seed corn
The organization, it is reported. has
stored 900 bushels of selected well-ma-
tured corn Of the 1915 crop and 400
bushels of the crop OF 1914. One OF
the county fair buildings was used as
a storage house, stove and electric
fans being installed to hasten the dry
ing process. 1t is proposed to test the
corn carefully in the spring and sell
It to the farmers at actual cost It is
estimated that there will be a supply
sufficient to plant about 5000 acres.
or one-third Of the ordinary acreage
of corn in the county.
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Saws Woman s Beauty
Depends Upon Health
Health and vigor Necessitate Resuia
ton Of Organs of Ellmi.


Skin foods and face creams and
powders cannot make a woman beau.
tiful, because beauty lies deeper than
that--it depends on health. In most
cases the basis Of health and the
cause OF sickness can be traced to
the action Of the bowels.
The headache, the lassftude, the sal
low skin, and the lusterless eyes are
usually caused by constipation. An
ideal remedy for women, and one that
Is especially suited to their delicate
organisms, is found in DR.. Caldwells
Syrup Pepsin, mild laxative COM
pound. pleasant to the taste and free
from opiates and narcotic drugs of
every description. Mrs. Gertrude Jor-
dan, 522 North Liberty ST., Indian
apolis. Ind. says: 1T is simply fine;
l have never been able to find any
thing to compare with DR.. Caldwelps
Syrup Pepsin. I started using 1t for
the baby and now it Is my family
standby in all cases where laxative
Is needed"
DR.. Caldwell Syrup Pepsin is sold
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Stop scratching!
Resinol relieves
itching instantly

That itching, burning skin-trouble
which keeps you scratching and
digging, is a source of disgust to
others, as well as of torment to you.
Why don't you get rid of it by using
Resinol Ointment? Physicians have
prescribed it for over 20 years. In
most cases, it stops itching instantly
and heals eruptions promptly. Its
very easy and economical to use.
Restnol Ointment and Resinol Soap contain
nothing harsh or injurious and can be used
freely for all sorts of skin-troubles even on the
tenderest or most irritated surface, Ideal for
babies eruptions and chahngs. Every drug
gist sells them
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Arthur Brisbane selected subject
for discussion before the Iowa Pub
fishers association on which the Iowa
editors did not need to be shown. The
liquor question in Iowa Is rather Il
familiar topic.
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Prof. P. G. Holden, the corn expert,
says that cattle and horses need to
learn to like certain crops. II have oft
en- seem" says the professor, both
cattle and horses refuse to eat corn
cows most generally refuse to eat sill
age at first"
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THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.

Your absence OF mind we have
borne, till your presence of body came
to he called in question Nv it
Charles Lamb
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Notice.
State OF South Dakota.

