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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
GUARDSMEN ARE
MUSTERED in

The mastering in of the portion of
the Third battalion, 8. D. ~ G., sta
toned here, has been completed, fol
lowing the physical examination of all
members by Lieutenant A. R. Calvin,
post surgeon at Fort Smelling and a
member of the medical reserve corps,
who spent several days this week here
for that purpose. Only seven old
men were rejected by the examination.
The battalion now consists of seven
officers and 134 enlisted men besides a
battalion sergeant major, and three en-
listed men in the sanitary corps.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
Sick and Injured

Rev. Guy p. Squire of the
United church is on the sick list.
Marvin Kimball, while still quite
sick, is thought to be out Of
danger.
Attorney VIM. Potts, who il
ill with typhoid fever, il reported
to be some better today.
Miss Harriet Fox. who has been
seriously i'll for the past two
weeks, is much improved but still
under the Doctors care.
Elizabeth Parrot Of Firesteel,
who was taken to the Mobridge
hospital Q week ago because Of
severe attack Of pneumonia, il
much improved and is expected Il
be ont in Q few days.
Fred Campbell, who has beer
at Q local hospital for severa
weeks, was able to return TO. hil
homo on Tuesday.
Mrs. Bernice Batteen privat'
SECRETARY to A. II. Brown wa
taken to Riverview hospital Wed
needay in . serious condition ana
Thursday morning underwent thre'
operations for o. many ailments
Her condition at noon was con
sidered grave but with the chance
| in her favor for recovery.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
Another Boxing Bout

j. B. Hilton of the Pierce Hotel, the
president Of the st. Paul Boxing club,
went to st Paul Tuesday night to
make arrangements for the big match
to be held there at the auditorium on
Tuesday, April "a. The bill contains
the following events: Billie Whalen
VS.. Charles Metric; Jock Malone VS..
Johnny Mccarthy, Charles Mccarthy
vs.. Kid Thomas in addition to some
fast curtain raisers.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19

A number Of people from Her
ried motored to Mobridgs last
Sunday, coming down to deliver
three Ford cars to John j. Klein.
Among the party were Henry
Herbold. Ii. o. Bens and Ed
Buckenbereer Of the Herried gar.
ago, Earl Rosenberger of the
Herried Picsyppe and formerly
OF The M0bridge News, q. A..
Olson Of the Herried Grain com.
panv. G.. A. Nelson Q cream buy
Or, r. 81. Eisenbeis Of the Owl
Buffet, Mrs. Herboid, Ida Bucken-
berger md Maize Whits.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
State Sunday School
Convention in Nav

What, will probably be the most sue
cessful convention of the South Dako.
to Sunday School association, ever held
in the state is scheduled for Aberdeen
May ], 2 and 3, splendid program hav.
ing been arranged including some ef
the most noted in this, Surrounding md
eastern states.
Plans are underway for large al.
tendance Of delegates and Sunday
school workers from Mobridge attend
ing the sessions which will be held in
the Methodist church.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
Another Bad Fire
in EdmundSOn Home

A elimination Of trouble for the f.
J. Edmundson family occurred last
week on Friday the 18th, when fire.
believed to have been of an incendiary
origin, completely destroyed their les
idence on the east side, which had been
previously damaged and which was un
dergoing extensive repairs and remod
cling. The loss was total and partial
ly covered by insurance.
1t was also Mr.. Edmundson' birth
day which added to the irony of fate in
the matter.
Last Weeks Fires
Two more fires occurred during the pre-
vious week, IN fact during a space OF
two days. At $3.50 Tuesday morning
fire broke out in a shed in the rear ot
the Fred Probst home on the east side
burning the shed and a load Of hay
standing near, causing loss Of about
$50. The fire is supposed to hav,
started from . bon hre Of the night be
fore whieh -6ad not been properly
quenched.
Wednesday afternoon prairie FIRE
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
Women Can Bowl, too

In response TO requests from
several women Of the city Tor .
Ladies Day" at his bowling
alley, Mike Egnew has cot aside
Friday afternoon and evening Of
next week. April q. for the
exclusive use d. tho women and
their husbsnds and escorts. The
alleys win b closed >to. the gen.
eral patronage fne1 TO 8 p.
M, on that day apd given over
entirely 20 the vuuIc1 bS tho city
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19

