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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17
ARE URGED
TO MAKE START NOW
FOR CORN BREEDING
South Dakota Agronomist Gives
System For BARROW Test
Labor Not Great.

Bookings. S. D., May 12.-South
Dakota farmers may we'll afford to lay
out a corn breeding plot this year, sug-
gests agronomist A. N. Hume, OF State
college. Now is the time" he says.
ITO plan definitely in the direction Of
corn improvement. 1t is highly desira-
BILE that seed corn Improvement be
made by ear-row test plots, whereby
this state may be largely eliminated,
and replaced with better yielding
strains of our own stoch.
The method of the ear-row test is
in fact very simple. The gist of it is
that kernels from each of a number of
ears of corn r planted in separate
rows. The rows are to be planted as
nearly alike as possible in regard to
the number Of kernels per hill and to-
tai length Of row. The rows are to be
harvested separately and the corn yield
OF each row separately recorded.
The yields from these separate rows
thus indicate the relative producing
power of the strains represented by the
mother ears planted in the separate
rows and 1t is possible accordingly to
select seed corr for a following year
from only the highest yielding sepa-
rate rows of the ear-row test.
The easiest place for conducting
such an ear-row test will be probably
at one end of the general field. Select
the j Of you cornfield right now
winch a the best area of eve rOun
and lay out an area of that ground,
say one or more acres in extent, for an
ear-row test. If the rows in the ear
row test plot are to be 20 rods in
length, a test plot Of one acre will be
eight rods by 20 rods. II the rows are
planted 1915 inches apart, it will thus
be possible to plant 40 rows-eac 20
rods long-on an acre.
Forty rows are none too many. The
greater the number Of rows planted,
the greater will be the opportunity for
selection, but it must also be remem-
bered that the greater the number Of
rows planted, the greater will be the
amount OF work harvesting the sepa-
rate rows. All that is necessary in
starting this ear-row test at the pres
n time Of year is to thus lay out the
ground at one side of the general corn
field and. having selected the separate
seed ears. to plant seed from each one
In it's own row.
obviously, it is we'll to mark off
the ground OF the ear-row test with
stakes and to omit a row of corn
around the ear-row test between it and
the general cornfield. The ear-row test
plot can thus be cultivated just like
n general field and at the same time
without extra attention in that regard.
The chief mount Of extra work will be
caused by the necessity of harvesting
the separate rows of the ear-row test
separately. but harvesting will no
come until later.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17
NoRBEcK AND RICHARDS
ARRANGE JOINT DEBATES

Huron. S. D.. May 15.-Arrangements
nave been made for two public joint
debates between Peter Norbeck and r.
o. Richards, republican candidates for
governor. to take place at 8 o'clock on
Monday evening, May Is, at Mitchell,
and at 8 o'clock Thursday evening. May
is. at Bookings.
Mr.. Norbeck. in accepting the chal-
lenge. m Brookings as the first
place. to which Mr.. Richards agreed.
Then Mr.. Richards chose Sioux Falls.
which was not satisfactory to Mr.. Nor
beck. so a compromise was made on
Mitchell, where both have spoken dur
Ing the campaign.
Mr.: Richards is to open the debate
at Mitchell and Mr.. Norbeck at Brook
ings. reversing the closes. Philo Hall,
OF Bookings, and Judge Dick Haney,
OF Mitchell. are to be the respective
presiding officers. if they can be Sc
sured.
There are to be no restrictions on
the subjects for discussion. so long as
confined to matters of state govern
ment or public records Of the state.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17
INDIANS WILL CELEBRATE
GETTING RIGHTS AS CITIZENS