State OF South Dakota,
First Judicial Circuit,
In the Circuit Court, In and for Bon Homme
County.
In the matter OF the applicable Of Joseph
Mellchar for an order dlscharging OF record a
certain real estate mortgage.
To the heirs of lbert Melchar aud Joseph
Inc Mellchar. deceased, and to all whom 1t
may concern:
Take notice that the undersigned owners OF
the real estate hereinafter described, will on
the 10Th day Of March. A. d. 1916 at Il o'clock
| In the forenoon of said day. or as soon there
after as the counsel can be heard. at the
Court Room of said Court, at the Court House
| in the City of Yankton, Yankton County.
South Dakota apply to the Circuit Court Of
| Bon Homme County. state OF South Dakota.
| for an order disch arging Of record certain
real estate mortgage. dated on the 18th day OF
September, A. ID. 1901, given by Joseph Nell
| char and Annie Mellchar to Albert Melichar
and Josephine Melichar, upon the following
described premises, to-wlt: the Northwest
quarter and the west half Of the northeast
quarter Of Section "a, in Township o. north
OF Range IS. west OF the 9th p. M. In Bon HON
me County, which said mortgage was duly
| fled for record In the Office of the Register OF
Deeds In and for Bon Homme County. South
Dakota, on the 1st day Of October, A. d. 1901.
and recorded in Book *" Of Mortgages, on
page 464.
This application will be made upon the
grounds that the said mortgage was given to
secure fulfillment OF covenants of a certain
agtFact, which were fully satisfied during
| ane lives of said mortgages, and that the said
mortgages are now dead and have no acting
executors or administrators or other legal
representatives.
JOSEPH MELICHAR.
l. ANNIE MELICHAR.
Scoblic & French.
Attorneys for Applicant. 30 AZ
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couver, and through the Lynn canal,
to Skagway, which he terms the gate
way to the Yukon, and describes as
"a wretched little town with decayed
wooden houses and grass-grown
streets, the scene of many robberies,
riots and murders at the time Of the
gold rush, which the police authorities
had neither the power nor energy to
control. Skagway Is not, and can
never be, of much use to the 6nited
States except as an obstruction to
Canadian progress, but might be of
some advantage to the vast Canadian
hinterland less than twenty miles in
land"
Skagway is surrounded on three
sides by plateau of steep and rug
ged mountains through which two
trails lead to the north over the White
Horse and the Chilcoot passes, up
whose wild and difficult ravines thou
sands of fortune-seekers trekked and
struggled with their heavy packs,
tools and tents in the mad rush to the
expected Ell Dorado over five hundred
miles away. Soon after the gold was
found in quantities a mountain rail-
road was built up the White pass
from Skagway to the summit and on
to Lake Bennett, a distance Of 40
miles, traversing a wild and iceworn
plateau of gigantic proportions,
strewn with moraines, sprinkled over
with lakes and Enclosed by snowy
peaks 5000 to 5000 feet in height.
At the head of Lake Bennett lies the
deserted town of Bennett, where, at
the time of the gold rush, there were
lodged some five thousand people in
houses, huts and tents. The only
building now standing beside the rail
road station is a wooden Presbyterian
church-which shows that at least a
few righteous men were among that
sordid crowd 1t was here that the
first prospectors and miners got into
boats and canoes and navigated their
frail craft through lakes and rapids
for the remaining 531 miles Of their
venturesome journey to Dawson City.
The last stretch of the railroad from
Skagway runs along Lake Bennett to
White Horse, a few miles above Lake
? Laberge, where safe navigation down
the Lewes river to Dawson begins.
Dawson City the Center.
Although the great ice fields of the
early ages swept the greater portion
of North America they missed the re-
gion of the Klondike, and consequent
ly the gold.producing deposits re-
manned intact until the early prospec.
tors discovered them. The Yukon
goldfield is confined mainly to the vi
cinity of Dawson City, although
small quantities Of gold can be found
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has dwindled down to less than two
thousand people.
Three Ways Of Getting Gold.
The various processes of recovering
gold in this region fall under three
main Observation-Disclosures, by washing
surface gravels with shovel and pan,
or by sluicing with fume and sluice
box; small parties, by working drift
with mechanical scrapers and sluices,
or drift-mining in shafts and sluicing,
and capitalists, by dredging with pow
erful mechanical plants, hydraulic
sluicing with monitors, or mining and
stamping ore in mills. The first class
includes poor mems diggings" and
the second requires more financial re-
sources and mechanical ability, but a
successful man in the first may be-