DR.. q. E. Hedman of Fort
Pierre. Q graduate Of Pslmer's
School OF Chiropractic at Dsven-
port, Ia, who has been here since
early in February, has opened
Offices in q suite over the New
Store where he is plying his
profession. Before coming to
Mobridge DR.. Hedman practised
in Lennon. He is considered a
most capable practitioner and al
ready has q large clientele estab-
lished here.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19

O. L. Lawein, hardware merchant, re.
turned to Mcintosh Tuesday after
spending q few days in the city look
ing after his local store.
Joe Shannon Of Aberdeen and H. w.
Dowley Of Duluth arrived in the city
Wednesday evening from . trip across
the river, and are spending the day in
Mobridge in the interest Of Kelley . ei.
gars.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
WANT TENT OF
MACCABEES HERE
Several Members Of Order
Ask for Or1anixer to Form
Tent Here

There is good prospect Of another
strong lodge being organized in No
bridge, several members Of the Knight
Of the Aaecabees are now holding mem
bersAip in other lodges in this and sur
rounding states having got together
and asked that the state organizer
Geroge G. Peil Of Sioux Falls com,
here and organize lodge in the very
near future.
~,TAe Maccabees il one Of the strong
est cf the fraternal insurance organixa
tions, havong over 5000 subordinate
lodgss, with . total membership OF
over 300,000 accumulated funds Of al
most $l4, 1000, 900, other resources az
sresating 100000, and has paid Out
benefits to the amount Of $ss,00o, ,0Oo
since organisation. An idea Of the
growth Of tho order since 1900 10 gain
Cd from the fact that at time the &C.
cnmulated funds were only el32y000,
whereas today they stand at fourteen
million, q growth Of 100 per cent.
The lodge 10 one Of the oldest in the
country, having been estsblishsd since
.1sss. Besides being one Of the strong.
eStsorganizations from fraternal and
social standpoint Of any, it is also one
OF the best from the viewpoint Of in.
sursnce.
The lodge went through ito reorgsn.
isation period in 1904, and now has its
insurance on sound financial basis
which 10 beyond tho experimental stage.
Recently the most advanced step WAS
taken when tho 20 year payment iifs
and the whole life special polieiss were
added, giving this organisation praeti.
cally all Of tho principal policies writ.
ten by old line companies Of . material
saving in premiums, this saving com.
ing from the fact that agency connie
sions are eliminated thereby reducing
the cost Of the insurance.
In adition the order carries Q strong
health and accident insurance feature.
AN members Of tho Nsecsbees n
this city who are interested in sseiag
a local tent established here are asked
to get in touch with the business man
ager Of the News-Tribune, Guy G. De-
Shon. He has literature Of the late
policies added, and wishes to get in
touch with members o4 tho order in the
city relative to tho getting Of tho state
deputy here for few weeks in May
to help get things started here.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
Defeat to Morrison

thought to have started on or near the
Brown ranch, Section 9, north Of the
city, swept over an area Of 1000 acres
destroying 20 tons of hay for Ed
Ecklo, an equal amount for the Woolf-
Cromer Cattle company and small
stacks belonging to other residents OF
that section. The origin Of the fire
was not ascertained up to press time.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
BIRTHS

A fine baby was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
L. E. Travis Monday night, April IL,
1917, at the Mobridge Hospital. Mr..
Travis left the city Sunday evening,
but was apprised of the fact and it is
reported that he is said to be highly
gratifed and will collect several wa
gers placed on the sex Of the infantI
Glenn B. Sorensen has moved her mil
linery stock and patterns from the old
Novelty Shop room to her apartments
over the Peterson Store where she will
attend to the wants Of her patrons.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
Lehman Wins Election
By a Majority Of So

| ySS, AVc, nv ~ct 90
I7S.
Total, yes 32l; No, SO; yes majority
| 252.
Defeat to Morrison
1t was stated that The defeat of Mr..
Burns was due in no small measure to
the manner in which his campaign was
conducted by his campaign manager,
Pat Morrison, whose methods, it is al
legged were anything but fair and COM
patible with modern ideas of election
campaigns.
1t is further stated by those who pro-
fes to know that from forty to forty
five illegal voters were run
in, a large per cent of which
esworn in by Morrison himself 1t is al
legged that principal among these wei.
residents of resorts just outside the
city limits.
Inasmuch as all alleged illegal voters
not registered had to be sworn in and
had to make affadavits to the effect
that they were legal residents of the
precincts in which they voted; and
that inasmuch as the statutes provides
that all persons making false affidavits
in this respect are guilty or corrupt per-
jury and subject to Imprisonment in
the penitentiary, not to exceed five
years, it is stated that steps are likely
to be taken to make an example Of two
or three cases Of illegal voting at the
last election to prevent reoccurences in
the future; and that such action is not
to be limited to the alleged illegal vo-
ters, themselves, but also to those
swearing to affidavits they are alleg-
ed to have known were false.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
BUYS Herd of Cattle

