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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
Notice of Hearing Admitting Foreign
Will to Probate
State Of South Dakota
SIS In County Court.

State OF South Dakota
SIS In County Court.
Deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given, That by an order of
the undersigned, Judge of the County Court. in
and for HUGHES County, State of South Dakota.
made on the 9Th day of June, A. D. 1917, that
the Second day OF July. A.. d. 1917. at ten
o'clock a. m, at the office of said Court in the City
OF Pierre Hughes County. South Dakota, has
been appointed as the time and place for hearing
the petition of Samuel B. Stegeman. that the
Wlii OF Martin Stegeman. deceased. heretofore
proved allowed and admitted to probate in the
Probate Court in and for the County of Ottawa,
state OF Michigan, be admitted to probate, and
recorded IN said County, and that Letters of Ad-
ministration with the viii Annexed issue to
Samuel 3. Stegeman.
dated this 9th day of June, 1917. at Pierre,
South Dakota. in open Court.
BY the Court:
John Fl. McCord,
-, Judge of the County Court.
Attest, j. @, Siindee.
ESeaD Clerk.
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Notice for Publication

Department t. of the Interior.
u S. Land Office at Pierre. S. D..
.lune pa. 1917.
Notice is hereby given that John Benton of Eft.
Benton. 8. D.. who. on February IL. 1911, made
Additional Homestead Entry No. 0l0aa9, for Lots
5. 6, Section II. Township s N. Range 90 e. b. H.
Meridian. has filed notice OF intention to make
Final Five Year proof. to establish Claim to the
land above described. before Burg Brown, Goun-
" Judge. at TT. Pierre. S. D.. on the 31st day of
July. 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses.
Donald Brown. Of FIT. Bennett, S. d.
Ed. Cooper, of TT. Bennett. S. ID.
Rriney Thompson, of Ft. Bennett. S d.
III. II. Hoyt. of Vinton, S. d.
J-E. KELLEY. Register.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
Notice of Hearing Admitting Foreign
Will to Probate
State of South Dakota

(ss Couhty Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Henry Book,
Notice is Hereby Given. that by order of the
undersigned. Judge of the County Court, in and
for Hughes county. State. of South Dakota, made
on the 7th day OF March. A. D. 1917. that Satur-
day, the oath day of March, A. D. 1917, at II
the Court House in Pierre, South Dakota. has
been fixed and appointed as the time and place
for hearing the petition of Paul Book that the
allowed and admitted to probate in the District,
Court Of the County of Plymouth. inthe State Of
this said County Court. and that letters testa.
mentary issue to Paul Book. in accordance with
the Terms and provisions of said will.
Witness my hand and the seal of said County
Court. this 7th day of March A. d. 1917.
lSeaD JOIN II. MCCORD,
Judge of Said County Court.
Attest JAMES f. SLINDEE,
Clerk OF Said County Court,
JOHN "A. HOLMES, Attorney for Estate.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19


Year. Ending December 31st, 1918
Svea Fire and Life Insurance.
COMPANY Of Kingdom
Of Sweden
u. s. Home Office, No. 100 william st.
New York city
PP sassr 4 eas'tal Dec ss. 81, 1. zss. 22s. %
INCOME
Total Premium H%eceipts$ 1,03S,011.29
Interest and Rents...... 57,77o.2S
Total Income ........s 1.os5.7sl.57
DISBURSEMENTS
Adjustment and Settle
ment OF losses ...... 13,S54.21
Commissions or broker
saiaries, Agency and Of i
flee expenses ....... 105,7S9.45
assets .............. 16.s6s.76
All other disbursements 57,146.61
Total disbursements 73,395.52
Balance .............$ 1,S59,09S.4S
LEDGER ASSETS
Bonds or stocks, and
loans on collateral IS 1,2d7,747.74
Cash in office and banks 31S,916.15
Other ledger assets 49,. 2Y2,434.59
Total ledger assets IS l.s5e,oss.4s
NoN-LEDGER ASSETS
interest and rents ......$ / 6.944.10
DEDUCT ASSETS NOT ADMITTED
Agents balances and
all other ~non-admitted
- aSSetS p. /. 4. T, +. (. -. ) 9fH I,66S,gj
Book values over mar
ket values .......... 43.142.74
Iotal 50,Sl1.0l
Total admitted assets l,S25, 231.57
LIABILITIES
Unpaid losses and claiinss 97.944.77
Premium reserve...... ga, 927.12
All other liabilities 49,. 2S,20U.00
Total amount of all
liabilities except cap.
ltal ......,. (. ...-..S l,lOl,O1l.89
Capital paid up III cash 200, 600. 90
Surplus over all liabiii-
ties ............... 524, 159.6S
Total 1,S25,231.57
BUSINESS IN SOUTH DAKOTA .1s1e
Risks written ......S 1S5, 10000
Premiums ~received.... 2,261.US
Expenses incurred .... 433.29
Losses paid ............ T29.O2
La HLL Ill ------- L
Company, Certificate OF Authority
Whereas, The Svea Fire and Life
Insurance Co. Ltd, corporation organ
lied under the laws of Sweden has
filed in this office a sworn statement
exhibiting it's condition and business
for the year ending December 81, 1916,
conformabie to the requirements of
the laws of this state regulating the
business of insurance.; and,
Whereas, The said has
filed in this office a duly certified
copy of its charter. with certificate
OF organization, in compliance with
the requirements OF the insurance
law aforesaid;
Now, Therefore, I, M. Harry O'Brien,
Commissioner of Insurance of the
state Of South Dakota pursuant to
the provisions of said laws, do hereby
certify that the above named company
is fully empowered through it's auth
orized agents, to transact its appro-
pirate business of Fire Insurance in
this state, according to the laws
thereof, until the last day of Febru-
airy, d. 1918.
In testimony whereof, + have here
unto set my and and official seal at
Pierre, this First day of March, A. ID.
M. HARRY o,BRIEN.
Commissioner pf Insurance.
(seaD BY i. c. MuELLER..
Chief Clerk.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
CROP INSURANCE