Geddes. S. D., May 12.-Franklin K.
Lane, secretary of the interior, will at
tend the formal transfer Of land pat-
ents to 300 Yankton Sioux Indians at
the Greenwood agency in Charles Mix
county, South Dakota, Saturday. The
delivery OF the patents will mark the
Iulflllment of a treaty made with the
Indians by the federal government rs
years ago. under which the Yankton
Sioux tribe surrendered nearly 200. 900
acres OF land for a consideration of ap-
proximately 1915 an acre, and were al
lotted plats in the western part of the
county.
More than $75o,ooo was paid to the
Indians for the land, which was after
ward thrown open to homesteaders.
The money was placed in a tribal fund
and held in trust by the government.
being gradually disbursed as the occa-
sion required. Three hundred MEM
bers of the tribe were allotted land res
ervations ranging from 40 to 100 acres
each. Under the terms of he treaty,
the patents were to be held in trust for
70 years, to determine the competency
OF the Indians as and holders. The 25
year period will expire Saturday.
Tribal dances, a tribal council. adj
dresses and a feast will mark the cere-
mony attending the formal delivery of
the patents. Secretary Lane, it is ex-
pected. will address the Indians.
The land purchased by the govern
ment rs years g is now declared to
have a value Of between $12. OO0. 900 and
$50, 00O, 900. AN
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17
e. p. OF
FOREST ci1SY. eoUTH DAKOTA

The Light house Service Bulletin
publishes a compilation OF the number
Of hours of fog or thick weather OBJ
served a yea at sos fog signal stations
during the period of 1885 to 1915. AS
such stations are maintained in all
coastal regions of the country, imlud-
ing the Great Lakes, which are subject
to fog, their records are a valuable in
dication of the extent Of this danger
to navigation. The highest annual aver
ages is 1851 hours a year at Petit Man
an, Me-. while the highest record for
an individual year and place is 2,734
hours in 1907 at Seguin, Me, or about
80 per cent Of the entire year. Calu-
met Harbor, near Chicago, a 2,269
hours of fog in 1913. This and other
lake stations are affected somewhat by
smoke. On the Pacific coast the high
est annual average is 1887 hours, at
Point Reyes, but in the year 1915 there
were 2,145 hours of fog at San Fran
cisco light.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17
LILY DRUGGIST SENT TO
YANkTON HOSPITAL FOR INSANE

Lily, S. d.. May 15.-A. NJ. Towles.
for some time proprietor of a local drug
store. who recently has been acting
queerly, was taken before the county
board Of insanity. which has adjudged
him of unsound mind and ordered his
the insane at Yankton. The unfortu-
nate man is we'll educated and had be-
come very popular among the residents
OF Lily and vicinity. 1t is believed a
course OF treatment at the state asy-
lum may restore his mental faculties.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

Mayor Jacob Schepers, of East Lans-
Ing. Mich, is considering the advisable
ity Of advertising for candidates for
municipal offices. Eighty per cent Of
the residents of the city are members
of the faculties or staffs of the Michi-
gan Agricultural college. and appar-
emily do not are to shoulder the re-
sp%onsibilities of the municipality.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17
VETERAN INDIAN TEACHERS
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEnnlNc

Wagner. 8. d.. May 12.-At Green
wood recently the Rev. John p. viii
Hanson. q veteran preacher to the In
dams, and Mrs. Williamson celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary. their
seven children and % grandchildren be-
ebration. One guest attending the cell
%ebration was Mrs. Edward C. Brace. of
California, who is the only surviving
witness Of the marriage ceremony of
80 years ago. The first three years
after their marriage Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
cy. Neb. Then they were transferred
to Greenwood. where they have been
stationed for the past ~ years. For
many years Mr.. Williamson has been
the general missionary Of the Presby-
terrain church among the Sioux Indians.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17
OWNERSHIP OF BUILDING
CLAIMED ON ORAL CONTRACT.