Norvel brothers, who have a ranch
along the river, purchased fine line of
of cattle through the Mobridge Cattle
company during the past week.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
ST. STEPHENS MISSION

st. Stephens Mission of the
Episcopal Church will hold SER
vices in Odd Fellows hall at IL q.
M, every 1rst and third Sunday.
Celebration of the Holy Com
munion on the first Sunday Of
each month at the same hour.
A cordial welcome to all.
GEORGE w. Dow,
Missionary-in-charge.
ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC
Services the last Sunday Of each
month.
Mass service at 1850 q. m.
High Mass at 10.30 .. m.
FATHER KETTLRR. in charge.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1917-04-19
Church Notes
UNITED CHURCH

Morning service at 10:45.
Sunday school at 12 noon.
Evening service at 8 O'Clock.
DR.. David Perrin, assistant superin-
tendent Of the Home Missionary Soci-
ETY., from Rapid City, will preach both
morning and evening,
, 1917-06-28
Fortune From Small Investment.

Dame Fortune literally thrust her
self on w. L. Fenex of Glenrock, Wyo.
Through a $1.5O filing fee grudging-
.ly paid, this modest Wyoming farmer,
who a year ago was struggling to break
even on his homestead in the now ia
nous Big Muddy field, today is reap
ing rich royalties from oil, and owns
land worth millions.
Fenex was actually made a million
|aire over night, when the Merritt Oil
brought in the big Merritt
well on Section 2, in the Big Muddy
field on May 18th. This well is now
producing from 700 to 1000 barrels of
|oil per day. 1t confirms the predic-
|tion of oil experts that a third rich oil
sand underlies the heart Of the Big
Muddy district between the Shannon
Emld Wall Creek strata, and has add
."d millions to the potential value of
Fhe Merritt, Midwest, Big Indian, Pro
, 1917-06-28

ducers and other acreage in the CEN
ter of the Big Muddy field.
Fenex 'homesteaded" 12O acres ON
the Platte river, west of Glenrock. a
few years age. When he appeared at
the Douglas land office to make final
proof, the register told him his home.
stead right entitled him to a full quar-
ter Ii suggested that the papers in
clude the additional forty acres.
Don't believe it is worth while"
aid Fenex. Guess I've got all the
land / need"
We'll, 1t will cost only $3.50 to file
on the additional 40 acres said the
lam office official. Forty acres
ought to be worth $3.50"
All right" said Fenex, "IIl plunge
that much on it."
1t is on this additional forty acres
that the big well came In. This one
well added $4,650,OOO to the value of
the Merritt Oil Corporation stock in
eleven days after it was brought I'm.
ana has doomed the entire field, and
particularly the north section.
When the Big Muddy oil excite
ment started last fall, Fenex was of
fered S65,000 cash for his farm by the
Ohio Oil Co., but refused it. He leas-
ed the land for a substantial cash
bonus and 121a per cent royalty from
production, the lease finally going to
the Merritt Oil Corporation. His roy
alties from this single well, at the
present rate of production will easily
average more than 800 per day, all
growing out of his nominal investment
s1.oO. He could undoubtedly get a
million dollars ca s oahfeerdd 1886
dollars cash for a deed to his
farm.-Wyoming Oil News.
, 1917-06-28
Offers Use of Auto.

The Sun has received the following
communication:
referring to your article in last
weeks paper, it gives me great pleas
IRE to place at the disposal of the
Commercial club my automobile, to as
Sist in entertaining the state drug
gists in Saratoga on August 81. The
auto will be either a Studebaker or
an Elgin Six, which is expected to be
Saratoga about July 10. Yours
very truly. Florence Scott"
Miss Scott has been very successful
her campaign for votes in the
Cheyenne Leaders subscription CON
test and is quite confident Of winning
the capital prize in district No. ..
, 1917-06-28
SARATOGA GIVES $4,000.
Liberal Donations to Red Cross Fund
from Various Parts of the Valley
-WalcOtt Gives Literally.