Insure your growing small grain crops
against hail, wind, rain, bot winds,
blight, rust, hessian fly, chinch bug,
grasshoppers, etc, in a good reliable
company. We represent several hail
insurance companies.
G. M. LIVINGSTONE,
Pierre, SO. Oak
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For Sale

100 head of 2.year-old heifers.
80 head of 2-year-old steers.
8 Hereford bulls.
E. j. Perry, Pierre, S. d.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19

People who do not advertise because
1t costs money, should quit paying rent
for the same reason.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
Do you want to borrow money on
your land? If SO, write or call On
]. L. L0CKHART. Pierre, S. D.

White Sweet Clover Seed
A few bushels absolutely pure and
clean for sale at 40c per ID.
j. w. LAUGHLIN. Pierre. S. ID.
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4 O
ITO
FROM ANNUAL STATEMENT
Year Ending December 31st, 1915
Sun Insurance Office OF Great
Britain and ireland
Western Office, Chicago, Ill.

Western Office, Chicago, III.
Ledger assets Dec. 81, 1855 4,97e, 23s.2s
INCOME
Total Premium Receipts 2.541, 5000
interest and rents ~. 49,, 1868 IS
Increase. Value Ledger
rom all other sources lsi, 1 1ss.4a
Total Income ........s 2,927.1ss.so
IpIsBURsEMIaETs
Adjustment and Settles
OF losses . 37,49S.6 go
commissions or broker
Balaries. agency and Of
fice expenses ..... 374,544s5
Decrease. value ledger
~ other disbu,rsements 542.esss..ssss
Total disbursemcnts..s 2.7ss.475.2s
Balances .........s 5.1os .s41.s2
LEDGER ASSETS
6ouk value Of real es-
Bonds or stocks. and l1i,s2o,0f
al9ans on collateral 3.972,s50.76
Other Ledger assats. 5ss..5si..os
Total ledger assets rs 5.los,e41.e28
.u.z NON LEDGER ASSETS
interest and: rents ... 60.9s2.73
Markst values over book
Values .......... 8,O74.96
Gross assets .........s 5.172,ssa.s1
DEDUCT ASSETS NOT ADMITTED
@Agentn, alliances and
81 othsrnson-admitted .
nook Values over nnar. 11'''s.0'
"a values ........s. 1~4s,6o6.5s
sa Total 4. s171.3e0.17
Total admitted assetss 5,9ol, 6ss.44
sLTABILtTIEs
p loSseB and cfains$ AIS, 3Q0.40
kiii'e sshs 5 iissiisle. a'ss g .tss. i.
;'ss,,,., amount q all
surplus over Ill iiabiIil.' s '''s'
s xtea -. ........ $50. 1.806, 1868
IotAt 800, sa9:444
eu1iNESg IN SOUTH DAKOTA 1915
EssasIu rscsiv;ssdi 4, .ssS.i :
Esns.ss Y incurrsd ssss.s q
CestIaease of Authority
EAefeAa The i Inaurance onice.
7. y u 3 - apn g Esni1sd under ire laws
SsM 4eg 9gyeN0rnI..y0tatelnen sexhihiting 10
I'd al1lkom. an9sssbnstness TOR year
Sse% IlecsInbet 4 1916 conform
a. ssSistinx Eths shssinsss
= company
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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19