Mitchell. S: D., May 13.-Possession
OF a 100000 business block, located on
one Of the principal street corners of
MITCHELL, Is Ringing upon a case under
consideration by Judge F. b. Smith in
circuit U as to whether a verbal
agreement takes precedence over a
written contract.
The cas- originated when William
Koch. for many years n Of the promi-
nent business men of Mitchell, sold the
property In question To his soninlaw,
M. II. Gosche. taking in part payment a
note for $4,000. Upon the death OF Mr..
Koch, a year ago, the note was found
among his papers.
When the matter came up for settle
ment, MT. Gosche contended that by
pay the interest on the note until the
death of Mr.. Koch, whereupon it was to
pc Cancelled. Several witnesses were
introduced to ROY the truth Of this
contention: However, one of III other
heirs Of Mr.. Koch contended that the
~nonexistence Of any written contract
was sufficient to have the note stand,
and that 1t should not be Cancelled.
~
BROOKINGS-J. N. Longer, Of Web.
ster, won first place in the second score
Of the sixth butter scoring contest being
conducted at the state college under the
direction of the state buttermakers' con.
vention. Sixty-four South Dakota cream.
cries entered the second contest. an in
crease OF seven over the first entry of the
year. The winners Of INST four places are:
J. r. Longer. Webster. 94.6 per cent;
Madison Creamery, 93A: Arthur Vaughan,
Parker. 9S; and a tie among the North
American Creamery, Watertown; George
Trey, Elkton, and g.. H. Black, Deadwood.
92M.
ABERDEEN-Despite the heavy wind.
often reaching 60 miles an hour. which
prevailed for nearly "a hours over north
ern South Dakota and southern North Da-
kota, Aberdeen residents who have In.
vestigated conditions report that grain
passed through the ordeal unframed. ex.
cept In Isolated spots. Practically all the
grain Is now In. wheat IL up, winter rye
has q fine stand, and alfalfa and grass is
looking unusually we'll. Farmers are
blowing for corn planting. and In SOM
places the corn Is already in.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS p. wilmarth. bus
mess manager of the Dakota Democrat.
has sold his Is shares in the company to
James Coffey. former democratic state
chairman and present collector of internal
revenue. who now owns 35 shares, or a
controlling interest. there being but GO
Ing held by Edward Mcbride, the editor.
Il IL probable MI. Wilmarth will continue
his connection with the paper. as an en-
ploye:
PIERRE-E. F.-Dorothy. while driving
on the prairie with a new auto. broke It
IN" with Q coyote chase. After q chase Of
several miles he ran his quarry into an
old badger hole. not deep enough to allow
It to get out Of reach. The coyote wa
pulled from its hiding place n killed
With . hammer.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

According t. a report from the Rome
service. vatican circles that
the pope Is preparing to bless wireless
telegraphy officially, thus restoring the
ancient custom of the church to bless
inventions which confer great bentfits
on humanity.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

Each m~an-of-war Is built on paper
before a single plate of steel is forged.
No only are length and breadth of a
ship decided, but the naval constructor
can tell to AN ounce how much water
she will displace when her armour and
guns are mounted on her, how man
times her propellers will revolve in a
minute with Il given pressure of steam,
and nov many tons of o an hour
must be consumed to attain a certain
rate of speed.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

On June / of this year the number of
ia thong qIcv aoc0Mp L, R
the first time reached 1000, 900. Figur-
ing on an average Of four persons to
each car. which is very conservative,
there are 5000. 900 people in this coun-
try in daily enjoyment of motoring.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17
SPEAKING DATES LISTED
FOR SENATOR MINISTER

Yankton. S. D.. May 15.-The follow
ing speaking dates have been assigned
next week for Senator w. II. McMas-
ter. candidate for the republican NOM
tnation for lieutenant governors: Mon
day afternoon, Salem; Monday ave.
ring, Montrose: Tuesday evening,
Beresford; Wednesday evening. Red
field.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

The pageant of the Yale Bowl next
October, with which the university is
planning to celebrate the two-hun-
dredth anniversary Of the removal Of
the college from Saybrook to New Ha-
ven, will cover the leading events in the
history of Yale from its removal to the
present day. Fully 60. 900 guests will
witness the big college spectacle.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

II the Samoan islands = I breed AZ
cattle the bulls Of which seldom weigh
more than 800 pounds and the COW Sik0
poundA
Il = believed that forests sometimes
Stako dro by the heat generated from
- vuhbing Of tke branahes togsthes.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17
TOWNS ON PLATTE LINE
DEMAND SUNDAY SERVICE

towns were represented at a meeting
held at Tyndall Wednesday to take
steps for Sunday service on the Mil
waukee's Platte line. It is believed
that h company may be induced to
hearken to the show of interest on this
subject and furnish the desired relief.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FARM PROSPERITY.