If all other communities of the ma
tion gave as literally to the Red Cross
fund during the campaign last week
as did this portion Of Carbon county,
there will be no doubt OF the necessary
$1OO,000.O 900 fund being raised without
difficulty.
~Shratoga's donation amounted to
about $500, the ball game having net
ted about $50. the dance of last Sat
urday evening providing $40, and the
balance Of the amount being made up
10y individual subscriptions, donations
from lodges, etc. Acting upon ~instrucs
tons from Mr.. Parisoe of Laramie,
chief Of the Red Cross work in this
state. the money is being held in a To-
cal bank for the present, until all sec
tons are heard from.
For liberal per capita donations,
however, the town of Walcott is said
to take the plum in this section, hay
ing given owe 5000 to the fund, while
the population of the town numbers
only about % people.
, 1917-06-28
Making a Novel Table.

Phe Wheatland Times says: Ar
thur Huntington, yard man at the
Foster Lumber company's yard, has
received a new supply of wood carving
tools this week, made in Germany"
This is a matter for federal investi-
CATION, and while they are at it they
might also investigate the inlaid Ii
brary table which he lis constructing.
The table when finished will be made
of twenty different kinds of wood
from all parts of the world. As a
centerpiece there will be au American
, 1917-06-28

ing lived in or near Saratoga for about
30 years. she made IA large number OF
lasting friends. many of whom still
live in the valley and they mourn
with the family in her death. She was
an energetic church worker. being a
member of the Presbyterian church.
and was also for years a very active
member of the Ladies' Aid.
She was II charter member of the
local Eastern Star lodge, was a Past
Matron of that order. and was still
IA member of Saratoga Chapter at the
time Of her death.
In the year 1910 she moved with
her husband to Ogden, Utah, and in
March. 1917, they went to Venice,
Calf, for. the benefit of her health.
Mrs. Eager is survived by her hus-
band and two sons. Lewis A. and Har-
vey W. Eager: a sister in Jackson
Vile. ILL.,, and n brother who lives in
Texas, besides n host of friends who
To learn of her death.
, 1917-06-28
Record Wool Sales.

1t is believed that the highest price
eve paid for wool in Wyoming was
that given the Salmon brothers of
kemmerer a few days ago, when the
latter outfit sold its clip to Dewey,
Gould 4 Co. for 56B cents per pound,
says the Kemmerer Camera.
Other sales of the week were as
follows: VIM. Julian, of Fossil, to
the Brown & Adams Co., IS cents {;
VIM. Danvers, of %Fonranelle, to b.
Harris Wool Co., soc
Shearing is progressing very slowly
in this section. 1t will probably con
tinue until July. Wool is moving as
fast as it is being clipped.
, 1917-06-28
WILL PATROL THE RIVER.
Guards to BE Placed on Lookout for
Floating Bodies of Men Drowned
Above Saratoga Last Week.

Preparations are now in progress
for the placing of a close watch on the
Platte river between the Day ranch
and Saratoga. for the purpose of find
ing. if possible, the bodies of Robert
Day. George Day and Garland Gross.
who were drowned at the Day ranch
on Sunday, June II. The matter is in
the hands of the Commercial club.
which has appointed a committee, with
william ii. Sowder as chairman. TO
look after the hiring and placing of
men to search for the bodies during the
coming week.
1t is presumed that the bodies will
come to the surface within the next
few days in case they are not caught
in wire fences, drift piles or other de-
hris. and guards with boats will be
placed at various points along the river
I" keep n sharp watch during the next
several days.
Also a crew of men with a large
boat will likely spend several days in
making Il thorough examination of the
various islands below the scene of the
accident, it being the theory of many
experienced river men that the bodies
are lodged somewhere within a mile
below the Day ranch.
, 1917-06-28
What's In a Name?

An exchange claims that a preach
err named Belfry is the pastor of "A
church in Tennessee. Huh! that's
nothing. Over in Belle Fourche. s.
d., "A man named Saults used to run a
drug store, and n man named Liver
makes meat scales in Omaha.-New-
castle News-Journal. 1t might be
added that a man named Barber con-
ducts n tonsorial establishment in Bill
Mont, and, most appropriately.
his first name is Harry.
, 1917-06-28

flag. the blue field of which will be
made of a wood brought from New
Zealand, the white stripes from white
holly from Canada. and the red
stripes of amaranth wood from South
Africa. Every tint in the table will
be native to the wood, and anybody
who is interested in the possibilities
of such work should see ii.
, 1917-06-28
Spotted Fever Victim.