come a member OF the second class
While the first two classes require
fairly rich ground, only men with ex-
ceptional ability and ample capital can
reach the third class and work the
low-grade placer gravels or quartz
veins successfully.
The author describes in detail the
several methods Of extracting gold
from the frozen Klondike field, based
upon his personal observations, and
shows how man has changed the to-
Biography of this district, especially in
the valleys. First the drift miners
turned the gravel upside down, then
the dredgers plowed 1t all over again
and threw it into great ridges of stone
with mud banks between, and finally
where there were white graveIs on
the high ground, the hydraulic
giants" washed them down into great
fan-shaped cones, sometimes reaching
across the entire valley, completely
burying all below, dammihg up gullies
and producing new lakes. ALI of which
operations have made tough problems
for the future geologist.
The vast territory of the Yukon dis
trict is imperfectly explored, and al
though it is far north, the climate in
summer Is warm and favorable for az
riculture and grazing. Exploration is
now readily effected from Dawson, and
Mr.. Cadell hopes that fresh enterprise
will reveal new resources that will
lead to the permanent settlement of
this remote and almost uninhabited
outpost.
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in the sand OF the Yukon for hundreds
of miles up the valley. Dawson City
is situated on the alluvial fiat where
the Yukon is Joined by the Klondike
river, two tributaries of which are the
famous Bonanza creek and Hunker
creek. Although traces Of gold were
discovered in the Yukon valley in
about 1869, it was twelve years later,
in 1881, before IL was found In the
Big Salmon, and in the Lewes, after
ward coarse gold was found on the
Fortymile, a tributary of the Yukon
below Dawson, and in 1894-1906 the
discoveries of Bob Henderson and
George Cormack, in Hunker and Bo-
nanza creek and many miners made
fortunes in a short time, but unfor-
tunately most of the gold was spent
foolishly or in debauchery. One man
is said to have taken 100000 out of
a claim sc feet by 300 feet, but, so
the story goes, he spent it in a few
years and died in poverty. The quick
est fortune on record was secured by
two men who cleaned up gold to the
value of $4,000 in % hours. Stories
Of the proceedings at Klondike during
these golden days" are not edifying,
but point to the moral that wealth
too easily and quickly won is apt to
work i'll.
The total output in 1893 was $780,
100000, from which figure 1t jumped
six million annually until 1900, when
the production reached $22,275, 900,
the highest point. From this point a
steady decline began until In 1908,
when it was $2,S29,131, at which time
hydraulicking and dredging began,
and the total output rose slowly until
it was $5,018,411 in 1913. 1t has been
estimated that only about 500, 100000
worth of gold remains to be produced,
out of the original available amount of
nearly $1S0,OO0,000. At the height of
the boom in the winter of 1899 the
population of Dawson is said to have
reached $4,000; recently, however, 1t
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goldfields, as the latest to be
opened, will attract the would-be pio-
neers of the present, and romantic
stories coming out of the great Alas
kan forests and mountains will stir
the blood of the adventurous until the
whole region has become commercial
lied. In a recent publication of the
Smithsonian, H. G. Cadell reports his
studies and Investigations in the Klon-
dixie and the Yukon and presents a
picture Of conditions in these famous
fields which the man with the gold
fever will do well to see.
The name Klondike was once in ev-
cry mouth, and late in the nineteenth
century it nearly became a synonym
for all that was rich and prosperous.
But of late it has not been so common,
its early bloom having faded away.
The sensational pockets of fine placer
gold, which attracted hordes of hardy
adventures from every quarter, now
are nearly depleted, and no new ones
have been discovered to maintain its
earlier reputation. But while this part
of the Yukon district can no longer
be called a poor mans goldfield, it
still contains considerable quantity
of alluvial gold which can be secured
by the application Of capital and
brains. It remains a region we'll
worth visiting, for besides the gold 1t
has other possibilities of development
There are many points of geographic
and scientific interest; in this remote
and imperfectly explored northwest.
ern corner of the British empire there
are numerous problems awaiting the
discussion and investigation of the
geologist and the geographer of the
years to Gomez
Skagway Now a Wretched Spot.
On his trip Of investigation Mr.. Ca.
dell steamed up the coast from Van
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CIseouraaed.