Mitchell, S. D.. May 13.-Twenty-five,
thousand dollars is the amount of the
check brought home from market after
selling his years output of cattle and
hogs by Oscar Clifford, of Mitchell. The
stock was raised on Clifford Bros, farm,
southwest of Mitchell. In the ship
ment were 1875 head Of steers, which
weighed an average Of 1.646 pounds and
were sold for $685. per 100. or an av-
erage price of $162 each There were
1S4 head of hogs. which averaged 300
pounds in weight and nearly $50 in
value.
Pollock. S. D.. May 13.-Frank Nc
Conville. OF Pollock marketed % head
an average Of $2S.86 a head.
Aberdeen. s. D.. May 13.-Joseph
Schumacher of Edmunds county passed
through Aberdeen on his way home
from st. Paul, where he had sole a car
load of hogs which topped the market
at $3.50. This was the seventh carload
OF livestock Mr.. Schumacher has sold
from his $50 acre farm within the past
III months. four carloads being cattle
and three hogs. In addition to cattle
and hogs. Mr.. Schumacher has sold q
number OF horses that were raised on
the farm. four of them. sold the other
day. bringing 5000. In addition to the
livestock, Schumacher raises a large
amount Of small grain. and is making
a great success of alfalfa. Schumach-
er's land sells for less than $40 an acre,
or would If it was for sale, but it is
claimed the annual production is more
than on Illinois and Iowa land selling
for 5000 an acre. Some one has esti-
mated that since Schumacher settled on
a homestead in Edmunds county, his
daily income from his farm has av-
eraged better than $40 and possibly as
much as SIS a day, day in M day out,
the a around
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17
MAYOR GETS OFF EASY
FOR KICKING nIartInaep

Geddes. s. D.. May 12.-The case of
Gardner VS.. NOLAN was called for trial
at Wheeler. Mayor Mohan. Of Geddes.
was sued for $4,000 for alleged injury
for kicking Gardner during the trouble
on Main street at which time Mayor
NOLAN. in connection with Marshal
Shuck, was trying to preserve order.
The jury brought in a verdict of 81
for Gardner and assessed the costs to
Gardner. After the result Of the trial
became known q penny collection was
taken up to pay the II verdict against
the defendant and in q short time lat
pennies were contributed by the
friends OF Mr.. NOLAN.
-BRIDGEWATER-In order to settle
the municipal saloon issue which 10 being
discussed here. the members OF the city
council ~ called IN informal electiea
on May 1s. In which election only free
holders can participate. Il 10 expected
that h proposition win carry.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

h worlds best cork comes from
trees in Spain and Portneni that oun
allowed to become 40 years Of aae h ~
Tore the bark is cut, and then It IL re-
moved only every other eight nr IN
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

The fate DR.. David Allyn Gorton, who
was for many years editor Of the Ma
tional Quarterly Review and the Med
ical Times. was, like Napoleon and Ed
ison, capable of doing much work on
little sleep. -Four hours sleep, vas his
usual allowance even up to the adj
vanced age-83-at which he died.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

No other plant gives such a quantity
OF food to the acre as the banans
wnicn = 10 times more than mat 81
that of wheat, IVY e"an
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

ment is led by city boys is shown by
statistics at he agricultural school of
the Pennsylvania State college. Today
the three large cities of Pennsylvania
have more than 200 young men in the
school. Some of these nave never seen
a farm except at a distance.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

"Jitneur" is the French sounding
word now being used to signify the
driver OF a jitney and as '%.jitney" is
said to be slang originally from the
back country Of Louisiana, it NAV be
quite appropriate.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

With less than half of her available
farming land utilized. the United States
produces one-sixth Of the worlds
wheat. four-ninths Of It's corn, one
1ourtn OF Its oats. one-eighth of its
cattle, one-third Of its hogs and one
twelfth Of its sheep.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