James III. Harper, a pioneer resi-
lent of southern Carbon county, lied
on Tuesday of last week at Baggs, as
the result of spotted fever. He had
lived in the Snake river section for
about 20 years.
, 1917-06-28

The above illustration will serve to introduce
to readers of The Sun, our new compositor, Miss
Linotype, who arrived from New York on Saturday
to accept a permanent position with this newspaper.
In the classic language of the poet, she's a bird"
During its 70 years of existence The Sun has
furnished employment to many compositors, of all
conditions, races and compilations, but never has
the office seen the equal OF this individual, whose
typesetting capacity is only limited to the amount
OF metal on hand. She will, if required, work "a
hours a day without a murmur of discomfort, and
set almost as much type each hour as the ordinary
hand compositor can in a day. 1t is entirely imma-
terial to her whether there are any stops for meals,
sleep, Sundays or holidays. She does not smoke
cigarettes, chew tobacco, nor hit the booze" (Which
is EXCEPTIONAL, as printers go), and is always on the
job in readiness for more work Exceptional AGAIN..
She has a mild, sweet disposition and is altogether a
most cOngenlal person to have about the office.
She's a good-looker, too, and a cordial invitation
is extended to all our readers to visit the Sun office
and see this wonderful machine in operation. The
Illustration gives but a faint idea of this wonderful
piece of mechanism, which, instead of producing
type in single characters, casts bars, or slugs, from
hot metal each complete in one piece and having on
the upper edge the characters properly Justified to
print a line.
Printing The Sun "The Linotype Way" means
a bigger, better and more neWsy paper each week
and assures our family of readers of our genuine
appreciation of past support and our endeavor to
meet future approval by publishing a newspaper
which will give further and wider publicity to Sara
toga and her prosperous people.
The writer is convinced, after having visited
almost every section of the state, that there are few
towns in Wyoming that have as great and varied
natural resources and advantages as has Saratoga,
and believes at the same time that there is no com
munity in the great Northwest whose natural adj
vantages have been so neglected and ignored as have
those at our very door.
Believing that a lack of publicity has contrib
uted more than any other one factor to this condi-
ton, the management of The Sun has gone to an
expense of several thousand dollars to modernize
this plant and to place the paper in a position where
it may more completely fulfill its mission in this
community by giving greater publicity to the many
well as to give better service to it's readers and
advertisers. fiji
The Linotype has become a positive necessity
to any paper that claims to be at all modern and
with the many other improvements made in this
plant recently, places The Sun on a par with the
many other up-to-date weekly papers of Wyoming.
, 1917-06-28

Tilton n Glenn of the Central Ga
age last week disposed of a new
Grant Six auto to Peter Smart of Lar
annie,
, 1917-06-28
In NIemOriam.

(Contributed)
Mrs. Mary Agnes Eager came with
her husband to Saratoga in 1880. HAY
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-05
BALLOT BOX CHARGES mere
CANARD, ASSERT REPUBLICANS

That charges by the Democrats that
there were irregularities in the pri.
mary election because a block Of 80
unused ballots was found outside of
Bourbon headquarters near midnight
on May 10, and limitations that the
Republicans stuffed" the ballot box
es, formed. nothing more than an
eleventh hour political canard, Is the
opinion expressed today in Republi-
can circles. .-
County Clerk David Kalauokalani
says that the ballots actually used at
the primaries check up correctly with
the number of persons who voted, and
he has so informed Attorney General
81 NJ. Stainback. -
As rule, all unused ballots are
thrown away, or laid away, after
o'clock on election day." said Kalauo.
kalani. I'VE do not have to check up
on the number Of ballots issued; only
on the number Of ballots actually
used.
After 5 o'clock anyone could have
gotten unused ballots from almost any
ct the polling places, They could
have been secured at the clerks of.
nee, Tor that matter, after 5 o'clock.
Elections in Honolulu are conduct.
ed properly and the inspectors always
have been fair, irrespective OF whe.
ther the judges were Republicans or
Democrats. As far as / know there is
absolutely no evidence of .stuffing'
the ballot boxes at the primaries"
w A. Bryan, one Of the Democratic
managers, yesterday requested the
attorney-general to ascertain from
the county clerk the results of the
final checking up Of the ballots. The
following letter was sent by the
clerks office:
Your letter Of June 4, 1917, WAS