State of South Dakota In Circuit Court,
County of Hughes Sixth Judicial Circuit.
John F.. Dillon, Plaintiff,
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SUMMONS

D Clerk of said County Cour
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

cation, which means infinitely more
than neglect of the bowels" But we
can't wander into the subject of auto
lnt0xication today.
II man or woman can so live as to
conserve the arteries, the chance OF de-
yeioping heart failure. Bright's dis
ease or apoplexy will be rendered very
small indeed, Ii the people as a whole
can learn how to conserve the arteries,
how TO stay young, why, the alarming
increase of the middle age degenera-
tions will be stopped.
We are not quite through soaring
you yet. When we think we have you
sufficiently scared to listen, then Wen
/ turn TO our practicable advice for pre-
vention Of arterioscferosis. Here is
another thing for folks to worry about,
Among the 6,2S2 persons between the
ages Of 20 and so years who died in
1915 in the registration area Of the
! United States, 22,571 succumbed to the
/ A, B, c Of degeneration. So that any
one who knows no better than to
| reach or pass the age of 40 has one
to-four change Of wearing out his ar
teTies. You, see, it Is great mistake
I to be over 10. But how can you helu
/ 1t? Well tell you how. And rich,
here, at the climax. just like a maya
zine, we pause breathlessly to say:
TO be continued in an early issuel
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14
Questions and Answers.
Ovarian Cyst.

Ny mother has been examined bv
two doctors, both of whom say she has
an ovarian cyst. l. Is such a cyst nee
essarily fatal? 2. Could it possibly be
healed by correct living and natural
foods? 3. Is tGere any drug or remedy
which would absorb an ovarian cvst 40
that an operation may be avoided ?
!. Would massage or other mechanical
methods be safe to try? 5. Would the
use Of troear to draw off the fluid
from q cyst be attended with any dam
ger to a patient over sixty. years OF
age? | ask you all these things be-
cause | have great confidence in your
medical wisdom. 10
Answer No. some women have
an ovarian cyst and scarcely show any
loss of health. Sometimes the cyst
takes on malignant tcaacerous(
growth. 2. Diet, climate. etc. have
nothing to do with It. 3. No. 4. Such
methods could not do good and might
cause serious injury 5. The use of a
trocar would not be entirely withou,
risk, OF course, such as shock, infee-
ton. etc. The question is, can your
mother endure the disease or an op.
Grafton better That Is up to her ply.
sicians and family to decide.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

The presidents announcement of
.he next draft makes the general pur-
pose OF the method to be used clear
in a few words. AN inventory is to
be taken OF all the registered men
and they are to be classified so as to
show the order in which they will be
called. Since there will be something
like 100000 men whose quaiiiica-
tons and surroundings must be stud
led before this work Is finished. it will
call for the cooperation OF the whole
nation. Every patriotic and intelli-
gent person In the United States prob
ably will ind something large or small
to do in carrying out this gigantic
task.
The basis of the classification will
be the answers written by the men
to long series. Of questions which
will be sent to them on printed blanks.
General Crowder thinks he has made
his questions plain enough for any
man 70 answer. but be knows that the
capacity Of the human mind for mis-
understanding plain English is aston
ishing There will be hundreds OF
thousands OF men who Will need helm
in filling out the blanks.
lnnumerahle questions will arise
with respect to them. and here is
where the lawyers will find q field.
y Nxxk Nxe N-~rm -
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14
Reviewing the 4 B c.


We are trying to make the needless
man in the street understand what ar
teriaI hardening is and how 10 post
pone it as long as possible. so we
must go back. for a brief review.
Arteriosclerosis is not only harden
ing Of the arteries, but a degeneration
or wearing out which involves every
other organ and tissue in the body.
Take old age, the natural type Of ar
terioscierosis AS Characteristic as the
brittle, rigid, hardened arteries, are
the wrinkled, atrophied skin, the gray
hair, the feeble resisting power
against infections, the falling memory
and other mental functions. Well,
just as the familiar evidences of seniie
arteriosclerosis indicate general de-
generation. so do the manifestations
Of premature arteriosclerosis. More
noteworthy among these manifesto
tions, because Of such vital import
ance. are what We have termed the
A, B, C Of neration-Apoplexy
Cerebral hemorrhage, stroke Of par
alysis1, Bright's disease tchronic ne
phritis). and Cardiac disease (slow in
sidious heart failure}. These partic-
ular degenerations very frequently,
but not inevitably, feature the history
OF arteriosclerosis.
There is a reason why the death
rate among the people of middle age is
steadily increasing in America, while
the rates for all other periods Of life
steadily diminish. Our personal opin-
ion Is that the reason is autointoxi-
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