The value OF thymol in medicine and
sanitation depends on its powerful ger
micidal properties. combined With an
absence OF toxic qualities. 1t can be
used as an anttseptic with the same ef-
~fectiveness as phenol or carbolic acid.
but, unlike the latter, is n~onpoisonous
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

Mrs. Florence w. Stephens. OF Circle.
Mont, who has been ~.
Hamilton College OF Law. in CHICAGO
wa recently admitted to the bar. Her
mother and grandmother were lawyers
before her. Se1o
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

a calculator that shows the money!
values OF n country In the terms Of
.evera! others and applies the values to
invented by an Englishman. e
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

Philippine legislature has authorized
campaign to increase exports ~
Philippine tobacco. Two aRents ara -,
be sent to the United States. y
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

The average American eats so,x
pounds Of beef. ~ pounds Of veal "a
pounds OF pork and lard. and az
pounds OF mutton and lamb every veor
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

The mission fathers broueht n. o,,,,.
and the date from the M-editerr.na"r
regionGEAAd rave CalifoFnia9one 81 it,
most in4poet9nt crops.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

The charts OF the coast and eodeti
survey Will be publicly displayed at the
leading ~postofflces Of the countrv to
make persons familiar with Their use
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-17

Spain imported 1900. 900 ton. Of coa,
during 1915. Az one result Of the war
England now 10 taking most OF hi:
trade away from the United states.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
ADMINISTRATION
HEADQUARTERS
Opened In City Hall By
The New City Commits
SiOnerS.

Commissioners Wicks and Bassett
have opened official headquarters in
the front rooms of the city buildifIg
heretofore occupied by the Tax Col
lector. Commissioner Bassett will
have private office on the floor be-
low, but will spend most of his time
above. S.Yesterday Commissioner
Wicks was i'll and unable to be on
hand and the office was in charge of
Clerk Lawson Flack.
Commissioner Bassett had much
outside business to direct, as many
streets were more or less INSTRUCTED
by fallen limbs due to the Sleet storm.
Rugged up in heavy overcoat and a
fur cap he was Johnny on the spot
and "played BALI every minute.
During his absence Mr.. Wicks had
Judge c. o. ProwSe helping about
official matters in connection with the
coming assessment and things are
moving along smoothly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
mrs. SARAH {. ORR.

Mrs. Sarah E. Orr, widow of the
late John Orr, died Wednesday night
at the home of her son-in-law, Thos
L. Metcalfe, aged more than 20 years.
Her health in recent years had been
feeble and she contracted a cold two
weeks ago that developed into pneu-
mOnia and in spite of all that could be
done her useful life was ended. She
was born in this county and all of her
life had been spent here. She was a
devoted member of the Christian
church. Funeral services were held
at Mr.. Metcalfe's home Thursday af-
ternoon and the body was laid to rest
in Riverside Cemetery.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-08
WHEN sILAeE is DANGEROUS
May Not Seem to Injure Some AMI
mails, but II Has Lost Its Food
Value-Learn Little Details.

CBy PROF. c. H. ECKLES. Dairy De-
partmeht OF University OF Missouri)
Spoiled silage may not seem to In
jure some farm animals, but it Is dan
gerous to others, and has lost much
OF its food value for all The loss
results almost entirely from mold, and
could have been prevented. although
the only thing to do now is to study
what has happened in your silo and
learn how to do better next year.
Unless the silo was sealed or feel
ing was begun Immediately after Ill!
ing, from six inches to a foot at the
top is sure to be spoiled. 1t should DO
put where It cannot be reache9 by
any farm animals. Lower dove, the
presence Of spoiled silage always IN.
dicates the presence of air. as the
molds which give II the appearance Of
rotten manure could not work WITH
out air. The lack OF sufficient water
in filling is the commonest cause OF
the presence OF air. but sufficient
tramping in an alright structure is
also necessary. Red mold. which
sometimes causes alarm, is no more
dangerous than the less conspicuous
forms which often pass unnouced