Charles, aged six, had been asking
his father and mother for some time
for q mudguard for the small bicycle
which he rode, but the weather con-
ditions had been such that his par
ents thought the purchase could be
deferred. One evening his mother no
ticed that he had not said his pray
ers as usual and asked him why.
We'll, mamma" said the lad, Il kept
praying for that mudguard and when
l found there was nuthin' stirrin' l
Just stopped prayin'."
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NOTICE.
state OF South Dakota. |
Cou MY OF BonHomme

state OF South Dakota,
Cou MY OF BonHomme vs.
In the County Court. In and for said county
In the matter OF the petition Of Joseph Me-
lichSr to terminate the life estate and interest
Of Albert Melchar and Josephine MeIichar In
the northwest quarter and the west half OF
the northeast quarter Of section twenty-fouT
(24)in Township Ninety four(04, north Of range
ifty eight 1857 west of the 5th principal meri-
dian. in Bon Homme county, South Dakota.
To All Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that Joseph Melichar
h as presented and filed In this court his petit
tion praying that the court adjudge the life
estate OF Albert MeIichar and Josephine Me-
licbar, deceased. on the following described
real estate, terminated by reason Of the death
OF said Albert Melichar and Josephine Nell
char. to-wit. the northwest quarter and the
west half of the northeast quarter Of Section
Twenty-four (2D In township Nlnety-four ~
north Of range Fifty-eight (50 west OF the 5tI
P. NJ. in Bon Homme County. s. D., and that
Tuesday. the go.
9TH day OF March. A. y. 1916. at 2o'clock in
the afternoon OF said day. at the Court Room,
OF said Court, at the Court House. In the.city
Of Tyndall. Ron Homme county, South Dako-
ia. has been fixed as the time and place for
the hearing Of said petition. at which time
and place any person Interested may appear
and show cause why said petition should aet
be granted. Z
Dated at Tyndall. South Dakota, this 18th
day Of February, A. d. 1916. g.. VI
By the Court.
Attest; jill. MEIGHEN, Judge.
r. r. Robinson, Clerk. ..
Scoblic & French.
3-2 3t Attorneys for Petitioner.
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Eye Wash.

II your eyes have burning feeling
when you go home from business at
night, battle with lotion made as
follows: Boric acid, one ounce; boil.
Ing water, one pint. Put the boric
acid in a basin and pour on the hot
water and allow it to dissolve before
bottling. Do not depend upon this,
though, as your eyes undoubtedly
need the attention Of an oculist, and
It is best to give them attention at
once.
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One General Mistake.

We try too much to surpass others
II we seek ever to surpass ourselves
we are moving on a uniform line OF
progress, that gives a harmonious uni.
flying to our growth in all its parts
The true competition is the competi.
ton Of the individual with himself
Jordan.
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Best Mans Advice.

The Bridegroom Gust before the
ceremony)-T must take a bracer,
but don't want to overdo it. How
much ought to take. old fellow"
Best MAXWELL, should keep on
taking IN till l didn't care whether
I was married or not."-Life.
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Wives sometimes object, to Life
Insurance. Widows never do,
md the wife doesn't either, wheu
as old age comes on, and the hus-
bands earning power lessons. The
Maturing policy steps in to lift the
burden during the declining years
Of life. The Security Mutual Life
Insurance of Lincoln Neb., stands
ready all times to put your home
in order. If you live the accumu-
lations of years, will provide for
old age. IF you die, those Deepen
dent upon you are provided for.
V. J. Wagner Dist. Agent.
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Optimistic Thought.
The world bows to one unshaks
prosperous or adverse fortune

For Sale. As h. p. Titan Inter
ational engine and Avery separa-
tor, 6 bottom engine Moline gang
plow. l will show prospective
Huyer how the outfit works. All
in first class shape and order Chas
Haehacek, route 2, Tabor S. D.
3-16 Adv.
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Mani Real BusiIaess.

The great business of man Is to
improve his mind and govern his man.
ners; oil other projects and pur-
suits. whether in our power to com.
pass or not, are only amusements.-
Pliny.
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CAPITAL OHenseS.

You are opposed to capital pun
ishment?" Yes; even in its mildest
form. I don't even approve the
writer's and speakers who begin every
other sentence with a capital l."
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For sale my property on D
street in Tabor, consisting of s
building suitable for meat mar
with a dwelling in the rear,
tern, etc. Will also sell the
with ice house, fenced arOl
Write to j. w. Musil, Dante,
d. Y
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| hereby announce to the pu
that | have taken charge of
Hartford Produce Co.'S. cream
and solicit the patronage of cr
producers. Ii will be my endea
to give all an honest and squ
deal, and will pay highest maj
price for cream and eggs. G..
Root. l A