Yes. Rock Island has had more
money calls this year than it ever had
before in It's history, but you should
not be one Of those to complain. for
you ought to know that these are ex-
traordinary times. We are facing "a
crisis whose enormity most Of us do
not yet understand, and will not until
we get further into the bloody drama
that is being enacted on the other side
Of the ocean You know that thousands
OF our young men are in France. but
how many are there you haven't heard
definitely. You know that a few Of
the boys have fallen before German
shells, but they lived in another part
Of the country, and you were not i'm
pressed by their deaths as you would
have been had lheir homes been in your
town or in your neighborhood.
When we hire a band to march
ahead Of the boys when they leave
home for the training camps our in
terest should not end there. Certainly
our responsibility does not. They are
our boys, and We are sending them
forth to fight our battles and to protect
us against the greatest monster Of all
/ history You may say that the United
/ States is big enough and rich enough
/ to take proper care Of its soldiers
/ Which is very true II you read the
letters that the soldiers write from
their camps you don't have to be told
tbnt 4ha osotvs,.,, ~, s,, ss nro,.;I{pes ,,ta1l
for its lighting men. But there ais a
side Of the life of the soldier that the
government is not in position as yet tc
look after Possibly it will later, but
Just now it is leaving it to other hands
Reference is made to the recreation
centers furnished by the Young Mems
Christian association both at the can
tonments in this country and behinC
the fighting lines in France The as
? sociation needs $35,0000O0 to carr!
81 forward its great work. The money il
now being raised. Rock Island il
? asked for SIS 600 Not large sun
b when you take into account the pop
b uation Of the community and tht
2 number of boys who have gone from
Z here and those who are to be callet
q in future, all Of whom will share tn,
comforts and conveniences that vii
2 be supplied through the Young Mem
e Christian association.
2 Yes. you have been giving more thi
% year than ever before. But you mus
cXepct to do So Everybody must per
5 form a part during war. Your part j.
TO back up the men who are rishnj
+ their lives to insure your safety ant
e security. You ought to give gladly t,
p the Young Mems Christian association
e army camp fund. @
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

Lack Of team work on the part of
the allies has been the chief factor in
the gaining for Germany Of recent con-
quests that have done SO much to rally
the people OF the fatherland to the gov
ernments war policies. What the al
lies have yet to learn is to concentrate
their energies and not trust so much
TO Independent actions as they have
been doing up to now with conse-
Quences that ought to cause an immed-
late change OF tactics.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

Since all OF the vast army OF regis
tered men must be examined as to
their physical fitness, the doctors have
on their hands the biggest single Job
their profession ever attacked This
police also will have their hands full,
but not too full, for the willingness
Of the country at large to do its duty
in the war is now we'll established.
Sixty days is the time estimated to
be needed for carrying the work to
completion. Il will be no disgrace If
the country does not come up to that
mark and a glorious proof OF national
efficiency II it does.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

steps and out of the house. He was
assisted down the street in broad day
light by his companion. AS an after
math to the daring daylight robbery al
the keener home. lIi6 Perry street
Monday afternoon, the police yester.
day afternoon visited the home and
found that s25 in cash. two gold
watches and mans oyerc0at naa
been stolen 1t was at first reported
that nothing had been stolen. and tha1
the burglars had dropped their loot
when one of them was shot by Mrs.
Keener Later, however. il was foupa
that the articles enumerated ahdEr
were missing. The police are cons
erably puzzled by the facr that biot
stains. apparently fresh, were iou
on the steps leading to the third no
and on the first floor hall Of the rooa
ing house. Mrs. keener insists IN
when she shot the burglar. he was
scending the steps from the second
! the first floors.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14
raise a window lust

raise a window just
To give you a sniff of the air, for l
want you to have
Happy death, though you have done
me enough dirt to
Deserve horrible ending. You are
already beginning to
Stretch your wings. Guess that air
is good for you Tie
Last week has been pretty tough on
you, with the furnace
Dead all the time while the family
was away ! wish you
Could understand me and / would ask
you il YOU had
ANY parting message to leave Just
hold that position a
Second and 1t win be all over, Well,
here goes. You son
OF gun, / missed you. and you've
gone out the window.
Perhaps ms just as well. The cold
will finish you, anyway,
And ! am spared the memory of hav-
ing killed a cripple.
J, NJ c.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

The mayor and several other offic-
ials Of Wiiloughby. Ohio, have been
indicted by federal grand jury Tor
impeding interstate commerce ship
ments. Their onense was the seizure
OF coal in transit to protect the people
OF their city who had been unable to
obtain a supply. Now we wonder If
the people OF Willoughby Will come to
the iron tand help their officials out Of
the difficulty they have stepped into in
endeayoring TO protect them Chances
are they won't
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14
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republication OF all news dis
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All rights Of republication OF
special dispatches herein are
also reserved.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

Throwing rice at weddings is for
hidden under the rules OF the national
food administration. Nothing is said
about hurting old shoes, hut it is
likely that the latter practice has been
abandoned generally since the price of
footwear has gone out Of all bounds
and the owner OF a pair of old kicks
has found that they are good for
another year or more.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

President Wilson insists that every
member Of his household keep smil-
ing and refuse to allow the gloom of
the war TO depress. The president
evidently believes that the man worth
while is the one who can smile when
everything goes dead wrong" A good
rule for all OF US to apply to our lives,
despite that often times it's harder to
do than il seems.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

President Wilson has decided to re-
Quire the registration of every alien
enemy within the United States as a
step towards ridding the country of
spies and sabotage. There are too
many dangerous men running loose
over the land. and it's high time that
their numbers were taken.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14
The Day III, Davenport

following drafts as radio and buzzer
operators for service in the army. This
request is brought before the school
board through the federal board for
vocational education at the request OF
the signal corps of the United States
army.
O.
Canvass Going Well - Davenport's
and Scott county's drive to raise its
quota of the Y. NJ. c. A. war fund is
now on. II was given headway Mon
day evening in the opening dinner at
the Blackhawk More steam was
turned into all the mains and the
valves tightly closed so that there
could be no exhaust Of energy or en-
thusiasm, at yesterdays monday
meeting of team workers at the same
hotel AS a result Of the moraing's
canvass, 273 subscribers for total of
$11.479.50 was announced. 1t is hoped
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14
Daily History Class
gOyEMBER IA.

1532-Anne Boleyn secretly married to
Henry VIII of England.
1877 Sir Charles Lyell. noted British
geoiogist. born; died 1875.
1854 Sherman's army on the march
from Atlanta to the sea.
Russians invading East Prus-
sia were defeated by Germans near
Soldau.
lal5--Verona Italy, bombed by Aus
trisn aircraft; thirty deaths.
l9lS-Germans under Fslkenhayn we're
"a miles inside the Rumanian bor-
der, marching on Craioya-
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

1t makes no difference how busy
you are with other matters it is not
an acceptable excuse for your delay
ing Christmas shopping until the elev-
enth hour. You recall your griefs in
former years when you made this mis-
take.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

Don't be afraid that the soldiers will
get too many remembrances at Christ
mas. II you don't happen to know a
boy 10 whom to send a gift commun-
icate with the Rock Island Chamber of
Commerce, which will furnish you a
name.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

May Teach Telegraphy Various
measures OF wartime character were
brought before the school board at its
meeting for November One was in
the form of q communication from the
federal board for vocational education.
at Washington. asking that the board
take up the plan for training con-
scripted men due for the second and
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14
HR,AIsEII 4 TALKS
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scolum bu a
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14
Board Reyerses RuIing-Arthnr

Beard ReVerses Ruling Arthur Pet
ers. McCausland, Iowa. exempted
from service in the draft army. was
notified that the district board at Des
Moines had reversed its former de-
cision and that he is now held for
service. He will probably report with
the pext contingent.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

Marriage Licenses-Otto L. Severin,
Long Grove, Iowa, and Elizabeth a
Irwin, Eldridge, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14
YoIlEner Made Cantain-

Voiimer Made Captain-Lieutena
Arthur Follmer has been commits
stoned captain, United States army. ac-
cording to word received here. Cap
tain Vollmer is sitting as a Judge in
the trial court of colored troops of the
United States regulars who took part
in a shooting affair in the south several
months ago. Captain Vollmer is at
tached to the Seventh United States
cavalry, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-14

Thigh Bone Fractured Bert Forber.
the ll-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William E. Forber. Seventh and Brown
streets, Bettendorf, suffered d severe
break of the right thigh bone when he
was thrown from pony he was riding.
DR.. Wirth of Bettendorf and DR.. Lam
back of Davenport attended the pa
tient and reduced the fracture.